Feb 17 2025 63 mins 20
Have you ever once thought about how flowers could do more than brighten your day? What if they could actually support your emotional well-being, reduce your stress, and even spark creativity? After 270+ episodes, this is my first time ordering a guest product right after the interview. Yes, I am on the flower essence bandwagon HARD after this interview.
But who wouldn't be after talking with Katie Hess, founder and flower alchemist of Lotuswei, a company dedicated to harnessing the essence of flowers to help us live more joyful lives? She’s an amazing educator and I learned so much in this conversation.
In this episode, we learn:
- [04:41] How Katie started getting into the energetics of flowers
- [06:10] The ripple effect of 3%
- [08:12] What is a flower essence?
- [09:46] Why are bees attracted to flowers?
- [10:18] The concept of botanical wi-fi/flower wi-fi
- [14:01] Our disconnection from nature
- [15:48] Wind River Chimes
- [17:30] Plants with Superpowers
- [18:31] What is the human-flower connection?
- [21:45] Validating flower essence information
- [23:48] How do you study flower essence?
- [27:31] How is a flower’s energetic code captured and distilled?
- [30:32] The dilution process and its similarity with homeopathy
- [33:02] Essential oil vs flower essence
- [37:32] Most popular remedies and flowers that match
- [41:25] How can you experiment with and experience flower essences?
- [43:36] Take the flower essence test!
- [45:27] Synergistic flower essence blends
- [50:30] Flower essence that fits my lack of self-belief
- [51:29] Where can you order your flower essence?
Mentioned in our conversation:
- Fierce Compassion Collection
- Quiet Mind Collection
- Gain Insights with Our Flower Reading Quiz
- Divine Truth
- Divine Within
Want to find out which flower essence you can get started with?
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