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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 options?

I cover all of this and more in this week's episode.

Resources:

• Free: Dandelion Recipe collection
• Today's shownotes: What are Spring Tonics?
• Episode 26: Premenstrual breast or chest tenderness
• Episode 62: Embodying Spring with seasonal wisdom

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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 parents are given the go-ahead to engage in sex again at 6 or 8 weeks by their provider, but many are not ready - at all (let's normalize this).

Just because your tissues are healed enough to safely engage in sexual intercourse does NOT mean you have to start doing it again. There are SO MANY WAYS to experience pleasure and orgasm and sex that do not have to involve intercourse.

And listening to your body, your mind, your spirit is paramount. What you want and what you like might be entirely different from before. 

Sexological bodyworker and sex educator Gal Mar-Qz shares all about these topics and much more on today's episode.

We also explore some practices you can bring into your body, your partnership or even your parenting life that may be very helpful as you re-discover who you are now as you blend the identities of mother and erotic being. 

I hope this conversation feels like a gift for you! 

Resources:

• Today's shownotes: Grab links to Gal's offerings 
• Free visualization: Guided Womb Connection & Clearing meditation
• Betty Martin's Wheel of Consent 
• Episode 185: Enhanced orgasms w Susan Bratton
• Episode 190: Awakening erotic aliveness w Usha Rose
• Episode 192: Pleasure as medicine w Dr Emily Wilson

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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 separate movements that can be included in twerking, and some of them are easier or more natural for some of us.

She also guided some really simple steps to get started, and encouraged just 2 minutes a day of the "booty pop" which is like, so possible for most of us.

But before we got into twerking, we talked about her healing journey which I think will be very relatable and inspiring to listen to. 

From being a hospital nurse to experiencing an injury that catalyzed her to re-assess her life to getting off hormonal birth control to cycle synching and becoming more integrative in her approaches... 

And then a huge life upheaval which led to her finding twerking and experiencing near total relief of her menstrual pain symptoms...

And her deep trust in the unfolding of her life.

There is so much here. I'm excited to share this conversation with you!

Resources:

• Free recipes: Dandelion Recipe Collection
• Today's shownotes: Get links to Abigails offerings + playlist
• Episode 82: Herbal vinegars, oxymels & shrubs
• Episode 209: Sacred rage w Andrea Thompson

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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 we can embrace the absolute magic that exists -- even in times that are as profoundly disturbing as the ones we are in.

I also share about the qualities of the moon, and how that can relate to herbs from a bit of an astrological herbalism lens. This is not how I typically practice, but it's an area of interest for me, and one of the many ways we can understand energetics of plants. 

I also speak a bit to how the qualities of the moon reflect some of the qualities of this transitional time that is entering into Kapha season. And some herbal allies that may be supportive for you to counteract some of the allergies, congestion, dullness, heaviness or stagnation you might be experiencing as we gradually shift from Winter into Spring.

Resources:

• Free guide: Gardening for Your Menstrual Health
• Today's shownotes: Moon, hormones, lunar plants, Kapha season
• Episode 83: What is astro-herbalism? (and mugwort)
• Episode 140: The medicine & magic of mugwort
• Episode 184: Ancestral lineage healing and womb lineage healing

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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, especially in relation to other women?

And how can something like ritual rope help us with deep healing around sisterhood, trauma, or other deep-seated patterns in our lives?

Today's episode is an incredibly rich conversation exploring all of these topics and so much more. 

I loved hearing Nala's depth of embodied practice and wisdom, and hope you do too!

Resources:

• Today's shownotes: Grab the link to Nala's work
• Free practice: Guided Womb Connection & Clearing
• Episode 190: Awakening erotic aliveness with Usha Rose

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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 chocolate, she brings forward embodied wisdom around the more ritual and ceremonial nature of the cacao plant itself.

Her experience with cacao began in Guatemala, where cacao holds a lineage of indigenous story and practice. 

And what's so interesting is that at exactly the same time cacao came into her, so did her awareness of the power of cyclical living. 

She shares her meandering organic journey of weaving drinking cacao and cyclical living together, becoming more and more deeply infused in both practices over time, and then learning ways to incorporate cacao *into* cyclical living practice to enhance each phase of the menstrual cycle.

It's a really fun and beautiful way to interact with our cycles.

Resources:

• Today's shownotes: Grab links to Samantha's cacao blends + offerings
• Book: 4 seasons in 4 weeks by Suzanne Mathis McQueen
• Book: The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Johnson
• Closing tomorrow Feb 22nd: Natural Contraception the Herbal Way 2026
• Episode 156: The Universal Mother Principles with Christine Eck

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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 essentially all of us except maybe the billionaires and world leaders are impacted by) causes us to retract our own embodied power and sovereignty.

It's easy to feel small, and lose hope, when we are bombarded by deeply disturbing conditions and information. So what then can we do?

It's not easy to find that inner fortitude, but we can't just give up. 

If you're reading this, my guess is that you are likely a person of the earth with a deep connection or interest in the generative potential within the womb. 

So, perhaps today's episode will offer a welcome invitation to reflect and connect on ways to deepen your relationship with your own ancestral resilience and hope.

This ancestral resilience is inside all of us. Every single one. 

It's in our blood. And our bones. 

I hope this one supports you. 

Resources:

• Join Natural Contraception the Herbal Way! (reg closes 2/22)
• Episode 15: What is a plant ally? and how to find yours
• Episode 184: Ancestral lineage healing and womb lineage healing
• Episode 190: Awakening erotic aliveness and ecosensuality

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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're thinking of them or how my work has supported or impacted you, please please do. 

It would mean more than you can know to me to feel supported.

I really believe we are weaving a mycelial web of support and because I am not a master marketer, not do I have a budget for ads, every mention or share is impactful for me. Especially if you can think of someone this program would be perfect for. Thank you so much for considering that.

And finally, holy mama, I recorded this on video and posted it! Go watch it if you'd like to. You can see my mannerisms, attic office and library, and the book, pelvis, and screen share I do. Otherwise just listen, of course. 

On today's episode, you'll hear my thoughts on feeling rooted into rhythm with the support of the plants as I share about the model of Natural Contraception that I've found most effective over the course of my 18 years cycle tracking and working with herbs alongside. And why I feel strongly that FAM is *not* enough.

It's a deep and challenging time in the world. I know we're all feeling it. It's immense and we're finding our way. If Natural Contraception the Herbal Way resonates for you, please come join me, officially open today.

Learn all about it by listening. Or head to the info page to learn more.

Resources:

• Watch the video: Rooted in Rhythm and Earth: The Spiral Path to Effective Natural Contraception
• Learn more and sign up for Natural Contraception the Herbal Way 2026
• Episode 24: Nuanced thoughts on herbal approaches to repro sovereignty
• Episode 140: The medicine and magic of mugwort

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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... overwhelming.  Maybe we're not underreacting, maybe we're overwhelmed. 

And if so, that makes a LOT of sense.

Can we normalize not feeling regulated right now? Like, how can we expect ourselves to be okay, really?

But -- simultaneously, somehow, miraculously, nature continues. The sun shines, the moon returns. The earth is always here for us.

That said, overwhelm is real, and exploring tools to help us understand our own personal relationship to it is what this week's guest, Sherene Cauley, brings.

She researched overwhelm, and then created this beautiful image that she calls the Talisman against overwhelm.

Such a creative way to bring interactive practice that encourages self-reflection into our daily lives.

If you're in the murky muck right now and want to explore a creative path to deeper self-awareness and navigating overwhelm, this conversation is perfect for you.

Resources:

• Grab a spot on the Natural Contraception waitlist (opens feb 8th 2026)
• Today's shownotes: Check out the Talisman of Overwhelm image + Sherene's links 
• Episode 197: Somatic practices for healing childhood wounds using IFS with Kristen Stake
• Episode 209: Sacred Rage with Andrea Thompson
•  Episode 210: How to build capacity and resilience

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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 and herbs could be supportive to help you build capacity in stressful times?

That's what I explore in this week's episode.

Tune in to hear about how stress can mess with your hormones, one way to map your current stress response landscape (inspired by Deb Dana), and some practices and herbs that might be able to support you to prevent burnout and instead build your reserves and capacity for a longer term resilience.

Honestly, herbs and practices like this don't change the systems, structures, relationships, etc that are underlying and causing chronic issues.

But these practices CAN help you listen to your own body and build foundations of personalized wellbeing amidst these topsy turvy times.

Resources:

•  Track Your Cycle Free Guide
• Waitlist for Natural Contraception the Herbal Way
• Today's shownotes: Foundations for building capacity
• Episode 17: How stress messes with your hormones
• Episode 68: Herbal spotlight on Milky Oats
• Episode 171: Somatic Experiencing for healing trauma w Emma Schurink
• Book: Anchored by Deb Dana

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