The Sun, Natural Health, & Awakening to Pharmakeia with Carrie Flanagan | TRM Podcast Ep. 21

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The Radiant Mission Podcast | Episode 21
Host: Rebecca Twomey @theradiantmission
Co-Host: Rachel Smith
Guest: Carrie Flanagan

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In Episode 21 we continue where we left off in Episode 20 with Carrie Flanagan on the sun, natural health, today’s modern day health care system, and a brief introduction to Pharmakeia.

In This Episode on The Sun, Natural Health, & Awakening to Pharmakeia with Carrie Flanagan with Carrie Flanagan:

• The Sun & Natural Health
  • If you don’t live in an area where you’re getting Vitamin D year-round, your body will recognize this and store Vitamin D in your body for the months where you don’t get Vitamin D.
  • Even in Naturopathic medicine, it can become burdensome. We have a tendency to over-supplement and sometimes we just need a bit of simplicity.
  • Beef Liver contains Vitamin K and other essential B vitamins that we don’t often get enough of.
• Finding the Right Care Practitioners
  • Rebecca went through a 2–3-year journey to figure out an allergic reaction. She is highly allergic to Red 4, also known as Carmine. It is a red dye that is made from the cochineal beetle.
  • Many doctors have the “God complex” today and are doing a disservice to their patients. We, the patients, are in charge of our bodies. We are hiring medical professionals, not the other way around. It’s important that we interview any practitioner that we are considering working with and asking them qualifying questions.
  • We know our bodies better than any other human could know our bodies. God gave us an intuition for a reason!
  • Rachel interviewed an OBGYN and discovered that their comfort takes priority. There is a lack of partnership in modern healthcare.
• Introduction to Pharmakeia
  • Pharmakeia. Definition:
    • 1. The use or the administering of drugs
    • 2. Poisoning
    • 3. Sorcery, magical arts, often found in connection with idolatry and fostered by it
    • 4. Metaph. The descriptions and seductions of idolatry
  • Every pharmaceutical product we take has a tradeoff. It is important that we consider the potential side effects for anything we might take.
    • Example: Zofran. It is often given to pregnant women for nausea but this use is technically off label as it has not been approved by the FDA for use during pregnancy. Women have sued GlaxoSmithKline for babies born with heart defects, cleft palate and skull deformities.
    • As consumers, it’s important that we do our own research and make sound decisions on anything we decide to put inside or on our bodies.
  • When Rachel was 17, a family doctor told her she should get the Guardasil injection at a well visit. It caused her to pass out and experience other side effects. All without parental consent or reviewing an insert beforehand. This injection was “experimental” during this time frame and many women suffered worse outcomes during this time period (beginning in 2006).
• Make a Plan for Your Own Body
  • Know the cost of what you’re doing, regardless of what it is.
  • Dr. Cassie Huckaby says, “Did you actually want to heal or did you just want the symptoms to go away?”
  • It’s about understanding: what is medicine for you? How can you implement changes in small, incremental ways?
  • The hospitalization of birth: Rockefeller saw how much profit was up for grabs with the hospitalization of birth. When the Rockefeller Foundation began this push, they demonized midwives and said if you have you baby via a midwife your baby will die. Which isn’t a far cry from what we hear still today!
  • In the world we’re in right now, there is nothing new under the sun.
  • We are programmed from birth to forget who we are. If the amnesia is strong enough, we will follow the narratives we’re told by society. Nature is telling us the truth. Are we watching long enough to notice?
  • When we seek to understand our bodies the way that God created them, that’s when we’re able to break free from the societal amnesia.
  • Nature is where we find God because He created it!
  • Carrie’s journey to health made her feel safe and held in the palm of God’s hand. There isn’t a single detail that doesn’t fit. We are fearfully and wonderfully made.

Bible Verses Mentioned:

Psalm 121:5-7

“The Lord is your keeper, the Lord is your shade on your right hand. The sun will not smite you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul.”

Resources Mentioned:

• Carrie Flanagan
  • Follow Carrie on Instagram
  • Follow Carrie on Facebook
    
• Download the dminder app
• Ancestral Supplements

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