Seeing Life Through an Herbalist’s Lens with Olivia Amitrano
On Health
Aviva Romm
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In this fresh and delightful episode I sit down with Olivia Amitrano, herbalist, host of the popular What’s the Juice podcast and founder of Organic Olivia, a successful botanical medicines company. Olivia opens up about her transformative journey through herbalism, personal growth, and the essential practice of honest self-reflection on the relationships in our lives and our relationship to ourselves.
We dive deep into Olivia’s:
- First encounters with plants and how this sparked her enduring passion for herbal medicine.
- Insights on the art of noticing and the power of forming deep, meaningful relationships with the natural world.
- Exploration of how our health is intricately influenced by our relationships and environments.
- Personal experiences with codependency, the importance of establishing boundaries, and the journey of self-discovery and the courage it takes to face uncomfortable truths.
- Revelation that deeper personal changes were needed beyond herbs and foods to heal not just her insulin resistance, but her resistance to making changes in her habits.
- Realizations about the effects of substances like caffeine and cannabis on her health and well-being.
- Unique practice of hosting internal funerals to release habits and relationships that no longer serve her.
- Engagement with "parts" work and internal family systems therapy to understand and heal different facets of herself.
Olivia and I share insights about:
- The use of herbs in dreamwork and their subtle, yet profound, influence on the psyche.
- How slowing down and allowing plants to guide us can lead to profound personal growth.
- The intersection of mindfulness and self-compassion in achieving true well-being beyond herbs and foods.
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| 0:00.0 | From the stuff your mother never told you to the stuff your doctor never |
| 0:06.1 | told you to the stuff your doctor never learned. On health is what happens when |
| 0:10.4 | a midwife plus a Yale trained MD shares about all things women's health |
| 0:14.8 | from periods to menopause sex to reproductive health politics motherhood to |
| 0:19.9 | mental health join me for taboo busting conversations that demystify and |
| 0:24.8 | destigmatize our bodies all while bridging the gap between conventional |
| 0:28.5 | medicine and wellness. Along the way we'll be exploring the science and |
| 0:32.4 | wisdom of how our bodies work |
| 0:34.0 | What makes us well what gets in the way and how we can live our best lives on our terms |
| 0:39.8 | When it comes to women's health and well-being, there's nothing we won't talk about. |
| 0:44.0 | The new medicine for women is here. |
| 0:46.0 | I'm Dr. Aviva Rame. |
| 0:48.0 | Welcome to the podcast. When I went to my first herbal conference and my first midwifery conference, I was the |
| 1:01.4 | youngest person there. |
| 1:03.0 | Actually, the midwifery conference, I had my one-year-old son, |
| 1:06.0 | so I was the second youngest person there. |
| 1:08.0 | And now, today, I feel like Granny Erbil interviewing wise grasshopper herbalist |
| 1:15.0 | Olivia Amatrano who is a clinical herbalist and graduate of Arbor Vite |
| 1:20.0 | School of Traditional Urbanism the host of What's the Jews podcast, |
| 1:25.0 | and founder of the very successful |
| 1:28.0 | and really grassroots but sophisticated |
| 1:31.0 | herbal company, Organic Olivia. |
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