Summary: <p><a href="http://getrealordietrying.com">Amadon DellErba</a> interviews <a href="https://brigittemars.com/">Brigitte Mars</a> - herbalist, author of 14 books, professor, & natural chef with close to 50 years of experience in her field – to explore health in these times of global pandemic & the body/mind/soul connection to our well-being.</p> <p>Brigitte teaches Herbal Medicine at <a href="https://www.naropa.edu/">Naropa University</a> in Boulder, Colorado and The School of Health Mastery in Iceland. She has taught at <a href="https://www.eomega.org/">Omega Institute</a>; <a href="https://www.esalen.org/">Esalen</a>; <a href="https://kripalu.org/">Kripalu</a>; <a href="https://sivanandayogafarm.org/">Sivananda Yoga Ashram</a>; <a href="https://arisefestival.com/">Arise</a>, <a href="https://www.envisionfestival.com/">Envision</a> and Unify Festivals; and The Mayo Clinic. She blogs for the Huffington Post and Care2. She is also a member of the <a href="https://www.americanherbalistsguild.com/">American Herbalists Guild</a>.</p> <p>Brigitte is the author of many books, including <em>The Home Reference to Holistic Health and Healing</em>, <em>The Country Almanac of Home Remedies</em>, <em>The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine, Beauty by Nature, Addiction Free Naturally, The Sexual Herbal, Healing Herbal Teas</em>, <em>Rawsome!, </em>and co-author of <em>The HempNut Cookbook</em>. She has also produced several educational DVDs and her latest project is a phone app called i<em>Plant </em>that helps budding herbalists to identify plants in the wild.</p> <p>Amadon (a member of the board of directors for <a href="https://avalongardens.org/">Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage</a> & <a href="https://mysticfarms.farm/">Mystic Farms</a>) and Brigitte discuss issues we are facing as a world community taking care of our health in the time of COVID-19. Highlighting positive impacts this pandemic can have on our health consciousness, together they look at how the Coronavirus is revealing some of our unsustainable modern-world habits and the need for change.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/getrealordietrying/message
