The Wild Woman Within is the Medicine | Kris Haraldson of Thriving Imperfectly

Kris Haraldson is an herbalist, shadow work coach, teacher, healer and general badass who loves helping women wake up to realizing they don't need to be anyone other than who they are. Kris walks us through her early quest to understand stories about women, how we conceptualize ourselves and how we can break free.  Her life has been guided by the questions: What are the stories we carry and how do they impact us? How does other people's reaction to our stories impact our sense of self? What about the stories we inherit from religion, the overculture, etc? Kris was in the throes of studying psychology in a very cerebral academic setting when she started having visions that she had no context for. Sitting in her graduate classes flashes of quietly gathering plant medicines while feeling at peace and connected filled her mind's eye. This eventually lead to Goddess worship which helped her reconstruct an identity of womanhood that included the arts of herbalism, shamanism, energy work and intuitive work. Her experiences blew open her little researcher brain in ways she could not explain.  It rooted her into her body then guided her into the terrain of shadow work.  We also dive deep on: the shortcomings of identifying with our trauma the power of medicinal relationships and growing up out of our childhood wounding how in the midst of an individualist culture, the plants and Mother Earth can fill the communal relational role within our psyches to help us heal. our favorite herbs to support trauma how the wild woman shows up in our bodies and menstrual cycles how when women learn to work with the wild woman aspect of ourselves, our health will change and the world will change  Enjoy my friends!   🌀 DIVE DEEPER w/ KRIS website : ThrivingImperfectly.com email : [email protected] instagram: Thriving_Impeferfectly substack: The Courageous Unbecoming   🌀 SUPPORT THE HERBS & DREAMS PODCAST - Pledge $5/month or Become a Member for $15/month and receive full access to...   DREAMWEAVERS: FOUNDATIONS - all audio, on-demand course to learn HOW to weave your lfie with the wisdom of dreams. HERBAL DREAMERS - all audio, on-demand course for herbalists, healers and spirit workers to learn HOW to bring dreams into their herbalism.    🌀 DIVE DEEPER WITH LAUREN @ HERBSANDDREAMS.COM  1:1 Dreamweaving & Mentorship DREAMWEAVERS CIRCLE TEACHER TRAINING - LIVE online container for those who tend, or want to tend, the SOUL of individuals, community, collective and Mother Earth.  BOOK: Seasonal Herbalism: The Beginner's Path to Medicine Making and Dreaming with Mother Earth    🌀ABOUT LAUREN Lauren Morgan is an herbalist, dreamer, Earth-based ceremonialist, mother, author and teacher in the Olympic mountains. Her life is devoted to restoring kinship with herbs, dreams and the wisdom within and beneath us all, on behalf of All Life. She teaches folk and plant spirit herbalism and hosts dream circles and courses. She is the author of the book Seasonal Herbalism and is creatrix and host of the Herbs and Dreams Podcast.