This week, we talk ginger switchels and apple cider vinegar-based alcohol alternatives with Bethan Higson, founder of Mother Root London. Along the way we touch on the hierarchy of vinegar, the incredible health benefits of ACV, what ‘switchel’ means and what that spooky looking ‘mother’ thing is in our vinegar bottle.

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This episode, we are joined by trained herbalist and wild food expert Alice Betony, who has been teaching foraging to adults and families for eight years. We discuss the best practice for foraging, which health-giving herbs might be just under your nose, love drops, natural medicine and why we should all be on Lime watch!

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This week, we’ll talk to Karen Haller about colour psychology. She is a global authority in behavioural design, applied colour and design psychology. She is also author of the bestselling book, ‘The Little Book of Colour’. We discuss how wearing certain colours affect not just how WE feel, but how those around us feel about us and how it all comes down to nature.

The word of the week is Nacreous: Having a lustrous, pearly appearance, like the inside of a shell. For example, ‘she wore a beautiful necklace made of nacreous beads, each one catching the light and reflecting a rainbow of colours.’

Along the way, we discuss our poor colour decisions at important moments and why we need to buy full new wardrobes.

See full show notes at https://flockandhive.com/podcast/transforming-you-life-with-colour-psychology

James Wheeldon from Beekeeping 4 Hope joins us to talk about all things bees! We cover stuff we’ve always wanted to know, like where do queen bees come from? The hierarchy of a hive, bee sting therapy, why bees swarm (and how on earth you catch them and Asian bastard hornets.

See full show notes at https://flockandhive.com/podcast/beekeeping-beckham-queen-bees-asian-hornets

We speak to perfumer, author and podcaster Karen Gilbert about where to start when you want to get into perfumery. Along the way, we bust some myths about who can be a perfumer these days, discuss the importance of ‘playing’ as an adult, techniques for teaching and how scent is so primal when it comes to scent memory.

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This week, we talk to Kinesiologist Amanda Brooks about healing the body and finding balance by working through energy rather than touching or talking.

Our word of the week is Alexithymia, which is the inability to identify and describe emotions in the self.

We also discuss growing up with distrubing medical magazines by the loo and our favourite, worst Essex girls jokes.

See full episode show notes and links at www.flockandhive.com/podcast/find-balance-through-kinesiology-energy-healing

In Episode 13, we talk to Louise Henning, an HSP Guru and coach about the importance of recognising Highly Sensitive People in the workplace.

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We talk to Jessica Roux about the Victorian language of flowers, modern interpretations that would be useful on the tube and the playground language (that we can still speak): Uvaguv.

Jessica's book: Floriography: An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers.

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