Herbal Radio

Beautiful episode, I love this podcast anyway whenever ican get to it and this was really a hear warmer.. thanks again for all you do.🙏🏼❤️

I consider myself a spiritual person, but I hate how most herbalism talks from this channel and its guests (and many others in the herbalism world) seem to focus so much on the spiritual aspect of herbalism. It’s HIGHLY alienating to people who don’t share those beliefs at all, or to people who ARE spiritual, but don’t share the same views. So many people think herbalism is “alternative medicine” or that it is for hippies, hipsters, and quacks! I truly believe people think that way because of this obsession with spiritism. I went on a plant walk with an herbalist last year and all he could talk about was how these plants open your third eye or bring out the lion in Leos born in August. I’m not into astrology. I don’t believe in third eyes. I just want to learn how to identify plants safely, use them in my life, and respect the earth. This appreciation is not exclusive to someone who likes astrology and spiritism. More than Half the attendees were rolling their eyes and the other half was split - either they were into it or didn’t know what to think. I felt it was a HUGE missed opportunity to connect with people of all mindsets. An opportunity this podcast is also missing, too. A compromise would be to offer at least half of the content with the more scientific person in mind, and the other half can focus on the souls of your plant friends and mercury being in retrograde if that floats peoples boats. It’s reinforcing the “Kookie/weirdo/ hipster” stereotype that plant lovers constantly endure! My own husband told me once that foraging sounded “hippy dippy.” if we taught herbalism the same way we teach other sciences with some modifications to make it fun people wouldn’t think that way. It wouldn’t be an alternative. It’d be a STANDARD!

I love herbs, organic herbs 🌿 , am happy he found his dream life. Am praying that I can grow my own home garden 🪴.

The Rosemary Gladstar episode was so inspiring and such a good overview of the herbal community. Great reminder of how beneficial these amazing plants are to every aspect of life ♥️