Kate and Betsy speak with Elizabeth Marner, the founder and CEO of “The Be A Light Project” for brain health and suicide prevention for rural communities.  Her nonprofit was born out of personal pain following her son’s suicide attempt and their frustrations getting the help he needed.

In today’s Episode we discuss:

Elizabeth’s Nonprofit: https://www.bealightproject.org/our-mission

Past Episodes about Mental Health that you Might Enjoy:   

Episode 177: Are You Dysregulated?

Episode 167: Dr. Jackie Kamradt: Being A Mother is the Best Thing for my OCD

Episode 164: Christina Woods: Unraveling to Heal

Episode 161: Intergenerational Trauma

Episode 133: Domestic Abuse: Wisdom From A Survivor, Dr. Lauren Welter 

Today’s Episode sponsored by:

The Local Hub (https://thelocalhub-ic.com/)

Kate Moreland Coaching (https://www.katemorelandcoaching.com/)

Dr Yoga Momma (https://dryogamomma.com/)

Heartland Yoga (https://heartlandyoga.com/)

Want to go on retreat?

Want to join Betsy in Costa Rica in May 11-18 2026 at her favorite retreat center to help you connect with your inner healer using yoga, meditation, energy medicine, and creativity?  At this retreat, broadway director Kristin Hanggi is joining to lead on the power of creativity to move us through our collective and personal anxiety.   All the details here!  Here is the episode with Kristin –  154. The Multi-Hyphenate Wonder that is Kristin Hanggi

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Kate and Betsy dive into the topic of feminism after an article came out in the New York Times in November 2025 entitled “Are women ruining the workplace?”.  In this episode we seek to understand the real meaning of feminism, the different waves it has gone through, and what the wild woman archetype says about these times.

In today’s Episode we discuss:

Past Episodes that you Might Enjoy:   

Episode 179: The Heroine’s Journey: Descent to the Goddess

Episode 163: Rage As Teacher

Episode 148: Reflections on the Wild Woman Archetype and What She Can Teach us In These Divisive Times

Episode 135: Mandy Fabian: Fiercely Feminine Film Director

Episode 121: A New Feminine Energy is Rising

Episode 114: Use Your Voice

Today’s Episode sponsored by:

The Local Hub (https://thelocalhub-ic.com/)

Kate Moreland Coaching (https://www.katemorelandcoaching.com/)

Dr Yoga Momma (https://dryogamomma.com/)

Heartland Yoga (https://heartlandyoga.com/)

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In this deeply moving and thoughtful conversation, Dr. Ren shares the personal, cultural, and professional journey that shaped his life and work.

Origins & Identity

A Childhood Rooted in Activism & Spirituality

Raised in a bi-racial family in the Bay Area, Ren navigated a unique spiritual landscape:

·       A father who was a Christian minister

·       A mother who practiced Buddhism

·       Exposure to Japan’s polytheistic cultural traditions

His parents fostered an environment of freedom, creativity, and deep acceptance.

Masculinity, Culture, and Formation

These experiences ultimately led him to pursue psychology, where his multicultural upbringing and feminist influences deeply inform his clinical perspective.

Understanding Men: Shame, Anger, and Social Expectations

·       Why anger is often more socially acceptable for men than shame

·       How economic expectations and social norms intensify male distress

·       The hidden emotional costs of trying to live up to an impossible masculine image

Changing Rape Culture & Supporting Men’s Healing

·       How patriarchal systems harm men as well as women

·       The “man box” exercise he uses to help men examine rigid gender expectations

·       How younger generations are showing greater emotional openness

Expanding Masculinity (Not Redefining It)

·       The importance of permission-giving among men

·       Modeling vulnerability and emotional honesty

·       Supporting men to step outside restrictive norms

The Role of Feminist Psychotherapy

 Harnessing Justified Anger for Change

Hope for the Future

Today’s Episode sponsored by:

Kate Moreland Coaching

Dr Yoga Momma

Heartland Yoga

Want to go on retreat?

Want to join Betsy in Costa Rica in May 2026 at her favorite retreat center to help you reorganize your inner space using yoga, meditation, energy medicine, and hypnosis?  All the details here!

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Season 4 of Tend Her Wild opens with a refusal to play small.

In this episode, we bear witness to what is unfolding in Minneapolis—and across our country—through the lens of the Wild Woman archetype. This conversation is about courage in real time, love under pressure, and what it looks like when women choose presence over paralysis.

We ask the question Clarissa Pinkola Estés reminds us of how a culture heals, and we explore what happens when a community becomes “a family within a family,” tending one another through fear, grief, and fierce love.

This episode holds pain and power, heartbreak and humanity, and a deep reminder that the wild woman rises precisely in times like these.

What the Wild Woman Is Teaching Us Right Now

Guest 1: A Minnesota Neighbor & Artist — Bearing Witness Through Action

Our first guest is a local neighbor and artist from Minnesota who shares what it is like to live inside the unfolding events in Minneapolis.

She reminds us that this is not the time to be quiet, even when fear is present—and that fear is not a reason to disengage.

Key reflections from her story:

She speaks honestly about the emotional roller coaster of these days, while holding faith that this community is modeling something vital for the rest of the country.

Guest 2: An Immigrant’s Perspective from Downtown Minneapolis

Our second guest is an immigrant who has lived in the United States for nearly 30 years and currently resides in downtown Minneapolis.

She shares the disorientation of desolate streets, the fear of leaving home, and the haunting familiarity of carrying papers—echoing memories of wartime survival.

Her reflections include:

She reminds us that anything rooted in fear, greed, or selfishness cannot last—and that when justice is destroyed, it will be reborn.

We hold deep gratitude for these two women who chose to bear witness, sharing their stories with honesty and heart. They embody both courage and pain, reminding us that the wild woman does not numb—she stays present, rooted in love, and committed to life.

Follow Tend Her Wild https://www.instagram.com/tendherwild/?hl=en

If this episode moved you:

Link to Sabrina Video 

How to help Minnesotans

Rent and utilities are a priority right now, as many people cannot leave their homes to go to work.

Phillips neighborhood has been hardest hit in the whole city of Minneapolis

Powderhorn Rent Relief, covers rent and household bills for folks sheltering in place in powderhorn neighborhood. 

venmo @SouthsideNeeds directly to support buying and delivering food and basic needs items to families in Powderhorn and Phillips

Childhood Families in Columbia Heights MN

Somali run org in Saint cloud

Latinx run org in Saint Cloud

Past Episodes You Might Like with Kate & Betsy: 

Episode 163: Rage As Teacher Episode 131: Life Quakes Episode 124: Shadow WorkEpisode 98: Shake if Off: Facing the Criticism and Embracing Your Light Episode 76: Women Finding Their Voice

Today’s Episode sponsored by:

Kate Moreland Coaching

Dr Yoga Momma

Heartland Yoga

Want to go on retreat?

Want to join Betsy in Costa Rica in May 2026 at her favorite retreat center to help you reorganize your inner space using yoga, meditation, energy medicine, and hypnosis?  All the details here!

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In today’s episode we review this past year and all that unfolded in the podcast and in our personal lives. We talk about the highs and lows, the practices that sustained us, and we reveal our theme for Season 4 that begins February 2026.

In today’s episode we explore:

Past Episodes from Season 3 that We Mentioned:   

180. Ginette Biro: A Near Death Experience & Divine Connection to the Other Side

173. Maddie Corman: Accidentally Brave

172. Reverend Sarah Goettsch: Unapologetic

170. Renee Zukin: Every Day, I’m Brave

165. Hope for the Future:  Meet The Sons Jack Moreland & Pieter Rippentrop

163. Rage as Teacher

154. The Multi-Hyphenate Wonder that is Kristin Hanggi

Today’s Episode sponsored by:

The Local Hub (https://thelocalhub-ic.com/)

Kate Moreland Coaching (https://www.katemorelandcoaching.com/)

Dr Yoga Momma (https://dryogamomma.com/)

Heartland Yoga (https://heartlandyoga.com/)

Join Kate in person at the Winter Gathering at the Well on Sunday, January 11th from 1-5pm 

Find Registration info here

Want to go on retreat?

Want to join Betsy in Costa Rica in May 2026 at her favorite retreat center to help you reorganize your inner space using yoga, meditation, energy medicine, and hypnosis?  All the details here!

Today’s Episode sponsored by:

Kate Moreland Coaching

Dr Yoga Momma

Heartland Yoga

Want to go on retreat? 

Want to join Betsy in Costa Rica in May 2026 at her favorite retreat center to help you reorganize your inner space using yoga, meditation, energy medicine, and hypnosis?  All the details here!

To join the Tend Her 4.0 Course on Hope (It’s Free!), visit here: https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-4-0-hope/

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Medium Dani Worrell returns for an incredible live podcast event recorded at Revival’s pop-up studio in downtown Iowa City, where she offers intuitive readings for the audience.

In this episode, we explore:

Past Episodes You Might Like with Kate & Betsy:

Epsode 171: Dani Worrell: The Power of Practical Alignment

Episode 164 : Christina Woods: Unraveling the Heal

Episode 111: Rod Stryker: Your Soul’s Purpose

Episode 100:  The Upper Limit: Living In Your Full Potential

Episode 80: Self Compassion: The Secret Sauce of Life

Episode 72: The Power of Hypnosis: Debunking Myths & Understanding How it Works

Episode 66: Therapy Anyone?

Episode 57: Dharma: Why are we all here? 

Find Dani here:

https://www.practical-alignment.com

Email Dani at:

[email protected]

Today’s Episode sponsored by:

The Local Hub

Want to go on retreat?

Want to join Betsy in Costa Rica in May 2026 at her favorite retreat center to help you reorganize your inner space using yoga, meditation, energy medicine, and hypnosis?  All the details here!

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Today’s interview kept us laughing nearly the entire time, and yet was deeply poignant as our guest shared her story of scars.  Ophira is a stand-up comedian, author, and story teller who has been lauded as one of the “top 10 comics that funny people find funny”.   Our attention was rapt as we listened to her many physical and emotional scars and how she has been able to create art, humor, and even happy endings from her life experiences.

In today’s episode we explore:

Bio:  

Ophira Eisenberg is a Canadian-born standup comedian, writer, and host. She hosted NPR’s comedy trivia show Ask Me Another for 9-years. She can be seen live, regularly headlining across the United States, Canada, and Europe delivering her unique blend of standup and storytelling to a loyal fan base of smart, irreverent comedy lovers. She has appeared on Comedy Central, This Week at The Comedy Cellar, Kevin Hart’s LOL Network, HBO’s Girls, Gotham Live, The Late Late Show, The Today Show, and VH-1. The New York Times called her a skilled comedian and storyteller with “bleakly stylish” humor. She was also selected as one of New York Magazine’s “Top 10 Comics that Funny People Find Funny,” and hailed by Forbes.com as one of the most engaging comics working today. Ophira is a regular host and teller with The Moth and her stories have been featured on The Moth Radio Hour and in two of The Moth’s best-selling collections, including the most recent New York Times Bestseller: How To Tell A Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth. She now lives in Brooklyn, NY where she is a fixture at New York City’s comedy clubs. She resides with her husband and son where she can regularly be seen drinking a ton of coffee.  Follow her at www.ophiraeisenberg.com.

Past Episodes You Might Like with Kate & Betsy That Make You Laugh:  

Episode 172: Reverend Sarah Goettsch: Unapologetic

Episode 159: Cara Flynn: From Control Top Pantyhose to Mountain Climbing

Episode 135: Mandy Fabian: Fiercely Feminine Director

Episode 103: Lyz Lenz: This American Ex-Wife

Episode 77: Barbie: Getting Out of the Box

Today’s Episode sponsored by:

Kate Moreland Coaching

Want to go on retreat? 

Want to join Betsy in Costa Rica in May 2026 at her favorite retreat center to help you reorganize your inner space using yoga, meditation, energy medicine, and hypnosis?  All the details here!

To join the Tend Her 4.0 Course on Hope (It’s Free!), visit here: https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-4-0-hope/

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In today’s joyful episode, we dig into our “magic bags” and surprise each other with our current favorite things. We share our top 10 unique items, shows, apps, and little delights we’re loving right now.

As the holiday season begins, we’re also reflecting on the power of our dollars and the importance of spending with intention. In honor of Small Business Saturday, we highlight some of our favorite local businesses—many of them women-owned—and invite you to join us in supporting small businesses (especially women owned),  local makers and entrepreneurs this year.

Kate’s List:

1.The book “The Mountain is You” by Brianna West (Cielo Iowa City)

2.Brandi Carlisle’s album “Returning to Myself”

3.Le Bon girlfriend socks from Revival

4.Hu Ha underwear

5.Heather Cox Richardson Letters

6.Colorscience tinted moisturizer

7.Elise Loehnen’s “Pulling the Thread” podcast

8.Cold Foam from Trader Joe’s

9.The show “The Diplomat” on Netflix

10.Bergamot scented deodorant cremo

Betsy’s List:

1.Kusmi Tea – Tea from France 

2.Trevor Hall song “Blue Sky Mind”

3.Jones Road Miracle Balm

4.Ego Battery Powered Leaf Blower and Lawn Mower 

5.Ozlo sleep pods

6.Trip sparkling drink 

7.Time Shifter App

8.Spoon Flower Wall Paper

9.Netflix Show “Nobody Wants This”

10.Tiny Flower bouquet from Willow and Stock

Today’s Episode sponsored by:

The Local Hub

Kate Moreland Coaching

Dr Yoga Momma

Heartland Yoga

Want to do your own Heroine’s Journey with Dr. Betsy? Consider joining Reclaim: A Heroine’s Journey with Betsy. This 13-week online course takes you on a journey “in and down” (the feminine path) to reclaim your lost feminine parts, heal your wounded masculine parts, receive initiation from the Goddess, and return a changed person.  This course runs during the darkest days of the year, which tends to be the best time for depth work according to Dr. Betsy.  This course begins November 2025.   For all the upcoming details visits https://dryogamomma.com/reclaim-heroines-journey-of-transformation

Join Kate at this local event January 11th

Winter Gathering at the Well with Water Bearer

Want to go on retreat?  Want to join Betsy in Costa Rica in May 2026 at her favorite retreat center to help you reorganize your inner space using yoga, meditation, energy medicine, and hypnosis?  All the details here!

To join the Tend Her 4.0 Course on Hope (It’s Free!), visit here: https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-4-0-hope/

Local Businesses that we love! Thank you for your partnership at events and for being so amazing!

https://downtowniowacity.com/retail/

@cielogoods

@revivaliowacity

@amadecommunity

@theagendaperiod

@glowhydrationllc

Dr. Jane

Lucie Petersen

@kittycornersocialclub

@deluxeiowa

@sidekickcoffeeandbooks

@willowandstock

@heartland_yoga

@pureluxeapothecary

@ravenandmagnolia

@omgiftsiowa

@mosaic_iowacity

@littlelightsonthelane

@_terrahartley_

@yotopiafroyo

@rapidcreekrdfarmstand 

@catherinesboutique

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In today’s episode, we dive into a rich and inspiring conversation with yoga teacher Uma Subramaniam. Uma shares her journey from growing up in India—where yoga was a natural part of daily life—to her years in the U.S. financial industry, and ultimately, to rediscovering her calling as a lifelong student and teacher of yoga. Through her story, Uma beautifully illustrates how yoga is not just a practice, but a way of being—one that guides her understanding of purpose, balance, and self-awareness.

In this episode, we explore:

Uma designs her classes to work slowly into classical practices beginning with awareness to spine, breath and the mind space. “I like my students to experience transformation with even a simple 30 minute practice”. She considers herself still a student, a teacher and therapist, a believer in yoga, naturopathy, ayurveda and natural, holistic and wholesome treatment of the human body and mind. Her happiness and satisfaction lies in her students improving steadily and in having strengthened their interest and belief in yoga, and holistic treatment of their body and mind. She is happiest when she is also able to encourage them to inculcate this new-found way of living among their family and friends.

With experiential knowledge of different schools of yoga (Sivananda, Satyananda, Iyengar, Ashtanga, Yin and hot yoga), and having watched the yoga industry bloom around the world and particularly in Bangalore, Uma helps lead your way to the many options and offerings yoga has for the discerning seeker.

Heartland Yoga Teacher Training: January 2026

This hatha training, co-taught by 3 experienced teachers, will prepare you to not only teach yoga but will introduce you to scientific research in psychology, neuroscience, and mindfulness to offer trauma informed practices to support mental health and healing.

Past Episodes You Might Like with Kate & Betsy About Yoga and Embodiment: 

Dharma: Why are we all here?

The Heroine’s Journey: Reclamation of the Feminine

Meditation: The Royal Road to Self

Episode 90: Michala Boehm: The Wild Woman’s Way to Embodiment

Today’s Episode sponsored by:

The Local Hub

Kate Moreland Coaching

Dr Yoga Momma

Heartland Yoga

Want to do your own Heroine’s Journey with Dr. Betsy?

Consider joining Reclaim: A Heroine’s Journey with Betsy. This 10-week online course takes you on a journey “in and down” (the feminine path) to reclaim your lost feminine parts, heal your wounded masculine parts, receive initiation from the Goddess, and return a changed person.  This course runs during the darkest days of the year, which tends to be the best time for depth work according to Dr. Betsy.  This course begins November 2025.   For all the upcoming detils visits https://dryogamomma.com/reclaim-heroines-journey-of-transformation

Want to go on retreat? 

Want to join Betsy in Costa Rica in May 2026 at her favorite retreat center to help you reorganize your inner space using yoga, meditation, energy medicine, and hypnosis?  All the details here!

To join the Tend Her 4.0 Course on Hope (It’s Free!), visit here: https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-4-0-hope/

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