Weeds are often seen as a nuisance — something to uproot or control. But what if they’re messengers? What if they carry ancestral wisdom, healing codes, and reminders of the Earth’s quiet resilience? In this soulful and richly layered conversation, Tara welcomes wild weed educator, naturopath, and author Heidi Merika, whose deep-rooted relationship with the plant kingdom invites us to reimagine how we connect with nature, healing, and ourselves.

Heidi shares her journey from childhood foraging in Tasmania to becoming a scientifically trained naturopath — and how a call from the plants led her back to a more ancient, animistic way of working with herbal medicine. This is a deeply nourishing episode for anyone craving reconnection: with the land, their lineage, and the living intelligence of the earth beneath their feet.

In this episode, you’ll receive:

• A powerful reframe on “weeds” as sacred medicine and messengers of the Earth
• The story of Heidi’s spiritual initiation into plant spirit medicine
• Reflections on ancestral disconnection, colonisation, and remembering through land
• Insights into the energetic qualities of common plants like mugwort, tulsi, and dandelion
• How bitterness — in food and in life — holds potent medicine
• Simple practices for starting a relationship with wild herbs and backyard plants
• A discussion on resilience, grief, trust, and remembering that nature is always holding us
• Heidi’s guidance for reconnecting to plants through your own ancestral line

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Website: heidimerika.com.au

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