Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett and Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Barb Mainville who meet with Nikki Lawley, a cannabis patient advocate, speaker, and founder of Nikki and the Plant who discovered medical cannabis after experiencing a life-changing brain injury while working as a pediatric nurse.  Together they cover a range of important topics:

• Living with the symptoms of a concussion is like living with an invisible illness which can be very difficult to treat, even with years of credibility as a practising nurse
• Struggling to find a cure for her condition since the drugs that were being prescribed by medical doctors were causing her serious side effects and anaphylactic symptoms.
• Overcoming the misconceptions of cannabis and the ridicule she faced for wanting to try medical cannabis to help with the symptoms since the other drugs weren't working
• The relationship of a brain concussions and women in domestic violence, brain fog associated with menopause, women suffering from anxiety and depression and how medical cannabis can help control and heal these chronic ailments and trauma.
• CBD helps to people with seizures, neuropathic pain, stabilizing nerve tissue that regulates heart rhythms.
• CBD helps the body recruit neuro stem cells to promote neurogenesis and the healing of nerve tissue and the creation of new synapses 
• and more...

Information about Nikki Lawley

• A cannabis patient advocate, speaker, and founder of Nikki and the Plant. Nikki discovered medical cannabis after experiencing a life-changing brain injury while working as a pediatric nurse in October 2016.
• Nikki is a leading voice in the community, chronicling her journey from a healthcare provider to a patient to an advocate. She hopes to bring worldwide awareness to invisible illness, disability, and how cannabis can help improve quality of life. She has been a guest on multiple podcasts and shows, including “Let’s Be Blunt with Montel Williams.” 
• Nikki is creating a line of evidence-based, symptom-specific cannabis products made from proprietary blends of terpenes and other cannabinoids. Each blend is formulated from data for patients who use cannabis to treat pain, cognitive function, anxiety, and depression. 
• Connecting with Nikki Lawley:
  On her website NIKKIANDTHEPLANT.ORG
  Via email through NIKKILAWLEY1@GMAIL.COM
  Via social media via LINKTR.EE/NIKKILAWLEY