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  • 289. The Vibe of the Place, Because Vibes Decide: How We Actually Make Decisions, Trust our Intuition, and Choose The Right Spaces

    💌 Learn more and join our quiet Winter women's circle, ⁠⁠⁠Letters from Love⁠, Feb 18-27.

    We don’t actually make decisions based on facts alone.
    We decide based on vibe.

    In this episode, I’m talking about why the feeling of a space matters more than the logistics, especially when it comes to spiritual or intuitive practices.

    Have you ever felt drawn to something but hesitated because you needed to know more about the energy before saying yes?

    • Who’s going to be there?

    • Who’s leading it, and what are they really like?

    • Do I need prior experience?

    • Are they going to use language I don’t understand?

    • Are they going to try to convert me to something?

    • Do I need to look a certain way or show up as a “better” version of myself?

    These questions aren't resistance to overcome. They're discernment you want to honor!

    In this episode, I share the imaginative scene that arrived during my own early-morning listening practice, a vision that showed me how to describe the place we are entering together in the Letters from Love women’s circle...

    • A quiet, warm, Winter sanctuary with unlocked doors...
    • With women gathered, not to perform or prove, but to listen.

    You’ll hear the full visualization and the story behind it, including why this practice is less about what you do and more about how it feels to arrive exactly as you are.


    This episode is for you if:

    • You make decisions based on energy, not just information

    • You're craving hibernation-meets-devotion

    • You want community without pressure or performance

    • You’re curious about joining one of my women's circles and want to understand the vibe before deciding


    ✨ Learn more and join us Feb 18-27 inside Letters from Love.


    More of a one-on-one person? I love that too. Learn more here.


    21 min
  • 288. Trusting in February? How February Can Be Awesome

    I always hated January and February. To me they felt like the most depressing months of the year. Christmas was over, and now we just had to survive until March.


    I hated Winter, until I learned how to Winter well.


    Things have deeply changed for me in the last few years, and today I want to share with you the 3 biggest needle movers that have changed me from a Winter hater to a Winter lover.


    Mentioned in this episode:

    - Ep 271 How to Rewild Your Light

    - Join our ⁠⁠Letters from Love⁠⁠ women's circle Feb 18-27, entirely asynchronous & online

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    17 min
  • 287. Gentle Girl Winter: How to Winter Well, Even If You Hate Winter

    💌 Learn more and join our quiet Winter women's circle, ⁠Letters from Love.⁠

    🆓🎁 I made you a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FREE companion guide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for this episode that'll take you through every discussion prompt I mention, so you don't have to press pause, remember, or write them down. This ⁠⁠⁠⁠free Google doc⁠⁠⁠⁠ allows you to type out your responses to each question right inside and save it as a resource for anytime in the future. Right now we are NOT in Hot Girl Summer, despite the bikinis being out at Target already!

    We’re in what I’m calling Gentle Girl Winter.

    Winter is about…

    - turning inward, trusting intuition and getting clarity that sustains us all year

    - embracing rest as a form of resistance to these unnatural systems around us

    - accepting and appreciating silence, darkness, sadness and grief, hunger, and even magical inconveniences (like snow days!)

    - being held

    - and establishing roots and resilience.

    PRESS PLAY to learn how to ACTUALLY ENJOY WINTER through this clip from our discussion in the Wild Wellness Women's Circle.


    Mentioned in this episode:

    - Join our ⁠Letters from Love⁠ women's circle Feb 18-27, entirely asynchronous & online

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    1 hr 36 min
  • 286. How to Celebrate Imbolc: Moving Out Of Winter Hibernation, Planting Seeds, Setting Goals, Spring Cleaning, Maiden Energy Returning, Goddess & Saint Brigid, & Groundhog Day

    I made you a ⁠⁠⁠⁠FREE companion guide⁠⁠⁠⁠ for this episode. This FREE instant access PDF will give you 13 easy and enjoyable ways to celebrate + 12 journal prompts to help you reflect and process the inspiration of this season.

    I love honoring the Wheel of the Year with others by gathering together to celebrate how Nature is modeling wisdom for us in each season & aligning ourselves with it.

    This turn in the Wheel of the Year is Imbolc (pronounced Imolk, from the Celtic phrase "in the belly" referring to the lamb's pregnant bellies this time of year.)

    We are finally moving out of Winter hibernation and awakening to Spring!

    This is the time for Spring cleaning, planting our seeds (literally and metaphorically), connecting to our playful and adventurous inner Maiden archetype, and setting goals for what we want to create this year.

    Imbolc is an ancient Celtic winter fire festival honoring the return of the sun and the goddess Brigid. In more recent times, we have celebrated it in religion as St. Brigid's Day or Candlemas, and even secularly as Groundhog Day.


    Press play to hear:

    - the origins and history of Imbolc, Brigid, St. Brigid, and even the weather predictions of Groundhog Day what Nature is modeling for us physically, spiritually, and energetically, and how we can align- 13 easy and enjoyable ways to celebrate Imbolc- 12 journal prompts to help you reflect and process the inspiration of this season

    Let's Go Deeper:

    • Enroll in ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rewild Your Wellness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (lifetime access online course)
    • FREE Masterclass: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discover Your Spiritual Gifts ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
    • Skip the resolutions and feel how you want to feel NOW with my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Desire Map⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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    38 min
  • 285. Problems are portals & nourishment is always the answer

    What if your body isn't fighting you but Intelligently communicating with you? What if problems aren't enemies to be avoided but portals meant to help us? What if the answer isn't to reduce our stress but to expand our capacity and make ourselves more resourced for it?

    "Healing through nourishment" and "nourishment as the solution for everything" is a topic I'm constantly discussing with my clients that brings such relief, hope, ease, and resourcing to them, and I want to share it with you today too.

    You'll learn:

    • why approach goals are always more effective than avoid goals
    • how we can "crowd out" unwanted habits and behaviors with nourishment
    • traditional models of healing: the scientific view vs. the heroic view vs. the nourishment view
    • how problems are actually allies, helpers, and portals for our transformation
    • how nourishment helps us with sickness, stress, sadness, and more
    • easy, accessible ways to nourish our body, mind, and spirit
    • what to do if you feel like you don't have the time, money, or access to nourish yourself


    Mentioned in this episode:

    • ⁠Ep 102 Clean Pain, Dirty Pain
    • Ep 270 Rewild Your Nutrition
    • Ep 271 Rewild Your Light (Light As Nutrition)
    • Enroll in ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rewild Your Wellness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (lifetime access online course)
    • FREE Masterclass: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discover Your Spiritual Gifts ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
    • Skip the resolutions and feel how you want to feel NOW with my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Desire Map⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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    1 hr 6 min
  • 284. New Year, New Woo

    I made you a ⁠⁠⁠⁠FREE companion guide⁠⁠⁠⁠ for this episode that'll take you through every prompt I mention, so you don't have to press pause, remember, or write them down. This ⁠⁠⁠⁠FREE Google doc⁠⁠⁠⁠ allows you to type out your responses to each question right inside and save it as a resource for anytime in the future.

    New Year, New Woo is about giving ourselves permission to this year, for the first time, or to even more so, explore our growth edge of woo woo (wherever you may currently be on the woo woo spectrum) and explore, expand, and TRUST our Intuition. 

    In this episode, I'm taking you through 9 journal/discussion prompts all about assessing your current connections to your Intuition, and 9 more all about exploring and expanding even more into your Intuition.

    I'm also giving you MY personal answers, so this is a fun way to get to know me better too!


    Mentioned in this episode:

    • Enroll in ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rewild Your Wellness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (lifetime access online course)
    • FREE Masterclass: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discover Your Spiritual Gifts ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
    • Skip the resolutions and feel how you want to feel NOW with my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Desire Map⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
    • Sign up for a FREE 1:1 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠coaching curiosity call⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


    Let's Connect!

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    1 hr 9 min
  • 283. Winter Reinvention & Recreation Instead of Unnatural New Year's Resolutions

    Winter is not the time for New Year's Resolutions—if that looks like taking action right now because we're "supposed to" even though we don't have the energy for it.

    Statistics prove that Winter is not a Natural time to take massive action—23% of people give up on their resolutions within the first week and 88% by the second week.

    Winter is, however, a very Natural time to attune to what Love is asking of you, to nourish yourself and let it root down into you, and to let your energy pool inside of you as it will naturally pick back up with the returning Light over the next 6 weeks.

    This is the Natural time to rest and dream, to reimagine your life, to recreate yourself from the inside out. Nature is doing a lot of growth right now, but it's largely invisible, happening in the dark of the soil.

    This is what's Natural for us to do right now too, and this episode will help you to do that.

    Whether you're listening to this episode at the 2026 New Year or in the future, remember... You really do have permission to renegotiate the terms of your life and to reinvent your life, or any section of it, at any time.

    In this episode, you'll learn:

    • how to know when it's time to reinvent
    • 5 questions that walk you through the steps to reinvent your life at any time

    I made you a ⁠FREE companion guide⁠ for this episode so you don't have to try to remember all 5 questions and rewind or pause to write them down. This ⁠FREE Google doc⁠ allows you to type out your journal responses to each question right inside and save it as a resource for anytime in the future.

    Mentioned in this episode:

    • Enroll in ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rewild Your Wellness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (lifetime access online course)
    • FREE Masterclass: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discover Your Spiritual Gifts ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
    • Skip the resolutions and feel how you want to feel NOW with my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Desire Map⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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    Let's Connect!

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    48 min
  • 282. Gumption, Boundaries, Values, and Stepping into 2026 as the Leading Lady of Your Life

    My favorite holiday movie is The Holiday - you know the one with Kate Winslet and hunky Jude Law?

    You don't have to have already seen the movie The Holiday, but we're going to be exploring the major themes of it together, exploring how we can step into being the leading lady of our own lives, like:


    - finding gumption

    - facing fears

    - breaking patterns

    - changing your atmosphere

    - setting boundaries

    - speaking up

    - letting go

    - knowing your values

    - finding a supportive tribe


    Mentioned in this episode:

    • Enroll in ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rewild Your Wellness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (lifetime access online course)
    • FREE Masterclass: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discover Your Spiritual Gifts ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
    • Sign up for a FREE 1:1 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠coaching curiosity call⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


    More Free Resources For This Season

    • You Did More Than You Think: Free Self-Gratitude Prompts To Close Your Year.⁠⁠⁠ Perfect for self-reflection—or with others on holiday car rides or dinner table talks. Do them all at once, pick one a day, or whatever feels joyful & regenerative for you!
    • Skip the resolutions and feel how you want to feel NOW with my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Desire Map⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


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    1 hr 17 min
  • 281. Microdosing Amanita Muscaria: The Legal Psychedelic Santa Claus Mushroom with Christian Rasmussen

    In this Winter conversation, I'm joined by Christian Rasmussen, founder of Amentara (formerly MN Nice Botanicals), whose work with Amanita muscaria has impacted thousands of people around the world. If you’ve followed my podcast for a while, you know I rarely bring guests on—even though I receive constant pitches. I said an instant yes to this interview because I already knew Christian’s work, and I’ve actually been purchasing Amanita from his website for the last few years. His company was recommended to me originally by Amanita Dreamer, whose research guided my earliest explorations with this mushroom.

    Amanita muscaria—also known as fly-agaric—is the “other” psychedelic mushroom. It is legal, ancient, and culturally famous (yes, the Mario mushroom emoji 🍄).

    And it is deeply connected to the Winter season, the Yule mythos, and the origins of Santa Claus as a psychedelic shamanic figure.

    Christian’s mission is to create a safe and healing bridge between humans, plants, fungi, and spirit—and to teach others how to cross it. In this episode, we explore the science, the history, the lore, and the lived, embodied experience of working with this mushroom.


    We explore...

    • Christian's origin story of benzo withdrawal recovery through Amanita, and how this can be a natural and miraculous recovery tool for benzo and opioid addiction and many other physical and mental health issues
    • Our modern disconnection from Nature, our longing for ancestral pathways, and how mushrooms act as relational teachers
    • The ancient factual use of Amanita throughout the world and throughout history
    • The fun lore surrounding Santa, chimneys, flying reindeer, and more
    • Is Amanita for everyone?
    • The science and physiology of how Amanita actually interacts with the body and brain, and how it helps us
    • The different ways to consume Amanita, a guide to dosing, and what experience is likely at different doses

    And at the end, I'm reading out loud for you a journal entry of what I felt on a microdose, so you can get a feel for the way it might speak to you too.Mentioned in this episode:

    • Amentara: Use code JESS10 for 10% off your order
    • The Amanita Effect Podcast
    • More psychedelic episodes from me: 242, 244, 245, 248, 249
    • Christian's Facebook
    • Amentara on YouTube
    • Amentara on Instagram
    • Amentara on Tiktok


    Free Seasonal Resources For You Right Now

    • ⁠How to Celebrate Yule: ⁠⁠this FREE instant access PDF will give you 10 easy and enjoyable ways to celebrate Yule + 12 journal prompts to help you reflect and process the inspiration of this season.
    • You Did More Than You Think: Free Self-Gratitude Prompts To Close Your Year.⁠⁠ Perfect for self-reflection—or with others on holiday car rides or dinner table talks. Do them all at once, pick one a day, or whatever feels joyful & regenerative for you!


    Let's Go Deeper Together

    • Enroll in ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rewild Your Wellness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (lifetime access online course)
    • Learn more about ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠one-on-one coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠



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    1 hr 34 min
  • 280. Yule's Emergence From Darkness: Winter Healing Through Meaning-Making, Rest as Resistance, Not Setting New Year's Goals, and Living an Evergreen Life

    This replay of our Wild Wellness Women's Circle seasonal gathering explores Yule as a sacred turning point—a time when we emerge from darkness, not with pressure or performance, but with reverence, rest, and meaning-making.

    We honored the season of winter as a time of clarity, healing, and vision. We centered slowness, sovereignty, and sacred reflection instead of rigid resolutions.

    🎧 Listen in as we explore:

    • The healing medicine of winter—through removal, quiet, and returning to the bare essentials

    • What it means to live an evergreen life, where roots and values hold steady even in stillness

    • Why rest is not lazy—it’s revolutionary (and biologically wise)

    • How to reframe the end of the year as a time for reflection and meaning-making, not pressure

    • The invitational alternative to goal-setting (and why asking might be your truest portal)

    • The gifts of your own inner winter—whether through your menstrual cycle, spiritual season, or nervous system need

    Free Seasonal Resources For You Right Now 👇


    How to Celebrate Yule: ⁠this FREE instant access PDF will give you 10 easy and enjoyable ways to celebrate Yule + 12 journal prompts to help you reflect and process the inspiration of this season.


    ⁠You Did More Than You Think: Free Self-Gratitude Prompts To Close Your Year.⁠ Perfect for self-reflection—or with others on holiday car rides or dinner table talks. Do them all at once, pick one a day, or whatever feels joyful & regenerative for you!

    Let's Go Deeper Together

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    1 hr 23 min

About Wild Wellness with Jess

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I’m Jess, a Health Keeper, someone who tends the Wholeness of others. I guide women recovering their health to reconnect with Nature, Intuition, and a Life you actually LIKE.

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