This week on the Empowered Sobriety Podcast, Abby brings us into the wonderful world of herbalism and how herbalism can be used in sobriety and recovery.  There are many herbs that can calm anxiety while in recovery and sobriety as well as helping bring our bodies back into balance such as using bitters and nutritive herbs.  Listen in as Abby breaks down different categories of herbs that can support our overall health!

00:00 Intro

01:35 Breath practice and ancestral Land Acknowledgement 

04:12 Abby shares how she got into herbalism and how it led her to life coaching.

05:20 How herbs work on the body and how intelligent they are as they work on the whole system, not just prescriptive.

06:22 What are nutritive herbs? And why it’s important to get out of the herb’s way.  

07:46 Lindsay points out our western cultural perspective that one herb or one prescription will heal us all but it actually takes more than just one thing to effect change in our bodies as well as the world. 

08:53 Abby’s journey from health coaching to life coaching

10:10 What anxiety can do to your body and how herbs can help.

10:33 A note on Cannabis

11:55 What are “Nervines” and how they help with the parasympathetic nervous system

13:17 A great resource to find organic and pesticide-free herbs

14:32 Nervine and nutritive herbs such as oatstraw, dandelion, skullcap, St. John’s wort and lemon balm

15:20 How to take herbs if you’re triggered or sensitive to alcohol

19:00 St. John’s wort: a great herb for mild to moderate depression

20:44 Lindsay asks Abby how we can support herbs so they can support us

23:22 How to support the body after addiction and early sobriety

23:44 What are “bitters” and how they can support the body early in recovery 

28:10 What are “aromatics” and how they can help with bloating and gas

28:40 What are “demulcents” and how they can soothe internal body tissues such as the mouth, esophagus and stomach lining.

30:40 What are “astringents” and one herb can help move lymph.

32:57 Lindsay asks Abby which herb is best for anxiety and active in their fight or flight mode

37:19 How to work with Abby

Resources:

How to find out who the Indigenous Peoples are that tend the land where you live:

www.native-land.ca

A great resource for organic and pesticide-free herbs:

www.mountainroseherbs.com

How to work with Abby:

website: www.abbygcoaching.com

IG: @abbygcoaching

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