The Story Apothecary

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The Story Apothecary episodes

July 14, 2020 6. The Serpent of Dreams
A king has dreams he cannot decipher, and a young peasant interprets the dreams due to the help of a wise serpent A poignant story about how we may be influenced by our surroundings more than we think. And a story about how the dreams that visit us at night might be worth listening to.

Story Prescription: For those that wish to belong, for those that have done something they regret, or for those that wish to live life differently.

Music: Thank you to In Feathers for the beautiful music. You can find more of his music and musings at https://www.instagram.com/in.feathers/If you enjoy my podcast please leave a rating and a review, as this helps others to find it.

To support my work, and to hear more stories you can find me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/NanaTomova.

Story Source: Based on a Georgian folktale called "The Peasant and the Serpent" from a story collection titled Folktales from all nations; F.H. Lee; 1931. Storyteller Hugh Lupton also tells this story by the name of "The Snake of Dreams"
26 min
June 16, 2020 5. The White Wolf
A beautiful story from Croatia about a young ex-soldier who falls in love with the woman inside the white wolf.
Story Medicine: For anyone who has lost their wild nature, or is losing their intuition. For those that are trapped somewhere where they don’t wish to be or where they don’t belong - either a place, or a relationship.
Music: Thank you to In Feathers for the beautiful music. You can find more of his music and musings at https://www.instagram.com/in.feathers/
If you enjoy my podcast please leave a rating and a review, as this helps others to find it. To support my work, and to hear more stories you can find me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/NanaTomova.
Episode Image: The White Wolf, by ArtistJames Corwin Fine Art
24 min
June 03, 2020 4. The Tiger’s Whisker
A beautiful Korean folktale about a woman who needs to bring back a whisker of a dangerous tiger in order to be healed. A medicinal story about finding your inner strength.
Story Prescription: This story serves as medicine for anxiety; PTSD; finding courage; finding inner strength; facing up to your fears, and healing a relationship.
Song within the story: I found a lovely little Korean lullaby called Island baby, which was written in the 1950s during Korean wartime. It was written by Han Inhyun and composed by Lee Heungyeol. Here is a translation of the lyrics of the entire song:
When mama goes to the mudflats to pick oyster
Baby remains alone watching the house
To a lullaby the ocean sings
His arms as a pillow, baby falls asleep.
While baby is sleeping soundly
Seagull’s crying sound thobs her mind
Half empty oyster basket on her head,
Up the gravel road, Mama comes running home.
Music: Thank you to In Feathers for the beautiful music. You can find more of his music and musings at https://www.instagram.com/in.feathers/
If you enjoy my podcast please leave a rating and a review, as this helps others to find it. To support my work, and to hear more stories you can find me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/NanaTomova.
30 min
May 12, 2020 3. This Too Shall Pass
King Solomon asks his trusted advisor to find him a magic ring - a ring that can make a happy person sad, and a sad person happy!

A beautiful Jewish medicinal story about the magic ring that gave King Solomon even more wisdom for the rest of his ruling days. This marvelous story is very poignant for this time in particular, and can offer hope and a little ray of sunshine on dark days.

Story Prescription: For anyone feeling down, or in need of some hope or good news. This healing story will do just that.

If you'd like to support me and this podcast, you can do so on Patreon. There you will find many different story gifts. https://www.patreon.com/NanaTomova

Music: Thank you to In Feathers for the beautiful music. https://www.instagram.com/in.feathers/
18 min
April 28, 2020 2. The Mustard Seed
In this episode of the Story Apothecary, Nana tells the powerful medicinal story of the Mustard Seed. This a beautiful Buddhist story, and talks about impermanence and how departure from this life is unavoidable.
Story Prescription: It is a truly healing story for anyone who is in the process of experiencing loss of a loved one, or has difficulty with the process of loss, or wants to celebrate the fragility and beauty of life.
Story Cautions: As this is quite a potent story, which deals with death, and specifically the loss of a child - ensure that you are in a place both physically, and emotionally, to be able to receive this story. Having said that, it is a very remedying tale, one which brings comfort and peace.
Source of the Story: There are numerous version of this story, many available on the internet. This is my retelling, and it is an amalgamation of a few different versions.
Music: The beautiful music is by In Feathers: https://www.instagram.com/in.feathers/
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24 min
April 14, 2020 1. The Curing Fox
In this episode of the Story Apothecary, Nana tells the healing story about an ill girl who is helped by a fox.
Story Prescription: This medicinal story is helpful for anyone who needs hope, is amidst illness, or needs some wildness or tenderness in their life.
Source of The Curing Fox story - Tales of Wisdom and Wonder by world renowned Storyteller Hugh Lupton. http://hughlupton.co.uk/ Music by In Feathers. http://infeathers.com/
22 min
April 13, 2020 Podcast Trailer
Welcome to the Story Apothecary, where you will find healing and medicinal stories for the body, heart, mind, soul and Earth.
1 min

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The Story Apothecary is a podcast filled with medicinal and healing stories. Nana Tomova, a Storyteller and a Mental Health Pharmacist dispenses stories for sadness and anxiety, and shares tales for…