Welcome to the podcast episode Denise didn’t want to release. Recorded in the kitchen, with beets in the oven, zucchini on the stove, and a glass of wine in hand, this bonus episode of Strange, Rare, and Peculiar offers an unfiltered peek behind the scenes of two longtime homeopaths winding down after twelve straight days of retreat, teaching, and events.
You’ll hear Alastair’s misadventures in overalls, Denise’s early days as a typesetter (and mermaid?), their nostalgia over health food stores that smelled like patchouli and cumin, and what it really means to bring holistic values into everyday life. It’s not your typical episode—and that’s the point.
We would love to have conversation about integrative wellness and not just homeopathy… remembering that we're in the business of the removal of obstacles to cure and the imposition of regimen, and that puts food and nutrition front and center.
Along the way, they talk about:
- The healing power of shared meals and multigenerational kitchen tables
- Growing garlic scapes, kohlrabi, and beets in the garden
- Learning to cook with love
- Food as a joyful, integral part of the homeopathic healing journey
“It’s so joyful to be able to cook and share food and to grow food… I can’t believe how lucky we are.”
This is what happens when two homeopaths try to make dinner and end up making a podcast instead. There’s no script, no outline—just a bottle of wine, a hot oven, and real-life conversations about food, healing, and community.
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Strange Rare Peculiar is a weekly podcast with Denise Straiges and Alastair Gray of the Academy of Homeopathy Education discussing everything you REALLY need to know about homeopathy. We’ll look at philosophy, practice, research,and education–all with a little bit of history. If you want to know why we still can’t get enough homeopathy after a combined 50+ years of study and practice, we invite you to join the conversation!
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