Hello! We are off this week to focus on adding cannabis to our product mix at Lucky You. Please enjoy this episode of The Nourished Nervous System podcast with host Kristen Timchak. Here she explores how to assess and improve your sleep hygiene through the lens of Ayurveda and the circadian sleep/wake cycle.

Links:
Lucky You Instagram Page
HIgh Fidelity Newsletter Sign Up
Link to Original Episode Notes and Resources

Notes:
0:00 Lift off
2:02 Bridget's intro on incorporating earth medicines with lifestyle adjustments
4:19 Kristen's & Bridget's shared history at the Goldthread Farm to Pharmacy Program
7:21 Normalizing sub quality sleep
9:42 Dr. Michael Bruce's four sleep chronotypes
12:36 Each Ayurvedic dosha's relationship to sleep
14:49 The circadian sleep/wake cycle
21:24 Small steps to reset your circadian rhythm
24:37 Ayurvedic sleep hygiene

Our second annual Holiday High Gift Guide, a curated list of items to gift the herbal enthusiast in your life….and maybe a little something for yourself, you deserve it. This year's picks are available on line and at our newly opened retail store, Lucky You. Happy Holidays from High Fidelity!

Links:
Lucky You
Frankie Smoke
LuneNoire
Hemson Goods
Baked in Vermont Pipe Company
Luxury Meets Cannabis Conference
Limoges Porcelain
Viking Glass
Brio Coffeeworks

Notes:
0:00 Lift off
1:15 Lucky You now open
2:20 Frankie Smoke
3:23 LuneNoire
4:33 Hemson Goods
5:09 Baked in Vermont Pipe Company
5:55 Vintage ashtrays at Lucky You
6:50 Modern apothecary and gourmet pantry highlights

The Plant Medicine Protocol is a comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide to integrating medicinal plants into your daily life. The key is Saturation + Consistency + Variety. Listen in as author, clinical herbalist, ethnobotanist and licensed acupuncturist William Siff explains how to unlock the power of plants to create optimal health and longevity.

Links:
Buy the book online
Goldthread Plant Based Tonics
Plantventure Project
Peterson Field Guides
David Crow
Lonny Jarrett

Notes:
0:00 Lift off
3:26 Get the Plant Medicine Protocal at 20% off
6:04 William's early obsession with medicinal plants
11:37 William's formal studies in medical anthropology and ethnobotany
12:59 Asian systems of medicine as effective frameworks for delivering plants into people
14:55 Goldthread Herbal Apothecary
17:10 The herbal apothecary as community public health institution
20:21 The Farm to Pharmacy Internship
25:50 The health care pyramid
33:39 Our connection to nature informs our health
35:16 Unrealistic expectations of what natural medicine can do
39:06 Bridget's personal story with Lyme disease
43:31 The Plant Medicine Protocol
47:47 The drug model does not fit the plant medicine model
48:29 Plant saturation of our vital systems
53:48 Consuming plants as a way to get to know yourself
1:00:34 Minestrone soup! William's selfcare routine