The woman behind the questions
I’m Dr. Michele.
A woman. A doctor. A widow. A mother.
A writer, and a lifelong lover of botanicals.
I have always been interested in the space between what we can measure and what we know through living. The chemistry of a plant and the story attached to it. The body’s response to emotion. The stillness that sometimes changes the question entirely.
Untold Medicine grew from that curiosity.
An open mind. A thoughtful question.
Room for the whole
conversation.
I’m a naturopathic physician with a background in botanical medicine, formulation, and national magazines, including my work as a former associate editor of Better Nutrition. Writing taught me to listen for the story beneath the headline.
Here, I sit down with researchers, physicians, herbalists, spiritual teachers, and people whose experiences have reshaped their lives. We talk about water and the body, Taoism and meditation, traditional plant knowledge, women’s health, and the emotional worlds we carry.
I want science and ancient knowledge to have room here. Curiosity and intuition, too. A living tradition carries generations of observation and meaning; contemporary research asks particular questions in particular ways. Listening carefully helps us understand both.
These conversations are an invitation to explore, to ask better questions, and to notice what brings you into a deeper relationship with your own life.
Find a conversation that speaks to youAbout these conversations
Listening with
care and curiosity.
These are original interviews from the Untold Medicine archive. Episode dates refer to their original publication. Guest experiences, spiritual teachings, research observations, and proposed explanations are identified in their own context.
The question-and-answer sections are editorial summaries, not verbatim quotations. Available transcripts preserve the published automatic transcription; names, punctuation, and technical terms may contain errors. The recording remains the best reference for exact wording.
Meaningful personal experience and traditional use deserve attention. They do not, on their own, establish that a particular intervention causes a medical outcome. For concerns about your own health, seek additional care and an appropriate specialist.
Original guest and host portraits are preserved. The podcast is part of my wider world of Medicine Wild and Medicine From the Earth.