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Medicine Stories

70. I Forgive You: A Story of Loss and Transformative Healing - Amy Mea Woodruff

Medicine Stories

Amber M Hill

Herbs, Health & Fitness, Ancestry, Alternativemedicine, Herbalism, Alternative Health, Dreams, Healing, Society & Culture, Psychedelics

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2020

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

“If I could give my life for hers, I would” -Cheree’s murderer, expressing remorse at his sentencing.

I first interviewed Mea on Episode 6, when she told us the story of being very pregnant when she received the news of her best friend's murder at the hands of a stranger in 2010, and how she immediately chose to not hold on to hate while she was carrying new life.

During that interview she mentioned that she'd looked for Cheree's murderer in the prison system but had been unable to find him. Well (thanks to synchronicity and this podcast!) they've now been in touch for the last year. This is Mea's story of cultivating a relationship with the man who turned her world upside down and what she has learned from him about what led him to that fateful day.

We talk about how addictions completely rewire a person's neurology and hollow them out from the inside, turning them into a ghost of their true selves. We talk about the people close to us who have died as a result of someone else's actions and grappling with all the feelings that arise. We talk about the numerous complexities and injustices of the American prison system. And then, because we’re all multidimensional beings, we randomly segue at the end to talking about castor oil packs, fasting/cleansing, and overall digestive and reproductive health.

This podcast is being released on the ten year anniversary of Cheree's passing. Heartfelt love and deep honor to Cheree for blessing those around her with her presence for 35 years on earth. You are felt, loved, remembered, and missed.

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But to open that up for both of us and for him to go there and reflect on that day and those moments and like really sit with that

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is really powerful for him.

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And he's doing the work and he's learning to forgive himself.

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And he's learning to forgive those around him that had caused him pain and abuse that led him down that path.

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Hey all, welcome to Medicine Stories. I'm Amber Magnolia Hill. This is episode 70, and today I'm sharing my interview with Amy Meia Woodruff, who has been on the

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podcast before episode six, one of the very first ones.

0:49.8

It would be not a bad idea to listen to that one first or maybe afterward but you know

0:59.2

first would make more sense because she tells the entire story of the murder of her best friend Shuri and how she was

1:08.8

pregnant at the time and knew immediately upon getting the news that she could not hold on to

1:17.2

hate for the drug addicted homeless man who killed her friend.

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It's very powerful and we talk about a lot more than just that in that episode as well.

1:32.6

Like I think you'll absolutely love the part about naming your lineage.

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It's not just about naming your ancestors, but naming the land that raised you

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and the waters that raised you and really

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situating yourself and where you come from in a wide perspective. So it's just a

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beautiful episode number six.

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Check that out.

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And then this is a follow-up.

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This has been released on July 24th, 2020,

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which is the 10-year anniversary of Cherie's death.

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And what has changed since Maya and I recorded that first podcast is that she found,

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thanks to that first podcast episode that we did together, she found the man who killed

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