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Women's Hour broadcasts live every Sunday at 7:00p.m. uk time. 

Join us every Sunday at 7pm uk time for Women’s Hour, the show that celebrates and amplifies the voices of women from all walks of life. Each week, we dive into a rich blend of topics, from personal stories and current affairs to health, culture, and the challenges women face in today's world. With expert guests, thought-provoking discussions, and inspiring interviews, Women’s Hour offers a platform for empowerment, education, and connection. Whether you're tuning in for insightful advice, a dose of inspiration, or just a moment to feel heard, Women’s Hour is here to celebrate you.


In this episode, we dive into an exciting upcoming event featuring a Spitfire flyover, media interviews, and a significant rally in London. We discuss the challenges of balancing personal life, work, and activism, highlighting the pressures of modern life and the difficulty of "having it all." The conversation shifts to personal anecdotes about home organisation, the struggles of entrepreneurship, and the importance of maintaining a positive outlook despite setbacks.

We also explore the fascinating world of mushrooms with guest Julliet Bryant, a nutritional consultant and superfood alchemist. Julliet shares her journey into nutrition, inspired by her mother's battle with multiple sclerosis, and her discovery of the healing properties of mushrooms. She discusses the benefits of various non-psychoactive mushrooms and their potential to support mental health, particularly in children with anxiety and OCD.

Juliet also touches on the importance of connecting with nature, grounding, and the energetic properties of plants. The episode concludes with a light-hearted discussion about Valentine's Day and personal anecdotes, leaving listeners with a sense of inspiration and curiosity about natural remedies and holistic living.

[00:00:00] Unknown:

Into service at any given moment.   But it is actually good that I am a pilot because it has been rumored   that if the weather is okay tomorrow morning,   as part of our media   show that we have coming in from 7AM,   we have a Spitfire   flyover.   Naturally, I will be flying it,   you know.  

[00:00:28] Unknown:

Oh, my days. Oh, my days.   Oh, how exciting.   So you've, like, been on your travels all afternoon.   And Yeah. You're there waiting to make history tomorrow, and you've got a couple of interviews coming up in the morning.  

[00:00:46] Unknown:

Yep. Yep. We have. We have,   good morning   Britain. We have Sky TV.   We've got all the local press coming.   We've got a whole load of politicians. We have a very well known politician coming.   And they will be doing lots of live interviews with them and with the farmers.   We're then set off   to make our descent into London   being led by some very prominent   vehicles.   That's all I'm going to say. They won't be tractors. The tractors will   be behind the prominent vehicles.  

[00:01:30] Unknown:

And how many do you reckon there's gonna be?  

[00:01:34] Unknown:

In total in London or where I'm at? In total in London, probably between   1,802,000.  

[00:01:43] Unknown:

Wow.  

[00:01:45] Unknown:

Wow. It's gonna yeah. It's gonna be a very big one.   It's gonna be carnage.  

[00:01:55] Unknown:

Oh, see. I could have fear of missing out, but then   if I was where you are You were. You were. If I I know. Do so.   I know.   But, oh, I tell you what, it's just I've been rearranging my whole house line today. Have you? What have you been doing? Well, don't you always think you wish you did a before and after photo? I don't know if you can remember, but the upstairs on my landing where Darren sits. Okay? Yes. And I'm not slating the lovely Darren. It was a tip up there. Okay?   And the landing was just a dumping ground, and we've been swapping   rooms around, you know, of, like, Wesleyan Pierron. Anyway,   that landing today has taken me about three hours, but I've hoovered it. I've dusted it. I've even cleaned the window. I've chucked stuff away.  

I said to Darren, I wish now I just had a little bunch of flowers to put on his little desk. It looks so nice. And you know How does it? Have you done a really good job? Well, I've made the best out of a bad situation. Yeah. You know, we've just had stuff waiting to go in the loft   for so long, and it's just been building up, up, up. And, of course, we're doing Piran's room and everything.   Anyway, we're nearly there, but I did say to Darren, I might even set my alarm, like, an hour earlier tomorrow just to really crack on. I just want this house clear. Get you. Get you. Yeah. But I've had a really couple of unmotivated   weeks.  

And, you know, when stuff builds up everywhere,   washing, you know, the joys of being a woman, Jo.   And like we were saying last week, can we do it all? Can we have it all?   I I think it takes a certain type that can.  

[00:03:32] Unknown:

Yeah. I agree with you. I don't think you can have it all. I think,   you know, sort of with what I've been involved with   over the last couple of weeks   and trying to work,   you just end up spreading yourself thin. So you add in having   to, you know, keep on top of your housework or having a nice house and having everything that goes with it and then having days out or going out at the weekends.   It's just too much. Something has to give. In this modern in this modern life, in the in the times that we're living now,   there's too much that's expected of us.  

You can't have it all. You just can't.  

[00:04:19] Unknown:

No. You're right. Some something has got to give. And I said to you last week, like, I'm not working a job where I've gotta be out the house three days a week, but I'm busier now than I have ever have ever been.  

[00:04:31] Unknown:

Yeah. That's crazy, isn't it? When you don't work, you end up sort of being busier.  

[00:04:36] Unknown:

Well, I have been working. You know, I've been doing my photography stuff and trying to build a business, which,   I feel like I've been a bit of a failure at, really. It's just like,   it's it's not easy trying to   get back in this game after being out of it for, like, five years. You know? And,   this photo therapy day   because next Friday, I had six spaces, and I haven't booked one of them.   And   I feel like the last few days, I haven't pushed it or anything like that because it's just, like, just a admitted. I have been busy. And you feel like you've done so much. It takes hours to build these adverts, find pictures,   work out how to use software and things like that, trying to promote it and stuff. So last night, it just came to me. I'm gonna be one of those marketers that goes on the page in a bit, knocks off three spots,   then start advertising   three spaces left.  

Got nothing to lose. And I said to the makeup lady, you know, that gives you because you will do hair and makeup. You won't lose any money whatsoever.   Even if we got two people in the door, even if I got one person in the door, you'd feel like, do you know what? It hasn't failed. And it's all very well saying to yourself,   oh, if it fails, it fails. But there's a little bit deep inside that is like,  

[00:05:49] Unknown:

you know? But then it   excuse me. It just goes back to what we were saying that you can't have it all. You know? And I'm not saying somebody shouldn't be able to, you know, be an   entrepreneur entrepreneur.   But something has to give, and you have led quite a busy life there, miss Tasker.   So I wouldn't be I wouldn't be beating yourself up. No.  

[00:06:16] Unknown:

I'm I'm just we won't we won't be having any of that talk on this show. Okay. I'm I'm I'm coming out of it. Fabulous. Oh, bless you. Bless you. I am amazing. Yeah. Positive affirmations.   Yes. Yeah. Absolutely. And I think you're right. You friend chant. Our friend chant would have you doing that every morning. I know. I should be. Now I've had a couple of really slow and unmotivated   weeks and a couple of disappointments, and it's, like, set you back a little bit. But today has been sunny, and the birds have been singing. And, boy, that makes such a difference, doesn't it? Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, you you need to have the attitude of  

[00:06:53] Unknown:

see it as a challenge like me. Oh, somebody just said no to you, Jo. Yeah. I know. I didn't hear that. I'm moving through it or I'm going over it because   I don't I don't really know what that word means. No is nothing for me. I often bring you up in conversations  

[00:07:09] Unknown:

to people because   I love your outlook and that, you know, don't say no to Jo.   Just but I'm I'm just not as bossy as you.   She is known as the bossy one, people, and they've all finally realized in the whole farmer movement that she's the bossy one. She's been known as bossy boots in my phone for, like, two years or more.  

[00:07:30] Unknown:

Yeah. Probably more. I know where I'm where I am now. They were sort of going,   oh, you know, I I can't remember what the chat is. And and Jo here, you know, she will get it organized because she's bossy. And I'm like,   okay.   I don't know where you've heard that, but, yeah, I am. So  

[00:07:49] Unknown:

It's just your actions, isn't it? I can't I can't remember what rally we were doing, but we were on the phone on and off, and I'd gone swimming one day. And I come back to my car with my phone, and I've got all these messages from you. Where are you? Why aren't you picking up your face? It's like, thank god. I've only gone for a swim for an hour.  

[00:08:08] Unknown:

Yeah. Long enough.   Long enough.   How dare I take time out? Yeah. Yeah. Well, that's what you just need to be bossy, and you just need to go,   you know,   if you're gonna say no to me, I'll see that as a challenge and I'll I'll just come at you twice as hard. You know? So Yeah. That's what you need to do. Well, I will try I will try harder. Like I say, the sun's out. Things are  

[00:08:33] Unknown:

and things are hitting on. And I think as well, I've I've been reading some heavy shit.   And as much as   I'm   really enjoying it, at the same time, it's quite   dark.   Oh. I'm Well, that's a bit of a tail now, isn't it? Wow. You see, I I was saying the other day, and I know Maleficus is in the chat room there, I've been reading Hellstorm all about World War two, and I've   just reached like, they've just covered the Battle of Dresden,   what happened on Valentine's Day nineteen forty five. And   crikey.   Crikey. We haven't got a clue what went on.   And,   you know, I had really weird dreams last night that people were cut off on animals and there was no getting out, but it was all relating to the house storm fires or the phosphorus bombs and people just melting and things like that.  



[00:09:26] Unknown:

Oh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.   Yeah. Oh, gosh. Yeah. Move move away. Put that down for a little bit and you   know?  

[00:09:37] Unknown:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I do I do like a bit of real life, though. But, yeah, you're right. You're right. I think sometimes things can be a bit heavy. And then, of course, we've got that other group going on for our little rally next Monday. And that chat going. Yeah. Doing good. We have speakers.  

[00:09:53] Unknown:

Lovely. Yeah. I've got now I've got three speakers lined up. So Oh my god. I know. I know. I can't wait for it because I love seeing you doing your little MC bit. You know? You're you're bastards of ceremony. That's her Shelley Tasker.  

[00:10:07] Unknown:

Yep. Yep. No. It it will be good. But, ironically,   I thought I would go and be nosy on Twitter last night. And I believe that Natalie White, queen Bob,   has obviously had some quite dire problems because she's put a message up and closed her account saying that the London   million march is now postponed.   Oh, no. I know. So I don't really I must send her a message. I've been too busy for even that. But   I think   she's had a lot of backlash on Twitter and stuff like that, and I know she's got personal problems. It just seems such a shame, doesn't it, that you've really got this movement going and these mark there's these marches happening   nationwide,   and you've had to drop back because of you know? But that's life, unfortunately, and she's gotta think about herself and her family. So  

[00:10:54] Unknown:

Well, that that is true, but maybe you, you know,   you can sort of step up to that. Oh, what's the London One? Yeah. Yeah. For a week's time. No. It's alright, Jo. Me me me and you, we we could do London.  

[00:11:08] Unknown:

We could do London if it was in a few weeks.  

[00:11:11] Unknown:

No. We we we we've done the Oxford look. We have not done the London look.  

[00:11:16] Unknown:

No. No. Well, I don't know. We we did do London A Couple Of Week couple of months ago, didn't we? And Yeah. Just so much walking.  

[00:11:23] Unknown:

I'm old. That that was not that was not   the London look, was it? So listeners, a couple of years ago, Shay and I went to Oxford   and, I don't know why. I think we were both sort of as bad as one another, but I don't know why we were like, oh, what you're gonna wear? Oh, I'm gonna wear oh, no. I don't think that hat goes with that outfit. You know, we got ourselves in a right little tizbles about it with our outfits.   Anyway, when we got there, I don't know who named what, but one of us had said, well, this is definitely the Oxford look, isn't it, as to what we were wearing. And that's what it was known as. That day out was the Oxford look. I don't know why we can't do that for London.   Well, we do. Yeah. London, and we do we we do the London  

[00:12:11] Unknown:

Yeah. But with a little bit of a distance in between. So have you got your London look for tomorrow? Are you have you taken your wellies to be part of it?  

[00:12:20] Unknown:

Absolutely.   I'm not doing the London look. I'm doing the farmer look tomorrow.   I've even   got   a red plaid checked shirt. No. I'm trying to fit in with I have trying to fit in with the farmers.   I have I have my only dilemma is do I go for blue jeans or do I go for black? My welly boots are green.  

[00:12:43] Unknown:

Oh,  

[00:12:43] Unknown:

I'm trying to think that through. It's it's difficult. It is a difficult   Blue. I think your blue jeans. Blue. Yeah. I think. I think the blue jeans. Blue jeans with the red plaid   shirt, the black bubble hat beanie,   and the black jacket.  

[00:13:00] Unknown:

Yeah. And can we guys. Can we expect to see you on the news? Are you being interviewed?  

[00:13:07] Unknown:

I'm I'm sure at some point, I'm either gonna be pushed in front of it or I'll push somebody out of the way to get in front of it. Let me speak.  

[00:13:19] Unknown:

And if there's something to say, she will say it. And then then again, that was the whole Oxford   experience, wasn't it? In a waiting room and somebody you know,   there's lots of people there with placards. Someone asked a question,   and, oh my god, Jo was on one. And I just kinda stood I wish I filmed it   because   I wish I could speak   that freely about stuff. But, you know, I always say it all the time, you you retain information really well. But everybody was, like, in awe, listening to you, and I think you got your point across about the thirty minute cities and fifteen minute cities and stuff like that. It was because it was because one of the ladies just wasn't having it. So naturally, I saw that as a challenge, and then I went. You will listen to me. Yes.   I do speak the truth.  



[00:14:04] Unknown:

Yeah. And I went. So, yeah, that that will be my look tomorrow. The farmer look in London.  

[00:14:10] Unknown:

It's fine. Well, I will go looking out for you. Oh. So when when will you be back home to Cornwall then?  

[00:14:17] Unknown:

I will be back tomorrow probably   well, it'd be early hours of Wednesday really, probably like two in the morning or something.   Yeah. It's it's today today and tomorrow is gonna be a long one. It's really gonna be a long one, but it's for,   you know I mean we speak about this often, it's for a bloody brilliant cause, nobody wants to pay inheritance tax be it farmers   or the average person on the street,   you know why should you?   You've lost a loved one, they've just died, and now you're coming you're coming after me in my moment of mourning for their bloody money. I don't think so.   Plus,   you know, when   I don't wanna bore people with politics, but,   you know, probably for the last twenty, twenty five years,   farmers' subs that they would get from the government   have been reduced   basically to pennies.  

So therefore, when they start selling their produce to the supermarkets   to feed us all, to feed us all,   they're literally being undercut.   You know? They're literally, like, making   a couple of pence on a pint of milk or or something crazy.   It's horrendous. So,   you know, I mean That is is so   quite often, but  

[00:15:39] Unknown:

It's so important. The plan. Yeah. It is important. Well, what do you think about the whole, ovarian flu thing now, the price of eggs and stuff like that?  

[00:15:49] Unknown:

It's all part of the plan. You know, chickens are part of the food chain, aren't they? And they're they're a very good source of the food chain. They're protein,   you know, as in the meat itself and the eggs. So let's take that protein source out of the equation   so we can have it replaced by mister Bill Gates and his crickets that he wants us to eat.   That's just like this that that's the star of the eradication, isn't it? You know, yes,   Birds are or chickens   are plentiful.   You know? They're probably in their hundreds of billions   world over,   but they're small.  

And all you have to do, oh I don't want to make any comparison,   but all you have to do is put them in a shed that's airtight   and pump stuff in there and they're no more.   You know? So it's it's an easy thing. Take them out of the food chain   and, move on to the next step.  

[00:16:49] Unknown:

Crikey.   Yeah. I've been seeing little snippets about it here and there, and I'm like, oh my gosh. And people are moaning about, like, the price of eggs and stuff already, and you think, crikey, where's this going? Oh, you're breaking up.   You're breaking up, not me. I haven't moved.  

[00:17:05] Unknown:

Oh, oh, okay. Maybe it is me then.   Maybe it is me. I'll try and stand still, but, I'm sort of trying to stay out of the main room from   where everybody is.  

[00:17:17] Unknown:

Just really do.   Yeah. How dare you? Just not taking this commitment as I say it. But no. We'll all be watching the news tomorrow. It'll be like, that's true. There's captain Joe.  

[00:17:27] Unknown:

That's captain Joe. Oh, she's gotta go and fly her,   her spitfire.  

[00:17:32] Unknown:

I think we ought to do this for you for a birthday present this year, you know, get you one of those vouchers.  

[00:17:36] Unknown:

Oh  

[00:17:37] Unknown:

my god. And I'll jump in with you. You're allowed to take someone with you. Oh my god. Oh my god. I'd have to be dosed right up on diazepam.  

[00:17:46] Unknown:

Listeners,   you heard it there first.   Shelley Tasker said she would come and be my copilot.  

[00:17:55] Unknown:

I'm gonna look into it later on. It could be quite funny though, couldn't it? Oh, I don't know. Anyway,   after a bottle of wine and 10 diazepam, it could be hilarious.  

[00:18:09] Unknown:

But no. It wouldn't be the first time I've ever been in an aeroplane,   you know.   Again, I wanna stress, I don't do this now.   But back in my younger days, I used to live in California.   And I had a passport with a visa in it that was valid for six months.   So I really did get to the point of getting fed up coming home,   you know, just to have my passport and visa renewed.   And a friend of mine that lives in California   was actually a pilot of a light aircraft   and I say a friend of mine, I'd met him in a nightclub   and Friends? I don't know him. After ten minutes? I've known him for a couple of couple of weeks. And he said, oh, I'll I'll just fly you up to Canada for the day. We'll go to Canada   for the day.  

Little did I know he was high as a kite when he was flying.  

[00:19:02] Unknown:

So that was an interesting flight. An interesting flight. So was that just, like, you and him in a helicopter?  

[00:19:09] Unknown:

No. And my friend's. No. It was in a a light aircraft.  

[00:19:13] Unknown:

Oh my god. Why have I never heard this story before?   Oh, have you never heard of him? No. Not this one. Yeah. Willephant Kisses chimed in and It it Sorry. He just said fun?   Was you off your face as well?  

[00:19:29] Unknown:

Well, I can't declare that. I may have had to have something to help the nerves, but,   it it was a fun trip. There was a lot of   laughter in the aeroplane.  

[00:19:43] Unknown:

I can imagine there was. Maleficus has said that the last time he looked into high road a plane for a lesson or something, it was about 3 and a half grand for a fifteen minute flight.   Oh, that's fine. That's fine. I can afford that. That's I've gotta tell myself that. You can.   You've got that in loose pennies, haven't you? Yeah. Yeah. Actually, we'll do half an hour.   And then he says, pain nearly double, and they will send a German b f one zero nine up there with a for a dog fight.   Oh my god.   No. See, I when me and Maleficos did a show keep in. No. I know.   But Maleficos is such a boy to the test. And into all of his planes and spitfires and stuff like that. And once he did a colonel connection, and he mentioned, like, tonight's subject is gonna be about a dogfight.  

And I was waiting for this whole story   to hear about the dogs fighting.   And Oh, you idiot. I know. Obviously, it's something else. And I can't remember what it is now, but it's something to do with planes. But anyway,   we all have these dull moments. Those dim moments. Yeah.  

[00:20:47] Unknown:

So, really, that's all my news. That is all my news. All my news. Oh, it's big news. There in London.  

[00:20:55] Unknown:

Living the dream. London tomorrow.  

[00:20:58] Unknown:

Living the dream, I wish. If I was living the dream, I would not be in this country as you well know. I'd probably do you know, everybody says go to Mexico. Go to Mexico because it's much much better there.   They don't have any of this rubbish that's going on, and I'm I'm quite tempted to what sticks and go. I can fly us all there, Shelley.  

[00:21:20] Unknown:

I would just like to go somewhere where the sunshine.   I've made it my, like,   deal that I am gonna   work, work, work, and we are going on holiday this year. I am taking us on holiday.   Oh, nice. Where are you gonna go? After anywhere hot. Short flight, Spain, somewhere like that. Not worried. I just wanna be Yes. Bible, read a couple of books, then take in some culture.   But,   I start I'm just waiting for my whole DBS check to come back before I start with this new job. Oh, yeah. And, oh my gosh, they take a while. And then she sent me over an email, the manager,   asking me to complete these 12 modules,   like, for a care certificate.  

And I only did this, like, three months ago when I signed in to stay with my,   previous care company.   Oh, my days, Jo. Each course is, like, two hours long,   and they're all, like, you can be take the test as many times as you want. I've managed to do them all in an hour, but I've said to Darren tonight, I said, I think that I'm just gonna   hit next, next, next, next, next all the way through the training and just go straight to   the questions. Yeah. Because I think a lot of it is obvious anyway. It. Yeah. Just wing it. Just wing it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I shouldn't be putting that on air. There'll be said it.  

[00:22:38] Unknown:

If you can, like, just retake it and retake it. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Just   just wing it. Yeah. It's not a problem. No. Not a problem.   But well,   I know I know,   sorry. I just thought somebody was coming in then.   I I do apologize. I may sound a little bit vague, but I meant to be in two places at once. Sorry. I'm back in the room. I'm back with you. I'm back I'm back I'm back with you. I'm back  

[00:23:08] Unknown:

So you were saying  

[00:23:11] Unknown:

I'm so sorry.  

[00:23:12] Unknown:

It's okay. It's fine. Jo is actually waiting for a call to go and pick some people up. So, Very unprofessional of me.   I know. I know. No. But it's great. Our women activist,   you know, you're out there putting it out there for all of us. So,   you know. Well, I'm trying. I'm trying. It's like your hobby, really, isn't it? It's your passion. It's your zest for life.  

[00:23:35] Unknown:

Yeah. I mean, I won't go as far as to say my hobby. But  

[00:23:39] Unknown:

But it's what you do in your spare time, isn't it? Organizing   and   Yeah. Rallying people together.   Yeah. Well, it helps to be bossy. Doesn't it? It does help. It does. You don't get anywhere in life if you're not bossy, though, do you? You can't be like, oh, no. Okay. You know? I know that. But That is true. That is very true. Yeah.   Well, I won't hold you up any further, miss J Wood, because I know you've got to go and pick up some gentlemen in a minute.  

[00:24:09] Unknown:

I have. I'm just making my way to the car park now. Is it long to drive?   No. It's gonna be about twenty minutes.  

[00:24:18] Unknown:

Oh, god. That's long enough. That's right. Sickening. It's fine. And then what? You all going back for food and stuff?  

[00:24:26] Unknown:

We are. We are. I'm just going to take my directions now.   Okay. Alright. Okeydokey. I am so sorry, listeners. I've gotta cut this short, but   yeah.  

[00:24:41] Unknown:

It's fine. It's fine. It's been lovely to speak to you, and I know to go now. I I love you for your commitment. You have an awesome day tomorrow,   and I will too. See you on the TV.   Okay. See you later, Jo.   Bye bye. Thanks. Bye bye.   I'm not envious at all, all that travelling and stuff. I think I'm   well into, like oh, settling into middle age nicely.   It's wind I know we're, like, still in winter, but I'm not bothered about going out in the evenings. I I just can't be bothered.   Life gosh. It's been so busy since Christmas, since before Christmas. But then I suppose if it's too quiet, we get bored. I'm just one of those people that you can't please.   Anyway, I don't mean to be moany because I'm celebrating because my landing is clear.  

Darren's mess is gone. And I feel for you, and I understand for you women out there that have got really messy partners   because   poor Darren. He's an angel, always doing jobs in different places, but he just can't tidy   up. I know he's, like, upstairs, but I don't want him to think that I'm slating him radio   because he is my angel.   But he's got lots of jobs on the go. You know? He's out there doing bits in the garden.   Anyway, I'm blabbering on. I have got,   lovely guests lined up for you now.   The lovely Juliet Bryant.   I was in touch with her a while ago to get her onto the show, and, we didn't manage to quite make it. Juliet is a nutritional consultant. She's a superfood alchemist and a mentor.  

And,   she knows her stuff, and she's very spiritual and hippified. I hope she doesn't mind me saying that. She's my cup of tea.   Anyway, let's gonna give you something scary now if you're watching.   We're gonna try oh, yeah. We're gonna do video, and Juliet is there. Let me just add my camera so she doesn't feel oh, I'm there as well, and I've still got that fringe problem going on. I did brush it after I spoke to you.   It looks great. Oh, I don't I don't care, Juliet. How are you, my lovely?   I'm very well. How are you? I'm good. I'm great. I'm excited about this because I wanted to speak to you months ago, and I know it's just been really busy.   So It has. And we've been writing books as well. I've been nosing on your website,  

[00:27:01] Unknown:

and it's one of the largest   Seven magical   mushrooms. Seven magical mushrooms. Yeah. It came out December 21, so that's been, really exciting.  

[00:27:11] Unknown:

Well done. Lovely. And that's what I wanted to chat to you about as well, mushrooms.   So give us a a bit of a   how how do you come on this path?   Because you do quite a few things, all spiritual sort of things. Has this always been kind of your way, or did something happen?  

[00:27:28] Unknown:

So when I was a child,   I was very sensitive   to energy. I used to see ghosts.   And when I was eight, my mom got sick with multiple sclerosis,   and she really radicalized   our diet.   So she turned us,   vegetarian well, we were pescatarian.   Lots of fish, high in, the omegas,   no processed food. So everything became super healthy. And for an eight year old,   that was a bit of a shock to the system, and I didn't like it. I loved going to my friends' houses and having fish fingers, chips, and beans because that was not what we would have at home. We would have lentil casseroles and,   really, the stuff that I cook now.  

But what was very interesting in the journey with my mum being unwell   was she was explaining to me along the along the way why she was doing the things she was doing to change our diets.   And   it really had quite an impact on me because I saw firsthand if she ate refined sugar or processed foods, the next day she wouldn't be able to speak or she'd have more muscle spasms. So I could see this correlation between food and her health and well-being.   We moved to America when I was 11,   because there was, leading neurologist   over there, and I went a little bit wild with food and ate so much junk food when I was out.  

And then come full circle,   I trained,   when I was a teenager, I went into this bookshop. Great, story. I went in this bookshop, and this book fell off the shelf at me. You know, it was It was fine. One of those moments. Yeah. Exactly. And it's called Essential Reiki.   And so   I   I looked at the book, and the woman in the bookshop says, can I see your hands? I said, yes. So she looked at my hands, and she said, you've got the sign of a Reiki master. And I said, I don't know what that is.   And she said, I wanna teach you. And I said, well, I don't have any money. And she said, well, why don't you work in the bookshop, and we'll do an exchange? And I thought, that sounds cool.   So I was 14, and I started to learn healing.  

And,   that really kind of set me on my journey because I could understand   energy   and what I what I've been experiencing all my life that no one could really explain to me.   Jump forward,   when I got pregnant with my first child at 26,   I   suddenly realized that it wasn't just about me anymore,   and   eating rubbish food would be impacting on this little soul that was in in my belly.   And that's when I decided to train as a nutritionist. I wanted to bring him up as a vegetarian, and people at the time were saying he'd be brain damaged.   And,   I know. And he's 20, so it wasn't that long ago.  

So I I I knew it wasn't the case, but I didn't have the science to say   you're speaking rubbish, and here's why.   So I started to do at Regents College my nutritional training,   and   that just transformed my whole world   mainly for him because I was like, I just wanna do everything I possibly can to support my child to be the most amazing being that they already are.   And then as as things developed, I started looking around, and everywhere I could see nutritional deficiencies.   And so that really jump started me on this path of nutrition. But it was also,   when my son was two and a half, he got an ear infection. I took him to the doctors, and they gave him antibiotics.  

And   I gave them to him because anyone whose child has been screaming at night with an ear infection pain, it's horrible.   And a month later, the ear infection was back. So I took him to the doctor, and the doctor said,   well, he'll need antibiotics every time he gets a cold now because it's always just going to go straight to his ear.   And that just made me stop, and I went, what?   That doesn't seem right. So I went home, and I started researching natural remedies for ear infections and found out about garlic and olive oil. So I thought I'm gonna try this because I don't want to destroy my son's gut with having antibiotics every month. That just seemed madness.   And it worked. The garlic in the the garlic in the oil, and you strain it out. You don't leave the garlic in don't put that in the ear. And it it the ear infection went,   and I thought this is it. This is what I need to be doing, looking into natural remedies, remembering how we used to do things.  

So that really, you know, has progressed my journey, and it's just been an ever evolving,   beautiful, beautiful connection with the earth and a reminder of of who we are really and and the magic that is in this earth.  

[00:32:08] Unknown:

Oh, I love it. Your energy. I can feel it straight away. When you was first talking to me, I get, like, hair standing on my end.   I get that a lot actually when you connect with people in your level. It's, you know, I tried the whole garlic and olive oil a few years ago trying to do the same, and I would love to do a new nutrition course. God knows when I would find the time this day and age, but I'm super excited about food and the gut and everything like that. And it's so did did your mom manage to live quite a well life for, like, treating herself? She didn't.  

[00:32:39] Unknown:

No. She didn't, unfortunately. She had chronic progressive MS, and, she got it when I was eight, and she died when I was 21.   And it was it was a very speedy thing. Unfortunately, when we moved to America,   there was a new drug out called beta interferon, which is why we moved over there because it wasn't gonna be in The UK for a long time. And so with the leading neurologist, she got on it on a trial thing.   Unfortunately, what they didn't know at the time was that if you gave it to someone with chronic progressive MS, it could make them worse,   which it did. It kind of sped up the disease.  

One of the good things about being in America is my mom could get cannabis   from the government for medicinally,   and that had a huge benefit to her. You know, it stopped the muscle spasms.   It was a it was a a really big support, and I I saw that as a child how helpful that was as a medicine.   And,   you know, she tried lots and lots of different things, energy healing. She tried a lot, but her her path wasn't to be healed.   And   because of her journey,   when I was a child, I always said, I wanna be a doctor.   I want to I want to cure MS   because it's a horrendous   disease. It can be, you know, really horrendous. My mom was a super active, bright person, and she, you know, mentally was still intact but lost the use of her body.  

And,   you know, as a nutritionist, what's amazing is I've worked now with so many people with multiple sclerosis and helped them to support their body into remissions through the use of medicinal mushrooms, through the use of diet, through the use of supplements, like like vitamin d and saffron. You know? There's so much now that we didn't know about then,   for my mum, but I feel so honored that I've been able to support people with it.  

[00:34:26] Unknown:

And there's so many routes to go, isn't there? There's always somebody that does say, oh, I can fix that. I can fix that. I've got a frozen shoulder at the moment, and I had I did have it a few years ago on the other side, and everybody wanted to help and a few hundred pounds down. And but, you know, I'm not saying every everything can be fixed with food,   but I was exploring heavily and came into the whole world of mushrooms.   I watched Yeah. The whole mushroom die documentary   on Netflix. Fantastic fungi. Oh my days.   When I look at fungi now, any type, I'm just like, wow. Wow. It's just amazing.  

It is an incredible   world.   Yeah. And, you know, I managed to source some psilocybin online.   What a journey that was just to try and make contact with someone.   But I think the problem is with that, I already take quite a few supplements and things. If that was 35 pounds for a month's supply, and I get it. They've got to pick them and everything like that. But, realistically, I need to pick my own if I'm gonna do it properly.   But have have you taken mushrooms yourself then?  

[00:35:32] Unknown:

So I take mushrooms every day, different mushrooms. So there's obviously the the psychoactive mushrooms like psilocybin and fly agaric, but then you also have the whole host of other mushrooms that are nonpsychoactive   that have huge medicinal benefits like lion's mane, which supports cognitive function and hormones, reishi, which reduces anxiety and supports a healthy heart,   chaga, which reduces cancer cells and,   clears out heavy metals from the body,   turkey tails, which is, again, another anticancer one, an immune modulator. You know, there's a a lot of different mushrooms out there that have   amazing benefits, so you don't have to go down the psychoactive route   with them. But, you know, the research on the psychoactive mushrooms, which obviously in this country are in The UK are illegal,   but in other countries,   they're not. And the the studies they're doing for OCD,   anxiety,   people on the spectrum, depression,   PTSD is phenomenal.  

And UCL   are doing a lot of research   into,   psilocybin, which comes from, you know, potentially the Liberty cap mushroom,   into into its benefits when you microdose it, which is taking a small amount of it so you don't feel any,   psychoactive effects so you're not tripping, basically.   But Paul Stamets in America studied that a lot, and he said the best combination was the psilocybin   with the reishi and the lion's mane and also with niacin   to support it all working at its kind of fullest.  

[00:37:04] Unknown:

Wow. So you could use that one   type of Yeah. Fungi, plant, whatever you wanna call it, and it's got all these different   ailments and properties and, obviously, take them all together   to get, like, the maximum   help.  

[00:37:19] Unknown:

Yeah. So I make a mushroom tincture, which has got reishi, chaga, lion's mane, cordyceps, and turkey tails. So it's got five nonpsychoactive   mushrooms in it, and that has been so beneficial to so many people.   I I made it for my son who, after   lockdown, developed severe OCD and anxiety   and was in a very, very bad way.   And,   we were really, really struggling for a long time with him. Wouldn't leave his room because of his anxiety.   You know, we're seeing grid lines. If someone walked in front of a grid line that he was on, he couldn't move. It was it was really intense stuff.   It was it was full on. And,   in hindsight, people have said, that it they think he's on the spectrum and that it was an autistic burnout because of the sudden change that that the lockdown brought about. But   through the mushroom tincture, we've managed to   really get him back on track and also taking probiotics. We worked with bark flower remedies. You know, we did lots of things, but the mushroom tincture had the biggest effect   on his health and well-being. And since then, I've worked with over 1,500   families who have children on the spectrum   who are struggling with anxiety,   with OCD, with violence, all these kind of different things. And the mushroom tincture has helped all of them. So, you know, sometimes out of our adversity,   we can overcome it and then have tools to be able to support others.  



[00:38:43] Unknown:

Yeah. That's fascinating because, I mean, my I've got a very picky 11 year old who lives on sugar. And   I've today just trying to explain those pan of chocolates, how many calories are in them, and, you know, four of those a day. That's your calorie intake because he likes gaming and trying to get him outside. We we also think he's a little bit on the spectrum. And I don't like saying that because the problem is I think so many people are, aren't they?   But because you know and you've probably done years of research like I have because you've got this child that's just a little bit quirkier than others and set in their ways. It's like, well, how can I get my son to eat? And,   it's only lately that I've managed I can squeeze vitamin c powder   into his drink, but then it has to be   in fact, if I put his,   vitamin c in a pint of water, a half pint of water, I have to filter that out into several drinks during the day because he will taste it, even though it's supposed to be tasteless,   etcetera.  

Yeah. But it's just uncanny ways. And when I was looking into the mushrooms,   it was for depression mainly.   But then I got onto the route of with children, how it can help as well. And I was thinking, crikey.   I could but, I mean, do you I don't you can't say where you get your mushrooms either. Do you just go out picking?  

[00:39:56] Unknown:

So, the mushrooms in my tincture are non psychoactive, so they're totally legal. Right. Okay. And I someone who grows those mushrooms for me. From all the research I did so I started researching psilocybin   for my son because I,   really wanted to I I thought maybe this is gonna be what supports him. And from all the research I did, you shouldn't give, psilocybin, so the psychoactive mushrooms, to children 14   because it can lock the trauma into the brain as opposed to when you're an adult, it clears the trauma from the brain.   But the other mushrooms, like my mushroom tincture with the reishi, the chaga, the lion's mane, the cordyceps, these are all safe to have as a child because they're nonpsychoactive.  

So you're not affecting,   the brain chemistry in that kind of way.   So I have a mushroom grower who grows in The UK all my mushrooms for me so that I know the purity. I know where they come from.   But, you know, it's it it is hard if you've got a child who's potentially on the spectrum. I I think, you know, I've done a lot of research into this.   And, you know, more and more people are coming out that they're on the spectrum and they're being tested, especially women,   as they get older. I think that as we hit menopause, they say that that these symptoms of ADHD and things come out more. But, actually, what I think it is is, you know, the spectrum is a a wide thing. And and, actually,   I think it's if you don't fit into that normal, whatever normal is, bandwidth,   and you're more creative or you're more artistic or you're more energetic, then you get labeled as being on the spectrum   as a way of,   people being able to,   I think, cope   and and know that   I think sometimes when people have a label, it it supports them because they go, oh, that's why. It's not I'm just weird. I'm actually there's something wrong with me. But, actually, I don't think there is anything wrong with a lot of people. You know, some people are severely on the spectrum, spectrum, and that's really clear. And a lot of that comes down to, I believe, heavy metal toxicity   as opposed to just genetics.  

Because if you look at, you know, what it what was it? One in a thousand children   were on the   spectrum twenty years ago, and now it's something like one in ten. Well, you can't have that bigger genetic curve. So then you go, well, what is this? And   I believe heavy metal toxicity has a lot to do with it.   So doing a good heavy metal detox is is crucial and also looking at the gut   and the gut health. There's a brilliant probiotic which we use called VSL three, which is a powder that's tasteless and dissolves.   So that's a really good thing because it's easy to disguise and hide that.  



[00:42:34] Unknown:

As you're saying, you gotta get inventive, don't you? Yeah. Yeah. You do. You do find ways. I'm just like I could do with, like, a couple hundred pounds a month allowance just for   my little tinctures and stuff like that. But then it costs money to stay healthy, doesn't it, really?   If you wanna eat good food, clean food, you've you gotta be prepared to pay that little bit extra,   which I'm all for. I'm all for. And one day I think Sorry.  

[00:42:59] Unknown:

Yeah. Sorry. No. I think the problem in this country is, you know, we've got so reliant on the NHS being free.   Whereas in other countries where health care isn't free, people spend more on preventing themselves getting sick   than,   you know, whereas here, we don't have that same mentality because our our care is free when we're sick. But, actually, if you if you look after yourself and do spend that money,   then you can work more. You can be more productive because you're not you're not gonna get sick.  

[00:43:29] Unknown:

Yeah. Good analysis.   So you've you do so many things, and,   gosh, your packages. I was looking online for consultations. You do the whole is it the hair or the skin test? And Yeah. I do hair mineral analysis.   So how does that work then?  

[00:43:47] Unknown:

Well, I you get a bit of hair from the root because you need the root. That's the most important part to get it from. And I send it off to a lab, and they analyze it for minerals and for heavy metals and what's very interesting.   And and then it's also when you're interpreting it, it's not just, oh, this is high. This is low. It's the interaction between the different minerals because the interaction shows what's going on with the thyroid, what's going on with the adrenals. You can see a lot more than just, oh, magnesium's high and calcium's a bit low because, actually, those two should be level with each other or very close to level.   So there's there's lots of different things that you see, but what's interesting is the heavy metal load on people you know, I've been doing this for fifteen plus years,   and the heavy metal load has never been as high as it is in people of all ages.  

You know, heavy metal toxicity is a real problem.  

[00:44:37] Unknown:

It's interesting that because I think as well I mean, lots of people   well, I know more people now than ever, but perhaps it's the circles of friends that I, I'm with. They don't go down the whole vaccination route. I mean, my son, he's not had any vaccines and stuff like that.   But it where else is it coming from? The food, the air that we bring. Exactly.   The frequencies from five g. And I know people laugh at me when I say about that, but it's like it's all these frequencies.   And, I mean, how do you find, like if you're a Reiki master,   do you get like, when you're near five g, does it interrupt with you at all?  



[00:45:13] Unknown:

Yeah. I mean, I feel very blessed that where we live at the moment doesn't have five g. You know, I I'm really pleased, and my phone is set so it doesn't pick up five g because I don't want to be around it. I think it's dangerous.   I you know, we're bringing in all these new currencies.   And I know when my son was very unwell,   he was very electrosensitive.   So we've got organ   devices in every room around the house. We've got different types of technology on the Wi Fi box, which we turn off every night at 09:30.   You know, we we try to limit the exposure every phone, every laptop's got little devices on it,   shungite around the house. So all these different things   that reduce the EMFs that are being omitted because,   you know, what what was very interesting about COVID, for example, is it it COVID happened at the same time as five g was rolled out.  

Now who knows if there's any correlation or not, but it's just interesting.   You look at the Spanish flu in 1918,   and that was rolled out the same time that there were new radio frequencies   being rolled out as well. So, you know, we don't know, and there's no conclusive evidence on any of it, but I find it interesting   that this is you know, these things are happening at the same time. So   is there a correlation? Well, we're putting in strange technology that we've never tested   into our environment, and some people   are a lot more sensitive than others to these electromagnetic   frequencies.  

And so, you know, where you asked where are these heavy metals coming from.   My son, when he was unwell, I did his hair mineral analysis, and his heavy metals were off the chart. And I thought, he's not vaccinated. We have filtered water. Our food is 99 organic.   Where is this coming from?   I buy organic clothes as much as possible. It's like,   where in my clean life are these heavy metals coming from? And the only thing that I could,   come up with is   this what's being sprayed in our environment, you know, either from the pesticides, fungicides, herbicides in the atmosphere   or from potentially what planes are spraying all around to,   cover up the sun.  



[00:47:24] Unknown:

Yeah. They've done a good job of that, haven't they?   Yeah. Done a really good job. Yeah. And which then, again, makes us dull, miserable, or can't be bothered to do anything, can't be bothered to see what's going on in the world.   Yeah. I think he's got a lot to answer to. Hence, I wanna move abroad. But  

[00:47:41] Unknown:

But the thing is I think it's happening everywhere. Yeah. Everywhere. Yeah. And and, you know, part of my work has evolved from just nutrition into,   the connection to the earth because ultimately,   you know, I went from being very physically about nutrition. This has this much nutrients in, etcetera, etcetera,   to actually really connecting into the energetics of the plant, the energetics of the earth. And when we're making remedies and we're making these different things, I grow so many different herbs so I can make remedies.   But it's about   the communication   with the plants. It's about when you're harvesting them, how you're harvesting them, the intention behind all of that. Because ultimately   we are incredible human beings and we can overcome   anything   that is thrown at us. If we're connected to the earth, if we're grounded, if we're rooted and anchored in the earth, and if we listen to the signs that are all around us. So, you know, in the whole world that we live in, whatever's going on, we have no idea. We have no control,   really.  

All we have control over is ourselves. Well, what can we do? Well, we can ground. We can get out in nature as much as possible. We can turn our phones off. We can turn the Wi Fi off. We can have different devices around that might or might not work.   But, ultimately,   the most important thing is our intention and our attitude. So it's you know, we we live in a world where we're designed not to feel joy.   This is what they program us with. Work so hard Yep. To pay all the bills, all these things so you don't actually connect with your soul and your soul's purpose and the joy of living.   And so this, for me, is one of the most important things. Get outside. Get barefoot on the earth. Listen to the birds singing. Listen to nature.  

You know, take that time to to be grateful for what we do have, which is incredible.  

[00:49:27] Unknown:

I think gratitude   is, is a massive thing on my list. I mean, when I walk the dog every day, I share my thoughts with whoever,   and I always just thank you for the gift of gratitude because I know.   And I always you know, it's all relative, isn't it? Sometimes you feel a bit crap, but you're like, how dare I when I've got this?   And, actually, everything going around, it's really not important. It's about what you've got, who you've not what you've got.   It's about who you've got, you know, and   things like that. Yeah. Nothing material, really.   And just It's building that tribe.  

Yes. It is. And, like, I'm trying to build a home at the moment, and I think it's been so full of clutter. We've been, like, renovating for five years, and I don't you know, it's a day I've cleared the landing and this sense of,   oh, god. I just wanna put a bunch of flowers up there. But I don't think that does us any good neither, does it? Living in an environment   full of clutter. And the reason I'm talking about that is because I was on your Facebook page earlier being nosy,   And, like, you've got a little still of, like you've give shown us around your lounge, and I'm like,   I would like to go there and have a cup of tea with you.  

It just looks so welcoming   and just Yeah. Yeah. You're that you're that friend I need.   I come and cry every day on your doorstep.  

[00:50:45] Unknown:

Amazing. I run quite a lot of things from home. You know, we do sacred singing things,   that are free, and then I run my wild women retreats from from home. So it's a really beautiful,   space to be in. And energetically, we clear our space a lot. We've been working a lot with feng shui in our home recently since,   December through December, January, just clearing clutter, realigning it to the feng shui kind of wheel of where your abundance is, where your family is, and making sure that everything fits so that there's a flow of energy, and it makes such a difference. Wow. Oh, you've got me all excited about that now. I knew half an hour wouldn't be long enough. You have to come on again,  

[00:51:25] Unknown:

please. That would be lovely. We can talk about these women's circles   and typhui. What did you call it? Chai fu?   Feng Shui. Feng Shui.   Close. Close. But,   so we've got a few minutes left.   Would you like to plug where you are you on Instagram? Have you got a website?  

[00:51:45] Unknown:

Yeah. So my website is JulietBryant.com,   and someone's just asked what the title of the book was. It's called seven magical mushrooms   by Juliet Bryant, and it's on my website.   And, yes. So you can get it there. I've got a whole range of superfood mixes that I make.   Everything's got mushrooms in, the non psychoactive legal ones.   So you can check out my website. All my upcoming events are on there. We run, amazing one love conscious clubbing evenings in Cambridge,   which are brilliant.   I've you know, I speak all around the country at different events, so do plug in onto my website, and you'll see what's going on Facebook. I'm Juliet Bryant.   I'm on  

[00:52:26] Unknown:

Instagram, Juliet's Kitchen twenty seven. So, yeah, I'm on on all the You're everywhere. Good. In Singapore. You should be. Yeah. It's, it's great stuff, and it's great to follow someone like you. So, I mean, well, I didn't, find out actually. Where are you located? Are you in Cornwall, Juliet?  

[00:52:41] Unknown:

No. I'm in Suffolk, so I'm near to various segments.   Okay. Quite a way a way then. Yeah. Yeah. So what I'm coming down that way ish in April. I'm going to Holt, which is, not that far, I don't think, from there speaking at an event and doing a one day retreat down in Holt. Holt. I don't know where that is.   It's down   towards Cornwall.  

[00:53:04] Unknown:

Towards My my brilliant geography.   That's okay. That's okay.   Oh, no. Sounds fine. So you I mean, you really I I would say you're living the dream.   The things that you're doing  

[00:53:16] Unknown:

I feel really honored that, you know, I'm following my soul's calling. I I I feel blessed that I know what my soul's calling is and that I can support my family   and and follow my joy.   So I teach wild women,   circles, sacred sexuality work, breath work, nutrition.   But really, you know, I've just started now my twelve month Earth Wisdom Mentorship, and this is my real life's passion is is teaching people how to connect with the earth, how to make their own remedies,   how to really   listen to the plants and the trees and get that that deeper wisdom that is our birthright.  

[00:53:53] Unknown:

Definitely. Definitely.   Well, I I'm gonna get a copy of your book. I need another book, and, it looks fascinating. But thank you so much, Juliet. It's been absolutely brilliant. You've got me excited about all other things, and, yeah. I will, get in touch with you, and we'll sort of date for another show. Yeah.   Thank you. Amazing. Thank you so much for having me. You're very welcome. You take care, and I'll see you again soon. Bye. Thanks. Bye bye.   Oh, lovely. Lovely. Lovely. Oh, I've do you know? I get that a lot. When you know when you're in the right place and your hair stand up on end, it's like, oh, just a connection. I want to know about this sensual sex stuff and things like that.   Yeah. Talk to Darren about it. I wonder if she's talking about tantric sex and stuff like that.  

Perhaps we should have hit more about that tonight because it's Valentine's Day, isn't it?   Do Do you do Valentine's Day? I don't we don't do really do Valentine's Day.   I,   I I said to Darren earlier, did we do cards? Did we do cards last year?   And I actually colored him in a card because,   well, I felt guilty because he obviously came home from work. Well, not obviously. I wasn't expecting it with a bouquet of flowers and a card and chocolates. And I'm like   and when I was doing a radio show, I colored him   a card.  

And I drew what I perceived to be a cove on a beach, a little cave   that was shaped   like that if you're watching.   And then it was a dark hole lead leading you into the cave and the sea and bushes and every anyway, I cuddle up to Darren and I say when I'm in his arm, I say,   I'm in my cove. Okay. A bit sad, lovey in information for you. And I asked him, what do you think the picture is then? He said a vagina in a love heart.   And all my days, we were laughing about it earlier. I am gonna have to share that picture somewhere because it's comical.   He thinks I've got such a rude mind. Anyway, I will be back,   07:00   on Wednesday with the Shelley Tasker show,   part two. My mister cohost, mister Malefika Scott, will be back, and we will be here. Guest is a surprise at the moment. So have an awesome week, my lovelies, and I will be back on Wednesday, as I said.  

Is the music gonna play? Have a good week.