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We're all navigating so much right now. Collectively, relationally, personally.

This week's episode explores three different frames for understanding and tending your nervous system when it's stretched, strained, burnt out or plain dysregulated.

In addition to the collective unrest so many of us are feeling, this week I learned about the loss of John Gallagher (founder of Learning Herbs).

What has struck me most about the loss (aside from honoring his immense legacy in modern herbalism) was that he was struggling. With insomnia, anxiety, and depression.

And that the current political climate, including the potential for immense ecological loss, was part of what may have tipped his mental health struggles over the edge.

It's just so big, all of it. And so many of us are feeling it.

And whatever we're struggling with - collectively, relationally, personally - we're all navigating something right now.

I want to acknowledge that, rather than gloss over it, and offer some resources and tools that may perhaps be useful for you in these tumultuous times.

We all have to find our way, and we don't have to do it alone.

Which reminds me of Alexandra Blakely's song:

"you do not carry this all alone
no you do not carry this all alone
this is way too big for you
to carry this on your own
so, you do not carry this all alone"

It's not a song, or an herb, or a practice that will heal us. It's a collective practice that is ongoing.

But if you're interested in some powerful ways to tend your nervous system in these times, listen to the wisdom from Efan Hsieh, Kristen Timchak and myself in this week's medley episode for some inspiration.

** dedicating this episode to the memory of John Gallagher **

Resources:

• Grab the free guide: Track your cycle with FAM (and symptom tracking)
• Today's shownotes: 3 paths to nervous system tending in tumultuous times
• Episode 41: How nature connection can calm burnout w Efan Hsieh
• Episode 50: Adaptogens + hormonal health
  Episode 97: Nourish your nervous system with Ayurveda w Kristen Timchak

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It's summer solstice time!

And for some reason, when I think of the buoyancy and fullness of the sun -- the expansive expressiveness, the creative life force energy -- I also think of our breasts / chest.

This voluptuous tissue we often either fear, sexualize, or think of as nourishment for our babies. But this part of our bodies is a center of compassion and heart connection, and something we can honor rather than judge.

In today's episode, I share a medley of previous episodes including:

1) basics on fibrocystic breasts and how to begin addressing them naturally

2) some wisdom on myofascial release and healing potential with Lindsay Courcelle

3) a glimpse of herbal and natural therapies for milk production, engorgement and sore nipples in the immediate postpartum with Liz Philbrick

Resources:

• Grab the free guide: Track your cycle with FAM (and symptom tracking)
• Today's shownotes: Healthy breasts & chest!
• Episode 25: Immediate postpartum care the herbal way w Liz Philbrick
• Episode 26: Premenstrual breast / chest tenderness
• Episode 77: Myofascial care for breast, chest + pelvic bowl w Lindsay Courcelle

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DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only, I am not providing any medical advice, I am not a medical practitioner, I’m an herbalist and in the US, there is no path to licensure for herbalists, so my role is as an herbal educator. Please do your own research and consult your healthcare provider for any personal concerns.

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Got cramps? The truth is there is not just one answer to how to relieve menstrual cramps, and my guess is that if you've got cramps you've realized this yourself.

It took me years to understand that there are many different KINDS of menstrual cramps, and they all come from different imbalances in the body and the pelvis.

Today I explore a question I received from a listener about how to stretch or support your ligaments that hold the uterus in place.

But before I dive into that, I share what I consider to be foundational ways to observe your menstrual cramps to become a detective of your own body and consider what qualities of your cramps and other symptoms might be telling you.

Then I share about my first step with almost everyone, and a little glimpse into how herbs might be allies - and why many herbs won't work, too.

And finally, I give a little insight into some of the hands on (and possibly hands in) ways you can both assess and tend to your tissues in the palace of your pelvis.

Resources:

• Grab the free guide: Track your cycle with FAM (and symptom tracking)
• Today's shownotes: Holistic & embodied approach to menstrual cramps
• Episode 19: The importance of softening the pelvis w Chaya Leia Aronson
• Episode 32: Herbal spotlight on motherwort
• Episode 176: Integrative approach to fibroids

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DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only, I am not providing any medical advice, I am not a medical practitioner, I’m an herbalist and in the US, there is no path to licensure for herbalists, so my role is as an herbal educator. Please do your own research and consult your healthcare provider for any personal concerns.

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