They Made Us Forget How To Be Human — Ashley McDonell (@roottorisedesigns)

This week Nina sits down with Ashley McDonnell- birth worker, herbalist, permaculture educator, natural builder and devoted steward of ancestral wisdom.

Ashley has spent years helping women remember the skills that once belonged to all of us: how to birth, grow food, make medicine, build shelter and live in deeper relationship with the Earth.

Together we explore what Ashley calls "The Great Forgetting" - how modern systems have disconnected us from our innate wisdom, our communities and our ability to care for ourselves.

We talk about nervous system regulation, herbal medicine, natural beauty, aging, community living, ancestral skills, motherhood, birth, purpose and what it means to reclaim our sovereignty in a rapidly changing world.

This conversation is ultimately about remembering. Remembering that we belong. Remembering that we are capable. Remembering that we already carry much of the wisdom we are searching for. If you've ever felt the pull toward a slower, more connected and more meaningful way of living, this episode is for you.

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@roottorisedesigns

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro to this week's guest Ashley McDonnell

06:30 The Great Forgetting- why we've lost our basic human skills

09:45 Community, belonging and why independence requires each other

13:15 Nervous system regulation in overwhelming times

16:30 Ashley's favorite herbs for stress, anxiety and emotional resilience

20:00 Herbal medicine, boundaries and listening to the wisdom of plants

23:00 Herbalism, the witch wound and why women are returning to the plants

27:00 Reclaiming feminine wisdom, birth and the mysteries of womanhood

31:20 Aging naturally and what elders can teach us about beauty

37:00 Maiden, Mother & Crone - embracing every season of womanhood

42:30 Natural beauty, skincare and Ashley's daily rituals

46:40 Natural building: how to create homes from the materials around us

56:00 Community living, growing food and why community can be both medicine and challenge

01:13:00 Choosing your consequences and living in alignment with your values

01:16:00 Nina shares her mission, values and vision for the future

01:19:00 We are born worthy- what does that really mean?

01:21:00 What Ashley would add to The Manual That Never Arrived

01:23:00 The question nobody asks Ashley

01:25:00 Authenticity, masks and why the right people give us energy

01:28:00 Maiden, Mother, Crone song and closing prayer

01:30:00 Where to find Ashley and her upcoming offerings

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