Wild Wellness with Jess

September 29 is Michaelmas, a day rooted in Celtic harvest traditions that was later woven into the Christian church calendar. As we move deeper into autumn, you might already intuitively and naturally feel the invitation to release, reflect, and reckon—spiritually, emotionally, even financially. That’s no coincidence. It was originally a pagan day used for settling debts, honoring harvest cycles, and marking seasonal transitions, but it became associated with the archangel Michael.

Even for our ancestors, the Mabon portal continued even after the date of the official equinox.

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Tune into this episode to hear our Mabon 2025 celebration inside the Wild Wellness Women's Circle, where we focus on the sacred descent experiences of our lives.

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• ep. 228 on The 4 Feminine Archetypes
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I made you a FREE Companion Guide for this episode! This ⁠FREE instant access (and pretty!) PDF⁠ will bring you a completely NEW way to think about balance that will bring you so much FREEDOM + 11  journal prompts to help you reflect and transform your relationship with Balance.

As we just crossed the Autumn Equinox, the point of equal darkness and light, Balance is calling to us.

But the way we are "sold" the concept of work/life balance is usually rooted in Fear, capitalism, "peak performance," biohacking, and all kinds of exhausting pieces of advice that aren't actually possible, sustainable, or enjoyable.

If work/life balance or the concept of balance in your life has been a struggle for you, dear God you’re not alone. I don’t think we have as much of a problem with balance in our lives.

The problem is with our understanding of balance and the permission we give ourselves to balance our lives.

Today I'm bringing you a completely NEW way to think about balance that will bring you so much FREEDOM.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Where is Love placing its finger in your life?
• What does it look like to move your heart in that direction?
• How does Love create pressure? How do you know where love is placing pressure?

Please SHARE this episode with someone you know needs to hear it.Related Resources / Mentioned in this episode

• I first learned about the principle of your heart as the fulcrum from Wayne Cordeiro. If you'd like to watch a 6 minute clip of him explaining it and to see a helpful visual, you can watch it ⁠⁠here.⁠⁠
• Let me introduce you to Human Design in my FREE Masterclass: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discover Your Spiritual Gifts ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠Ep 182: What kind of Intuition do you have?⁠ (according to Human Design)
• Watch me get a Human Design Reading with Sam from Moonrise Community (⁠FREE replay⁠)

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Mabon marks the Autumn Equinox and the second harvest of the year in the Wheel of the Year. It’s a time when day and night are equal length, symbolizing balance and harmony. Referred to as the "Witches' Thanksgiving," it’s a time to give thanks for the harvest and the abundance in our lives. As the days grow shorter, we reflect on the year so far and prepare for the coming winter months.

Did you know? Mabon celebrates the story of Demeter, goddess of grain, agriculture, and fertility, and her daughter Persephone. When Hades abducts Persephone and forces her to marry him in the underworld, Demeter causes the Earth to go barren. Zeus negotiates with Hades to allow Persephone to be free for half the year, so Demeter only allows abundance on Earth half the year.Even though the exact date of the equinox is September 22, we can celebrate this whole season.

In this episode, you'll learn...

• the origins, history, and symbolism of Mabon
• what Nature is modeling for us physically, spiritually, and energetically, and how we can align
• 10 easy and enjoyable ways to celebrate Mabon
• 9 journal prompt themes to help you reflect and process the inspiration of this season

Related episodes:

• ⁠Ep 152: The most freeing way to balance your life⁠
• ⁠Ep 151: How to celebrate and sync with the autumn equinox and realign with Nature⁠

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We are quickly approaching the Autumn Equinox, when we'll transition into the dark half of the year. I used to hate the darkness - literally and metaphorically. I especially dreaded Daylight Savings Time. I equated the darkness with depression, and from a spiritual perspective, I used to associate it with evil. On my rewilding journey, I've now come to see it much differently - as a blessing!

Darkness can be...

• the void that births all of creation
• where things grow in the womb and in the soil
• where our roots grow down deep
• where we connect with our inner world and the invisible growth and transformations that matter just as much as, if not more than, what our culture obsesses over in terms of upward, measurable growth

Tune in to hear more about the Mirror of Mabon to release the fear of darkness and receive its blessings.

**I made you a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FREE companion guide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for this episode! This FREE instant access (and pretty!) PDF will give you 10 easy and enjoyable ways to celebrate the Autumn Equinox + 9 journal prompts to help you reflect and process the inspiration of this season. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Download it now!⁠⁠⁠⁠**

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If the Earth were a Person, how would you describe what they are like, and how would you describe your relationship with them?

I was brought up in a religion that taught me that nature is something separate from us and subservient to us.

It’s alive in a sense, but definitely not conscious. I was taught that it’s impersonal, and it definitely didn’t have a soul or spirit.

It’s beautiful, sure, but it’s mainly a utility that exists to resource humans. It’s here to be the support system and backdrop to the most important existence of humans.

Basically, it’s inanimate.

But in the last couple of years, especially after my first psychedelic experience, I see things completely differently.

Throughout most of human history, human beings believed in animism, and it doesn’t contradict religion (or, it doesn’t have to.)

Animism is the belief that everything in Nature is alive and has a spirit or consciousness—not just humans and animals, but also trees, rivers, rocks, mountains, and even weather systems.

It’s one of the oldest belief systems in the world and is found in many Indigenous and earth-based traditions.

Animism teaches that the world is made up of relationships - that we’re in constant dialogue with the more-than-human world, and that everything is interconnected and deserving of respect.

Press play to learn:

• myths and creation stories about the Earth being personal and relational

• practical and magical ways to be more connected with Nature - to receive physical and mental health benefits and also to receive messages from your Intuition

• how to see Nature as a mirror for what’s happening in our inner world through its cycles of growth and rest

Join us for the next experience, not just the echo, in the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Wild Wellness Women's Circle.

I recently forgot my headphones during a dentist appointment and wound up receiving so many lessons from Love about sensitivity, control, effort, and the unconscious ways we over-function to be helpful or "good."

Whether you're a fellow highly sensitive person, a recovering perfectionist, or someone walking through a threshold moment in life, this episode will help you soften and listen more deeply to your own wisdom.

Press play to learn about:

• Asking for what you need and not tolerating unnecessary discomfort
• The difference between being high maintenance and highly sensitive
• Why the easier and more enjoyable something is makes it even MORE effective and efficient
• Why we over-function and posture ourselves to make things easier for others, and what softening really looks like
• My favorite ways to invite more gentleness, intuition, and self-trust into your daily life

Mentioned in this episode:

• Join the Wild Wellness Women’s Circle: Try it for one month and experience the power of live connection and seasonal reflection

• Book a $55 Oracle Card & Pendulum Reading: Receive intuitive guidance, a mini coaching session + self-paced bonuses to support your clarity and next steps
• Curious about 1:1 coaching? Start with the reading above or sign up for a free curiosity call to see if we’re a fit

I first connected with Lori on Instagram, and what started with a few voice notes quickly turned into coffee dates, shared women’s circles, and now our very first collaboration! Lori and I share a deep love for all things “woo,” natural living, and holistic approaches to caring for our bodies and spirits.

Lori is the owner of WILDFLOWER, an organic hair studio in Virginia Beach and the first holistic hair business in Hampton Roads. Beyond her career as a stylist, she’s also a trained healer with a wide range of modalities under her belt. She leads local trainings at the Farley Center, an addiction treatment center, where she incorporates EFT (emotional freedom technique), breathwork, and visualization to support transformation.

In this episode, Lori guides us through these same practices to help you rewrite your past, present, and future and begin manifesting your desires with greater clarity.

Whether you’re brand new to these tools or looking to deepen your practice, this conversation is a glimpse into what we explore inside the Wild Wellness Women’s Circle membership.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Connect with Lori and her work on ⁠Instagram⁠ and her ⁠website⁠.
• Sign up for my Free Discover Your Spiritual Gifts masterclass.
• Join us for the next experience, not just the echo, in the ⁠⁠⁠Wild Wellness Women's Circle.

A couple of years ago, I did my yoga teacher training, and WOW I had NO IDEA how much there was to yoga!

Yoga is so much more than just the poses! In our culture, yoga is often reduced to stretching and fitness, but its true roots run deep. It's actually a complete system portal for self-discovery, balance, and transformation.

Through a fun conversation with experienced yoga instructor Abby Boyd (who’s also a member of our women’s circle!), we’re diving into ancient philosophies, sacred geometry, energy systems, and personalized practices that can give you a whole new connection to yoga.

In this free sample of the Wild Wellness Women's Circle, you'll hear about...

✨ The 8 limbs of Yoga—a complete system for living a yogic life

✨ The meaning of AUM (OHM)

✨ The sacred geometry behind yoga poses

✨ Ayurveda, chakras, the Nature of Reality (no big deal) and lots of other fun woo woo stuff

✨ Q&A and reflections from our women's circle members that will help you think of your own ways to integrate these teachings into your life✨ What's coming up in the women's circle to look forward to!Whether you practice yoga daily or have never stepped on a mat, you’ll love this episode!

Join us for the next experience, not just the echo, in the ⁠⁠Wild Wellness Women's Circle.

I made you a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FREE GIFT for this episode! This FREE instant access (and pretty!) PDF will give you 11 easy and enjoyable ways to celebrate Lammas (the halfway point between Summer Solstice & Autumn Equinox) + 8 journal prompts to help you reflect and process the inspiration of this season. ⁠Download it now!⁠

In this episode, you'll hear a free sample of the Wild Wellness Women's Circle from our Lammas celebration. It's not too late to celebrate! While some celebrate on August 1, Solar Lammas is on August 6 this week!

We talk about...

- Honoring grief this time of year even as we hold joy, the tension between opposites and the magic that can result

- Reflecting back to Imbolc on Feb 1, seeing what has bloomed and what hasn't

- Reasons why we sometimes don't get the harvest we expected, and what to do with that

- Slowing to the pace of Nature as much of the animal kingdom is really quiet this time of year in the oppressive heat, and how this can be our permission slip too

- What's coming up in the women's circle to look forward to!

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Women literally have less time than anyone else. Here's how we reclaim it.

You’re not alone.

So many of us are feeling tired.

Burned out.

Behind.

Like there’s never enough time for what really matters.

But what if that’s not your fault?

What if the way we experience time has been shaped—and even stolen—by systems that were never made with our wellness in mind?

Ixchel Lunar is an Indigenous Time Ecologist known for their work in decolonizing Time.

They help people who are burned out, exhausted and tired of feeling like you never have enough time, like life is rapidly passing you by — to break free from the capitalist grind to realign your energy, reclaim your time and flow, and reconnect with your ancestors and land you call home.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How colonial systems shaped our concept of time

• The 5 ways time gets stolen, divided, outsourced, commodified, and foreclosed

• Why women literally have less time—and how we reclaim it

• What Spiral Time is (and how it feels like coming home)

• How to reconnect with true time through Nature, the senses, and ancestral rhythms

Connect with Ixchel and their work on Instagram and their website.

Join us for the next experience, not just the echo, in the Wild Wellness Women's Circle.