The Inner Rhythms Podcast

🐚Topics covered

• Isha's journey from somatic psychotherapy to founding the Wealth Ecology Institute
• Six principles of wealth ecology: stewardship, sustainability, circulation, enoughness
• Relating to money as a lover rather than something dirty or shameful
• Why commitment, not inspiration, creates actual behavior change with money
• The spiritual bypass pattern of believing you're above money
• Decolonizing money: separating the energy of exchange from its historical abuse
• Ancestral colonial wealth & the grief work of tracing extraction in your lineage
• The great wealth transfer: trillions moving from boomers to women by 2030
• Funding women-led innovations in the Global South versus polished pitch decks
• Raising financially literate children equipped for matriarchal economic systems
• Matriarchies as ancient & ongoing, not a new invention

About Isha Vela

Isha Vela (she/they/feral) is a somatic psychologist, financial strategist, matriarchal wealth activist and founder of the Wealth Ecology Institute, where she teaches women to steward money in service of land, lineage, and legacy.

Isha helps women get feral with their money: shedding scarcity and individualism, building redistribution portfolios instead of empire portfolios. She believes the land is not an asset, but a relative, and that a satisfied woman is ungovernable.

Isha is a queer, world schooling parent of 2 neurospicy teens savoring a minimalist life.

Where to find Isha Vela

Instagram: @wakingup_wealthy

Facebook: Wealth Ecology Institute

YouTube handle: @wealthecologyinstitute

Website: www.wealthecologyinstitute.com

About the Host

I’m Iris Josephina, a functional hormone specialist, orthomolecular hormone coach, circadian biology practitioner, and entrepreneur. Through Cycle Seeds and The Inner Rhythms Podcast, I support people in reconnecting with their cyclical nature, deepening body literacy, and reclaiming hormonal harmony from a place of sovereignty and embodied knowledge. Most people know me from Instagram, where I share stories, tools, and inspiration on cyclical living, menstrual cycles, fertility, hormones, and more. 

Let’s stay connected:

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🐚Topics covered

• Dr. Catherine's autoimmune health crisis leading to discovering quantum biology
• Quantum biology defined: light, water, sound & energy fields in living systems
• The body as an antenna receiving light, sound & electromagnetic information
• Morning light's role in cortisol rhythm & sex hormone conversion
• Evening light exposure & melatonin's connection to fertility signaling
• Bioelectric capacity: how cells hold charge & its connection to inflammation
• Fascia explained: collagen-based communication network throughout the body
• Differences between male & female fascia & estrogen receptor responsiveness
• Fascia's role in luteal phase stiffness & menstrual cycle symptoms
• Structured versus bulk water & true cellular hydration
• Electrolytes, minerals & bio-individual approaches to hydration
• Heart-centered morning practice as foundation for hormonal coherence

About Dr. Catherine Clinton

Dr. Catherine Clinton, ND, is a licensed naturopathic physician, author, and the Founder and Chair of the Quantum Biology Health Institute. With more than 18 years of clinical and educational experience, she helps wellness seekers and healthcare practitioners understand health through a systems-based, quantum biology lens. While in naturopathic medical school, her diagnosis of two autoimmune conditions and Lyme disease reshaped her understanding of healing and led her beyond conventional models. Dr. Clinton has published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, teaches internationally, and maintains a small clinical practice in Eugene, Oregon. Her work is dedicated to expanding how we understand health by honoring the body’s intelligence and its relationship with light, water, and environment

Where to find Dr. Catherine Clinton

Instagram: @dr.catherineclinton

Facebook: @dr.catherineclintonnd

YouTube: @drcatherineclinton

Website: www.drcatherineclinton.com

About the Host

I’m Iris Josephina, a functional hormone specialist, orthomolecular hormone coach, circadian biology practitioner, and entrepreneur. Through Cycle Seeds and The Inner Rhythms Podcast, I support people in reconnecting with their cyclical nature, deepening body literacy, and reclaiming hormonal harmony from a place of sovereignty and embodied knowledge. Most people know me from Instagram, where I share stories, tools, and inspiration on cyclical living, menstrual cycles, fertility, hormones, and more. 

Let’s stay connected:

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cycleseeds 

📧 Join my newsletter: https://www.cycleseeds.com/cyclseeds-newsletter 

💻 Visit the Cycle Seeds website: https://www.cycleseeds.com/ 

📝 Check out the blog: https://www.cycleseeds.com/blog

📚Join my courses: https://www.cycleseeds.com/courses-masterclasses 

📊 Chart Your Cycle Masterclass: https://cycleseeds.plugandpay.nl/checkout/chart-your-cycle-37-f-a 

🐚Join the CYCLICAL waitlist: https://www.cycleseeds.com/cyclical-waitlist 

🐚Topics covered

• Jonathan's shift from pre-med track to circadian biology research
• Central clock (SCN) & peripheral clocks governing every cell in the body
• What happens during first light exposure & sunrise contrast signaling
• Circadian dead zone myth: bright light still affects rhythm midday
• Artificial light at night classified as probable human carcinogen
• Diabetes research linking light exposure patterns to metabolic health
• Light exposure strategies for people living in northern, dark winter climates
• Fire as ideal nighttime lighting with zero blue light disruption
• Women's shorter circadian rhythm & increased sensitivity to light cues
• Dermatology's circadian blind spot & DNA repair protein timing
• Newborn brain development through non-visual light exposure
• Jonathan's personal daily light routine & meal timing practices

About Jonathan Jarecki 

Jonathan is an undergraduate student at Davidson College studying Biology and Neuroscience on the PhD track, with a passion for translating complex science and health topics to the general public.

Where to find Jonathan Jarecki

📷 Instagram: @jonarhanjarecki

YouTube handle: TheSignalwithJonathanJarecki

Website: https://jonathanjarecki.komi.io/? 

About the Host

I’m Iris Josephina, a functional hormone specialist, orthomolecular hormone coach, circadian biology practitioner, and entrepreneur. Through Cycle Seeds and The Inner Rhythms Podcast, I support people in reconnecting with their cyclical nature, deepening body literacy, and reclaiming hormonal harmony from a place of sovereignty and embodied knowledge. Most people know me from Instagram, where I share stories, tools, and inspiration on cyclical living, menstrual cycles, fertility, hormones, and more. 

Let’s stay connected:

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cycleseeds 

📧 Join my newsletter: https://www.cycleseeds.com/cyclseeds-newsletter 

💻 Visit the Cycle Seeds website: https://www.cycleseeds.com/ 

📝 Check out the blog: https://www.cycleseeds.com/blog

📚Join my courses: https://www.cycleseeds.com/courses-masterclasses 

📊 Chart Your Cycle Masterclass: https://cycleseeds.plugandpay.nl/checkout/chart-your-cycle-37-f-a 

🐚Join the CYCLICAL waitlist: https://www.cycleseeds.com/cyclical-waitlist 

🐚Topics covered

• Personal journey with cystic acne from age 11 into 20s & shame around it
• Birth control pill clearing acne temporarily then returning worse on body
• First acne-free experience in Colombian Amazon: no artificial light, natural rhythm
• Environment as foundation: light exposure, circadian rhythm, meal timing, movement
• Unique approach beyond blood sugar: light, mitochondrial health, cellular hydration
• How light & darkness function as nutrients for skin health
• Oil-based products worsening dehydrated acne-prone skin
• Reconsidering sunscreen use for acne healing
• Daily skin practices: massage, dry brushing, cupping techniques
• Quantum Skin Health masterclass series announcement

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE QUANTUM SKIN HEALTH MASTERCLASS SERIES: https://cycleseeds.activehosted.com/f/25

About the Host

I’m Iris Josephina, a functional hormone specialist, orthomolecular hormone coach, circadian biology practitioner, and entrepreneur. Through Cycle Seeds and The Inner Rhythms Podcast, I support people in reconnecting with their cyclical nature, deepening body literacy, and reclaiming hormonal harmony from a place of sovereignty and embodied knowledge. Most people know me from Instagram, where I share stories, tools, and inspiration on cyclical living, menstrual cycles, fertility, hormones, and more. 

Let’s stay connected:

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cycleseeds 

📧 Join my newsletter: https://www.cycleseeds.com/cyclseeds-newsletter 

💻 Visit the Cycle Seeds website: https://www.cycleseeds.com/ 

📝 Check out the blog: https://www.cycleseeds.com/blog

📚Join my courses: https://www.cycleseeds.com/courses-masterclasses 

📊 Chart Your Cycle Masterclass: https://cycleseeds.plugandpay.nl/checkout/chart-your-cycle-37-f-a 

🐚Join the CYCLICAL waitlist: https://www.cycleseeds.com/cyclical-waitlist 

🐚Topics covered

• Daylight saving time as a population-scale circadian disruption event
• 24% spike in heart attacks & 8% increase in stroke risk after spring shift
• How DST disrupts melatonin, cortisol, serotonin & insulin sensitivity
• Metabolic dysregulation: worse cravings, blood sugar instability, impaired recovery
• Increased fatal car accidents & workplace injuries from sleep deprivation
• Mood disruption, anxiety & emotional dysregulation following time change
• Impact on ADHD: anxiety from compressed morning time between sunrise & obligations
• Menstrual cycle & fertility effects: irregular cycles, disrupted ovulation, lower progesterone
• Why is morning light the strongest anchor for the circadian system
• Standard time vs permanent DST: what's actually better for biology

About the Host

I’m Iris Josephina, a functional hormone specialist, orthomolecular hormone coach, circadian biology practitioner, and entrepreneur. Through Cycle Seeds and The Inner Rhythms Podcast, I support people in reconnecting with their cyclical nature, deepening body literacy, and reclaiming hormonal harmony from a place of sovereignty and embodied knowledge. Most people know me from Instagram, where I share stories, tools, and inspiration on cyclical living, menstrual cycles, fertility, hormones, and more. 

Let’s stay connected:

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cycleseeds 

📧 Join my newsletter: https://www.cycleseeds.com/cyclseeds-newsletter 

💻 Visit the Cycle Seeds website: https://www.cycleseeds.com/ 

📝 Check out the blog: https://www.cycleseeds.com/blog

📚Join my courses: https://www.cycleseeds.com/courses-masterclasses 

📊 Chart Your Cycle Masterclass: https://cycleseeds.plugandpay.nl/checkout/chart-your-cycle-37-f-a 

🐚Join the CYCLICAL waitlist: https://www.cycleseeds.com/cyclical-waitlist 

🐚Topics covered

• Reflecting on an intensely difficult year & choosing to see lessons in hardship
• Health journey through typhoid fever, pregnancy loss & thyroid dysfunction
• Deciding to go all in on healing rather than splitting focus with business
• Learning horseback archery to honor dad's love of archery & overcome riding trauma
• Picking up crochet to honor grandmother & connect with ancestors through embodied skills
• Cultivating intuition by choosing embodied practices over logical thinking
• Finding peace through skills that require full presence & attention
• Discovering audiobooks paired with crochet as perfect combination
• How ancestral skills bring deceased loved ones closer in felt presence
• Choosing to be your own peace & peace for those you love

About the Host

I’m Iris Josephina, a functional hormone specialist, orthomolecular hormone coach, and entrepreneur. Through Cycle Seeds and The Inner Rhythms Podcast, I support people in reconnecting with their cyclical nature, deepening body literacy, and reclaiming hormonal harmony from a place of sovereignty and embodied knowledge. Most people know me from Instagram, where I share stories, tools, and inspiration on cyclical living, menstrual cycles, fertility, hormones, and more. 

Let’s stay connected:

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cycleseeds 

📧 Join my newsletter: https://www.cycleseeds.com/cyclseeds-newsletter 

💻 Visit the Cycle Seeds website: https://www.cycleseeds.com/ 

📝 Check out the blog: https://www.cycleseeds.com/blog

📚Join my courses: https://www.cycleseeds.com/courses-masterclasses 

📊 Chart Your Cycle Masterclass: https://cycleseeds.plugandpay.nl/checkout/chart-your-cycle-37-f-a 

🐚Topics covered

• Why measuring progesterone directly changes everything
• The difference between temperature tracking & hormonal data
• How technology can be a conversation partner
• What true contraceptive autonomy requires
• Why contraception should be collective responsibility
• The shift that happens when you stop the pill
• How to evaluate "non-hormonal" options
• The pharmaceutical industry's response to declining pill use
• Nature's collective design of fertility

About Eirini Rapti

Eirini started inne in 2017 motivated by her own desire to use natural contraception, but realised that traditional natural fertility methods were almost impossible to use reliably in real life. She was determined to find a way of leveraging technology to enable all women to have a greater understanding of their bodies and take control of their contraceptive choices, so that they could make the most of their careers and relationships. Eirini set about developing a saliva biosensor device that enables women to identify and predict the fertile phase in their natural cycle. Based on her own experience and through multiple user interviews, Eirini understood that a new product had to be compatible with a busy daily life, simple and hygienic to use, and more insightful than the period-tracking apps already on the market.

Where to find Eirini Rapti and Inne

📝Website: https://inne.io/
📷Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inne_io/ 

About the Host

I’m Iris Josephina, a functional hormone specialist, orthomolecular hormone coach, and entrepreneur. Through Cycle Seeds and The Inner Rhythms Podcast, I support people in reconnecting with their cyclical nature, deepening body literacy, and reclaiming hormonal harmony from a place of sovereignty and embodied knowledge. Most people know me from Instagram, where I share stories, tools, and inspiration on cyclical living, menstrual cycles, fertility, hormones, and more. 

Let’s stay connected:

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cycleseeds 

📧 Join my newsletter: https://www.cycleseeds.com/cyclseeds-newsletter 

💻 Visit the Cycle Seeds website: https://www.cycleseeds.com/ 

📝 Check out the blog: https://www.cycleseeds.com/blog

🎓 Holistic Hormone & Cycle Coaching Certification Training: https://www.cycleseeds.com/hhcc-waitlist-2027 

📚Join my courses: https://www.cycleseeds.com/courses-masterclasses 

📊 Chart Your Cycle Masterclass: https://cycleseeds.plugandpay.nl/checkout/chart-your-cycle-97

🐚Topics covered

• Karissa's journey from corporate wellness to birth work through personal initiation
• Why intellectualizing birth doesn't prevent power outsourcing during labor
• Four waves of Wavework: physical prep, emotional alchemy, trance state, primal intelligence
• Rehearsing birth intensity through simulations before labor arrives
• Emotional cathexis versus catharsis: befriending fear rather than clearing it
• The cervix as frequency gate responding to safety & environmental attunement
• Bringing birth partners into rehearsal for nervous system regulation
• Why men struggle witnessing powerful birthing women without preparation
• Connection between birth trauma & postpartum depression epidemic
• Wavework for postpartum integration, loss, preconception & life thresholds

About Karissa Bollinger

Karissa is a physiologist, birth worker, and founder of WaveWork™,  a method that bridges biomechanics, nervous system science, and altered states of consciousness to prepare the body for birth. Her work reframes labor as an initiated state of expanded awareness and teaches women how to condition their physiology for intensity, coherence, and trust. After supporting hundreds of women through birth, trauma healing, and psychedelic integration, Karissa created WaveWork™ to bring the body back to the center of birth. She’s passionate about helping women rehearse intensity before they meet it, rewire their nervous systems for safety, and return to their power as creators of life.

Where to find Karissa Bollinger

📝Website: http://www.goldenteacherwellness.com

📷Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wavework.birthing/ 

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wavework.birthing 

Join Karissa’s Masterclass and get a $50 usd off (CYCLESEEDS50) https://www.goldenteacherwellness.com/waveworkbirthing

About the Host

I’m Iris Josephina, a functional hormone specialist, orthomolecular hormone coach, and entrepreneur. Through Cycle Seeds and The Inner Rhythms Podcast, I support people in reconnecting with their cyclical nature, deepening body literacy, and reclaiming hormonal harmony from a place of sovereignty and embodied knowledge. Most people know me from Instagram, where I share stories, tools, and inspiration on cyclical living, menstrual cycles, fertility, hormones, and more. 

Let’s stay connected:

📸 Instagram: @cycleseeds

📧 Join my newsletter: https://www.cycleseeds.com/

💻 Visit the Cycle Seeds website: https://www.cycleseeds.com/

📝 Check out the blog: https://www.cycleseeds.com/blog

🎓 Holistic Hormone & Cycle Coaching Certification Training: https://www.cycleseeds.com/hhcc-training-2025-selfstudy-vip

📚Join my courses: https://www.cycleseeds.com/courses-masterclasses

📊 Chart Your Cycle Masterclass: https://cycleseeds.plugandpay.nl/checkout/chart-your-cycle-97

🐚Topics covered

• Zaid's journey from competitive athlete to circadian biology educator
• Circadian biology defined: body as a timing system tied to the sun & moon
• Master clock (SCN) & peripheral clocks in every organ & cell
• Natural versus artificial light impacts on the circadian system
• The light bulb invention correlated with chronic disease emergence
• Ancient sun worship confirmed by modern circadian science
• Early 1900s heliotherapy curing tuberculosis & lupus with sunlight
• UV light as a hormetic stressor, not inherently toxic
• Near-infrared preconditioning removes isolated UV cytotoxicity
• Sunscreen breaks apart the hormetic signaling
• Chemical sunscreens are transforming into photo-carcinogens under light & heat
• Sunscreen blocking UVB & preventing vitamin D synthesis
• Morning sunlight creates collagen, elastin, & natural SPF
• Midday UV treated like exercise: progressive overload approach
• Sunglasses blocking master clock signals & creating light sensitivity
• Sunglasses prevent melanin production & increase burn risk
• Violet light stops myopia progression via the EEG1 gene activation
• Circadian eyesight regeneration through unfiltered light exposure
• Skin is a circadian organ with light-sensing proteins in all layers
• Blue light disrupts skin's circadian signaling, not just eyes
• Practical timing: sunrise, UVA rise, midday UV, nighttime darkness
• Natural fabrics for nighttime skin protection from artificial light
  
  
  

About Zaid K. Dahhaj

Zaid K. Dahhaj is a circadian biology educator and coach, helping people reconnect with sunlight, natural rhythms, and the body’s innate clocks to restore health. His work bridges quantum biology, ancestral wisdom, and modern lifestyle design, making circadian science practical, relatable, and transformative.

Where to find Zaid K. Dahhaj

📝Website: https://www.zaidkdahhaj.com

✍️Substack: https://zaidkdahhaj.substack.com

📲X: https://x.com/zaidkdahhaj?s=21&t=lMyKdyY1i1JiMEgQImSA-w

📷Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zaidkdahhaj

🎙️The 2AM Podcast: https://beacons.ai/the2ampodcast

About the Host

I’m Iris Josephina, a functional hormone specialist, orthomolecular hormone coach, and entrepreneur. Through Cycle Seeds and The Inner Rhythms Podcast, I support people in reconnecting with their cyclical nature, deepening body literacy, and reclaiming hormonal harmony from a place of sovereignty and embodied knowledge. Most people know me from Instagram, where I share stories, tools, and inspiration on cyclical living, menstrual cycles, fertility, hormones, and more. 

Let’s stay connected:

📸 Instagram: @cycleseeds

📧 Join my newsletter: https://www.cycleseeds.com/

💻 Visit the Cycle Seeds website: https://www.cycleseeds.com/

📝 Check out the blog: https://www.cycleseeds.com/blog

🎓 Holistic Hormone & Cycle Coaching Certification Training: https://www.cycleseeds.com/hhcc-training-2025-selfstudy-vip

📚Join my courses: https://www.cycleseeds.com/courses-masterclasses

📊 Chart Your Cycle Masterclass: https://cycleseeds.plugandpay.nl/checkout/chart-your-cycle-97

 🐚Topics covered

• Applied quantum biology as the missing link in hormone health
• Food as information, light, and time rather than just calories or macros
• How your body reads the light, season, and environment stored in food
• Syncing your inner rhythms with the outer rhythms of Earth through food
• Why eating tropical fruit in the European winter creates a biological mismatch
• Each organ has its own clock, and how meal timing affects them
• Why your gut goes to sleep before you do
• Food is stored light - photosynthesis creates slowed down light in matter
• How your mitochondria decode light information from food
• The difference between eating the same food in different environments
• Summer eating - handling more carbs with increased UV and melanin
• Winter eating - body asking for more fats, proteins, and grounding foods
• Why there's no one perfect diet - everything is cyclical and location-dependent
• Practical steps: breakfast with sunrise, local seasonal foods, stop eating after sunset

🌙 Join the Cyclical Course Waitlist: https://www.cycleseeds.com/cyclical-waitlist

About the Host

I’m Iris Josephina, a functional hormone specialist, orthomolecular hormone coach, and entrepreneur. Through Cycle Seeds and The Inner Rhythms Podcast, I support people in reconnecting with their cyclical nature, deepening body literacy, and reclaiming hormonal harmony from a place of sovereignty and embodied knowledge. Most people know me from Instagram, where I share stories, tools, and inspiration on cyclical living, menstrual cycles, fertility, hormones, and more. 

Let’s stay connected:

📸 Instagram: @cycleseeds

📧 Join my newsletter: https://www.cycleseeds.com/

💻 Visit the Cycle Seeds website: https://www.cycleseeds.com/

📝 Check out the blog: https://www.cycleseeds.com/blog

🎓 Holistic Hormone & Cycle Coaching Certification Training: https://www.cycleseeds.com/hhcc-training-2025-selfstudy-vip

📚Join my courses: https://www.cycleseeds.com/courses-masterclasses

🌙 Join the Cyclical Course Waitlist: https://www.cycleseeds.com/cyclical-waitlist

⏱️Get my free Circadian Morning Guide https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNviuz42EO7/?igsh=MTE1aWZ2cnQwZ3kxdA== 

📊 Chart Your Cycle Masterclass: https://cycleseeds.plugandpay.nl/checkout/chart-your-cycle-97