You know that person. The one who walks into a room and makes it warmer. Who remembers your name, your dog's name, that thing you mentioned three months ago. Who laughs easily and makes everyone feel like they belong.

Maybe you are that person. Or maybe you're the one who can't stand to be alone — who gives and gives until there's nothing left, then wonders why you feel so hollow.

The ancient Greeks called this the sanguine temperament, from the Latin word for blood. And blood, in the humoral system, was the humor of warmth, connection, and joy — mapped to air, to spring, to the heart itself.

In this episode of Ash & Honey, host Alexandria Quinn Love explores the gifts of blood: the ability to connect, to hope, to savor life's pleasures, to build communities that hold us. But she also explores the shadow — the people-pleasing, the scattered energy, the inability to be alone, and the slow depletion that comes from giving without receiving.

Because here's what the ancients understood: blood has to circulate. It flows out and it comes back in. And if you're always giving your warmth away without letting it return, eventually there's nothing left.

🎧 In this episode:

• What is blood? Air, spring, and the sanguine temperament
• The gifts of blood: connection, optimism, pleasure, and resilience
• The shadow of blood: people-pleasing, depletion, and the fear of being alone
• Tending the blood: ancient remedies for excess and depletion
• The rhythm of warmth: why givers must learn to receive

You are allowed to have boundaries. You are allowed to rest. You are allowed to need.

Next Episode: Phlegm — the humor of water, stillness, and deep calm.

Let the burn teach you. Let the honey keep you.
Until next time — be gentle with the body that carries you.

In this deeply personal and historical episode, Alexandria explores the ancient concept of yellow bile — the humor of drive, ambition, and fiery energy — and how it manifests in our modern lives.

She shares her own journey: leaving a career that didn’t fit her free-spirited nature, relocating to Texas to support her daughter and grandson Marcus, surviving a serious car accident, and facing the devastating loss of Marcus. Through these experiences, Alexandria realized how unbridled ambition — what the ancients would call excess yellow bile — can burn us out physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Drawing from Hippocrates, Galen, and historical practices, she explains how ancient physicians recommended cooling and balancing this powerful energy through rest, gentleness, and intentional movement — lessons that resonate with modern wellness practices like mindful exercise, fasting, and holistic health routines.

By the end of the episode, you’ll discover how to identify when your fire is consuming you, redirect your energy, and cultivate a sustainable drive that fuels purpose without burnout.

Let the burn teach you. Let the honey keep you.
Until next time — be gentle with the body that carries you.

What if burnout isn't a modern problem — but an ancient imbalance with a forgotten name?

In this debut episode of Ash & Honey, host Alexandria Quinn Love introduces the world of ancient healing wisdom and why these old ways still have something vital to teach us. From the Four Humors of ancient Greece to Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Indigenous healing traditions — different cultures, same core truth: health isn't the absence of disease. It's the presence of balance.

Alexandria brings her background as a historian and educator, along with a deeply personal story of loss and physical devastation that led her to reach backward — thousands of years backward — for a different way to heal.

This podcast is that journey. No gurus. No quick fixes. Just curiosity, history, and the quiet work of coming back to yourself.

🎧 In this episode:

• Why ancient healing traditions are having a modern resurgence
• A first look at Humorism, Ayurveda, TCM & Indigenous medicine
• The common thread connecting these systems across cultures
• What to expect from this podcast — and who it's for

Ash & Honey is where the old ways meet the inner ones.

Next Episode: "Fire in the Blood" — Yellow Bile, ambition, and the cost of running hot.

Let the burn teach you. Let the honey keep you.
Until next time — be gentle with the body that carries you.