ADV: The Secrets of Taking Great Care [King Hero Interview]

·1 hr 43 min·5 clips

Amanda Vulmer describes how injured animals would find her as a child, shaping her journey into natural healing.

Beth Martens hosts Amanda Vulmer, a naturopathic doctor and health expert, on the King Hero's Journey podcast. The episode focuses on the nurturer archetype, particularly in healing and caregiving roles. Amanda explains how her early love for animals led her to pursue natural healing after being denied veterinary training for wanting to use natural remedies. She describes her work with websites like yumnaturals.store and yummy.doctor, aimed at teaching self-empowerment in health. The discussion delves into the challenges nurturers face, such as burnout, boundary issues, and taking on others' burdens. Beth shares a personal story about her oncologist's coldness and suicide, illustrating how nurturers can become cruel when depleted. Amanda critiques modern labels like 'highly sensitive person' and advocates for addressing root causes like vaccine damage or trauma instead. Beth reveals a birth trauma insight where her mother was drugged during childbirth, which she believes shaped her nurturer archetype. Amanda talks about her rebirthing experience to heal childhood wounds and the importance of inner child work. They explore attachment parenting, with both sharing positive outcomes from carrying and co-sleeping with their children. The conversation touches on the dark side of nurturing, including Munchausen by proxy and codependency. Amanda discusses the difficulties of caring for aging parents and suggests community-based models mixing elder and child care. Beth mentions her nurturer deprogramming course, which uses partnerships to practice boundaries. Amanda emphasizes the need for spiritual nurturing, sending love instead of hate in divisive times, and building grounded communities.

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