The Frontline Herbalism Podcast

In this episode, Nicole (she/her) talks about herbal allies for grief. She shares previous writings on the work of processing grief in social movements, as well as plant medicines that have accompanied her through bereavements.

Content warning - mentions of death, suicide, incarceration

Links & resources from this episode

• Overcoming Burnout Book
• Herbalism, PTSD and Traumatic Stress Course

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In this episode, Nicole (she/her) talks about healing from incarceration from her experience of supporting people in and out of prison the last twenty years. She speaks about what makes imprisonment traumatic and some of the stages of healing from these experiences. Even though the episode is created for ex-prisoners, anyone recovering from trauma may find it beneficial. 

Content warning - references to prison, abuse, sexual violence, suicide 

Links & resources from this episode

• Healing from incarceration blog post
• Herbalism, PTSD and Traumatic Stress Course

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This episode explores herbal support for emotional shock, with a focus on care after police raids. Nicole (she/her) shares several plant medicines for people struggling with sleep disturbances and nervous system distress after this act of state repression.

Links & resources from this episode

• Herbalism, PTSD & Traumatic Stress Course

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This super brief episode is just to announce that the Herbalism, PTSD & Traumatic Stress course is open for enrolment!!!

Links & resources from this episode

• Herbalism, PTSD & Traumatic Stress Course
• Episode 14 all about the Herbalism, PTSD & Traumatic Stress Course
• Episode 51 - 5 Reasons to join the Herbalism, PTSD & Traumatic Stress Course

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In this episode, Nicole (she/her) talks about herbal support for nightmares.

Links & resources from this episode

• Herbalism, PTSD and Traumatic Stress course – https://solidarityapothecary.org/herbalismandptsdcourse/
• Herbalism, PTSD and Traumatic Stress course waiting list (last day to sign up for 10% off code)

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Content warning – references to sexual violence, domestic violence, imprisonment and state violence

In this episode, Megan (she/her) and Bryony (she/her) from SLEEC interview Nicole (she/her) from the Solidarity Apothecary. SLEEC (Survivors Leading Essential Education and Change) is a survivor-led organisation that changes conversations, supports survivors and dismantles the roots of male violence. 

Following on from the previous episode about trauma and sexual violence, in this episode they discuss how male violence intersects with state violence. We talk about how the majority of people in prison are also survivors of abuse and male violence and how this complicates the victim-perpetrator binary prevalant in our culture.

Links & resources from this episode

• SLEEC website – https://sleec.net/
• The Resilience Fund – https://sleec.net/the-fund/
• SLEEC instagram – https://www.instagram.com/sleec_proj/
• SLEEC Linktree –https://linktr.ee/SLEEC

Solidarity Apothecary Links

• Herbalism, PTSD and Traumatic Stress course – https://solidarityapothecary.org/herbalismandptsdcourse/

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Content warning - references to sexual violence

In this episode, Nicole (she/her) interviews Megan (she/her) and Bryony (she/her) from a grassroots project called SLEEC - Survivors Leading Essential Education and Change. SLEEC is a survivor-led organisation that changes conversations, supports survivors and dismantles the roots of male violence. 

They discuss how services for survivors of sexual and male violence are not working and the actions they've taken to create something survivor led and centered. 

They share a ton of wisdom and insight from their experiences with SLEEC from starting a resilience fund for survivors to running courses for men about rape culture and more. We talk about how male violence is an epidemic and the importance of DIY action and mobilising because nothing else is working.

Links & resources from this episode

• SLEEC website - https://sleec.net/
• The Resilience Fund - https://sleec.net/the-fund/
• SLEEC instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sleec_proj/
• SLEEC Linktree -https://linktr.ee/SLEEC

Solidarity Apothecary Links

• Herbalism, PTSD and Traumatic Stress course – https://solidarityapothecary.org/herbalismandptsdcourse/
• Practical Medicine Making Intensive – https://solidarityapothecary.org/product/practical-medicine-making-course-end-of-september/

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In this episode Nicole (she/her) interviews jackie sumell (she/her) from the Solitary Gardens Project. jackie is an artist and abolitionist who has spent more than two decades working with folks serving their sentences in long-term isolation. The Solitary Gardens turns solitary confinement cells into garden beds that are the same size and blueprint as the cells people have spent decades in. 

In this interview we explore all the things! I know you will come away feeling incredibly inspired.

Links & resources from this episode

• Solitary Gardens website - https://solitarygardens.org/
• Solitary Gardens Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/solitarygardens/
• The Abolitionists Apothecary - https://www.growingabolition.com/apothecary
• Growing Abolition - https://www.growingabolition.com/
• John Thompson Legacy Center - https://www.instagram.com/jtlcnola/
• The Abolitionist’s Field Guide - https://www.antenna.works/product/the-abolitionists-field-guide/

Solidarity Apothecary links

• Herbalism, PTSD and Traumatic Stress course – https://solidarityapothecary.org/herbalismandptsdcourse/
• Practical Medicine Making Intensive – https://solidarityapothecary.org/product/practical-medicine-making-course-end-of-september/

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In this episode, Nicole (she/her) shares all about the Practical Medicine Making Intensive taking place in September.

Links & resources from this episode

• Book your place - https://solidarityapothecary.org/product/practical-medicine-making-course-end-of-september/

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In this episode, Nicole (she/her) shares some brief updates from the Solidarity Apothecary.

Links & resources from this episode

• Herbalism, PTSD and Traumatic Stress course - https://solidarityapothecary.org/herbalismandptsdcourse/
• Practical Medicine Making Intensive - https://solidarityapothecary.org/product/practical-medicine-making-course-end-of-september/
• Maternity leave info - https://solidarityapothecary.org/maternity-leave-info/
• Ebooks - https://solidarityapothecary.org/store/
• The Sameer Project - https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject/

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