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What if the medicine you need is already growing in your backyard? What if you could be the healer your community is waiting for?
The Herbalist’s Path is a podcast for herbalists, students of herbal medicine, and plant-loving practitioners who are ready to deepen their skills and confidence. Herbalism isn’t just about memorizing plants. It’s about understanding how and why they work, learning to think critically, and applying plant medicine thoughtfully with real people.
Hosted by clinical herbalist and educator Mel Mutterspaugh (Mountain Mel), this show blends traditional plant wisdom with modern clinical understanding, grounded in real-world experience and ethical community care.
You’ll hear solo episodes that break down herbal concepts in a clear, practical way, along with conversations with herbalists, educators, farmers, product makers, and healers who are actively shaping the future of herbal medicine. Together, we explore clinical reasoning, safety, formulation, sustainability, and what it really means to grow into the role of a community herbalist.
Because herbalism isn’t about perfection. It’s about practice, connection, and reclaiming healing knowledge that belongs to all of us.
Whether you’re just getting started or ready to serve as a healer in your community, subscribe and walk your herbal path with intention and confidence.
Learn more at theherbalistspath.com
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When the FDA Questions Elderberry Safety With Google AI - What Every Herbalist and Herbal Business Owner Needs to Know
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Wildcrafting Ethics, Botany, and Trailblazing Herbalism with Howie Brounstein
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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You'll Be a Better Herbalist Knowing 1 Herb 40 Different Ways Than Knowing 100s of Herbs
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Herbal Gut Health with Maria Noel Groves: Bitters, Mucilaginous Herbs, and Healing Your Digestion
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May 14, 2026 |
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Herbal First Aid Kit Essentials: Natural Remedies for Cuts, Stings, Burns & More
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Herbalism for Resilience: Ethical Wildcrafting and Connection with Elaine Sheff
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Free Medicine in Your Yard: 4 Medicinal Weeds Popping Up Right Now
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Grassroots Herbalism: Mutual Aid, Community Care, and Plant Medicine with Ashley Elenbaas
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Herbs for Cardiovascular Health: Hawthorn, Garlic, Motherwort, and More
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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Holding Space as a Healer: Nervous System Herbs, Trauma & Psilocybin ER Nurse & Herbalist Heather Shelton
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Staying Regulated in a Dysregulated World: Nervous System Herbs for Challenging Times
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Essential Oils for Herbalists with Hana Tisserand: Safety, Quality, and Sustainability
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Liver Health Herbs - How Herbalists Support Natural Detox Pathways Without “Cleanses”
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Slow Herbalism, Mental Health & Ancestral Healing with Herbalist Jo Sesay
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Learn to Think Like an Herbalist, Not Just Memorize Herbs
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Do Herbs Really Work? Clinical Herbalist Brittany Williams' Honest Answer After 25+ Years
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Am I Herbalist Enough? Real Talk For Herbalists Experiencing Imposter Syndrome
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Community Herbalism in Action: Accessible Ways to Share Plant Medicine & Support Your Neighbors
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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Adaptogens & Nervines: My Go-To Herbs for Stress, Anxiety & Immune Support
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Medicine from the Land: Bioregional Herbalism with Logan Keister
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May 29, 2025 |
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Natural First Aid for Sprains & Strains—Is Your Herbal Medicine Cabinet Ready?
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May 16, 2025 |
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Life On The Farm; Wisdom & Tips On Growing The Best Herbal Medicine with Elise Higley of Oshala Farm
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May 09, 2025 |
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What Functional Medicine Misses—and How Herbalism Fills the Gaps: A Candid Talk with Dr. Nikki DiNezza
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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From Herbal Medicine Dabbler to Community Herbalist: How to Know You’re Ready
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Connecting with Plants, Trusting Your Intuition, and Finding Healing with Lauren Almquist
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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🌿Root Cause Medicine: How Herbalists Heal What Others Mask
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Herbs, Womb Wisdom, and a 20-Year Herbal Journey with Clinical Herbalist Kay'aleya Hunnybee
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Stress Less: Herbal Remedies for Calm, Resilience, and Gut Health
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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From Chamomile to Tulsi: Brittany Williams on Raising Kids with Herbs and Advocating for Holistic Health
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Cooking With Medicine: The Healing Powers of the Herbs in Your Holiday Feasts
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Getting Kids to Love Herbal Medicine: 3 Delicious Remedies Every Mom Can Make
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Herbs and Parenting: Elaine Sheff on Natural Remedies, Sustainable Living, and Herbal Careers
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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From Acne to Emotional Balance: Healing the Body with Dr. Linh Love’s Ancient Chinese Medicine Wisdom
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Behind the Scenes; Transformation and Growth on The Herbalist’s Path
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Brain-Boosting Herbs for Focus & Clarity: Natural Remedies for Your Kids’ Success
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Ease Your Kid's Anxiety With Natural Herbal Remedies
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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Herbs to Boost Kids’ Immune Health: Immunomodulators vs. Immune Stimulants Explained
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Herbalism, Healing, and Community: A Deep Dive with members from the South Jersey American Herbalist Guild Chapter
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Herbs For Mom Life & Love
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Back to School Herbs: Natural Remedies to Boost Your Child's Health and Focus
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Natural Herbs For Wildfire Smoke & Lung Health
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Having Fun Making Herbal Remedies With Your Kids
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Herbs To Keep Cool On Hot Summer Days
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Empowering Women’s Health with Dr. Tori Hudson ND: Herbal Remedies & Integrative Medicine
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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🌿Herbal Remedies For Building Your Natural First Aid Kit🩹
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Building Your Herbal Apothecary: with Clinical Herbalist Mary Colvin, RH (AHG)
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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🌿How To Harvest Medicinal Herbs For The Most Potent Remedies
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May 18, 2024 |
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🌼Nature’s Apothecary; Medicinal Weeds For Health & Healing
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May 01, 2024 |
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🌿Bridging Korean Herbalism w/ America's Modern World with Clinical Herbalist Grace Yoon
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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🌿Top Herbs For Seasonal Allergy Symptoms
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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🌼Herbal Wisdom: Plant Spirits and Healing Paths with Robin Rose Bennett
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Growing Herbal Medicine Gardens Top Herbs I Love To Plant
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Birthing New Beginnings & Communities w/ Jacquelyn Clemmons
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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A Natural Healthcare Approach with The Holistic Pharmacist Dr. Katie Wood
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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The Holistically Healthy Family: Natural Remedies for Wellness
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Empowering Your Family's Health w/ Herbal Medicine
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Herbs, Healing, & Entrepreneurship; A Pod-Swap w/ Mason Hutchison of the Herb Rally Podcast
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Regenerative Wildcrafting With Scott Kloos
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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5 Reasons Your DIY Home Remedies May Not Be Working
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Finding Hope After Pregnancy & Infant Loss: An Intimate Discussion with Sarah Cox
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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6 Natural Herbs To Relieve Stress & Anxiety For Children & Teens
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Using Naturopathy, Food, & Herbs For Healthier People & Planet with Chris Alstat of Eclectic Herbs
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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🌶Your Tasty Food Is Potent Medicine!
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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🌼From 20 Year ICU Nurse To Herbal Health Patient Advocate w/ Cherilyn Morgan
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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🍭Surviving the Sugar Season- Herbal Remedies To Boost Immunity
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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🌼Real Talk: Herbal Medicine Skeptics, Immune Health, and Fevers
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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🌼Why Every Family Needs An Herbalist
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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The Top Mistakes You're Making with Herbal Remedies—and How to Fix Them!
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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🌿Herbal Medicine, Lifestyle, & Cancer with Chanchal Cabrera MSc, FNIMH, (RH)AHG
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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🌸3 Must Have Herbal Remedies For Cold & Flu Season
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Sacred Plant Medicine and Healing with Dr. Maya Shetreat MD
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Respiratory Herbs For Wildfire Smoke
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Herbs For Healing The Gut & Saving The World with Megan Brockelbank
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Herbs To Support Better Sleep; Helping Kids Adjust To Back To School Sleep Schedules
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Midwife Support During Pregnancy: In the Hospital and the Home
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Wildflower FOMO: Stories Of A Busy Herbalist Mom
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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The Joy Of Running An Herbal Product Business With Cindy Collins of Euphoric Herbals
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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9 Herbal Remedies For Sunburned Skin
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Community, Nourishing Food, & Support For New Moms With Jacquelyn Clemmons
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Chill Out With Herbs: Natural Remedies For Summer's Heat
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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The Importance Of Feeling Supported While Breastfeeding With Lo Nigrosh IBCLC Childbirth Educator
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Feeling Confident With Herbal Remedies For Your Kids
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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A Mom's Herbal Journey: Transforming Her Family's Health
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Supporting Moms Through Trauma With Terri Butler Brown
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Empowering Moms With Herbal Medicine
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May 31, 2023 |
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Treating Childhood Neurological Disorders Naturally with Dr. Piper Gibson
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May 24, 2023 |
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Herbs for Kids: Money-Saving Summer First Aid Tips for Parents
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May 17, 2023 |
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Herbal Healing for Kids: Andrea Shuman's Ayurvedic Wisdom for Modern Moms
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May 10, 2023 |
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The Many Uses Of Chamomile For Kids; Beyond 'The Sleepy Time Herb'
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May 03, 2023 |
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Plant Medicine Stories From Childhood To Motherhood with Sonya Yamaguchi
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Herbs for Momma and Baby: Nourishment & Nervous System Support During Pregnancy & Postpartum
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Korean Licorice Mint & The Herbal Journey Of Clinical Herbalist & Author Maria Noël Groves
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Medicinal Weeds To Spring Clean Your Body
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Practical Herbalism With Missy Rohs
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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3 Favorite Herbs For Your Medicinal Herb Garden
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Wild World Of Herbalism With Greta Montagne RH (AHG)
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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🌿What To Do When Your Family Isn't On Board The Herbal Medicine Train
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Herbalism From Birth To Death w/ Heather Shelton, RN
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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🌸Hawthorn For Heart Health & Love
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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🦷🌿Dental Herbalism With Leslie Alexander RH (AHG)
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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3 Herbal Remedies To Soothe Your Kids Tummy Ache
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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3 Ways Gut Health Impacts Children’s Health
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Herbs To Warm Your Body & Soothe Your Soul
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Using Herbs To Ease Anxiety & Stress
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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🌿Cookin' With Herbal Medicine
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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🌸Echinacea & Her Many Medicinal Uses
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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🌿Nature Connection & Herbalism With Mary McCallum
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Living With The Rhythm Of Your Natural Cycle
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Oats & Herbs With Herb Dada Mason Hutchison From Herb Rally
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Herbs To Help Your Kids Focus
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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The Best Herbs To Keep Your Kids Well Part 2
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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The Best Herbs To Keep Your Kids Well Part 1
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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One Herb, Many Uses!
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Herbs To Beat The Summer Heat!
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Herbs May Not Work For You, Here's 4 Reasons Why
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Best Herbs For First Aid & Summer Fun
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Ease Stress & Anxiety For Your Kids With These 3 Herbs
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Weeds! Your Food & Medicine Take 2
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May 03, 2022 |
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3 Medicinal Weeds You Can Use As Food & Medicine
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Planning Your Medicinal Herb Garden
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Nourishing Nettles Great Food & Medicine
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Walking The Herbalist's Path With Amanda Stanley
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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The Herbal Entrepreneur With Yolanda Joy
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Why You Shouldn't Take Elderberry Syrup Every Day
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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3 Herbs For Heart Health
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Meet Your Herb Garden Mentor Robin Haglund
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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3 Of The BEST Ways To Get Your Kids To Take Herbs
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Herbs & Nature Connection w/ Rosalee de la Forêt
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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3 Herbs To Reduce Inflammation In Your Gut
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Botany, Community, & Passion w/ Shana Lipner Grover
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Spice Up Your Health with Cinnamon & A Heart Healthy Shrub Recipe Too!
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Seed Saving, Homesteading, & Herbalism w/ Bevin Cohen
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Elderberry Syrup!! How to Kick the Flu Before You Can Say "Achoo!"
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Lemon Balm is for Kids! (But Not Just for Kids)
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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SwapCast! Sharing Space & Insight w/ the Plant Cunning Podcast
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Stewardship & Sustainability with Author/Herbalist Christa Sinadinos
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Healing The Body & The Mind From The Root Cause with Brooke Aichroth
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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The Dandy Dandelion and Why She Deserves Better
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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First Aid Herbs For Summer Time Fun & Adventures
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Jim McDonald Loves Sustainability, Teaching, and Weeds!
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Herbal Friends for your Medicinal Garden
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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5 Must Grow Herbs For Your Medicinal Garden
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May 28, 2021 |
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How Amanda Furbee Found & Followed her Herbalist's Path
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May 14, 2021 |
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An Herb Day Tribute to Cascade Anderson Geller
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May 01, 2021 |
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Nourishing Nettles: Medicinal Zing Worth the Sting
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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30 Years of Herbalism with Elaine Sheff
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Apr 03, 2021 |
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Getting Connected with Herbalist, Liz Neves
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Using Herbs To Keep You Warm During A Winter Storm
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Licorice Root: the Sweeter Side of Gut Health
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Herbs to Rev Your Digestive Fire!
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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3 Herbs for Inflammation in the Gut
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Using Bitter Herbs for Better Gut Health
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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Herbalism for Kids of All Ages: Kristine Brown's Herbalist's Path
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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How Adaptogens Can Help You Through Tough Stressful Times
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Plant Spirit Medicine & The Lessons From Plants, with Scott Kloos
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Culinary Herbs, Part 2: The Medicinal Side of the Sweets In Your Holiday Treats!
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Culinary Herbs, Part 1: Savory Medicine Already in your Pantry!
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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How Stress Can Lower Your Immune System
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Immune Stimulant Herbs, Antivirals, Antibacterials, What The Heck Are They & When Do I Need Them?
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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The Educator/Activist Path of Nicole Telkes
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Improve Respiratory Health With These 5 Herbs
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Beyond Elderberry! Legend & Lore of the Elder Shrubbery
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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It’s My Birthday!!! I’m 42, and About To Share Some of My Journey With You!!!
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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The Path of Madelyn Mickelberry Morris of Mickelberry Gardens: Plants, Pollinators, & Passion
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Oct 04, 2020 |
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Herbs to Boost Your Immune System, Some of My Favs!
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Herbs to Ease Stress & Anxiety for Back to School (and ALL the Life Things)
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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Best Herbs to Maintain Your Brain (Brain-tain!)
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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Journey the Herbalist's Path of Elise Higley of Oshala Farm
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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6 Herbs for Summer Skin Care
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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The One Herb Everyone Should Know, & It's Right In Your Backyard!
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May 15, 2020 |
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Connecting With The Earth & The Plants with Alex Queatham Co-Founder of Tend And Flourish School of Botanicals
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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Herbs For Despair, Sadness, Grief and Loss with Dr. Orna Izakson
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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Take a Journey down the Herbalist's Path of Dr. Danielle Currey ND
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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Take A Journey Down The Herbalist's Path of Missy Rohs, a Radical Herbalist and The Co-Owner of The Arctos School of Herbal & Botanical Studies
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Feb 21, 2020 |