Good Medicine Podcast Jessica

Welcome back to the pond. Last time you were here it seemed interesting enough, so why not make your way back in through the mud and the shrubs. Join, pull up a log, listen to the frogs. 

We go through topics such as Big foot, Middle Earth, Aliens, and probably much more.

We will be recording more of these wetland adventures. Thanks for the support of the first episode we put out together! Glad you enjoyed it. 

Welcome to the Pond dear story keepers.

Imagine for a moment that you found a trail through a swampy forest. Watching your step, you weave through the dense willow bushes. In the fog you begin to hear voices and they are having a lively conversation. As you get closer you smell a familiar herb in the air, curiosity grips you! Who could be out here? Noticing that the voices are arising from a pond nearby you quietly approach. Peering over a large rotten log, you see a frog with a long pipe across the pond. Smoke rising from its pipe, it rests on a lilly pad, keenly listening to another frog perched on the shoreline. It appears they are high as fuck, discussing the nature of reality. You settle in, this should be good. 

These episodes with my good friend Tina are a gift to myself. An opportunity to drop into the absurd waters and play.  This is a branch away from my usual episodes as I find myself needing more humour these days!

Meet Tina! “Hello, I’m Tina! I am a creative person who loves to ponder the possibilities of the universe. I am a freelance jack of all trades, digital designer, side-hustler and student of the human experience. I enjoy visually pleasing things and love to help others bring their imagination and passions to life.”

If you have any topics you would like us to ponder please reach out and let us know! 

Hello and welcome back to this series "The Meeting of Medicines With Adam Fleisher".

My friend Adam Fleisher has been navigating cancer and the different levels of perception available to our consciousness when it comes to disease. In this episode Adam tells me about his first encounter with the traditional plant medicines Hape, Sananga, and Yage provided to him by a Taita from Colombia.  Please enjoy this catch up as Adam shares his experience with me and we chat about preparing to head down to Colombia mid January.  Please stay tuned as the remaining episodes in this series come into being!

Hello story keepers and welcome back to season 4 of the Good Medicine. Our guest today is Vivian. Vivian is a certified meditation teacher through Dharma Moon and Tibet House.  In this conversation Vivian and I discuss our teacher training, mindfulness and mental health, and the challenges the last few years have presented. Just starting out on her meditation journey Vivian hopes to see you on the trail. 

As mentioned in the episode you can join Brittany Valentino and Vivian Neff on December 4th for a FREE 3-hour open community sit (aka meditation) for CHARITY from 10 am- 1 pm EST/4 pm-7 pm CET. The organizations chosen for donation are areas that could use more support during this giving season.
The event will be live-streamed. A mindfulness-based sitting and walking meditation practice will take place as Vivian and Brittany take turns guiding and offering small insights throughout the 3-hours.
Though this is a FREE event, it is asked that you consider donating a minimum of $5 to one of the chosen worthy causes/ organizations.
Options for zoom space are available, giving you access to an exclusive q/a period after the meditation!

For more information on the event or to reach out:
@nefviv
@brit_valentino

Welcome Adam Fleisher to the podcast!
This journey with Adam will be a series, so welcome to EP 1
If you have been a long time listener of the show than you will know Adam as the man who makes it sound good! Our editor extraordinaire!

I met Adam when he came to do embodiment work with me. Our work together led him to becoming the editor of the podcast and a great friend of mine. He is a down to earth, rational, and very kind person that I feel very honoured to know. Over the last year Adam has been confronted with health issues that have taken him on quite the journey. The magic that he had found in connecting to himself and the deeper nature of reality walked with him along this healing path in some surprising ways (You will hear about the poster gift in this episode!).
Having been an explorer of the "para" and looking for deeper answers outside of western medicine Adam has decided to sit and experience Colombian plant medicines. His first experience will be discussed in the  second part of this series as he attends a 3 day medicine ceremony. We will then travel together to the Amazon rainforest mid January 2023 for a week long medicine experience. Following this trip we will conclude or series together in as many episodes as it takes! 

So much gratitude to Adam for being open to sharing his journey with such vulnerability. I can't wait to bring the rest of this series to you guys! I appreciate the listeners of this podcast more than they could know. As I watch the numbers grow I feel more and more encouraged to keep having these conversations. 
  

Hello beautiful beings!
Please welcome Noel Coakley to the Good Medicine podcast. Noel was one of my teachers in the 100hr mindfulness meditation teacher training put on through Dharma Moon. It was there that I felt the need to dive deeper with Noel and have the talk you are about to hear. Noel is a psychotherapist, meditation teacher, and former elementary school special educator. He has studied Tibetan Buddhism since 1997 and the Bön tradition since 2013. He is a father, husband, and friend to a dog named Clementine. Noel is the director of the Boston Center for Contemplative Practice  and an assistant director at Dharma Moon . Noel is dedicated to the accessibility of the dharma and its application in modern culture. This conversation moves through Noels path to his practice and his role in the community.  We transition into the ideas that Buddhism and the Bön tradition and how we can apply those in our modern lives.

Dharma Moon
Boston Center for Contemplative Practice
You can follow Noel at @wakeupsleepybuddha