The Flower Essence Podcast

When we hear people talking about boundaries, we're usually hearing the idea of verbally setting a limit in a relationship - this is important, but misses the foundation. If we don't have an energetic boundary, if our sense of self never developed, if our field has been compromised by trauma/abuse, we don't have a sense of self/not self. Any setting of boundary from this state is unstable, and tends to either be soft or rigid. Flower essences help change our boundary patterns by establishing a new template for our energetic and emotional fields. In this episode, Kathleen and Rochana chat about the polarity of boundaries and some key flower essences that can help us come into energetic balance. Sign up for our new live workshop, Reclaim Your Energy on May 30, and stay tuned for the Energy Boundaries Reset course. ---- 🌼 Full show notes and transcript on the Flower Essence Podcast website. ❤️ Like this episode? Help us out by clicking the like button on the platform you're listening with or watching this, and subscribing to our channel on iTunes, Spotify, or YouTube. 🌸 The Flower Essence Podcast is hosted by Rochana Felde and Kathleen Aspenns of The School for Flower Essence Studies, and additionally supported by our wonderful patrons and listeners like you. LEARN MORE ✿ The Flower Essence Podcast: Get the show notes and transcript ✿ Patreon: Support our work and keep this podcast ad-free ✿ The School for Flower Essence Studies: We have courses for everyone, from the beginner to advanced practitioner. Get the free Flower Essence Quickstart, join our Live Community Chats, and become a member of our community. 🌸🌼💕🌻🌺 © 2026 The School for Flower Essence Studies. All rights reserved. Content from the Flower Essence Podcast is protected under copyright law. Legal Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by guests on the Flower Essence Podcast are solely those of the guest and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Rochana Felde, Kathleen Aspenns or the Flower Essence Podcast. All content is for informational purposes only and should not be considered professional advice. Please consult with your own health care practitioner regarding any medical information discussed by the hosts and guests on the Flower Essence Podcast.

Joining us to talk about the energetics of adoption trauma and healing with flower essences is Charlene Briggs of Botanical Energetics. As a Flower Essence Practitioner since 1999, Charlene specializes in working with adoptees and helps clients frame and recalibrate from the many losses associated with relinquishment, adoption, and subsequent adaption. According to Charlene, adoption is hard on everyone. For the adoptee it's an energetic fracture and a lifetime of recalibration. For the first mothers it's heartbreak, and for the adoptive parents it's an unspoken debt that often comes due when the adoptee reaches the limit of their pain. This debt is not just imposed on the family but on society. No matter how much we manipulate nature to satisfy our needs and wants, it's nature's job to return to itself. "If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies, and so a man". —HD Thoreau. Adoptees are plants ripped from their roots and this energetic fracture at their core ripples throughout families and time. Transformation of this fracture lives in nature's ability to restore order, productivity, creativity and peace. Flower essences can be: offered to first mothers for clarity in their decision and in anticipation of relinquishment applied to the wrists of lost newborns to help them regulate the rupture kept on hand for the relinquished person's painful journey back to their root shared with the adoptive parents to help them with their unique challenges. Gifts from nature, flower essences offer hope to everyone caught in the adoption triangle. 🌼 Full show notes and transcript on the Flower Essence Podcast website. ❤️ Like this episode? Help us out by clicking the like button on the platform you're listening with or watching this, and subscribing to our channel on iTunes, Spotify, or YouTube. 🌸 The Flower Essence Podcast is hosted by Rochana Felde and Kathleen Aspenns of The School for Flower Essence Studies, and additionally supported by our wonderful patrons and listeners like you. LEARN MORE ✿ The Flower Essence Podcast: Get the show notes and transcript ✿ Patreon: Support our work and keep this podcast ad-free ✿ The School for Flower Essence Studies: We have courses for everyone, from the beginner to advanced practitioner. Get the free Flower Essence Quickstart, join our Live Community Chats, and become a member of our community. 🌸🌼💕🌻🌺 © 2026 The School for Flower Essence Studies. All rights reserved. Content from the Flower Essence Podcast is protected under copyright law. Legal Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by guests on the Flower Essence Podcast are solely those of the guest and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Rochana Felde, Kathleen Aspenns or the Flower Essence Podcast. All content is for informational purposes only and should not be considered professional advice. Please consult with your own health care practitioner regarding any medical information discussed by the hosts and guests on the Flower Essence Podcast.

Kathleen and Rochana discuss the magical and healing benefits of belonging to a safe and soul-aligned community, while acknowledging the challenges faced by empaths and those recovering from toxic community experiences. We exlore flower and gem essences for maintaining healthy discernment, grounding, and boundaries, for feeling more at ease so you can show up as who you actually are, and for feeling coherence in spaces with others. No matter where you are in the process, the community of Nature, plants, and animals is always there for you. And if you use flower essences and yearn to talk about it with like-minded souls, stay tuned for our upcoming Soul Circle beginning in 2026. Sign up for the Waitlist here: https://floweressencestudies.kit.com/communitygroups We're grateful to have you in our community 💕🌸🌼🌻🌺 ☞ Join us on our free Live Chats! ✿ SUPPORT OUR WORK ✿ ☞ Patreon: Early access for select tiers ✿ LEARN MORE ✿ ☞ The Flower Essence Podcast: Get the show notes and transcript ☞ The School for Flower Essence Studies: We have courses for everyone, from the beginner to advanced practitioner. Check out our free content, join us for a live event, and become a member of our community. ✿ PODCAST AUDIO ✿ ☞ Apple ☞ Spotify ☞ Google ☞ YouTube Music ✿ Kathleen Aspenns ✿ ☞ Kathleen Aspenns website: https://kathleenaspenns.com/ ☞ Flora of Asia Flower Essences: https://floraofasia.com/ ☞ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/floraofasiaflowers/ ☞ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FloraOfAsiaFlowerEssences/ ✿ Rochana Felde ✿ ☞ Rochana Felde website: https://rochanafelde.com/ ☞ Creative Soul Business: https://creativesoulbusiness.com/ ☞ Wiseflower Wellness: https://wiseflowerwellness.com/ ☞ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rochana.felde/ ___________________ © 2025 Flower Essence Studies LLC. All rights reserved. Content from the Flower Essence Podcast is protected under copyright law. Legal Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by guests on the Flower Essence Podcast are solely those of the guest and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Rochana Felde, Kathleen Aspenns or the Flower Essence Podcast. All content is for informational purposes only and should not be considered professional advice.

In this episode, Kathleen and Rochana bring you an excerpt from their new course, Bach Flower Foundations, now open for registration at the School for Flower Essence Studies. We share a segment from the module, Bach Flowers for Modern Life, where we springboard from Dr. Bach's original insights on personality types to think in terms of the Bach flowers as archetypes representing personality "parts" and how they interact in relationships. It's a fascinating discussion highlighting some of the most "active" Bach flower archetypes and some corresponding "reactive" patterns, with examples that help us understand these personality parts better. It's a great way to envision some of the characteristics of the Bach flowers that we cover comprehensively in the course. 🌼 Full show notes and transcript on the Flower Essence Podcast website. ❤️ Like this episode? Help us out by clicking the like button on the platform you're listening with or watching this, and subscribing to our channel on iTunes, Spotify, or YouTube. 🌸 The Flower Essence Podcast is hosted by Rochana Felde and Kathleen Aspenns of The School for Flower Essence Studies, and additionally supported by our wonderful patrons and listeners like you. LEARN MORE ✿ The Flower Essence Podcast: Get the show notes and transcript ✿ Patreon: Support our work and keep this podcast ad-free ✿ The School for Flower Essence Studies: We have courses for everyone, from the beginner to advanced practitioner. Get the free Flower Essence Quickstart, join our Live Community Chats, and become a member of our community. 🌸🌼💕🌻🌺 © 2025 The School for Flower Essence Studies. All rights reserved. Content from the Flower Essence Podcast is protected under copyright law. Legal Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by guests on the Flower Essence Podcast are solely those of the guest and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Rochana Felde, Kathleen Aspenns or the Flower Essence Podcast. All content is for informational purposes only and should not be considered professional advice. Please consult with your own health care practitioner regarding any medical information discussed by the hosts and guests on the Flower Essence Podcast.

With all that's going on in the world, many are struggling to stay grounded, find perspective and feel a sense of stability. It's a crucial time to maintain centeredness and peace so no matter what we're doing and what we choose to do, our best selves can show up. Kathleen and Rochana bring in ancient and powerful plant allies that have a long history of helping humans on this planet. These flower essences and gem elixirs help us cultivate resilience, perspective, and heart connections with the earth and each other to increase our light and promote peace in our every step. Full show notes and transcript on the Flower Essence Podcast website. ❤️Like this episode? You can help us out by clicking the like button on the platform you're listening with or watching this, and subscribing to our channel on iTunes, Spotify, or YouTube. Your clicks and positive reviews help other like-minded souls find us. 🙏 🌸The Flower Essence Podcast is hosted by Rochana Felde and Kathleen Aspenns of The School for Flower Essence Studies, and additionally supported by our wonderful patrons and listeners like you. Join our PATREON ✅ This podcast is meant for educational and entertainment purposes only. Please consult with your own health care practitioner regarding any medical information discussed by the hosts and guests on the Flower Essence Podcast.

Kathleen Aspenns and Rochana Felde are joined by Ruth Toledo Altschuler to embrace the energy of creativity as a lifeline that sustains us with aliveness during challenging times. We discuss: How flower essences and gem elixirs can be used to spark and nourish creativity whether or not we think we're creative How the creative process itself can be liberating and an integral part of healing because it's connected to the vital life force within us How using art, writing, and creative acts as therapeutic tools in conjunction with Flower Essence Therapy can be synergistic for both processes And we honor the creative energy of Spring bursting forth in the Northern Hemisphere. Happy Equinox! Full show notes and transcript on the Flower Essence Podcast website. 🌸 The Flower Essence Podcast is hosted by Rochana Felde and Kathleen Aspenns of The School for Flower Essence Studies, and additionally supported by our wonderful patrons and listeners like you. ✅ Join our PATREON community to help with expenses and get some perks too! ❤️ Like this episode? Let us know! Heart, follow and share on Instagram or Facebook. 🙏 Your positive reviews on iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube help other like-minded souls find us. This podcast is meant for educational and entertainment purposes only. Please consult with your own health care practitioner regarding any medical information discussed by the hosts and guests on the Flower Essence Podcast.

In this episode, Kathleen and Rochana welcome back our partner in the School for Flower Essence Studies, Ruth Toledo Altschuler. During these times of progressive overwhelm, we believe that Nature is here for us, and we have the capacity to take in new information when we attune to the plants. In light of this, we're excited to embark on a deep exploration of nine more Bach Flowers in our upcoming study group, which is more like an "experience group". We discuss the value of having a solid foundation of lineage teachings to build on — in this case, Dr. Edward Bach's original discoveries which have been much enhanced by Julian Barnard's lifetime contributions in this field. Now, we as modern practitioners have further evolved the way we use and talk about the Bach flowers in our practices. Bach flowers are well combined with the concept of parts work (Internal Family Systems) and other contemporary ways of addressing emotional challenges, affirming that they're more relevant than ever. 🌸 ​Bach Flowers in Contemporary Practice​ is our in-depth Bach flower essence study group in which we slow down to learn directly from the plants and the people who have long been using these essences with clients. You're invited to join our upcoming iteration beginning February 20th, 2025. This is Part Three of a series, but can be taken in any order! Be sure to register by February 7th to save $30! 🌸 Full show notes and transcript on the Flower Essence Podcast website. 🌸 The Flower Essence Podcast is hosted by Rochana Felde and Kathleen Aspenns of The School for Flower Essence Studies, and additionally supported by our wonderful patrons and listeners like you. ✅ Join our PATREON community to help with expenses and get some perks too! ❤️ Like this episode? Let us know! Heart, follow and share on Instagram or Facebook. 🙏 Your positive reviews on iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube help other like-minded souls find us. This podcast is meant for educational and entertainment purposes only. Please consult with your own health care practitioner regarding any medical information discussed by the hosts and guests on the Flower Essence Podcast.

Recorded during the liminal time of year when the veil between the worlds is thin (Halloween, Samhain, Day of the Dead), Rochana and Kathleen discuss how we connect to the unseen — plant devas, our dearly departed, ancestors, angels, and spirit guides. Animism, a belief that spirit is alive in everything, is a basic principle of making flower essences as we view it as a co-creative activity between ourselves and the spirit of the plant. We don't need to turn to psychedelic plant medicines to connect with spirit beings. Flower essences can help us open to spiritual connection, practice discernment, and invoke protection on our journeys. Join us for this interesting conversation as we bring in some of our favorite plant spirit helpers. Essences discussed: Angelica Hairy Angelica Forget-Me-Not Hound's Tongue Mountain Forget-Me-Not Yarrows Siberian Yarrow Black Tourmaline Hematite Rainbow Hematite Guardian Purification St. John's Wort Mugwort Queen Anne's Lace Full show notes and transcript on the Flower Essence Podcast website. 🌸 The Flower Essence Podcast is hosted by Rochana Felde and Kathleen Aspenns of The School for Flower Essence Studies, and additionally supported by our wonderful patrons and listeners like you. ✅ Join our PATREON community to help with expenses and get some perks too! ❤️ Like this episode? Let us know! Heart, follow and share on Instagram or Facebook. 🙏 Your positive reviews on iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube help other like-minded souls find us. This podcast is meant for educational and entertainment purposes only. Please consult with your own health care practitioner regarding any medical information discussed by the hosts and guests on the Flower Essence Podcast.

In this episode we dive into the concept of life purpose, what that means, and how to uncover and pursue it with support from Nature and the flower essences. We talk about the Japanese concept of Ikigai to look at the different pieces that come together to inform an overall sense of purpose, how to center ourselves, listen to our inner wisdom, and embody the guidance coming in from higher realms. We bring in essences to help with that, to give us the strength to forge ahead and permission to spark our creativity in this process. Essences discussed: Hornbeam Rosemary Sapphire Ruby Blue Corydalis Wild Oat Buttercup Shooting Star Cerato Sage Diamond Iris Full show notes and transcript on the Flower Essence Podcast website. 🌸 The Flower Essence Podcast is hosted by Rochana Felde and Kathleen Aspenns of The School for Flower Essence Studies, and additionally supported by our wonderful patrons and listeners like you. ✅ Join our PATREON community to help with expenses and get some perks too! ❤️ Like this episode? Let us know! Heart, follow and share on Instagram or Facebook. 🙏 Your positive reviews on iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube help other like-minded souls find us. This podcast is meant for educational and entertainment purposes only. Please consult with your own healthcare practitioner regarding any medical information discussed by the hosts and guests on the Flower Essence Podcast.

Lindsay Fauntleroy joins us in exploring creative methods of formulating potent flower essence blends. Lindsay is a medicine maker, acupuncturist, author, educator, and founder of The Spirit Seed. This recording was excerpted from a live community event held for students of the School for Flower Essence Studies and students of Lindsay's school. We had a fascinating discussion about various approaches for creating potent blends, including formulation frameworks borrowed from eastern and western herbalism, perfumery, numerology, and sacred geometry. Lindsay's new course, Archetypal Flower Essence Formula Design, begins June 3rd, 2024. Use code FESTUDIES for a nice discount. To get notified about future live community chats hosted by the School for Flower Essence Studies, sign up for our newsletter. Show notes on the Flower Essence Podcast website. 🌸 The Flower Essence Podcast is hosted by Rochana Felde and Kathleen Aspenns of The School for Flower Essence Studies, and additionally supported by our wonderful patrons and listeners like you. ✅ Join our PATREON community to help with expenses and get some perks too! ❤️ Like this episode? Let us know! Heart, follow and share on Instagram or Facebook. 🙏 Your positive reviews on iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube help other like-minded souls find us. This podcast is meant for educational and entertainment purposes only. Please consult with your own health care practitioner regarding any medical information discussed by the hosts and guests on the Flower Essence Podcast.

Sara Artemisia returns to the podcast in this illuminating episode about money consciousness. Sara is a Plant Spirit Wisdom Teacher, Flower Essence Practitioner, Financial Coach, and Host of the Plant Spirit Podcast. We talk about identifying the source of our beliefs concerning money, addressing our blocks in allowing abundance, and viewing money as an ally and energy to partner with. The plants and essences offer powerful support on this journey of embodiment and learning to accept nourishment from Nature. Full show notes and transcript on the Flower Essence Podcast website. 🌸 The Flower Essence Podcast is hosted by Rochana Felde and Kathleen Aspenns of The School for Flower Essence Studies, and additionally supported by our wonderful patrons and listeners like you. ✅ Join our PATREON community to help with expenses and get some perks too! ❤️ Like this episode? Let us know! Heart, follow, and share on Instagram or Facebook. 🙏 Your positive reviews on iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube help other like-minded souls find us. This podcast is meant for educational and entertainment purposes only. Please consult with your own healthcare practitioner regarding any medical information discussed by the hosts and guests on the Flower Essence Podcast.

Misinformation, Disinformation, Propaganda, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Fakes, Brainwashing, Phishing, Spam, Scammers, PsyOps, Cults, and sleazy Marketing, oh my! There's a war at play for our attention, our thoughts, our beliefs, and of course our money – whether it's just an advertisement to buy a product or something more complex with higher stakes. It's crucial now more than ever to cultivate skills of discernment, to be able to listen to that voice inside that raises a flag on what we see and hear. Yet, the daily practice of this can breed skepticism and distrust that may block the flow of life energy. How can flower essences help us with this practice in a healthy way, so we can navigate and survive these times? Full show notes and transcript on the Flower Essence Podcast website You can also watch us on YouTube 🎁 Bonus for listeners! We've been reflecting on how much we appreciate all you listeners out there, and we decided to create a bonus for you. This video is a recording on flower essences for stress and anxiety, and we hope you'll benefit from it in these very anxious times. 🙏 👉 Go to floweressencestudies.com/podbonus to claim your listener bonus

Ever wonder how we got from Dr. Bach's research to where we are today? In the late 1970s and 80s there was a simultaneous explosion of new flower essences being discovered, researched, and produced around the world. Yet, this "second wave" of producers didn't initially know about one another until the first international conference was held. Ruth Toledo Altschuler came on the scene just as these gatherings began to happen, and she became a major importer of essences into Brazil at that time. In this episode, we have the honor of hearing her stories and adventures — how she met the people and visited the places of the FES, Alaskan, Australian essences, and more, in these early days of the post-Bach flower essence renaissance. Join us for this rare treat and glimpse into the modern history of flower essences. Full show notes and transcript on the Flower Essence Podcast website 👉 Learn more about the Flower Essence Practitioner Certification Training Program 🎁 Bonus for listeners! Recently, we've been reflecting on how much we appreciate all you listeners out there, and we decided to create a bonus for you. This video is a recording on flower essences for stress and anxiety, and we hope you'll benefit from it in these very anxious times. 🙏 👉 Go to floweressencestudies.com/podbonus to claim your listener bonus 🌸 The Flower Essence Podcast is hosted by Rochana Felde and Kathleen Aspenns of The School for Flower Essence Studies, and additionally supported by our wonderful patrons and listeners like you. ✅ Join our PATREON community to help with expenses and get some perks too! ❤️ Like this episode? Let us know! Heart, follow and share on Instagram or Facebook. 🙏 Your positive reviews on iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube help other like-minded souls find us. This podcast is meant for educational and entertainment purposes only. Please consult with your own health care practitioner regarding any medical information discussed by the hosts and guests on the Flower Essence Podcast.