Posts by Friede Sander
Alyssa Duerksen: Following One’s Path Whether or Not We Want To
This interview is just gorgeous, we go all over the map of Alyssa’s life: including her jaunt on the ren fair circuit, her journey to becoming a dynamic body worker, and her music career. Alyssa is such a joy to listen to, I know you will enjoy this one! We met in Alyssa’s lovely apartment…
Read MoreKirsten Aune – Textile Artist Turned Urban Homesteader Turned Textile Artist
In this episode Kirsten Aune talks about her journey as a textile artist. Her youth in 1980’s NYC and her move to Duluth in search for a cheap studio space (she paid $20 a month when she first arrived!). We explore the search for beauty and inspiration in nature and how some of the most…
Read MoreKris Miller – Using Plants in a Therapy Practice
In this episode Kris Miller shares with us how she “tracks aliveness” & uses herbs in her therapy sessions with clients. She studied plant spirit medicine with Pam Montgomery, herbal medicine with Rosemary Gladstar and is a co-director at Heartstone Herbal School with Tammi Sweet from episode 2. They have developed a brand new course…
Read MoreKara Timmons – Physicians Assistant & Clinical Herbalist?
Kara Timmons decided college wasn’t for her at 19 and left to see the country. In the national forest in New Mexico she found a flier for 7 Songs program (from Episode 1) that brought her into her herbal journey. That journey ended up spanning the whole breadth of North America. Once she hung her…
Read MoreTammi Sweet – A Search for God Led Her to Plants
Tammi Sweet feels like a tree amongst the flowers. Twenty years ago a friend brought her to the Northeast Women’s Herbal Gathering and it was there she found her community of people who love plants. In this interview she shares her journey as a seeker of spirit which first brought her into devout catholicism, but…
Read More7 Song – From Student to Teacher
7 Song is the teacher and director of the NE School of Botanical Medicine. In 1981 he hitch hiked to Santa Cruise to attend his first herb class at the Platonic Herbal Academy. He kept hitch hiking for a few more years then settled in at the California School of Herbal Studies in 1983. He…
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Welcome to Wild Resilience, a podcast for herbalists, healers, artists, and the people who love them. I’m your host Friede Sander. I am so excited about this show- not only do I have an excuse to ask all the questions I have ever wanted to ask other herbalists, artists, and healers but I get to…
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