Podcasts by The Story Apothecary
The Story Apothecary is a podcast filled with medicinal and healing stories. Nana Tomova, a Storyteller and a Mental Health Pharmacist dispenses stories for sadness and anxiety, and shares tales for loss, happiness and love. Here you will find her prescriptions of stories for the body, mind, heart and soul, and for the Earth. Come into the Story Apothecary as we enter the healing world of stories together.
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42. Daughter of the Moon, Son of the Sun from 2023-10-21T15:55:19
Story Prescription: A prescription about the moon and the Northern lights. A Saami story of love and loss, of hope and light. A story for the autumn and winter, so that we may f...
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41. The Husband Who Stayed at Home from 2023-09-01T04:00
Story Prescription: A story for those who stay at home and don't have their work valued. For women whose labour doesn't get appreciated. A story for the equality and appreciation of wome...
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40. Little Red Riding Hood from 2023-08-06T05:00
Story Prescription: A story about coming of age, about having courage and about the importance of wise grandmothers. . Story Caution: This story is for people over the age of 14, not because there...
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39. Rumpelstiltskin from 2023-07-03T04:00
-Story Prescription: A story for naming something which you fear by its true name; a story which cautions those who make promises in haste; a story about giving up that which you treasure the mo...
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38. Cinderella (Mara Pepelashka) from 2023-05-29T04:00:12
Story Prescription: A story for grief, loss, longing and hope.
Story Caution: This story deals with loss and death. Like many other stories, this is a tale for older humans. Recommended a...
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37. The Magic Fiddle from 2023-04-01T04:00:48
-Story Prescription: A reminder of not trading or giving up those parts of us that are integral to our being.
A story from Hungary about a traveller whose fiddle plays t...
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36. The Spoilt Daughter from 2023-01-31T05:01
-Story Prescription: A story for the freedom of women -Story Caution: TW: This story deals with domestic violence A Bulgarian well-known folktale of Bogdana, who was a spoilt daughter and therefore...
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35. The Golden Maiden from 2022-11-21T05:00:16
Story Prescription: A story of the Woman's Quest, a feminine journey, a story of female initiation into adulthood, and into an awakening. A Bulgarian wondertale about a girl to enters into an old ...
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34. Vasilisa and Baba Yaga from 2022-10-22T04:00:33
Story Prescription: A story about entering the frightening places in our lives, like Baba Yaga's hut, in order to come out on the other side. A story about following inner wisdom and intuition, and...
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33. Clever Gretel from 2022-08-29T04:00:17
Story Prescription: A story about doing what feels good rather than what one should do. A story for self-indulgence, pleasure, rest, and enjoying life with no guilt. A humorous story from Germany a...
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32. The Tailor's Coat from 2022-08-09T04:00:16
-Story Prescription: A story of hope, of marking endings, and remembering stories. A lighthearted, bittersweet and hopeful Yiddish tale of a Tailor in Russia who made a beloved coat that just kept ...
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31. Storyteller Wendy Shearer shares the story of How Tortoise Fooled Elephant from 2022-07-12T04:00:25
-Story Prescription: For anyone who is is need of some Trickster energy, in a world that is often serious. A story that offers the richness of humour and transformation, as well as challenges the s...
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30. The Paid Advice from 2022-05-11T04:00:43
A funny and lighthearted story from Bulgaria about a man who decides he is better off following advice because it cost him a lot of money. -Story Prescription: For anyone who likes to give advice ...
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Why the Bat Hangs Upside Down from 2022-02-23T12:00
A story from Sudan. Bat is shunned from animals and birds as he doesn't belong in either. He is neither bird, nor animal.
Story Prescription: A sad, lighthearted an...
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29. Why the Bat Hangs Upside Down from 2022-02-23T12:00
A story from Sudan. Bat is shunned from animals and birds as he doesn't belong in either. He is neither bird, nor animal. Story Prescription: A sad, lighthearted and endearing story about not belo...
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28. Baba Yaga and the Seven Orphans from 2022-01-19T05:00
A story from the Slavic lands about Baba Yaga - the liminal Crone Goddess. It is an uncomfortable and uneasy story about burying the animal, wild, parts of us and the dangers that follow. Story P...
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Baba Yaga and the Seven Orphans from 2022-01-19T05:00
A story from the Slavic lands about Baba Yaga - the liminal Crone Goddess. It is an uncomfortable and uneasy story about burying the animal, wild, parts of us and the dangers that follow. <...
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27. Christmas Story - Brother and Sister from 2021-12-20T05:00
A Bulgarian Christmas Story (available in English for the first time here) about a sister and brother who met misfortune one winter day. A story of hardship and hope. -Story Prescription: A story t...
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Christmas Story - Brother and Sister from 2021-12-20T05:00
A Bulgarian Christmas Story (available in English for the first time here) about a sister and brother who met misfortune one winter day. A story of hardship and hope.
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26. The Seventh Swan from 2021-12-01T05:00
The Seventh Swan (Cambridgeshire, England) - a somewhat dark, and beautiful tale about a boy who tries to kill a swan. The other six swans, her companions come to her aid. -Story Prescription: A s...
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The Seventh Swan from 2021-12-01T05:00
The Seventh Swan (Cambridgeshire, England) - a somewhat dark, and beautiful tale about a boy who tries to kill a swan. The other six swans, her companions come to her aid. ...
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The Three Aunts from 2021-11-03T05:00
A story from Norway. A girl finds herself in a castle asked to spin impossible quantities of flax in just a night and a day. Three old women come to help her.
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25. The Three Aunts from 2021-11-03T05:00
A story from Norway. A girl finds herself in a castle asked to spin impossible quantities of flax in just a night and a day. Three old women come to help her. -Story Prescription: A tale of women'...
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Mannikin Spanalong from 2021-10-06T04:00
A tale from Germany about a strange creature called Mannikin Spanalong which a young girl helps to free, and she gets her own freedom in return.
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24. Mannikin Spanalong from 2021-10-06T04:00
A tale from Germany about a strange creature called Mannikin Spanalong which a young girl helps to free, and she gets her own freedom in return. Story Prescription: A story about facing your fears...
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Vasilisa, the Priest's Daughter from 2021-09-06T04:00
A lighthearted story from Russia. This is not a story of Vasilisa the wise, the brave, the beautiful. This is a different girl called Vasilisa. Vasilisa is also called Vasily, a boy's name. Whic...
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23. Vasilisa, the Priest's Daughter from 2021-09-06T04:00
A lighthearted story from Russia. This is not a story of Vasilisa the wise, the brave, the beautiful. This is a different girl called Vasilisa. Vasilisa is also called Vasily, a boy's name. Which i...
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22. The River from 2021-08-10T04:00
A story from Portugal. A father and his daughter move from place to place. His fear that she will abandon him keeps them moving, despite her wanting to settle down. A story of breaking free, of a l...
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21. The Treasure in the Land from 2021-07-19T04:00
A sweet story about the bread of life, and about the tenderness and richness of the harvest. -Story Prescription: A story for the earth and the land. _ Ways to Support this podcast: -If you have en...
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The Treasure in the Land from 2021-07-19T04:00
A sweet story about the bread of life, and about the tenderness and richness of the harvest.
-Story Prescription: A story for the earth and the land.
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20. The Wood Maiden from 2021-06-09T04:00
A beautiful and lighthearted story from from former Czechoslovakia about a girl who tends her goats when she meets a wood maiden - a forest nymph in the woods. -Story Prescription: A story about kn...
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The Wood Maiden from 2021-06-09T04:00
A beautiful and lighthearted story from from former Czechoslovakia about a girl who tends her goats when she meets a wood maiden - a forest nymph in the woods.
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19. The Linden Tree from 2021-05-19T04:00
A story from Russia about a poor cottager who is granted wishes by a magic linden (lime) tree. He gets carried away and, well, things turn out differently to how he wished. -Story Prescription: A ...
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The Linden Tree from 2021-05-19T04:00
A story from Russia about a poor cottager who is granted wishes by a magic linden (lime) tree. He gets carried away and, well, things turn out differently to how he wished.
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18. The Wise Little Girl from 2021-03-30T04:00
A story from Russia about a seven year old who knows the important things in life. -Story Prescription: A story about the wisdom of women, and of our younger selves. A story of nature, and for valu...
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The Wise Little Girl from 2021-03-30T04:00
A story from Russia about a seven year old who knows the important things in life.
-Story Prescription: A story about the wisdom of women, and of our younger selves. A st...
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What Do Women Want - 8th March Special from 2021-03-08T06:00
An important and lighthearted story from England, about King Arthur who must save his life by answering a riddle - what do women want, more than anything. Does he succeed to find the answer?&nbs...
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17. What Do Women Want (The Loathsome Hag) from 2021-03-08T05:00
An important and lighthearted story from England, about King Arthur who must save his life by answering a riddle - what do women want, more than anything. Does he succeed to find the answer? -Stor...
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What Do Women Want (The Loathsome Hag) from 2021-03-08T05:00
An important and lighthearted story from England, about King Arthur who must save his life by answering a riddle - what do women want, more than anything. Does he succeed to find the answer? -Stor...
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Baba Marta - Grandmother March (Bonus Episode) from 2021-03-01T05:00
Hi all, as today is the 1st March and it is a celebrated day in many countries, such as Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia and parts of Greece, I wanted to tell you a little story about Baba Marta hersel...
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Whatever you do, you do it to yourself from 2021-02-23T05:00
A wise and sobering story from Bulgaria, which I've translated especially for this podcast. It's about a woman who poisons a loaf of bread to teach someone a lesson. Things don't turn out the wa...
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16. Whatever you do, you do it to yourself from 2021-02-23T05:00
A wise and sobering story from Bulgaria, which I've translated especially for this podcast. It's about a woman who poisons a loaf of bread to teach someone a lesson. Things don't turn out the way s...
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Monkeys Rescue the Moon - National Storytelling Week from 2021-02-02T05:00
A lighthearted and yet poignant and cautionary tale from Tibet about some monkeys, led by their monkey leader, who doesn't take time for reflection and advice, leads his monkeys to rescue the mo...
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15. Monkeys Rescue the Moon - National Storytelling Week from 2021-02-02T05:00
A lighthearted and yet poignant and cautionary tale from Tibet about some monkeys, led by their monkey leader, who doesn't take time for reflection and advice, leads his monkeys to rescue the moon ...
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The Potter's Wish from 2021-01-19T05:00
A wise and lighthearted story from Nepal about a potter who makes a wish for his pots to be unbreakable.
-Story Prescription: A story for perfectionism, a story for...
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14. The Potter's Wish from 2021-01-19T05:00
A wise and lighthearted story from Nepal about a potter who makes a wish for his pots to be unbreakable. -Story Prescription: A story for perfectionism, a story for and about creativity, imperfect...
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Baba Yaga's Calendar - Sample from 2021-01-17T13:43:29
Hi everyone I wanted to leave a little sample of a new project I've been working on - Baba Yaga's calendar, a monthly Patreon special episode where I talk about the folklore and the celebrations...
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Grandmother Plague (Baba Chuma) from 2021-01-05T19:52:36
A sad, sobering and hopeful Bulgarian story which I've translated into English about Grandmother Plague, old woman, who comes to visit.
-Story Prescription: A story to he...
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13. Grandmother Plague (Baba Chuma) from 2021-01-05T19:52:36
A sad, sobering and hopeful Bulgarian story which I've translated into English about Grandmother Plague, old woman, who comes to visit. -Story Prescription: A story to help with not living in fear ...
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Stone Soup from 2020-12-08T05:00
A warm European story about a poor traveller who enters a poor village and he shows them how to make stone soup to ease everyone's hunger. This episode might make you peckish!
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12. Stone Soup from 2020-12-08T05:00
A warm European story about a poor traveller who enters a poor village and he shows them how to make stone soup to ease everyone's hunger. This episode might make you peckish! -Story Prescription: ...
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Tatterhood from 2020-11-17T05:00
A hilarious and wise story from Norway about a girl riding a goat with a wooden spoon in her first.
-Story Prescription: This story is helpful to redefine ideals of gende...
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11. Tatterhood from 2020-11-17T05:00
A hilarious and wise story from Norway about a girl riding a goat with a wooden spoon in her first. -Story Prescription: This story is helpful to redefine ideals of gender and ideals of beauty. It'...
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Mother Moon from 2020-10-20T04:00
A beautiful, sad and hopeful story from Lincolnshire in the UK about the Moon, and people's reliance on her light.
-Story Prescription: For anyone who is looking for ligh...
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10. Mother Moon from 2020-10-20T04:00
A beautiful, sad and hopeful story from Lincolnshire in the UK about the Moon, and people's reliance on her light. -Story Prescription: For anyone who is looking for light. For those who wish to ge...
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The Willow Wife from 2020-09-01T07:00
An ethereal Japanese story about a man who saves his favourite willow tree from being cut down, and meets the woman who will become his wife under that beautiful willow.
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9. The Willow Wife from 2020-09-01T07:00
An ethereal Japanese story about a man who saves his favourite willow tree from being cut down, and meets the woman who will become his wife under that beautiful willow. -Story Prescription: This ...
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Munachar & Manachar from 2020-08-18T06:00
A funny and lighthearted story from Ireland about two strange friends who go picking blackberries and it doesn't quite go according to plan!
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8. Munachar & Manachar from 2020-08-18T06:00
A funny and lighthearted story from Ireland about two strange friends who go picking blackberries and it doesn't quite go according to plan! Story Prescription: For anyone who is is need of laugh...
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‘Death in a Nut’ with storyteller Daniel Allison from 2020-07-28T10:53:22
In this episode, I conduct my first ever interview. It was really lovely to interview Daniel Allison for this podcast, and I will be featuring in his: House of Legends. You can find more about Dani...
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7. ‘Death in a Nut’ with storyteller Daniel Allison from 2020-07-28T10:53:22
In this episode, I conduct my first ever interview. It was really lovely to interview Daniel Allison for this podcast, and I will be featuring in his: House of Legends. You can find more about Dani...
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The Wise Serpent from 2020-07-14T17:18:51
A king has dreams he cannot decipher, and a young peasant interprets the dreams due to the help of a wise serpent A poignant story about how we may be influenced by our surroundings more t...
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6. The Dream Serpent from 2020-07-14T17:18:51
A king has dreams he cannot decipher, and a young peasant interprets the dreams due to the help of a wise serpent A poignant story about how we may be influenced by our surroundings more than we t...
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The Dream Serpent from 2020-07-14T17:18:51
A king has dreams he cannot decipher, and a young peasant interprets the dreams due to the help of a wise serpent A poignant story about how we may be influenced by our surroundings more than we t...
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The White Wolf from 2020-06-16T06:00
A beautiful story from Croatia about a young ex-soldier who falls in love with the woman inside the white wolf.
Story Medicine: For anyone who has lost their wild nat...
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5. The White Wolf from 2020-06-16T06:00
A beautiful story from Croatia about a young ex-soldier who falls in love with the woman inside the white wolf. Story Medicine: For anyone who has lost their wild nature, or is losing their intuiti...
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The Wolf Woman from 2020-06-16T06:00
A beautiful story from Croatia about a young ex-soldier who falls in love with the woman inside the white wolf. Story Medicine: For anyone who has lost their wild nature, or is losing their intuiti...
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The Tiger's Whisker from 2020-06-03T19:57:34
A beautiful Korean folktale about a woman who needs to bring back a whisker of a dangerous tiger in order to be healed. A medicinal story about finding your inner strength.
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4. The Tiger's Whisker from 2020-06-03T19:57:34
A beautiful Korean folktale about a woman who needs to bring back a whisker of a dangerous tiger in order to be healed. A medicinal story about finding your inner strength. Story Prescription: This...
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The Magic Ring from 2020-05-12T12:57:06
King Solomon asks his trusted advisor to find him a magic ring - a ring that can make a happy person sad, and a sad person happy!
A beautiful Jewish medicinal story about the magic ring t...
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3. The Magic Ring from 2020-05-12T12:57:06
King Solomon asks his trusted advisor to find him a magic ring - a ring that can make a happy person sad, and a sad person happy! A beautiful Jewish medicinal story about the magic ring that gave K...
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The Mustard Seed from 2020-04-28T11:01:12
In this episode of the Story Apothecary, Nana tells the powerful medicinal story of the Mustard Seed. This a beautiful Buddhist story, and talks about impermanence and how departure from this life ...
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2. The Mustard Seed from 2020-04-28T11:01:12
In this episode of the Story Apothecary, Nana tells the powerful medicinal story of the Mustard Seed. This a beautiful Buddhist story, and talks about impermanence and how departure from this life ...
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The Curing Fox from 2020-04-14T16:06:55
In this episode of the Story Apothecary, Nana tells the healing story about an ill girl who is helped by a fox.
Story Prescription: This medicinal story is helpful ...
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1. The Curing Fox from 2020-04-14T16:06:55
In this episode of the Story Apothecary, Nana tells the healing story about an ill girl who is helped by a fox. Story Prescription: This medicinal story is helpful for anyone who needs hope, is am...
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Podcast Trailer from 2020-04-13T18:07:04
Welcome to the Story Apothecary, where you will find healing and medicinal stories for the body, heart, mind, soul and Earth.
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