87. Elemental Interbeing, Food Information Overwhelm, and Cell Deep Nourishment for Women - Kymber Maulden (prometabolic, bioenergetic nutrition)
Release Date: 03/15/2022
Medicine Stories
My most beloved herbal elder and I talk about our favorite subject- women throughout time using plants for self care, family healing, and community connection. After nearly 4 decades as a practicing herbalist and teacher, and in an age of informational overabundance, Kami has seen what actually works when it comes to truly embodying herbal knowing. (including the peek at what you see when you log in to the course). Two for this episode- an extended conversation with Kami where we share our stories of Mothering Without Elders, and two free videos with Kami entitled Garden Herb Walk- meet 9...
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Suuzi and I continue the discussion sparked by my last episode about culty trends in the wellness space by talking about her past with Kundalini yoga- what drew her in and, eventually, how noticing the state of nourishment of those deepest into the cult precipitated her exit. We then catch listeners up on our midlife metabolic meltdown hEaLinG jOuRnEyS and what path we’re taking forward as we continue to recover our vitality and deepen our understanding of why women’s bodies are so metabolically expensive. for this episode include an extended conversation w/ Suuz about the reaction to the...
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GNM is an alt health trend that has grown in popularity in recent years. It is attractive to so many (including me and my guest, once) because it acknowledges the role that emotions and trauma play in physical health and symptom manifestation, something that mainstream medicine still somehow refuses to do. But just because some aspects of an ideology are true and helpful does not mean that the entire framework is valid. Critical thinking and humility are essential tools for navigating information overload and complex frameworks, especially when it comes to health. The allure of certainty and...
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What metabolic patterns did you inherit from your parents, and what may you have passed down to your own children? Many behavioral issues, and even what are usually considered personality traits (like that of high sensitivity), can be linked to mineral imbalances and overall health. Heavy metals often accumulate in individuals due to stress, compromised metabolic function, or ancestral imprints, not necessarily always due to direct exposure. Heroic detoxification protocols should be approached with caution, as forcing the removal of metals without addressing underlying nutrient...
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Fertility is not just the ability to conceive, but is an indicator of overall health and the capacity to nurture life; it is how we extend genetic strength across time and space into generations we will never know. Pregnancy and menopause are transformative states that reveal underlying metabolic and hormonal imbalances, emphasizing the complex interplay between biochemistry, psychology, and lifestyle. In an age of rampant metabolic dysfunction, let us together find our way to renewed vitality, for ourselves and for those yet to come. course membership (extended convo w/ Niecia) Substack...
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In which I read a few pieces from my new Substack. Bone, blood, milk, and marrow... Nourishing Motherlines is a collection of memoir-adjacent personal writings exploring my evolving understanding of nourishment (not nutrients), how my mitochondria and minerals were inherited from my motherline (and yours from yours), my hEaLiNg JoUrNeY as I navigate hypothyroid and hypoadrenal exhaustion and a host of related symptoms, what I am focusing on as I prepare to help my daughters with seemingly inevitable future health issues as women alive in the 21st century, and your garden variety midlife...
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The times are unprecedented and there is no template for the future. We all feel this, and we feel the overwhelm of information, influence, and opinions. Herbalism, as it always has, offers us sanctuary from everything vying to take hold of our attention and life force. Not so that we can check out in an endless fog of self care, but so that we can be truly present and embodied as we navigate this time of rapid and radical change. The plants call us home to ourselves. Kami’s Free Workshop (week of 3/3/24 only) Kami’s Free Webinar (week of 3/3/24 only) Kami’s revered course ...
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Nothing exemplifies the magic of nature more than honeybees. They are insects yet their colonies are akin to a mammalian being, they produce numerous healing substances from their bodies and within their hives, and they have been revered and mythologized since time immemorial by countless cultures. Beekeepers live longer than folks in any other profession, and being in relationship with bees is deep medicine for the spirit in these frazzled times. Let us relearn ancestral ways of tending and listening to bees so that we may maximize our chances of reclaiming a vibrant and thriving Earth....
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“I pray to the dead to help me remember who I am while I’m still alive.” To be in relationship with those who’ve gone before us is a deeply human way of being. Our ancestors knew that the “departed” never left, and that they answer when called. The way modern Western people conceive of the dead is a deviation that discards millennia of human knowing. Let us pray to the ancestors to help us sober up from civilization, remember what we’ve always known, and reclaim the long story of the soul. RESOURCES: Perdita’s website (book giveaway & course coupon code) by Bernd...
info_outlineThe cell is the foundation of life, and biological science is clear on what our cells need to most efficiently generate the energy that runs our bodies. Gut, autoimmune, and hormonal issues all have underlying metabolic causes. Let us cut through the noise and remember how to eat to enjoy, nourish, and repair, and not for ideology.
Dive much deeper with Kymber’s online course Habitually Healthy.
Check out the two info-packed bonuses that accompany this episode at the Medicine Stories Patreon.
TOPICS:
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Energy and structure are interdependent at every level
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Metabolism is not what most people think it is
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Removing major food groups limits your body’s ability to generate energy
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Metabolic safety for women- the body can’t heal if it’s in survival mode
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What disrupts a woman’s metabolism
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Restrictive diets are metabolic-lowering stressors to the female body
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Women’s “progress” in society has come with a metabolic price
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Being overwhelmed by constantly changing nutritional information & how prometabolic is different
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The problem with too much plant consumption
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Nutritional rigidity and a look at raw, vegan, keto, and paleo/carnivore diets through a metabolic lens
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The importance of carbs- when we don’t have enough glucose the body will start relying on stress hormones for energy production
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Kymber’s past with extreme food intolerances and how she healed them
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The few foods that should be avoided because of their metabolism-lowering, gut-destroying effects
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What fear of food, and black and white nutritional thinking, does to us
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PUFAs- what to know about polyunsaturated fatty acids
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The story behind the post-industrial vegetable oil toxic sludge we’ve all been consuming for decades
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The way our skin responds to the sun is largely contingent on the foods we’re eating
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When the body rusts from the inside out- iron, PUFAs, estrogen, and internal oxidation
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Everything you’ve learned about iron is wrong and you’re almost assuredly iron toxic (this is so important, especially if you or anyone you know has been diagnosed anemic)
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The trade-offs of trying to get our nutrients from synthetic sources
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Copper, magnesium, and remembering that minerals are elements that originated in stars
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Technology cannot make us healthier
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The nutrients in animal foods are vastly more abundant and bioavailable than those in plant foods
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Eating this one food everyday has dramatically improved both my and Kymber’s health
RESOURCES (if listening on an app that doesn’t support embedded links, find these at https://mythicmedicine.love/podcast):
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Kymber’s online course Habitually Healthy
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Medicine Stories Patreon (2 info-packed bonuses for this episode)
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Kymber’s website
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Kymber’s ebooks Reparative Eating Guide & Nourishing Our Sanity
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Kymber on Instagram
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Real Food Gangstas on Instagram
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Carnivore Aurelius on Instagram
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This Is Your Brain on Birth Control by Sarah Hill
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Jessica Ash on Instagram
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Katya Nova on Instagram
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An article on the debunked Ansel Keys study
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Cure Your Fatigue by Morley Robbins (iron/copper/magnesium balance bible)
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Cure Your Fatigue and Slow Down the Aging Process- Morley Robbins on the Wise Traditions podcast (amazingly helpful simplification of his book)
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Mind blowing video of iron shavings in cereal (these are in all iron fortified processed food- you have consumed so much of this!)
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Strong Sistahs YouTube channel
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Heal Your Metabolism by Kate Deering
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My website MythicMedicine.love
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Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine?
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Medicine Stories Facebook group
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Mythic Medicine on Instagram
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Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)