The Canna Mom Show

How Sarah Cotterill Shifted Her Perspective of Cannabis

Sarah Cotterill joins Joyce from Indiana, a non-friendly cannabis state. Sarah shares with Joyce why she decided to bring her experiences as a healthcare attorney, corporate executive, entrepreneur, farmer, athlete, yogi, mother, daughter, sister, partner, and friend to create and scale cannabis businesses and products that support agricultural and personal regeneration. Sarah also explains why her newest business venture, SHIFT is more than a product. It's an idea. It's a mentality. It’s a delicious chocolate bar. Joyce speaks with Sarah about her life as an entrepreneur, hemp pioneer and mom, and why her  professional goal is to help people fall in love with being alive and to co-create and transform regenerative systems - both in their own lives and on a larger scale.And thank you Girl, Get That Money for making today’s show possible.Topics Discussed(1:30) CFCR(2:14) Alan Alda(2:32) Keep The Canna Mom Show Going  Campaign(3:05) Thank You Girl, Get The Money(3:15) Sarah Cotterill(4:20) Indiana Not A Legal State(6:15) From Corporate Attorney to Canna Entrepreneur(12:14) Trying Cannabis(13:03) Growing Up In DARE(14:01) Getting Into Hemp(15:08) Acting As A Lighthouse(16:22) Starting As A Farmer(17:55) SHIFT products(24:10) Canna Mom Power(25:28) Local Canna Education(27:44) Delta 8 Chocolates(29:25) Girl, Get That Money Thank You!(30:30) Canna Parenting(31:20) Jack Herera – Emperor Wears No Clothes(36:60) Working With Raw Materials(39:08) Yoga and Cannabis(40:03) Indiana Doctors(44:10) Shift Edibles WebsiteConnect with Sarah on Instagram and Connect with Shift on InstagramThe Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music  

CBD for Pelvic Health with Adina Leifer

Adina Leifer is a certified pelvic rehabilitation practitioner and created Silkx Society, a CBD infused pelvic serum that helps people decrease pelvic pain. Before moving to Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and four boys, she was the program coordinator for the Pelvic Health Center at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, CT where she developed a pelvic heath program with a team of physicians and physical therapists to provide the highest quality care for patients with pelvic floor issues. Adina shares with Joyce her insights into how CBD products are helping relieve her clients’ chronic pain.Joyce also speaks with a Girl, Get That Money client, Mattie Johnson, on how Khadijah Adams is leveling up her mission to open a cannabis retreat on Jamaica, why it’s so important for women entrepreneurs to ask for help, and how her retreats will be focused on creating beautiful destinations within.Thank you for you continued support of our Keep The Canna Mom Conversation Going Campaign and please share with your friends, thank you.Topics Discussed(1:30) Happy Birthday Joyce!(2:25) Keep The Canna Mom Conversation Going Campaign(2:45) Tip O’Neill Tour of North Cambridge(3:18) Thank you Girl, Get That Money(3:52) Introduction Adina Leifer(4:20) Pelvic Health(8:45) Suppositories(10:45) Menopause and CBD(11:58) WD-40(12:55) Silkx Society(13:30) Shake Co Lab in AK(15:02) Creating Her Product(21:10) Mattie Johnson and Girl, Get That Money(23:46) Woods Hole, MA(28:20) Creating Beautiful Destinations Within(29:40) Canna Retreats(30:00) Connect with Mattie on Instagram and Authentic Clinic Website(33:40) Connect with Adina Leifer(36:43) Sponsor TCMS!The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music    

Canna Science and Public Policy with Sarah Chase

Sarah Chase is the first Executive Director for the Council for Federal Cannabis Regulation (CFCR), a non-profit based in Washington, DC with a mission to assist the government, and specifically-federal regulatory agencies, to rethink, develop, and implement evidence-based cannabis regulations.Before joining the emerging cannabis industry, Sarah had experience with start-up companies in the media, broadcast, and communication space. And from 2016 to 2020, she served as the Chief Operating Officer for the Alda Communication Training Company (ACT), helping her mentor (legendary actor, writer, and director), Alan Alda, bring his proven improv and communication methods to the world.Sarah and Joyce talk about her vision for future cannabis regulation, the importance of canna science, and what she wrote for her sixth-grade DARE essay.Thank you Girl, Get That Money! for making today’s show possible.And please subscribe so you never miss an episode!Topics(2:32) High Tea Boston(3:44) Support Our Crowdfunding Campaign(4:20) Looking for SEASON 4 Sponsors(5:09) Canna Law Summit(5:45) Thank you Girl, Get That Money(6:04) Sarah Chase Intro(8:40) Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat(10:12) CFCR(13:52) CannMed Conference(17:40) Plant Based Science(21:33) Personal Canna Story(24:00) FDA(33:50) Thank You Girl, Get That Money(35:04) Janet Woodcock and Cannabis Products Council(42:13) Share Your Canna Story with Congress(45:29) Connect with CFCR and SarahChase.Biz(46:00) Louisa Bertman art!The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music    

Massachusetts Canna Mom-Advocate-Jew Michelle Herman

Michelle Herman is a Massachusetts cannabis advocate who moved to our state to support her daughter’s health needs. She is also a fellow canna-Jew and a someone Joyce hangs out with on clubhouse. On today’s show Michelle shares her canna-mom story, her canna-policy insights and why it’s so cool to be a canna-Jew.And today we speak with Tia Moskalenko the Communication Manager at Askgrowers on herx experience living and working in war torn Ukraine.And we are excited to announce that we have launched the Keep The Canna Mom Conversation Going campaign!! All this month you can support the dream of Season 4 as we can continue on our mission of enhancing the impact women have on this new industry by sharing and preserving their stories while crushing the stigma around cannabis and caregivers.Thank you Northern Specialty Health Provisioning Center for making today’s show possible.Thank you for your support and please subscribe so you never miss an episode!Topics Discussed(1:22) Keep The Canna Mom Conversation Going campaign!!(3:20) Thank You NSH(4:20) Canna Mom(11:10) Israel and Cannabis(12:19) Becoming a Cannabis Medical Refugee(13:00) Learning About Cannabis(19:02) Julie Mejia and Holistic Hemp Solutions(19:55) MA Canna Bills(24:30) Teaching Old Jews To Dab(26:40) Boston Leaf(29:33) NSH Thank You!(30:45) Tia Moskalenko in Ukraine(41:55) Askgrowers(43:05) Massachusetts Cannabis Future Predictions(44:27) Canna Tourism(46:40) Policy Work – Call For Personal Stories(46:40) Connect With Michelle at Boston LeafHolistic Hemp Solutions, Linked-In, Instagram, FacebookThe Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music    

Oklahoma Canna Moms Jana Stolins and Kimberly Campbell

Our guests today are both women working in Oklahoma cannabis. Jana Stolins is an educator who has been a dedicated entrepreneur in cannabis for the over fifteen years. She also has a passion for helping older folks and a knack for assisting others to live  their best lives. Her joy is family and farming cannabis.Kim Campbell is a super educator, super advocate and was named Oklahoma Cannabis Woman of the year. Together Jana and Kim are using their passion to help women access the quality cannabis therapies with the creation of their own product line. Joyce also speaks with Ashley Hill, aka Coach Ash, who shares a few insights into her new cannabis cookbook, Smoke From The Pot.And thank you Northern Specialty Health Provisioning Center for making today’s show possible.Topics(1:25) Happy 420!(3:30) Sweet Jane Magazine(4:20) High Tea Party Boston(5:25) Thank You NSHPC(5:44) Introduction Jana and Kim(10:00) Kim The Herbalist(12:00) Kim’s Healing Journey(14:30) Kim’s Family Reaction(15:45) Women’s Products – Suppositories(22:58) Jana’s Canna Story(25:09) Jana’s Mission(26:24) Hemp Pollution Solver(27:18) Fields of Hemp(27:31) Industrial Hemp Infrastructure(28:57) THANK YOU NSH(30:10) Coach Ash – Smoke From The Pot(36:15) Connect with Coach Ash(36:45) Old People Love Cannabis(39:30) Food Farm and Hospice Residence(43:00) Canna Moms!(45:50) Connect with Kim and Connect with JanaThank you for your support and please subscribe so you never miss an episode!The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music  

Michigan Cannabis with Nydia Zamorano-Torres and Penny Milkey

We have a Michigan cannabis show today! Nydia Zamorano-Torres is a cannabis entrepreneur and a ganja clergy woman who lives outside Detroit, and Penny Milkey is owner of the podcast sponsor, Northern Specialty Health Provisioning Center in the upper peninsula. Nydia has several cannabis businesses including UR Wellness to cultivate your wellness, Got-Terpenes which she founded with her son, and of course Noded which she spoke with us about a few weeks ago with our friend Ashley Corrado. On today’s episode Nydia and Penny tell of their canna journeys as moms and business owners and share their wisdom as pioneering women in the cannabis industry.Joyce gives a shout out for the upcoming High Tea Party in Boston on April 30th which is launching the first Keep The Canna Mom Conversation Going Crowdfunding Campaign to raise funds to support Season 4 so we can continue on our mission to elevate the stories of the women building this new industry.Thank you Northern Specialty Health Provisioning Center for making today’s show possible.Thank you for your support and please subscribe so you never miss an episode!Topics Discussed(1:30) Josh Lamkin and the Kelly Daniels Band(2:05) Massachusetts Cannabis News(3:12) High Tea Boston Tickets(3:42) My Bud Vase Rosette Bong Raffle Tickets(4:20) Clean Your Bong(4:50) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat(5:30) Welcome Blanket Project(6:30) #Craftivism(7:00) Season 4 Crowdfunding Campaign(7:26) Thank You Northern Specialty Health Provisioning Center(7:35) Michigan Cannabis(9:55) Nydia Z’s Story(11:40) Got Terpenes Website(12:09) UR Wellness(13:44) Hash Bash Ann Arbor(16:30) How She Created Business with Son(25:00) Ganja Clergy Woman(29:50) Michigan Cannabis(30:23) Audiogram(34:25) Michigan Medical Program(35:45) Wise Business Insights(41:10) Plans for 2022(44:00) Connect with Penny(44:11) Connect with Nydia
The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music  

Dr. Jennifer Kovacs Fighting for Patients in South Carolina

Dr. Jennifer Kovacs speaks with Joyce from South Carolina where she’s using her pharmacist’s perspective to influence and create the emerging cannabis industry in her state. Dr. Jennifer is also the owner of Healing Leaf Health & Wellness in South Carolina where she provides education, medical insight and quality products for her community. Brought into cannabis through her own family’s medical needs she stayed because she strives to generate real world evidence and seek research that can be translated into direct patient care and safe access for patients and caregivers in South Carolina. Joyce met Dr. Jennifer on Clubhouse, and she is the first of the four Clubhouse Cannabis women whose stories we will be sharing this month.Joyce also speaks with Tracee McAfee the founder of Cryo Cure, a revolutionary system that dries and cures cannabis in just twelve-hours.And The Canna Mom Show wants to thank Northern Specialty Health Provisional Center in Michigan for making today’s show possible.Thank you for your support and please subscribe so you never miss an episode!Topics Discussed(1:30) Crowdfunding May 1 Launch!(2:10) High Tea Boston(2:49) Cryo Cure(3:06) Thank you NSH(3:15) Dr. Jennifer Kovacs Introduction(4:20) Mom’s Story – Her Why(7:38) Learning About CBD(10:40) South Carolina Senate  Bill S150(13:45) Medical vs. Adult Use(16:41) Clemson University Athletes(20:18) Audiogram(21:30) Do No Harm(22:34) Arthritis Foundation and CBD(22:55) Pharmacist and Cannabis(25:57) Thank You NSH for your Support!(27:24) Tracee McAfee of Cryo Cure(32:50) The Harvest Cup(35:55) Ed Rosenthal and Freeze-Dried Cannabis(38:24) Connect with Tracy(38:45) Sports and CBD(43:35) Feminine Intimate Care(46:05) Canna Boomers and Senior Centers(47:06) Introduction to CBD Elective(48:52) Connect with Dr. Jennifer Kovacs at website(50:05) Clubhouse ConnectionsThe Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music    

From Canadian Cannabis Refugee to NY Cannabis Advocate – Nikki Lawley

Nikki Lawley is a New York Cannabis Advocate who Joyce has been following on social media for years and meet in person at the Boston NECANN where Nikki spoke on stage about how the traumatic brain injury she suffered in 2016 stole her joy, and how cannabis returned it. Nikki loves sharing her cannabis journey with as many people as she can so she can impact others. She shares with Joyce a story of inspiration and triumph and why, like so many women in cannabis, she’s striving to become the person she wished she’d had. Joyce announces that the Boston High Tea is happening on Saturday, April 30, tickets are on sale now.  And thank you Fortuna Design and Ashley Corrado for making today’s podcast possible.Thank you for your support and please subscribe so you never miss an episode!Topics Discussed(1:55) Open Source with Christopher Lydon(3:12) 3rd Act movement(4:20) High Tea Boston Event Tickets(5:30) Crowdfunding Launch May 1!(6:21) Thank you Fortuna Design(6:30) Nikki Lawley Intro(11:41) Her Cocktail of Drugs(15:00) Las Vegas(18:00) The Moment Life Seemed Impossible(20:35) Getting Her Medical Card(22:40) Gall Bladder and Edible Digestion(24:40) Taking the Pain Away(25:12) Back to Buffalo(26:00) NY Medical Program – not good(27:15) Canadian Cannabis Refugee(29:33) Friends and Family and Cannabis(32:50) Covid Pivot(33:55) Life as her Cannabis Double Agent Superhero(35:00) No Flower?(35:11) Workers Compensation and Medical Cannabis(35:40) Discovering the Illicit Market(37:50) Cannabis Should Be Burned(38:40) Thank You Fortuna Design(40:20) Becoming the Soft-Spoken-Girl with the Brain Injury Who Wasn’t Going Away(42:07) NY Cannabis Control Board(42:26) Cannabis Health Equity Movement(45:30) We Love Wana Edibles(46:55) Support Nikki’s Patient Voice and Patient Experience(48:20) Connect on Nikki and The Plant, Instagram, Linked-In The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music    

Lucidaclub Fixing A Canna Connection Problem

Lucinda Cross is a small business consultant and co-founder of LucidaClub, a curated cannabis retail experience which was created to re-imagine the cannabis retail experience for the canna curious. LucidaClub helps the new cannabis consumer who may know the experience they want, but they don’t know how to find it. Joyce met Lucinda Cross met in Boston at NECANN and that’s where she learned that LucidaClub is launching right here in Massachusetts. Members choose a curated box based on their desired experience and the products are connected to local dispensaries to help them reach more canna curious women. This could be the missing piece to help women access the products they need for better health.Joyce also speaks with the inspiring Ashley Corrado of Fortuna Design and Ganga Clergy Woman Nydia ZT about their new project, NODED, a centralized hub for cannabis and hemp research.The Canna Mom Show was honored to win best 2022 podcast at NECANN and we want to thank all our listeners who voted. Thank You! And please subscribe so you are the first to hear our newest episodes!Topics Discussed(1:45) NECANN Best Podcast 2022(3:00) The Canna Nana(3:20) The New Green Line in Somerville(4:20) Dr. Bridget Williams Embody Products(7:50) Kelly Daniels Band(8:00) Lucinda Cross Introduction(10:57) Jack Roosevelt(15:00) Building By Word of Mouth(20:00) Fixing A Problem(22:03) LucidaClub Products(23:40) Membership Club(24:33) How LucidaClub Works(26:60) Connecting Dispensaries to Women(29:00) Ashley and Nydia and Noded(33:44) A Centralized Hub for Cannabis and Hemp Research(33:44) White Paper Link(34:56) Surveys Link(40:10) Connect with Noded Website: Instagram: Email(41:40) LucidaClub Membership Launch!(43:20) High Tea April 30(44:15) Element Apothec(44:58) Connect with Lucinda at LucidaClub Website and InstagramThe Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music     

Re-Centering Medical Use in Cannabis with Dr. Rachel Knox and Dasheeda Dawson

Dr Rachel Knox and Dasheeda Dawson are the founders of  the Cannabis Health Equity Movement (CHEM). Dr. Knox is a certified Cannabinoid Medicine specialist who received her medical and business degrees from Tufts University after completing her undergraduate studies at Duke. She trained in Family and Integrative Medicine before pursuing additional study in the areas of Functional Medicine, Cannabinoid Medicine, and Endocannabinology.Dasheeda Dawson is The WeedHead™, a global cannabis advocate, award-winning strategist and bestselling author of How to Succeed in the Cannabis Industry. She has 20 years of business development and strategic management excellence while leading teams for United Way, Target and Victoria’s Secret. Dasheeda is also the Portland Cannabis Manager overseeing all regulatory, licensing, compliance and equity initiatives for the city’s legal industry.Together they are a force to be reckoned with in the cannabis industry and on today’s show learn how they met, why cannabis is a vehicle for health equity and what makes their families so canna special.Thank you Fortuna Design for making today’s show possible and please subscribe so you never miss an episode!Topics Discussed(1:42) What The Constitution Means To Me(2:38) Canna Law Summit(3:10) Brittney Griner(4:20) Safe Storage Survey Contact(4:57) Thank You Fortuna Design(5:02) Dr. Rachel Knox and Dasheeda Dawson Intro(6:28) Origin Story(9:15) CHEM – Cannabis Health Equity Movement(14:35) Congress Woman Ayanna Pressley(15:05) Policy Based in Fear(18:22) Mission of Movement(23:38) Cannabis Emergency Relief Fund(24:50) Endocannabinology – Cannabinoid Medicine(33:11) Making Institutional Change(33:33) Thank You Fortuna Design(35:15) A Family Business(36:00) She Blaze Podcast(42:32) Resource – Learning(43:16) Mom Leading the Way(44:46) 2022(47:26) ACHEM – Association of Cannabis Health Equity and Medicine(51:42) Connect with Dasheeda on Linked-In and She Blaze Podcast(53:27) Connect with Dr. Knox @Instagram and Linked-InThe Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music