As we celebrate two years of podcasting and journey toward 100 episodes, I’m bringing back this Most Loved Wise Woman episode — a rich and practical conversation with Molly Caldwell on fertility awareness and the four seasons of the womb cycle.

Molly shares her own red-thread lineage story — growing up within the silence of Catholic shame around sexuality, unpacking her induction birth imprint, and reclaiming her cycle after years of hormonal contraception. Her path of healing led her from doula training into fertility awareness as the missing piece for embodiment, sovereignty, and cyclical wisdom.

Together, we explore:

• How your womb cycle mirrors the four seasons of the earth — follicular (spring), ovulatory (summer), luteal (fall), and bleeding (winter).

• Tangible practices for each phase: from preparing nourishing foods before bleeding, to honoring ovulation as a time of creation and ceremony.

• Fertility Awareness Method (FAM) — tracking cervical mucus, basal body temperature, and cervix shifts as a natural way of knowing your body.

• How period shame and disconnection impact postpartum, fertility, and women’s sovereignty — and ways to restore reverence.

• Reframing PMS and the luteal phase as powerful invitations for alignment and soul work.

Molly’s wisdom invites us into a profound homecoming with our bodies. Through fertility awareness and cyclical living, we remember that our wombs are not a burden — they are nature itself, offering rhythm, guidance, and healing.

About Molly Caldwell
Molly lives in central Maine, where she tends the cycles of life through fertility awareness, growing food and flowers, herbalism, and earth connection. She is a threshold tender, innate postpartum care provider, vaginal steam facilitator, and aspiring fertility awareness educator. She is currently creating a framework for teaching fertility awareness and womb care to adults and teens, and is available for workshops and collaborations in Maine.

Connect with Molly on Instagram: @liminalrites

Website: ⁠⁠www.emilygracenixon.com⁠⁠

Instagram: @⁠⁠embodiedwomenswisdom⁠⁠

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Music: The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali

Disclaimer:

The information and resources provided by me are not intended to constitute or replace medical or midwifery advice or a Mother’s intuition. Instead, all information provided is intended for education purposes only. My advice is not to be seen as medical diagnosis or to treat any medical illness or condition of Mother or baby/fetus.

Keywords: natural birth, home birth, freebirth, physiological birth, birth stories, postpartum healing, women’s circles, rites of passage, womb wisdom, feminine embodiment, sisterhood, conscious conception, birth trauma healing, matrescence, menopause, first-time mom birth story, VBAC, spirit baby.