Herb At The End Of The World

Join Samwise Raridon Community Herbalist and Meditation Practitioner and Therapist Liz Fitzgerald for a sweet and reverent chat on Lavender, queerness and joy.

If you want to learn more about Liz and their work, you can find them at https://www.therapistliz.com/

Herb at the End of the World will be taking a hiatus while Samwise adjusts to some big life changes.

Here's some links to the articles mentioned in the episode:

From Lavender to Violet: The Lesbian Obsession with Purple by Eleanor Medhurst

https://dressingdykes.com/2021/08/20/from-lavender-to-violet/

Violet Delights: A Queer History of Purple by Keava McMillan

https://www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/articles/violet-delights-a-queer-history-of-purple

Lavender Menace

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender_Menace

The song that appears at the end of the episode is called "The Lavender Song", based on "Das Lila Lied" (Berlin, 1921; a gay/lesbian liberation song) and can be found on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yPakNOVytI

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Herb at the End of the World is created by Samwise Raridon, community herbalist, teacher and organizer of germanic, celtic and Lebanese lineages living as a guest in unceded Shawnee, Osage, Ofo and Mesopelea (otherwise known as Adena and Hopewell) land, colonially known as Athens, Ohio.

This podcast will always be offered freely. If you’re inspired by this work and want to support others in accessing healing and learning, please consider joining us as a patron on Patreon. If you are inspired by this work please leave us a five star review wherever you listen to podcasts so more people can find out about these resources! 

Have you seen this awesome video of our clinical work? Big big thanks to Em Harger for producing this magical short film. 

IG: @selfhealherbs

FB: https://www.facebook.com/self.heal.herbal.clinic

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samwiseraridoncommunityherbalist?fan_landing=true

Sam’s Website: https://www.selfhealherbs.com/ 

Just a little announcement about taking a break over the summer to heal up and work camp!

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Herb at the End of the World is created by Samwise Raridon, community herbalist, teacher and organizer of germanic, celtic and Lebanese lineages living as a guest in unceded Shawnee, Osage, Ofo and Mesopelea (otherwise known as Adena and Hopewell) land, colonially known as Athens, Ohio.

This podcast will always be offered freely. If you’re inspired by this work and want to support others in accessing healing and learning, please consider joining us as a patron on Patreon. If you are inspired by this work please leave us a five star review wherever you listen to podcasts so more people can find out about these resources! 

Have you seen this awesome video of our clinical work? Big big thanks to Em Harger for producing this magical short film. 

IG: @selfhealherbs

FB: https://www.facebook.com/self.heal.herbal.clinic

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samwiseraridoncommunityherbalist?fan_landing=true

Sam’s Website: https://www.selfhealherbs.com/ 

Join Samwise Raridon Community Herbalist and their partner Seed Minkin Youth Educator and Artist for a sweet and powerful conversation about herbs for mental health support, including Burdock. Thank you so much Seed for sharing your beauty and wisdom.

Content Warning: In this episode we touch on themes of mental health, working with Bipolar, and acknowledge feelings of wanting to give up. If you are feeling like you want to give up and need support, please reach out for help. Please check out the resources below:

Trans Lifeline: 877 565 8860

Suicide and Crisis Hotline: 988 (it's just those three numbers)

Warm Line Directory By State (for those that just need someone to talk to): https://warmline.org/warmdir.html

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Herb at the End of the World is created by Samwise Raridon, community herbalist, teacher and organizer of germanic, celtic and Lebanese lineages living as a guest in unceded Shawnee, Osage, Ofo and Mesopelea (otherwise known as Adena and Hopewell) land, colonially known as Athens, Ohio.

This podcast will always be offered freely. If you’re inspired by this work and want to support others in accessing healing and learning, please consider joining us as a patron on Patreon. If you are inspired by this work please leave us a five star review wherever you listen to podcasts so more people can find out about these resources! 

Have you seen this awesome video of our clinical work? Big big thanks to Em Harger for producing this magical short film. 

IG: @selfhealherbs

FB: https://www.facebook.com/self.heal.herbal.clinic

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samwiseraridoncommunityherbalist?fan_landing=true

Sam’s Website: https://www.selfhealherbs.com/ 

Join Community Herbalist Samwise Raridon and Clinical Herbalist, Death Doula and Ritualist Lauren Roellig for a deep dive into an important tree across many cultures, the Oak Tree. Lauren shares about her experience deepening her relationship to Oak through recognizing Sudden Oak Death and helping to heal the trees in her region. Together we reflect on themes like how vital real justice is for healing our world and the trees that sustain it.

You can find out more about Lauren's work and book a session to work with her individually and collectively at https://www.laurenroellig.com/

The Disability Justice book we mention in the episode is called The Future is Disabled by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Here are some of the organizations and projects we mention in the episode:

Keepers of the Flame Project (actually UC Davis, not UC Berkeley):

https://epm.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk296/files/inline-files/Keepers%20of%20the%20Flame%20Final5.12.2020.pdf

TREKS prescribed fire training exchanges

https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-priorities/protect-water-and-land/land-and-water-stories/fire-training-exchanges-expand-controlled-burns/

Karuk Tribe Cultural Burns and Climate Change Project

https://karuktribeclimatechangeprojects.com/fire-works/

Donating to the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust

https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/

Indian canyon is the only federally recognized native lands from Sonoma to the coast of Santa Barbara in California.[1] The land hosts many ceremonies and oak tending workshops - recently they had a major flooding with the storms - and there’s a gofundme for donations.

http://support.indiancanyonlife.org/?fbclid=IwAR3rSJBluVoqVYSfgJ_-nYfb41U8-YCl2XM6nX8JhDktZxd7GuR02Qkes90

Social Forestry and Siskiyou Permaculture, Hazel Ward - theyve just put out a book called Tending the Land as People of Place

https://siskiyoupermaculture.org/about-us/

Go wild institute Jolie Egret Elan

https://www.gowildinstitute.org/

SuddenOakLife.org - fire mimicry

The painting in the cover art for this episode is the painting that Samwise mentions in the show, and is called "Saint Boniface Felling the Sacred Oak" by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Diedrich (created about 1750 - 1770)

Music Credit: "Change" by Big Thief, a song I have been listening to on repeat these days

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Herb at the End of the World is created by Samwise Raridon, community herbalist, teacher and organizer of germanic, celtic and Lebanese lineages living as a guest in unceded Shawnee, Osage, Ofo and Mesopelea (otherwise known as Adena and Hopewell) land, colonially known as Athens, Ohio.

This podcast will always be offered freely. If you’re inspired by this work and want to support others in accessing healing and learning, please consider joining us as a patron on Patreon. If you are inspired by this work please leave us a five star review wherever you listen to podcasts so more people can find out about these resources! 

Have you seen this awesome video of our clinical work? Big big thanks to Em Harger for producing this magical short film. 

IG: @selfhealherbs

FB: https://www.facebook.com/self.heal.herbal.clinic

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samwiseraridoncommunityherbalist?fan_landing=true

Sam’s Website: https://www.selfhealherbs.com/ 

Join Samwise for a tender and potent telling of their relationship to the elder tree and the elder's connections to death and rebirth. The elder tree is strongly connected to the winter deity Holda / Holle in some germanic lineages. Winter, the epiphany, January 6th, divination, grief, loss and cycles of regeneration are big themes throughout this episode. 

Content warning: this episode talks in depth about losing friends to murder, although no graphic details are shared. 

Much love and gratitude to the friends and family who also carry this grief and the gift of knowing Emilie and Dusty. 

Here's the video of Emilie singing "Trust". Thank you to Paul Stoutenburgh and Minea Herwitz for producing this beautiful video.

Here's the book on Holda that Sam mentions in the episode.  Turns out it's out of print, so let me know if you're curious about it! 

Art credit in Episode Cover Art: Alphonse Mucha, "Winter" 1896

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Herb at the End of the World is created by Samwise Raridon, community herbalist, teacher and organizer of germanic, celtic and Lebanese lineages living as a guest in unceded Shawnee, Osage, Ofo and Mesopelea (otherwise known as Adena and Hopewell) land, colonially known as Athens, Ohio.

This podcast will always be offered freely. If you’re inspired by this work and want to support others in accessing healing and learning, please consider joining us as a patron on Patreon. If you are inspired by this work please leave us a five star review wherever you listen to podcasts so more people can find out about these resources!

Have you seen this awesome video of our clinical work? Big big thanks to Em Harger for producing this magical short film.

IG: @selfhealherbs

FB: https://www.facebook.com/self.heal.herbal.clinic

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samwiseraridoncommunityherbalist?fan_landing=true

Sam’s Website: https://www.selfhealherbs.com/

Join host Samwise Raridon, Community Herbalist and Cera Ariel, Abortion Doula and Fertility Awareness Educator for a generous and in depth discussion on herbs, ancestral medicine, abortion and how abortion doulas can support folks moving through abortions. In this episode Cera shares about their practice of supporting folks as an abortion doula and turns us towards our own lineages' cycle regulation medicines. 

You can find out more about Cera's work, including booking an exploratory session at their website here. You can follow them on Instagram @ceramerrick

Here are some of the resources we talk about in this episode:

Natural Liberty: Rediscovering Self Induced Abortion Methods by the Sage Femme Collective (PDF of whole book) 

Holistic Abortions: Herbalists and abortion doulas offering inclusive, comprehensive repro knowledge & empowering ppl w/ plant wisdom and body literacy
Venmo @HolisticAbx Instagram @holistic.abortions (Offers classes on holistic abortion support) 

Abortion Showers: a woman, femme, nonbinary people of color-led project. Abortion Showers challenged bodily autonomy narratives by providing a digital space for emotional and technical support and political education resources for people who have and support abortion care post-Roe v. Wade. (Fundraiser!) 

The Nap Ministry: founded by Tricia Hersey and is an organization that examines the liberating power of naps.

Digital Defense Fund: established in 2017 in response to the increased need for security and technology resources in the abortion rights movement after the 2016 election. 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Herb at the End of the World is created by Samwise Raridon, community herbalist, teacher and organizer of germanic, celtic and Lebanese lineages living as a guest in unceded Shawnee, Osage, Ofo and Mesopelea (otherwise known as Adena and Hopewell) land, colonially known as Athens, Ohio.

This podcast will always be offered freely. If you’re inspired by this work and want to support others in accessing healing and learning, please consider joining us as a patron on Patreon. If you are inspired by this work please leave us a five star review wherever you listen to podcasts so more people can find out about these resources!

Have you seen this awesome video of our clinical work? Big big thanks to Em Harger for producing this magical short film.

IG: @selfhealherbs

FB: https://www.facebook.com/self.heal.herbal.clinic

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samwiseraridoncommunityherbalist?fan_landing=true

Sam’s Website: https://www.selfhealherbs.com/

Join host Samwise Raridon and Clinical Herbalist, Teacher, Artist and Urban Gardener Bonnie Rose Weaver for an in depth discussion of the herb vitex, the utility of tracking out hormonal cycles and the lasting cultural impact of the film Mean Girls. In this episode, Bonnie Rose generously shares an exercise for understanding how hormonal cycles for folks who bleed can work, so if you feel inspired to learn along, we invite you to grab a piece of paper and a drawing tool. Big big thank you to Bonnie Rose for being such a dear friend, teacher and comrade all these years. 

We mention a book in the episode that is useful to learn from called "Taking Charge of your Fertility" by Toni Weschler 

If you want to learn more about Bonnie Rose Weaver's work, you can check out their website and follow them on Instagram @bonnieroseweaver 

Art Credit: Bonnie Rose Weaver 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Herb at the End of the World is created by Samwise Raridon, community herbalist, teacher and organizer of germanic, celtic and Lebanese lineages living as a guest in unceded Shawnee, Osage, Ofo and Mesopelea (otherwise known as Adena and Hopewell) land, colonially known as Athens, Ohio.

This podcast will always be offered freely. If you’re inspired by this work and want to support others in accessing healing and learning, please consider joining us as a patron on Patreon. If you are inspired by this work please leave us a five star review wherever you listen to podcasts so more people can find out about these resources!

Have you seen this awesome video of our clinical work? Big big thanks to Em Harger for producing this magical short film.

IG: @selfhealherbs

FB: https://www.facebook.com/self.heal.herbal.clinic

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samwiseraridoncommunityherbalist?fan_landing=true

Sam’s Website: https://www.selfhealherbs.com/

Join Samwise Raridon Community Herbalist and Violet, Artist and Herbalist, for a powerful and honest conversation about how being in relationship with the plants and our minds can help us change our lives for the better. Together they talk about using meditation and california poppy to work with the energies of addiction and other challenges of being very human. For folks who are inspired to begin a meditation or contemplation practice as a way to tend for our spirits, Violet recommends a meditation app inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh's work called The Plum Village App.  You can also check out some of Pema Chodron's free meditation instruction videos on youtube. 

You can find out more about Violet's work and classes at her website https://witchcraftapothecary.com/ and see some of her amazing tattoo work on Instagram at @witchcraft_apothecary . Also check out this awesome and bad ass article about her on East Bay Yesterday.  

Art Credit for Episode Art: California Poppy Tattoo by Violet 

Big thanks to Seed Minkin for their guest appearance at the end of the episode sharing a bit about why they chose California Poppy to appear on the shirts and stickers for the Queer Trans Youth and Allies summer camp they direct. If you want to find out more about the film that uplifts queer and trans youth joy and support the filmmakers in raising some finishing funds for the film, you can buy these rad shirts and learn more at https://www.bonfire.com/store/metamorph-mentorship/ and their website at https://metamorphmentorship.com/ . 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Herb at the End of the World is created by Samwise Raridon, community herbalist, teacher and organizer of germanic, celtic and lebanese lineages living as a guest in unceded Shawnee, Osage, Ofo and Mesopelea (otherwise known as Adena and Hopewell) land, colonially known as Athens, Ohio.

This podcast will always be offered freely. If you’re inspired by this work and want to support others in accessing healing and learning, please consider joining us as a patron on Patreon. If you are inspired by this work please leave us a five star review wherever you listen to podcasts so more people can find out about these resources!

Have you seen this awesome video of our clinical work? Big big thanks to Em Harger for producing this magical short film.

IG: @selfhealherbs

FB: https://www.facebook.com/self.heal.herbal.clinic

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samwiseraridoncommunityherbalist?fan_landing=true

Sam’s Website: https://www.selfhealherbs.com/

Join Herbalist and Peer Counselor Gabrielle Ishkanian Greenberg and Community Herbalist Samwise Raridon for a deep dive into the soothing and powerful properties of California Poppy. Together we talk about how this plant inspires us to care deeply for our nervous systems and our bodies, how cal poppy can help us tap more deeply into our own power and consent, and how we as people in our community can show up for the mental health of those around us. 

Photo Credit for Episode Art belongs to Gabrielle Ishkanian Greenberg. 

Find out more about Transformative Mental Health and The Institute for the Development for Human Arts at https://www.idha-nyc.org/ and more about how to build peer support networks at Project LETS https://projectlets.org/. 

If you're interested to learn more about Samwise's Ancestral Healing for White Folks Class Series, you can check out their website at https://www.selfhealherbs.com/ancestral-healing-for-white-folks 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Herb at the End of the World is created by Samwise Raridon, community herbalist, teacher and organizer of germanic, celtic and Lebanese lineages living as a guest in unceded Shawnee, Osage, Ofo and Mesopelea (otherwise known as Adena and Hopewell) land, colonially known as Athens, Ohio.

This podcast will always be offered freely. If you’re inspired by this work and want to support others in accessing healing and learning, please consider joining us as a patron on Patreon. If you are inspired by this work please leave us a five star review wherever you listen to podcasts so more people can find out about these resources!

Have you seen this awesome video of our clinical work? Big big thanks to Em Harger for producing this magical short film.

IG: @selfhealherbs

FB: https://www.facebook.com/self.heal.herbal.clinic

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samwiseraridoncommunityherbalist?fan_landing=true

Sam’s Website: https://www.selfhealherbs.com/

Join Samwise Raridon Community Herbalist and Andi Webb of Every Light Wellness for a powerful and tender conversation on the many useful teachings of the herb plantain. Plantain is so helpful at both soothing inflammation and drawing out poisons or irritants, both on the physical and spiritual level. Thank you so much to Andi for your powerful vulnerability, realness and wisdom. 

You can find out more about Andi's work at https://everylightwellness.squarespace.com. 

You can donate to support the creation of Andi's burgeoning accessible herbal school through Venmo: @EveryLightWellness

Thank you so much to Liz Fitzgerald, my dear friend and comrade, for sharing their story about Plantain in a short at the end of the episode! 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Herb at the End of the World is created by Samwise Raridon, community herbalist, teacher and organizer of germanic, celtic and Lebanese lineages living as a guest in unceded Shawnee, Osage, Ofo and Mesopelea (otherwise known as Adena and Hopewell) land, colonially known as Athens, Ohio.

This podcast will always be offered freely. If you’re inspired by this work and want to support others in accessing healing and learning, please consider joining us as a patron on Patreon. If you are inspired by this work please leave us a five star review wherever you listen to podcasts so more people can find out about these resources!

Have you seen this awesome video of our work? Big big thanks to Emily Harger for producing this magical short film.

IG: @selfhealherbs

FB: https://www.facebook.com/self.heal.herbal.clinic

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samwiseraridoncommunityherbalist?fan_landing=true

Sam’s Website: https://www.selfhealherbs.com/