Happy Spring! In our March episode of rise up! good witch, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Brunem Warshaw of Well Deep Remedies to chat about polyvagal herbalism, systemic barriers to formal herbal medicine training, disability justice work, connecting with ancestral practices in culturally appropriate ways, and how to keep our herbal practices accessible for ourselves and our communities. Brunem also shares some valuable resources (for anyone around the world!) to get involved in protecting trans healthcare and supporting rural queer organizers--links found below!


Brunem Warshaw (they/them) is a clinical herbalist, medicine-maker, and educator currently based in Tennessee, who weaves scientific and intuitive approaches together to support people in healing themselves with the assistance of plant medicines. Their clinical herbalism practice Well Deep Remedies focuses on providing support with trauma recovery, addiction, sexual health, and complex chronic illness. Brunem is passionate about developing a peoples’ science of the autonomic nervous system, including the integration of polyvagal theory with herbs to cultivate emotional resilience.


Brunem's Links: 
Website: ⁠www.welldeepremedies.com⁠ (see Resources page to read paper "Polyvagal Herbalism")


Book a 30-min Mini Consult: ⁠tinyurl.com/WDRMiniConsult⁠


Mailing list: ⁠tinyurl.com/WDRnewsletter⁠


Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/welldeepremedies/⁠


Order medicines: ⁠https://www.narrowbridgecandles.org/collections/well-deep-remedies⁠


Interested in becoming an herbal client who works with Brunem ongoingly? Start with a free 15-min call (⁠tinyurl.com/DiscoveryCallWDR⁠) or send an email to brunem@welldeepremedies.com. 


BONUS FOR PATREON PATRONS: All tier patrons will receive a discount code for 25% off an intake consultation with Brunem! 
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Mutual Aid and donation efforts for trans health care in the South:
⁠Mutual Aid Babes⁠ – ongoing fundraiser for bail funds, queer and trans rural organizing, support for trans folks losing healthcare access, and safe abortion access : https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-lgbtq-rights-mutual-aid-babes-tennessee?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined

⁠Southerners on New Ground⁠ –Queer abolitionist and liberation organizing group with regional chapters: https://southernersonnewground.org/

⁠National Center for Transgender Equality⁠: https://transequality.org/

Read more about the Tennessee drag and gender-affirming care bans on the ⁠Human Rights Campaign site⁠: https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/human-rights-campaign-slams-governor-lee-for-signing-anti-drag-bill-and-gender-affirming-care-ban-into-law-tn-becomes-first-state-to-criminalize-drag

⁠Trans in the South⁠: a resource and services guide 
https://southernequality.org/legal-resources/tennessee/
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Learn more about me, and check out my handcrafted herbal medicine at my apothecary:
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All music in this episode by Given Davis! Audio editing support by Sasha Ell.

ep 102: polyvagal herbalism with Brunem Warshaw of Well Deep Remedies

ep 103 with Chaney Williams


In this episode, we go in-depth about systemic cultural and Medical Industrial Complex biases against midwives, doulas and holistic birthwork in general, health disparities for Black birthing parents, parallels between Western medical perspectives on midwifery and massage therapy fields, and advice for interested families on how to search for and choose a midwife or doula.
We also discuss the core issue of burnout amongst midwives and doulas–before, during and after their training–as well as some insidious systemic barriers to adequate training in this field, medical-cultural transphobia and bias, and specific ways that change can be implemented to create support and care for these important and necessary pillars of our healthcare system.


Bio: Chaney Williams (she/they) is a queer, biracial, intersectional feminist, and full spectrum doula who has an MFA in Creative Writing: Poetry. She lives in Kentucky and has been a southerner since birth. Chaney strongly believes in the power that writing holds in healing processes and that engaging with art of all forms is cathartic. For Chaney, their writing is confessional in nature because she writes what they know and what haunts them because it is the way she makes sense of the world she exists in. It is how she finds belonging in the universe and connects to their ancestors, future descendants, and the collective. They believe that all birthing people deserve autonomy and access to reproductive care/support, that caring for community is an act of liberation, and that it “is our duty to fight for our freedom”-Assata Shakur.
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Links from this episode:
⁠Chaney aka The Intersectional Doula on IG⁠: https://www.instagram.com/theintersectionaldoula/

⁠Chaney’s Salty magazine piece⁠: https://saltyworld.net/rest-is-non-negotiable/

⁠Louisville doula project⁠: https://www.instagram.com/louisvilledoulaproject/?hl=en

(BADT) ⁠Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings⁠–a Black-owned, queer-run training organization: https://www.badoulatrainings.org/

⁠Sabia Wade⁠–Author of “Birthing Liberation: How Reproductive Justice Can Set Us Free”: https://www.sabiawade.com/

⁠Doula Match⁠–search engine to help connect families with the right doula: https://doulamatch.net/
⁠Black Birth Justice⁠: https://www.blackbirthjustice.org/our-team

Episode Credits:
All longer music clips in this episode by Given Davis from their album, “The Way Be Lit”
Given’s Writing & Creative work: IG @givendaviswrites
Audio technician: Sasha Ell
Backend patreon & digital assistant support: veev 

rise up! good witch:
Join the Patreon (for as low as $2/month) to support a queer, disabled brown herbalist and keep the rise up! good witch project going into the future~⁠www.patreon/com/riseupgoodwitchremixx⁠
Follow us on IG: @_riseupgoodwitch444
@manateemedicinals
Learn more about me, and check out my handcrafted herbal medicine at my apothecary:
⁠https://www.manateemedicinals.com/shop⁠
Always accepting tips to keep my magic flowin' via
Cashapp or venmo: @TaviTime

ep 103 doula-ing yourself with Chaney Williams of the intersectional doula

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