The Canna Mom Show

Lisa Mauriello’s Paper Crane Canna Romance

Lisa Mauriello is the wife of the husband-and-wife team that founded Paper Crane Cannabis in Hubbardston, Massachusetts. Lisa and her husband Boey were both participants in Massachusetts’ first Social Equity Program, a program designed to offer training and benefits to those disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs.Their cultivation cannabis business is harnessing the great powers of nature and the knowledge that comes with decades of legacy cannabis experience, as Paper Crane grows terpene-rich organic flower that is deeply rooted in both sustainability and social justice.Joyce is a big fan of Paper Crane Cannabis, which was first introduced to her at the Bong-and-Pong event last spring hosted by friends of the show at Stem Cannabis in Haverhill. Joyce speaks with Lisa about the products Paper Crane is creating, her real life canna romance, and all the ways she is adding value to our Massachusetts Cannabis Community.Culture CornerThis week Joyce talks about the cannabis romance she’s authored –She’s Taking A Break.When Annie McGrath returns to her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after being on the road with her husband’s band for twenty years, she moves back into her childhood bedroom to figure out how things in her life went so terribly wrong. Dottie McGrath welcomes Annie home and is happy to have someone else in the house besides her ailing husband. And when Annie seeks a compassionate listener in Father Lorenzo - her next-door neighbor and childhood best friend – in the confessional, the threads of Annie’s life begins to unfurl. Annie is a habitual cannabis consumer and throughout the story cannabis is normalized and accepted along with the unfolding story of Annie’s secrets, to upend the stigmas that have been created around cannabis use. Topics Discussed(1:09) Welcome(2:50) Ardent Dacarboxylation(3:38) The Culture Corner: She’s Taking A Break(4:20) Reach Out For Printed Copy of She’s Taking a Break(7:00) The Hemp Guitar – Play a Lick or Take a Hit!(7:55) Introduction to Lisa Mauriello(11:34) Audio Intro(12:45) A True Canna Romance – How Lisa Met Boey(13:40) 2007 Arrest Story(14:44) Miami Trafficking Family Story(16:04) Lisa’s Canna Story(17:40) Getting into MA Cannabis(19:28) Social Equity Program in MA(20:30) Shout Out to Central, MA(24:50) Sam Kanter of Dinner at Mary’s(28:33) Canna Yoga at Heritage Club(29:30) Family Stories(32:23) Canna Mom Stories(35:22) Women in Cannabis(35:40) Paper Crane Pre-Rolls(38:28) 1000 Paper Cranes(39:50) Paper Crane Future(41:55) Connect with Lisa at Paper Crane Website or Instagram(42:00) Connect with Dinner at Mary’s for An Infused Yoga EventThe Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website and Sugar Leaf Creative for marketing and social media.   

Medical Cannabis Conversations with Dr. Gabrielle Morris and Nurse Lisa Capitani

Dr. Gabrielle Morris is the Chief Medical Officer of Duber Medical, a leader in medical cannabis doctor consultations with a mission to educate patients on the medical benefits of cannabis. Dr. Morris brings her more than 30 years medical experience to a unique medical cannabis practice. Duber Medical is a physician and woman-owned practice that works with a diverse population of more than 10,000 patients across eleven states, collecting real data on the clinical benefits of medical cannabis.Dr. Morris is certified by the National Board of Neurological Surgeons. Her career spans a myriad of specialties including Neurological Surgery, Trauma, Complex Orthopedic Spinal Surgery, and Emergency Medicine.Dr. Morris has been a long-time proponent of medical cannabis and was an early supporter of California’s Proposition 215, which first legalized medical marijuana treatment for patients in 1996. On today’s show she shares with Joyce how her work at a local trauma center led to her understanding that medical cannabis is a viable and beneficial treatment option for many patients who seek to improve their quality of life.Joyce also speaks with Nurse Lisa Capitani about her Mindful Metrics: Conscious Cannabis Consumption Tracking Journal, now available on Amazon. This journal is designed for both the seasoned cannabis user and those just beginning their exploration, to optimize the therapeutic potential of cannabis.Culture Corner: Joyce recommends a mini-series that documents the Charles Stuart case - 1989 murder of his pregnant wife and uses it to tell a story about racism in Boston – it’s called Murder in Boston.Topics Discussed(1:08) Welcome(3:05) Connect with Tia Moskalenko(3:44) Lisa Capitani, Tracking Journal(4:20) Culture Corner: Murder in Boston(8:14) The Hemp Guitar(9:05) Dr. Gabrielle Morris Intro(10:37) Epiphany at ER(15:21) Audio Intro(17:40) Patient Range(21:50) Patient Stories(22:48) Women Blooming on Cannabis(24:37) Feeling Again(25:03) Motherhood and Cannabis(29:35) Lisa Capitani – Journal(37:15) Lisa’s Canna Journey(39:25) Connect with Lisa on Website or Instagram(40:28) Happy Medicine(42:40) Individualized Medicine(45:50) Duber Medical Website and YouTube(47:30) Still Fighting Stigma in 2024(49:35) Dubermedical.com: code DUBERMED The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website.    

Lynne and Brian Striar - A Canna Love Story

Lynne and Brian Striar are a power canna-couple and pioneers in the Massachusetts cannabis industry. They speak with Joyce at their imaginative and comfortable art gallery in Sharon, Massachusetts, The Broccoli Gallery. Lynne and Brian have been vested in normalizing cannabis use following a family member’s cancer death in 2010, and this powerful canna why has carried them through a long journey from patients to canna-cultivators. Their founding business, Four Daughters Compassionate Care, was dedicated to healing their community. This dispensary was acquired by Verano Partnership and is now the Zen Leaf dispensary in Sharon, Massachusetts. They continue on their mission and vision with their newest venture Kapnos Cannabis. Joyce also speaks with Thomas, Kapnos head cultivator, about his vision for the plants he’s growing.Lynne and Brian are role models for the emerging industry as mentors to social equity businesses, mission driven and their story is not just a love story for each other but a story about the love of cannabis to heal and connect community.  Topics Discussed(1:08) Welcome – Live at The Broccoli Gallery(1:28) Happy Winter Solstice(3:30) Josh Lamkin and Lamkin Guitars(4:00) NECANN(4:20) The Hemp Guitar(5:28) Lynne and Brian Striar Intro(5:48) Kapnos Cannabis(7:35) Four Daughters Compassionate Care(10:30) The Early Years(11:23) Their 2010 Why(13:01) Oaksterdam University(15:30) Sharon, MA(16:00) Hard to Raise Capital(20:10) Two Year Odyssey(23:41) Four Daughters Compassionate Care(24:10) Verano Partnership(24:33) Zen Leaf Dispensary(25:21) Audio Intro(26:11) Why the Name?(27:30) Oak Hill Consulting Partners(27:58) EON(30:15) Kapnos Tier 2 Cultivator(30:50) Thomas Lead Cultivator(31:20) Learning to Grow(33:48) Setting up a Facility.(38:00) What to Look for in Quality Cannabis(40:50) Canna Parenting(46:21) Kapnos Cannabis on Shelves March 2024!(47:22) Connect on Instagram and The Broccoli Gallery(47:45) The Weedaker Group The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website and Sugar Leaf Creative for marketing and social media.    

Kristin Rogers Making Canna Beverages That Are Familiar, Healthy and Predictable

Kristin Rogers is the Co-Founder and Brand Manager for LEVIA, a Massachusetts based, cannabis-infused beverage brand. She entered the cannabis world as a licensed substance abuse and mental health therapist. For the first 15 years of her career, Kristin was on the frontlines of the substance abuse epidemic, advocating for substance abuse therapy, and reducing stigma in high-risk populations.LEVIA was founded in 2017 by Kristin and her husband with the goal of producing cannabis products rooted in wellness, offering a replacement for alcohol, and ensuring a long-lasting legacy of fighting to end the stigma that has devastated the lives of so many in our communities. LEVIA went to market in March of 2021 giving Massachusetts consumers a zero calorie, zero sugar, fast onset, effects-based way to enjoy cannabis. Kristin is now the brand manager for LEVIA and is using her steady and clear voice to promote ending the stigma, giving hope to those in need and advocating for much-needed cannabis research.Kristin and Joyce talk about her canna business journey, her own story of healing and, of course, why as a canna mom she is so passionate about breaking the stigma by normalizing the use of cannabis and educating her children.Topics Discussed(1:20) Welcome(2:15) Feminine Forward Talks(2:27) Jews in Weed(4:20) The Nevada Desert!(5:05) Half Baked Housewives, Irie Bliss and Bridge PR(5:20) Courage in Cannabis(6:25) Sol Spirit Farms(7:50) Lynne Striar and The Broccoli Gallery(8:56) Kristin Rogers Intro(11:05) Kristin’s Why(12:35) The Amsterdam Trip(17:12) Creating LEVIA(20:34) Learning to Make Tinctures(27:00) Bringing Manufacturing to Georgetown(30:14) AYR(30:40) LEVIA Beverages(31:15) How Beverages Work(44:10) Connect with Kristin and LEVIA BrandsThe Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website. 

Caron Cooper Building Better Canna Websites

Caron Cooper is the Creative Director and co-founder of CannaSiteCo., a unique cannabis marketing firm. This women-owned and operated boutique cannabis marketing firm was founded in 2018 by a couple of moms hustling to do all the things moms do but also wanted to invest their creative energies in the emerging cannabis industry. The CannaSiteCo. business model is client-centric, and they can build you a website quickly and train you to host and maintain.Caron is in Washington state and is partnered with Reagan Hatch in Texas, who is both her business partner and college canna friend who bonded over a beer and a bong. Caron talks with Joyce about their marketing work, their advocacy, and their unique experiences as Canna Moms. If you’re looking for books this holiday season Joyce recommend the NPR Books We Love gift guide. It’s a great data base put together by NPR that you can sort and review to find the perfect book for everyone on your list. It also has lists from years past, so check it out!  If you’re looking for a good canna-romance, Chapter 9 is now available for Joyce’s novel, She’s Taking A Break.Topics Discussed(1:09) Welcome(1:35) MJBizCon(3:30) NPR Books We Love(4:20) Airplane, The Movie(6:05) The Hemp Guitar by Lamkin Guitars(6:40) Caron Cooper Intro(7:30) Reagan Hatch College Friend(9:02) Marketing Cannabis(10:10) Canna Marketing Challenges(16:00) Website Design Basics(16:40) Audio Intro(17:12) Blunt Brunch!(18:41) Word Press for Canna Websites(19:40) Canna Mom Life(22:35) The Root Family’s Very Special Garden, by Mskindness Ramirez(23:10) No Family Canna Drama(24:10) Texas Cannabis and Texas Hemp Coalition(31:00) MJBizCon(35:21) Washington State Cannabis(41:00) Words of Encouragement(42:00) Best Way to Connect The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website.    

Golden Teacher Tori Moline and Jews in Cannabis Lissa Skitolsky and Yael Marcus

This is an international podcast as Joyce speaks with both Tori Moline, a 26 year old Canadian mom with  Hyperemesis Gravidarum, and Lissa Skitolsky and Yael Marcus who discuss Jewish cannabis advocacy and why the cannabis community needs to care about what’s going on in Israel for both its national medical program model and the science originating in Israel. Tori Moline discovered she has a genetic pregnancy condition, called Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG), in 2021. The severe nausea and vomiting were not relieved by the multiple pharmaceuticals prescribed to her, but she found relief with cannabis. Tori discovered that cannabis improved her quality of life by increasing her appetite and decreasing her vomiting – but she kept this knowledge from her doctor and family out of fear and stigma. As a former history teacher, she took it upon herself to learn the history of cannabis and came to understand that the plant was not the devil but rather a miracle for medicinal use.Tori was inspired to help others, so she built her @GoldenTeacherTori platforms around educating moms about HG & Plant Medicine. Tori has founded a community of mom's working towards changing HG care and normalizing cannabis use during an HG pregnancy. She believes all HG moms should have access to cannabis and believes plant medicine is the future of HG care. Dr. Lissa Skitolsky speaks with Joyce from her home in Canada and is an internationally renowned author and the Editor-in-Chief of Cannabis Jew Magazine. Yael Marcus is an experienced brand and business development professional who four years ago relocated to Israel to fulfill her dream to be part of the global medical cannabis/wellness industry. She lived in Kibbutz Nir Oz with her partner until her community was brutally attacked by Hamas terrorists on October 7. The discussion of her experience and why the cannabis community needs to support Israel is powerful and inspiring.Topics Discussed(1:11) Welcome(2:35) Jews in Weed(3:05) Grow My Own Update(3:22) The Harvest Cup(3:38) Favorables by Steph great canna cards!(4:20) Lamkin Guitars(5:25) Intro Tori Moline(7:10) Hyperemesis Gravidarum(12:45) Finding Relief with Cannabis(14:38) Canadian Cannabis Status(17:42) Audio Intro – The Letter(18:13) HG Community(19:28) Kelley Usborne – The Cannamommy(21:17) Guest Transition – Yael Marcus(22:00) Israel and Cannabis(23:00) Kibbutz Defined(29:35) The People Taken on October 7(30:50) October 7 as Experienced by Yael Marcus(31:10) Bring Back Green House Nursery Manager(32:44) A Mission to Save the Genetics(37:40) Lissa Skitolsky(38:20) CannabisJew.Com(39:27) Israel’s National Cannabis Program(41:00) Help Kibbutz Nir Oz – Through Israel Gives(42:40) Dr. Mechoulam(45:12) Yael’s Plea to Bring the Hostages Home(45:50) Back with Tori Moline – Social Media!(46:45) HG Podcast(47:30) Canna Mommy Life(52:45) Check out CBG(54:22) Connect with Tori @GoldenTeacherTori platformsThe Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website.

Kate Thomas Promoting Functional Canna Beverages

Kate Thomas is the CMO of The Drinkable Co., creators of cannabis infused cold brew, fresh tea, and handcrafted sodas that are available in Massachusetts and Maine. Kate began her creative marketing career in New York and then spent a decade working as associate creative director at Swardlick Marketing in Portland, Maine.In 2006, she became creative director at White Rock Distilleries, where she led the team that supported the alcohol industry, but now she’s transitioning her marketing powers to cannabis.Kate shares insights about the beverages being created by The Drinkable Co., what it was like to transition from alcohol to cannabis, and how she’s found ways to incorporate cannabis into her own life.Joyce also speaks with a special segment guest, Beth Mathieu of North Atlantic Seed company in Maine.  Beth has a great caregiver story and on today’s show she explains where our cannabis seeds come from and how feminized seeds are created.Culture Corner: Joyce recommends the new movie, Priscilla directed by Sofia Coppola which portrays Priscilla Presley from the age of fourteen to twenty-four. This bittersweet film is a new look at this famous couple. Based on Priscilla Presley’s memoir – Elvis and Me.Topics Discussed(1:15) Welcome(1:48) Ohio the 24th State!(3:10) ERA(3:50) Yael Marcus Intro(4:20) Kibbutz and Cannabis(6:00) Beth Mathieu of North Atlantic Seed company(6:55) The Culture Corner: Priscilla directed by Sofia Coppola(9:30) Kate Thomas Introduction(10:30) The Drinkable Company(15:02) Product Line Intro(18:10) Cold Brew(18:35) Non-Alcoholic Beer – Witch DR(19:50) WitchDrX Partnership(20:45) Dad Story(21:50) Canna Mom Story(21:19) Audio Intro(24:34) Beth Mathieu Caregiving Clones and Creating Seeds(26:22) Dirty Bird Genetics(26:50) Feminized Seeds(29:20) How to Purchase Seeds(30:14) Breeders Making Seeds(30:50) Who Are the Breeders(32:30) Excited About Terpenes(34:11) Solfire Gardens Seeds(34:30) Connect with North Atlantic Seed and Dirty Bird Genetics(35:42) Personal Story(36:25) Migraine Relief(37:42) Dr. Dustin Sulak(37:50) The Healer product line(38:50) Find Drinkable Products Near You!(41:20) Connect with Kate at The Drinkable Co.The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website.

Courageous Conversations with Mskindness and Kelley

Joyce speaks with two inspiring women working in cannabis who are using their powers to create a narrative around healing, hope and love. Kelley Usborne Bruce is “The Cannamommy” and is one of the very first canna mom advocates Joyce met way back in 2018.  Kelley is a legend and a fighter and a true canna trailblazer who is using her voice to reshape the landscape of childbirth, cannabis and equity in healthcare.Mskindness B. Ramirez is an advocate, author, educator and all-around super star in the cannabis industry. Her own story is one of healing and passion to create a space for us to understand plant medicine in her role as a certified holistic wealth coach mompreneaur!These ladies are joining forces and hitting the road with their newest venture – Feminine Forward Talks - a transformative mobile speaker series at the forefront of alternative health, plant medicine, lifestyle choices, and the evolution of wellness. Joyce will be joining them in Vegas.Culture Corner:  The Gun Machine Podcast When you listen to this podcast you will understand how America was forged by the gun industry. This podcast is connecting American history, government involvement and the culture of the NRA to create a roadmap to show how we got here - and maybe with this knowledge we can unravel the myths and regain control over guns. We have given control to the NRA and the politicians who are beholden to them.The most recent episode is focused on the NRA, and it’s a reminder of how a true believer can shape the narrative to create their vision of reality. The men who transformed the NRA in the 1980s from a group focused on sportsmanship and gun safety had a vision to make it all about distorting the 2nd amendment, and this has now become our national nightmare. We now live in a country with evangelized true believers who have organized their lives around a lethal weapon.Topics Discussed(1:10) Welcome(1:50) Canna Legal News(4:20) Canna Normalization(5:15) She’s Taking a Break(6:02) The Culture Corner: The Gun Machine(9:00) John Oliver – The Daily Show and Gun Control(10:20) Guest Introduction(11:50) The Cannamommy(12:20) Mskindness B. Ramirez(13:10) Feminine Forward Talks – Origins and Mission(14:00) Feminine Forward Discussions(14:15) Audio Intro(15:00) CA State Fair Video(16:30) Las Vegas Events(17:05) Mobile Speaking Series(18:30) MJBiz Con(20:20) CEO of MJBiz Con(25:00) Next Stop Aspen(27:40) Feminine Forward Talks Apply to Speak(29:00) Cannabis at CA State Fair(31:58) Social Equity(32:00) Racial Biases That Led to the War on Drugs(36:40) ERA Passage(43:00) The Cannamommy(47:00) Club Kindness The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website.    

Canna Friends and Business Partners Jordan Mackenzie Whittaker and Sarah Kouhaila

Jordan Mackenzie Whittaker and Sarah Kouhaila are the co-founders of The Weedaker Group, a business development team that supports clients in every stage of cannabis licensing, permitting, strategizing logistics and operations. Jordan and Sarah are childhood friends who share a passion for the plant and are utilizing that passion to add value to the emerging Massachusetts Canna industry. They share with Joyce their personal canna stories, their visions for safe cannabis consumption spaces, and why they have been advocating in the canna space for over ten years.Culture Corner: A new memoir of Senator Mitt Romney entitled A Reckoning. He is a Utah Senator and former Massachusetts Governor, and what Joyce finds most interesting is how alone he found himself as a former presidential candidate of the Republican party who was not able to lead his party away from extremismTopics Discussed(1:08) Welcome(1:60) Cal Verde Naturals(3:04) 10/20 Day – Snoop Dogg Birthday(3:42) Lamkin Guitar – Hemp Guitar(4:20) Hemp Guitar Link(4:57) The Culture Corner: Memoir of Senator Mitt Romney entitled A Reckoning(9:00) She’s Taking A Break – A Canna Romance – Chapter 6(10:20) The Weedaker Group(11:15) Introductions Jordan and Sarah(16:48) 2014 Early MA Canna History(17:58) 2016 – MA Advocacy(18:50) EON(19:32) Canna Challenges(23:59) STEM Haverhill(24:40) That! Party 2023(26:58) Social Consumption(28:07) Normalization(30:55) Parabola Center(33:31) Audio Intro(34:30) Family Stories(40:55) Favorite Ways to Consume(42:30) Impressed Cannabis Co.(46:58) Connect with The Weedaker GroupThe Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website.    

Sonja Rosario-Belliard Connecting Rochester Canna Moms

Sonja Rosario-Belliard is a New York cannabis advocate. She is the founder of both Rochester Women in Cannabis Association and Women+Weed Conference. Sonja shares with Joyce her story of healing from an opiate addiction, the work she is doing with supporting canna moms in her community, and why she is now committed to healing her community and advocating for plant medicine.Joyce also explains how she’s learned to finally roll her own joints using a chopstick (watch on YouTube to see her) and gives a shout out to Thunder Walkers Smoke Currency Tour!  Thunder Walker is a cannabis advocate out of Oklahoma and she’s got a tour bus equipped with a podcast studio and is travelling the country. She is connected to the Courage in Cannabis books and will be in Vegas in November at MJBiz Con – Joyce is hoping to do podcast from the bus!Topics Discussed(1:30) Joyce Rolling a Joint(3:40) House of Puff(4:20) Chopstick Joint Trick(7:07) Smoke Currency Tour!  Thunder Walker(9:00) Sonja Rosario-Belliard Introduction(9:50) NY Cannabis Legal Status(10:13) Rochester New York(11:02) Sonja’s Canna Journey(17:01) Canna Mom Story(18:50) Talking to Kids About Cannabis(21:21) Nikki Lawley(22:00) Father Story(24:10) Rochester Women in Cannabis(24:28) Audio Intro(26:26) NY Medical Card Program(30:32) Mission of Rochester Women in Cannabis(33:45) Future Plans(35:35) Favorite Way to Consume(36:20) Best Way to Connect – Instagram and Rochester Women in CannabisThe Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website.