Emerging Author Maia Toll Speaks on Calibrating Your Intuition, Honoring Elders and the Evolution of Western Herbalism [episode 117]

In this week’s episode we get into:

The creative process of how The Illustrated Herbiary was written and published
Throwing out the idea of having it all figured out before you even start
Western herbalism and FDA regulation
The barriers of social media in relation to building community with elders
The wheel of the year, moving from a feminine paradigm to a masculine paradigm
How society values youth and fears aging, how this sentiment leads to diminished wisdom passed onto future generations
How to recognize the beauty of aging and manifest a change in attitude towards it
How to connect with elders
Advice for the new wave of herbalists: “drop the old soul bullshit.” Instead, own who you are, where you are
The difference between starting a career in herbalism and starting a practice in herbalism
Compensating your teacher to show respect and reciprocity
Maia’s trip to Ireland as her initiation into herbalism
Intuitive herbal crafting
How to calibrate the body to understand the difference between intuition and mixed signals triggered by the brain