Interview with chef Nikki Dembeck on how she got started cooking and talks about pros and cons of different ways to learn about food. Great insight into how to travel the world, play well with others, balance flavors and make a great soup. She talks about her journey with nutrition and her experiences with a keto diet. She dives into the importance of valuing your work and we talk about spirit animals and the story of coyote eyes. Recorded inside a real restaurant and features sounds you may fin...
Sep 16, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 15
Brigitte Mars is an incredible herbalist, nutritionist and healer and has been learning and practicing as a healer for over 50 years. She has developed an app that helps people identify plants- iPlant, and has written over 10 books on wellness including a first aid book, healing from addiction, a sexual herbal and a raw food cookbook and many more. We dive into her past, present and future and talk about her travels and teaching adventures in Iceland, how she began studying and working with plan...
Sep 09, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 14
Steph Untz, owner of Paint and Grain talks about her experience with completing a 100 day project as a busy new mom. She talks about self care and the cycles of creation and destruction within her creative work. She discusses a collaboration she worked on with Nick De Ford for and exhibition in Knoxville Tennessee and what it was like to work in a woodshop in Japan. She has recently moved to Philadelphia and she dives into her dreams to start a creative shop where she can make, teach and exhibit...
Sep 02, 2018•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 13
The story of how David developed more patience and compassion and became interested in Nature-inspired life coaching. He offers tools for developing a deeper connection with the natural world and finding your life's purpose. https://www.profoundpurposecoaching.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/soul-tree/id1336666780?mt=2 https://earthbasedinstitute.org/ https://www.aidazea.com/ http://www.saramariemiller.me/ https://thymeinthestudio.simplecast.fm/ Intro and outro music by Komiku Donate he...
Aug 19, 2018•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 12
Tips, herbs and flower essences for relieving anxiety and why you should touch yourself regularly. 100 days of drawing with schizandra and suggestions for balancing your budget and being more conscious with your money. https://www.aidazea.com/ http://www.saramariemiller.me/ Intro and outro music by Komiku Donate here: https://simplecast.com/donate/6016
Aug 12, 2018•42 min•Ep. 11
Jillian Fitz Maurice is a Denver based artist working in the realms of drawing, painting, performance, video and installation. She has studied in Milwaukee and Ireland and makes striking work dealing with the complexities of contemporary life and how and why we seek exotic escapes. She has a show up at Rule Gallery in the Sante Fe Arts District- depicting palm trees, ocelots and snakes to look at layers of meaning. She also talks about what it is like to swim around in a vat of honey. https://ru...
Aug 05, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 10
Carrie Raissle, owner of Mountain Moon Medicine LLC (also known as Mountain Moon Herbalism) talks about being a river guide, moving around the country to find her place and starting her own herbal business and personal practice working as an Herbalist and Nutritionist. She is gifted at listening and working with children and nutrition to bring about steady and positive change in the lives of her clients. She talks about gazing at the moon to find answers and how to eat an elephant one bite at a ...
Jul 29, 2018•56 min•Ep. 9
Sara Marie Miller and Elizabeth de Coursey talk about their roots in herbalism. Elizabeth talks about her connection to Colorado and how her experiences with wine and music helped shape the vision for her company. She is the owner of Antidote Apothecary and Teabar in Greenpoint Brooklyn and has created a space of healing and connection for those in her neighborhood and beyond. She offers advice about starting a brick and mortar shop in NYC and how to stay fresh in the ancient wisdom of herbalism...
Jul 22, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 8
Sara Marie Miller and Leslie A. Grossman talk about the magic of seaweed, making books, marbling paper, screenprinting and monoprinting and so much more! Leslie is an artist, teacher, curator and owner of aLGae Book and Paper. She teaches workshops at Peters Valley and curates a gallery in Philadelphia while making her own handmade marbled paper and stitching them into her gorgeous artist books and sketchbooks. We discuss teaching and making art after grad school, honoring the flow of making wor...
Jul 16, 2018•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 7
A dive into experimenting with food and eliminating gluten and dairy and weaving some paleo and keto principles into diet plans to improve health and vitality. Eating more vegetables and gutting out gluten has helped me along my health journey. https://www.aidazea.com/ http://www.saramariemiller.me/ http://clinicalherbalism.com/ Intro and outro music by Komiku Donate here: https://simplecast.com/donate/6016
Jul 08, 2018•24 min•Ep. 6
Brigid Ko is an avant-garde fashion designer, jeweler, painter, collage artist and gardener based in Knoxville, TN. We discuss her journey as an entrepreneur and how she sets herself up for a productive day in the studio and how to manifest the reality one wants to create. http://brigidko.tumblr.com/ https://www.etsy.com/shop/BrigidKODesigns http://www.brigidko.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpSEw4cZzWg www.aidazea.com www.saramariemiller.net Intro and outro music by Komiku Donate here: ht...
Jul 01, 2018•53 min•Ep. 5
Roxanne Malcolm, owner of Elegant Alchemy Herbals, is a clinical herbalist, shakti somatic breath teacher, medicine-maker, gardener and helper specializing in womb health for girls and womyn. We discuss the ebb and flow of the breath and connecting with others and coming back to yourself, touching your passion every day and the magic of playing with plants and learning to listen to their wisdom. She discusses her experiences with studying herbalism and yoga with varied teachers, in varied locati...
Jun 24, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 4
Matthew Namie is a NYC-based artist who works in fashion, painting, typography, dance and millinery. We discuss the beauty of being a slow cooker and the value of listening to your intuition-it could be a matter of life or death! He also dives into the beauty of doing your work for yourself and stepping away from the limelight to allow for creative expression to run wild without the eyes of others, how Agnes Martin inspires his work and how privacy can allow for creative risks no one could plan ...
Jun 17, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 3
Katie Ries is an artist, educator and cultivator who works in the realms of printmaking, drawing, social engagement, botanical arts, collaboration and fashion. We talk about radical hospitality and what it means to be an artist today, self care rituals, what inspires her and balancing making, teaching and mothering. So many good bits of info about how to stay focused and how to fuel your own creative fire. https://www.whoshareswins.com https://www.instagram.com/ktries/ https://www.aidazea.com ht...
Jun 10, 2018•41 min•Ep. 2
How thyme can stretch time, pull us into the present moment to heighten our senses and strengthen our immunity, raise our vitality and help us to clarify our boundaries and be more brave. Some recipes and ideas about how to feel great, be more creative and take care of ourselves and others with this magical plant. Please also check out the links mentioned in this episode: www.aidazea.com http://www.antidotebrooklyn.com/ https://forestandmeadow.com/ http://clinicalherbalism.com/ And connect with ...
Jun 05, 2018•17 min•Ep. 1
