This episode, Jen Campbell, a a traditional herbalist in Bunbury WA on Wardandi Noongar country, shares how a life changing accident provided the portal for her to discover her passion and special connection with herbal medicine.

Jen has a strong focus on bringing herbs back to the community and into our homes. She’s passionate about making herbal medicine more attainable and accessible to all members of the community.

Jen shares how this desire to make herbs more accessible, alongside the devastating bush fires that hit her region triggered her to want to give back to the community even more and inspired her to open the first Herbalists without Borders chapter in Bunbury, with a group of like minded practitioners.

As a busy working Mum, Jen shares that self care doesn’t come naturally to her, she’s often more focussed on looking after everybody else- which I’m sure sounds familiar to many of us. However, she’s come to realise the importance of modelling self care to her children and normalising this vital practice.

Jen shares the joy of being in her herb garden with her children, picking posies of flowers for the table, munching on a flower or a leaf here or there, watching the bees and harvesting the herbs.

We chat about Jen’s love of herbal tea and she shares some of her favourite herbs for making yummy blends, as well as her tips for brewing the perfect cup of herbal tea.

Jen’s lovely simple approach to weaving herbal medicine into our days will resonate with many of you…

You can connect with and learn more about Jen here.

And purchase some of her beautiful handmade herbal products here.

Find out more about Bunbury Herbalists without Borders here.

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The intro and outro song is "Sing for the Earth" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins.  You can find Chad's music here and here.