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.
Note: Canna Curious is an independent educational podcast. Content is for general information only and does not promote or advertise any therapeutic goods. Always talk to a qualified health professional about your individual circumstances.
Episodes
47 episodes
46 - Hemp as Fuel - Why Aren’t We Using It? With Kyla de Clifford.
This week, we explore a question that seems simple… but isn’t:If hemp can be used as fuel then why aren’t we using it? Particularly during this very planned war and outage of oil with far reaching implications.In this episode, I b...
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Episode 46
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21:25
45 - Cannabis Research: The Story We Were Never Told with Kyla de Clifford.
Cannabis research often feels confusing.One study says the plant may help with pain, sleep or inflammation. The next headline warns about risk.So what’s really going on?In this episode of Canna Curious, I unpack why ...
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Episode 45
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17:56
44 - Everyone Is Just Trying to Cope: A Psychiatric Nurse’s Story with Megan Simpson.
In this episode of Canna Curious, Kyla sits down with psychiatric nurse Megan Simpson for an honest and deeply human conversation about mental health, stigma, and healing.Megan has spent years working on the front lines of psychiatric ca...
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Episode 44
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43 - Two Rooms, One Industry with Kyla de Clifford.
This week on Canna Curious, I’m reflecting on 48 hours that revealed the tension inside Australia’s medicinal cannabis space.From hosting a candlelit launch centred on women, story and nervous system safety…to having a thoughtful dinner ...
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Episode 43
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13:52
42 - From Parliament to Plant Medicine: Bee Mohamed on Advocacy, Integrity & Reform.
In this episode, Kyla sits down with Bee Mohamed for a deep, behind-the-scenes conversation on health policy, patient advocacy, and the realities of building change inside broken systems.Bee shares her journey from working in Parl...
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Episode 42
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51:14
41 - They Burned the Women, Not the Wisdom with Melanie Wentzel.
A History of Women in Cannabis - with Melanie WentzelBefore prohibition.Before pharma.Before THC percentages became a marketing strategy.Cannabis lived in women’s hands.In this episode of Canna Curious, Kyla ...
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Episode 41
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40 - Balance, Boundaries & Are Gummies Really Medicine? with Jess Peros.
In this episode, Kyla is joined by her friend Jess for a wide-ranging, honest conversation that starts with balance - and quickly reveals how complicated that word really is.What does balance actually look like for women today? How do ne...
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39 - Alethea Wallace: When The System Takes Someone You Love.
In this episode of Canna Curious, Kyla is joined by her close friend Sandrine for a deeply personal and emotional conversation about their friend Alethea (Leath) — who has been incarcerated for cannabis-related charges for ...
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Episode 39
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38 - I’m Not Interested in Being “Responsible” Anymore with Kyla de Clifford.
In this episode, ’m unpacking why I’ve started to push back on the idea of “responsible use” — at least the way it’s so often applied to women.Because when we really look at it, “responsible” rarely means neutral or supportive.It usually...
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Episode 38
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18:40
37 - Tolerance, Breaks & the Nervous System with Kyla de Clifford.
Do I Need a T-Break?Tolerance breaks are usually framed like a punishment.Like you’ve done something wrong.Like you need to reset, detox, or start again.But for many women, that framing doesn’t fit real lif...
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Episode 37
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26:50
36 - Nobody Told Us Cannabis Would Feel Different in Perimenopause with Kyla de Clifford.
Women, Hormones & Cannabis: Why Your Body Changes How the Plant Feels.In this episode, we explore why so many women notice that cannabis feels different depending on where they are in their cycle, throughout perimenopause, or during ...
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Episode 36
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17:03
35 - What’s Actually Happening in Your Body When You Take Cannabis with Kyla de Clifford.
In this episode of the Canna Curious Podcast, Kyla slows things right down and returns to the foundations.Before conversations about strain names, dosing, or delivery methods before stigma, shame, or opinion this epi...
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Episode 35
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23:40
34 - When Women Stop Whispering with Kyla de Clifford.
As the year draws to a close, Kyla pauses - not to summarise, but to sit inside what this season of listening has actually revealed.Recorded from Melbourne, in a softer and more honest state than usual, this solo episode reflects on thir...
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Episode 34
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9:58
33 - How to Choose a Good Medicinal Cannabis Clinic (and Avoid the Red Flags) with Kyla de Clifford and Jess Peros.
What does a good medicinal cannabis clinic actually look like in Australia - and how do you spot the ones that should make you pause?This episode was sparked by a moment many of us have had lately: seeing cannabis clinic adverti...
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Episode 33
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43:25
32 - Dependence, Insomnia & Letting Go: Shaye’s Story of Rebuilding Her Relationship With Cannabis.
In this deeply honest conversation, Kyla sits down with Shaye Topaz a mum, insomniac, and long-time cannabis consumer to explore what happens when the plant that helped you cope becomes something you rely on.Shay shares her 12-year...
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Episode 32
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25:11
31 - How to Talk To Your Kids About Cannabis with Kyla de Clifford.
In this episode, we get real about something most parents are quietly struggling with: how to talk to kids and teens about cannabis in a world where edibles, vapes and oils are everywhere and often invisible.Kids today are exposed...
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Episode 31
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17:22
30 - Living With a ‘One in a Million’ Cancer: Alli’s Story of Surgery, Healing & Self-Trust.
In this episode of Canna Curious, Kyla sits down with Alli Bannister, a mother, nurse practitioner, and survivor of an exceptionally rare form of appendix cancer. One so uncommon it affects only one in a million people.What began as unex...
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Episode 30
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37:46
29 - Growing Up With Chronic Pain & Stigma: Kaylee’s Story of Coping & Self - Advocacy.
This week on the Canna Curious Podcast, Kyla sits down with Kaylee, a young woman whose journey with her body, identity, and the plant is as complex as it is courageous.From navigating early puberty and intense body-image scrutiny, to ex...
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Episode 29
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41:24
28 - Irena Katz: The Naturopath Who Used CBD To Heal Her Dogs Leg.
In this episode, Kyla sits down with Irena Katz - naturopath, educator, and pioneer of Australia’s herbal vape industry. From opening one of the first hydro stores in the country to helping shape a new understanding of plant medicine, Ir...
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Episode 28
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31:34
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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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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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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