In the Clinic with Camille K. Camille Freeman

When a client's taking an herbal formula that seems to be resonating with them, they'll often want to know how long they should plan on continuing with the formula.

When I first started practicing, I'd often give them a semi-standard answer centering around herbs taking time to work, guesstimates based on previous clients, etc. Since then, I've found an approach that feels more aligned with the way I want to practice, which I've described in this episode.


Camille's Helpful Links for Practitioners​


⁠⁠Monday Mentoring⁠⁠ 🌻
⁠⁠Camille's Weekly Practitioner Notes⁠⁠ 💌
⁠⁠Herbal Observation Groups⁠⁠ 🔍
⁠⁠2024 Nervous System Deep Dive 🧠 ⁠⁠
⁠⁠Practitioner Resource page⁠⁠ 🔦
⁠⁠Freebies⁠⁠ 🎁

Transcript & notes for this episode available on the ⁠⁠Bloom & Grow website⁠⁠. ​


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It's perfectly normal to periodically feel frustrated when you've tried tons of marketing strategies with no results. You're really wanting to find 1:1 clients, and it's not happening. In this episode, I'll share a few tips for how to approach this situation, some of which involve asking yourself if you've really tried everything, and some of which involve practical steps to take your mind off of things.

Camille's Helpful Links for Practitioners​


⁠Monday Mentoring⁠ 🌻
⁠Camille's Weekly Practitioner Notes⁠ 💌
⁠Herbal Observation Groups⁠ 🔍
⁠2024 Nervous System Deep Dive 🧠 ⁠
⁠Practitioner Resource page⁠ 🔦
⁠Freebies⁠ 🎁

Transcript & notes for this episode available on the ⁠Bloom & Grow website⁠. ​


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In today's episode, I'm delighted to interview Maria Noël Groves about her new book, Herbal Remedies for Sleep, and how the book applies to our work as clinicians. Listen in for thoughts on nervines, when to refer out v. when to try DIY or gentle sleep support, distinguishing between 'gentle' and 'strong,' and more.

Links to Maria's work & website


Buy Herbal Remedies for Sleep (and get 10% off of any of Maria's classes/class series) and a bonus online sleep course
Follow Maria on Instagram
Learn from Maria and sign up for her newsletter at
Wintergreen Botanicals


Camille's Helpful Links for Practitioners​


Monday Mentoring 🌻
Camille's Weekly Practitioner Notes 💌
Herbal Observation Groups 🔍
2024 Nervous System Deep Dive 🧠
Practitioner Resource page 🔦
Freebies 🎁

Transcript & notes for this episode available on the Bloom & Grow website. ​


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This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Ember Peters, Stascha Stahl, and Vilde Chaya Fenster-Ehrlich about their upcoming Advanced Clinical Herbal Skills program.

The program looks awesome. I'd like to take it, and I probably would if my fall wasn't so chaotic. 

Whether you're interested in furthering your clinical skills or not, though, I encourage you to listen to the episode (or read the transcript linked below) for the discussion about what it takes to create spaces where healing is possible for people from oppressed and overlooked communities. 

It's more work than most of us realize when we're starting out as practitioners. 

We need to constantly examine/reexamine our own assumptions and practices in order to become better at the work we do.

It's hard to do this alone. Being part of programs and showing up in spaces where others are engaged in this type of work speeds up the process and makes it possible to see things in ways that weren't accessible to you before. 

Whether you join a program like this or not, I think listening to this conversation will serve as an important call to continue your growth as a person and as a practitioner. 

I left this conversation feeling inspired. I hope you do, too. 

Warmly,

Camille



Transcript and show notes are available on the Bloom & Grow website.

Resources


You can learn more about Ember on their website: Wild Current Herbalism or  connect with Ember via Instagram
You can learn more about Stascha on their website: Bay Area Herbalist or connect with Stascha via Instagram
You can learn more about Vilde on her website: Wild Cherries or connect with Vilde via Instagram
Learn more about the Advanced Clinical Herbal Skills Program

About Ember Peters

Ember has been in clinical practice for a decade and has been teaching advanced herbalism for the past seven years. Their practice integrates vitalist Western herbalism traditions, scientific research, phytochemistry, pathophysiology and flower essences. They are particularly nerdy about diabetes, cancer, fertility autonomy, trans health, and hormonal/endocrine support. Trans-inclusivity and anti-racism are cornerstones of Ember’s practice, a part of their life-long commitment to fighting for liberation for all peoples.

About Stascha Stahl

Stascha is a community centered clinical herbalist, medicine maker, apothecarist, and educator practicing in the Chochenyo Ohlone Territory so-called Oakland, California. Stascha has been studying herbal medicine since 2006 and seeing clients in free or sliding scale clinics for the last 12 years. She prioritizes harm reduction and focuses on complex chronic conditions.

About Vilde Chaya Fenster-Ehrlich

Vilde Chaya Fenster-Ehrlich is a community herbalist committed to sharing the bizarre and beautiful gifts of flowers, trees and fungi in accessible, inclusive ways centered on love. She creates spaces of care and growth for trans and trans-allied community. She has been involved with organizing free, multi-modality clinics in Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Arizona since 2010, and is presently an educator with Wild Current Herbalism and at the Wild Cherries Herbal Studies Program in Pittsburgh. Before working as an herbalist, she spent a decade as a standardized patient, teaching medical students about competent, anti-oppressive care. She grew up primarily in Munsee Lenape, Schaghticoke and Wappinger territory in New York City, and ultimately sought out connections with plants as a remedy to her childhood buried in wires and concrete. She loves herbal medicine as a weapon and a guide in the war against white supremacy, capitalism and the patriarchy; in her experience, healing work is intimately intertwined with resisting and surviving systemic violence and oppression, and plants are passionate pals in that fight.


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Branding and Website Design Isn't Easy

Many practitioners spend a lot of time, energy, and sometimes money trying to cobble together a website and professional brand as they're just starting out. 

This isn't usually the best choice. 

You do want to have a brand, but it's also important to understand that your practice will evolve in unexpected ways over the first few years.

If you spend a lot of money creating a brand and website before you've seen many clients, you'll likely need to change it all later. 

You want to be spending your time finding clients, getting the foundations of your practice set up, and actually working with clients, rather than stressing over building the perfect website yourself. 

In this episode, brand designer Lindsey Freeman (no relation!) and therapist Julie Goldberg share more about the website templates and other resources they've created specifically for service providers, as well as tips on branding and getting started with your practice. 

I highly recommend starting from a template if you're experiencing website anxiety or if you're finding that creating your website is holding up your practice.

It's affordable, it's easy (or at least easier!), and you'll be able to move on to the many other things that need to happen to get your doors open. 

Resources


Learn more about Julie & Lindsey + view their templates and other resources on their website: Premade (use code BLOOM for 15% off 🌻) and don't forget to check out their free Brand Therapy Guide
Connect with Julie & Lindsey via Instagram
Previous "In the Clinic" episode on website perfectionism
Research other brands you like, and use them as inspiration for look & feel, colors, photography, and language. Everything you’re interested in is a reflection of you.
Canva
Adobe Color has premade color templates put together
Pinterest
Typewolf, type combinations



A transcript of this episode is available on the Bloom & Grow website


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I was so excited to interview Mason Hutchinson, the founder of HerbRally. Herb Rally is a platform for herbalists and herbal enthusiasts, including event listings, a podcast, and a YouTube channel.

Mason shared talked to us about the origins of HerbRally, from its humble beginnings as an event listing website to its expansion into the robust platform that we see now, including monographs, a daily podcast, a YouTube channel, and the HerbRally Schoolhouse membership area. 

He discusses the challenges of work-life balance and financial pressures while giving us some insight into how he and Amanda, his wife and business partner, approach marketing and promotion with an emphasis on authenticity and service to the community.

There's a lot to learn from this "behind the scenes" interview, whether you're just starting your own herbal business or whether you're a bit farther down the road. 

Resources Mentioned


You can learn more about Mason on his website: HerbRally. Here's the list of virtual events or search by state for in-person events. Here's the HerbRally list of online herbal schools, or you can Submit your events to HerbRally


Connect with Mason on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube
The marketing resources Mason mentioned: Colin & Sameer, Nick Nimman, Noah Kagan Presents podcast
In the Clinic episodes on my email list experiment & on the power of showing up

Helpful Links for Practitioners


Monday Mentoring 🌻
Camille's Weekly Practitioner Notes 💌
Herbal Observation Groups 🔍
2023 Hormone Deep Dive 🍒
Practitioner Resource page 🔦
Freebies 🎁

Transcript & notes for this episode available on the Bloom & Grow website.



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