Today’s interview is with the wonderful Bianca Nelson. Bianca is a fellow naturopath who I had the privilege of meeting through Meraki Wellness Centre in Erina back in 2021 when we both worked there. However, it is the plight of the naturopath that even when we are working in a big clinic with many other naturopaths or clinicians we very rarely get to spend time together because we are always behind closed doors with our patients so it was such a gift to have this opportunity to catch up and speak about some of our favourite topics.

Bianca, also known as the Aboriginal naturopath, has family origins from Yuin country on the South Coast of NSW but has been lucky enough to call the Central Coast her home since birth. Along with naturopathic herbal medicine, Bianca also works with plant spirits by offering reiki sessions and helping her patients connect to Australian bush flowers. In our chat we spoke about her journey from support work to naturopathy and now this newer energetic offering, the ethics of plant medicine harvesting, her work with Pukka herbal tea and how important it is to nurture nature respect in the next generation.

At the beginning of the episode Bianca was feeding her gorgeous little son Ochre so if you hear some sweet sucking sounds, that’s just him enjoying his midday meal. This one is a little longer because we had so much to talk about and once you hear Bianca speak so passionately about plants I think you’ll know why.

I hope you enjoy listening!

LINKS:

* Bianca’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theaboriginalnaturopath/

* Meraki Wellness Centre: https://merakiwellnesscentre.com.au/bianca-smith-2/

* Songline Dreaming Festival: https://regeneratewellnesscollective.com/pages/healing-sessions

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