The Herballectual

What does herbalism look like when it leaves theory and meets the world?In this inaugural episode of The Herballectual, I sit down with 7Song - herbalist, teacher, long-time clinician, and one of my early teachers, to explore what holds in practice. We speak about the making of herbalists: how students are formed, what must be unlearned, and why clinical reality reshapes early idealism. From free-clinic work to disaster response, from the economics of teaching to the ethics of wildcrafting, this conversation traces herbalism as it lives in bodies, classrooms, and communities.Herbal pragmatism is about discernment, autonomy, and choosing what serves the person in front of us. Together we reflect on livelihood, lineage, diagnostic orientation, and the long arc of learning.