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Curious about herbal and holistic approaches to womb wellness (i.e. periods, infections, libido, pleasure, pain, PMS, hormones, body confidence, fertility, PCOS, cycle irregularity, etc)? No matter what phase of life you are in, or what you've been told is - or isn't - possible, if it's related to your wombspace, it's covered here. Clinical herbalist and integrative health educator Kay'aleya Hunnybee will guide you through a range of topics by combining traditional wisdom, embodied practice, and modern science. With her years of experience as an herbalist and history as a student midwife, doula and massage therapist, she brings a broadly integrative perspective. Expect inspiration, stories, research, some interviews, plenty of plant talk, occasional humor, a whole lot of being real, and a compassionate heart. You'll leave every episode with actionable steps to enhance your menstrual, sexual and hormonal health and enrich your life.
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Click here to send me a quick message :) From the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) lens, the first 40 days postpartum are a key time to deeply tend the body, mind and spirit after birth. According to today's guest, Madeline Ishmael, this time is characterized by a need to replenish both the blood and qi -- and while there are a number of ways to do this, she focuses largely on deeply nourishing foods in her practice. She blends her western medical background as a public health profes...
Click here to send me a quick message :) So many of us feel deep grief, overwhelm and even lost in the midst of the ecological and upheaval we are facing collectively. It's not easy to know what to do, where to turn, what actions are meaningful and worth our time. The truth is our nervous systems are not made for the level of constant stimulation and overflowing awareness that we are being exposed to. We need to honor our capacity, and yet it is so hard to look away. So what can we do?...
Click here to send me a quick message :) It's officially Springtime here in the northern hemisphere, which means so many of our plant friends are returning! Some of those wild weeds might be exactly the herbs that can help you as we transition from deep winter into the heat of summer. But the term "spring tonic" can be confusing and vague, like what does that even mean? And how can we effectively incorporate them into our lives -- which actions are most important and what herbs are good o...
Click here to send me a quick message :) Postpartum is an immense time of transition that includes not only having a new baby, but also navigating a massive hormonal cliff, recovery after birth, body changes, erratic sleep schedules, identity change and so much more. So where does pleasure, sexuality, sensuality and eroticism come in? And how do we enter into that space with attunement, tenderness, self-awareness and... perhaps most importantly embodied consent? Most mamas and birthing...
Click here to send me a quick message :) What if relieving menstrual pain or releasing stuck emotions in our wombspace could be fun, engaging, and... include twerking? It can! To be honest, I've tried twerking in the past and maybe it's because I've compared myself to others but I just figured I was bad at it, and it wasn't for me. Today's guest, Twerk Temple teacher Abigail Morrissey, laid it all out in a way that actually felt approachable for me. I didn't know that there are 5 separ...
Click here to send me a quick message :) Wait, what? The moon affects your hormones? Well, kinda. It can at least. In this week's episode I share both about how this works from a physiologic lens (yes there is actual reasons this can happen), but also how our bodies - so full of water - are obviously also impacted by the moon. Is the tides of the ocean can be pulled, why wouldn't the waters of our bodies as well? We are not separate from these cycles, and the more we attune to them, the more...
Click here to send me a quick message :) So often when we hear the word "intimacy," we think of sexual connection or relationships. It's so common to limit our sensual, emotional or physical closeness to our primary partnerships because that's really what we're socialized to believe is appropriate. But what if... there's more a spectrum around intimacy? And how could exploring this "platonic intimacy," as today's guest Nala Sudo calls it, actually be a healing force in our lives, espec...
Click here to send me a quick message :) I'm sure every single one of us have experienced a craving for chocolate either during our premenstrual days or when we're bleeding. Our bodies crave chocolate with an innate knowing at different times of our cycle, really. Mine does at least! But today's guest, founder of Emerging Wisdom Cacao Samantha Veitch, shares a much deeper story on the ways cacao can support us through each phase of our cycle. And instead of just speaking to dark chocol...
Click here to send me a quick message :) Last week I read some quotes from Dr Rosales Mesa. She said, "The prophecy of a new ancient world isn't something we wait for. It's something we EMBODY TOGETHER... Your ancestors prayed for you to awaken the wisdom in your blood and bones. You were not born for colonial submission... Despair keeps us in the colonial story. Hope is ancestral." And my goodness, they resonated. I really feel the truth in how the colonial story (of which essen...
Click here to send me a quick message :) Not sure I've ever gotten so vulnerable on a podcast to date. First of all, we are essentially celebrating FOUR YEARS of this podcast this week. Weekly episodes. A true labor of love. Secondly, I have a very vulnerable ask I share within the first 7ish minutes. If you'd be open to listening to that and perhaps sharing my work, this episode, the video, or the Natural Contraception program with someone you know will love it and tell them why you'r...
Click here to send me a quick message :) I read a post this morning from someone in Slovenia who said we are "underreacting" here in the United States. In some cases, this may be true. But I also see a lot of people highly reacting to the immense onslaught of too much-ness that we're navigating right now. And in that reacting, it could be actively doing things, but it may also look like reactively numbing or shutting down completely. Because let's be honest, too much-ness is often.....
Click here to send me a quick message :) Many of us are feeling the wobbliness of the world right now. It's not easy to know what to say, how to engage with our daily lives, or really what's going to happen. And while that can feel destabilizing (obvs), it can also be a really good time to consider our own personal resilience -- to honor that, listen within, and build towards greater capacity. This is not the same for every person. So how can you explore this for yourself? And what practices...
Click here to send me a quick message :) How do you relate to the fierce intensity that is rage? So many of us are socialized to dim this part of ourselves, to tuck it inside, that it is NOT welcome in the world. For women and female-bodied folks, it is common to be labeled "hormonal" or "hysterical." And what does that typically mean? Anger, irritation, rage... This is so deeply embedded in our cultural ways of knowing that the word "hysterical" actually comes from the root word "hyster-" w...
Click here to send me a quick message :) How can the wheel of the year support your inherent wellbeing? Not just seasonal connection, but actually feeling into the qualities the season offers and intentionally working with some of that energy to enhance your life... Today's conversation with Corinna Wood explores this topic as she describes the Wise Woman's Needs Wheel she developed at a time in her life when she was walking through immense transformation. One of the things I fou...
Click here to send me a quick message :) What if your cycle was a storyteller? An oracle? A guide to help you more deeply understand what your body is telling you? This is exactly what your cycle is, whether you're in your peal fertility years, have irregular cycles, hormonal imbalances, are perimenopausal or beyond. And while for some people, hormonal birth control is an important ally, for others they were put on the pill to "regulate" their hormonal imbalance before they really got ...
1Click here to send me a quick message :) What is arousal and how is it related to your vagus nerve, past trauma or feeling unsafe, your stress levels, or even your body just being built differently? In today's medley episode we explore all of these concepts. In this liminal time out of time that is "holiday season" there is often an overstimulation happening, but also an invitation to slow down. I heard recently that this time of the year is when a large percentage of babies are ...
Click here to send me a quick message :) What can it look like, even in the fullness of the holiday season, to orient to restorative practices for deep wintertime wellbeing? What if we treated this time as the transitional rite of passage that it is along the sun's path of rebirth into the new wheel of the year? In this week's medley episode, you'll hear about practices from Ayurvedic, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western herbalism paradigms so you can consider what approach appeals most...
Click here to send me a quick message :) So many of us live with some form of chronic or acute pain. We get used to it, we look for ways to relieve it, we may find some things that work - temporarily or long term. Sometimes that's movement practices, sometimes it's bodywork, sometimes it's structural adjustments, etc. But more often than not, we're not actually looking to the root of the pain. And unfortunately if it's connective tissue or bone-based, it can often be exacer...
Click here to send me a quick message :) It is a total MYTH that nursing is birth control, so if you've heard that I'm sorry to say, you're out of luck. It is true that for some people, lactation may deter ovulation for many months or years. But it is NOT true for everyone, unfortunately. This is why there are so many unexpected pregnancies that come soon after a previous one. And honestly, unless you are planning on that, it can be pretty shocking and a lot to navigate a new pregnancy with ...
Click here to send me a quick message :) How does living in deep relationship to the seasons and cycles of nature impact your sense of belonging on the earth? Today's guest, co-founder of Moon Seeds planner - Erica Ela Bartoli, spent some formative years traveling and living in intimate connection with the elements, first in a yurt and later as she traveled around Africa, with the sky often as her ceiling. During these "rewilding" years, she began to more deeply connect with the lunar cycles...
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