When women gather, healing happens! Wild Roses Festival is a prime example of this. Each year I leave the festival with a new sense of the healing that I am meant to do. I shed a layer of my old self in order for a new, more aware self to be birth. This year I stayed with two friends at the event and today I have one of those special ladies join me on the podcast as we share our take aways.
Cycle Archetypes are sacred symbols of the energy and essence that lives within us in each of the 4 phases of our cycle. They represent the 4 different women that we are. These archetypes are a beautiful way to look at our cycle with creativity, curiosity, and the imagination to understand who we were, who we are, and who we are becoming each cycle.
In this episode, Lauren shares her story of trusting an inner nudge to leave nursing school and follow the calling to herbal medicine. From this first nudge to many other nudges since, she has allowed her intuition to help guide her onto the path that has now led her to creating an annual women’s gathering called the Wild Roses Festival. What start out as a simple potluck gathering for women to connect in community has grown to a 1,000 person festival in just 4 short years. Why you may ask? It is simple, women are remembering the healing power of gathering in community and that is exactly what the Wild Roses Festival is all about.
It is true, ovulation is labeled as our phase where we feel our best, but this heightened energy can also leave us feeling overwhelmed, full of self-doubt, and fearful of being seen. In this episode I will share my own observations that I had last cycle and how I am preparing to tend to my own ovulation overwhelm. We will explore the shadows of ovulation and the tools to keep you feeling your best during this week of your cycle. The gift of knowing your cycle is having the insight of what helps you stay balanced and thriving.
In the US, 1 in 3 women will undergo a hysterectomy in her lifetime (Dr. Aviva Romm in Hormone Intelligence). In some cases this is a life or death choice, like it was for Robyn Birkin. A hysterectomy, regardless if it was an emergency or a planned procedure, comes with a lot of physical and emotional challenges. Today on the podcast Robyn shares her story of having to have a hysterectomy in her 30’s and how she found tools to navigate having to make the decision in an emergency situation, as well as how she has found a way to stay cyclical even without her uterus.
This week Dr. Botsford join us to share what she has learned through intensive research on exercise and women’s health. As an Ironman Triathlete, she is deeply interested in understanding how exercise effects the body, women’s hormones, and overall how it supports us through aging. What I love most about this conversation is her approach on releasing restrictions around how we workout and instead explore movement that encourages us to be active.
Infertility, endometriosis, and kinky fallopian tubes are just a few of the many topics that Kathryn Bregman and myself touch on in this inspiring and sometimes humorous conversation. The truth is infertility effects 1 in 6 women and it can be one of the hardest diagnosis to receive. In fact studies have shown that the stress of being on the fertility journey is equivalent to the same level of stress cancer patients feel. This can be a confusing, physically invasive, and heartbreaking road to be on, that often leaves women feeling broken and hopeless. Join Kathryn and myself as we share how we healed our body and birthed our babies into this world.
In today’s episode we hear Jenny’s story of being crippled by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in her 20’s and her road to recovery. We will dive into what she learned through re-connecting to her body, healing stored trauma and challenging herself to step back into living a fully engaged life.
On the podcast today, Kate Northrup shares her wisdom on topic’s that all women will relate to. We chat about healing her body from illness, what is egg wisdom, and how we can call in more abundance by relating to our money differently. Kate is a best selling author and podcast host of Plenty and today she is here to share all her wisdom with us.
On the podcast today, we have Jesse Schewchuk joining us to share her story of entering menopause at 42 and her intense journey of healing her body to support her transition. Navigating menopause opened her eyes to how many women were suffering in silence, which is why she is now on a mission to bring awareness, education, and support to women how are struggling with these dramatic shifts in hormones. She is making the “M” word mainstream!
Goddess Spirituality, the ancient feminine, and the essence of the priestess are not topics that are openly discussed. For many these practices and teachings have been tabooed or labeled with a stigma, which makes them topics feared to explore openly. This week on the podcast Aly Wilkins joins me to share her wisdom on the ancient feminine and her journey of walking the path as a priestess. She shares how aligning with the ancient feminine way has been a life of remembering her power and her life’s blueprint.
Let’s be honest, receiving the news of an official diagnosis can be incredibly scary and life altering. It can put us in a spiral of fear and questioning our future. I know this because more than once (in fact at least 8 times) I have received such news. The thing I have learned the most though, is how incredible our body is at healing when we get intimate and in a deep relationship with it.
Parenting toddlers can be filled with equal parts of joy and lying on the playroom floor in complete overwhelm. Unfortunately toddlers do not come with an instruction manual, but there amazing people out there like Tara who are helping parents navigate through these years with connection and memories.
So many of us women feel shame around bleeding and feel guilt for needing rest and downtime during our Inner Winter. Why is this? Why do we fight against what our body needs? In today’s episode, we are diving deep into this conversation. We explore what is period shame, how this is a wound created by the systems we live in, and what we can do about it.
It is true what they say…you must put your own air mask on first before you can help others. As multi-tasking mom’s who feel like they need to be on all the time for all those in their family, this can feel like a foreign concept. In this weeks episode I share what I believe is the self-love act that all women need to start implementing in their life to truly create balance and deep nourishment for themselves so that they can be that mom that they dream of being.
In this week’s episode we have Colleen Jorgensen join us to really explain what is the nervous system and just how important it is for our health (and for those of you with endometriosis, you will definitely want to listen to hear what new research is telling us). She will also share quick exercises we can do that require little effort and provide a big punch of results to our physical health, mental health, and emotional health.
In today’s episode I am going to dive in why you may want to start giving those hormones a big hug and strategically find ways to keep them near by for as long as possible. This chat is the simple 101 hormone lesson that we should have all had because our hormones are so damn important for our overall health and can determine how we age into our elderly years. Hormones really are important and we need to create a loving conversation around just how important they truly are.
Burnout - today’s #1 struggle for most modern women and definitely for almost every working mom. It’s the endless running around, deadlines, predicting needs, and trying to shape shift into multiple different things that keeps us exhausted, overwhelmed and just not enjoying our life. In today’s episode I am going to share with you my top 5 tips on how you can reduce your stress and start living in a flow state within your life, but also in alignment of your cycle.
When a health crisis hits we usually take one of two roads, we take the path of being consumed by fear or we radically change our lives and take control of our own healing. This week, Angela Dechaine shares her story of being diagnosed with breast cancer and her journey of coming back into a life filled with vitality as she got quiet and intimate with her body to ask the hard questions. Her message is one of hope, empowerment and inspiration.
I am so excited to have Ellen Hooper back again on the podcast as her and I try to figure out how to create a more balanced work life in a modern and demanding world. In this conversation we explore the principles that each of us have incorporated into our own work life and how we can modify them both for the self-employed and those who are employed within a larger company. We may not have all answers, but we have some great idea’s on how to start the conversation and make subtle shifts that can have huge impacts in organizing your work life with your cycle in mind.
