November 07, 2025

181. The Year of Endings & Beginnings

48 minutes

At the start of Season 3 on Tend Her Wild, astrologer and coach Cathy Pagano talked about 2025 as a year of endings and beginnings. Today Kate and Betsy get personal and reflect on a moment in Iceland 4 years ago when they both had an inkling of something hard they were going to have to face. Kate faced her challenge 2 years ago that we discussed in Episode 44, and now Betsy is facing her challenge. We had no idea where this conversation would go, but feel it is an exploration into honesty, nudges from the soul, and surrender.

In today’s episode we discuss:

Betsy’s internal process and her story of leaning into a big relationship change.

The messiness of life, navigating times of doubt, and how our brain resists change which is why it’s easy to stay in complacency.

The pockets of darkness, self-hatred, shame and guilt that accompany divorce.

The moment Betsy turned inward, quit asking for people’s insights or perspectives, and chose to move into trust-fall and surrender.

How when we don’t shed our skin like the snake, we cannot survive.

Following the soul, breaking generational patterning, midlife reckoning, and moving into a life of more authenticity and truth.

Past Episodes You Might Like with Kate & Betsy:

Episode 173: Maddie Corman: Accidentally Brave

Episode 151: Imagine a Better World – Lessons from the Astrology of This Time

Episode 120: Crossing the Threshold to a New Decade

Episode 103: Lyz Lenz: This American Ex-Wife

Episode 61: Marsha Nieland: A Possibilitarian

Episode 44: Breaking Up With My Job

Episode 42: Midlife Awakening: Rise from the Ashes

Episode 28: Freedom in Truth

Episode 9: Making Hard Decisions from the Heart

Episode 2: Meet Betsy

Today’s Episode sponsored by:

Kate Moreland Coaching

Dr Yoga Momma

Heartland Yoga

Want to do your own Heroine’s Journey with Dr. Betsy?

Consider joining Reclaim: A Heroine’s Journey with Betsy. This 10-week online course takes you on a journey “in and down” (the feminine path) to reclaim your lost feminine parts, heal your wounded masculine parts, receive initiation from the Goddess, and return a changed person. This course runs during the darkest days of the year, which tends to be the best time for depth work according to Dr. Betsy. This course begins November 2025. For all the upcoming details visits https://dryogamomma.com/reclaim-heroines-journey-of-transformation

Want to go on retreat?

Want to join Betsy in Costa Rica in May 2026 at her favorite retreat center to help you reorganize your inner space using yoga, meditation, energy medicine, and hypnosis? All the details here!

To join the Tend Her 4.0 Course on Hope (It’s Free!), visit here: https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-4-0-hope/

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By Dr. Betsy Rippentrop and Kate Moreland

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