The new year carries a particular kind of energy — not a demand to reinvent ourselves, but an invitation to re-orient.

In this episode, I’m reflecting on this seasonal threshold and what it means to align our ‘new year intentions’ with nature’s rhythms.

I’m also sharing how my approach to health has shifted over the past year — away from quick fixes and optimisation, and toward relationship with the body as an intelligent, animate ecosystem.

This episode is both reflective and practical.

I walk you through:

• The biggest health changes I made in 2025, shaped by lived experience, mould toxicity, and a return to simple foundations

• What I’m focusing on in 2026 to support gut/hormonal health, vitality, and long-term wellbeing

• How I’ll be knuckling down on some health challenges, the tests and support that I’m reaching for and the daily habits I’m prioritising

This episode is not prescriptive — rather it is designed to spark your curiosity within your own health.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

The Astrology Lounge: The Astrology of 2026; You’ve Waited for This Moment

Dirty Genes by Dr Ben Lynch

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Have you felt that quiet pull to root deeper — into the land beneath you and the wisdom within you?

Today I’m joined by the beautiful Emma Robles, whose work weaves earth wisdom and womb connection into the most nourishing tapestry. 

Emma is a clinical nutritionist and herbalist with her masters of science degree in using food as medicine. She is a poet and a passionate devotee of cyclical living. She helps women learn how to live in tune with their bodies, while using food, herbs, and art as medicine. 

Together, we explore the places where the earth and the womb meet — and how returning to one so often draws us home to the other.

In this episode we explore:

• Emma’s journey and relationship with the earth — including how her experience with a severe eating disorder was inextricably linked to her coming home to her womb.
  
• The way the earth holds us, and how we can deepen our connection to the land we actually live on rather than longing for somewhere else.
  
• How Emma’s relationship with the earth informs her relationship to her womb (and vice versa), plus gentle pathways to begin aligning with your own cyclical rhythms and gifts.
  
• Emma’s beautiful wave analogy for understanding the menstrual cycle — especially the potency she sees in the energy of the luteal phase.
  
• A nourishing conversation on herbs, and practical ways to support and tend to the womb and hormones.
  
• How each phase of the menstrual cycle aligns with the Traditional Chinese Medicine elements of Metal, Earth, Fire, Air, and Water — a framework that left me deeply inspired and eager to explore more.
  

This episode is a weaving — earth, body, rhythm, medicine, remembrance.
May you feel held inside it.

EPISODE RESOURCES: 

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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In this episode, I share five simple yet powerful ways to root into a new home — practices for deepening your relationship with the house itself, the land beneath it, and the more-than-human beings who share it with you.

Whether you’ve just moved or have lived in the same place for years, these rituals will help you connect more intimately with the spirit of your home and the land you dwell upon — transforming your space from somewhere you live into somewhere you truly belong.

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Imbolc arrives not as a single moment, but as a gentle threshold — the slow stirring of spring within and without. In this episode, I invite you into a sensory reflection on the early signs of awakening that mark this cross-quarter festival: birdsong returning, buds swelling on the trees, the quiet shift in your own inner landscape.

We explore Imbolc as a season of transition — a time to notice what is beginning to bloom, and what winter has softened within you. I share personal reflections, a sensory check-in, simple ritual ideas like door-washing and early spring cleaning, and journaling prompts to help you root into the energy of this time.

May this episode feel like a warm breath of life after the hush of winter.
Blessed Imbolc.

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In today’s episode, I share a personal life update — something that’s shifted the ground beneath my feet and invited me into a deeper season of slowness, presence, and sacred adjustment.

Alongside the update, I share what’s been holding me through the unknown — the simple daily rituals and perspectives I’m leaning into as we navigate this new chapter.

Inside, I speak to:

• A tender diagnosis in our family

• The concept of sacred wintering and living in the unknown

• How I’m adjusting my pace and presence

• The daily rituals anchoring me right now

• The herbs I've been reaching for support

• An invitation to meet your own season with care

If you’re in a time of uncertainty, transition, or quiet change — I hope this meets you gently.

I've been digesting a season of death, endings, and composting — both in the natural world and within my own life.

In this episode, I share what’s been unraveling for me lately, and how I’m learning to trust the quiet wisdom of the void.

This is a prayer for the fertile dark, and for all that is yet to bloom.

Comment or share with me what resonates deeply with you!

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Did you know your brain changes when you bleed—opening a doorway to deeper intuition, clarity, and instinctual wisdom?

Our ancestors knew this, honouring the altered state of menstruation as sacred. Now, science is finally catching up, revealing how the menstrual phase transforms brain function and heightens our connection to unseen realms.

Yet, in a world that dismisses the intelligence of the feminine body, this ancient knowing has been forgotten. In this episode, we explore the fascinating interplay between your cycle and your mind, and how to reclaim the power of your bleeding time.

✨In this episode, we explore:

• How your brain shifts throughout the menstrual cycle
• Why menstruation is a time of heightened intuition, insight, and clarity
• How science is proving what our ancestors knew—that menstruating women enter an altered, more receptive state
• The ways patriarchal conditioning has severed women from their cyclical intelligence
• Practices to harness the wisdom of your bleeding time

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🔻Download my free guide:The Ritual of Bleeding

🌙Wild Blood: My self-paced course on rewilding menstruation –jump on the waitlist

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The luteal phase—our inner autumn—is often described as the time when emotions rise, demanding to be felt. But what does it actually look like to move through this in real time?

This week, I find myself deep in my inner autumn, navigating the raw edges of grief, discomfort, and challenge—right alongside an event I’ve been dreading for months.

In this episode, I’m opening up about my personal experience of feeling it all, allowing what’s surfacing to be processed and healed, and how cycle awareness is guiding me through it.

I’ll be sharing:
🌿 How my luteal phase is aligning to bring grief & emotions to the surface
🌙 The energetics of this phase and why it invites us into deep work
💫 Practical ways I’ve been supporting myself—physically, emotionally & spiritually

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the intensity of your luteal phase, or wondered how to truly work with your cycle in difficult moments, this episode is for you.

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Your blood is wild, sacred, and deeply connected to the rhythms of the Earth.

In this episode, I’m sharing four transformative practices to help you re-wild your relationship with your blood and menstruation.

These practices invite you to return to your body, honour your cycle, and reclaim the ancient wisdom of your blood.

✨ Download my free guide, The Ritual of Bleeding, to weave sacredness into your cycle

✨ Join the waitlist for Wild Blood to deepen your connection to the power of your blood

✨ Connect with Rachel on Instagram: @therachelhodgens

In this episode, we dive into simple yet powerful practices and intentions to help you align with the sacred rhythms of the Earth, Moon, and Womb throughout 2025.

Learn how to weave earth-based living, lunar wisdom, and womb-centered rituals into your daily life, empowering you to embrace your natural flow and reconnect to your deepest feminine power.

Whether it's through honouring the moon's phases, embracing the seasons, or deepening your relationship with your menstrual cycle, this episode offers you simple yet transformative ways to embody the magic of the Earth, Moon, and Womb all year long.

✨ Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Ritual of Bleeding Guide: Download your free guide here and discover sacred rituals to honour your menstrual cycle.

Wild Blood Course Waitlist: Join the waitlist for the Wild Blood course if you want to reconnect with the sacredness of your menstruation.

Follow me on Instagram: @therachelhodgens for more insights, inspiration, and resources on womb wisdom, earth reverence, and cyclical living.

Tune in to deepen your connection to your body, your cycle, and the natural world around you!

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