Herbal Womb Wisdom

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What herbs can help bring your bleed on? This is a question I've been asked in so many ways over the years.

Honestly probably one of the most common. And we ALL deserve access to this information. Especially in these... turbulent times.

I'm not talking abortifacients, I'm talking when you are still in your luteal phase and would be expecting your menstruation in days or weeks.

TH...

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How does Ayurveda view the perimenopausal transition? 

And what are some of the tools and strategies that might be helpful to incorporate in this time to both reduce and prevent the common symptoms that show up in this time?

According to today's guest, Ayurvedic Health Counselor Kristen Timchak, the perimenopausal transition is often characterized by qualities of Vata dosha.

Irregular cycl...

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What if it's not your hormones? What if your hormones are actually alerting you to something deeper going on?

Because, they essentially always are. 

Today's guest, Rapid Transformational Therapy practitioner Natalie Ryan Hebert, speaks to the drop in estrogen in the luteal phase as a time when deeper truths (including core stories, trauma wounds, childhood imprints) may show up more ...

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Wait? So contraception can fail?

I'm sure we've all heard the stories of folks using some form of contraception and still ending up pregnant, or maybe this has been you!

It was a little uncanny to hear that my last two guests on the podcast BOTH had the experience of becoming pregnant while using contraception in their early years of sexual activity.

So I thought it would be a great t...

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So many of us are taught to feel shame around our sexuality, orgasms, pleasure.

What happens when we shake a little of that shame and modesty off and start to explore what's really possible?

The truth is, there is SO MUCH MORE than most of us have any idea about.

Today's guest, intimacy expert Susan Bratton, is a 64 year old woman who says she's juicier than she's ever been,...

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It's a bit of a trendy topic these days, especially in healing-centered communities, to speak about generational or even ancestral lineage healing. 

But what does that even mean? And how can you begin to engage with it?

And how does this relate to what you may be holding in your wombspace - physically, energetically or otherwise.

While some people may have a very healthy relationship with ...

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Recently, I've been noticing this concept of "emergent process" coming up. 

Between all of us navigating the collective unknowns, relationship shifts and changes, personal upheavals, and whatever else is happening -

there is also somehow a theme I've been hearing of needing to let go and trust.

And it's in this vein that the "emergent process" shows ...

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So many focus on preparing for birth during pregnancy, as if the birth itself is the biggest event. And as someone who studied midwifery and attended births for 5 years, I can say confidently that it IS important to prepare for the birth. 

But it is arguably even MORE important to prepare for the initial weeks and months postpartum. And not just with meal trains and herbal remedies, but also ...

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We spend so many of our cycling years trying NOT to get pregnant - whether that's on hormonal contraception, non-hormonal IUD's, using barrier methods or with Fertility Awareness Method.

So, when we finally decide that we want to try to conceive, we just assume it will be easy -- particularly if we're younger, healthy and have no obvious conditions that would get in the way of ...

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It's so easy to overlook the power of pleasure, especially in challenging times. 

But it is SUCH an essential part of how we can bring our best selves to the world.

When we feel better, we are better able to weather the ever-changing terrain of our lives, and we have more capacity to share our gifts, too.

In today's medley episode, I combine three episode snippets to support your path...

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We're all navigating so much right now. Collectively, relationally, personally.

This week's episode explores three different frames for understanding and tending your nervous system when it's stretched, strained, burnt out or plain dysregulated.

In addition to the collective unrest so many of us are feeling, this week I learned about the loss of John Gallagher (founder...

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It's summer solstice time! 

And for some reason, when I think of the buoyancy and fullness of the sun -- the expansive expressiveness, the creative life force energy -- I also think of our breasts / chest.

This voluptuous tissue we often either fear, sexualize, or think of as nourishment for our babies. But this part of our bodies is a center of compassion and heart connection, and someth...

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Got cramps? The truth is there is not just one answer to how to relieve menstrual cramps, and my guess is that if you've got cramps you've realized this yourself.

It took me years to understand that there are many different KINDS of menstrual cramps, and they all come from different imbalances in the body and the pelvis.

Today I explore a question I received from a listener about how...

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I get asked a lot about herbal approaches to fibroid care, and there is actually a lot that's possible! 

But I also haven't personally been through the journey myself, so I'm excited to bring Kate Douglas, founder and curator of Earth Body, onto the podcast to share about her own embodied experience over the past couple years.

She shares about how she even knew she had fibroids ...

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As herbalists or herb-curious folks, we're taught to avoid poisonous plants -- and with good reason! They aren't plants to mess with. They can literally kill you. 

But... what if there were ways to work with these plants safely? There are!

And today's guest, Megan Desrosiers, speaks all about it. 

As you might imagine, this is NOT physical plant medicine. This is more energetic, ...

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How can slowing down to "body time" support your healing process?

There is a HUGE difference between the speed of your mind/emotions and your body. The mind moves quickly, and the emotions, while not as fast, are still far faster than the body itself.

So... what happens when you slow down to the rhythm of your body, your cycles, your womb, your tissues?

THIS is where healing happens. 

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Have you ever wondered if there was a connection between your menstrual cycle, hormones and ADHD or other symptoms?

I know personally I've seen a lot more inattentiveness myself during the few days leading up to my bleed. You?

But today's guest, Adele Wimsett of Harmonise You, specializes in the link between  ADHD/neurodiversity and hormones, particularly in the perimenopausal years.

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What comes up when you hear the term "vibrational medicine"? Does it feel appealing or repelling?

I know how easy it can be to dismiss more subtle therapies, especially because so many of us are oriented to our tangible, physical senses.

But then again, I bet you've experienced energy of place, people or experiences before. The inner knowing, or feeling, that something feels goo...

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Navigating our past trauma experiences (and the recurrent stressors in our modern lives) can feel intimidating... especially if we don't have tools or methods to guide us. 

Most of us didn't grow up in emotionally mature families with healthy models of what it can look like to complete waves of nervous system arousal and relaxation. 

Really, very few of us have that imprinting. 

But w...