# #34 Healing Addiction Naturally with Brigitte Mars Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-herbs-with-april-6691413/34-healing-addiction-naturally-with-brigitte-mars Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-herbs-with-april-6691413/34-healing-addiction-naturally-with-brigitte-mars.md Podcast: [Wild Herbs with April](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-herbs-with-april-6691413) Published: 2026-05-21T16:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.wildherbacademy.com/podcasts/wild-herbs-with-april/episodes/2149203374 Audio file: https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149203374.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wild-herbs-with-april-6691413/episodes/34-healing-addiction-naturally-with-brigitte-mars Duration seconds: 3032 ## Resource What does it really take to break free from addiction and what if plants held more answers than we've been told? And what if those same plants could also help us face the one thing we fear even more than our addictions — death? In this episode, I sit down with herbalist and natural medicine legend Brigitte Mars to talk about the natural way of healing from addiction, the healing power of plant medicine, and why your lawn might be more of a pharmacy than you think. Brigitte Mars is someone I deeply admire for her decades of lived experience with plants, healing, and service. She has spent over 60 years working with herbal medicine, authored 18 books, and serves as both a psychedelic sitter and end-of-life doula.   What You'll Learn in This Episode Why your lawn could be your salad bowl Herbs and oils that support addiction recovery How psychedelic-assisted therapy is changing lives Plant medicine as soul retrieval and heart opening What it means to be an end-of-life doula and how plant medicine fits into that sacred work   Memorable Quotes: "We need to stop being a just say no culture and become a just say how culture." "Millions of people using something for thousands of years means a lot more to me than a two-year rat study." "Rather than feeling hopeless, we can all do something — maybe you're growing plants on the balcony, that's a good start."   Buy Brigitte’s books: Addiction-Free Naturally Natural Remedies for Mental and Emotional Health Dandelion Medicine Nettle Power   Other books: https://www.brigittemars.com/books   Links & Resources: Never wonder "what plant is that?" again. Brigitte's iPlant app puts plant identification right in your pocket. Whether you're out on a hike or exploring your backyard, you'll have a trusted herbal g… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wild-herbs-with-april-6691413/episodes/34-healing-addiction-naturally-with-brigitte-mars/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-herbs-with-april-6691413/34-healing-addiction-naturally-with-brigitte-mars.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.