Brittany Wood Nickerson is a practicing herbalist, health educator, and cook. She combines knowledge of nutrition and a passion for using food as medicine with her training in Western, Ayurvedic and Chinese herbal medicine. Her treatment and teaching approach emphasize personal empowerment, preventative home healthcare and whole body wellness. Brittany is the founder and primary instructor at Thyme Herbal, where she teaches a three year Herbal Apprenticeship Program, as well as courses in he ...
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Curious about the healing nature of plants? You're in the right place. I’m Rosalee de la Forêt and I'm passionate about helping people discover the world of herbalism and natural health. On this podcast, we explore the many ways plants heal, as food, as medicine, and through nature connection. Each week, I focus on a single seasonal plant and share trusted herbal knowledge so that you can get the best results when using herbs for your health. My goal is that you’ll walk away from each episod ...
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A Nourishing Space for Creatives, Plant People and Care Workers! Dig into these conversations about art, creativity, herbalism, magic, tending to ourselves and others and more. Hosted by Sara Marie Miller, Certified Clinical Herbalist, Functional Nutritionist, Multimedia Artist and Postpartum Doula. We share growth tips for holistic creatives to flourish. Do you struggle to make consistent work? Or want to better care for your health? Tune into these chats with artists, herbalists and creati ...
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It’s easy to love the taste of thyme in stews and roasts and sauces, but have you taken the time to really taste thyme? When you have really good quality thyme, it’s highly aromatic and very spicy and hot! Tasting an herb and experiencing how it feels in your body when you take it as food and medicine is at the heart of herbal energetics. This syst…
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Herbs for the Cold and Flu Season - Sign up Today!
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In place of a regular podcast this week, I’m offering an entire webinar all about working with herbs during the cold and flu season! In this webinar, we’ll look at five of my very favorite herbs to work with to help with common cold and flu symptoms, as well as to help prevent getting sick in the first place! When you join the webinar, I’ll also sh…
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What People Often Get Wrong About Herbal Energetics (And Why it Bothers Me)
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When I first started studying herbs over two decades ago, I learned herbs (like many people do) by memorizing herbal actions, memorizing lists, and then throwing it all together. But I found that choosing herbs for people using these memorized lists didn’t always work, which was incredibly discouraging! Luckily, I found out about herbal energetics,…
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Meadowsweet + Meadowsweet Pain Relief Tea
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There are so many medicinal benefits of meadowsweet herb! Some people think of meadowsweet simply as a natural form of aspirin. While it does shine at relieving pain (especially a particular type of pain!), meadowsweet’s gifts go far beyond this. In this episode, I’ll be sharing my love of this beautiful member of the rose family, as well as one of…
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Magnolia with Leslie Williams + Magnolia Bark Oxymel recipe
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This is the first time I’ve sat down with Leslie, and I enjoyed listening to her winding story of learning about herbs through the decades! I was equally amazed by the extensive information she shared about the medicinal benefits of magnolia. She really opened my eyes to the gifts of this beautiful, ancient tree. Leslie shared several ways to work …
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Self Heal with Richard Mandelbaum + Fresh Tincture of Self Heal
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It was truly a pleasure to chat with Richard Mandelbaum about self heal! He not only discussed many medicinal gifts of this lovely little herb, but also dove deeper into nature connection, herbal energetics, and the intricacies of medicine making, weaving all of these things together in such a beautiful way. Richard’s joy in embracing his curiosity…
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Mugwort with Molly Meehan Brown + Herbal Garland recipe
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This was my first time meeting Molly, and it was an absolute joy to talk with her and hear the many ways she is working with herbs to strengthen relationships and build connections. I just loved when Molly walked me through how she connects with mugwort through the five senses - what a delightful way to begin to build a relationship with a plant! M…
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Arnica with Michael Skeeter Pilarski + Arnica Liniment recipe
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It’s been on my mind to have Michael Pilarski on the show for quite a while now, so when he dropped by the other day to see my garden, it seemed like the perfect time to invite him to be here. I loved talking with Michael about his experience of both wildcrafting and farming, and his perspective about the benefits and drawbacks of both of those way…
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Sumac with Phyllis Light + Sumac Elderberry Syrup recipe
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I had such a great time catching up with Phyllis Light in this conversation! Hearing Phyllis’ unique herbal story and her philosophy about herbs and herbalism was a real treat. Plus, she shared such an abundance of information about sumac and its medicinal gifts that I am inspired to start working more with this amazing plant! Phyllis shared so man…
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Dandelion with Brigitte Mars + Dandelion "Mushrooms"
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It was so much fun to meet the famous Brigitte Mars, who has been an herbalist for over fifty years. I’ve admired her work for such a long time, and found in this interview that she is also quite the character! Brigitte has such a strong thread of creativity that just bursts out of her, and our conversation went in many unexpected directions – way …
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Gingko with Mary Morgaine Squire + Sweet Memory Tea
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I have fallen in love with Mary Morgaine Squire’s plant love letter newsletters lately, and when I sat down to interview her, it was made even more clear to me just how deep her connection with the herbs is! I’m excited that she chose ginkgo (GIngko biloba) for her herb – it’s a new plant for the show and one I haven’t worked with much myself. I re…
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Stinging Nettle with Kristine Brown + Homeschool Curriculum Sample
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I’ve known Kristine Brown for many years, and it was such a delight to sit down and chat with her about her love of nettle – a plant that herbalists love to love! Even though I have immersed myself in nettle love for years, I learned some new things about this wonderful herb during our conversation. And it was so much fun to hear about Kristine’s h…
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Tulsi with Anjali Deva + Tulsi Chai Recipe
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It was so delightful to sit down and chat with Anjali Deva about Tulsi. I just love it when I interview someone and their love of the plant they choose shines through so clearly, which was definitely the case in this conversation. Anjali’s descriptions of seeing Tulsi growing in India made me wish I could grow whole fields of it myself! Anjali disc…
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Plants at Risk with Susan Leopold + List of Possible Substitutions
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I am a huge fan of the work done through United Plant Savers (UPS) and so it was truly an honor to have Susan Leopold, the executive director of UPS, on the show! I had so much fun talking with Susan. Of course she discussed the UPS’s efforts to catalog and protect at-risk native medicinal plants, but this conversation also went places I didn’t exp…
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Chamomile with Dr. Jillian Stansbury + Tummy Tea Blend
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It was so much fun to interview Dr. Jillian Stansbury! She is a plant nerd in all the best ways, and every section of this conversation has so much wisdom infused into it. Not only does Dr. Stansbury give a ton of information about chamomile’s many gifts but she also touches on the differences between the use of herbs and pharmaceuticals, her passi…
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Lemon Balm with Maria Noël Groves + Fresh Lemon Balm Tincture Recipe
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This is Maria Noël Groves’s second time on the show, and I’m thrilled to have her back! You can tell that Maria is an herbal teacher, because this episode is packed with in-depth herbal information about lemon balm. She shares so much wisdom about lemon balm’s gifts that I just can’t wait to get into the garden and work with this wonderful plant ag…
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Motherwort with Thomas Avery Garran + Tension Relief Tincture
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I've spent many hours poring over Thomas Avery Garran’s materia medica books. In fact, his first book was one of the first herbal books that I bought when I started studying Chinese medicine! And as you’ll see in this episode, Thomas clearly loves plants and has wonderful insights into them, from their gifts and energetics to how to grow and harves…
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Rose with David Winston + Uplift Tea Blend
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I am thrilled to have David Winston back on the show! Like his last episode, which featured nettles, this episode is absolutely packed with knowledge and wisdom from David’s 55 years of experience. (Speaking of his incredible storehouse of herbal know-how, if you’d like to study with David, he’s enrolling students now! You can get the details in th…
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Oats with Kimberly Gallagher + Maple Oat Squares
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If you’re new to herbs, you might be most familiar with oats as a breakfast staple. But they’re so much more than that! As my guest today, Kimberly Gallagher, shares, oats can soothe frazzled nerves, contribute to endocrine balance and sexual wellness, provide a wealth of easily-absorbed minerals, and much more. (Note that in this episode, Kimberly…
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Rose with Liz Knight + Sweet Rose Dukkah Recipe
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What a treat you have in store with today’s episode about the lovely (and, as you’ll see, very yummy!) rose plant. The best teachers breathe love and life into what they’re teaching. And my guest today, Liz Knight, is no exception! She reminds me of a little fairy, with her sparkly smile and deep rooted love of the green world. I know you’re going …
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Doing a Lot with a Few Herbs with Anna Rósa Róbertsdóttir + Pain Relief Oil
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Today’s episode is a little different from the usual. To give context for newer audience members, Anna Rósa Róbertsdóttir was one of my earliest guests on the podcast. When Anna Rósa was last on the show, she shared a big adventure and new project she was just about to embark on, empowering women in refugee camps in Iraq. Since we last saw her, tha…
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Creative Ways to Work with Tulsi for Burnout with Rebecca Altman
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In this episode, my bestie, Rebecca Altman, and I dive deeper into one of our favorite herbs for resilience, tulsi (also known as holy basil). While we do talk about what tulsi can do for you, this episode is much more than a simple list of tulsi health benefits! Instead, we’re showing you how much fun you can have, creatively welcoming tulsi into …
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3 Herbs for Resilience with Rebecca Altman
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Today is a special episode! That’s partly because I’m with my bestie, Rebecca Altman. But also because we’re talking about something near and dear to both of our hearts: simple and practical ways to build resilience. Because life’s too short and too precious to be trapped in a dread of Monday mornings, right? “Monday mornings” might not ever go awa…
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Mugwort with Corinna Wood + Mugwort Vinegar Recipe
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Today marks the first time mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) has been spotlighted on the show. And as you’ll see, this is a plant with a variety of culinary, medicinal, and historical uses! So I love that today’s guest, Corinna Wood, chose mugwort as a focus for our conversation. As a listener, you also have access to Corinna’s recipe for Mugwort Vinega…
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Lemon Balm with Dr. Mary Bove + Lemon Rose Tea Blend
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After 50 years of working with herbs, Dr. Mary Bove has a lot of wisdom and insights to share! In this episode, we get to hear about her love for lemon balm. She also gives a great summary on the lemon balm and hypothyroidism issue. You’ll also get to hear her take on herbs for pregnancy. This is something I’m asked about a lot and Mary is an exper…
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