Healing Mental Health

Healing Mental Health

April 15, 2021

(Alternatively) Healing Mental Health

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So often we look to a pill or a product to save us from mental health struggles, when the answer to our problems can so frequently be found for free in our own backyard. These episodes cover various aspects of natural healing for mental health.//There are many ways to approach the very real and very dire issue of mental health so many face today. While more traditional routes like medication and therapy are absolutely valid and valuable, sometimes a more holistic and natural approach to healing can also change your life. 

EXPANDED Podcast with Lacy PhillipsZach Bush MD on Healing our Mind, Body & Spirit Through Nature

Our curator Beth writes: I never miss an episode of this podcast, and this one with Lacy and Zach Bush MD (an expert on the microbiome as it relates to health, disease, and food systems) is a super informative interview. Our mental health is tied to our gut. Furthermore, this episode touches on a whole host of fascinating topics: religion, medicine, ecosystems in human genomics, immunity, gut/brain health, cancer, and more. 

NU Earth with Nixie MarieRegenerative Healing for the Earth with Marysia Miernowska 

In this week's episode, host Nixie Marie sits down with Marysia Miernowska who is a teacher, author, green witch, folk herbalist, and healer rooted in the Wise Woman Tradition of Healing. Born in Poland and running an herbal school in California, Miernowska carries with her a lineage of European folk herbalism and passion for regenerating the lands she lives on and loves. In this episode, Marie and Miernowska chat about diversity in the garden, how the gut is the soil of the Earth, regenerative farming and agriculture, the seasons and cycles of nature, and soil as the solution to change on our planet.

Black Girl In Om PodcastFreeing Up Our Bodies with Our Voice with Gina BreedloveGina Breedlove is a sound healer, a vocalist, a composer and a medicine woman. She is committed to the liberation of us, one body at a time. In this episode of the Black Girl In Om (BGIO) podcast, BGIO Founder Lauren Ash and Gina Breedlove join in conversation and discuss the power of voice and listening as a radical act. They poetically weave us through history and the source of our healing--our roots. 

Super SoulOprah Winfrey: GRACE AND GRATITUDE

In this episode of Super Soul, Oprah sits down with luminaries like Mark Nepo, Ram Dass, Elizabeth Lesser, Reverend Ed Bacon, Tracey Jackson, Paul Williams, Geneen Roth, Cheryl Strayed, Caroline Myss, Gretchen Rubin, Shawn Achor, Marie Forleo, Lynne Twist, Louie Schwartzberg and Norman Lear to discover that the practice of gratitude can elevate our lives to a state of grace. Interviews with these talented writers, speakers and thought leaders are excerpted from Oprah’s Emmy Award-winning show Super Soul Sunday. You can also find this compilation and other insightful conversations in Oprah’s best-selling book The Wisdom of Sundays.

The OCD StoriesStefan Batorijs - Shinrin Yoku

Some background on this pod: Host Stuart Ralph interviews some of the best minds in OCD treatment and recovery to share their advice, to both entertain and educate listeners towards a healthier life. In this episode, he interviews Stefan Batorijs, an Integrative Psychotherapist and the founder of Nature and therapy UK. In this episode. Stefan discusses why he became a therapist specifically doing ecotherapy, his relationship with nature, what Shinrin Yoku is, and the benefits of spending time in nature. 

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