The Womb Room Podcast

Last year I shared an episode on "my unpopular thoughts on the abortion bans". Since then, I've supported over 70 women in navigating the decision and process of bringing on their bleed. Today, I'm sharing my reflections and takeaways.  I share about: my origin story in reproductive sovereignty work, and my personal potential pregnancy scare what my mother's experience has to do with my path the balance between rejecting credentialism, while honoring education and lineage why I am NOT an abortion activist My three takeaways from the last year of case studies what I believe is needed in stepping onto this medicine path  what led me to start Sovereign Cycles, a mentorship learning program for pregnancy prevention & release work how you can learn with me this year and cultivate your skills! Save your spot in the free live class! Plant Allies for Pregnancy Prevention, Tuesday 8/15 (yes, there will be a replay) Stay tuned for next week's enrollment opening of this year's cohort of Sovereign Cycles, a 6-month mentorship & learning container  Join The Womb Room Community Membership Other resources & names mentioned: Robin Rose Bennett Karen Kulpepper Ashley Elenbaas (Skyhouse Herb School) Samantha Zipporah Molly Dutton Kenny Gilbert Renaud (recall healing) poet: Sonia Sanchez

I'm coming back to the podcast! I'm sharing some updates and a nourishing conversation with my friend Jeevan Singh on embodied business and earth-paced entrepreneurship.  Listen in on our conversation about:  Counter-culture mothering as an opportunity for spaciousness and creativity Our body as microcosm of the earth  Stepping out of extractive and exploiting practices in our entrepreneurial work Tending others with integrity through tending ourselves How stress can feel good, and how we can observe our addictions to hustle and work, and why rest can feel so uncomfortable Is it possible to run a business and be in our integrity? Pleasure-forward work and inviting ease into our business through the moment to moment pause  Healing our relationship with worthiness and the willingness to be seen Being in our "true size" even when it activates others A somatic practice for pricing your offers Check out Jeevan's embodied business group program, Sacred Fire. (Update, it's now 6 months, not 4!) Applications open now!  Follow Jeevan on Instagram Join The Womb Room Community Membership  And stay tuned for next week for the opening of Sovereign Cycles: plants, practices and presence for pregnancy prevention and release 

When we loosen our grip on the "goal" of healing, we can experience the play and potential of the present -- and embodied internal relation that re-parents our inner child. In this conversation I talk with Tejal Patel, a somatic educator, yoga teacher, and facilitator of embodied liberation, who supports women in trusting their life force and vision. We explore:  Tejal's background in Eastern Mysticism and Taoism and how it relates to her orientation to healing and liberation  our inner mother and father and the practice of reparenting ourselves Stepping into the "mature feminine"  the womb-throat connection of the feminine-masculine, feeling-communicating roles within us how trauma resolution happens through play  tension as the experience of living outside the present moment putting down the endless tools for healing and growing our capacity for being sovereignty as a practice of embodiment, not hyper-independence Follow Tejal on Instagram at @tejal _p Check out her community, Temple of Remothering  Join The Womb Room Community Membership 

Our connective tissue is a conduit for quantum information, emotional patterns, and powerful stories -- and unearthing them can hold the keys to our healing. I talk with Lindsay Courcelle, a Myofascial Release therapist and Holistic Pelvic CareTM practitioner, who is passionate about helping women to transmute their traumas and liberate their bodies through myofascial and energetic bodywork.  We explore: How our connective tissue holds physical and emotional trauma The solidifying of our tissues as emotional protection  The wisdom and signficance of our injuries and how they can lead us to deeper healing The importance of tending our womb and pelvic fascia  The unseen impact of scar tissue across the body  How myofascial release differs from other modalities Bodily wisdom stories from both of us, our bodies, and our work with other women How myofascial allows us to drop into our intuitive brain, where healing and change happens Breast care and relationship, and the power of myofascial release to alter cells Lindsay has just launched an Internal Myofascial Pelvic Care Masterclass for women to learn how to tend to the fluidity of their pelvic bowl through guided hands-in touch! For Womb Room listeners, the Internal Myofascial workshop will be offered at a significant discount--$33 instead of $99. Coupon code: wombroom Lindsay's Website   Lindsay on Instagram Resources Mentioned: Dr. Catherine Clinton - Quantum Biology Ellen Heed - Scar Tissue Remediation Martin Beaudoin - pelvic bodywork and training John Barnes Myofascial Release  Amber Magnolia Hill's Medicine Stories Podcast with Lindsay (more fascia info here!) The Resonance Effect: How Frequency Specific Microcurrent is Changing Medicine by Carolyn McMakin (Book)

A woman tending the kitchen has become an image of oppression, rather than pride and power -- but what if this return is not only a pathway to health, but also to liberation and cultural change?  I talk with Cervical Wellness founder and Integrative Health Coach, Denell Barbara Randall, about the role of kitchen medicine as nourishment as devotion and the journey into softness in our healing. We share about: How we now both are orienting to our lives through play and flexibility rather than through a rigid prescription of healing Full nourishment, our journeys to incorporating more animal products, and the difference between what our mind and bodies want. The return of women to the hearth (the kitchen) and how we create cultural change here Returning to cooking as lineage work and the remembering of ancient wisdom Turning being in the kitchen from an oppressive chore to a liberating devotion Food as our root and our relationship with receiving nourishment and belonging Denell's perspectives on business, online marketing, "boss babe" obsession, and shifting how she offers her work The energetics of money in our work and recovering from comparison  Find Denell on  Instagram Check out Denell's live upcoming course, Kitchen Hearth Heart Heal: The Way of the Devotional Cook, to build your kitchen medicine skills (course runs April 18- May 23!) Learn about the foundations of female nutrition and so much more body & spirit alchemy in The Womb Room Community Membership   

If you find yourself afraid of disappointing others, stuck in spirals of shame or judgement, or attaching your worth to your goodness, you might have a case of "good girl programming". I chat with Lindsey Lockett, nervous system and trauma educator, about how through tending our nervous system, we can bring awareness to old patterns, and learn how to mobilize into our fullest expression.  We explore:  "Good girl programming" and how it shows up in our nervous system response, and our relationship with other women Lindsey's evangelical upbringing and its impact on her default responses The "freeze" response versus immobilization, and how it shows up in women Reflective questions for when we get activated Our collective attachment to identifying with dis-ease How our culture is driven by "good girl programming" of not wanting to be "bad" or "wrong" How we can shift patterns through building awareness of our inner voices Join Lindsey's Unlearning the Good Girl Role half-day Immersion Check out her nervous system workshop, resources, and 1-1 work here, and her Instagram @iamlindseylockett. Join The Womb Room Community Membership and learn foundation female body literacy and embodiment for $22 monthly

  What even is the "quantum" realm, and how might it fundamentally change how we think about health, healing, and the possibilities of our bodies? There are few practitioners who translate the vast world of quantum biology into simple, intuitive medicine -- and Dr. Catherine Clinton is one of them. A naturopathic physician, she focuses on the quantum nature of our biology and how this understanding can support us in tending our terrain. In our conversaiton, we explore: what quantum biology is, and how it changes how we think about health  sunlight, water, and frequency information for our healing how quantum physics is different from the Newtonian physics we all learned in school psycho neuro immunology and breaking down the barrier between "body" and "mind" quantum entanglement and healing beyond time and space  biofield medicine and how we are hardwired to be in coherence with each other  the potent power of our electromagnetic field the importance of structured water and its function as a liquid crystal Why aligning with circadian rhythms is the foundation of our quantum biology how cultivating relationship with (our) nature is what creates sustainable change  If you'd like to learn more about Dr. Catherine's work, follow her amazing Instagram, and check out her course Unlocking Your Quantum Biology closes this week! Check it out here.  Join The Womb Room Community Membership Learn more about Healy 

During mercury retrograde, I went through a bank scam that left me with $0. This is the story of what happened, how I'm alchemizing, and why I'm grateful for it -- and the clarity it's given me to cultivate financial resilience, and speak more openly about wealth generation.  If this lands for you, I invite you to join me in a free live offering with me on February 23: OVERFLOW: Rewiring Our Relationship With Resource.  Together, we'll be exploring : somatic practice inner child tending and unwinding of beliefs exploring the energetics of receiving, holding, and creating a transmission of my own journey with money, receptivity,  – and what I learned from recently losing a LOT of money what quantum physics has to do with our ability to create To learn more about Healy, visit here. (The resonance and above models are currently 40% off -- and the professional model is 60% off until February 21!) 

What does the moon and your astrology have to do with your fertility, and your fertile window?  Perhaps you've heard the folklore that your natal moon phase has an impact on your fertility. Or, maybe you've dipped into the world of medical astrology. Or, you might have that friend who conceived despite diligently charting her cycle, and being certain she confirmed ovulation. What could explain this? In this episode, I chat with mother, sovereign womban and fertility astrologer, Athena Fotula. She is the woman behind Wild Willing Wisdom, a place through which she channels her knowledge in fertility astrology, wild birth, and true natural medicine. We explore: what medical astrology is, and what it has to do with your fertility your natal moon phase and the possibility of a second fertile window the scientific theories behind the impact of the moon on your ovulation the meeting place of science and surrender to mystery lunar astrology and the sex of your baby working with astrology to prepare for or avoid pregnancy sovereign mothering and trusting in your family's healing symptoms You can check out Athena's work at Wild Willing Wisdom, and on Instagram, and see her offerings -- including fertility astrology counseling for conscious conception and contraception!   To learn the art and science of medicine keeping pregnancy prevention and release outside the medical model, check out SOVEREIGN CYCLES, 6-month apprenticeship container For more radical body literacy and energetic alchemy work in community, join us in The Womb Room Community Membership   This information is not meant to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. No information shared should be considered medical advice. You are the sole authority over your body and health. 

How might we orient to perimenopause, the period of years of hormonal shifts leading up to menopause, in a way that holds reverence, opportunity, and poetry? In my conversation with Kris Gonzalez, educator, acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine pracitioner of The Way of Yin, we have a paradigm-shifting conversation that breathes gentleness and beauty into this often-pathologized time of life. We explore:     The 3 "Golden Opportunities" in the womb continuum, and the practice of turning inward How Chinese Medicine approaches the perimenopause time Hormonal shifts in this season, and why it's not just about estrogen Simple ways to support our bodies in and for this phase Why your 20s and 30s matter for perimenopause and menopause Kris's Instagram The Way of Yin e-courses,  including a self-guided Perimenopause course   For more on liver and gut care for hormonal support in this time, check out the episode on Estrogen Dominance   Join the Womb Room Community Membership to explore radical female health and energetic sovereignty, and access a full library of video resources and live calls   Spend a year with Qiddist & an intimate circle of women to unwind your patterns, know your body, and orient to Truth in SOVEREIGN WOMBAN

In Chinese Medicine, the womb is known as an "extraordinary organ", and offers us wisdom about the energetics of our bodies, and how we can best tend to balance throughout our life cycles. In this conversation with acupuncturist, herbalist and womb tender,  Kristin Hauser. Yin and yang energetics in the body, and the practice of surrender Kristin's postpartum lessons and honoring the desire to become a mother What it means to live in a time of "yin depletion" and the importance of preconception nourishment How a Chinese medicine lens can help us break free from orienting to our bodies through a medical paradigm  The heart-womb meridian, and the brilliance of why our womb holds so much emotion As a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, somatic sex educator and mama, Kristin runs Womb Medicine: an online platform for empowering womb and sexual health education. You can check out her courses and yoni steam blends at wombmedicine.com, and her virtual and in-person 1-1 care here  She also co-teaches The Blood Mysteries School, which opens in February. Download my free guide to womb steaming  Check out the Womb Room community membership, including Maura & Qiddist's intro to yin & yang energetics series, for just $22 per month! Ready to commit to a deep exploration of your body, your patterns, and your pattern? Join us in SOVEREIGN WOMBAN for 2023.   

From bloating to brain fog, menstrual pain and even dementia…could mold be an invisible factor? This week we have my friend, Womb Room member, artist and wellness guide Ciera Tavana sharing her personal story of mold exposure, and her autonomous process of investigation that led her down the path of healing and integration. In our conversation: Ciera's personal health journey and how she became curious about mold as a cause Navigating bloating, fatigue, brain fog and other symptoms How she went through a healing process, even without ever doing testing The histamine process that is related to mold reactions, and the function of mast cells Aan ancestral and spiritual orientation to tending and preventing mold Why tending the nervous system is important in healing histamine responses Ciera's work MUSE, and her upcoming program Connect with Ciera and MUSE on Instagram, and check out her small-group, personalized support in the winter Ancestral Wellness program -- enrolling now! It seems that mold toxicity has become far more common in recent years, and as I navigate the effects with my own family, I'm so grateful to find great resources. A couple of them are: Book - Toxic: Heal Your Body from Mold Toxicity, Lyme Disease, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, and Chronic Environmental Illness Instagram: Dr. Angela Lucterhand has good mold resources in her highlights section I used Great Plains Lab for a home mycotoxin test (a bit pricey but it was worth it because my dad didn't believe me until he got the results!) A cheap way to test if mycotoxins are impacting your brain with an online visual test -- I'm still understanding how this works, but so far it has been accurate in my experience   Join The Womb Room Community Membership for a deeper dive into body literacy and womb-centered living SOVEREIGN WOMBAN is my year-long foundational program for radical female health and energetic sovereignty.

I was sure that I would absolutely never try the Healy, the frequency medicine device that has swept the online "wellness" world.  And yet, inspired by the stories of women I trust, I decided to explore it for my own chronic pain, scar tissue healing and more -- because I know first hand the power of energetic healing.  What has happened so far has been beyond physical changes, openness and a new spaciousness in my tissues: it is supporting me in reorienting to how I relate to pain, possibility, and even the nature of our reality.  So much of my skepticsm about Healy wasn't about the potency of the device, but rather about the ways I've seen it marketed. After sitting with it for some time, I'm finally ready to share my experience with you, in hopes that there is possibility for you, too. If you're curious, skeptical, eye-rolling, or have no idea what the Healy is...may this episode be of service. I've created a page with all my Healy resources and links here, so you can do your own exploration. I'd love to hear your questions, reactions, curiosities and critiques -- the best way is to DM me on Instagram at @thewombroom.co. I'll voice note you back! If you want to take advantage of the 45% off sale that ends on Nov 30, use the following links: Shop USA Shop Europe Shop Canada Shop Australia And if you do purchase one through my link, let me know! I'm gifting you access to The Womb Room Community Membership, as a place for integration, further learning, and if you're interested, a space to explore the business side of Healy together. 

If you've been curious about womb steaming but haven't been sure where to start or how it works, today's episode is for you. I'm sharing a conversation with Chantal Blake, Womb Wellness Educator and Womb Steaming Therapist.  She helps women "break cycles of painful periods and hormonal chaos, prepare for healthy conception, recover after birth, and raise daughters who love their periods through the tools of body literacy, cycle syncing, and traditional self-care." We talk about:  Chantal's journey as mother and how steaming supported her from preconception, to miscarriage, to birth postpartum Pregnancy loss outside of the medicial system The ways postpartum steaming can support healing Steaming for trauma resolution and how the structural shifts the emotional Ancestral remembering and different lineages through steaming Learn more from Chantal through her education and 1:1 consultations on IG and FB  @honoured.womb  Want to begin your womb steaming practice at home? Download my free Sovereign Womb Steaming Guide here ! For more cyclical womb care practices, and radical body literacy education, you'll find so much more in our Womb Room Community Membership ! Ready to dive deep into the energetics of your womb and your live? SOVEREIGN WOMBAN is a year-long, intimate container for female health and energetic sovereignty -- the foundations of living in your truest power. Keli Garza's Steamy Chick

Have you heard of the naturopathic approach to resolving cervical dysplasia and HPV? Called "escharotics," this is a process where a topical solution (typically a mix of zinc and particular herbs) are applied to the face of the cervix -- often in tandom with nutritional and lifestyle changes. Today, I'm talking with my friend (of 22 years!) Lizzie Medford, about her experience with escharotics and how she successfully experienced clear paps after CIN3 dysplasia.  I want to share this with you so that you know there are many different paths to cervical care, and, even if you're not ready to take the full leap into self-healing, there are still options outside of the mainstream gynecological model that may feel right for you.  We discuss: what it was like to go "against" the recommendations of the gynecologist  the risks of the LEEP procedure, and the importance of doing your own research  The experience of escharotic treatment Navigating other people's fears and concerns, especially with your own health choices Developing a deeper self trust by choosing what is in alignment   If you're interested to explore more about cervix, you can join our upcoming live class: Cervical Healing Through Nervous System Tending on Nov. 16 at 4pm, by joining the Womb Room Community Membership for $22/ month! And, if you're wanting to dive deep into cervical health and embodiment, as well as the deep nervous system and spirit-level work of orienting to our sovereignty, enrollment for Sovereign Womban is open until Nov. 23.   

When I say "tips for gut health," you might expect to hear about cutting dairy, or maybe adding bone broth, or taking supplements. But what if healing our gut has more to do with having our feet on the earth, slowing down, aand tending to our nervous system?  In my conversation with Madisen of The Gut Goddess, we get into the big picture of gut healing, reversing food sensitivies, and restoring our digestive function without restrictive diets.  Madisen works exclusively with people 1-1 who are ready for this gentle and powerful approach -- check out her work and the Nourished Babes podcast here! Want more from Qiddist on nourishment for the female body? Join the Womb Room Community Membership! Ready for a deep dive into radical female health and spiritual sovereignty? Our foundational year-long container, SOVEREIGN WOMBAN, begins in November. Learn more and enroll here.

Maura (@call_me_a_witch) is back with us today with a conversation that has been coming up in our community lately: what is happening with the men, and how can an understanding of energetics support our relationships with them?  Whether it's romantic, familial, friendship or otherwise, we've come to the conclusion that we can no longer claim that the wellbeing of men is "not our problem". As we think about where we have mistaken men's societal position of power for their freedom, we orient to the spiritual and practical necessity of orienting to men's energetics, and what they carrying in our society today.  Maura Sternberg is a witch, healing holder, curse breaker, and co-ritual holder with me inside The Womb Room. She also works 1-1 with people (including men!) through Call Me A Witch.  Check out her 1-1 offerings here. If you are a woman who wants to learn how to cultivate emotional and spiritual sovereignty, energetic agility, and make medicine out of your life, join us in Sovereign Womban, our year-long foundational container that we hold together. Enrollment closes on Samhain (Oct 31)! Join the community membership here  

Today we have a special and tender episode with my friend, Nicole Granati. Nicole is a spiritual counselor, minister, and teacher -- as well as a long time member of The Womb Room!  Nicole shares the story of her abortion outside the medical system, the lessons it brought, and how it changed her life. It was especially beautiful to have this conversation with Nicole after being with her in the Sovereign Womban container for the past year, where we get to play with these practices of orienting to the medicine of our experiences, and what it means to move in our agency and sovereignty. In our conversation we get into: Nicole's family background and growing up outside the medical system How she approached a journey with an unplanned pregnancy, why she was drawn to menstrual extraction, and finding a midwife to walk with her The power of baby beings (spirit babies) and how Nicole chose to end an agreement with a baby being The challenges of postpartum and the need for community care How an abortion propelled Nicole from maiden to mother, and how it clarified her desire for motherhood Self responsibility, sovereignty, and desire (so much of what we talk about in the Sovereign Womban container in The Womb Room) How you can connect with baby beings in your life through the spirit of amusement Connect with Nicole for 1:1 support at her website, Spiritual Hello, and on Instagram   (she's amazing!) To become a medicine keeper of pregnancy prevention and release work, join Nicole and Qiddist in Sovereign Cycles , a 6-month group mentorship container. If you want to journey with us deep into radical female health and spiritual sovereignty, now is the time to apply for Sovereign Womban, a year-long container in The Womb Room! Applications will close in October. Get a taste of The Womb Room through the community membership  (Note: for safety reasons, please do not message me on Instagram for feedback regarding pregnancy release. The best place to connect is the community membership, where you'll find me, Nicole, and many other wise women hanging out!)

What if there is medicine to be found in our jealousies and insecurities with other women? Or our challenges with our mothers? The phrase "sisterhood wound" seems to have burst into the collective consciousness recently, and today, I talk with my friend Chelsea Leone explore what this wound is, and how we can work with it for deeper relationships and freedom. Chelsea is a sister, herbalist, teacher, and a self proclaimed "sex and shadow mentor, witch and artist". Her work encompasses sexuality, embodied expression, and sisterhood, with the intention of leading women to remember their primal nature and be fully expressed. We discuss: Why our motherline is our "OG sisterhood," and how it informs our sisterhood wounds Allowing chaos as an important part of sisterhood What to do when we find ourselves in friendships that are not nourishing How we can cultivate authentic relationships, and why womb work may be the center How being in relationship with the womb causes the parts of us that are not true to fall away Why there's healing in being honest in our judgments and jealousies about others Check out Chelsea's instagram, website, and especially her self guided course on the sisterhood wound! SOVEREIGN WOMBAN, my year long container for female health, sovereignty and expression is now open. Get a taste of what it's like to work with me in this free offering!

Whether we turn to herbs, pharmaceuticals or panic, most of us are conditioned to believe something is "wrong" when we experience uncomfortable symptoms in our body. What if, instead of orienting to what needs to be "fixed", we saw our symptoms as brilliant, adaptive, and part of the healing process? Today I'm talking with Dr. Melissa Sell, a chiropractor who specializes in mindset and health coaching based upon the 5 Biological Laws of Germanic New Medicine --  a paradigm of understanding the body that orients to our symptoms not as a problem, but rather as an adaptation that happens in response to a conflict. In our conversation, we explore: The ancient wisdom of evolutionary adaptation How the conflicts we experience in life impact our physiology — beyond the explanation of "stress" How we might shift our orientation to our symptoms from being a "problem" to being adaptive and an element of healing The science of embryology and how different organs correspond to different parts of our brain Why it matters that our primal brain is wired to reproduce, regardless of our conscious desire How we can reframe cervical dysplasia as an adaptive process, and the connection to conflicts around sex Forgiveness and release for the sake of our organs and tissues The role of self responsibility in agency in shifting our relationship with our body and health Collect with Melissa on Instagram and her website to learn more about germanic healing knowledge and her offerings!   Join the Womb Room Community Membership