Madi Flynn is a certified clinical TCM herbalist. Her herbalism work is based in traditional wisdom and science, blending the two through her education and clinical practices. Her two years of formal Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine (TCM) training were with Dr. Bob Linde at the Traditions School of Herbal Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida. As part of her training at Traditions School’s TCM student clinic, Madi worked directly with the community to offer herbal formulas and wellness plans under her mentor’s supervision. Since graduating from herb school in 2021, Madi’s clinical and community herbalism practices have focused on stress, mental health and spiritual support, digestive support, hormonal support, and medicine making.
Madi’s values as an herbalist include the following: body and fat positive, disability advocacy, LGBTQIA+ informed, trauma-informed, sex worker positive, anti-racist, anti-oppression, and harm reduction. She believes people are their own experts in their health and trust that they know themselves best. She also acknowledges that individuals and their genetics are not solely responsible for the expression of health or illness, as factors such as white supremacy, colonialism, poverty, the carceral system, social inequality, oppression, environmental degradation, and exploitation under capitalism impact people fundamentally.
