Hello Everyone!I am feeling so grateful and honored to have been able to share with you this journey of stories for a full season. It has been such a pleasure! Season 2 will begin Feb 4 so mark your calendars.XO- Friede

WR 07: Amanda David - What Can't She Do? (Part 1 of 2)

Dec 18th, 2018 30m 43s

On this episode we’re talking with Amanda David from Rootwork Herbals, the People’s Medicine School, and Bramble Herb Shop Collective. Amanda shares her journey of becoming an herbalist through her initial love of corn and farming, how she real

WR 06: Alyssa Duerksen - Following One's Path Whether or Not We Want To

Oct 8th, 2018 1h 9m

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

WR 05: Kirsten Aune - Textile Artist Turned Urban Homesteader Turned Textile Artist

Oct 1st, 2018 25m 27s

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 ins

WR 04: Kris Miller - Using Plants in a Therapy Practice

Sep 24th, 2018 57m 44s

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 Heart

WR 02: Tammi Sweet – A Search for God Led Her to Plants

Sep 17th, 2018 33m 14s

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

WR 03: Kara Timmons – Physicians Assistant & Clinical Herbalist?

Sep 10th, 2018 30m 34s

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

WR 01: 7 Song – From Student to Teacher

Sep 3rd, 2018 39m 13s

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 Ca