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Cannabis and Trauma with LaWann Stribling: Asking For Help, Mental Health and Using Cannabis For Health and Wellbeing (Not as a Crutch)


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LaWann didn’t use cannabis to heal from her trauma. It’s how she used it during and after that allowed her to see what a crutch it could be AND how it can be used for her overall health and wellness. She’s incredible. From her insight, sense of self and confidence to how she reached out for help is true example of what hard work and vulnerability can do for trauma.

Her journey is inspiring. From homeless at 17, a young mom, she put on her supersuit and got to work chasing her dreams and caring for her child. Finding cannabis, leaving cannabis, and finding it again, and she now has countless awards confirming her craft in baking. People love her treats!

Her story is the definition of overcoming her own darkness and helping others find their light too. She talks about self love, asking for help as a mama, and shares with us how we can start to heal from our traumas. Whether you feel your trauma is small or a mountain to overcome she offers some deep deep wisdom about how to start.

Topics Discussed:

  • Recognizing when cannabis is a crutch.
  • Taking cannabis breaks
  • Adjusting to motherhood the messes, lack of sleep, new stresses, postpartum depression
  • Obstacles getting into cannabis business
  • Various ways to use cannabis and not eat or smoke it
  • Adding other holistic herbs
  • Hyperemesis gravidarum
  • CBG
  • Using cannabis to keep cancer away after beating it
  • Being open and honest with your children

Lawann’s Favorite Resources

  • @stribble_treats
  • weresurviving.com
  • Dr Sanjay Gupta: Weed - CNN Special Documentary
  • The Evolution of Cannabis Book
  • For resources the evolution of cannabis is a documentary on Hulu https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9914598/
  • This is the reference by Jamila Hogan https://www.amazon.com/Cannabis-Reference-Manual-Book-One-ebook/dp/B07QT7X8QD?ref=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=2dae6713-01ad-454f-b0bf-6b07d140606e

Articles Mentioned

  • Large Study Finds No Link between Marijuana and Lung Cancer
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Mama Chill ClubBy Elizabeth Moeller