Tag: #Cannabis

TSC Talks! Final podcast~Wrapping it Up & Thanks

Jill wraps up the podcast! I started in 2016 by interviewing my kids and how they were affected by Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. It was absolutely divine inspiration from the start and branched out shortly after to interviewing community members and other professionals who worked with those affected. From there, I explored many different topics, providing information and resources in interview form, all with relevance to the individuals and/or parents/caregivers affected by a chronic illness like TSC.

Pushing the boundaries of what was deemed “safe and effective” by our medical system, I continued to put the info out there based on my own lived experience as a parent/caregiver living and dealing with what I’d come to discover is CPTSD if you want to use a label. It was my vision and still is that all “remedies” for improving the quality of life of all involved in the wheels of chronic illness, particularly one such as TSC which affects all the vital body organs, will be an option for all.

Why should we hold back the river when there are so many speaking about how their lives have been impacted by sharing their truths, sharing what’s worked for them and what potentially might help another ease the very real and almost daily traumas of attempting to live with an open heart and navigate our inverted systems of care?

Many of these podcasts go against the grain of what people are comfortable hearing. There are always positive takeaways but there are some heavy heavy experiences that people are walking through and talking about and must be given voice. I think through honest conversation, and taking full responsibility for one’s reactions to other’s sharing from their most painful, heart-wrenching moments, we can begin to hear each other once again at least long enough to realize, we’re all having vastly different experiences yet we all long to be here now, safe, loved, whole, home.

Thanks for tuning in and being here there and everywhere. It’s been the pleasure of a lifetime to have the opportunity to create and share this work.

Love Jill

Points of Light~Cannabis & Spirituality with Sherri Tutkus, RN, BSN

I recently heard some talk in spiritual communities about cannabis, how it possibly harshes our evolution. I’ll admit, I was a little bit triggered when I first heard this. I felt for a moment that what I’d come to understand as my truth, (using cannabis as medicine and as a portal to divine connection and expansion), was under the microscope. I think there’s a lot of misunderstanding of cannabis, cannabis as medicine, cannabis as an entheogen. What I was hearing from some within the spiritual community, didn’t line up with what I had learned and experienced and it was confusing. Cannabis, in many ways, opened a portal so I could see how to save my own life.

So, I did what has become a foundational transformational process for me and I took it to the podcast to ask the burning question I had on my mind about cannabis and spirituality. I thought, “why not interview somebody that I know that has some lived experience in that area?” I reached out to my friend Sherri Tutkus, RN, BSN, Green Nurse, former podcast guest, to see if she’d have this discussion with me. And of course, she said yes. (I will continue interviewing individuals who are interested in sharing their “story” of how their lived experiences, of all shades, let them to stepping more fully into their soul’s purpose.)

From a very young age, Sherri was connected and had some experiences with the divine. What followed from my initial query is a beautiful discussion with her just blowing my mind with the things she’s experienced and where she’s gone and come back from to be a shining light and a heck of a guide for others. Through her combo of traditional medical education, deep lived experience as a patient, nurse, mother, medical cannabis patient, psychedelic explorer and guide, podcaster, businesswoman, and friend to many, her depth of insight is epic. I learned a lot and realized I had the answer within, which it always is, needing a little context and connection to spring loose. Let’s hope you can find some valuable insight as well. Let it rip!

Sherri Tutkus BSN- RN is a leading force in the burgeoning cannabis industry as a nurse, patient, advocate, and activist. All that she shares and teaches facilitates our own innate ability to step more fully into our authentic, divine selves. Sherri is the Founder of The Green Nurse and Chief Nursing Officer at Holistic Caring- a global community of health professionals who provide vetted products and services to support the utilization of plant medicine and other progressive therapies to nourish the endocannabinoid system (ECS). Sherri educates and implements holistic integrative healing modalities within her nursing practice at https://thegreennurse.com/team/sherri-tutkus/

“And through all of that my discovery was this. We have beliefs, and beliefs are fed to us from the outside. And so, we have a choice to either believe it or not believe it. Right. But does a belief make it true? That’s the question that people need to ask. So, truth…. what is truth? Truth is basically when someone has an experience, that can become their truth. All truth is truth. But all truth is not yours and mine at the same time.”

Timestamps with links:

0:00-4:00~Introduction of topic and Sherri
4-5:50~Where it all started…Church (Irish Catholic), early experiences, the angelic realm
5:50-6:49~Beliefs and truth, What is Truth? “All truth is truth but not all truth is yours and mine at the same time”
6:50-7:19~Perception, consciousness, processing
7:20-8:00~ PTSD, trauma response…what happens inside someone is how they view the outside world. Go inside to heal.
8:00-8:45~my teachers throughout the years, exploring modalities, college
8:46-9:34~Sick as a child-Rhys Syndrome, almost died, sick in 2012, almost died~found cannabis
9:35-10:24~Spiritual journey enriched by cannabis, the 2012-conventional medical system failed
10:25-11:19~Son Nicholas born dead. Had rare genetic disorder, communicated with her from birth, paranormal became normal in her home.
11:20-12:29~Spiritual experiences helped her evolve. Nicholas, saw angel, “Mike’s here, he’s a big angel and he wants to tell you that everything will be ok”~ was led into new healing modalities
12:30-12:55~All personal and professional experiences led her to where she is
12:56-13:24~Spirituality is everything! Everything we say or do affects everything else
13:25-15:14~from suffering to hope, decrease stigma, started her podcast, gained real-world experiences~H.I.G.H. reframe
15:15-15:59~Spiritual principles
16:00-18:31~Jill on spiritual community concerns with cannabis, what does consciousness really mean? Question that.
18:32-19:19~on cannabis, anatomy and physiology impacted, neuroprotectant, open neural pathways and eliminate “the box”
19:20-19:59~all here to walk each other home!
20:00-21:00~Cannabis is Ppleotropic-multisystem…all physiological systems at the same time from within. Endocannabinoid system
21:01-22:40~Mother anti-cannabis-Sherri interviewed a nun, Sister Suzanne who was on a ton of fentanyl and got off using cannabinoid medicine (22:25-what would Jesus say? Jesus would say God is in that plant)
22:41-24:37~Nursing, spirituality, cannabis nursing~caring for the entire human experience, connecting with patients, no judgment, hold sacred space
24:38-26:42~ Jean Watson’s theory on human caring is pretty much pairs up really nicely with how we take care of patients https://nurseslabs.com/jean-watsons-philosophy-theory-transpersonal-caring/ , Carey Clark,PhD https://www.amazon.com/Cannabis-Carey-Clark-PhD-AHN-BC/dp/1975144260 A nurse IS her office. Holding space and meeting the patient where they are at
26:43-27:43~ Sherri’s practices, other plant medicine, plant entheogens, psychedelic medicine, Psychedelic nurse with Keta, MD~https://ketamd.com/certified to do home therapy, Shamanic journeys support exploration
27:44~Danielle Simone Brand’s book “Weed Mom” https://www.daniellesimonebrand.com/
28:43~Healy, frequency healing https://healanalyzer.com/
28:51-29:59~Psychedelics, understanding complex PTSD…getting triggered (everything that hurt you comes back), break the unconscious cycle, deepest work with Shamans
30:00-30:35~Psychedelic journeys, how can I heal myself so I can show another?
30:36-31:29~Holistic Caring, Psychedelic Nursing https://holisticcaring.com/
31:30-32:34~Psilocybin and Vets, Psychedelic Nursing, grow your own mushrooms
32:35-33:18~Psychedelics, legality~Ketamine is legal
33:19-34:16-Processing emotion, feelings are meant to be felt
34:17-35:48~Green Nurse Retreats for Energized Living with Denise Costello Cannabis retreats, immersive weekends, also will include psychedelic retreats-microdosing and hero’s journey. in the near future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTu44Wq2NSo
35:49-38:00~Using Cannabis for “spirituality”…pay attention, gratitude, intention, what do you have to show me? Peace Begins with Me, pausing and listening. Nurse Carey Lee and Sherri…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZE7uyiaiBU
38:01-39:59~What happens if you get TOO high? Too much THC-CBD! Lemons, shower
40:00-41:24~Sherri shares a funny personal experience when making edibles
41:25-43:06~Holistic Caring and The Green Nurse information, programs for those in the industry, energy healing, nonprofit…sponsorship goes back into nonprofit, vetting products, dispensaries that want a nursing line
43:06-45:14~Community, the importance of… free supportive community off social media at https://holisticcaring.com
45:15-end Thriving vs. Surviving

Thanks, Sherri!!

TSC Talks Guest Mike Robinson, GCRC Founder

 

TSC Talks guest Mike Robinson, Founder, GCRC, Global Cannabinoid Research Center, discusses his work developing a number of publications designed to harness and consolidate much of the multitude of cannabis content available all over the internet.

Mike’s Bio from https://mikesmedicines.com: “CONTACT MIKE: HIS BIO & OTHER PUBLICATIONS
To make contact: Email Mike 50kreasons@gmail.com Instagram @Cannabismymedicine

Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-robinson-~-cannabis-heals-256b3192/

Best Bet – Check him out at the Global Cannabinoid Research Center. If you or someone you know has a story of how cannabis has improved your life and you’d like to share it, please reach out to Mike at 50kreasons@gmail.com! https://globalcannabinoidrc.com/

Mike Robinson, the founder of the Global Cannabinoid Research
Center in Santa Barbara California, is a multiple Cancer survivor that’s used cannabis oils and CBD extensively as well for Severe epilepsy, Chronic Lyme Disease, PTSD, and in pain management. Over the last 6 years Mike has shared his journey and analytics on cannabinoid medicine research globally while assisting patients and helping to teach clinicians globally. Mike is the former Director of Consumer Affairs and Communications at The American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine. His post grad education, however is not in cannabis or cannabinoid medicine, rather it’s focus was International Relations and Diplomacy. Robinson has an extensive history of leading a large compassion program that provided countless disadvantaged cannabis patients with various alternative protocol treatments, is a published journalist and international cannabinoid research specialist, is a former registered Civil Rights lobbyist and non attorney that represented countless disabled children pro bono nationwide for over 2 decades. He’s a past board member of Big Brothers and Sisters, the founder of multiple non profits for disabled children, and is well known for adopting a severely disabled child, Genevieve, from the compassion program he once ran.”

Time Stamps:
Introducing GCRC Publications (3.58)
Why he felt the need to create publications (4:41)
Looking for writers (7:18)
Examining the wealth of info and putting it into publications (11:59)
Medical education course (14:37)
Discussing ADA lobbying (20:45)
His biological daughter’s birth during the time he was in a racing wreck (25:13)
Cannabis brings back his memory (29:15)
Evolution of his writing (35:47)
Send in your stuff even if it’s not perfect (37:45)

https://tsctalks.com

 

TSC Talks Holiday Marketplace

WELCOME! You can find links for TSC Talks Virtual Holiday Marketplace vendors and the Zoom link for Live events here  Watch this video for a short introduction from each participant.

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TSC Talks guest Carey Lee Leuer

TSC Talks guest Carey Lee Leuer, R.N.,  Cannabis Nurse joined us recently to talk about her journey. Carey Lee is a Registered Nurse, Iowa Green Nurse and Cannabis Nurse Consultant- Integrative Health, Geriatric’s, Mental Health. Here’s some further info, snippets from transcript and time stamps.

From https://thegreennurse.com/cannabis_nurses/carey-lee-leuer/”
“Nurse Carey Lee wasn’t always a nurse. Her first career spanning over 15 years was in mortgage finance. Although successful, finance did not ignite the fire in her belly like nursing would. 20+ years after high school, marriage, three boys, and a dog named Cooper she took a leap of faith and went back to school to get her nursing degree. Her clinical experience ranges from emergency medicine, skilled nursing in LTAC, geriatric behavioral health & dementia, restorative nursing, and now her primary practice is holistic integrative nursing. “Nursing is my second career but my first love.”

Nurse Carey Lee also brings her perspective as a patient to the table. She has battled her own emotional health and has experienced incorrect diagnoses and pharmaceutical trauma. This led her on a journey to find ways of healing other than Western medicine’s first line of treatment-pharmaceuticals. She quickly discovered that getting back to the basics of self-care would become the foundation of healing & maintaining optimal health of mind, body, & spirit. She is passionate about educating patients of various healing modalities and showing them how to THRIVE by implementing a customized self-care plan she lovingly refers to as her Daily Five to Thrive. This self-care plan incorporates the basics: sleep hygiene, nutrition, functional exercise, sunshine, and mindfulness.

“Cannabis is one tool we can use to heal & maintain the health of our body, mind, and spirit.” Her own endocannabinoid system was depleted from all of the years of chronic stress that comes with complex post traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) and seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Thanks to medical cannabis and her daily five to thrive, her endocannabinoid system was replenished. She discovered that medical cannabis was the only way she found relief of the nightmares & terrors experienced most of her life. She also found relief from the chronic pain she battles thanks to Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. The plant has also allowed Nurse Carey Lee to open up to explore and discover other healing modalities from Eastern medicine, mycology, reiki, energy healing, and holistic psychology.”

From the transcript:
“I’ve been a registered nurse for three years, a little over three years now. My first career was in mortgage finance completely. You think it would be the opposite? And I did that for about 15 years, everything from like processing, underwriting sales, ended with the bank, owned my own mortgage brokerage firm with my sister and my husband. Wow. Yeah, VIP mortgage group. We ran it out of Elgin, Illinois. And I pretty much ran operations. I handled every aspect of operations and you can be really good at something and hate it. Yeah. And that was me. I it was not fulfilling to me it was it did not tickle my fancy in the slightest. I was miserable. And what made you get into it in the first place? I just kind of fell it fell into it. I actually had left and moved down to Florida after high school in the in the early 90s. And when I came back home to the burbs of Chicago, my sister’s still there. She was just got into the mortgage business herself. Hmm. And so I was crashing at her pad. And she was just like, Hey, you want to come in and check it out? And so I did. And, you know, it just it found me It fell in my lap. And I went with it, you know, so I had a great career, I earned a lovely income and met, plus lots of great life experiences. But like I said, it just wasn’t it wasn’t feeding your soul. It wasn’t feeding my soul.”

Going back to school for nursing (9:54)
How she found green nursing (12:06)
Regular cannabis user and feeling the stigma (13:42)
“Coming out” about cannabis use (15:02)
Working in an ER with c-PTSD (20:23)
Struggling with traditional medical treatment and it’s limitations (23:10)
Cannabis and c-PTSD (25:08)
Cannabis, anxiety and nausea (27:22)
Spirituality, religion and the plant (29:15)
Working with Dr. Clifton (32:07)
Difficulty finding a certifying provider (34:27)
What happens when mom finds out (35:11)
Other family members reaction (35:49)
Carey Lee’s Vision (38:25)
Pharmaceutical trauma/polypharmacy (40:21)

Carey Lee’s Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cannanursecareylee
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/cannabisnursecareylee
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/carey-lee-leuer-24b8011a3
The Green Nurse: https://thegreennurse.com/cannabis_nurses/carey-lee-leuer/
Email/contact: greennurse17@gmail.com

LINK TO AI TRANSCRIPT: https://otter.ai/u/3O1SSQ7maoWo8oIOdh-H-6KdK4s