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22 Aphrodisiacs – Do They Work? A Woman’s Perspective

…society has put unattainable expectations to be all things to their partner…

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Valentine's Day is just a couple of days away, and this show is about the holiday from a woman's perspective, whether you are in a relationship or not. I've been married for almost 30 years, and I want to put the holiday into perspective. My friends and I discuss the unrealistic expectations set by society and the impact they can have on mental health.

The greeting card industry created Valentine's Day as a marketing ploy and its history, including the concept of aphrodisiacs. Brenda's guest mentions that she creates boundaries for herself and celebrates the holiday in a more meaningful and personal way, with her family and in a cozy manner.

The show also gets into the topic of aphrodisiacs and the concept of herbal actions related to aphrodisiacs. I share different cultures, including the Greeks and the Chinese, who have documented their beliefs in aphrodisiacs and the use of herbal remedies.

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Book Recommendations

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The Sexual Herbal: Prescriptions for Enhancing Love and Passion, by Brigitte Mars A.H.G

Making Love Potions: 64 All-Natural Recipes for Irresistible Herbal Aphrodisiacs, by Stephanie L. Tousles

The Real Self Love Handbook: A Proven 5-Step Process to Liberate Your Authentic Self, Build Resilience and Live an Epic Life by Andrea Pennington

Thank you Thesea Theresa Velendzas
Life & WellnessCoach
Certified Health Coach, Certified IFS Practitioner, Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Coach, Certified Breathwork Coach

For more information, check out her website https://www.altraform.com/

Recipes

Brenda's Love Tea

Herbal Energy Balls

Fire and Ice Massage Oil

Chocolate Dipping Sauce (My Family Recipe)

Reference Links

Taking the Pressure Off Valentine’s Day for Both Couples and Singles – Psychology Today Article

Dealing with Valentine's Day Depression – Anxiety & Depression Association of America article

10 Ways to Enjoy Valentine's Day Solo – Very Well Mind article

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Farm to Bath| Our philosophy is to live a locally focused naturally beautiful life, a lifestyle choice that is infused into the products we make. The ingredients are locally grown and/or acquired and are as basic and pure as nature itself. Each bar is full of fragrant aromatics that provide a rich moisturizing lather with no artificial colors or preservatives added – naturally beautiful!

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My Garden Journal: A How To Garden Book For Kids| Gardening is a learned skill – everyone has to start somewhere, and a journal provides the best way to improve your gardening skills to ensure more success and fewer failures.

There are suggestions for themed gardens such as “A Harry Potter Garden,” “A Young Chef's Garden,” or a “Monarch Butterfly Superhero Garden” for budding Naturalists and places to either sketch or photograph your plants to remember their appearance for the next growing season.

You'll be amazed at how much you learn by journaling about your garden!

Music

A special thank you to Alexander Nakarada for writing and producing this music. I am a Patreon Member and support Alexander creatively.

For more information about Alexander, check out his website https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Song: Planning – 320bit – September 5, 2021

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Smudging: Clear the old energy out and welcome in the new energy

Smudging your house is an ancient practice used to cleanse and purify the space. It’s said to clear out old negative energy and invite in new positive energy.

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Smudging is a traditional practice that has been used for centuries and is a popular tool in many spiritual communities today. It is a simple yet powerful way to reset and refresh energy and create a peaceful atmosphere by burning herbs or incense and releasing the smoke that carries away any old negative energy and invites in new, positive energy. Smudging can be used for various purposes, from cleansing your home to healing your body, mind, and spirit. In this blog post, we’ll explore smudging, how it works, why it’s important, and tips on how to smudge correctly.

Join me to learn about smudging and explore the various herbs used for this purpose.

Smudging Bowl – Picture by Brenda J. Sullivan

Links Mentioned

Herbal Home Support for Cold and Flu Season – Free Ebook

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Palo Santo – relieve stress, offers protection and good fortune Picture by Brenda J. Sullivan

Reference Link

Medicinal Smoke Reduces Airborne Bacteria – Pubmed

Book Recommendations (Affiliate Links)

Be Your Future Self Now: The Science of Intentional Transformation, by Dr. Benjamin Hardy

Sacred Herb Bundles For Energy Cleansing: Your Guide to a Powerful Healing Practice to Purify, Bless and Inspire by Kiera Fogg

The Healing Power of Smudging: Cleansing Rituals to Purify Your Home, Attract Positive Energy, and Bring Peace into Your Life, by Rodika Tchi

Smudging Tools

Smudge Stick Variety Gift Set | Bulk Sage Bundles for Space Cleansing | Smudging Wand Gift Set with Smudge Guide (Essential Sage, 6 Pack)

Luna Sundara – 100 g. Palo Santo Smudging Sticks from Peru Sustainably Harvested Quality Hand Picked – (Approximately 12-20 Sticks)

New Quick Light Charcoal by Charcoal Master – Instant Coal Disks – Incense Coal Tablets – Charcoal Disks – Set of 100 Charcoal Disks per Box – Quick Light Charcoal Briquettes (33mm Capsule)

Incense Burner, Incense Burner Holder, Cast Iron Incense Burner with Incense Stick Holder, and Fireproof Cotton. Ideal for Incense Sticks, Resin Incense, Cone Incense and Ritual Purposes, Decor, Etc.…

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Farm to Bath| Our philosophy is to live a locally focused, naturally beautiful life, a lifestyle choice infused into our products. The ingredients are locally grown and/or acquired and as basic and pure as nature. Each bar contains fragrant aromatics that provide a rich moisturizing lather with no artificial colors or preservatives added – naturally beautiful!

You'll be amazed at how much you learn by journaling about your garden!

Music

A special thank you to Alexander Nakarada for writing and producing this music. I am a Patreon Member and support Alexander creatively.

For more information about Alexander, check out his website https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Song: Planning – 320bit – September 5, 2021

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Anti-inflammatory Cancer Fighting Diet

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Cancer has hit my home. I'll share some research I've been doing and the anti-inflammatory diet I created for my husband. What foods am I using, including some medicinal mushrooms, herbs, and recipes I use?

⚖️ Disclaimer: The information presented in this show is for informational, reference, and educational purposes only and should not be interpreted as a substitute for a diagnosis and/or treatment. All health-related questions should be directed to your healthcare provider.

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~ ~ ~ ~ Books Mentioned During the Show – the recipes in these books I've made for my husband during and after his cancer treatment. I like many of the recipes and recommend these books. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Anti-Cancer Smoothies: Healing with Superfoods by Linda H. Harris https://amzn.to/3cvgT57

Foods to Fight Cancerood: What to eat to reduce your risk. by Richard Beliveau Ph.D. and Dr. Denis Gingras https://amzn.to/3AApJ9y

The Living Kitchen: Nourishing Whole-Food Recipes For Cancer Treatment and Recovery https://amzn.to/3cCsaAy

Cooking Through Cancer: Treatment to Recovery by Lisa A. Price, ND and Susan Gins, MA, MS, CN https://amzn.to/3B1rjmj

The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for flavor Cancer Treatment and Recovery https://amzn.to/3Tt618l

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The intent of this journal is to simultaneously teach basic gardening techniques while providing a place to record your journey with important information about the “how, when, and where” to grow food and flowers. There are suggestions for themed gardens such as “A Harry Potter Garden”, “A Young Chef's Garden,” or a “Monarch Butterfly Superhero Garden” for budding Naturalists and places to either sketch or photograph your plants to remember their appearance for the next growing season. You'll be amazed at how much you learn by journaling about your garden!https://amzn.to/3QgEwMz

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It’s National Weeding Day! Eat Your Weeds Instead! Plus My Favorite Weeding Tools!

It’s National Weed Your Garden Week – But hold on, friends! Don’t toss those weeds on the compost pile just yet! There is a lot of good food in them weeds and it's FREE!

I review 7 weeds with fantastic medicinal and nutritional benefits that you can add to a salad, tea, or infusion. In addition, I’ll mention some of my favorite weeding tools.

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Tickets for the Glastonbury Historical Society Garden Tour on June 18, 2022, https://www.hsgct.org/

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Herbs Mentioned In This Show

Chickweed Dried Herb Bulk https://amzn.to/39iX930

Cleavers Dried Herb Bulk https://amzn.to/3NJwSJT

Dandelion Dried Herb

Bulk Leaf – https://amzn.to/3tyxTfX

Bulk Root – https://amzn.to/3zy6q1G

Capsules – https://amzn.to/3tvEurk

Nettles – Stinging – Dried Herb Bulk https://amzn.to/3tvVqyc

Red Clover Dried Herb Bulk https://amzn.to/3HijM47

Horsetail Dried Herb Bulk https://amzn.to/3aXR50j

My Favorite Garden Weeding Tools

Garden Fork https://amzn.to/3xmPb0z

Stirrup Hoes

Long Handle – https://amzn.to/3MKqtNl

Hand-Held – https://amzn.to/3mFKl9T

Hand Cultivator Rake https://amzn.to/3Oc02kY

Show's Sponsor

👩‍🌾🛁 Farm to Bath| Our philosophy is to live a locally focused naturally beautiful life, a lifestyle choice that is infused into the products we make. The ingredients are locally grown and/or acquired and are as basic and pure as nature itself. Each bar is full of fragrant aromatics that provide a rich moisturizing lather with no artificial colors or preservatives added – naturally beautiful! https://www.farmtobath.com/

My Garden Journal: A How To Garden Book For Kids|

Gardening is a learned skill – everyone has to start somewhere, and a journal provides the best way to improve your gardening skills to ensure more successes and fewer failures.

There are suggestions on themed gardens such as “A Harry Potter Garden”, “A Young Chef's Garden”, or a “Monarch Butterfly Superhero Garden” for budding Naturalists and places to either sketch or photograph your plants to remember their appearance for the next growing season.

You'll be amazed at how much you will learn by journaling about your garden! https://www.amazon.com/My-Garden-Jour…

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Ocean Healing: How The Ocean Heals The Body 🌊

…for centuries, the ocean was seen as a scary place, complete with sea monsters, and how the thinking changed to be the best healing place for many ailments.

Today we're talking about the healing benefits of the ocean in and around it. How simply breathing sea air is great for the lungs and mental health and the healing benefits of salt water on the body.

I also get into the history of why for centuries the ocean was seen as a scary place, complete with sea monsters, and how the thinking changed to be the best healing place for many ailments.

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🌿 Mountain Rose Herbs – https://livingandlovinherbs.com/Rose

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Herbs Mentioned During The Show

Dulse – https://amzn.to/38TK2VM

Kombu – https://amzn.to/3MfCLNr

Pacific Wakame – https://amzn.to/3GPgK7g

Sea Moss (aka Irish Sea Moss) https://amzn.to/3973xu0

Kappa Carrageenan – https://amzn.to/3mfjvFh

Coconut Water Powder – https://amzn.to/3aHSXtY

Green Mason Jar lids – https://amzn.to/3tgddJx

Bamboo Reusable BPA Straws – https://amzn.to/3NsWXNy

Farm to Bath Sea Salt Soaps Hawaiian Black Lava Sea Salt Soap – https://www.farmtobath.com/collection…

Seaweed Sea Salt – https://www.farmtobath.com/collection…

Ocean Breeze Sea Salt – https://www.farmtobath.com/collection…

Peppermint Sea Salt – https://www.farmtobath.com/collection…

Reference

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/ar… https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti… https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam… https://escapehaven.com/2019/04/the-b… https://www.livestrong.com/article/32… https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/arti… https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/… https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/… https://health.clevelandclinic.org/se… https://www.britannica.com/topic/Levi… https://www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/… https://www.readersdigest.ca/health/b… https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/… https://medicalnewsbulletin.com/10-ro… https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/… https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/b… http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/….

How I Use Farm to Bath Skincare Products

After she was born, we discovered she was allergic to commercial soap and cleaning products, and so my journey in making my products began.

My journey into making my skincare products wasn't something I had planned. It was a necessity. Shortly after my daughter was born, we learned she suffered a stroke while I was carrying her. And no one knew it! After she was born, we discovered she was allergic to commercial soap and cleaning products, and so my journey in making my products began.

Now, 25 years later, I've turned my passion into a business called Farm to Bath. I've created a free Skincare Checklist using the products in the video. Click on the link below to download.

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Washing The Buddha Celebration – What herbs are used and why is this celebration so special

It's Buddha's Birthday! And to commemorate his birthday, Buddist Temples worldwide mark this day with a ceremony called “The Washing of Buddha.” I doubt there is little coincidence the Monks picked this time by accident over 2,500 years ago. If you are wondering when Christianity was founded, it was approximately 1,971 years ago. Buddism is one of the world's oldest religions, followed by Hinduism, over 4,000 years old.

If you would like to learn more about the Washing of the Buddha Ceremony, here are some links Anne recommends.

https://www.fgs.org.tw/events/vbb/en/origin.html

http://tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com/en/index.php/Through_the_Bathing_of_Buddha_to_Attain_Purification_of_our_Spirit_–_Tzu_Chi_Northwest_Region_held_Buddha_Bathing_ceremony

Grow A Skincare Garden

Learn how you can grow your own chemical-free skincare garden. I share simple recipes and talk about how I create skincare products for Farm to Bath.

Foraging for Mushrooms With Judy

“When in doubt leave out” Judy Hooper Buonocore

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Judy Hooper Buonocore – Picture Credit, used with permission

I apologize for some of the audio. During our interview, we had internet connections problems. Sometimes she couldn't hear me, and sometimes I couldn't listen to her. I cleaned the audio up as best I could.

Today we're learning some of the techniques of mushroom foraging from seasoned mushroom hunter Judy Bunonocore. She shares with us how she learned about mushroom foraging. She offers suggestions on beginning mushroom foraging, cleaning and storing your precious finds, books, and mushroom societies that teach foraging here in the northeast, and so much more.

Laetiporus sulphureus (aka Chicken of the Woods) Picture Credit Google Images Creative Commons

Grifola frondosa – Hen of the Woods or Maitake – Picture Credit Google Images Creative Commons

Box of Maitake Mushrooms harvested by Judy and her husband Summer 2021 – Picture Credit Brenda J. Sullivan

Meripilus sumstinei – Rooster of the Woods Picture Credit Google Images Creative Commons

Wild Shiitake Mushroom- Japan Picture Credit Google Images Creative Commons

Trametes Versicolor – Turkey Tail (True Turkey Tail
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH
False Turkey Tail – Picture Credit Google Images Creative Commons

Stereum ostrea – False Turkey Tail Picture Credit Google Images Creative Commons

Here is a simple way to distinguish between a “true” Turkey Tail and a False Turkey Tail mushroom. (source)

Look at the underside of the mushroom to see if it is entirely smooth. There are a few studies out there that suggest that Stereum ostrae (False Turkey Tail) may have some antibiotic properties (source). However, more research is needed.

*Cantharellus roseocanus* – Chanterelle Mushroom – Picture Credit Google Images

Judy's Contact Information

Join her Facebook group Learning the Witchy Wilds

Learning the Witchy Wilds Facebook Group

2022 Foraging Schedule For Central Connecticut

Click this link to learn more https://www.facebook.com/groups/743447006277225/events

Other Resources

Learn Your Land – with Adam Haritan
Learn Your Land is a media channel created with the intention to help you develop a connection to nature one species at a time.

Website: https://learnyourland.com/

YouTube Channel

iNaturalist

Website: https://www.inaturalist.org/

Forager Chef
Website: https://foragerchef.com/

Phone Apps

Picture Mushroom – Mushroom ID
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/picture-mushroom-mushroom-id/id1474578078

iNaturalist App
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/inaturalist/id421397028

Mushroom Organizations

Connecticut Valley Mycological Society (CVMS)

Website: http://cvmsfungi.org/

Connecticut-Westchester Mycological Association (COMA)

Make sure you check this link. They have affiliation links to other mushroom organization around the US, Mexico and Canada.

Website: https://www.comafungi.org/

Judy's Book Recommendations

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Mushrooms of Northeastern North America, by Alan Bessette, Arleen Bessette, David W. Fischer
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms, by National Audubon Society
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Boletes of Eastern North America, by Alan Bessette, Arleen Bessette
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Identifying Trees of the East: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America, by Michael D. Williams
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You'll be amazed at how much you will learn by journaling about your garden!

Music

A special thank you to Gene Tullio for writing and producing this music. He has given me special permission to use this song for the show.

Gene's music can be downloaded from Amazon, iTunes, and Spotify. For more information please contact him at dreamshipmusic@gmail.com

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Garden Planning 2022 – Gardening For Beginners 👩‍🌾

Today we're talking about garden planning. Gardening for beginners shouldn't be complicated. Every gardener needs a planting plan. I'll talk about how to plan a simple garden layout for herbs and vegetables.

I'll review a simple colonial-type garden and mention some medicinal herbs that are still grown today from that time period. Then ask you to think about what kind of garden you want to create. An herbal tea garden, a vegetable garden, or a little of everything.

Personally, I'm thinking about adding more flowers. Some for dyeing yarns and fabrics and other flowers for making flower essences.

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Counting Trees: Counting Book For Toddlers Coloring Book Included (Kids Count Series)

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👩🏼👩‍🦳 Join us every Sunday at 10 AM EDT for Herb Talk Live! On Youtube, Facebook, and Clubhouse with my Co-host Theresa Valendzas, she is a health coach, author, and owner of Altraform. Please check her out and subscribe and like her social media as well. You can find her at https://www.altraform.pro/

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Heart-Centered Wellness Version 1 and 2: with Theresa WV by Theresa Velendzas and Deborah Zafiropoulos (Illustrator)

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You'll be amazed at how much you will learn by journaling about your garden!

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