DEPTH Work: A Holistic Mental Health Podcast

48. Tending to Our Nervous Systems: Healing Chronic Pain & Communicating with Plants with Asia Suler


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“We arise out of the very conditions that will heal us.” - Asia Suler

In this episode, herbalist, nature philosopher, and author Asia Suler shares lessons from her journey through chronic pain and illness and the transformative power of the natural world, which she most recently has written about in her new book - Mirrors of the Earth. She is a wise proponent of the importance of depathologizing sensitivity, and celebrating being a highly sensitive person (HSP) as a superpower. We dive into what it looks like to protect and live synergistically with our sensitive nervous systems, establish boundaries, and notice the often overlooked signs of nervous system overwhelm. We discuss practices for reconnecting with ourselves, communicating with plants, and embracing our multidimensionality, as returning to an indigenous remembrance of all things as animate conscious beings.

We also discuss:

  • why humans are, in general, highly sensitive mammals
  • why gardens serve as good boundary practice
  • listening to the messages of chronic illness and pain
  • practices for coming back to the self
  • how to talk to plants, step-by-step
  • motherhood and embracing all our paradoxes

  • Asia Suler is a writer, teacher, earth intuitive and author of Mirrors in the Earth: Reflections on Self-Healing from the Living World.  Asia began her journey after early years of chronic pain and illness. The experience— which pushed her into a deep search for healing, both within and without— led her to the altar of the green world and the creation of One Willow Apothecaries, an Appalachian-grown company that offers handcrafted medicines and educational experiences in herbalism, animism, and earth-centered personal growth. Asia has guided over 20,000 students in 70+ countries through her immersive online programs. Through her work, Asia helps people embrace their own unique medicine through a joyful engagement with the natural world.


    Asia’s Website: www.onewillowapothecaries.com

    Asia’s Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/asiasuler/
    Asia’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asiasuler/
    Asia’s Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/asiasuler
    Asia’s Book: www.mirrorsintheearth.com

    Intuitive Plant Medicine Course: https://onewillowapothecaries.com/classes/online-learning/intuitive-plant-medicine/

    Asia’s Mothering Depth Substack : https://asiasuler.substack.com


    Research:

    • Dr. Elaine Aron’s books on being a highly sensitive person: https://hsperson.com/books/

    • Get bonus episodes on substack! https://depthwork.substack.com/


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