How do we actually engage a plant spirit medicine walk? First by understanding that you and I are surrounded by no less than kin, elders, teachers, healers, spiritual masters. If herbalism is allying with plants to bring healing to the people... how do we go about building relationships with these great, grand beings? The answer might be more subtle than you think, it's an internal alignment game, it's a matter of the heart. We live among a pantheon of plants! 

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🌀ABOUT LAUREN

Lauren Morgan is an herbalist, dreamer, Earth-based ceremonialist, mother, author and teacher residing in the mountains of the Olympic Peninsula. Her life is devoted to restoring kinship with herbs, dreams and wisdom within and beneath us all, on behalf of All Life. She teaches folk and plant spirit herbalism, hosts dream circles and courses, the author of the book Seasonal Herbalism, creatrix and host of the Herbs and Dreams Podcast.

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The Herbs and Dreams Podcast is actively calling in folks from all walks of life… young and old… wisened/weathered and fresh/green… masters and beginners… dreamers, herbalists and Earth lovers… ANYONE who has EXPERIENCED the magic that flows from weaving their lives with the wisdom of dreams AND/OR their alliance with the healing plants of Mother Earth… to help inspire us all in these times of Great Reweaving.

Email [email protected] to inquire

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Kimberly Gallagher is a community centered herbalist, co-founder of LearningHerbs.com, creator of the Wildcraft! board game and author of the Herb Fairies children’s books as well as Aphrodisiac: The Herbal Path to Healthy Sexual Fulfillment and Vital Living. She is also my dear friend, colleague and soon to be co-teacher for our upcoming course Rhythms & Relationships: A Feminine Way Into Herbalism coming Spring 2026!

In this episode Kimberly shares with us the early days of Learning Herbs when they were the only online herbal gig in town and how she and her late husband John grew the company into what it is today.  She shares her vision for the future of the company - continuing to keep herbalism simple, accessible and whole-plant-based - honoring John's legacy while bringing Learning Herbs into the future. 

Kimberly shares how for her herbalism is all about building relationships; how what she remembers about the plants is things that have happened in her life - taking care of her kids, family and community with the herbs growing around her just as women have been doing for millennia. Every time we take a plant or have an encounter with the plant, we are building a relationship with them, she says. 

We share about our upcoming course, an Earth-based ceremony called the Children of Gaia that we co-created in 2020, the modern priestess walk, and much more. Enjoy!

To Connect Deeper with Kimberly Gallagher:

- Visit Learningherbs.com and check out Herbmentor... it's a FABULOUS resource for students learning herbalism!

- Follow Kimberly's priestess offerings at Trail of Beauty Ministry

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🌀 ABOUT LAUREN 

Lauren Morgan is an herbalist, dreamer, Earth-based ceremonialist, mother, author and teacher residing in the mountains of the Olympic Peninsula. her life is devoted to restoring kinship with herbs, dreams and wisdom within and beneath us all, on behalf of All Life. She teaches folk and plant spirit herbalism, hosts dream circles and courses, the author of the book Seasonal Herbalism, creatrix and host of the Herbs and Dreams Podcast.

🌀 WANNA BE A GUEST?

The Herbs and Dreams Podcast is actively calling in folks from all walks of life… young and old… wisened/weathered and fresh/green… masters and beginners… dreamers, herbalists and Earth lovers… ANYONE who has EXPERIENCED the magic that flows from weaving their lives with the wisdom of dreams AND/OR their alliance with the healing plants of Mother Earth… to help inspire us all in these times of Great Reweaving.

Email [email protected] to inquire

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 If you'd like to interview/interweave with Lauren for your podcast or platform, please send an email to [email protected] and many thanks for all the good work you are doing in the world, on behalf of All Life. 

Dreams come to this world, from the Otherworld, in hopes of living here. Our job, as the humans on the receiving end of dreaming's door is to catch them, wrestle them, filter them through our values, run them by our resources and then... to DO SOMETHING WITH THEM! Do, weave, act, be, create, weave our lives with the wisdom of dreams on behalf of All Life. This episode will inspire the weaving half of your dreamweaving practice. Enjoy!

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🌀 ABOUT LAUREN 

Lauren Morgan is an herbalist, dreamer, Earth-based ceremonialist, mother, author and teacher residing in the mountains of the Olympic Peninsula. her life is devoted to restoring kinship with herbs, dreams and wisdom within and beneath us all, on behalf of All Life. She teaches folk and plant spirit herbalism, hosts dream circles and courses, the author of the book Seasonal Herbalism, creatrix and host of the Herbs and Dreams Podcast.

🌀 WANNA BE A GUEST? 

The Herbs and Dreams Podcast is actively calling in folks from all walks of life… young and old… wisened/weathered and fresh/green… masters and beginners… dreamers, herbalists and Earth lovers… ANYONE who has EXPERIENCED the magic that flows from weaving their lives with the wisdom of dreams AND/OR their alliance with the healing plants of Mother Earth… to help inspire us all in these times of Great Reweaving.

Email [email protected] to inquire

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 If you'd like to interview/interweave with Lauren for your podcast or platform, please send an email to [email protected] and many thanks for all the good work you are doing in the world, on behalf of All Life. 

Jason Taylor is a licensed acupuncturist, Eastern Medicine Practitioner, all around phenomenal healer and a delight of a human being. Before becoming a healer, Jason's journey begin as an ecologist and naturalist, he worked with Robin Wall Kimmerer on developing a traditional ecology knowledge section.  We explore the many knows of knowing between the science paradigm and the traditional paradigm.

Jason explains how healing is aligning with seasonal rhythms and in his practice as an acupuncturist he is helping his patients to align with seasonal energies to find/restore balance.  He shares how dreams are described in the classical Chinese texts from thousands of years ago, sharing some perspectives on dreams that he considers when clients share about dreams. We explore how for healers, dreams can serve as a powerful diagnostic tool and can help healers better serve the people we are helping. 

Find Jason's incredible healing work at www.jtacupuncture.com (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for Oly Pen Locals!)

🌀 SUPPORT THE HERBS & DREAMS PODCAST - BECOME a MEMBER for $8/month. Your support will keep the podcast alive, spreading her seeds of dreamweaving with the healing plants of Mother Earth on behalf of All alive. 

🌀 DIVE DEEPER WITH LAUREN @ HERBSANDDREAMS.COM 

🌀ABOUT LAUREN

Lauren Morgan is an herbalist, dreamer, Earth-based ceremonialist, mother, author and teacher residing in the mountains of the Olympic Peninsula. Her life is devoted to restoring kinship with herbs, dreams and wisdom within and beneath us all, on behalf of All Life. She teaches folk and plant spirit herbalism, hosts dream circles and courses, the author of the book Seasonal Herbalism, creatrix and host of the Herbs and Dreams Podcast.

🌀 WANNA BE A GUEST? 

The Herbs and Dreams Podcast is actively calling in folks from all walks of life… young and old… wisened/weathered and fresh/green… masters and beginners… dreamers, herbalists and Earth lovers… ANYONE who has EXPERIENCED the magic that flows from weaving their lives with the wisdom of dreams AND/OR their alliance with the healing plants of Mother Earth… to help inspire us all in these times of Great Reweaving.

Email [email protected] to inquire

🌀 INVITE LAUREN TO YOUR PODCAST 

 If you'd like to interview/interweave with Lauren for your podcast or platform, please send an email to [email protected] and many thanks for all the good work you are doing in the world, on behalf of All Life. 

Rebecca Mains is a pharmacognosist and plant medicine advocate who has spent her whole adult life working to increase access to plant medicines and promote community models of healing. She owns a consulting firm that specializes in botanical drug development, is the president of the Clallam County Psychedelic Society, is an active board member of the Responsible Entheogen Access & Community Healing Coalition (REACH Washington)... and that's just a wee taste of the resume cred this powerhouse woman walks with. I brought Rebecca on to talk to us about supporting community models of healing, her work with the Clallam County Psychedelic Society and generally the incredible function served by psychedelic societies, how we can support decriminalization efforts locally and nationally... and so much more. 

🌀CONTINUE CONNECTING WITH REBECCA 

🌀SUPPORT THE HERBS & DREAMS PODCAST - BECOME a MEMBER for $8/month. Your support will keep the podcast alive, spreading her seeds of dreamweaving with the healing plants of Mother Earth on behalf of All alive. 

🌀DIVE DEEPER WITH LAUREN @ HERBSANDDREAMS.COM

🌀ABOUT LAUREN 

Lauren Morgan is an herbalist, dreamer, Earth-based ceremonialist, mother, author and teacher residing in the mountains of the Olympic Peninsula. her life is devoted to restoring kinship with herbs, dreams and wisdom within and beneath us all, on behalf of All Life. She teaches folk and plant spirit herbalism, hosts dream circles and courses, the author of the book Seasonal Herbalism, creatrix and host of the Herbs and Dreams Podcast.

🌀WANNA BE A GUEST?

The Herbs and Dreams Podcast is actively calling in folks from all walks of life… young and old… wisened/weathered and fresh/green… masters and beginners… dreamers, herbalists and Earth lovers… ANYONE who has EXPERIENCED the magic that flows from weaving their lives with the wisdom of dreams AND/OR their alliance with the healing plants of Mother Earth… to help inspire us all in these times of Great Reweaving.

Email [email protected] to inquire

🌀 INVITE LAUREN TO YOUR PODCAST

 If you'd like to interview/interweave with Lauren for your podcast or platform, please send an email to [email protected] and many thanks for all the good work you are doing in the world, on behalf of All Life. 

Your dreaming soul can come home and you might be surprised at where you find them. I didn't remember any dreams for 15 years. With conviction, affirmation, herbs and prayer my dream remembrance came rushing back in within weeks... along with my inner dreamer who had, to my surprise, been hanging out in a grandmother cottonwood tree learning the ways of magic, connection and traveling the threads. Here's the story! 

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🌀 DIVE DEEPER WITH LAUREN @ HERBSANDDREAMS.COM 

🌀ABOUT LAUREN

Lauren Morgan is an herbalist, dreamer, Earth-based ceremonialist, mother, author and teacher residing in the mountains of the Olympic Peninsula. Her life is devoted to restoring kinship with herbs, dreams and wisdom within and beneath us all, on behalf of All Life. She teaches folk and plant spirit herbalism, hosts dream circles and courses, the author of the book Seasonal Herbalism, creatrix and host of the Herbs and Dreams Podcast.

🌀 WANNA BE A GUEST? 

The Herbs and Dreams Podcast is actively calling in folks from all walks of life… young and old… wisened/weathered and fresh/green… masters and beginners… dreamers, herbalists and Earth lovers… ANYONE who has EXPERIENCED the magic that flows from weaving their lives with the wisdom of dreams AND/OR their alliance with the healing plants of Mother Earth… to help inspire us all in these times of Great Reweaving.

Email [email protected] to inquire

🌀 INVITE LAUREN TO YOUR PODCAST 

 If you'd like to interview/interweave with Lauren for your podcast or platform, please send an email to [email protected] and many thanks for all the good work you are doing in the world, on behalf of All Life. 

Jaelyn Wielbicki is a psychotherapist, psychedelic guide, wise woman and all around force of healing and love. In this fascinating episode, Jaelyn and I explore the similarities between psychedelics and dreaming in many ways - but most especially as it pertains to the importance and practices of integration. We explore neuroplasticity and the importance of taking active, embodied steps to change the stories we tell ourselves, implement and ultimately ground the transformational terrain that both dreams and psychedelic journeys can precipitate. Jaelyn is also a gifted story teller who regals us with tales of her psychedelic journeys. Enjoy the time at the feet of this blessed warm, wise, woman - you're in for a treat! 

🌀CONNECT WITH JAELYN 

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🌀 DIVE DEEPER WITH LAUREN @ HERBSANDDREAMS.COM 

🌀ABOUT LAUREN

Lauren Morgan is an herbalist, dreamer, Earth-based ceremonialist, mother, author and teacher residing in the mountains of the Olympic Peninsula. Her life is devoted to restoring kinship with herbs, dreams and wisdom within and beneath us all, on behalf of All Life. She teaches folk and plant spirit herbalism, hosts dream circles and courses, the author of the book Seasonal Herbalism, creatrix and host of the Herbs and Dreams Podcast.

🌀 WANNA BE A GUEST? 

The Herbs and Dreams Podcast is actively calling in folks from all walks of life… young and old… wisened/weathered and fresh/green… masters and beginners… dreamers, herbalists and Earth lovers… ANYONE who has EXPERIENCED the magic that flows from weaving their lives with the wisdom of dreams AND/OR their alliance with the healing plants of Mother Earth… to help inspire us all in these times of Great Reweaving.

Email [email protected] to inquire

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 If you'd like to interview/interweave with Lauren for your podcast or platform, please send an email to [email protected] and many thanks for all the good work you are doing in the world, on behalf of All Life. 

What are altars? They are not some far off concept allowed only for spiritual people living in temples. All people of purpose, soul, intention and prayer CAN and likely already ARE making altars. Altars are declarations to the forces of life of who we are, what we are choosing and what we'd like help with. They are where we feed and grow the energies we'd like to see more of in our lives and world.  For example, having a dream altar WILL grow your dreaming and remembering.  I believe that the web of life would like us to reclaim our practice of altars and align them with a prayer to benefit All Life. Here's permission to do so. 

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== ABOUT LAUREN ==

Lauren Morgan is an herbalist, dreamer, Earth-based ceremonialist, mother, author and teacher residing in the mountains of the Olympic Peninsula. her life is devoted to restoring kinship with herbs, dreams and wisdom within and beneath us all, on behalf of All Life. She teaches folk and plant spirit herbalism, hosts dream circles and courses, the author of the book Seasonal Herbalism, creatrix and host of the Herbs and Dreams Podcast.

== WANNA BE A GUEST? ==

The Herbs and Dreams Podcast is actively calling in folks from all walks of life… young and old… wisened/weathered and fresh/green… masters and beginners… dreamers, herbalists and Earth lovers… ANYONE who has EXPERIENCED the magic that flows from weaving their lives with the wisdom of dreams AND/OR their alliance with the healing plants of Mother Earth… to help inspire us all in these times of Great Reweaving.

Email [email protected] to inquire

== INVITE LAUREN TO YOUR PODCAST ==

 If you'd like to interview/interweave with Lauren for your podcast or platform, please send an email to [email protected] and many thanks for all the good work you are doing in the world, on behalf of All Life. 

What about the dreams that we catch wisps of during the night and assure ourselves that we WILL remember them in the morning, only for morning to arrive and... poof! They're gone. This episode, inspired by a listener question, covers all considerations on how to easefully catch those middle of the night dreams, and how exciting those often-forgotten contents can be to the waking mind.

We also dip into...

the dream yogi sleep schedule

aligning with your dreaming's flow

disinviting overwhelm from your dream space

... and more!

🌀 SUPPORT THE HERBS & DREAMS PODCAST - BECOME a MEMBER for $8/month. Your support will keep the podcast alive, spreading her seeds of dreamweaving with the healing plants of Mother Earth on behalf of All alive. 

🌀 DIVE DEEPER WITH LAUREN @ HERBSANDDREAMS.COM 

🌀ABOUT LAUREN

Lauren Morgan is an herbalist, dreamer, Earth-based ceremonialist, mother, author and teacher residing in the mountains of the Olympic Peninsula. Her life is devoted to restoring kinship with herbs, dreams and wisdom within and beneath us all, on behalf of All Life. She teaches folk and plant spirit herbalism, hosts dream circles and courses, the author of the book Seasonal Herbalism, creatrix and host of the Herbs and Dreams Podcast.

🌀 WANNA BE A GUEST? 

The Herbs and Dreams Podcast is actively calling in folks from all walks of life… young and old… wisened/weathered and fresh/green… masters and beginners… dreamers, herbalists and Earth lovers… ANYONE who has EXPERIENCED the magic that flows from weaving their lives with the wisdom of dreams AND/OR their alliance with the healing plants of Mother Earth… to help inspire us all in these times of Great Reweaving.

Email [email protected] to inquire

🌀 INVITE LAUREN TO YOUR PODCAST 

 If you'd like to interview/interweave with Lauren for your podcast or platform, please send an email to [email protected] and many thanks for all the good work you are doing in the world, on behalf of All Life. 

This episode is especially for the herb students or those who want to be! Crystal Hamby has been teaching medicine making, materia medica and plant identification at Bastyr University for 16 years. She's a community herbalist and has lit the little green flame in the hearts of thousands of students.

Crystal is an absolute expert on herbal medicine making (she's working on a book on the topic!) and she shares what she considers to be the foundations of the craft. Crystal shares how medicine making connects us to the spark of our ancestors, to the reason we came to this planet, how every time we sit down and make medicine we are bringing in the wisdom of all those who have gone before.  It is a sacred act we are performing when we have this opportunity. As Crystal says, we should never forget to put our mojo into our medicine.

There's tons of pearls in here about how to begin your studies of herbalism, shared by two herbal science grads, teachers and community herbalists who put in their apprenticing time in the early years.We explore the power of apprenticeship in the learning process (as opposed to relying solely on what you read online and in books), the incredible and sacred opportunity to work in herbal apothecaries, and how time spent as a student is what eventually creates the conditions to step out as a community herbalist. Enjoy!

🌀TO CONNECT FURTHER WITH CRYSTAL

Check out her website www.green-blessings.com

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🌀 DIVE DEEPER WITH LAUREN @ HERBSANDDREAMS.COM 

🌀ABOUT LAUREN

Lauren Morgan is an herbalist, dreamer, Earth-based ceremonialist, mother, author and teacher residing in the mountains of the Olympic Peninsula. Her life is devoted to restoring kinship with herbs, dreams and wisdom within and beneath us all, on behalf of All Life. She teaches folk and plant spirit herbalism, hosts dream circles and courses, the author of the book Seasonal Herbalism, creatrix and host of the Herbs and Dreams Podcast.

🌀 WANNA BE A GUEST? 

The Herbs and Dreams Podcast is actively calling in folks from all walks of life… young and old… wisened/weathered and fresh/green… masters and beginners… dreamers, herbalists and Earth lovers… ANYONE who has EXPERIENCED the magic that flows from weaving their lives with the wisdom of dreams AND/OR their alliance with the healing plants of Mother Earth… to help inspire us all in these times of Great Reweaving.

Email [email protected] to inquire

🌀 INVITE LAUREN TO YOUR PODCAST 

 If you'd like to interview/interweave with Lauren for your podcast or platform, please send an email to [email protected] and many thanks for all the good work you are doing in the world, on behalf of All Life.