Jul 31, 2018
In the Intro:
- Books to live by
- Mitochondrial meanderings
- The deep ancestry of all humans
In the interview:
- The sound of the thing you are called by, and choosing a name with multilayered meaning
- From outcast to leader
- What being the daughter of an immigrant taught Yaya about communication & self expression
- When you realize you're magic
- Making the radical choice to express the way you really feel (that way, if people hate you, at least they hate the real you and not a false impression of who they assume you are) (also, that way, you attract the exact right people into your life)
- Why dreams are real, our favorite dream teacher/writer, & how to work with your dreams (and nightmares)
- Fear is never the truth
- Magic, nature, and layers & layers of ancestral depth ("I feel like I have an intact ancestral identity in a way I didn't even three years ago")
- Healing chronic pain
- Sensory overload and how "there's a lot of undeniably magical things happening all the time, but life is loud"
- Navigating the world as an empath/Highly Sensitive Person
- A lot of chronic conditions are due to long term nervous system overwhelm
- Herbal body oiling
- How a radical diet change healed Yaya's endocrine (hormonal) and nervous system
- It's good to do things that our ancestors would recognize from their time on earth
- Shapeshifting mythical archetypes & fields of consciousness
- Discovering your own relationship with the plant realm
Links:
- Yaya's website Active Culture Family
- The GAPS Diet
- My website MythicMedicine.love
- Podcast bonuses at Medicine Stories Patreon
- Medicine Stories Facebook group
- Take my fun Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? quiz
- Mythic Medicine Instagram
- Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)