Vulva Speaks Podcast

Sarah and Nikki interview their good friend, Jessica White, who is a certified sleep consultant.

*** Despite our amateur audio (it's gets better with every episode, especially #5), it's still worth the listen.***


SHOW NOTES

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Nikki Zavitz is a FAMM Certified Practitioner, Menstrual Cycle and Fertility Awareness Educator and Body Literacy Advocate. She is a wife and mother to three daughters, working and living in Nottawa, Ontario.
Check out more of Nikki's work with Pretty River Red Tent including cycle awareness workshops, Moon Mother Mood Daughter events, Fertility Awareness Consultations and more at www.prettyriverredtent.com

Sarah Tacoma is a Registered NLP Practitioner, Clinical Herbalist and a student ofGerman New Medicine. She is a wife and mother to three children, living, gardening and working Kimberley, Ontario.
Check out Sarah's hand-crafted, small batch Bloem Botanicals products including fresh plant tinctures, infused botanical serums and salve salves, workshops and 1:1 Consultations at www.bloembotanicals.ca

Thank you! Enjoy the show.

We explore themes of herbalism through Sarah's passionate journey of coming into relationship with plant allies and her role as Mother, Entrepreneur, and Herbalist.

SHOW NOTES:
~ Bloem Botanicals Website - https://www.bloembotanicals.ca
~ Pretty River Red Tent Website - https://www.prettyriverredtent.com

Books referenced:
~ The Weaving by Abrah Arneson - https://www.abraherbs.com/books/
~ Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass
~ If Women Rose Rooted by Sharon Blackie - https://sharonblackie.net/if-women-rose-rooted/

Educational Outlets mentioned:
~ Rosemary Gladstar - https://scienceandartofherbalism.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwrfCRBhAXEiwAnkmKmSdSN5xRB66q0k1ONsU56Ofjhgol5dbpbaxFpodxLUgDama9tYtQaBoCbCcQAvD_BwE
~ Wild Rose Herbal College - https://wildrosecollege.com
~ Herbal Academy - https://theherbalacademy.com
~ Living Center - https://www.thelivingcentre.com
~ Matthew Wood - https://www.matthewwoodinstituteofherbalism.com
~ Susan Weed - http://www.susunweed.com

Other Resources mentioned:
~ Body Oiling Blog - https://www.bloembotanicals.ca/blogs/news/body-oiling?_pos=1&_sid=518a1713f&_ss=r
~ Nourishing Herbal Infusion - http://www.susunweed.com/How_to_make_Infusions.htm
~ Comfrey Poultice Video with sweet elderly man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCmlvkRGyMo

Nikki Zavitz is a FAMM Certified Practitioner, Menstrual Cycle and Fertility Awareness Educator and Body Literacy Advocate. She is a wife and mother to three daughters, working and living in Nottawa, Ontario.
Check out more of Nikki's work with Pretty River Red Tent including cycle awareness workshops, Moon Mother Mood Daughter events, Fertility Awareness Consultations and more at www.prettyriverredtent.com

Sarah Tacoma is a Registered NLP Practitioner, Clinical Herbalist and a student ofGerman New Medicine. She is a wife and mother to three children, living, gardening and working Kimberley, Ontario.
Check out Sarah's hand-crafted, small batch Bloem Botanicals products including fresh plant tinctures, infused botanical serums and salve salves, workshops and 1:1 Consultations at www.bloembotanicals.ca

Thank you! Enjoy the show.

We dive deep on the  menstrual cycle, the history of the red tent and much more with Nikki Zavitz, our resident cycle awareness facilitator. 

Topics Covered:

• Nikki’s Menstruality Journey from disconnection, having no awareness of cycling and being on the pill to discovering Menstrual Cycle Awareness (MCA) and falling in love with her cycle. 
• She walks us through the basics of Menstrual Cycle Awareness and the 4 inner seasons of the Menstrual Cycle. We talk about PMDD, the stigma and shame of PMS, the importance of anger, and how powerful cyclical living can be. 
• We discuss, raising families with this new language, sharing it with our partners, syncing our cycle with life responsibilities, business and our calendars. We highlight the need for compassion and acceptance in this journey and how much wisdom lies in our PMS.
•  We discuss the importance of our experience of Menarch (our first bleed) and how we can support our daughters for theirs and spread seeds for the next generations with this ancient language. 
• There are some unbleeped swear words 

LINKS

Red Tent Book - Nikki's first introduction to the Red Tent

Books to start with around MCA -
Wild Power, by Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer,
Claire Bakers Book :50 things you need to know about your Period,
Her Blood is Gold, by Lara Owen

Contraceptive choices - Is the Pill Right for You

Womens Moods - by Deborah Sichel, and Jeanne Watson Driscoll
Women's Moods, Women's Minds: What Every Woman Must Know About Hormones, the Brain, and Emotional Health: Sichel, Deborah, Driscoll, Jeanne W: 9780380728527: Books - Amazon.ca

Red School Website - https://www.redschool.net

Menstruality - https://www.yunaia.com/menstruali

Nikki Zavitz is a FAMM Certified Practitioner, Menstrual Cycle and Fertility Awareness Educator and Body Literacy Advocate. She is a wife and mother to three daughters, working and living in Nottawa, Ontario.
Check out more of Nikki's work with Pretty River Red Tent including cycle awareness workshops, Moon Mother Mood Daughter events, Fertility Awareness Consultations and more at www.prettyriverredtent.com

Sarah Tacoma is a Registered NLP Practitioner, Clinical Herbalist and a student ofGerman New Medicine. She is a wife and mother to three children, living, gardening and working Kimberley, Ontario.
Check out Sarah's hand-crafted, small batch Bloem Botanicals products including fresh plant tinctures, infused botanical serums and salve salves, workshops and 1:1 Consultations at www.bloembotanicals.ca

Thank you! Enjoy the show.

Welcome to Vulva Speaks, a podcast hosted by Sarah Tacoma from @bloembotanicals and Nikki Zavitz from @prettyriverredtent. 

In this introduction episode, Sarah and Nikki introduce themselves, and reminisce about where they met and how their fast friendship began. They discuss their roots, their passions, their businesses and their families. 

Sarah dives into her life on her homestead in Kimberly Ontario, homeschooling her kiddos, transitioning from one business (Sarah Tacoma Photography) to another and being a herbalist and her ventures in business with Bloem Botanicals. 

Nikki dives into her life on the Pretty River homestead just outside of Collingwood, unschooling her kiddos, being a hobby collector and her new passion project turned business, Pretty River Red Tent. 

They also introduce some segments they will be including in their future episodes, like Cycle Check-Ins, What is exciting them in their lives at the moment, and a Cycle Power Card Pull to close off the show. 

Nikki and Sarah are lovers of deep, real unpolished conversations and bond over many nuggets of life. This short and sweet episode will give you a little taste of what's to come through with their authenticity, love of learning and genuine connection. 

You can find us on instagram under our business accounts as well as @vulvaspeaks

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or would like to be a guest on our show, please send us an email at : [email protected]

Things mentioned in this episode:

• Sarah’s business Bloem Botanicals: https://www.bloembotanicals.ca 
• Sarah’s Product collection: www.bloembotanicals.ca
• Nikki’s Business Pretty River Red Tent: https://www.prettyriverredtent.com
• Cycle Altar Cards used at the end of the episode can be purchased at: https://www.prettyriverredtent.com/product-page/cycle-altar-cards

Nikki Zavitz is a FAMM Certified Practitioner, Menstrual Cycle and Fertility Awareness Educator and Body Literacy Advocate. She is a wife and mother to three daughters, working and living in Nottawa, Ontario.
Check out more of Nikki's work with Pretty River Red Tent including cycle awareness workshops, Moon Mother Mood Daughter events, Fertility Awareness Consultations and more at www.prettyriverredtent.com

Sarah Tacoma is a Registered NLP Practitioner, Clinical Herbalist and a student ofGerman New Medicine. She is a wife and mother to three children, living, gardening and working Kimberley, Ontario.
Check out Sarah's hand-crafted, small batch Bloem Botanicals products including fresh plant tinctures, infused botanical serums and salve salves, workshops and 1:1 Consultations at www.bloembotanicals.ca

Thank you! Enjoy the show.