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 explore:

• What we inherit beyond genetics like patterns of silence, sacrifice, and self-denial
• The cost of “being strong” and what it means to choose softness instead
• How the silent generation of women carried so much without ever being allowed to fall apart
• Reclaiming nervous system regulation, rest, and emotional honesty
• Using plant medicine not to escape, but to return to ourselves
• Why our healing work matters not just for us, but for our daughters and their daughters too

This episode is for anyone grieving, anyone breaking generational patterns, and anyone learning to feel instead of flee. It’s for the woman becoming the ancestor her grandmother never got to be.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Silent Generation (1928–1945) and their legacy of resilience and repression
• Microdosing for emotional regulation
• Ancestral healing through nervous system repair and ritual
• A call to remember and honour the women who came before us

A gentle ask:
When you light up, drop in, or take your tincture this week, do it in memory of my Nanna or yours. For all the nans who never got to rest.

Thank you for holding this space with me. I’ll be back next week with our regular program.