What do you do in a health crisis when all of the allopathic experts you’ve seen have no clue how to heal you?

When faced with extreme health problems and no answers, philosopher, farmer and award-winning author Daniel Firth Griffith took his Mom’s advice — chickens — and became a living example of the many benefits active, holistic approaches provide.

Daniel describes how his wellness transformation went hand-in-hand with a love for farming and storytelling and explains why, in its truest form, myth is a silence with legs, this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Daniel’s work as a storyteller and horse-drawn woodwright at his website, Substack and on social media via Instagram. Check out his growing number of books and writings on his writing/books page or on Amazon (link below). Listen to his Unshod podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get them.

Timestamps

8:15 Could chickens be an effective treatment for degenerative bone disease?

12:35 Have you really tasted a potato?

20:45 Humans are constantly trying to be rooted not unlike a carrot or potato.

31:06 Myth as defined by Daniel.

48:33 The concept of Creator extends far beyond Native American cultures.

55:13 Myth emerges from our bodies.

1:14:20 Sacred harvests with blood and oxygen.

1:22:30 “How do we keep that oral living ecotone alive in a bastardized medium known as the written word?”

1:29:30 The divine feminine.

1:41:21 “Myth provides us a silence with legs.”

1:47:34 Are you connected or disconnected from the world?

1:55:56 A living myth of foraging.

2:05:51 The differences between world sense and world view.

2:14:49 An uncomfortable, paradoxical connection.

2:23:31 The chemical makeup of an animal that doesn’t give you its consent to eat it changes radically and for the worse.

2:27:35 “Mythology presents a paradox of being, because it says be here, but the here is nowhere… it's everywhere.”

2:38:31 Are you a non-consensus human?

Resources

The Plain of Pillars by Daniel Firth Griffith

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Did you know that people can use cannabis as an effective psychedelic without the same health concerns as mushrooms or ayahuasca?

Educator and Coach Ryan Sprague explains the benefits of cannabis as a psychedelic and a tool for growth but only if you understand how to use it this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Ryan and his work on his Highly Optimized website and on social media via Instagram here and here and YouTube. Listen to Ryan’s Highly Optimized podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to them.

For Spirit Gym listeners: Register for Ryan’s free workshop — The Untapped Power of Cannabis Coaching: Harness the Only Legal Psychedelic to Unlock Your Clients’ Full Potential & Transform Their Lives — on Sept. 12 at noon EDT at this link.

Also, check out Ryan’s courses, including Breathe With Cannabis, at this link and save 10% on any of them by using the CHEK10 promo code at checkout. Join the BWC Collective, experience monthly ceremonies and access all past replays for $33 at this link (exclusively for Spirit Gym listeners). (Special offers from Spirit Gym guests are time-sensitive and at their discretion to redeem after 30 days.)

Timestamps

4:15 Cannabis as a psychedelic.

12:03 The “trip” that changed Ryan’s life forever.

16:35 The edibles industry’s dirty secrets may harm you.

25:36 A Thai stick strain.

33:44 Looking for cannabis strains that contain less than 20 percent THC is really hard.

41:56 Cannabis can’t be a personal growth tool unless you understand how to use it.

53:19 The Goldilocks Zone.

59:06 Is using mushrooms and cannabis together a good idea?

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No matter how many resources of great scientific information that are available to us, how little you don’t know about the foods you eat can be the difference between living the good life and one full of sickness.

Dr. Autumn Smith, co-founder of Paleovalley and Wild Pastures, knows this all too well as a once very sick person who healed herself via nutrition (with help from Paul via CD) many years ago.

Autumn shares her life’s continuing food as medicine mission, her recent Ph.D. studies on nutrient densities of meat and her concerns about efficiency over ecology in the food industry this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Autumn’s inspiring journey on YouTube and watch her eight-part ReThink Meat series here. Follow Autumn via social media on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Timestamps

4:07 What people really don’t know about the food they eat.

11:09 Could farm-to-table nutrition in schools be part of our future?

29:03 Our top soil may run out within 60-80 years.

35:40 Dr. Bruce Ames’ triage theory.

43:16 The most common reaction to food sensitivities for pork consumption.

52:31 “We prioritize efficiency over ecology.”

1:01:38 Are synthetic vitamins really good for your health?

1:09:47 Good advice from the late Jerry Telle: Eat like you live on a farm.

1:20:23 Autumn worked with Dr. Stephan van Vilet on his study that compared nutrient densities in beef.

1:33:06 Most grass-fed beef we eat in America is produced in China.

Resources

The Dewayne Lee Johnson vs. Monsanto case

Glycine and methionine

Weston A. Price Foundation

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