Jun 23, 2018
Calling in the grandmothers! The more dependent we are on the industrialized food system- and the more entranced we are by diet culture- the further removed we are from our ancestors. Food is a bridge between the land, our bodies, and those whose bodies we come from.
Darla Antoine is a mixed race Okanagan tribal member, ancestral activist and healer, mother and accidental homesteader in the high mountains of Costa Rica. Darla helps mixed-race and mixed-culture seekers become rooted into place and lineage by combining her master's degree in food and culture, ancestral healing and her own experiences as a mixed race woman and expat.
In the Intro:
- My unexpected, super transformative podcast hiatus: shingles and a family emergency
- Fat is love (and an absolutely necessary nutrient for the brain & every single cell in the body)
- Giveaway!
In the Interview:
- Ancestry that’s deeply embedded in the land
- The Grandmother Hypothesis
- How diet culture keeps us separated from our ancestors
- Disordered eating & how the fear of fat is pushing us away from what it means to be human
- To learn about your ancestor’s lives, look below the level of empire (& what that means)
- Reclaiming kitchen wisdom as an act of resistance against the dominant, patriarchal, industrial food system
- The medicine that people of mixed race are bringing to the world right now
- Dreams as guideposts
- A mythic matriarchal dreamscape
- Charting serendipity: When you’re in the right story, nothing doesn’t fit
Links:
- Darla's website
- The Medicine Stories Patreon page
- The Medicine Stories Facebook group
- The Mythic Medicine website
- Take my fun Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? quiz
- Zach Bush's website
- How to Feed a Brain by Cavin Balaster
- Head Strong by Dave Asprey
- Fat for Fuel by Dr. Joseph Mercola
- Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)