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When herbalism study groups struggle to bridge learning and lived experience

Our herbalism study group has been meeting for three years and we've gotten really good at academic discussions, but last month when Sarah shared that her depression wasn't responding to the protocols we'd been exploring, the room went silent and I realized none of us actually know how to support each other as real people, not just fellow students.

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What we've seen

A learning community discovers that intellectual engagement with plant medicine doesn't automatically translate to knowing how to hold each other's actual suffering.

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“Where Are You with Herbal medicine across traditions?”

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