Choosing an unconventional treatment route for a disease that scares us all, what it looks like when you really face your grief, and a beautiful story of ancestral echoes, connections, and healing. In the Intro: Only you know the healing path that's right for you Defining "alternative medicine" & (yet another) plea for nuanced thinking The metabolic approach to cancer In the Interview: Meeting at the Death Cafe How Tara came to choose the cancer treatments that she did, and what her protocol looks like Apitherapy: the medicinal properties of bee venom Healing with horses Being embodied during grief and the power of grief rituals  The gifts of a cancer diagnosis Feeling your ancestry in the earth The uncanny echoes between the lives of Tara and the grandmother she never knew, and a discussion of intergenerational trauma and healing Dealing with a major life disruption in the midst of a cancer journey Show Notes: Tara's website Cancer Warrioress Cancer Warrioress on Facebook and Instagram Donate to Tara's Healing Fund  Tara's article on Apitherapy & Cancer Death Cafe The WeCroak app The Metabolic Approach to Cancer by Dr. Nasha Winters & Jess Higgins Kelley The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller The Smell of Rain on Dust by Martín Prechtel Die Wise by Stephen Jenkinson Cancer: The Emperor of all Maladies My website MythicMedicine.love Take my fun Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? quiz Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses) The Medicine Stories Facebook group Mythic Medicine on Instagram Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)