The Canna Curious Podcast: Conversations on Cannabis, Wellness & Women’s Health
A podcast exploring medicinal cannabis, plant-based healing, and women’s health. Host Kyla de Clifford shares real stories, expert insights, and conscious conversations about chronic pain, nervous system support, advocacy, and natural medicine. For curious minds redefining healing.
Episodes
28 episodes
27 - Sam Clohessy: Breast Cancer, Fitness, and the Power of the Plant.
Today’s episode is raw, real, and deeply human. Kyla sits down with Sam Clohessy, a personal trainer from Western Australia, who shares her story of strength, survival, and self-discovery after being diagnosed with breast cancer at ju...
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44:54
26 - Megan Mbengue: Dancer to Nurse to Plant Medicine.
In this conversation, nurse and educator Megan Mbengue walks us through her path from hospital wards to cannabinoid care. We break down the endocannabinoid system in plain language, why CBG is her daytime go-to for anxiety and focus...
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55:22
25 - Lillie Brown: Painful Sex 101.
Painful sex is common but not normal. Kyla and sexologist Lillie Brown unpack the fear–pain cycle, pelvic pain, arousal and lubrication, and practical steps to heal without pushing through pain. We also touch on how cannabis may help some women...
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Episode 25
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56:11
24 - Seeded: Does Cannabis Bring You Closer to God? with Bee and Ray.
In this week’s episode, Kyla sits down with Bee and Ray to explore one of the biggest questions that’s ever come through the Canna Curious community: Does cannabis bring you closer to God?What started as a social media poll quic...
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43:20
23 - The Hemp Perspective: Crystal White from Northern Rivers Hemp.
In this episode of the Canna Curious Podcast, Kyla sits down with Crystal White from Northern Rivers Hemp to unpack her inspiring journey from working in the disability sector to running a 75-acre hemp farm in Nimbin with her husband. ...
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38:29
22 - Love, Loss, and the Plant: A Family’s Pancreatic Cancer Journey with Christie Ahfa.
When Christie's husband, Lei, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, life as they knew it turned upside down. With two young boys, a global plandemic unfolding, and a devastating diagnosis, their family was thrust into a whirlwind of hospitals, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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35:08
21 - Give The Plant Back To The People with Kyla de Clifford.
In this episode, I take you on a journey through the history of cannabis prohibition, from the powerful industries and political figures who drove it, to the propaganda and international treaties that locked it in place.This is not a dee...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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36:14
20 - Seeded. Called By The Plant with Bee and Ray.
In this episode, we pull back the curtain and share some our own stories of how the plant called us into this space.From harm reduction and patient advocacy, to chronic pain, migraines, and the quiet frustration of being dismissed in the...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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42:47
19 - Alcohol Vs Cannabis: Kyla de Clifford.
In this solo episode of Canna Curious, Kyla gets personal about grief, self-care, and the choices we make when life gets heavy. She unpacks one of the oldest debates: alcohol versus cannabis.What You’ll Learn in This Episode...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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19:17
18 - Instigating Rebel: Christina McMullan's Cannabis Story.
What does it mean to grow up in a medical household, rebel against it, and then return to plant medicine as the very thing that brings peace, presence, and healing?In this episode, I sit down with my friend Christina McMullan, an instiga...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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54:16
17 - In Memory Of My Beautiful Nanna.
Lena Mariana (Mary) 11/04/1928 - 03/08/2025.This week’s episode is raw and unpolished, recorded during a tender moment as my Nanna Mary was nearing the end of her life. It's a conversation wrapped in love, loss, and legacy.I explo...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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16:32
16 - Seeded. How to Take a T- Break: Resetting Your Cannabis Tolerance with Bee and Ray.
In this episode of The Canna Curious Podcast, we’re talking about t- breaks also known as tolerance breaks. Whether you use cannabis for anxiety, pain, migraines, or perimenopause symptoms, sometimes it’s worth pausing to ask:...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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24:47
15 (Bonus) - Desire: Sex and Cannabis with Lillie Brown.
Welcome to the first in a new series exploring sex, pleasure, and the plant - hosted by Kyla and somatic sexologist Lillie Brown. In this juicy and deeply honest conversation, we crack open a topic that’s often whispered about but rarely explor...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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1:02:05
15 - The Hormone-Cannabis Connection: Dosing with Body Literacy with Kyla de Clifford.
Today we’re diving into a question every canna-curious woman has either wondered about, or learned the hard way: How do I actually dose cannabis? And what does my cycle have to do with it?If you’ve ever taken an edible and suddenly found...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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19:10
14 - Rewriting The Rules: A Mum’s Plant Story with Jess Peros.
Ever felt judged for choosing a vape over a wine? Or wondered why mothers who take c*nn*b!s still get side-eyed while wine o’clock is seen as self-care?In this episode of Canna Curious, I sit down with Jess, a mother, g...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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49:44
13 - Methods Of Consumption with Kyla De Clifford.
Ever had a gummy that hit you like a freight train two hours later? Or vaped and wondered why the effect disappeared in under an hour? Welcome to the world of ca**abis consumption methods where how you take it can totally change ho...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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18:58
12 - Seeded: Navigating Stigma and Finding Your Community with Bee and Ray.
What does it take to shake off a lifetime of shame around cannabis? In this deeply personal conversation, Ray, Bee, and Kyla open up about their earliest experiences with the plant and the stigma that kept them silent for years.From grow...
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25:20
11 - Bleeding, Burnout & Blazing: Living with Endometriosis, PMDD, & ADHD with Lillie Brown.
Lillie Brown is a sexologist, speaker, and fierce advocate for body literacy and cannabis education. She lives with endometriosis, PMDD, and ADHD and in this deeply honest (and hilarious) conversation, she shares what it’s really like to live i...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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45:08
10 - THC, CBD & the Other Cannabinoids You’ve Never Heard Of with Kyla De Clifford
Cannabis is made up of cannabinoids, terpenes, flavonoids, alkaloids, ethers & esters, lipids & waxes, proteins & enzymes and carbohydrates.For more reading on cannabinoids:The Essential Guide to CBD by...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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18:18
9 - This Isn’t in the Textbook: Epilepsy, CBD, and a Mother’s Grit with Erin Oudshoorn.
What happens when your instincts whisper something the doctors won’t say out loud?In this week’s episode, I sit down with Erin Oudshoorn - mother to the incredible Luella, and founder of the Lulu Love Project. Erin shares the raw and hon...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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51:48
8 - Seeded. Periods, Hormones and a Toolkit of Wellness with Bee & Ray.
In this episode of Seeded, Kyla sits down with Bee and Ray for a real, unfiltered conversation about periods, pain, perimenopause, and everything we were never taught about our bodies. From the awkwardness of first bleeds a...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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47:42
7 - Healing Ourselves and the Planet with Hemp - Karen Burge
In this episode of Canna Curious, Kyla sits down with hemp educator and community leader Karen Burge, founder of The Hemporium and co-founder of the iconic Canna Nannas movement. Karen shares her personal journey with plant medicine...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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45:07
6 - Amanda’s Story: From Ulcerative Colitis To Cancer & The Plant That Helped Her Heal.
What happens when modern medicine leaves you out of options? Amanda shares her powerful story of enduring ulcerative colitis and stage 4 cancer, and finding healing and strength through cannabis. From suppositories to homemade oils and her new ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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36:17
5 - Migraines, Adenomyosis and Menopause with Cannabis as a Lifelong Ally with Chrissie Butler.
In this episode of the Canna Curious Podcast, Kyla sits down with longtime friend and cannabis advocate Chrissie Butler to talk about her evolving relationship with the plant. From migraines to mood swings, endometriosis to the horm...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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37:59
4 - Seeded. A Quick Chat on Psychedelics - What’s Your Approach? With Bee Mohamed & Ray Steele.
In this short seeded episode, I sit down with Ray and Bee where we are dipping into the world of psychedelics - not a deep dive (that’s coming later).We ask the question: What’s your approach to psychedelics? ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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14:08