EP 925B - The Healing Power of Plants

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Guest Info & Links: Jessi Bloom
From the Show: YOU The Owners Manual Podcast
Summary: Jessi Bloom explains how to make plants an ally for your everyday struggles, such as stress and burnout.
Air Date: 1/15/19
Duration: 21:13
Host: Michael Roizen, MD
Guest Bio: Jessi Bloom
Jessi Bloom is a best-selling author, award-winning ecological landscape designer, and speaker and professional horticulturalist, and certified arborist She owns N.W. Bloom EcoLogical Services, based in the Pacific Northwest, which is known as an innovator and leader in the field of permaculture, sustainable landscape design, construction and land management. Her work has been recognized by government agencies and industry organizations and makes headlines in national media.

She lives near Seattle with her two sons on their permaculture homestead, which is full of functional gardens and rescue animals. She is committed to educating others and now spends much of her time teaching, consulting, and speaking nationwide in addition to designing landscapes. Her best-selling book Free-Range Chicken Gardens has been praised for being informative and inspiring, changing the way people integrate animals into their landscapes. Practical Permaculture (2015) became a bestseller in less than a month after its release. Recognition for her work includes awards from the Washington State Department of Ecology, the American Horticultural Society, Pacific Horticulture magazine, Sunset magazine, the Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association, and the Washington Association of Landscape Professionals.

She lives north of Seattle with her sons on her permaculture homestead.
  • Book Title: Creating Sanctuary: Sacred Garden Spaces, Plant-Based Medicine and Daily Practices to Achieve Happiness and Well-Being
  • Guest Website: N.W. Bloom EcoLogical Services
EP 925B - The Healing Power of Plants
The solution to some of the most common health issues plaguing Americans is simpler and more affordable than you may think.

Jessi Bloom, author of Creating Sanctuary: Sacred Garden Spaces, Plant-Based Medicine and Daily Practices to Achieve Happiness and Well-Being, explains how to make plants an ally for your everyday struggles, such as stress and burnout.

Bloom discusses how the spaces and plants around you can affect your mental and physical health and why it's important to find daily rituals and practices to help center yourself. Learn how to incorporate sanctuary into any space—whether you're inside, outside, at home or at work.

Plus, find out her favorite herbal remedies to sleep better, soothe anxiety and even clean your home.

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