The Gut & Ground Podcast explores the poetry of what it is to be human and the magic we can experience through deepening our connection with the Earth. Ashley Wulkan combines decade of experience as a natural health practitioner with a lifelong passion for collecting stories that help us remember the spiritual essence that weaves together all of creation. This podcast is a home for deep, nourishing conversations about living with the seasons, plant medicine, astrology, all the nourishment and medicine you find when you remember to trust your gut and keep your feet on the ground.
8. Minerals & The Interconnected Matrix of Life on Earth
Today we are scratching the surface on the importance of minerals. Not just how they make up our bodies and all of the functions needed to support our health, but the interconnectedness of our bodies with the soil, ecosystems, and all of life on Earth.
Maybe you've been told to take calcium pills or to supplement with magnesium. But why are we depleted in the first place? And is the approacch of supplementing with individual minerals really the right course of action with the synergy and interconnectedness is what fuels life on Earth?
What we're exploring today:
The role minerals play in sustaining life on Earth
When Science started realizing minerals matter, and the mistakes made along the way
Synergy between minerals and how it affects our health
The connection between our cells and our soil
How industrial agriculture is hurting us more than helping us
Notes & Links:
Connect with me on Instagram @ashleywulkan
If you want to work with my clinic on your mineral status, you can fill out this form. (https://l.bttr.to/o8P48)
26 Mar 2024
7. Speeding Toward Nothing: Technology & The Pace of Being Human
Do you feel a sense that time is running out? A rush to get it all done? Contstant low-grade urgency that pulls your focus away from the things that you genuinely enjoy in life? This episode asks more questions than it offers answers, but collectively we should be questioning a lot about the speed at which we are living.
What we're exploring today:
The impact of living at warp speed on our bodies
When the body puts on the brakes and manifests thyroid dysfunction
Questioning whether technological advancementy is helping is life better or just faster
How to start slowing down (and that the first step is a shift in values not a shift in pace)
Notes & Links:
Connect with me on Instagram @ashleywulkan
6 Mar 2024
6. Spring is Calling: Rebirth & Reemergence
Spring is calling, do you feel it too? As our bodies, minds and spirits awaken from the inward journey of winter we're asked to release what has been shed and welcome the brand new. The day you sow the seed is not the day you eat the fruit, though, and this time of year can also bring frustrations to the surface. Traditional Chinese Medicine tells us to focus on supporting our liver health at this time of year, and the Earth puts all the medicines we need to do this right in front of us too. Perfect timing.
What we're exploring today:
The Spring Equinox and what is represents in the cycle of the year
The emotional significance of liver stagnation
The energetic shift from Pisces into Aries
Common herbs you can connect with for gentle Spring detoxification support
Foods for supporting your liver during the Spring
Practices to help you stay balanced and grounded during times of transition
Notes & Links:
Join me for on March 19th for a Spring Equinox Circle & Spring Tonics Herbal Workshop (online)
Join me in-person on March 23rd for a Detoxifying Tea Blending Workshop (in Haileybury)
Connect with me on Instagram @ashleywulkan
22 Feb 2024
5. Fear, Anxiety & Your Kidneys: Nutrition, Herbs & Practices to Lean On
Have you been feeling more fear and anxiety as we move through the last bit of winter? If so, you are absolutely not alone. Traditional Chinese Medicine considers Winter to be "kidney season" and the kidneys to be the energetic root of our fear and anxiety.
What we're exploring today:
The emotional significance of our kidneys
How kidney imbalances show
Food to nourish the kidneys
Herbal allies to support us in seasons of fear and anxiety
Life shifts that ground our energy and kidneys
Notes & Links:
Connect with me on Instagram @ashleywulkan
7 Feb 2024
4. "Placebo Effect" or Proof that Self-Healing is Possible?
We've all heard the term "placebo effect" but how often do we pause to ask what it actually is? Placebo is effective about 35% of the time, and research has now shown that we can increase that significantly by tapping into the factors that increase self-healing.
What we're exploring today:
What is the placebo effect?
History and research
How the human body can produce endogenous opiods
Shockingly effective placebo surgeries
Components that improve placebo response
How to support your own self-healing
Notes & Links:
Connect with me on Instagram @ashleywulkan
"The Powerful Placebo" by Henry K. Beecher
A Controlled Trial of Arthroscopic Surgery for Osteoarthritis of the Knee (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa013259)
Components of placebo effect: randomised controlled trial in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (https://www.bmj.com/content/336/7651/999)
Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton
You are the Placebo by Joe Dispenza
24 Jan 2024
3. Planets, People, Plants & The Archetypal Forces of Nature
Today we're going on a (somewhat) brief exploration of the archetypal energies that rule us and how people and plants are constantly reflecting these planetary influences. True holistic medicine zoome out to look at not just the pathology, but the person and how they exist as an expression and balance of specific energies in Nature. This is a primer on the topic of astrology and opens up the pathway for us to explore astroherbalism in future episodes.
Topics explored here:
Allopathic vs. Holistic medicine and how each views the treatment of health imabalances
The 4 elements: fire, earth, air and water
The three modes: cardinal, fixed and mutable
The 12 zodiac signs
The 10 planetary influences
How these energies are expressed through the seasons and through the life cycle
Botanical correspondances for each sign
Notes & Links:
Connect with me on Instagram @ashleywulkan
Generate your birth chart for free: https://astro-charts.com/
17 Jan 2024
2. Herbal Medicines to Support Your Wintering (Bonus Episode)
As a companion to Episode 1 on Wintering, this bonus episode shares stories and learnings about some incredible plant allies to connect with during a winter season (internal or external) and how we can work with them to move through winter energy.
We are metting & exploring:
Everygreens tree medicine
Pine for grounding
Cedar for protection
Rose for heart connection
Ginger for sustained warmth
Peppermint for mental clarity
Mugwort for dreams and stagnation
Notes & Links:
Find me on Instagram @ashleywulkan
A favourite source for herbal teas and tinctures with many of the plants mentioned here are my sweet herb farmer friends at Foggy River: https://www.foggyriverfarm.com/ (https://www.foggyriverfarm.com/)
9 Jan 2024
1. Wintering, Deep Rest & Journeying Inward
As we in the Northern Hemisphere move into the season of Deep Winter, we're being invited to relax into the soft embrace of darkness, cold and quiet. It's a time of year that brings immense challenge but also immense opportunity for deepening and fortifying our roots.
Today I am sharing some of the lessons offered by this season and how we can answer the invitation and integrate the learnings offered.
We are exploring:
The anatomy of cycles and the role of Winter energy in all cycles and loops
The art and practice of Wintering
The root of resistance to winter energy
Working with the themes and energies present in Capricorn season
Internal vs. external winters
Embracing Bear energy and supporting your sleep
Circadian rhythmns and the medicine of morning light
Winter nourishment and resisting the pressure to shrink your mammal body
Journeying into yourself
Notes & Links:
Find me on Instagram @ashleywulkan
Poetry Book Mentioned: Rilke's Book of Hours
9 Jan 2024
0. Introducing Gut & Ground
Welcome to the Gut & Ground Podcast. Before we venture into the first episode, let's get grounded in the vision for what we are exploring here.
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