84. The Value of Letting Ourselves Surrender: Deanne Apostolou on Self Care with Herbs

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Deanne Apostolou is a Medical Herbalist, Iridologist, educator and speaker, with over 28 years clinical experience.

She’s a founding member of Estuary Learning, a collaboration of practitioners and mentors dedicated to enriching and supporting the art of natural earth medicine.

Dee's also a mum of 3 adult children who have grown up with herbs and good nutrition. She loves it when she hears them spruiking the benefits of good food and a healthy lifestyle to their friends. Dee’s very passionate about her profession. It’s a lifestyle, not just a job, but that doesn’t mean she doesn't drink wine and eat chocolate. She loves helping people on their health journey and teaching students so they can spread the word even further.

During our chat, we explore the idea that the concept of self care has become more ‘acceptable’ and we agree that there are many more conversations being had in this space now as compared to say 20 years ago. Dee and I look back at how the barriers to self care have shifted in this time and how our idea of self care and it’s necessity is a reflection of the society in which we find ourselves inhabiting.

Dee is all about helping her clients to make small, manageable change to help support their health and we dive into the psychology around the motivation that accompanies the wins from these small changes and how this can be applied to our own consistency with self care. Dee shares a great tip that she uses for checking in with both her clients and herself to monitor progress and celebrate the small wins of being consist over an extended period.

Dee is an eloquent story teller and one of my favourite parts of this chat is her beautiful story of her morning walk through bushland with her pup, the kookaburras and rosella’s and the very special plant friends she greets along the way.

We chat about the value of surrender and a good ol cry- Dee shares the science about why we feel so good after we fall in a heap.

One of Dee’s favourite allies in a crisis is the Bach Flower formula, Rescue Remedy- she shares the very special joy of her children reaching for this remedy of their own accord after years of having mumma help support them this way. And, she also shares a unique way that she incorporates Rescue Remedy with other allies…

Like most Herbalists, Dee found it impossible to share just one favourite herb, so we are lucky enough to have her share her wisdom on 3 of her favourites, including a lesser know ally- Rosehips.

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