Today’s episode is a little different from the usual. 

To give context for newer audience members, Anna Rósa Róbertsdóttir was one of my earliest guests on the podcast. When Anna Rósa was last on the show, she shared a big adventure and new project she was just about to embark on, empowering women in refugee camps in Iraq. 

Since we last saw her, that project has been realized and today, Anna Rósa is sharing an update with us. This is a really interesting adventure and you’re definitely going to want to hear about it!  We’ll also hear about Anna Rósa’s philosophy on how you can do a lot with very few herbs, which is an important skill for herbalists! 

As a listener, you also have access to Anna Rósa’s recipe for an herbal infused Pain Relief Oil. This is one of the recipes Anna Rósa developed at the request of women in the refugee camps. There’s a free, downloadable and printable recipe card available just for you

By the end of this episode, you’ll know:

► The attitude you need to create effective remedies when resources are limited

► How to help budding herbalists build confidence

► Why local herbs are so valuable

► Why cultivating deep knowledge of just a few herbs can be so powerful

► Why Anna Rósa considers Iraq the most hospitable country she’s ever visited

► and so much more…

Medical herbalist, wildcrafter, and author, Anna Rósa Róbertsdóttir is the heartbeat and passionate founder behind Anna Rósa Skincare. She hand-picks wild Icelandic herbs to use in her 100% natural, non-toxic, small batch skincare products. Anna Rósa‘s Skincare Collection is a skincare that empowers because she uses the profits to support Helping Herbs, a registered charity in Iceland dedicated to empowering refugee women. As the founder and manager of Helping Herbs, Anna Rósa also works in refugee camps in Kurdistan, Iraq, teaching women to make herbal products. Anna Rósa is the author of Icelandic Herbs and their Medicinal Uses and an online course: The Healing Power of Icelandic Herbs.

If you’d like to hear more from Anna Rósa, which I highly recommend, then head to the show notes where you can get easy links for her website and social media channels. You can also find the transcript for this episode in the show notes and you can access your recipe card for Pain Relief Oil at: https://bit.ly/3TXVbbA

It was great to catch up with Anna Rósa and I’m excited to share our conversation with you today!

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Rosalee is an herbalist and author of the bestselling book Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients Into Foods & Remedies That Heal and co-author of the bestselling book Wild Remedies: How to Forage Healing Foods and Craft Your Own Herbal Medicine. She's a registered herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild and teaches many popular online courses. Read about how Rosalee went from having a terminal illness to being a bestselling author in her full story here.