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Tend HER Wild Podcast episodes

August 04, 2025170. Renee Zukin: Every Day, I’m Brave
In today’s episode we interview author Renee Zukin. In her new book “Everyday I’m Brave” Renee shares her story of her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and her journey of conquering fear in order to live a bigger life. Renee reveals that being diagnosed late in life after having her third child began a healing process that has led to finding freedom and using her gifts to help others conquer their fear.
Today we discuss:
Renee’s early ability to hold the tension of opposites, both fear and adventure, when her family moved from Detroit to Iowa.  Her early love of fashion and how in an effort to fit in, she shut down parts of herself in middle school.
How in her thirties she was misdiagnosed with anorexia and then finally correctly diagnosed with OCD which suddenly helped her make sense of her life.  How getting the right kind of support and strategies changed how she lived her life.
Her evolution after diagnosis and how having information allowed her to make choices from a more grounded place.  The freedom she found when she learned that our thoughts do not define us.
The impact of her OCD on her children and how they have adapted and supported her different habits.  How she has modeled resilience and bravery for her children by embracing fear and allowing herself different experiences to perform such as singing in a band and tap dancing.
The importance of holding onto glimmers of hope and having trust that it will get better.  What she has learned about her own resistance and rebellion and how grace and self-compassion are necessary as we all have set backs.
Find more on Renee’s book, how to work with her,  and her book launch part on August 8th at https://www.reneezukin.com
To join the Tend Her 4.0 Course on Hope (It’s Free!), visit here: https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-4-0-hope/
Past Episodes You Might Like with Kate & Betsy:
Episode 167: Dr. Jackie: Being a Mom is the Best Thing for my OCD
Episode 160: Are You Dysregulated?
Episode 145: Dr. Candida Maurer: Vibrant Explorer
Episode 138: Lily French: Awakening to Human Design
Episode 133: Domestic Abuse: Wisdom from a Survivor, Dr. Lauren Welter
Episode 129: Dr. Sharon Blackie: Hagitude
Episode 115: Dr. Arielle Schwartz: Awakening the Spiritual Heart
Episode 87: Dr. Stacey Shelby: Tracking the Wild Woman Archetype
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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53 min
August 01, 2025169. Brenda Crawford: Part II – Cancer & Holding the Tension of Opposites
This is part 2 of our interview with Brenda Crawford about her journey through cancer treatment and her perspectives on living and dying 5 years into her journey.
The shift in identity that Brenda experienced after her diagnosis, and how she began to embrace balance in a brand new way.
Brenda’s realization that wasn’t good at self-care (even though she believed she was), and how her diagnosis snapped her into radical self-care.
Her desire to feel all of life and no longer be desensitized to it.
The impact of this diagnosis on her marriage, her kids, and the complication of cancer treatment during covid (she spent 18 months in her house).
Her view that when people say “life never gives you more than you can handle”, her response is bullsh#@. She believes life constantly gives you more than you can handle and our job is to surrender to what we cannot control and ask for help.
The legacy Brenda wants to leave.
To join the Tend Her 4.0 Course on Hope (It’s Free!), visit here: https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-4-0-hope/
Past Episodes You Might Like with Kate & Betsy about Health:
Episode 128: Anne Marie Nest-Pinero & Kristin Marrs: Performance Art that Educates about Infertility & Miscarriage
Episode 122: Nina Lohman – The Body Alone: A Lyrical Articulation of Chronic Pain
Episode 108: Angie Chaplin: Mindful Sober Leader
Episode 105: Kate O’Donnell: Ayurveda for Women
Episode 99: Cate Stillman: The Witch’s Cancer Journal
Episode 88: Sam Ferm-LeClere: Healing with Chronic Illness
Episode 83: Our Precious Bodies
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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39 min
July 25, 2025168. Brenda Crawford: Part I – Spiritual Sovereignty & The Cancer Diagnosis
Brenda Crawford is the first guest we’ve interviewed that didn’t have a bio for us to read, and she explained that what she would have had us read in years past is no longer fully true. She has many accomplishments: psychologist, musician, wife, mother, businesswoman – however, her identity completely shifted 5 years ago when out of the blue, and with few symptoms, she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. This interview was raw, real, funny, hopeful, and as Brenda said, an opportunity to leave a legacy for my children. We were so spellbound by Brenda’s story that it’s as if we were beyond the confines of time, which is another way to say, we need 2 episodes to cover her full story! Today’s episode is an introduction to Brenda, her family, her history with the medical establishment, and her initial reaction to her diagnosis. Check next week for part 2 of this amazing interview.
Today we discuss:
How Brenda “loved my childhood” as a precocious child, but one who didn’t cry much or show pain.
Her familiarity with the medical establishment starting with chronic ear infections as a child, a mystery illness at 5 years old that put her in the hospital for several weeks, a car accident in college, and now a 5 year journey through 104+ cancer treatments.
Her amazing 2 children and why spiritual sovereignty has been a key concept in how Brenda is relating to them.
The unexpected diagnosis that turned her world upside down during a time that she felt “on top of my game”.
The moment her doctor showed her the scans of innumerable lesions on her liver and “everything stops and in a second your entire life is different”.
To join the Tend Her 4.0 Course on Hope (It’s Free!), visit here: https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-4-0-hope/
Past Episodes You Might Like with Kate & Betsy about Health:
Episode 128: Anne Marie Nest-Pinero & Kristin Marrs: Performance Art that Educates about Infertility & Miscarriage
Episode 122: Nina Lohman – The Body Alone: A Lyrical Articulation of Chronic Pain
Episode 108: Angie Chaplin: Mindful Sober Leader
Episode 105: Kate O’Donnell: Ayurveda for Women
Episode 99: Cate Stillman: The Witch’s Cancer Journal
Episode 88: Sam Ferm-LeClere: Healing with Chronic Illness
Episode 83: Our Precious Bodies
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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51 min
July 11, 2025167. Dr. Jackie Kamradt: Being A Mom is the Best Thing for My OCD
In today’s episode we interview Dr. Jackie, a psychologist who has learned the power of self-disclosure when she began to speak openly about her relationship to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) that has been present since she was a child. Dr. Jackie brings both her personal experience as well as her professional knowledge to shed light on this disorder that impacts about 1-3% of the population.
Today we discuss:
How Jackie doesn’t remember a time before she had OCD, and has been managing it essentially her entire life.
The amount of time Jackie spent on compulsions as a child, and the breakthrough that happened at age 12 when she saw her first psychologist and finally had a name for what she was experiencing as well as hope.
The powerful message that Jackie conveys not only for people with OCD but for all humans: you have to face the pain, difficulty and discomfort and sit with it instead of engage in behaviors that block it or lessen it. Exposure to discomfort and learning to tolerate hard stuff it is the cornerstone of good therapy.
Jackie’s new life as a mom, and how this has brought many of her OCD symptoms front and center, but how she can witness and see the symptoms and actually even thank them for trying to protect her before “putting it in its place”.
To join the Tend Her 4.0 Course on Hope (It’s Free!), visit here: https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-4-0-hope/
Past Episodes You Might Like with Kate & Betsy:
Episode 160: Are You Dysregulated?
Episode 145: Dr. Candida Maurer: Vibrant Explorer
Episode 138: Lily French: Awakening to Human Design
Episode 133: Domestic Abuse: Wisdom from a Survivor, Dr. Lauren Welter
Episode 129: Dr. Sharon Blackie: Hagitude
Episode 115: Dr. Arielle Schwartz: Awakening the Spiritual Heart
Episode 87: Dr. Stacey Shelby: Tracking the Wild Woman Archetype
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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1 hr 8 min
July 04, 2025166. Dropping into Radiant Rest with Tracee Stanley
Hello tend her wild podcast listeners. Today we are re-releasing one of our favorite episodes with Tracee Stanley Tracee is a gifted yoga niddra teacher and the author of the books radiant rest and luminous self.
During challenging and uncertain times with so many distractions, there can be great healing and transformative power in practicing rest and being still. In this episode Tracee shares with us the value of deep relaxation, and the divine creativity that emerges from embracing stillness. We encourage you to connect to Tracee’s platform for sacred tools and rituals that help us return to our inner wisdom and connect to our wholeness and power. Be well.
Today we discuss:
Tracee’s first ten years being raised in a strict, overprotective home where freedom was limited, but education and space for daydreaming, reading, and learning were emphasized
The importance of Tracee’s Nana, and what she learned by observing her power and ability to hold space for others
Tracee’s first experiences with Yoga Nidra, and how it evolved, including her awareness that Yoga Nidra was “the Goddess”
The power of ancestral healing, and how to call in the ancestors that are well in spirit
How Tracee views “re-wilding” in her book Radiant Rest as taking the practices directly into nature. Practice and nature are not separate, and we are not separate from nature.
The benefits of committing to more time in rest
“Since the invention of the lightbulb it has disconnected us from the cycles of nature.  When we start resting we can start to connect to our own nature, which is nature and that in itself is healing.” -Tracee
Bio:
Tracee Stanley is the visionary behind Empowered Life Circle, an esteemed community and sanctuary that embraces transformative practices, sacred rituals, and profound Tantric teachings and has over two decades of dedicated exploration in Sri Vidya Tantra and the wisdom imparted by the Himalayan Masters.  Tracee has also emerged as a leading figure in the realm of post-lineage instruction. Her unwavering commitment lies in imparting the profound knowledge of yoga nidra, meditation, self-inquiry, rest, communion with nature, and reverence for our ancestors. Tracee possesses a unique gift for unveiling the magic and power hidden within the realms of the liminal, while effortlessly weaving devotion and practice into the tapestry of everyday life.
To learn more about Tracee: https://traceeyoga.com
Instagram: @tracee_stanley
Order Radiant Rest
Order The Luminous Self
Householder’s Flow
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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57 min
June 27, 2025165. Hope for the Future: Meet The Sons Jack Moreland & Pieter Rippentrop
In today’s episode we have a delightful talk with Kate & Betsy’s 19-year-old sons who just completed their first year of college and are home for the summer. We had no idea where this conversation was headed, but we found ourselves more smitten than usual with these engaging, bright, and wise young men who both expressed a heart for making a difference in this world.
Today we discuss:
Jack and Pieter’s first 10 years and what they remember most.
Their adjustment to college and settling into independence, connecting with people, and making friends.
What challenges and main issues their generation is facing: the big one TECHNOLOGY.
Their perspectives on Gen Z and mental health.
Gender wars and how these young men see it is different in the virtual world vs the real world.
Their hopes and fears about the future.
What they thought of their moms while growing up, and whether they have seen anything different since their moms started rewilding.
To join the Tend Her 4.0 Course on Hope (It’s Free!), visit here: https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-4-0-hope/
Past Episodes You Might Like with Kate & Betsy Interviewing Men (there haven’t been many!):
Episode 132: Your Soul’s Purpose with Rod Stryker
Episode 58: Part I with Shannon Algeo: Trust Your Truth & Heal Your Lineage
Episode 59: Part II with Shannon Algeo: Follow Your Heart & Not Your Smart Phone
Episode 36: Steve Shiva: An Example of an Integrated Man
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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59 min
June 20, 2025164. Christina Woods: Unraveling to Heal
In today’s episode we talk with Christina Woods an internationally recognized Clinical Hypnotherapist, Rapid Transformational therapist, Empowerment Coach and Reiki Master who leads women to realize their worth, shed old programs, and align with their authentic selves. Combining her three decades in corporate leadership, Christina has turned her personal triumph over adversity into a beacon of hope for hundreds of women worldwide.
Today we discuss:
How Christina’s first 10 years of living in survival mode, due to a chaotic and abusive environment, shaped her life and led to her purpose
How she became a woman who said yes to everything, but had no concept of saying yes to herself
Her “garden moment” realizing she needed to leave her marriage and her job
How her body sent her messages through illness leading to her decision to go deeper and do her inner work
How finding hypnotherapy and EMDR led to her own healing and her path to help others heal
The ongoing process of healing and how it’s ok to recalibrate from time to time as new challenges emerge
The wild woman archetype and her observation that women are rising in their power and learning to trust who they are, by finding out what’s blocking their inner wisdom
How the meaning of true sisterhood is seeing and witnessing one another and learning from one another through stories
Self-sabotage, boundaries and her favorite tool that can allow us to shift our energy at a cellular energy
Learn more about how to work with Christina here: https://christinalwoods.com
Find her on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/christina.lwoods/
To join the Tend Her 4.0 Course on Hope (It’s Free!), visit here: https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-4-0-hope/
Past Episodes You Might Like with Kate & Betsy:
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 Work
Episode 66: Therapy Anyone?
Episode 55: Boundaries & Self Sabotage
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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55 min
June 13, 2025163. Rage as Teacher
In today’s episode we return to the book “Women Who Run with the Wolves” for inspiration and discuss the teachings around the concept of rage. We explore the idea that rage is a teacher and allowing ourselves to listen and learn from our rage can be powerful and boost personal growth. As women we are often taught to be nice good girls, so rage can make us feel guilt and shame for being out of control. The notion that not showing our rage, robs us of our voice and our authentic nature.
Today we discuss:
The concept of rage, how it impacts hope, and how it has shown up for each of us as a teacher.
How rage connects to the wild woman archetype and that the natural state of being for the wild woman is “wolf”, which is not vicious until provoked.
The idea that we all have rage in us because it’s a natural emotion and yet we can’t stay in rage too long or it will rob us of our agency and creativity.
We share what is currently causing us rage in our culture: greed, loss of humanity and compassion and the objectification of women and loss of rights.
What happens if we suppress our rage and don’t express it safely and move through it.
Dr. Estes’ suggestion of “going to the mountains” to sit quietly with the deep wise part of ourself and Betsy’s recent silent retreat experience.
How we can work with rage and get to a place of forgiveness, understanding that forgiveness is a fluid 4 stage process, not a single act, with layers and seasons.
To join the Tend Her 4.0 Course on Hope (It’s Free!), visit here: https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-4-0-hope/
Past Episodes You Might Like with Kate & Betsy:
Episode 30: Grief: It’s Complicated
Episode 40: Anger: Channel the Fire
Episode 107: Jocelyn Davis: Insubordinate
Episode 124: Shadow Work
Episode 133: Domestic Abuse: Wisdom From a Survivor, Dr. Lauren Welter
Episode 136: Kimberly Jaeger-Arjes: Grief Gathers Us
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!
Source
46 min
June 06, 2025162. Jennifer Brandl: Meet Betsy’s World Traveling Sister
In today’s episode we talk with Betsy’s older sister Jennifer and the pivotal impact she has had on Betsy, as well as her part in helping create the Tend Her Wild podcast. We also talk about her love of travel, navigating the business world for 32 years, and her intentions for the future.
Today we discuss:
How Jennifer’s life took a major turn when her little sister Betsy was born.
Which of the sisters was the “wild” one.
Her intrinsic need to see the world and which 2 cities are her favorite in her travels of 50 countries and almost every continent.
Jennifer’s experience of being in the patriarchal sales world for 32 years, and how her contemplation of duality has helped her make sense of both the good and bad of this environment.
Limiting beliefs, the power of manifestation and the white papers on the back of Jennifer’s door.
To join the Tend Her 4.0 Course on Hope (It’s Free!), visit here: https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-4-0-hope/
Past Episodes You Might Like with Kate & Betsy:
Episode 139: Sheri Salata: The Beautiful No
Episode 135: Mandy Fabian: Fiercely Feminine Director
Episode 130: Rachel Yoder: Nightbitch
Episode 123: Dolores Reynolds: A True Woman of the World
Episode 107: Jocelyn Davis: Insubordinate
Episode 94: Fierce Love with Presidential Candidate Marianne Williamson
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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50 min
May 30, 2025161. Intergenerational Trauma
In today’s episode we explore how the trauma can extend from one generation to the next through the intersection of our biology and our psychology. This topic was briefly touched on during the recent free online Tend Her course, and lots of questions came from participants so we decided to dive a little deeper into the topic, and explore our personal lineages and what they might be holding.
Today we discuss:
What intergenerational trauma really is and the “7 generation” theory that says the healing we do can stretch backwards to our ancestors for 7 generations and forward for 7 generations to our offspring.
A common question of “if I don’t have biological kids” does this apply to me?
How the interest and research on this area came from studying the children of Holocaust survivors and finding they had 300% more mental health problems than the average population.
There are 2 ways to work with intergenerational trauma: repeat it or be the cycle breaker.
Why understanding allostatic load is important.
Examples from our life of cycles we are attempting to break so our children won’t carry them forward.
Wisdom Wednesdays with Dr. Betsy that address Nervous System, Stress, Trauma & Intergenerational Healing
Intergenerational Trauma
Are You Resilient?
Coming Home to Your Body: Getting To Know Your Nervous System
How To Find Calm in a Divisive World
Trauma: Your Body Keeps the Score
To join the Tend Her 4.0 Course on Hope (It’s Free!), visit here: https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-4-0-hope/
Past Episodes You Might Like with Kate & Betsy:
Episode 160: Are you dysregulated?
Episode 143: Dropping into Radiant Rest with Tracee Stanley
Episode 133: Domestic Abuse: Wisdom from a Survivor, Dr Lauren Welter
Episode 124: Shadow Work
Episode 115: Dr Arielle Schwartz: Awakening the Spiritual Heart
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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24 min

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