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Susun Weed


Susun S. Weed has been a devoted keeper of dairy goats for forty years. She was a mathematics major at UCLA and is an internationally recognized herbalist with four widely acclaimed herbals to her credit: Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year, Healing Wise, New Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way, and Breast Cancer?question mark Breast Health exclamation point The Wise Woman Way. Her forthcoming book: Down There, the Wise Woman Way is keenly anticipated. Ms. Weed writes for a wide variety of publications, including peer-reviewed journals. She is a contributor to the Textbook of Botanical Medicine for Women, and the Routledge Encyclopedia of Women's Studies. Susun hosts three radio shows including a weekly show on Womens. You can sing along with her on her CD, Goddess Chants, Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Wise Woman Center.

Susun Weed is a keynote presenter and featured speaker at professional meetings and conferences around the world, where her lively style and encyclopedic knowledge get rave reviews. Ms. Weed trains shamanic herbal apprentices at her homestead in the Catskill Mountains, supports a 3000 page website, oversees four different correspondence courses with more than a thousand students, offers online courses, and has taught herbal medicine at universities in the USA and abroad. She is the founder of the Wise Woman Center and editor-in-chief of Ash Tree Publishing. Susun has been honored as an International Peace Elder and an Outstanding Thinker of the 20th Century.

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