I was 14 years old when I was put on birth control by my family doctor. I can’t even remember what the reason was - something with acne or period pain maybe. If I’d been born on the other side of the world, chances are that my mother and grandmothers would have introduced me to the healing power of herbs instead. On this episode of the podcast, I talk with Susana Puelles, a physician of Asian medicine, about the power that herbs and cyclical living have for fertility. We discuss how this is a completely different paradigm. Rather than focusing on quick fixes and ignoring underlying causes, Asian medicine focuses on getting your entire organism back in flow. And how we might end up healing something much bigger than ourselves along the way.

Top quotes

Susana Puelles: “the womb technically is a muscle. So what I tell my patients, if your shoulders are very tense, guaranteed your womb is as tense. And we sit all day. So the womb gets folded upon on top of that tension. These are all cues that we need to tune into throughout the day, but we're so busy doing other things that we lose that.”

Susana Puelles: “We need to get you back into your cyclical nature, because at some point we've just gone very linear in the masculine archetype or in our work. But our bodies are cyclical and the herbs remind you of that.”

Susana Puelles: “Are you flowing with the two cycles of the month with how your body's supposed to work, or are we flowing against it? Because if you're flowing against it, let's do little things to help you understand where you are in this cycle.”

Françoise Molenaar: “Everything that we're living on our fertility journey - it's not just about fertility, it's just how we live life in the modern world. It's a world where there's no space for grief. It's a world where we're poisoning ourselves. It's a world where we think we should be working all the time, and then all of a sudden you realize what that's doing to you when you're on this journey, and I feel that that means there’s space for much bigger healing here.

About Susana Puelles

Susana Puelles is a L.Ac. physician of Asian medicine, Functional medicine practitioner, Acupuncturist & Herbal Connoisseur. But most importantly, she’s committed to helping you unveil your sexy, savvy, vibrant self. She helps women, like you, transform and heal on multiple levels, so that you can enjoy the life you've worked so hard for, live free from medication and surgery, and maximize your fertility so that you can finally hold your dream baby. You can find out more about her work at her website https://www.yonisync.com/ or on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/yoni.sync/