Category: Herbal Action Podcast

Herbal Action Podcast, S2: E3: Kristine Brown

4/1/2020

Take a listen to our latest Herbal Action Podcast. We chat with Kristine Brown of Herbal Roots Zine about herbal education, bringing herbalism and love of nature into your home and family, and raising the next generation of herbalists.

About Kristine:

Kristine is a lifelong illustrator and lover of plants. She grew up outdoors in the woods and spent most of her free time reading books or drawing. Her herbal journey began with the birth of her first child over 2 decades ago. With the birth of her third and fourth children, she began on another journey with homeschooling which led her to create a monthly publication for children, Herbal Roots zine. This online zine combines her love of plants and illustration in a fun easy-to-learn format which has been in around for over 10 years now.

Living in the midwest, Kristine found it impossible to find a local teacher to study with so she began her herbal journey through books and experience. Over the years she traveled to conferences to learn from other herbalists who inspired her including Rosemary Gladstar, Kathleen Maier, Isla Burgess, Leslie Alexander, Leslie Williams, Matt Wood, and jim mcdonald. Most of her education has been self led, though she did choose to work through Rosemary Gladstar’s home correspondence course. Kristine also chose to mentor with herbalists Leslie Alexander and Leslie Williams for several years while rounding out her education and clinical experience before applying (and being accepted) as a professional member of the American Herbalists Guild. Though she is now a registered herbalist, Kristine believes that learning is never over and continues to seek out educational opportunities whenever possible.

Kristine has a well rounded practice that includes seeing clients, offering free workshops at her local library, teaching classes in her home and gardens, and making hand made goat milk soap, using milk from her own goat herd. She also travels around the country teaching classes at conferences such as the Great Lakes Herb Faire, Montana Herb Gathering, The Green Gathering, Traditions in Western Herbalism, Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference, and Women’s Health Naturally! Expo to adults and children on herbalism and botanical drawing. Kristine ran the Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference Kid Camp for 4 years and headed up the kid’s camp at Green Gathering in Washington the summer of 2018. She and Leslie Alexander also occasionally coordinate and run the Herbal Activity Hub at the American Herbalists Guild annual Symposium.

In addition to her own publication Herbal Roots zine and online courses, which are available on her website, Kristine has written and illustrated for various herbal and natural living publications and websites including The Essential Herbal, Natural Herbal Living Magazine, Herbal Academy, Outschool, Little Acorn Learning, Rhythm of the Home, The Crone’s Gazette, Wisconsin Healer, LearningHerbs.com, and Plant Healer Magazine.

Kristine spends her free time walking in the woods with her dog, sketching plants, observing and talking to the plants in her garden, and hanging out with her goats. She is on a mission to show everyone they have the ability to draw, if they only take the time to practice and is passionate about teaching herbalism to children as they are our future.

Kristine has a load of freebies on the website for families and kids - be sure to check it out here: https://www.herbalrootszine.com/freebies/

Kristine's Online Courses via Teachable:
https://herbalrootszine.teachable.com/

Everything is on sale at her online shop right now!
https://www.herbalrootszine.com/product-category/shop/

Herbalism at Home: 125 Recipes for Everyday Health

https://www.herbalrootszine.com/product/herbalism-at-home-125-recipes-for-everyday-health/

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Herbal Action Podcast Episode 6: Leah Wolfe, Radical Herbalism

12/17/2018

Episode 6 of the Herbal Action Podcast is now live!

In episode 6, Herbalists Without Borders chats with Leah Wolf of the Trillium Center about radical herbalism. For Leah, radical herbalism is a combination of roots, restoration, resistance, and resilience. She integrates these four concepts into a four element system of herbalism to help her students understand how to go deeper in understanding health and wellness issues. Listen to the podcast episode below.

Leah Wolfe, Trillium Center

Leah Wolfe, MPH, is a full-time herbalist living on a farm in NE Ohio. She has a background in public health research and health education but has a penchant for the unexplainable. The Trillium Center, an educational project, emerged during the depths of winter 2012 when the thinning veil allowed her to see her path as a teacher alongside the great lake of Erie. The Trillium Center is run out of BLD farm, a small homesteading farm where she teaches people how to identify, process, and use wild plants. Classes are taught in a straw bale classroom made with local clay mixed with straw and cattail fluff. Leah travels cross country to gather plants in many ecosystems and teaches where ever there are people who want to learn more about plants and medicine. Contact her about having a class in your area. Contact Leah and find more information about her upcoming classes at trilliumcenter.org

Leah Wolfe, MPH
Community Herbalist and Health Educator
Trillium Center
http://trilliumcenter.org

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iHeart Radio: www.iheart.com/podcast/269-Herbal-Action-Podca-29758398/
Spreaker: www.spreaker.com/show/2935570
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Interview Questions, Editing, Music, & Interview By Denise Cusack.

Herbal Action Podcast Episode 5: Leslie Alexander on Dental Herbalism

11/15/2018

In Episode 5, HWB Executive Director Denise Cusack speaks with Leslie Alexander about Dental Herbalism. Find out more about herbs that support oral health, including oral health in herbal intakes, her top herbal picks for oral care, and more!

Leslie Alexander is a professional herbalist and owner of Restoration Herbs in Erie, PA. Leslie is Registered Herbalist (RH) with the American Herbalists Guild, and is serving her third term on the AHG Council. Leslie is author of the book Dental Herbalism: Natural Therapies for the Mouth, and teaches on this topic throughout the US. She also works with individuals one-on-one, and teaches on any number of topics, including clinical skill development and medicine making.

To find out more about Leslie and her work, visit:
http://www.restorationherbs.com/
http://www.restorationherbs.com/dental-herbalism.html

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Herbal Action Podcast Episode 4: Ola Obasi on Puerto Rico Recovery and Volunteerism.

9/25/2018

In Episode 4, HWB Executive Director Denise Cusack speaks with Ola Obasi of Well of Indigenous Wisdom School and HWB Puerto Rico. They discuss ongoing relief and recovery from hurricane Maria, honoring indigenous wisdom, respecting local customs and culture in our work, decolonizing volunteerism and herbalism, community building, and herbs as a spiritual practice. This is an episode you don't want to miss.

Ola Obasi is owner of The Well of Indigenous Wisdom School, and Omaroti, a herb and wellbeing shop opening in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Ola has been working in the wellness field for over 15 years. Ola is also Chapter Coordinator of HWB International Puerto Rico, hosting Free People’s Clinics across the island since hurricane Maria. Ola focuses on education and awareness of important contributions of herbal practice and formulae by people of indigenous heritage. Originally from Africa, she has lived in Puerto Rico since 2015.

Find out more about Ola's classes at Well of Indigenous Wisdom, her work, Omaroti, HWB Puerto Rico, and more: https://www.wellofindigenouswisdom.com/

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Herbal Action Podcast Episode 3: Gigi Stafne

8/31/2018

Gigi Stafne has been a practitioner of natural and botanical medicine for 33 years. She created the first natural medicine clinic, bringing on a team of 12 skilled practitioners. Gigi is founder and director of the Green Wisdom School of Botanical Medicine in the upper Midwest. Gigi served as the previous ED of HWB for over a decade, and is currently chapter coordinator for HWB, offering HWB Free People's Clinics.

Gigi talks about how to organize, plan, and host a Free People's Clinic using the HWB model.

Find out more about Gigi and her school:
Green Wisdom School of Natural and Botanical Medicine
Website greenwisdom.weebly.com/
Facebook www.facebook.com/greenwisdomschool/