Calling in the grandmothers! The more dependent we are on the industrialized food system- and the more entranced we are by diet culture- the further removed we are from our ancestors. Food is a bridge between the land, our bodies, and those whose bodies we come from.

Darla Antoine is a mixed race Okanagan tribal member, ancestral activist and healer, mother and accidental homesteader in the high mountains of Costa Rica. Darla helps mixed-race and mixed-culture seekers become rooted into place and lineage by combining her master's degree in food and culture, ancestral healing and her own experiences as a mixed race woman and expat.

In the Intro:

• My unexpected, super transformative podcast hiatus: shingles and a family emergency
• Fat is love (and an absolutely necessary nutrient for the brain & every single cell in the body)
• Giveaway!

In the Interview:

• Ancestry that's deeply embedded in the land
• The Grandmother Hypothesis
• How diet culture keeps us separated from our ancestors
• Disordered eating & how the fear of fat is pushing us away from what it means to be human
• To learn about your ancestor's lives, look below the level of empire (& what that means)
• Reclaiming kitchen wisdom as an act of resistance against the dominant, patriarchal, industrial food system
• The medicine that people of mixed race are bringing to the world right now
• Dreams as guideposts
• A mythic matriarchal dreamscape
• Charting serendipity: When you're in the right story, nothing doesn't fit

Links:

• Darla's website
• The Medicine Stories Patreon page
• The Medicine Stories Facebook group
• The Mythic Medicine website
• Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy?
• Zach Bush's website
• How to Feed a Brain by Cavin Balaster
• Head Strong by Dave Asprey
• Fat for Fuel by Dr. Joseph Mercola
• Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)