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Kaitlin Kenealy, Kelly Hall, and Deanne Mueller kick off season two of Rooted and Rising with a discussion on hormones, health, and “feeling like yourself again,” focusing on bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) and whole-person care at Into the Woods Wellness. They explain how hormonal shifts can affect sleep, mood, energy, cognition, libido, and body composition, and emphasize overlapping influences like stress, nutrition, thyroid, insulin resistance, and chronic disease. Deanne defines bioidentical hormones, reviews delivery options (pellets, creams, orals, gels, injectables), outlines commonly treated hormones (estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone for uterine protection and sleep), and describes evaluation through symptom checklists plus comprehensive labs and monitoring. The group covers candid symptoms and stigma, risk considerations, why treatment is individualized, and why BHRT is a tool that works best alongside nutrition, movement, and mental health support, ending with rapid-fire myths and encouragement to seek help if something feels off.

00:00 Welcome/Intro

02:02 Not Feeling Yourself

04:16 What Is BHRT

05:49 Delivery Options

07:34 Key Hormones Used

08:36 Age And Eligibility

09:50 Labs And Screening

10:58 Common Symptoms

14:14 Libido And Vaginal Health

15:54 Body Composition Changes

18:25 Whole Person Approach

19:26 Hormones Vs Mental Health

20:47 Who BHRT Is For

22:46 Personalized BHRT Approach

23:22 Medical History Matters

24:38 Safety Risks And Screening

26:55 What First Visit Looks Like

29:54 Labs Symptoms And Context

31:12 Creams Consistency And Follow Up

34:16 Pellets Versus Daily Dosing

35:35 Whole Person Wellness Plan

39:43 Lifestyle Foundations First

41:54 Myth Busting Rapid Fire

43:20 Final Takeaways And Encouragement

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In this summer mini-series episode of Rooted & Rising, Kaitlyn welcomes Zach, pitcher for the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders. We discuss the new, exciting partnership between Into the Woods Wellness and the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders – including providing nourishing team meals. Zach shares some rapid-fire favorites, a meaningful high school baseball memory with his brother, and habits like yoga, visualization, hydration, and prioritizing nutrition. 

As a college athlete with aspirations to go pro, Zach explains the unseen work behind game day, his typical in-season routine, and how his family supports him. The conversation highlights men’s physical and emotional health, stigma around seeking help, resilience through setbacks, and how the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders baseball team build connection and support overall community wellness.

In this mini-episode, we explore: 

• Day in the life of Zach as a college athlete
• Men's Health and Stigma
• Sleep Recovery Performance
• Hydration And Fueling
• Importance of Nutrition – and how it boost Zach's performance
• Advice For Young Athletes
• Life Lessons From Baseball
• The Fond Du Lac Community & Ballpark Family Fun

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Episode 14: Julie’s Healing Journey — Trauma, Cancer, Nervous System Regulation & Finding Personalized Care

In episode 14, the KK and Jenny welcome Julie – a client of Into the Woods Wellness – to share her healing journey and what changed after finding the team at Into the Woods. 

Julie describes a childhood in foster care, longstanding trauma, and feeling stuck, unheard, and boxed in by traditional medical care after a 2021 lymphoma diagnosis (treated with surgery and follow-ups, no chemo) and later melanoma, alongside insomnia, fatigue, and multiple medications. She explains how individualized, compassionate support at Into the Woods—high-dose vitamin C IV therapy, bloodwork, mindful yoga for nervous system regulation, and a parasite cleanse—helped her sleep, come off medications, and begin feeling safe and “more human.” 

Through the personalized wellness program, she learned how inflammation-triggering foods, caffeine, sugar, gluten, and dairy affected her body, lost significant weight, and gained tools and accountability. 

Julie hopes her story reaches others in dark places and shares there is more healing to come (including EMDR in time) as part of her healing journey.

00:00 Intro & Disclosure
01:21 Welcome Back Episode 14
01:34 Meet Julie Today
02:14 What Fills Your Cup
03:28 This or That Game
04:33 Writing as Healing
08:17 Planning and Social Style
09:51 Feeling Stuck Before Help
10:35 Cancer Diagnosis Spiral
12:16 Finding Into the Woods
13:03 Personalized Care Difference
16:29 Trauma and Mental Health
19:44 Alternative Healing Modalities
22:19 Fight or Flight Breaking Point
25:24 Compassionate Team Support
26:25 Mindful Yoga Release
27:10 Vulnerability and Release
27:32 Breathwork and Nervous System
28:13 Yoga Yin and Connection
29:05 Writing and Not Good Enough
30:22 Parasite Cleanse and Detox
32:00 Sleep Breakthroughs
36:01 Personalized Nutrition Reset
40:01 Weight Loss and Root Causes
41:54 Lifestyle Balance and Consistency
43:53 Owning Your Health
46:35 Healing Next Steps EMDR
48:10 Hope Investment and Closing

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Can what you eat really lower blood pressure, calm inflammation, and change your health story?

For Jess, Into the Woods Wellness Culinary Specialist, the answer is yes. In this episode, Jess opens up to Jenny and Kaitlyn about her own healing journey—years of worsening symptoms, mounting prescriptions, vertigo, and passing-out episodes—and how the Into the Woods Personalized Wellness Program helped her get to the root cause, lower her blood pressure, and reduce her medication.

We explore Jess's passion for whole-food, nutrient-dense, minimally processed meals, and how she creates menus designed to reduce inflammation and fuel real wellbeing. We also tackle the real-world barriers that hold people back from eating well—time, cooking skills, convenience, and the perception that healthy food is expensive—plus simple, sustainable strategies to overcome them.

And we share what's next: how the Into the Woods meal prep service (Wellness That Moves) and our upcoming Woodie healthy food truck are bringing functional nutrition, clean eating, and root-cause wellness directly to the Fond du Lac community.

Whether you're navigating chronic symptoms, recovering from diet culture, or simply looking for an easier path to nourishing your family—this conversation is for you.

00:00 Meet Jess

00:28 This or That

04:26 Why Nutrition Matters

06:15 Culinary Wellness Role

07:49 Jess Health Turnaround

13:22 Meal Prep Barriers

22:27 Clean Eating Basics

24:35 Global Flavors and Sauces

25:28 Quick Cucumber Chicken Prep

26:31 Simple Cooking Mindset

27:22 Meal Prep Program Explained

29:48 Breakfast Beyond Breakfast Foods

31:17 Diet Needs and Allergies

32:51 Favorite Meals and Next Bowl

34:33 Menu Inspiration and Purpose

36:57 Recipes and Future Plans

37:32 Woodie Food Truck Vision

44:07 Habits Over Perfection

46:09 Mindful Eating and Slow Down

47:30 Closing Thanks and Wrap

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This episode features a roundtable with Kelly, Casey, Kaitlyn and Jenny on “Leading Well,” focusing on leadership and wellness, burnout, and supporting team health. 

In this episode, we explore: 

• Personal experiences of being thrown into leadership young, perfectionism and the achiever trap, and how values and seasons of life (including parenting and entrepreneurship) shape stress and self-care. 
• Burnout as a chronic stress response that never turns off, common symptoms (irritability, brain fog, sleep issues), and the importance of outlets. 
• Personal, practical strategies such as prioritizing 15–20 minutes daily, energy audits
• Team leadership strategies including modeling transparency, one-on-ones – as well as the importance of psychological safety, trust, delegation, and culture-building
• Into the Woods’ wellness services, memberships, and workplace wellness presentations.

00:00 Meet the Panel

00:15 Why Leadership Wellness Matters

05:11 Quick Fire This or That

09:03 Health Takes a Backseat

13:16 Achiever Trap and Rest

15:48 Team Culture and Trust

18:40 Values and Boundaries

21:31 Entrepreneur Achievement Trap

24:28 Parenting and Priorities

26:10 Burnout in the Body

29:56 Leader Burnout Ripple

31:23 Grace and Transparency

33:26 Make Time for You

35:43 Energy Audit Reframe

37:18 Avoidance and Processing

38:59 One-on-Ones and Safety

40:53 Culture Building Ideas

43:05 Wellness Perks at Work

45:23 Whole Person Programs

49:21 Workplace Wellness Talks

50:59 Wellness on Wheels

51:44 Final Takeaways

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What if your lab results weren't a report card — but a conversation?

In this episode, Jenny and Kaitlyn sit down with Casey, RN, to pull back the curtain on something that can feel intimidating for so many of us: lab work. But here's the thing — your numbers tell a story. Not a story of what's "wrong" with you, but a story about patterns, lifestyle, and what your body is trying to communicate.

Casey brings over 13 years of nursing experience — including time in the ER — along with a deep curiosity about the human condition and why we make the choices we do. She shares how her own health experiences, including watching her kids' ADHD symptoms improve through lifestyle changes, shifted her perspective and ultimately led her to integrative care at Into the Woods Wellness.

Together, they explore how ITW approaches lab reviews differently — starting with your real life (stress, sleep, nutrition, relationships) rather than jumping straight to numbers. They talk about the difference between "normal" and "optimal" ranges, why markers like cholesterol, vitamin D, and thyroid labs can mean completely different things for different people, and how curiosity and context can replace shame and confusion.

Whether you've never looked twice at your lab results or you've been told "everything looks fine" when you know something feels off — this one's for you.

In this episode, we discuss: 

• How ITW reads labs through a whole-person, root-cause lens — not labels or quick fixes 
• The difference between "normal" ranges and "optimal" — and why it matters for how you actually feel 
• How your nervous system, stress, and everyday choices show up in your numbers 
• Why Casey's approach starts with your life, not your labs – and what a lab review at Into the Woods actually looks like
• Meeting yourself where you are — with curiosity, not shame 

Your labs aren't a verdict. They're a starting point.

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Let's get real about perimenopause and menopause—the symptoms no one really talks about, the silence that surrounds this natural transition, and why whole-person wellness support can change everything. This is the conversation women AND men have been waiting for.

In this episode, the Into the Woods Wellness team gets vulnerable and honest about personal experiences with perimenopause and menopause. Ginger, Kathy, Kelly, Kaitlyn, and Jenny are breaking the silence around the challenges that are common but not necessarily normal—joint pain, brain fog, depression, anxiety, changes in sex drive, sleep disruption, weight gain, mood swings, and so much more.

Together, we share how bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT)—one of the newer offerings at Into the Woods Wellness—has helped many on our team and countless clients reclaim their vitality, connection, and quality of life. From personal stories to practical insights, this is the real, unfiltered conversation about what it's actually like to navigate this phase of life.

This isn't about shame or suffering in silence. It's about root-cause solutions, personalized care, and supporting your body through this natural transition with compassion and science-backed approaches.

Whether you're in the thick of perimenopause, supporting someone who is, or simply curious about hormone health, this episode offers the real talk and practical guidance you've been searching for.

Topics covered:

• Common perimenopause and menopause symptoms (physical, mental, and emotional)
• Why the silence around this transition needs to end
• Personal experiences from the ITW team with BHRT
• What bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) is and how it works
• Root-cause approaches to hormone health

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In this episode, CEO & Psychotherapist Kaitlyn and Brand & Marketing Lead Jenny explore why relationships deserve the same attention as nutrition, movement, and sleep when it comes to your wellness.

From busting myths about "perfect" relationships to understanding how attachment patterns show up in adulthood, this conversation covers the full spectrum of human connection – romantic partnerships, friendships, family dynamics, workplace relationships, and the foundation of it all: your relationship with yourself.

Key Topics:

• Myth-busting: Healthy relationships require work, boundaries aren't selfish, and you don't need to be "fixed" to deserve love
• Understanding attachment styles & nervous system responses in relationships
• Connecting around common values and noticing green flags, yellow flags, or red flags to signify the health of your relationship
• Relationship skills to focus on developing: self-awareness, clear communication, boundary-setting, and more
• Why the relationship with yourself sets the blueprint for all others

Remember: healing happens in connection. You don't have to do this work alone.

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What if everything you thought you knew about "boosting" your immune system was only part of the story?

In this episode of Rooted & Rising Wellness, Kaitlyn and Jenny sit down with Rachel Greene-Koelbl, RN, to explore what it actually means to support your immune system from a root cause perspective. 

Rachel shares the surprising connection between gut health and immunity, why we really get sick more often in winter, why SLEEP is such an essential starting point for supporting your immune system, and what's actually happening when chronic stress and blood sugar imbalances quietly wear down your defenses.

Whether you're wondering what to do in the first 24 hours of feeling "off," or curious about how services like IV therapy and infrared sauna can support your body's natural resilience—this conversation offers practical wisdom without the overwhelm .

Because true immune health isn't solely seasonal or about dramatic interventions. It's about showing up for yourself, one small choice at a time year round.

We also cover:

• Meet Rachel Greene-Koelbl, RN – Her background and her heart-warming story around her journey to Into the Woods Wellness
• Myth-busting – "I never get sick, so my immune system must be great" and a look at vitamin C megadoses
• Holistic services that support immunity – IV nutrient therapy, salt booth, infrared sauna, and personalized wellness programs/nutrition.

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What does detoxification actually mean, and why might your body need support? Kathy Brost, with over 25 years in the wellness space, joins the conversation to explore the body's natural detox pathways, signs you might be feeling sluggish, and holistic services that can help. Whether you're navigating post-holiday recovery or simply want to understand how to support your system year-round, this episode offers a root cause perspective on gentle, effective detox, no extremes required.

In this episode, we explore:

• What detoxification actually means at a cellular level
• Why "detox" doesn't have to mean deprivation or extreme cleanses
• High-level look at body's natural detox pathways – with focus on your lymphatic system
• Signs your body might be asking for help (fatigue, brain fog, bloating, and more)
• Holistic services like vibration therapy and ionic foot detox, IV therapy and more
• Simple, everyday practices you can do at home to support naturally

For more wellness pathway support:

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