Eating for Fertility, Pregnancy, Postpartum and all Cycles of the Feminine

We are honored to welcome the luminous Heng Ou—author of The First Forty Days, Nine Golden Months, and Awakening Fertility, founder and CEO of Mother Bees—for an expansive conversation spanning from conception to birth, postpartum care, lineage healing, and the sacred act of nurturing the mother as the foundation of family wellness.

In this heartfelt dialogue, Heng shares stories from her three births, ancestral traditions, and the intuitive wisdom that has guided all her creations. We explore how our hormonal cycles and stages of womanhood are not isolated events, but initiations into a lifelong relationship with self-healing, surrender, listening and resonance.

Tune in for

• Awakening Fertility as a state of body trust, playfulness & surrender
• Preconception nourishment and the power of oysters, anchovies, salmon roe & mineral-rich foods
• Letting go of control as the gateway to conception
• Home birth, water birth & trusting the body's innate intelligence
• Hypnobirthing, intuition & minimizing outside noise
• Traditional Chinese postpartum care, confinement & "sitting the month"
• Why rest, warmth, broths & deep nourishment are non-negotiable after birth
• The emotional realities of postpartum, sleep deprivation & breastfeeding challenges
• Creating postpartum containers with doulas, midwives & family care teams
• Mother Bees as a movement of food, service & maternal restoration
• Healing generational wounds through nurturing the mother first
• How children mirror their mother's inner healing work
• Gut health, warming foods & cycle-based nourishment for women
• Small daily transitions as portals of self-care for exhausted mothers
• Resonance, intuition & following the body's "pull" as spiritual practice

We Love You, Heng!

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CONNECT

With Guest Heng Ou Website: motherbees.com Instagram: @motherbees Books: The First Forty Days, Nine Golden Months , Awakening Fertility

Host Nitsa Citrine @nitsacitrine @soundfoodspace Substack: Love & Other Frequencies

MENTIONED

The First Forty Days by Heng Ou

Awakening Fertility by Heng Ou

Continuum Concept

Alex Olson of Pacific Prenatal

Mother Bees postpartum soups & broths

Hypnobirthing

Traditional Chinese "sitting the month" practices

Acupuncture for fertility & cycle health

Magnesium Salts

Living Libations Frankincense, Rose Absolute & Blue Tansy essential oils

Catherine Shainberg Dream Birth

WAVELENGTH

Ep. 107: Way of Devotion with Nina Lombardo

Ep. 57: Solstice Blessings with Nadine Artemis

Ep. 90: Biohacking for Women with Dr. Karley Denoon ND

NOURISH

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Welcome to the Unhinged Pregnant Women Episode!

We are joined today by the hilarious, brillant, fiercely tender Stephanie Simbari—comedian, writer, actress, podcast host, and mother—for an intimate and wickedly honest dialogue on conscious partnership, ancestral healing, pregnancy, birth, creativity, grief, and the feminine superpowers awakened through motherhood.

We Discuss:

• Healing the maternal lineage & breaking generational patterns of silencing
• How pregnancy became a portal into wild feminine expression and karmic fulfillment
• The paradox of motherhood: losing morning rituals, losing identity, and finding deeper nourishment
• Being a "sponge" rather than an empath & why boundaries matter more than labels
• Creative rituals, morning pages, dream processing & anchoring into self
• The grief portal: losing her mother, supporting her through death, and emerging transformed
• Sex, celibacy & calling in the father of your children
• Pregnancy as both blessing and sacrifice—body changes, identity shifts & energetic depletion
• The psychedelic nature of unmedicated birth & why surrender is the medicine
• Home birth vs. hospital birth, fear culture & reclaiming physiological birth
• Navigating partnerships, blended families & inviting older children into the birth field
• Reviving creative identity after motherhood and the fear of using one's voice again
• Stephanie's new project Moms Are People Too and the tender rebirth of public expression
• Her upcoming live show in Malibu — reconnecting to the stage after a decade
• Astrology, Human Design & the cosmic timing of babies!

We Love You, Steph!

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CONNECT

with Stephanie Simbari Instagram: @stephsimbari Substack: High Vibes New mini-series: Moms Are People Too' Past pod: That's So Retrograde (2014–2021)

Upcoming show in Malibu — December 7

with Nitsa Citrine Instagram: @nitsacitrine @soundfoodspace Substack: Love & Other Frequencies

MENTIONED

The Artist's Way

Tibetan Book of the Dead

Midwife Johanna Storey

OBGYN Dr. Phabby

Human Design: Manifesting Generator

Malibu Live Show — December 7

The "Legendary Baby Salad" from Slice Life Beverly Hills

Silk pillowcases from AWAVEAWAKE

ON THE WAVELENGTH

Constellation of Consciousness with Dani Beinstein

90: Biohacking for Women with Dr. Karley Denoon ND

108: Into the Birth Portal with Lori Bregman

NOURISH

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Tune in for an empowering reframe on all things birth.

We welcome the brilliant Lori Bregman—renowned doula, life coach, spiritual mentor, and author—for a deep dive on pregnancy, birth, capacity and motherhood as our host Nitsa enters her 33rd week of pregnancy.

Lori is the real deal. With 26+ years of experience and over 1,600 births attended worldwide, she offers a rare refinement of intuition, wisdom, and grounded practicality to the field. She reminds us that every birth is a unique rite of passage—a spiritual and physical initiation that asks us to both soften into and invoke our deepest power.

From riding the intense waves of labor, to navigating hospitals with sovereignty and tapping into the psychedelic edges of transition, Bregman offers life-changing guidance for expectant mothers, partners, birth workers, and anyone walking the motherhood path.

We are so grateful to have you as our doula Lori!

Watch the Video Replay on Love & Other Frequencies

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CONNECT

Lori's Website: loribregman.com

Instagram: @lbreggy

Books: The Mindful Mom-to-Be, Mamaste, The Doula Deck

Nitsa Citrine

Instagram: @nitsacitrine

SoundFood: @soundfoodspace

Substack: Love & Other Frequencies

MENTIONED

The Business of Being Born

Midwife Johanna Storey

Mindful Mom to Be - Lori's Prenatal Course

The Mama Portal

Doula Your Way: Lori's Virtual Coaching Package

Walking Epidurals

Living Libations Immortelle Best Skin Ever

Living Libations Frankincense Castor Oil

Breggie's Belly Butter (Lori's stretch mark balm)

Oxytocin & Neurochemistry of Birth

Hypnobirthing

Ayurvedic Kitchari (Cookma)

Dr. Gerardo

Collaborative Care Models

Dr. Phabby - Phabulouse Care

ON THE WAVELENGTH

Bio Finessing with Nadine Artemis

The Energetics of Transformation with Hermas Lassalle

Biohacking for Women with Dr. Karley Denoon ND

NOURISH

This podcast is nourished by your donations and our partners:

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COOKMA: SOUNDFOOD for 15% off nourishing one-pot meals from cookma.co

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Desire has the power to heal our world as much as destroy it.

We are honored to welcome the luminous Nina Lombardo — Nitsa's mentor, teacher of feminine embodiment, and guide in sacred intimacy — for a sumptuous conversation on yearning, eros, devotion, polarity, and why the reclamation of our feminine is some of the most transformational work we can do for the planet.

In this tender, deep and expansive dialogue, Nina and Nitsa explore what it means to fully live and love as women. From essential rebellion to the ache of desire, the rapture of surrender, partnership and embodied love — we dive into the full spectrum of the feminine experience in relationship to others and ourselves.

Tune in for

• The power of yearning and how desire itself can be a portal to fulfilment
• Nina's journey from resisting cultural standards of beauty as a form of self-protection to stepping into embodied feminine leadership
• Healing the maternal lineage and redefining femininity beyond conditioning
• Shifting from suppression into true erotic sovereignty
• Exploring feminine archetypes: the Slut, Priestess, Queen, and Unhinged Woman
• Shame's poisonous claws and how turning toward discomfort awakens aliveness
• Polarity work and learning to hold and be held in presence in partnership and beyond
• Masculine Awareness vs. Feminine Experience
• How to bring renewed energy into comitted relationships
• Removing our armor to practice safe surrender and softness
• Love Deeper and Ecstatic Love — Nina's immersive containers for feminine awakening
• Trusting the intelligence within your longing and cringe
• Attuning our systems to be an instrument of the divine
• Reclaiming pleasure and expression as spiritual practice

Thank you Nina!

Watch the Video Replay on Love & Other Frequencies

CONNECT

With our Guest Nina Lombardo

Instagram: @wayofdevotion

Website:wayofdevotion.com

Substack: Beneath Her Tongue

Host: @nitsacitrine | @soundfoodspace

Substack: Love & Other Frequencies

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MENTIONED

Love Deeper Membership –Nina's ongoing women's circle on the feminine arts

Ecstatic Love – Nina's eight-week immersion into feminine embodiment

Nina's 1:1 Mentorship

David Deida - Nina's teacher + collaborator

John Wineland – teacher of masculine/feminine polarity

John's Podcast with Nina on the 3 Stages of Intimacy

ON THE WAVELENGTH

EP. 64 EROS IN ECSTASY with Kiana reeves

EP. 90 Biohacking for Women with Dr. Karley Denoon

NOURISH

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We welcome back the radiant Carson Meyer — doula, author, mother, and founder of C & The Moon — for an intimate conversation on the motherhood portal.

Carson joins Nitsa in their second trimester of pregnancy to share honest reflections as she prepares for baby #2, the realities of expanding her family holistically and her creative evolution. We explore cycles of conception, gestation, birth, postpartum and beyond; how nourishment mirrors nature's reciprocity; the power of slowing down and ultimate surrender.

Tune in for

• Pregnancy and birth as a rite of passage — every time
• Second Trimester Revelations
• How motherhood invites new layers of transformation
• Carson's journey from birth doula to author and educator
• Roots of nourishment: reciprocity, community, and rest
• The inspiration behind Growing Together and upcoming final circle
• Off grid living: moving from Los Angeles to a log cabin in the Mountains
• Balancing business, marriage, and motherhood with grace and humor
• Emotional and physical shifts in second pregnancy — from cravings to hormonal waves
• Postpartum recs, bodywork, co-sleeping, and nourishment
• A Mother' superpower: INTUITION

Watch the video replay here

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CONNECT

With our Guest Carson Meyer Instagram: @ccmeyer | @candthemoon Website: carsonmeyer.com | candthemoon.com Book: Growing Together Carson's Substack: Beyond Birth

Host: @nitsacitrine | @soundfoodspace Substack: Love & Other Frequencies

MENTIONED

C & The Moon Malibu Made Scrub

Malibu Glow Oil from C & the Moon

Frankincense Honey Mask from Living Libations

Petal Primer Yoni Serum from Living Libations

Amazing Grace Spray Living Libations

Shiva Rose Blue Cleansing Balm (SOUNDFOOD for 15% off)

Growing Together Circle use code TOGETHER for 10% off

Cookma Mama Bundle ( SOUNDFOOD for 15% off)

Lori Bregman (Carson's mentor and Nitsa's doula)

Mindful Mom to be

Renegade Beauty by Nadine Artemis

The Nurture Revolution by Greer Kirshenbaum

Safe Infant Sleep by James McKenna

German New Medicine

WAVELENGTH

EP. 72 Nature to Nurture with Carson Meyer

EP. 105 Medicine of the Sun with Nadine Artemis

EP. 90 Biohacking for Women with Dr. Karley Denoon

NOURISH

This podcast is nourished by your donations and our partners:

New! COOKMA: SOUNDFOOD for 15% off nourishing one-pot meals from cookma.co

AWAVEAWAVE: enter CITRINE for 15% off at awaveawake.com

LIVING LIBATIONS: enjoy 15% off all botanical beauty alchemy with this link https://livinglibations.com/soundfood(discount automatically applied)

MIKUNA: enter SOUNDFOODFAMILY for 25% off regenerative plant protein from Mikunafoods.com

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Joyous Solstice!

Nadine Artemis—botanical muse, author, and founder of Living Libations— is back for an energizing conversation on one of the core sources of Life itself: the Sun.

As Nadine quotes the poet Hafiz, "The Sun is my Lover of Millions of Years"

Tune in to understand

• The Science + Spirituality behind Sun Worship
• Correlations between Sunlight, Vitamin D, Melanin, Melatonin, and Mitochondrial Health
• How to design intentional sun bathing depending on your individual needs, lifestyle and location
• The benefits of infrared, UVA + UVB Light and the optimal windows of sun exposure for overall health, beauty and longevity
• Why some sunscreens may do more harm than good and how to harmonize your system with the sun holistically
• Why it is crucial to build up our Vitamin D reserves
• How Nadine has become her own solar experiment over the past 30 years of embracing the sun and what she has discovered!
• Causes of melasma seldom discussed
• Life update from Nitsa

We Love You Nadine!

OFFERING

15% off everything from Living Libations with this link https://livinglibations.com/soundfood

CONNECT

Nadine Artemis: @nadineartemisofficial | @livinglibationsofficial | www.livinglibations.com | Newsletter

Host @nitsacitrine @soundfoodspace

Nitsa's substack: Love & Other Frequencies

MENTIONED

Vortex Water @ Alive and Well Maui

Seabuckthorn Essential Oil

Best Skin Ever - Frankincense

Calendula Comfort : Curl Crème + Conditioner – Living Libations

ON THE WAVELENGTH

57: SOLSTICE BLESSINGS with Nadine Artemis

11: A COSMO-ETIC APPROACH TO BEAUTY with Nadine Artemis

DAUGHTER OF THE SUN with Mea Woodruff of Spiritweavers

NOURISH

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Cracking the code on Oxalates, Light Therapy and Elemental Nourishment

We are joined for the third time by the luminous Nadine Artemis—author, entrepreneur, mother, poet, botanical alchemist, and founder of Living Libations—for an expansive dialogue on deep nourishment and ways to reclaim radiant health in a complex modern life.

From barefoot walks in Ontario to red-light therapies, Nadine invites us into her deeply embodied practice of "bio~finessing"—her unique elevated approach to biohacking that reconnects us with the healing powers of sunlight, earth, minerals, and our body's innate intelligence.

We Discuss:

• Nadine's concept of "bio~finessing" and how it unites modern wellness with ancient elements and technology
• Benefits of Walking barefoot, red light therapy, vitamin D and PEMF machines for mitochondrial and bone health
• Oxalates—what they are and why they are important
• How oxalates, EMFs, and soil quality impact women's health, fertility, and immunity
• The case for clean, animal-based nourishment and the dangers of certain high-oxalate plant foods / superfoods
• Tips for preconception health and mineralization for pregnancy
• Nadine's latest Living Libations offerings—from EMF pouches to nasal red light devices, jasmine castor oil blends, and calendula-rich hair food
• Why softening to an omnivore's diet and regenerative agriculture holds the key to healing both body and planet

We Love You Nadine!

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CONNECT

Nadine Artemis: @nadineartemisofficial | @livinglibationsofficial | www.livinglibations.com | Newsletter

Host @nitsacitrine @soundfoodspace

Nitsa's substack: Love & Other Frequencies

MENTIONED

Renegade Beauty by Nadine Artemis

Holistic Dental Care by Nadine Artemis (also on Audible)

PEMF Machine

Biohacking

Oxalates

One Gun Ranch

Magnesium Citrate

Sally Norton

Thallium

Toxic Superfoods

Kate Hinkens

Molly Engelhart: Sowing Sovereignty

Cafe Gratitude

The Great Plant Based-Con

HOCATT

Dr. Minkoff

Dr. Paul Saladino

Seabuckthorn Essential Oil

ShivaLingam Serum

EMF Shield Hip Pouch

Salt Inhaler

Best Skin Ever - Frankincense

Dr. Anthony Chaffee - 'Plants are trying to kill you!'

Frankincense Castor oil

Calendula Comfort : Curl Crème + Conditioner – Living Libations

ALL NEW LIVING LIBATIONS PRODUCTS

Plant Dyed Silk Pillowcases(use CITRINE for 15% off)

Awaveawake Silk Panties (use CITRINE for 15% off)

Love & Other Frequencies

Special thank you to listener + kindred spirit Sierra Lash

ON THE WAVELENGTH

11: A COSMO-ETIC APPROACH TO BEAUTY with Nadine Artemis

57: SOLSTICE BLESSINGS with Nadine Artemis

90: BIOHACKING FOR WOMEN with Dr. Karley Denoon ND

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Soak in the healing, vibrational nectar of the hive.

We are honored to welcome the Bee Oracle herself, Onyx Baird, a holistic beekeeper, filmmaker and conservationist devoted to deepening the conscious relationship between bees, Earth, and humanity.

We explore the intersection of art, science and spirituality in beekeeping, the profound intelligence of bees, and how we can support and honor these vital pollinators. Onyx shares her journey from wildlife scientist to intuitive beekeeper, her upcoming documentary Amrita, and why the future of sustainable beekeeping requires a radical shift in perspective.

From the ancient rituals of bee priestesses to the methodology of modern beekeeping, this conversation will open your heart and expand your awareness of our exquisite, most sacred pollinators.

We Discuss:

• Onyx's unexpected path to becoming a steward of the Bees
• The intelligence of bees and what they can teach us
• The importance of wild vs. conventional beekeeping and ethical honey harvesting
• Powerful medicinal properties of honey, propolis, and bee venom therapy
• Amrita: Onyx's documentary about the movement of women conserving wild honeybees across the world, with touchpoints in Hawaii, Portugal and Mexico
• Nitsa and Onyx's adventures filming in the Yucatán
• How we can support and protect bees in our daily lives

Donate to Amrita here and bring this film to life!

CONNECT

Onyx Baird: @thebeeoracle | @amritadocumentary | www.feralhoney.org

Host @nitsacitrine @soundfoodspace

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This program is designed to hold your hand through the entire beekeeping season (Feb-Oct). Course begins on February 23, 2025 >>> sign up and save $450 with the code SOUNDFOOD.

MENTIONED

Amrita Documentary

Jacqueline Freeman

Song of Increase

Dr. Marc Gafni

Rudolf Steiner

Propolis Facial Oil

Feral Honey Offerings

Stinglab with Kate Hinkens

2025 Beekeeping Mentorship with Onyx

What Bees Want

Human Design

The Women of Amrita Documentary

Bee Wisdom - Teachings from the Hive

One on One Consult with Onyx

Langstroth Hive

ON THE WAVELENGTH

96: MEDICINE OF THE BEES with Kate Hinkens

100: VISIONS OF RECIPROCITY with Mariah Gannessa

63: REMAPPING THE NERVOUS SYTEM with Lois Laynee

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Happy 2025!

Today we welcome beloved friend, chef and flower goddess Loria Stern for a delicious conversation on all the ways food, love, plants, business and creativity intertwine.

Loria's vibrant edible creations have been celebrated in Vogue, The New York Times and Harper's Bazaar. She's launched successful collaborations with brands from Whole Foods to Prada, Bloomingdales to Adidas. Loria Stern has done nothing less than pioneer EAT YOUR FLOWERS — her garden to table food company which is also the title of her cookbook.

We discuss

• The origins of Loria's love for food, flowers, and tennis
• Life as a NYC pastry chef, cake designer and fish mongress
• The story behind Loria's famous pressed flower shortbread cookies
• Navigating the dark night of the soul moments that come with growth
• Cancel culture and social media
• Homes over the years in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles and what's growing in Loria's garden right now
• The process of writing and selling a cookbook
• Loria's dream dinner guests and desert island culinary tools

We Love You Loria! Your grounded, earthy, meticulous yet wildly creative energy is everything we want to call into this new year.

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CONNECT

Loria Stern: @loriastern | loriastern.com | eatyourflowers.com

Host @nitsacitrine @soundfoodspace

Nitsa Substack

Subscribe to Mercurial Mail (our monthly newsletter)

MENTIONED

Eat Your Flowers

Challengers

Bakeri

Santa Barbara City College

Women with Superpowers

Tasya van Ree

Eat Your Flowers Cookbook

Nancy Silverton

Stefanie Graf

Ras El Hanout

Sur la table

SIMILAR WAVELENGTH

99: FLORAL REMEDIES FOR ATTUNEMENT with Alexis Smart

87: OUR SACRED ROOTS with Sarah Britton

78: PLANTS FOR THE PEOPLE with Herbalist Erin Lovell Verinder

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Today we salut the multidimensional medicine of the vine with Barbara Gross of Cooper Mountain Vineyards!

Barbara is a visionary in organic, biodynamic, alternative viticulture. As a second generation, natural wine grower and purveyor, our guest has faced countless challenges on a daily and multi-generational scale. Her family has devoted the last 46 years to transform conventional vineyards in Oregon's Willamette Valley into thriving, biodiverse, regenerative ecosystems; specializing in the cultivation of Pinot Noir (a varietal of grape most sensitive to environmental stress and the fluctuations of climate change). Through it all, Barbara has emerged as a sort of wildly down to earth, renegade leader in the wine industry.

Tune in, pour yourself a glass of healing wine or tea and muse upon this Dionysian thought: could biodynamically farmed and alchemized wine help save our beloved Earth?

COVERED

• Barbara's legacy of wine stewardship at Cooper Mountain Vineyards
• Organic + biodynamic certification processes
• Conscious Land Stewardship
• The art and science of Pinot Noir, a delicate and climate-sensitive varietal.
• How natural wines differ from conventional in both taste and their impact on personal & planetary health
• The role of agriculture in addressing climate change, with insights into carbon-neutral farming
• How organic, biodynamic vineyards are carbon sinkholes and help sequester up to 30% more carbon than conventional methods
• The importance of embracing cycles in farming and Life
• Why a Generational Mindset is needed

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Sideways

Willamette Valley

AOC Wine

Common Ground Film

Kiss the Ground Film

Amrita Documentary

Alan Chadwick

The One-Straw Revolution

Cooper Mountain Wine Club

Cooper Mountain Vinegars

Cooper Mountain Tocai

Gary Synder

SIMILAR WAVELENGTH

81: AN ODE TO FERMENTATION with Sandor Katz

79: FEEDING TOMORROW with Oliver English

70: EARTH IS OUR COMMON GROUND with Josh and Rebecca Tickell

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