Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Spring Washam.

Considered a pioneer in bringing mindfulness-based meditation practices to diverse communities; Spring Washam is a well-known teacher, healer, and visionary leader based in Oakland, California. She is the author of A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage and Wisdom in Any Moment and The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Awakening from the Underground.

Spring is one of the founding teachers at the East Bay Meditation Center, an organization that offers Buddhist teachings with attention to social action and multiculturalism. She is a member of the teacher’s council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, offering teachings on Buddhist philosophy, Insight meditation and loving-kindness practices. Spring is also the founder of Lotus Vine Journeys, a one-of-a-kind organization that blends indigenous healing practices with Buddhist wisdom for transformative retreats in South America.

She has practiced and studied Buddhist philosophy in both the Theravada and Tibetan schools of Buddhism since 1999. Spring is also a shamanic practitioner and has studied indigenous healing practices since 2008.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with  Teacher of science Gwen McPhail. 

Gwen "J. Stanion" McPhail was a National Board Certified teacher of science and taught a diverse course load from Food Science to Physics and from 7th grade Life Science to High School Livestock Production for 31 years. She retired to spend more time with her family on the farm and to have more time to be involved in her community. Gwen served on her local County Planning Commission and continues to serve on the board of a small agricultural non-profit. She spent three years during and after Covid to prepare and market her manuscript for "My Place Among Them".  She continues to support the preservation of family farms in America, the practice of sourcing food locally and eating healthy.... Gwen believe in her mother's saying... "Pay your farmer, or you'll end up paying your doctor."

Gwen McPhail's latest work is an opportunity to reflect on our past and present, to draw from the well of history and uncover life lessons that resonate more profoundly than ever in today's world. This literary time machine, "My Place Among Them," guides us through the annals of history and offers invaluable insights on resilience, cultural understanding, and the intricate workings of politics and bureaucracy.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Caverly Morgan.

Caverly Morgan is a spiritual teacher, non-profit founder, speaker and writer who blends the original spirit of Zen with a modern nondual approach. She is the author of The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Freedom Together as well as A Kids Book About Mindfulness. Caverly is the founder of Peace in Schools, a nonprofit that created the nation's first for-credit mindfulness class in public high schools. Her practice began in 1995 and has included eight years of training in a silent Zen monastery.  She has been teaching contemplative practice since 2001. Caverly leads meditation retreats, workshops and online classes internationally. Learn more at caverlymorgan.org.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Xicana Witch Jamie Della.

Jamie Della is a Xicana Witch, Shamanic Priestess, Magickal mentor, and Wiccan author of ten books, including A Box of Magick: A Guided Journey to Crafting a Magickal Life through Witchcraft, Ritual Herbalism and Spellcrafting, The Book of Spells and The Wicca Cookbook. Jamie's books, teachings and one-on-one mentoring program focuses on how to deeply connect with your unique spirit and co-create with an alive world. She remains deeply connected to her Mexican roots via her writings, such as the award-winning Latino Writers & Journalists, and her new historical fiction/magical realism book, The Last Daughters of the Don.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview Dr. Deanna Minich. 

Deanna Minich, PhD, is a nutrition scientist, international lecturer, educator, and author, with over twenty-five years of experience in academia and the food and dietary supplement industries, and currently the Chief Science Officer at Symphony Natural Health. She has been active as a functional medicine clinician in clinical trials and in her own practice (Food & Spirit™). She is the author of six consumer books on wellness topics, four book chapters, and over fifty scientific publications. Through her talks, workshops, groups, and in-person retreats, she helps people to transform their lives practically and artfully through nutrition and lifestyle. Visit her at: www.deannaminich.com

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Author Karen Tate. 

Thought leader, speaker, seven-times published author, and activist, Karen's work is at the crossroads of spirituality, personal transformation and social justice.   She is hostess of the long-running Voices of the Sacred Feminine podcast, considered a treasure trove of wisdom for more than a dozen years.  A Caring Economy Conversation leader and Power of Partnership presenter with the Center for Partnership Studies,  Karen also earned certification from Smith College in the Psychology of Political Activism:  Women Changing the World.  Tate can be seen in numerous YouTube videos and viewed in the award-winning docu-film, Femme: Women Healing the World.  Named one of the Thirteen Most Influential Women in Goddess Spirituality and a Wisdom Keeper of the Women's Spirituality Movement, her body of work over the years, along with reviews of her books from students, peers and colleagues, speak to her extensive leadership, knowledge and expertise. 

Karen is also an inter-faith minister who leads sacred tours, public and private secular and spiritual rituals and gives talks to prestigious conferences and organizations such as the Joseph Campbell Foundation, Council for the Parliament of World Religions, California Institute for Integral Studies and the American Academy of Religion.  

Her newest book, Normalizing Abuse: A Commentary on Our Pervasive Culture of Abuse  was published in January 2023.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Poet witch Elizabeth Russell

Elizabeth Russell is a poet, witch, and joyful earthling who has apprenticed herself to the voice of nature for most of her life.  Elizabeth writes and self-publishes the Dreamfruit series, where she has created an enchanted world that brings the Great Turning to life in our imagination and daily lives.

As a 2nd generation astrologer and multi-generational witch, Elizabeth tends the sacred well of nourishment in circles of women, dreams and imagination, the cycles of Nature/Cosmos.  Her books, courses, and personal consultations will inspire you toward a rooted place of magic and belonging where you can reconnect with your ecological self.

www.Dreamfruit.world

www.ElizabethRussell.space

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with herbalist Laura Cascardi.

Laura Cascardi's passion for herbalism, healing, and well-being is evident in her 20 + years of working with herbs and people. She began her formal education with herbs at Rocky Mountain Center of Botanical studies where she graduated in 2001 as a certified herbalist. In 2013 she graduated from Colorado State University with a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences with a concentration in Botany. In 2014, Laura co-founded the Equinox Center of Herbal Studies where she is the director and one of the primary teachers. At Equinox Center she hosts a full apothecary, an herb school, herbal consultations, free and donation based herbal classes, a free to access herbal library, art and live music with a goal of building community centered around herbalism. Laura's vision is to create access to herbs and herbalism in a varied and equitable way.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with shamanic guide Jarena Willacey.

 Jarena Willacey is a skilled shamanic guide, trauma counselor and energy alchemist dedicated to profound personal transformation. With extensive training in energy healing, fueled by her experience in healing her own body, she offers transformative retreats like the Illuminating Pathways Retreat, combining ancient practices with modern techniques. Jarena specializes in empowering women over 30 to overcome chronic health issues and emotional traumas, helping them harness their innate healing abilities for holistic well-being and personal growth.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Medicine Woman Jemmita.

Jemmita is a Modern Medicine Woman, Retreat Leader, Healer, and Ceremonialist. She walks a Sacred Shamanic Path, offering deep transformational work globally: from Australia to Bali, the UK, Europe, Ibiza, Peru and more.

 

From a young age, Jemmita was able to perceive the unseen world as well as communicate with beings of nature. She taught herself how to work with ritual and ceremony to harmonize and balance energies. As an empathetic child, she learned how to navigate her way through her sensitivity to turn it into her superpower, learning how to build energetic strength and resilience. 

 

Spiritual growth does not come without its challenging processes - she encountered a cancer scare, 2 bankruptcies, some near-death experiences, and severe burnout, all of which helped in refining her wisdom and led her to her calling as a Wachumera and Medicine Woman - a Sacred Shamanic path that merges Ancient and Future embodied wisdom, to assist others in overcoming their own limitations and rising to be the highest version of themselves possible. To learn to be in deep communion and sacred reciprocity with the Earth and the Cosmos, so we know we are always supported and never alone.  

 

She met her first Andean Maestro in 2012 after a harrowing plant medicine experience with a Western Shaman and was Initiated into their lineage and Sacred Ancestral Medicines soon after. With the backing of her Andean elders and Maestros, Jemmita is deeply honored to reverently share the profound Medicine and teachings of the Andes Cosmovision, woven in with well over 25 years of wisdom and experience from walking her Spiritual path of Awakening.