In the Intro:

• Books to live by
• Mitochondrial meanderings
• The deep ancestry of all humans

In the interview:

• The sound of the thing you are called by, and choosing a name with multilayered meaning
• From outcast to leader
• What being the daughter of an immigrant taught Yaya about communication & self expression
• When you realize you're magic
• Making the radical choice to express the way you really feel (that way, if people hate you, at least they hate the real you and not a false impression of who they assume you are) (also, that way, you attract the exact right people into your life)
• Why dreams are real, our favorite dream teacher/writer, & how to work with your dreams (and nightmares)
• Fear is never the truth
• Magic, nature, and layers & layers of ancestral depth ("I feel like I have an intact ancestral identity in a way I didn't even three years ago")
• Healing chronic pain
• Sensory overload and how "there's a lot of undeniably magical things happening all the time, but life is loud"
• Navigating the world as an empath/Highly Sensitive Person
• A lot of chronic conditions are due to long term nervous system overwhelm
• Herbal body oiling
• How a radical diet change healed Yaya's endocrine (hormonal) and nervous system
• It's good to do things that our ancestors would recognize from their time on earth
• Shapeshifting mythical archetypes & fields of consciousness
• Discovering your own relationship with the plant realm

Links:

• Yaya's website Active Culture Family
• The GAPS Diet
• My website MythicMedicine.love
• Podcast bonuses at Medicine Stories Patreon
• Medicine Stories Facebook group
• Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy?
• Mythic Medicine Instagram
• Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)