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July, August, September 2021

Florence Ann Romano - Listen to her interview ...

Florence Ann Romano is a Childcare and Village Advocate as well as an Author and Philanthropist who has always had a special place in her heart for children. She worked as a childcare provider for over 15 years and believes the key to a family's success lies in focusing on what she calls THE TRIFECTA - parent, child, and caretaker working in unison toward common, family goals. Florence Ann is the co-host of the podcast Finger Painting the Future, and her YouTube Series, Windy City Nanny, sheds light on the variety of childcare challenges we see across the country. She has been featured on over 400 national and local media outlets across the country, including ABC/CBS/ NBC and FOX TV affiliates, Home & Family, The Jenny McCarthy Show, SiriusXM and more.

Sarah Ellen - Listen to her interview ...

Sarah Ellen is a student of Life. She cherishes being Alive. Knowing her choice to live in awareness and devour the experience and wholeness of being alive. Sarah Ellen is grateful to live at her home, Heartsong, in Barrington Hills, Illinois where she thrives with a BeautyFull man and partner Jay, their beloved dogs, cats, goats, chickens and all the Magics of Life whose heart's sing into the chorus of Heartsong. She intends each day to know and remember her inherent connection with the Earth and the languages of Life that blessedly surround her. Sarah has discovered that being with animals, especially singing with animals, is a path to Awareness, a bridge that extends and enriches her connection to Nature and the remembering of the Ways of being she had once forgotten. Join Susun & Sarah as they discuss how Sarah's experience being with and caring for animals has been a path to open her awareness, extending and enriching her connection to life.

Melissa Mutterspaugh - Listen to her interview ...

Melissa Mutterspaugh is a Clinical Herbalist, Environmental Educator, Founder & Formulator at Mountain Mel's Essential Goods (an herbal products company), podcast host on The Herbalist's Path, and mother of a beautiful young girl and a few fur babies living in the foothills of Mount Hood, Oregon. She spent the early 2000's as a backpacking guide and wilderness therapist, which is where her passion for herbal medicine began. While people were paying her 100's of dollars to guide them to her most sacred spaces, she noticed that they were all carrying toxic nasty products in their first aid kits and backpacks, and it chapped her hide! Not only were they polluting their bodies, more importantly they were polluting our planet! So, she began devouring herbal books, and creating her own natural first aid kits. This planted the seed to her never ending desire to learn about herbalism. Fortunate to learn from some of the greatest herbal educators, her thirst for herbal knowledge is never quenched. Today, Melissa's passionate about formulating stellar herbal products, teaching people to use plants as medicine in a safe and effective way, and inspiring people to take better care of the planet, by taking better care of themselves!

Ann Crawford - Listen to her interview ...

Ann is the author 10 books including the award-winning comedies FRESH OFF THE STARSHIP and ANGELS ON OVERTIME, women's fiction LIFE IN THE HOLLYWOOD LANE, mystical SPELLWEAVER (about a woman during the witch hunts in Scotland), the deep MARY'S MESSAGE (about Mary Magdalene), and reach-for-the-stars VISIONING. Ann's life-affirming books weave tales of love and intrigue that take readers on mystical journeys with characters who live radiant lives. Her website and blog are at anncrawford.net.

Carolyn Griffeth - Listen to her interview ...

Carolyn is a Spiritual Mentor, Ritualist, Dream Worker, and Woman of Prayer. She holds her work as two blossoms united on one stem. First, she serves as a spiritual mentor to activists and visionaries around the country. Second, she is an intuitive ritualist and founder of Earthkeeper Wisdom School which explores the power of community and ceremony for social change and personal transformation. These offerings unite around her mystical journey of Earth-reverence and Divine surrender. Carolyn's work is also enriched by the following: she holds a master degree in pastoral arts, a certificate in spiritual direction, spiritual direction supervision, and in Shamanic Energy Medicine through the Four Winds, as well as training in emotional clearing techniques, conflict transformation, A Course in Miracles, and the Work that Reconnects. She also joyfully weaves within women's circles in which the Divine Feminine is revered and the priestess path remembered. Carolyn is dedicated to the work of eliminating racism and all forms of oppression, and to honoring the Earth and all living Beings; these commitments infuse all her offerings. Contact her for a free consultation or to explore resonant connections. at: carolyngriffeth@gmail.com or, for appointments: https://spiritualmentorship.as.me/ https://www.earthkeeperwisdomschool.com

Danielle Ryan Broida - Listen to her interview ...

Danielle Ryan Broida, RH (AHG) is a pivotal voice in the nutrition and functional mushroom and adaptogen space. As a Registered Herbalist (RH) of the American Herbalists Guild (AHG), Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Instructor of Mycology, and National Educator of Four Sigmatic, Danielle is teaching the world about the importance of functional foods and herbal medicine for a vital life. Prior to joining forces with Four Sigmatic, she received her BA in Environmental Studies and Philosophy from Whitman College. She went on to study Ayurveda in India and became a Certified Yoga Instructor on the banks of the Ganges River. But it was leading trekking adventures into the backcountry of Thailand where she became particularly fascinated by herbal medicine while becoming fluent in Thai). After several years in Asia, she landed in Boulder, Colorado to formalize her education in holistic medicine. Upon completing her graduate studies at the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism (CSCH), she opened her private practice where she worked with hundreds of clients specializing in functional mushroom-based treatment for individuals with autoimmune conditions. She was invited to become the Instructor of Mycology at CSCH, where she still teaches.

Jamie Della - Listen to her interview ...

Jamie Della is an ordained Shamanic Priestess, storyteller, and author of nine books, including _The Book of Spells: The Magick of Witchcraft _ and_ __The Wicca Cookbook_. She has studied magick and spirituality from around the world for thirty years. Jamie writes the "Herbal Journeys" column for _Witches & Pagans_ magazine, Writing the Magick blog and Every Last Drop Series: Exposés on the LA Eastern Sierra water wars. She has also been published in _SageWoman_ magazine, _Rebelle Society_ , Spirituality and Health Magazine and _Manifest-Station_ , among others. Jamie mentors women writers via creative writing and expression through her Journey Into Her Writing Course that combines Goddess Wisdom with writing instruction. She offers an online Spellcrafting 101, a six-module course, on manifestation from the perspective of a Hearth Witch. She invites you into a wealth of information via Monday morning Cuppas on the Goddess app and Witchy tips,before-anywhere-else announcements, magical musings and more for her Patreon members. www.jamiedella.com. Follow her on social media as jamiedellawrites.

Sarah Ellen - Listen to her interview ...

Sarah Ellen is a student of life. She cherishes the opportunity to live with awareness and experience the wholeness of being alive. Sarah Ellen lives at her home, Heartsong, in Barrington Hills, Illinois with her husband Jay, and their dogs, cats, goats and chickens. She intends each day to know and remember her inherent connection with the Earth and all the magic that surrounds her. Sarah has discovered that being with animals, especially singing with animals, and opening that awareness extends and enriches her connection to Nature and the remembering of the Ways of being she had once forgotten. Join Susun and Sarah Ellen for a discussion about natural dog and cat care including nutrition and herbal remedies and herbal care.

Dr. Laurie Dohmen - Listen to her interview ...

Growing up, Dr. Dohmen always wanted to be a veterinarian. All her schooling was in pharmaceutical medicine, but she started feeling that there was something more. She began to use organic food and alternative medicine modalities for herself and her family. Her family thrived on this more wholistic lifestyle, and she realized that if these things were better for her family, they would be better for her patients also. Dr. Dohmen graduated from University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1997. She has studied with Dr. Steve Marsden, Dr.Huisheng Xie, Registered Herbalist Rosemary Gladstar, and many others. She received her Masters of Therapeutic Herbalism from Maryland University of Integrative Health in 2014. She was accepted as a Registered Herbalist through the American Herbalist Guild in 2020. In 2017 Dr. Dohmen and Dr. Kris August together started the only hands-on veterinary herbal medicine course for western veterinary practices in the USA. She is the Past President of the Veterinary Botanical Medical Association and is a member of the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society, American Academy of Veterinary Acupuncture, American Holistic VMA and AVMA. Dr. Dohmen owns Lowood Educational Center in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, which she uses as the home of Purple Moon Herbs and Studies' trainings. Visit her website at purplemoonherbstudies.com

Adhi Two Owls - Listen to her interview ...

Dr. Adhi Two Owls is a practicing healer in the methodology of Shamanism. Her PhD is in Theraputic Counseling and Philosophy for her research into the positive effectiveness of traditional healing methods on the mental physical health. Adhi is also an artist and has been making sacred tools, instruments and other items to facilitate ceremony, healing and personal discovery. She has travel all over the United States, Canada, and places beyond as a teacher and researcher to understand the wealth of knowledge the earth offers us and to seek solutions to the challenges we faces as we evolve forward on the planet.

Alicia Patterson - Listen to her interview ...

Alicia Patterson, MA, LPC, R-DMT, LMT, CYT, is a Women's Pelvic Health Mentor. Alicia runs a thriving women's health practice in Colorado (and virtually) offering hands-on female pelvic health work (pelvic floor therapy, organ placement work, & endocrine / nervous system based bodywork) coupled with trauma informed care, emotional & spiritual permission, and psychologically sound ethical consent based touch work. Alicia is most interested in what's beyond the world of pathology and bypass and approaches clients with a completely holistic lens and treatment plan. Alicia runs a women's group, works with clients 1:1, offers retreats and intensive work, plant medicine, and teaches a training for practitioners to enter this powerful field. For more information, visit Alicia's website: www.alicianpatterson.com

Marilyn Harper - Listen to her interview ...

About Marilyn Harper: She's been called the "Midwestern Spiritual Sparkplug..." and the Bette Midler of the Mystical movement. Marilyn is a renowned public speaker, facilitator, Spiritual teacher and channel of Adironnda & the Council of Light. She is invited back again and again as a featured speaker at conferences, retreats and workshops for her warm, authentic and off-beat stories of personal transformation – delivered in a way that's hilarious, heartfelt and inspiring. Marilyn is an internationally recognized expert on the walk-in phenomenon, and is the creator of Holographic Healing, a 5-part certification course in alternative healing. She is also a Reiki Master, Karuna Master, Certified Peak Potentials Trainer, Certified Intuitive Consultant and Quantum Touch practitioner. In her work as a speaker, facilitator and healer, Marilyn's goal is to provide fun experiences and practical methods to help people laugh, love, and live the life they are here to live in joy, peace, love, and laughter.She is the "divine link" for Adironnda, a spokes-being from the 17th Dimension who help you learn to "be the love that you are." Through Marilyn, Adironnda provides a loving and funny message that opens the heart for healing. She says, "Our" purpose is to remind you what it feels like to be held in unconditional love and gently assist in healing the heart for the betterment of humanity.

Joann Calabrese - Listen to her interview ...

Joann Calabrese is a skilled wellness, mindfulness, and recovery educator. She is a lifelong organic gardener and herbalist, experienced in meditation, ritual work, qigong, and tai chi. Joann combines these intersecting disciplines in her writing, workshops, and coaching to assist others in healing themselves and the world. Joann's book, _Growing Mindful – Explorations in the Garden to Deepen Your Awareness, _provides the tools and creative ideas for interacting with the green world in an energetic and meaningful way. The goal is connectedness - the intuitive understanding of being part of a larger circle of life on the planet. When we begin to experience the visible and invisible energies that touch us all, we tap into tangible support, nurturing, and wisdom. Engaging with gardens is healing on many levels, but people often overlook the energetic component of working with plants. Joann's work focuses on this connection and provides guidance for engagement.
www.mindfulnessgardengames.com





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