October is Breast Cancer Awareness month,  and we celebrate by sharing OUR favorite charity, Knitted knockers! Are you a knitter or crocheter? Want to learn? Want to know why? Want a great recommendation for a Bourbon? Listen in!

Welcome to Fall!  In this episode we talk all about preparing ourselves for Fall, physically, mentally and spiritually, and finding how to embrace our own change with the season.   And a recommendation on a great Bourbon! Cheers!

So many people have asked us why we have a Natural Wellness Podcast about Bourbon, so Today, we talk to you about all Bourbon, All the Time.  Cheers!!

Welcome to the kickoff for Season 2 of Bourbon & Branches & no BS.  In this episode, we answer questions submitted by YOU in season 1 (blindly, I might add, I didn’t get to see them beforehand!)  We’ve got some really great things in store for you this season, good information and some really wonderful guests.  Enjoy!!

 

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200  Welcome to Season 2 Q and A

 

00:00:09 – 00:05:00

 

Welcome to Bourbon and Branches and no BS, a Podcast coming to you from The Scenter of Town,  beautifully located in the center of town. And hello Suzy Woollam, your host is here too!

Suzy:  Hi!

Dee:   We’re excited about this episode,  I have to tell you. because this is going to be one of those episodes where all of the things that you’ve ever thought about and questions that you’ve had we’re going to ask those questions and answer those questions for a q. and a. episode

Suzy:  q. and a. I’m excited. I don’t know if i’m more excited or less excited about the fact that you have been taking charge of all the questions that have come in and so this is kind of a a blind study so it should be a lot of fun or really bad or i don’t know we’ll have to see where this goes.

Dee:   It’s an on the spot q. and a.

Suzy:  On the spot, like johnny on the spot

Dee:  Yes!

Suzy: Suzy on the spot.

Dee:  Oh, I like that a lot. Um, before we get into it though i do wanna mention that obviously if you love the podcast which i know you do share it with everyone and make sure to drop us a five star rating that that really goes a long ways for those of you especially on itunes but share it with someone that you know and if you hear an episode that you like may share that particular episode and then you also have them available on the website too

Suzy:   I do and make sure that they send the questions to me next time so it’s not so Suzy on the spot that would be a lot more fun, but you can always reach us either through the website which is w w w Dot the scenter of town,  that’s center with an s,  dot com or via email which is suzy, s u z y at the center of town. I love emails, emails make me happy.

Dee:   yeah. They are nice because then you know it’s like you go back to them and reference them and it’s nice.

Suzy:  It’s just a personal little moment of hey.

Dee:  Hey

Suzy: Hey

Dee:  Hey,   i’m here. I’m listening. I always tell people even if you don’t have a question email and say hey you’re loving the show.

Suzy:  Absolutely those are the ones that make me happiest. All the question ones, of course, have gone to you. I’m gonna kind of harp on that a little.

Dee:  It’s in the hat. I have them all mixed up and a hat. We’ll just pick one out and see how it goes.

Suzy:  Okay

Dee:  okay

Suzy:   all right

Dee:  all right so let’s get underway so one of the questions that came in obviously actually a lot of the questions that came in

Suzy:  Are you picking it out of the hat.

Dee:  I’m picking it out of the hat I just had to pick one of these because we have so many questions of people regarding CBD. That is a big topic. That is something you hear  about, A lot of people come in for it a lot. It is a big deal and one of the most common questions we have that we did kind of go in depth in CBD Episode but one of the most  common questions that we get is how do i know which one how do i know how much

Suzy:  And that’s a tough question especially as we move through twenty nineteen. We’re starting to see more and more people that are carrying CBD products.  I happened to notice that the local convenience store was carrying at the other day and it’s it’s scary especially if if you’re loo...

We all know we need water, but do you know how much? Or even know how much is enough?  Listen in as we talk down and dirty about hydration….and a great Bourbon!

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00:00:07 – 00:05:01

Welcome to Bourbon and Branches and no BS, A podcast from The Scenter of Town, coming to you from the center of town in downtown Fredericksburg Virginia. So glad that you joined us and of course your host for the podcast Suzy Woollam

Suzy:  good afternoon.

Dee: Hello i’m excited for this sort of life force conversation we’re going to have in this episode its all about hydration

Suzy: It is. We’re calling this one H 2 oh my!

Dee: Oh my!

Suzy: Oh my

Dee: I like that a lot so we’re going to get into that and how important that is coming up in just the moment I do want to say, actually i want to ask you a question to start things off. What is your favorite episode. We’ve done so far

Suzy: My favorite episode we’ve done so far? You know what i really really enjoyed our episode on tuning forks.

Dee: Oh i did too yes.

Suzy: I think that was really good, I think it was nice to be able to kind of bring it to a level where people could understand that it’s not just some crazy kind of woo woo thing that it really has a basis in science and that it can really help them, and of course we featured Metallica

Dee: well. That’s true

Suzy: And Blackened Bourbon on that one

Dee: yes

Suzy:so that was that was a good one.

Dee: That was a good one sound therapy

Suzy: sound therapy

Dee:  the topic for that episode if you haven’t listened to it go back and listen to it really really good stuff and really good explanation about what sound therapy is what is good for and definitely as you’re listening to the episodes, give us a rating, a five star rating. If you like it and leave us your comments and your questions always good to do

Suzy:  absolutely we like to hear from you. It’s so nice to hear from everybody. You’ve had such a such great things to say and i think i’ve said it before. The one thing that strikes me as funny is that people always comment about how they don’t really understand how integrative wellness and Bourbon go together and i tell them they just have to figure out by listening. There’s no the other way you just you have to listen and then it all becomes very clear to them

Dee: It’s very true and if you like the episodes that you listen to make sure to share those with other people

Suzy: Oh yeah, that because i’m supposed to say that

Dee: Sharing is important.

Suzy: It is important

Dee: share with other people so let’s get into hydration and H 2 oh my

Suzy: Oh my. So hydration. You know, this is such a huge thing. You can’t go in any store anymore without seeing a water bottle anywhere. Everybody’s got one and. you know, whether they have glass or whether they have stainless steel. I get so many questions on a daily basis about hydration or people that come in and they’re having x. or y condition and the first thing i ask them is how much water they’re drinking and invariably the answer is always I drink plenty of water. So today we’re going to talk about about how much is plenty of water understanding what hydration is and what dehydration is and the things that it can cause in your life. They’re just, they’re so many misconceptions that go along with it that we want to kind of open that up and have a a fun, certainly we’re going to keep keep it on a on a fun level. I’m not gonna preach to anybody but to help people kind of understand why it’s important to drink your damn water.

Dee: Yes exactly it’s so important and there’s there’s so many different ways obviously that we can get the h...

On part of this this two part series, we talk about how Gut Health affects the whole body, pooping, and a really great Bourbon.   Yep, they all go together!

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Its all about Gut Health and Pooping

00:00:07 – 00:05:07

Dee:  Welcome to Bourbon and Branches and no BS, from The Scenter of Town,  located beautifully in the center of downtown Fredericksburg Virginia. And your host of the podcast, Suzy Woollam.

Suzy:  How come I have to be the host all the time?

Dee:  Well,  would you like to pass on the host baton to someone else?

Suzy:   I’m just curious like i feel like i should have a better title than host

Dee:  and your. …I tried to call you some the master of the house one time you didn’t like that and then i feel like every single time we try to come up with a…. and and nothing i have found you you like so far.

No i like everything i just feel like. Maybe we should change it up…

Dee:  Okay sure we can change it up.

So,…I wanna be

Dee:  your director for the evening your captain of the ship.

Oh can i be the cruise director

Dee:   your pilot of the plane

no, cruise director.

Dee:  Cruise director it is,  i’m writing down. I like it.

Alright, there we go.

Dee:  This is your cruise director for the evening. Suzy Woollam …

Suzy Here I am

Dee:   here you are. how beautiful.

Suzy Isn’t that lovely

Dee:   that is lovely. I also feel you should have a hat of some sort but anyway we’ll talk about that later. We’ll shop hats. That’s fine okay.

Suzy Cruise director had it on.

Dee:  I like it so today’s episode we’re going to be trusting our gut

Suzy: We are trusting our gut.  today. We are talking about gut health and uncomfortable not always pleasant subject for some people but we’re going to have fun. We’re gonna talk about gut health and we’re going to talk about why it’s important to trust your gut and love your gut and pooping

Dee:  ~~~laughing~~~~that is a great topic actually and a great series of topics because how can you have a gut health conversation without talking about… but that took me off guard wasn’t in my notes.

Suzy It was supposed to take you off guard,. This is why it’s not in your notes. You know that whole sort of entity as it occurs in the world so that’s why we kinda left that one out and said hey going to be talking about pooping.

Dee:   I like it and now we’re going to be able to get our teenagers to listen to the podcast because now we’ve made it interesting for them so if you would like to share this with a younger person it’s about pooping

Suzy It’s about pooping

Dee:  love it.

Suzy How many times are we allowed to say pooping.

Dee:  I think as many as we want actually which may make kind of fun throughout the episode so it may make it kind of fun. Hey let’s talk a little bit about your in-person experience here if you’re a local to downtown Fredericksburg and you’ve had the opportunity to come into The Scenter of Town and the shop here,  I’m sure that you know it is fantastic and full of so many wonderful little corners that take you to different places um..here and it’s it’s really something it’s a beautiful shop.

Suzy Well thank you. We really like it, um  i think i try to make as much use as i can. We’re just over seven hundred and fifty square feet including a therapy room where we do massage and reiki and Reflexology  and client consultations so the space that i have left for retail. We have to be really really particular on who comes in here. I really only work with the the best companies in our industry and very very particular about what actually comes into the shop and takes up space.

Dee:  I’ve noticed over time.

Join us as we embrace the world of Reiki, and learn more about why it should be a part of your Integrative Wellness Program.

Transcript

 

Welcome to Bourbon & Branches & no BS, a podcast coming to you from The Scenter of Town, which beautifully enough is located in the center of town in Fredericksburg VA. And the host of your podcast, Suzy Woollam

Suzy:   Good Afternoon, how are you today?

Dee:  I’m Fantastic.  I’m so excited for the topics that we’ve been covering, and I wanted to ask you, what has been your favorite episode so far, that we’ve done?

Suzy:  My favorite?

Dee:  Yeah

Suzy:  The one that I’ve had the most fun with?  Um, I think that the one that I’ve gotten the biggest response from and some of the funniest comments and funniest e-mails about was Stocking your home bar…errr…

Together:   medicine chest!

Dee:  Yes

Suzy:  I think people really enjoyed that we kind of made it easy for them to understand that this really isn’t as hard as they thought it was and we kind of did it in a humorous light, so I’ve gotten some really, really, REALLY funny comments off that and I’ve enjoyed that one, I think the most.

Dee:  I have enjoyed so many, all of our episodes, but I know that, one of the episodes that a lot of people are listening to and continuing to catch up on if they missed it was the CBD episode.

Suzy:  The CBD episode was….fabulous.  It was so nice to be able to, in this day and age to be able to talk to people on a very base level, and have them understand, know that I’m not trying to sell them something, that I’m not trying to tell them that, that my product is better than yours and if you don’t like it I’m gonna take my ball and go home.

Dee:  Right

Suzy:  Just to give them some base facts.  And so many people have come in afterwards and said “ok, this is what I’ve been taking, can you help me understand what this is”.  Or, my Doctor wants me to be taking this but I don’t know where to

get started, so I think that that really opened the door to a lot of conversation, which is really the whole point in doing this in the first place, is to open people up to a conversation that maybe they don’t know how to have or they’re afraid to have or they don’t know who to have it with.  So that’s been, uh, that’s been  really great to have those conversations with people.

Dee:  And don’t you think too a lot of the episodes, which I feel like we are demystifying a lot of these topics, but a lot of the episodes, you know if you look up information, if you Google, you know, CBD and that sort of thing, so many things come up and they can be confusing and they sometimes can, um, contradict each other.

Suzy:  Well, without upsetting the apple cart as it were, there are a lot of businesses that are cropping up, a lot of people that are cropping up, a lot of information that is cropping up, where, people are trying to sell a product.  And while I applaud the American Dream of having your own Cottage industry, such as it is, and I would certainly never tell anybody not to start a business if they thought that that was what was right for them, the one thing that I would say is that, unlike selling a car, or a lamp, or a new carpet, if you are dishonest with someone about CBD, or supplements, or herbs or essential oils, all of which we have covered at one time or another, if you are dishonest with someone who has a health condition, you literally are taking their life, their life energy, their life force, and possibly a time of their life away from them.  And that, disturbs me

Dee:  Yeah

Suzy:  So, I want people to have an understanding, I want them to have it from a very honest place, and again, they are welcome to e-mail me, or call me or message me on Facebook although I don’t have messenger on my phone so it may take me a while to get back to you but message me. Comment.  Come in the store.

Sound Therapy – whether through Tuning Forks, Singing Bowls, Music or even the Human Voice – can be a wonderful addition to any Integrative Wellness program.  Want to learn more?  Have a listen!

Transcript

 

Dee:  Welcome to Bourbon and Branches and no BS from The Scenter of Town,  beautifully enough, in the center of town in Fredericksburg Virginia and, of course, your host, Suzy Woollam.

Suzy:  Good afternoon

Dee:  Hello.  This is a beautiful day in Fredericksburg Virginia very hot but a beautiful day

Suzy:  It is a beautiful day, it is gonna be a beautiful weekend here

Dee:   You know what we’re excited about is how many people are downloading the podcast and subscribing to the podcast going to the website some really cool stuff happening.

Suzy:  Yes we enjoy hearing from everybody and knowing that everyone’s enjoying it. For those who’ve reached out that had questions, I know I’ve answered you privately but we would love it,  if you feel comfortable posting your questions on the page with the episode I think some of your questions are really good and a lot of people would enjoy the opportunity to see what you asked because maybe they’re afraid to ask themselves so if you feel comfortable we’d love it if you do that

Dee:    That’s a really good point actually because i know a lot of people have questions and wanna drop off comments and of course went to a share it with other people so a a really good way to do it is if subscribe on i tunes wherever you’re subscribed to drop off a comment drop off question and certainly give us a good review

Suzy:  Oh, a good review would be nice as well

Dee:   A good review would be nice.  Okay so I hear some beautiful sounds today and I know we’re going to be talking about sound therapy so I’m very interested in this I have so many questions

Suzy:  Well that’s good because sound therapy is something that I think is really misunderstood by a lot of people and it’s such a wonderful therapy it’s one of the many things that I do in working with the integrative medicine program and in working with all of my clients here and I think that more people could really benefit if they understood what sound therapy was and they didn’t think it was just some….crazy cowbells being banged on their head or something so I’m looking forward to helping people understand a little better

Dee:    I think it’s going to be one of those topics where we,  we really put to rest some of the myths about sound therapy and things like this

Suzy:  And I think that’s definitely a necessity and I think in some ways in what we talk about today were gonna kinda ride the line for some people into something that’s a little more esoteric than maybe they’re used to,  but I promise you everything they were talking about today is fully rooted honest-to- goodness as far as you can go in science,  in string theory if you’re a string theory person, um..it’s very easy to understand if you understand science and you understand the science behind it.  So that’s what I hope people understand stand today why we use it as a therapy not as something that’s just… as I hear so often “woo woo”

Dee:   a lot of people have questions around things like sound therapy.  How did you come about getting interested in using sound therapy as a part of Integrative Wellness and your Practice?

Suzy:  I originally took a class on sound therapy using tuning forks probably in…oh my goodness… um… maybe nineteen ninety nine, two thousand? At the time i was just really interested I worked in a lot of different methodologies of energy work and of course, sound therapy, tuning fork therapy just became a part of,  sort of that global umbrella at the time.  The best part of the story,  because everybody likes a good story, right?

Providing adequate food for your family in an emergency is something we all want to be able to do.  Join us as we discuss simple, inexpensive ways to stock your pantry, and a great Bourbon recommendation.

106 – Prepping your Pantry 

Dee:  Welcome to Bourbon and Branches and no BS, coming to you from beautiful Downtown Fredericksburg Virginia in The Scenter of Town.  And the host of  your podcast, Suzy Woollam

Suzy:  Welcome

Dee:  Hi!

Suzy:  I am so excited that you are here with me today…

Dee:  I’m excited too because we are talking about a very important topic and I’m excited also for our beverage choice at the end which we always have

Suzy:  We do have good beverage choices don’t we

Dee:  We do, and I feel like every single time you surprise us with something that somehow ties into our subject matter which is fantastic

Suzy:  I have no idea what you’re talking about…but the reason I’m excited that you’re here today is that we’re talking about your absolute favorite subject on the planet

Dee:  yes

Suzy:  Food

Dee:  I do love food

Suzy:  You do love food, I love food..food is a good thing.  And you are like me and you are a food person.  You want your food, you need your food, don’t get between you and your food

Dee:  Yeah, no

Suzy:  It doesn’t end well

Dee:  It doesn’t end well.  And before we get going on this I do want to say Suzy we’re very excited that so many fantastic people came out to our launch party for the podcast, we’ve had such a great time spreading the news about this podcast, and we want people to share it with people that they know and love and give this information to anyone that they can

Suzy:  Absolutely. And it’s been really wonderful for me, so many of you have reached out to me either through email or on social media and you’ve had such great questions and compliments, the only thing I can ask is,  if you feel comfortable, I would love if you would share those questions through the comments section so that other people can see them too.   I’ve answered everyone privately and that makes it really really nice because you know that you can speak to me in a private fashion, but if you feel comfortable, if you could share them through the comments so that other people, I think, could really benefit from some of the questions that weve had come up over some of the episodes that we’ve put up so far.

Dee:  Yeah, that’s a really good point because a lot of people will have very similar questions about CBD oil or how to use an Essential oil or…that sort of thing

Suzy:  How to stock their bar I mean

Dee:  mmm hmm

Suzy:  Their medicine cabinet. That’s a big one…that’s a big question

Dee:  Yes, it was a huge question, so that’s a great idea and certainly share the podcast with everyone you know.  Now, we are talking on this episode about getting prepared, and we’re getting into the pantry for this.

Suzy:  We are getting into the pantry and one of the things that I tell people most often is that I may not know very much in life, but I do know food

And when it comes to food, I can lead you in a in a good direction as far as food goes, but ever since I was a very young child. I had a grandmother, who owned a store in Pikeville  Kentucky Edith Martins grocery shout out. Hey

Dee:   hey

long since gone. But every time we would go and visit she would always send us home with cases of food cases and cases of canned goods and jellies and jams and,  believe it or not.  spam. It’s a thing.

Dee:  It is a thing

Suzy:  it is a thing. So ever since I was a very young child. There’s always been food in our house. And if we had a storm, or if the power went out, or in times of financial hardship we always had food, and I realize that, as, as society has changed we no longer have that family pantry. people’s schedules are busy.