Live Your RAW Life
This podcast was birthed with the intention of sharing all I have learned on my personal healing journey. It is my belief that stories connect us, so I share my stories and so much more. My path consisted of many various types of healers, guides, and modalities, all of which were essential to the deep and transformative healing that has occurred for me over the years and continues to do so. I bring to you brilliant conversations with a wide variety of guests, topics, and sharings that all have contributed to my life in profound ways, big and small. Inside this platform, you will find a “library” of healers and healing modalities. May find the conversation, message, or healer that resonates with you so you may continue to heal yourself in order to live YOUR rich, authentically aligned, wholesome life.
Live Your RAW Life
Season 4 | Episode #3 | Katie Hess on Flower Essences, Self-Healing & Trusting the Unknown
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In this episode of Live Your Raw Life, Rachel sits down with Katie Hess – author of Flower Revolution, founder of Lotuswei and the Self-Arising Nature Center in Phoenix, AZ. They explore how flower essences support emotional and spiritual growth, Katie’s origin story in Mexico and Nepal, and how simple plant-based remedies can help us navigate an increasingly chaotic world with more trust, harmony, and inner knowing.
Today we discuss:
- What Are Flower Essences?: Explanation of how flower essences are made (solar infusion, energetic imprint in water), how they work through the meridian system, and how they differ from herbs and essential oils.
- Benefits & Uses: How flower essences support stress relief, emotional balance, nervous system regulation, and spiritual growth, plus how to start with the Lotuswei flower quiz and build a “flower elixir cabinet.”
- Katie’s Journey & Spiritual Practice: Katie’s origin story (meeting her flower essence teacher in Mexico, founding Lotuswei in Arizona) and deepening her work through Tibetan Buddhist practice and inner healing.
- Nepal Orchid Expedition & Water Project: Collecting orchid flower essences in Nepal (Panchase, Pokhara, Kathmandu), ethical and ceremonial harvesting practices, and the clean water project for Buddhist nuns.
- Supporting Uncertain Times: Using specific blends like Pitcher Plant, Inner Knowing, Sacred Body, and Sacred Awareness to navigate collective uncertainty, rebuild trust in self, and stay grounded in times of change.
Flower Hunters: https://www.youtube.com/@LOTUSWEI
Business Webpage: https://www.lotuswei.com/
Flower Quiz: lotuswei.com/pages/master-flower-quiz
Instagram: instagram.com/lotuswei