Resources:
- Striped maple
- The Secret Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
- Episode 9: How to Heal Your Body With Plants Featuring Herbalist Rachelle Robinett
- Peak and Valley
- PubMed
- Diaspora Co.
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Show Notes:
- On growing up with an understanding of the symbiotic relationship between humans and the natural world
- What Nadine learned studying the neuroscience of stress
- What adrenal fatigue looks like in the body
- How the culture of work in the United States is leading us to adrenal burnout
- The HPA axis in the body and why it’s important
- How Nadine’s own wellness journey led her to found Peak and Valley
- Nootropics - what they are and what they do for the brain
- Why the beta-glucan content in mushrooms matters
- Adaptogens - explained
- Primary, secondary and tertiary adaptogens
- Peak and Valley’s adaptogenic blends
- What happened after Nadine began regularly consuming adaptogens
- Nadine’s experience with entrepreneurship
- Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine’s influence in the research behind adaptogens
- The Nourish My Skin blend explained from an Ayurvedic perspective
- The incredible health benefits of turmeric
- Why Nadine sources her turmeric from Diaspora Co.
- Why consumers need to be really careful when purchasing plant based products
- How to screen plant based products for purity and quality
- How different types of stress maps differently in the body
- The limitations of adaptogens
- Highlighting Nadine’s favorite adaptogenic herbs + mushrooms
- How the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement have affected Nadine personally and Peak and Valley
- How to honor the traditions that adaptogens came from without appropriating them
- The Last Five Questions