Tend HER Wild Podcast

In today’s episode we’ll be talking about the TEDx talk we were scheduled to give and that didn’t happen. Today we discuss: Our mutual excitement about the opportunity to give a TEDx talk, something we both had been wanting to do for some time The challenge of presenting our re-wilding message in 12 minutes The moment we separately realized this wasn’t working because of the essence of the wild woman archetype and it’s inherent fight against being put in a box that was 12 minutes long How our bodies separately started having physical symptoms that were symbolic to both of us about the importance of surrender The PRAYING MANTIS! The actual TEDx Talk – presented here on this WILD platform instead of the TEDx stage We’d love to hear from you: In season two we’d love to hear from you, our community. What are your thoughts on re-wilding and living your authentic life? Please call or e-mail us with your story, questions, topics you’d like to explore, guests you’d like us to reach out to…. We’ll even play or read your question live on our show. E-mail: [email protected] Or call: 319-354-4062 If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: Michaela Boehm: The Wild Woman’s Way to Embodiment Getting Wild in Iceland Meet Betsy Meet Kate Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Re-Wilding Retreat Join us for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and transformation in Nosara, Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat Center, May 11-18, 2024. For more information click here Follow us: Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching Today’s episode supported by: Kate Moreland Transformational Coaching: http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Heartland Yoga: http://www.heartlandyoga.com Dr Yoga Momma: www.dryogamomma.com For sponsorship opportunities or to partner with us: Partner with us – Tend Her Wild __________________ Betsy Rippentrop, PhD Licensed Psychologist Owner, Heartland Yoga http://www.dryogamomma.com http://www.heartlandyoga.com https://www.tendherwild.com/ Source

Today we have an inspiring conversation with an expert in all things politics, Amanda Litman, co-founder and executive director of Run for Something, a group supporting young progressives running for office. Today we discuss: • Amanda’s early years and a defining moment in high school when she skipped class and went to a local college to hear Barack Obama speak, an event that would change the course of life.• Amanda’s choice to attend Northwestern in Chicago, her decision partially driven by her desire to be close to Obama’s office because of her hopes to someday work for him. • How her dream came true when she got her first job on Obama’s campaign. • Amanda’s work on Hilary Clinton’s campaign and how this work was so personal as the wanted to be apart of the first woman elected to the presidency. • The shock she experienced the day Hilary lost and the lessons learned through the entire process, including the fire it created in her to help birth her business Run for Something. • Why Amanda’s passion has turned to grassroots politics and helping solve the problem of finding an entry point into politics for young individuals new to politics. • The hope Amanda has for the future as we shift into a younger more diverse electorate and the up and coming young people running for local offices. • Thoughts on gerontocracy (government run by the elderly) and the effect that a lack of diversity in governance can present. Bio: Amanda Litman is the co-founder and co-executive director of Run for Something, which recruits and supports young, diverse progressives running for down-ballot office. Since launching in 2017, RFS has elected more than 1000 leaders across nearly all 50 states, mostly women and people of color. Before launching Run for Something, Amanda worked as a digital strategist — she served as Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, the digital director for Charlie Crist’s 2014 Florida gubernatorial campaign, the deputy email director for Organizing for Action, and an email writer for Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. She graduated from Northwestern University in 2012 with a B.A. in American Studies. Amanda now lives in Brooklyn with her husband, daughter, and their rescue mutt, Sadie. Learn more: Amanda Litman Run For Something Amanda on Instagram Amanda on Facebook We’d love to hear from you: In season two we’d love to hear from you, our community. What are your thoughts on re-wilding and living your authentic life? Please call or e-mail us with your story, questions, topics you’d like to explore, guests you’d like us to reach out to…. We’ll even play or read your question live on our show. E-mail: [email protected] Or call: 319-354-4062 If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: The Power of Healing in Community Women in Leadership Women Championing Women V Fixmer-Oraiz: The Power of Community Re-Wilding and Motherhood Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Re-Wilding Retreat Join us for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and transformation in Nosara, Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat Center, May 11-18, 2024. For more information click here Follow us: Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching Today’s episode supported by: Kate Moreland Transformational Coaching: http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Heartland Yoga: http://www.heartlandyoga.com Dr Yoga Momma: www.dryogamomma.com For sponsorship opportunities or to partner with us: Partner with us – Tend Her Wild Source

How much goodness am I willing to allow in my life? The universe had been hinting that we should cover the topic of tapping into our full potential and the things that could possibly be holding us back. Today we cover the idea that we all have so much more in us than we imagine and have such a deep capacity to feel good but because we have a limited tolerance for feeling good we subconsciously sabotage those good feelings. Today we discuss: • Our inspirations from the book The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks • The core question is “how much goodness am I willing to allow in my life and what is getting in the way of the endless flow of abundance available?” • In The Big Leap there are four reasons discussed as to why we sabotage ourselves • Betsy discusses her experience with the first concept of “feeling fundamentally flawed” • How the lessons the subconscious carries can override the system and tell us that we are fundamentally flawed • Kate covers the second idea that breaking some kind of commitment can create feelings of disloyalty and abandonment and why loyalty became an important concept in her family • Kate discusses the third point of why we might believe that more success will bring a bigger burden to those around us • The fourth idea of the crime of outshining others, of not showing your own genius, of turning down the volume your own potential to avoid others feeling threatened of showing distress in your full capacity to deflate the fullness is discussed by Betsy • The ways in which we sabotage ourselves and how we can find ourselves in the space of intuition of being in full potential, of being the wild woman• The zone of genius and being in full potential is where we can fully use our gifts • Getting unstuck, expanding your edges, resetting your thermostat and finding your upper limits Learn more: Hendricks Institute Mentioned today: • The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level • Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype • Chakra Healing: Renew Your Life Force with the Chakras’ Seven Energy Centers (The Awakened Life) • The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Chakras: Renew Your Life Force with the Chakras Seven Energy Centers We’d love to hear from you: In season two we’d love to hear from you, our community. What are your thoughts on re-wilding and living your authentic life? Please call or e-mail us with your story, questions, topics you’d like to explore, guests you’d like us to reach out to…. We’ll even play or read your question live on our show. E-mail: [email protected] Or call: 319-354-4062 If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: The Power of Healing in Community Intuitive Earth Momma: Meet Monica Basile Our Ten Year Old Selves Women Finding Their Voice The Heroine’s Journey: Reclamation of the Feminine Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Re-Wilding Retreat Join us for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and transformation in Nosara, Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat Center, May 11-18, 2024. For more information click here Follow us: Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching Today’s episode supported by: Kate Moreland Transformational Coaching: http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Heartland Yoga: http://www.heartlandyoga.com Dr Yoga Momma: www.dryogamomma.com For sponsorship opportunities or to partner with us: Partner with us – Tend Her Wild Source

Today we are thrilled to introduce Cate Stillman, a thought leader and true wild woman who has been prolific in her reach for over 2 decades about primal habits and Ayurvedic healing. In today’s episode we talk about her new book “The Witch’s Cancer Journal” which chronicles her relationship to cancer and the her wild healing journey. Today we discuss: • How Cate was born jaundice and spent her first days of life alone in an incubator, which she now understands as traumatic and the root of many of her unexplained health issues as a child. • Her early life experience as a child where nothing made sense except when she was in the woods with her grandmother. • The evolution of Cate’s journey to Ayurvedic medicine and living in Earth’s cycles. • The arrival of the wounded healer archetype in Cate’s life when she found out she had cancer, and all the complicated feelings that arose. • Cate’s cancer journey that has been outside of the box because she made a choice to follow her intuition rather than the opinions of outside sources. • The power of finding vulnerability in the sisterhood, balancing drive and softness, and the emotional body of the feminine. • Cate’s journey back to the hospital in Manhattan where she was born, and the healing ritual she went through to help her reconnect and then release the birth trauma she experienced. Bio: Cate is a thought leader, an entrepreneur, a healer and an influencer. She has written five books, and has guided a global online tribe into thriving in body, family and community through innovative yoga and Ayurvedic teachings since 2001. She is prolific in her reach, and is a leader in constant evolution. Learn more: Yoga Healer Thrive with Cate Stillman Podcast Videos and guides to The Witch’s Cancer Journal Wellness Pro Academy Club Thrive Cate on Facebook Yogahealer Instagram Buy Cate’s Books: Body Thrive Master of You Uninflamed Pee Book How To Scale Your Wellness Business The Witch’s Cancer Journal Mentioned today: Viktor Frankl Chris Wark If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: The Power of Healing in Community Women Finding Their Voice The Heroine’s Journey: Reclamation of the Feminine Follow us: Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching: http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Heartland Yoga: http://www.heartlandyoga.com Dr Yoga Momma: www.dryogamomma.com For sponsorship opportunities or to partner with us: Partner with us – Tend Her Wild Source

Today, we discuss haters, negativity, toxicity and how you can manage and work with it. Facing the critics (or being one) will happen to all of us and whichever side of it you’re on we want to have an open and honest conversation about it. Today we discuss: • The fear we each have of our internal light and that if we step into our full light we may experience rejection. • How when you shine bright, you will be a threat to the system, but in the words of Marianne Williamson, “do it anyway”. • The importance of boundaries, and prioritizing being authentic over being liked. • Vowing to stay away from gossip, the short term bond that erodes trust in the long run. • Returning to the light and staying in the light as our birthright (and accepting the reality that there will be more responsibility and pushback) “Our Deepest Fear” by Marianne Williamson: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, “Who am I to be gorgeous, talented, fabulous?” Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God, your playing small does not serve the world. There’s nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you, we are all meant to shine as children do, we were born to manifest the glory of God that’s within us, its not just in some of us, it’s in every one of us and as we let our own light shine we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear our presence automatically liberates others.” “I was recently struggling with a boundary issue (yes, still) and I told my therapist I refuse to go back to saccharine – that I like solid better. Before I really understood how impossible it is to be compassionate to myself or others when people are taking advantage of me and when I’m prioritizing being liked over being free, I was much sweeter but less authentic. Now I’m kinder and less judgmental. But also firmer and more solid. Occasionally salty.” -Brene Brown in “Atlas of the Heart” Mentioned today: • Marianne Willaimson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles” • Brene Brown, Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience • Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements • Taylor Swift If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: • Wisdom From Marianne • Fierce Love With Presidential Candidate Marianne Williamson Today’s episode sponsored by: • DrYogaMomma • Kate Moreland Coaching Betsy’s new program integrating Yoga and psychology for mental wellness: • Yoga For The Mind Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Re-Wilding Retreat Join us for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and transformation in Nosara, Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat Center, May 11-18, 2024. • For more information click here Follow us: Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kathryn.e.moreland/ https://www.facebook.com/dryogamomma/ Source

Today we are thrilled to introduce Cathy Pagano who has been working with the gifts of the feminine spirit for over forty years. Today we discuss: • How Cathy was drawn as a young child to spirituality (she wanted to be “the pope” as a kid) as a young kid from Brooklyn and Long Island. • Her study of our dream life, and how dreams can change the trajectory of our life and show us the truth of our souls. • Cathy’s perspective of the wild woman archetype and why it’s showing up for so many women right now . • What is happening astrologically right now?? Cathy’s predictions… • Her advice that as we move into this potentially rocky year, we make the choice to take our attention away from headlines, away from fear and focus on nature, grounding, and being in service to our community. Bio: Cathy Pagano is a psychotherapist, astrologer, author, coach, and teacher, who has worked with the gifts of the Feminine Spirit for over 40 years. These gifts include our creative imagination, our emotional intelligence, our instincts and our intuition. She trained in dream interpretation at the C.G. Jung-Institute, Zurich and received her Masters in Counseling Psychology from Goddard College, where she studied the psychology of Feminine Consciousness. Cathy has been a professional astrologer since the 1990s, seeing clients for personal astrology readings, while also using astrological readings in her counseling practice. She is the author of a book on the return of the Divine Feminine as Wisdom. Her book, Wisdom’s Daughters: How Women Can Change the World is the basis of her classes, the Wise Women Salons. Cathy is a change agent, an evolutionary activist and healer, helping people transform their lives and evolve their consciousness. Learn more: Cathy Pagano Mentioned today: Clarissa Pinkola Estes If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: Dreams: Tap into the Power The Power of Healing in Community Women Finding Their Voice The Heroine’s Journey: Reclamation of the Feminine Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Re-Wilding Retreat Join us for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and transformation in Nosara, Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat Center, May 11-18, 2024. For more information click here Follow us: Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching Heartland Yoga Dr Yoga Momma For sponsorship opportunities or to partner with us: Partner with us – Tend Her Wild Source

Meet Kate & Betsy at the start of Season 2 Join us today as we reflect on the first season of Tend Her Wild and enter into season two. Today Betsy and Kate discuss the impact of the podcast on their own personal growth and the importance of community in navigating life’s challenges. Today we discuss: • Updates on our own re-wilding, and how we are navigating life. • What the wild woman archetype is and how she can guide us into more authenticity and freedom. • Kate discusses how tapping into her intuition and feminine guided her to make significant changes in her life, including leaving a corporate job and starting her own coaching practice. • Betsy discusses her inner work of unraveling as it relates to her relationship, and the struggles and growth that came with the process of opening to vulnerability, taking responsibility, and a fierceness to fight. • The negative impact of the patriarchy on all of us (men included). Quote Kate shared by Pema Chodron: “On the journey of the warrior the path goes down, not up, as if the mountain pointed toward the earth instead of the sky. Instead of transcending the suffering of all creatures, we move toward turbulence and doubt however we can. We explore the reality and unpredictability of insecurity and pain, and we try not to push it away. If it takes years, if it takes lifetimes, we let it be as it is. At our own pace, without speed or aggression, we move down and down and down. With us move millions of others, companions in awakening from fear. At the bottom we discover water, the healing water is our heart, our wounded, softened heart. Right down there is the thick of things. We discover that love will not die, it is gentle and warm, it is clear and sharp, it is open and spacious. The opened heart is the basic goodness of all beings ” Mentioned today: • Women Who Run With The Wolves If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: • Episode 1: Meet Kate • Episode 2: Meet Betsy • Intuitive Earth Momma: Monica Basile • Returning to the Heart • Returning to the Body Today’s episode sponsored by: • DrYogaMomma • Kate Moreland Coaching Betsy’s new program integrating Yoga and psychology for mental wellness: • Yoga For The Mind Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Re-Wilding Retreat Join us for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and transformation in Nosara, Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat Center, May 11-18, 2024. • For more information click here Follow us: Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kathryn.e.moreland/ https://www.facebook.com/dryogamomma/ Source

This week we share a live podcast recording (on November 17, 2023) from the Resilience Summit that happened at local event center, Little Lights on the Lane.  This day-long event that 150 women attended came at the end of a month long free online course on resilience called Tend Her 3.0.  Over 1100 women registered for the course. This free online course is still available to anyone who wants to take it.  All the info for how to join can be found below. In this live podcast we discuss: The definition of resilience, how resilience is not inborn, and how resilience develops through life’s challenges The three ways to build resilience Resilience stories from 4 brave participants of the Tend Her 3.0 course that volunteered to share their resilience story Erin shares how she developed mental resilience in the creation and manifestation of Little Lights on the Lane (the event center she created where this event took place), the idea of hygge that is a part of everything she does, and her inner trust and intuition that strengthened her to put her foot down and say no when the project wasn’t going in the way she envisioned it. Sarah shares her story of emotional resilience that came from grief and loss following the loss of her life partner, the complication of saying yes to a new partner that helped her grieve her first partner, and the loss of her second partner as well. Jane shares her story of physical resilience following 2 concussions over the course of several years, the silent suffering that concussions bring because you “look the same”, and how her “inner fury” helped save her life and propel her to safety and healing during both of this traumatic events. Jessica shares her story of relationship resilience when she realized her marriage was not giving her what she needed, her bravery to speak her truth, what letting go has meant, and how faith has supported her every step of the way. Mentioned Today: Mental Health Disability Services of Iowa If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: Grief: It’s Complicated Freedom in Truth with Kate and Betsy Women Finding Their Voice Gratitude: Getting Real About How You Feel The Power of Healing in Community Self Compassion: The Secret Sauce of Life Anger: Channel the Fire Today’s episode sponsored by: Revival Iowa City Use Promo Code TENDHER23 for 15% off Work with Betsy & Kate Online: Tend Her 3.0: A 4-week Online Course on Resilience Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Yoga & Meditation Healing Retreat, May 11-18, 2024 in Costa Rica Follow us: Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching Facebook: Kathryn E. Moreland Facebook Dr. Yoga Momma Facebook Source

Marianne Williamson: 2024 Presidential Candidate “When you speak about noble things people hear you from a noble place” —Marianne Williamson Today we discuss: The resilience of our country and the concept of functioning on our own principles which are embedded in the Declaration of Independence Why the original ideals of our country still work in our “modern” world and why reclaiming them is so important A brilliant perspective on the ongoing story of the dichotomy of two opposing forces in our country and how we re-live this generationally The matrix of economic tyranny in the U.S. and the effects it has on the American people The power of women in the U.S. and the the need for fierce love, of supporting other women and truly being wild in our radical resistance Showing up as a confident woman in a system of resistance that doesn’t traditionally support women What’s right about America and why the statement “use me” is a powerful one to discern how our unique talents are needed to help create a better world Bio: Marianne Williamson is a bestselling author, political activist, and spiritual thought leader. For over three decades she has been a leader in spiritual and religiously progressive circles. She is the author of 15 books, four of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers. Williamson founded Project Angel Food, a non-profit organization that has delivered more than 16 million meals to ill and dying homebound patients since 1989. The group was created to help people suffering from the ravages of HIV/AIDS. She has also worked throughout her career on poverty, anti-hunger and racial reconciliation issues. In 2004, she co-founded The Peace Alliance and supports the creation of a U.S. Department of Peace. Williams ran for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020 and is again in 2024 Learn more: Marianne for President 2024 Mentioned today: A Course in Miracles Marianne Williamson Learning Center Join Marianne for a Live Conversation with Iowans on Zoom: Saturday, December 30 @ 11AM CST For the live zoom link and more information, visit events.marianne2024.com If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: Wisdom From Marianne The Heroine’s Journey: Reclamation of the Feminine Today’s episode sponsored by: Revival Iowa City Use Promo Code TENDHER23 for 15% off Work with Betsy & Kate Online: Tend Her 3.0: A FREE 4-week Online Course on Resilience Tend Her 3.0 registration Re-Wilding Retreat Join Betsy & Kate for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and transformation in Nosara, Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat Center, May 11-18, 2024. For more information click here Follow us: Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching www.katemorelandcoaching.com www.dryogamomma.com www.heartlandyoga.com www.tendherwild.com Write us: [email protected] [email protected] Source

In our conversation today we dive into the deep topic of resilience. Our newest online program, Tend Her 3.0, is all about resilience. You can still join this program for free (all the info below). Today we come raw and real, talking about things we haven’t yet publicly shared about the twists and turns of our own resilience stories. Today we discuss: What resilience is and isn’t. How we strengthen the resiliency muscle by learning to feel all of it. How our resilience stories are best shared from our “scars” vs our “open wounds”. Kate shares challenges with her health growing up and infertility as an adult that created one of her resilience stories. Betsy shares an early traumatic experience that was repressed until the middle of the pandemic when it came to the surface. She talks about her journey of integration and the deep resilience this has created within her. Encouragement to consider your resilience story.   If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: Grief: It’s Complicated Freedom in Truth with Kate and Betsy Women Finding Their Voice Gratitude: Getting Real About How You Feel Self Compassion: The Secret Sauce of Life Today’s episode sponsored by: Revival Iowa City Use Promo Code TENDHER23 for 15% off Work with Betsy & Kate Online: Tend Her 3.0: A 4-week Online Course on Resilience Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Yoga & Meditation Healing Retreat, May 11-18, 2024 in Costa Rica Follow us: Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching Facebook: Kathryn E. Moreland Facebook Dr. Yoga Momma Facebook Source

Today we are so happy for the opportunity to talk with LaDonna Phillips, a single mother who shares her journey of resilience and the challenges she has overcome. Today we discuss: A confusing childhood being raised by a loving mother and by a foster care system that failed her in many ways. How LaDonna found the ability to pull out the positive from the negative situations she found herself in, something she learned from family. LaDonna’s journey of becoming a single mother at a young age and the challenges she faced raising her daughter, our previous guest, Dasia Taylor. The lineage of strong women that LaDonna comes from and her first hand account of how it “takes a village” to raise a child. The support of LaDonna’s father and his fostering of independence that helped her dig deep to find internal resources and move into self reliance, resulting in leaving her hometown of Chicago. What it has been like to help support and protect her daughter Dasia, who quickly rose to notoriety after receiving multiple science awards and a spot on the Ellen Show. LaDonna’s deep desire to continue to”be a better me” and help to give chances to people that lack opportunity. LaDonna Phillips is a remarkable force of determination, resilience and ambition. As a successful single mother and visionary entrepreneur she has been rewriting the narrative of what’s possible for mothers everywhere. From humble beginnings to entrepreneurial heights, LaDonna’s journey began on the west side of Chicago where she embraced the challenge of single motherhood with unwavering strength. Motivated by her daughter’s future she embarked on a mission to build a life purpose. She believes in continuous self improvement and is dedicated to being a lifelong learner. Through her story she inspires countless individuals to believe that with passion, perseverance and a strong support system they can overcome any obstacle and achieve their goals. Mentioned today: If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: On a Mission: Scientist, inventor and activist, Dasia Taylor Midlife Awakening: Rise From the Ashes Today’s episode sponsored by: Revival Iowa City Use Promo Code TENDHER23 for 15% off Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Tend Her 3.0: A 4-week Online Course on Resilience Tend Her 3.0 registration Consider Going on Retreat with Betsy & Kate: Nosara Costa Rica, May 11-18, 2024 https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/costa-rica-blue-spirit/ Follow us: Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching Facebook: Dr. Yoga Momma Kate Moreland Source

In our conversation today we discus the important benefits of finding calm in a divisive world. The intensity of today’s world where there is so much pain and suffering can be overwhelming. How can we be aware of it, witness it, and move through it without absorbing it? Today we discuss: The challenges we face in today’s world can seem particularly heavy, and how to acknowledge the pain and still protect ourselves enough to show up for our life. How current events effect us and the importance of honoring personal choice around what and how we digest the world. The interconnectivity of all of life, and why keeping your own nervous system regulated may just improve the world around you. The power of social engagement to help us feel safe and connected. The tools we personally use to find calm in our lives. Whatever you are holding inside yourself will spill out when the hard times comes. Quoted today: “Read not the times, read the eternities” —Henry David Thoreau, Life Without Principle “You could make this place beautiful” —Maggie Smith Mentioned today: Dr Stephen Porges (The Polyvagal Theory) Dr Wayne Dyer If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: Michaela Boehm: The WIld Woman’s Way to Embodiment Returning to the Body Self Compassion: The Secret Sauce of Life Today’s episode sponsored by: Revival Iowa City Use Promo Code TENDHER23 for 15% off Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Tend Her 3.0: A 4-week Online Course on Resilience Follow us: Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching Facebook: Kathryn E. Moreland Facebook Dr. Yoga Momma Facebook   Watch/Listen to Betsy’s Wisdom Wednesday conversation about this topic: How to find calm in a divisive world?: Wisdom Wednesday 8/2/23 Source

Today we are thrilled to talk with Michaela Boehm, the creator of The Non-Linear Movement Method and author of the “Wild Woman’s Way”.  She is a speaker, teacher, intimacy expert and counselor and appears on Gweneth Paltrow’s newest Netflix show “Sex, Love and Goop.” “The wild woman is essentially the representation of us as a natural being in the natural world in the way that we can express when nothing is required of us other than our natural joy and connection.”  —Michaela Boehm Today we discuss: Michaela’s fortunate “natural” upbringing in rural Austria with a strong and open family, and how she found her connection to nature early.  How at 12 years old Michaela made the decision to become a witch, which led to learning about herbs, herb lore and how  early mentors blessed Mikaela’s curiosity with knowledge of nature and healing. The idea that everything is sacred, even the ordinary. MIchaela’s depiction of the wild woman archetype, a reflection of the human experience which existed as stories, folklore, epics and how it represents the connection we all have to nature and it’s cycles. How re-wilding is about re-connecting over and over to our true nature and purpose.-The plight of the modern woman. How navigating the speed of the modern world can be challenging and we can’t have it all, at least not all at once, but balance between “being” and “doing” is the answer. How non-Linear Movement Method, a non-forceful, gentle, energetic practice to identify and help release contractions in the body, is available to anyone. How in order to attain true homeostasis, we need sympathetic and parasympathetic systems working together to help regulate each other. The fact is, it IS the simple things that matter, and we all have the birth rite of movement.  How structure and systems actually create freedom to allow flow which helps create an integrated system of “masculine” and “feminine” energies. Bio: Michaela Boehm travels and teaches internationally as an expert in intimacy, relationship and sexuality. A gifted speaker and counselor, her unique body of work centers around the intersection of intimacy and embodiment.  With an extensive (30,000 plus hours) in-person counseling background, clinical experience in trauma and addiction and innovative somatic approach, her work with celebrity couples has been featured in international print publications, TV programs and online talk shows. Most recently her work is featured in the 6-part Netflix Show “Sex, Love & goop” , which she co-hosted with Gwyneth Paltrow, and Will Smith’s bestselling memoir ‘Will’.  Michaela is the creator of The Non-Linear Movement Method®, a somatic release modality which utilizes principles of trauma therapy, polyvagal theory and movement for nervous system regulation.  Her book “The Wild Woman’s Way” was published by Simon & Schuster/Atria in August 2018. Learn more: Michael Boehm  Facebook Instagram Unleashing Your Wild Woman Quiz Mentioned today: The Wild Woman’s Way, Michaela Boehm Rudolf Steiner books Kashmir Shaivism Angela Farmer sex, love & goop on Netflix If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: The Heroine’s Journey: Reclamation of the Feminine Balancing Our Personal Masculine & Feminine Energies Returning to the Body Today’s episode sponsored by: Revival Iowa City Use Promo Code TENDHER23 for 15% off Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Tend Her 3.0: A 4-week Online Course on Resilience Tend Her 3.0 registration Resilience Summit A 1-day in person event for women at Little Lights on the Lane, West Branch, IA November 17, 9-4PM Resilience Summit Re-Wilding Retreat Join us for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and transformation in Nosara, Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat Center, May 11-18, 2024. For more information click here Follow us: Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching Facebook: Dr. Yoga Momma Facebook Kate Moreland [email protected] Source

Today we are excited to interview Dr. Beth Livingston, co-author of one of Forbes Top 10 Business Books of 2022, Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and Gender Equity at Work (co-authored with Tina Opie). Today we discuss: The connection made through Betsy and Beth’s daughters (both previously on the Barbie episode). Beth’s upbringing as the only girl and youngest of three children in Louisville, Kentucky. How the impact of “bussing” children to different schools to help balance racial inequality, meant a diverse group of friends and strong realtyonships with her brothers’ older friends. How with all of the male influence and sports talk at home Beth found herself seeing race and gender in different ways than the mainstream stereotypes. The way generational racial trauma caused confusion as Beth navigated friendships through high school and into college. How a lack of availability to women and positive interactions with men led to her dissociating from the feminine. Her realization that because of gender inequality and gender stereotypes she needed to reclaim her feminine. Meeting friend and co-writer of Shared Sisterhood, Tina Opie, a strong black woman in academia. How they found similarities and built a relationship that led to not only a deep friendship, but also deep personal growth. Beth shares how building friendship through shared experience, finding understanding, shared values and being open to learning can reveal new truths in gender and racial equity. How Tina and Beth eventually co-wrote Shared Sisterhood, a guide to white and black women navigating friendship and their shared sisterhood. The importance of overcoming fear, individual work and racial work that needs to be done before building bridges with our sisters. Bio: Dr. Beth A. Livingston is the Ralph L. Sheets Associate Professor in Industrial Relations at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business. After receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Florida, she spent 8 years at Cornell University in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations before moving to the Midwest. She is passionate about studying gender, stereotyping, discrimination, and the management of work and family. Her research has been highlighted in the New York Times, NPR, and the Harvard Business Review, and has been published in top academic journals. She has also done executive education, speaking engagements, and consulting for companies such as Accenture, John Deere, Yves Saint Laurent Beauty and Allsteel. She is the co-author of Shared Sisterhood (with Dr. Tina Opie), one of Forbes Top 10 Business Books of 2022. Learn more: Beth A Livingston Beth A Livingston Instagram Dr. Tina Opie Mentioned today: Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and Gender Equity at Work If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: The Heroine’s Journey: Reclamation of the Feminine The Power and Complexity of Female Friendships Balancing Our Personal Masculine & Feminine Energies Barbie: Getting Out of The Box Today’s episode sponsored by: Revival Iowa City Use Promo Code TENDHER23 for 15% off Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Tend Her 3.0: A 4-week Online Course on Resilience Registration begins October 4 Tend Her 3.0 registration Resilience Summit A 1-day in person event for women at Little Lights on the Lane, West Branch, IA November 17, 9-4PM Resilience Summit Re-Wilding Retreat Join us for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and transformation in Nosara, Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat Center, May 11-18, 2024. For more information click here Follow us: Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching Facebook: Kathryn E. Moreland Facebook Dr. Yoga Momma Facebook Source

Join us today as we interview Sam Ferm-LeClere who is currently navigating chronic illness, something far too many women face. Today we discuss: • Sam’s early idyllic years spent primarily outdoors in Phoenix, where she developed her reverence for nature. • How in her early twenties while living in DC and working a high stress job, Sam began to notice some symptoms (numbness, fuzziness in the vision) but initially dismissed them. • An e-mail from her aunt that opened a door to a complete change of pace by moving from DC to California to live and work on a farm. • How ideas of aging clouded the ongoing symptoms of MS, continuing to prevent Sam from understanding what was happening in her body. • The numbness that showed up in her legs following a big move across the country that brought her the ER and the realization that something bigger was going on. • After much testing a surprising diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis at 32 years old that left Sam bewildered. • An interest in healing others through massage aligned with Sam’s one healing journey and her practice now reflects many therapeutic and holistic modalities • The realities of managing a chronic illness, being a mother, being a wife, and working full time. • The lessons of getting out of fight or flight, finding boundaries and respecting rest. Bio: Samantha was diagnosed in 2014 with multiple sclerosis while moving to Iowa and has been navigating that journey with chronic illness ever since. She started her own massage therapy business in the summer of 2016 and incorporates sound healing, reiki and lymph massage as well as cranial sacral work. Sam’s also developed an interest in herbalism as a way to aid in her own healing and to help others. The majority of her professional life here in Iowa has been counseling and supporting small businesses. She’s a new mom to a beautiful boy and lives with her husband and son in Iowa City. You can find her on Instagram @samferm. Mentioned today: www.backdoorjobs.com Women Who Run With The Wolves If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: Returning to the Body Taking Charge of Our Own Healing: A conversation with Functional Medicine Therapist Rachel Headings Women Championing Women Dropping Into Radiant Rest with Tracee Stanley Self-Compassion: The Secret Sauce of Life Today’s episode sponsored by: Revival Iowa City Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Tend Her 3.0: A 4-week Online Course on Resilience Registration begins October 4 Tend Her 3.0 registration Resilience Summit A 1-day in person event for women at Little Lights on the Lane, West Branch, IA November 17, 9-4PM Registration opens October 23 Re-Wilding Retreat Join us for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and transformation in Nosara, Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat Center, May 11-18, 2024. For more information click here Follow us: Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kathryn.e.moreland/ https://www.facebook.com/dryogamomma/ Source

Join us today as we interview Dr Stacey Shelby, an author, speaker and depth psychotherapist. This deep conversation about understanding the wild woman archetype and how it shows up in modern western culture. Today we discuss: Dr. Stacey’s early years and her vivid imagination and connection to nature. How the wild woman archetype is socialized out of us form the very beginning in western culture. The effect of adolescent girls not receiving enough mirroring because adult women and mothers are still “finding themselves”. How a mid-life crisis or awakening leads to a desire to be liberated and freed. How patriarchy affects both men and women and how men often seem more lost than we are because there are so disconnected to their emotions. That the wild woman archetype is not about divisiveness, but rather about unity. How female sexuality is such a powerful force and so we often repress it. How claiming our sexuality can be awkward because we don’t know how to wield our Aphrodite energy and power. Stacey Shelby, Ph.D., is an author, speaker and depth psychotherapist. She is also a Registered Clinical Counselor (RCC) in Canada, a certified clinical dream tender, and she has studied in folk and yoga traditions. She holds a masters and Ph.D. in Depth Psychology with a specialization in Jungian and Archetypal Studies. Dr. Shelby has a thriving clinical practice over Zoom, where she works with adults in various stages of personal transformation. She is gifted at working with the symbolic language of the soul and she is dedicated to honoring the soul as it presents in the lived experience of daily life. www.DrStaceyShelby.com Books by Dr. Shelby: “Love and Soul Making”. “Tracking the Wild Woman Archetype” If you want to join TEND HER 3.0: Resilience (a grant funded program Betsy and Kate are doing): https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-3-0-resilience/ To come on a Re-wilding Retreat in Costa Rica with Betsy and Kate: https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/costa-rica-blue-spirit/ Episode Sponsored by Revival In Downtown Iowa City Use code TENDHER23 for 15% off Source

Today’s episode was recorded in Cork, Ireland during a yoga retreat at Ballymaloe House that Betsy taught (and Kate attended)! Ballmaloe House is a family owned country house, hotel and restaurant nestled in the lush countryside of East Cork. While the beauty, food, and ambience were astounding, what struck us most were the stories of the Irish women who helped envision, build, and sustain this award winning family business. We took a rainy afternoon to sit down with Bree Allen, who married into the Allen family that owns Ballymaloe. Bree was our main point person during the retreat, and we loved her energy, positivity, and the stories she shared about Ballymaloe. In this episode we discuss: Bree’s upbringing in Australia, and what happened at the age of 26 when she decided to backpack through Europe and landed a job at Ballymaloe. Bree’s nontraditional and powerful perspective on love, marriage, and commitment. The many generations of the Allen family that continue to support the Ballymaloe business, and whether they actually all get along! The matriarch of the Ballymaloe House, Myrtle Allen, and how ahead of her time she actually was when she decided to open a farm to table restaurant in the 1960’s. The many layers of powerful, ambitious, entrepreneurial women (some who have married into the Allen family) and how they are supported and encouraged. COLD SWIMMING! Why Bree swims in the cold sea several times a week! For more information at Ballymaloe House: https://www.ballymaloe.ie Ballymaloe Cookery School: https://www.ballymaloecookeryschool.ie IF you want to join TEND HER 3.0: Resilience (a grant funded program Betsy and Kate are doing): https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-3-0-resilience/ To come on a Re-wilding Retreat in Costa Rica with Betsy and Kate: https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/costa-rica-blue-spirit/ Source

We are re-releasing an old episode this week because we are in Ireland on a yoga retreat. This episode is the 3 phases of the goddess: the maiden, the mother, and the crone. This week in Ireland we are struck by mother earth – the rolling green hills, the craggy cliffs, and the wild winds and water. It seems you can feel the feminine energy here quite strongly which made us think of this episode about the feminine. Where we are staying there is multigenerational wild powerful women helping run this family owned business. Stay tuned next week for an episode that we are recording with one of those wild Irish women.   Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland Coaching Heartland Yoga Dr Yoga Momma Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Tend Her 3.0: A 4-week Online Course on Resilience. Registration begins October 4. Follow us on Instagram or sign up for our newsletters for more info. Resilience Summit: November 17, 9-4PM at Little Lights on the Lane, West Branch, IA. Registration opens October 23. Re-Wilding Retreat: May 11-18, 2024, in Nosara, Costa Rica at Blue Spirit Retreat Center. More info here. Source

We’re thrilled to welcome Faith Hunter, an acclaimed author and yogi whose transformative journey—from family challenges to emotional healing through yoga, meditation, and writing—has empowered and inspired many. Today we discuss: Faith’s developmental first decade with Mama Banks, her “second mother”, that taught ways of showing up in the world as a nurturing black woman. Growing up with two brothers who had serious health issues and how Faith felt the need to be the good girl, stay out of the way and not add additional stress to her parents’ lives. Faith’s eventual shedding of the “good girl” persona following a divorce. How it felt to “keep family secrets” related to her brothers’ HIV+ status and the impact this had on relationships. Faith’s perspective on the phrase….“I ain’t sorry”. Why do we need to apologize for what makes us happy? Faith’s advice to listeners: Say yes to yourself, say yes to something every day. Say no to things that don’t align. Bio: Faith Hunter is a global yoga and meditation instructor, wellness philanthropist, movement motivator, healing guide, and music head. She is the architect of Spiritually Fly, a life philosophy that awakens the brilliance within the soul, and uses the ancient technologies of breath, movement, sound (chanting & music), and stillness in a fresh and modern way to encourage students to live the life they desire. Faith Hunter began her practice of yoga and meditation in the early 90s to manage the stress and emotional pain of her older brother dying of complications related to AIDS. Through mindfulness, personal reflection, and deep personal practices, Faith was able to release her fears and experience an awakening from within. Over the past 20-plus years, Faith has studied yoga, meditation, breathwork, reiki, and many wellness approaches. She’s graced the covers of Yoga Journal (twice), Om Yoga & Lifestyle, Origin Magazine, and Sweat Equity. Faith has also appeared on Wendy Williams, The Real Housewives of Potomac, and in Essence, Black Enterprise, Women’s Health, Shape, New York & YOGA magazines. She’s an exclusive yoga & wellness expert for BeachBody, iFIT Nordic Track, Fitbit, and Meditation Studio App. She has proudly represented endemic brands such as Athleta, Footlocker, and lululemon, as well as non-endemic brands such as Warner’s and Weleda. In addition, Faith is an author who has penned two books, Shades of the Soul (poetry and daily inspirations), and her latest, Spiritually Fly: Wisdom, Meditations, and Yoga to Elevate Your Soul. Find out more about Faith: Faith Hunter’s Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Elevate by Faith App Faith’s upcoming programs: Courses Faith’s Books: Spiritually Fly Shades of the Soul Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland Coaching Heartland Yoga Dr Yoga Momma Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Tend Her 3.0: A 4-week Online Course on Resilience. Registration begins October 4. Follow us on Instagram or sign up for our newsletters for more info. Resilience Summit: November 17, 9-4PM at Little Lights on the Lane, West Branch, IA. Registration opens October 23. Re-Wilding Retreat: May 11-18, 2024, in Nosara, Costa Rica at Blue Spirit Retreat Center. More info here. Source

In this episode we do a personal check in with each other about our past week, which included health scares for both us. In this episode we talk about: -How the body is deeply intelligent and a beautiful mirror to us and when we have symptoms, it is typically a sign that something is out of balance. -Kate shares her story about her week of medical tests looking at her heart function and what that meant for her. -Betsy shares her ongoing struggles with autoimmune issues and inflammation in her body and the challenge of not knowing what’s actually going on. We share a quote from Clarrissa Pinkola Estes in the book “Women Who Run With the Wolves”, “ Like a Rosetta Stone, for those who know how to read it, the body is a living record of life given, life taken, life hoped for, life healed it is valued for its articulate ability to register immediate reaction, to feel profoundly, to sense ahead. The body is a multilingual being. The body remembers, the bones remember, the joints remember, even the little finger remembers.” If you like this episode here are others that may be of interest: Episode 24: Returning to the Body https://www.tendherwild.com/2022/07/22/returning-to-the-body/ Episode 17: Perspectives on Pain and Healing https://www.tendherwild.com/2022/06/03/perspectives-on-pain-and-healing/ Episode 5: Over-giving and Burnout https://www.tendherwild.com/2022/03/03/overgiving-and-burnout/ Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching Heartland Yoga Dr Yoga Momma   Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Tend Her 3.0: A 4-week Online Course on Resilience. Registration begins October 4. Follow us on Instagram or sign up for our newsletters for more info. Resilience Summit: November 17, 9-4PM at Little Lights on the Lane, West Branch, IA. Registration opens October 23. Re-Wilding Retreat: May 11-18, 2024, in Nosara, Costa Rica at Blue Spirit Retreat Center. More info here.   Follow us: Instagram: @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching Facebook: Kathryn E. Moreland Dr Yoga Momma Source

Join us today as we interview Dr. Arielle Schwartz, a psychologist and expert on trauma. This is a powerful and hopeful conversation about turning toward our wounds, the power of inhabiting the body, and and the resulting compassion that emerges for ourselves and others when we do this. Today we discuss: Arielle’s early years and how she was shaped by her parent’s divorce at the age of 4. She talks of living in 2 different households with distinctly different energies, and the effect this had on her own developing nervous system. The power of yoga in Arielle’s life and the profound realization of what it was like to feel like herself after a practice. How trauma can look “subtle” such as criticism, high expectations for performance, not seeing or hearing you, and how these experiences can have profound and damaging effects. The importance of an attuned and steadfast “other” when working with trauma, whether this is a parent, a friend, a therapist, a healer. Why nature and play are such key tools for helping us heal. Bio: Dr. Arielle Schwartz is a clinical psychologist, internationally sought-out teacher, and leading voice in the healing of trauma. She is an internationally sought-out teacher, leading voice in the field of trauma recovery, and author of seven books including The Complex PTSD Workbook, The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook, and Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga. As the founder of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy, she offers a mind-body approach to therapy for trauma and informational mental health and wellness updates through her writing, public speaking, social media presence, and blog. She believes that the journey of trauma recovery is an awakening of the spiritual heart. Learn more at www.drarielleschwartz.com.   Find out more about Dr. Arielle: https://www.facebook.com/drarielleschwartz/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/arielle-schwartz-0756b62a/ https://twitter.com/DrAschwartz https://www.instagram.com/arielleschwartzboulder/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5LUxnXbReV7I5cEzvb46sQ Join Arielle on retreat in South Africa, April 1-9 2024   Books and Authors mentioned: On Becoming A Person: A Therapist’s View of Psychotherapy by Carl R Rogers Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes Youtube Recording of Rewilding Yoga with Dr. Arielle mentioned If you like this episode, check out related Tend Her Wild Podcasts: The Power of Healing in Community Therapy, Anyone? The Heroine’s Journey: Reclamation of the Feminine Self-Compassion: The Secret Sauce of Life Freedom in Truth with Kate and Betsy Returning to the Body   Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching Heartland Yoga Dr Yoga Momma   Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Tend Her 3.0: A 4-week Online Course on Resilience. Registration begins October 4. Follow us on Instagram or sign up for our newsletters for more info. Resilience Summit: November 17, 9-4PM at Little Lights on the Lane, West Branch, IA. Registration opens October 23. Re-Wilding Retreat: May 11-18, 2024, in Nosara, Costa Rica at Blue Spirit Retreat Center. More info here.   Follow us: Instagram: @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching Facebook: Kathryn E. Moreland Dr Yoga Momma Source

In this episode, we talk with Ellis Elliot about creativity, caretaking, what it means when we face a “break in the field” as she did, and living in freedom. Today we discuss: The Iceland reunion! How Ellis, Kate, and Betsy met in Iceland and how this experience shaped them. How Ellis’ early years as an only child were spent mostly in solitude, and how movement, dance and writing helped Ellis make sense of the world. “Break in The Field,” Ellis’ new book and its exploration of shared humanity. Mothering six sons, three of her own and three stepsons, one of whom has extreme needs. The transformative relationship with her stepson Julian and its impact on Ellis’ perception of everything. The experiences that allowed Ellis to feel free in her own skin. Bio: Ellis is a published author and poet, dance teacher, and yogi. She has blended a family of six grown sons and lives in Juno Beach, Florida with her husband Tim and dog Mabel. She’s a facilitator of online writing groups called BeWilderness and teaches adult online ballet. Ellis has an MFA from Queens University and is a contributing writer for the Southern Review of Books. She has been published in numerous publications, and her chap book “Break in The Field” was a finalist for the Two Silvias Press Wilder Poetry Book Prize.   Nureyev at the Orpheum Memphis 1987 Two men sat in the row in front of me near the aisle; one, in a sapphire cardigan had his arm around the other, pulling him close as they both sobbed. We were watching Nureyev, who was nearing fifty then, and known as one of the greatest ballet dancers of all time. I was young, just out of college, and didn’t understand their tears. I thought it could be be- cause the famous Russian defector was past his prime. His coil and spring less precise, and the flagrant fling of his crimson cape imperceptibly off tempo. Or, it might have been the nearness of beauty, the push and pull of legend etched in every articulated muscle. Now, as my body begins its own slow defection, I sit between those two men. I rest my head on the one free shoulder, as we all feel the cape of our aging bodies begin to slip to the scratched wooden stage floor, an into a puddle of what lies between beauty and loss. It is a place so beautiful, I weep. ________________________ Easy Fix This is what I’m looking for, the SuperBrainOmeter to produce a ticker-tape explanation of him. Use soothing words ,please, like lullaby and sugared violets. Not like hemorrhage and thalamus bleed. Although they have a slight allure. He has no smile or grimace to illuminate my way, only clear, hazel eyes. One fixed, one following. May I have your attention for a minute? I ask the fixed eye, I have a few questions. The answer is clear burnished copper, with a jade green sheen.   Find out more: Follow Ellis on Instagram: @elliselliot BeWilderness Writing bewildernesswriting.com “Break in The Field” If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: Barbie: Getting Out of the Box Midlife Awakening: Rise from the Ashes Getting Wild in Iceland Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching Heartland Yoga Dr Yoga Momma Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: Tend Her 3.0: A 4-week Online Course on Resilience Registration begins October 4 For more info, follow our IG or get on our newsletters! Resilience Summit A 1-day in person event for women at Little Lights on the Lane, West Branch, IA November 17, 9-4PM Registration opens October 23 Re-Wilding Retreat Join us for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and transformation in Nosara, Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat Center, May 11-18, 2024. For more info, click here. Source

In today’s episode Kate and Betsy talk about self compassion, a powerful topic that most women struggle with. This may actually be the foundation of the Tend Her Wild podcast; two years ago the first Tend Her workshop was offered and the entire event was centered on self compassion. “Self compassion is the secret sauce of life” -Shauna Shapiro Aspects of self compassion covered today include: -How women are conditioned away from self compassion and toward having compassion towards everyone else, “the human giver syndrome’ -Battling our desire to go inward and toward self compassion in the traditional season of giving -Science tells us that self compassion makes us happier -What self compassion is and isn’t -The pitfalls of the self-help industry -The three components of self compassion -Why compassion for self can be so difficult -Allowing yourself to heal and the importance of reaching out to others – “The amazing story of sister elephants” Books mentioned in today’s episode: Fierce Self Compassion by Kristin Neff Guided meditation with Elizabeth Lesser: “Do no Harm, Take no Shit” Work with Betsy and Kate in Person on Retreat: Join Betsy, Kate and Kimberly at a Re-Wilding Retreat in Nosara, Costa Rica: May 11-18, 2024 Source

In this episode, we discuss the concept of gratitude and its role in our daily lives. We touch on the benefits of gratitude, such as increased happiness and improved relationships, as well as the concept of toxic positivity and the potential downsides of gratitude. We bring awareness to the need for balance and authenticity in practicing gratitude. In this episode we discuss: The importance of gratitude and how it is one of the pillars of happiness. Despite the apparent positives of gratitude, there are some negative aspects which include oversimplification, guilt, a lack of truth, and toxic positivity. The 3 to 1 positivity ratio, and why we need this to overcome our brain’s natural tendency toward negativity. The truth of gratitude journaling – tracking gratitude once a week is actually more beneficial than tracking three times a week. The challenge to reach out to a personal champion in your life and express gratitude.   Books mentioned today: Simple Abundance (Sarah Ban Breathnach) The Life You Want (Oprah) Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life (Barbara Fredrickson) The Science of Happiness course   Other Episode’s Similar to This You Might Like: Episode 55: Boundaries & Self Sabotage Episode 45: Self Compassion: The Secret Sauce of Life Episode 33: Anxiety: Surrender with Gratitude   Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching Heartland Yoga Dr Yoga Momma   Work with Betsy and Kate in Person on Retreat: Join Betsy, Kate and Kimberly at a Re-Wilding Retreat in Nosara, Costa Rica: May 11-18, 2024   For sponsorship opportunities or to partner with us: Partner with us – Tend Her Wild Source

In this episode we talk with a Danish doctor about her re-wilding, why she was drawn to our podcast, and how women across the globe are feeling this pull to move toward more authenticity. Today we discuss: Christina’s carefree and happy childhood as an only child, and when she believe she lost her inner wild during transition to school and the emergence of perfectionism. The deep impact of a trauma as a teen that created a deep scar, leading to a mistrust of inner judgment that fed into more perfectionism and control. Rewilding through travel and the door that opened through Christina’s foreign exchange experience. The cross-cultural nature of re-wilding and how women around the planet are looking to get out of the box of perfectionism and into authenticity. A writing exercise that inspired a new way to live and introduced the challenge of how to get there. Christina’s career shift towards mental health and hypnotherapy   Bio: Christina is a Danish medical doctor on a journey of integrating knowledge from modern medicine with understanding of the subconscious mind to help rewire old limiting beliefs and resolve root cause issues. Passionate about empowering women to reconnect their inner light and live intentional and authentic lives, she is on a journey to using hypnosis as a clinical tool. She enjoys life with her Iowa-born husband and their two little active boys in Denmark. A sunset enthusiast and admirer of the forest, field, and fjord, she daily explores walks and cargo bike rides with her family. Christina is also a recovering perfectionist. Follow Christina on Instagram: @lightledlife If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes: Ep1 Meet Kate Ep2 Meet Betsy Ep 66 Therapy Anyone? Ep 72: The Power of Hypnosis Books mentioned: Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching Heartland Yoga Dr Yoga Momma Work with Betsy & Kate In Person: ***NEW*** Join Betsy & Kate at a Re-Wilding Retreat in Nosara, Costa Rica: May 11-18, 2024 Source

Betsy and Kate discuss their impressions of the Barbie movie, some Barbie history, and the empowerment of modern women in a patriarchal society. They highlight some powerful quotes and themes from the movie and how it resonated with them. They also welcome some much younger guests (3 tweens ages 10 and 11) to share their impressions and inspirations. In this episode we discuss: The recently released Barbie movie and its exploration of themes around patriarchy and redefining femininity. The historical context of the creation of Barbie by a woman, co-founder of Mattell, Ruth Handler in 1959. Several themes from the movie that we’ve been talking about routinely on this podcast: Why it’s impossible to be a woman in a patriarchal society Getting out of the box The importance (and sometimes challenge) of really feeling your feelings We bravely bring on 3 “tweens” (Betsy’s daughter and her friends) and ask them their impressions of the movie. It was both hilarious and slightly chaotic! But we loved that they seemed to really get the underlying “themes”. Books mentioned today: Why Does Patriarchy Exist? Written by Carol Gilligan Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes Written by Elizabeth Lesser Other Tend Her Wild Episodes Related to this you might like to check out: Episode 76: Women Finding Their Voice Episode 60: The Heroine’s Journey Episode 32: Perfectionism: A Cultural Phenomenon Episode 20: Balancing Our Personal Masculine and Feminine Energies   Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching: http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Heartland Yoga: http://www.heartlandyoga.com Dr Yoga Momma: www.dryogamomma.com Work with Betsy and Kate in Person on Retreat: Join Betsy, Kate and Kimberly at Ballymaloe House, Ireland for Yoga & Meditation Retreat: September 24-30, 2023 https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/ireland-with-betsy-rippentrop/ Join Betsy, Kate and Kimberly at a Re-Wilding Retreat in Nosara, Costa Rica: May 11-18, 2024 https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/costa-rica-blue-spirit/ For sponsorship opportunities or to partner with us: Partner with us – Tend Her Wild Source

Today we talk about the process of finding your voice. Why is it hard for us to use our voice? What are the stories around it and what do we do to speak up, be heard, feel heard and tell our truth? Today we discuss: -For much of history women have been silenced, ridiculed, punished, and even killed for their opinions and voices. -The wound of the patriarchy and the many reasons we have learned to swallow our truth. -The concept of gaslighting, which is the psychological manipulation that makes a person question their beliefs, sanity, and truths. -Betsy and Kate share their own personal stories of finding their voices and the barriers they have encountered along the way. They acknowledge that it is a process and a constant work in progress, but they highlight the power and freedom that comes from using their voices to express their authentic selves. -Throat problems can show up as the inability to speak up for yourself, swallowed anger, stifled creativity and a refusal to change. -Ways to use our voices to be the radical change we need right now. “I am constantly amazed at how courageous and radical speaking the truth is. The most activist thing you can do is just speak the truth and search for the truth, and just follow that trail.” —Melissa Ethridge “Stand firmly with what you know in your heart of hearts. Be exactly who you are unapologetically and with great passion and positivity, cultivate an inner courage to speak your truth and out of it action comes.” —Elizabeth Lesser Today’s champion: Judge Rosemarie Aquilina https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/27156746/journey-judge-rosemarie-aquilina Previous podcasts: Anger: Channel the Fire https://www.tendherwild.com/2022/11/11/anger-channel-the-fire/ Books mentioned: Cassandra Speaks by Elizabeth Lesser https://www.amazon.com/Cassandra-Speaks-Women-Storytellers-Changes/dp/0062887181/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1690550166&sr=8-1 You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay https://www.amazon.com/You-Can-Heal-Your-Life/dp/0937611018/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FJNX5U7BTILT&keywords=you+can+heal+your+life+by+louise+hay&qid=1690551076&sprefix=You+c%2Caps%2C217&sr=8-1 Movie mentioned: Women Talking Written by Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews Directed by Sarah Polley https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13669038/ Article mentioned: Women, Here Are 10 Important Ways to Use Your Voice https://whatwillittake.com/inspiration/women-here-are-10-important-ways-to-use-your-voice/ Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching: http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Heartland Yoga: http://www.heartlandyoga.com Dr Yoga Momma: www.dryogamomma.com Join Betsy, Kate and Kimberly at Ballymaloe House, Ireland for Yoga & Meditation Retreat: September 24-30, 2023 https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/ireland-with-betsy-rippentrop/ For sponsorship opportunities or to partner with us: Partner with us – Tend Her Wild Source

In this episode of Tend Her Wild, hosts Betsy and Kate speak with Alyx, a passionate social entrepreneur who is bravely changing how women (AND men) think about menstruation. Alyx’s journey led her to create the Agenda Period app, promoting cyclical awareness and body literacy while challenging societal expectations around menstruation. This is an energizing and vibrant conversation that we LOVED! Today we discuss: -Alyx’s first ten years that include the trauma of getting her period early and not being educated about what to do about it . -How a seed was planted at the age of 26 when she learned about cycle syncing. -Her deep connection to intuition (especially during ovulation), and how a moment during meditation led her to the development of her business. -Her creation – the Agenda Period app, which was the first app to help women sync their work and life tasks with their menstrual cycles. -The 4 phases of women’s cycles, and the things we should do (and not do) at each phase. -Why it’s important for men to have cyclical awareness, which led to her new book “Manstration”. -Her passion in creating body literacy curriculum, not sex ed, and how she is rolling this out in Texas. Bio: Alyx Cable-Frakes is a passionate social entrepreneur with 10 years experience in business and eight years experience in health and wellness. When she returned from the Peace Corp in 2015 she felt out of touch with her own health so she began a path of healing. This led to the launch of a health coaching company and subsequently “The Agenda” app. She recently authored a book called “Manstration” which opens up conversations around periods with men. Mentioned today: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear – Elizabeth Gilbert https://www.amazon.com/Big-Magic-Creative-Living-Beyond/dp/1594634726 Learn more about Alyx’s Work: www.theagendaperiod.com Manstruation: A Field Guide to Not Sucking When Someone Around You Has Their Period (and how you can be supportive in every other phase as well) -Alyx Coble-Frakes https://www.amazon.com/Manstruation-Sucking-Someone-Around-supportive-ebook/dp/B0C17LKXB5 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAgendaPeriod Instagram: theagendaperiod   Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching: http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Heartland Yoga: http://www.heartlandyoga.com Dr Yoga Momma: www.dryogamomma.com Join Betsy, Kate and Kimberly at Ballymaloe House, Ireland for Yoga & Meditation Retreat: September 24-30, 2023 https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/ireland-with-betsy-rippentrop/ Source

On today’s episode we discuss female friendships and how they are both amazing and complicated. Today we discuss: Betsy and Kate’s friendship journey and how they maintain balance and honesty (spoiler alert, it’s all about communication!) The differences between men’s friendships and female friendships, and how male friendships are less fragile Is our capacity to trust and open to our our female friendships effected by the relationship we had with our mother? The art of discernment in friendships and how you don’t need permission to say this isn’t healthy or to gently part ways When we outgrow relationships and crave more authenticity and depth in our connections Today Kate champions and honors Anne, Kate’s long-term friend that has been navigating a family illness with grace. Today Betsy champions some of her newest friends, Kelly, Lark and Janet, and the depth of connection they forged in a relatively short period of time. Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching: http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Heartland Yoga: http://www.heartlandyoga.com Dr Yoga Momma: www.dryogamomma.com Join Betsy, Kate and Kimberly at Ballymaloe House, Ireland for Yoga & Meditation Retreat: September 24-30, 2023 https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/ireland-with-betsy-rippentrop/ Source

We get down to business in today’s conversation with entrepreneur, author, speaker and business advisor Andrea Belk Olson. In today’s episode we discuss: How Andrea was writing business plans as a teenager, long before she ever took a business course. Andrea’s balance of logic (from her Dad) and artistic creativity (from her Mom) that have served her well in her career. Her love of travel and the favorite place she has visited. Why Andrea believes the art of business is as important as the logic side, but her perspective that too often the logic side runs the show and short changes a lot of ideas that just need incubation time. How she considers her business a “change agency”. The 3 characteristics of leaders she likes to work with: Optimism, Courage, and Joy. About Our Guest: Andrea Belk Olson is a trained behavioral scientist, a differentiation strategist and a customer centricity expert. She teaches executives the art and science of differentiation through understanding customer behavior and serves as a fractional CMO for select multibillionaire companies. She is also the author of What to Ask: How To Learn What Customers Need but Don’t Tell You. She is an ongoing contributor to multiple major publications including The Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneurial Magazine, Chief Executive Magazine, and Rotman Business Magazine. She is a world traveler, having visited over 12 countries in her early career.. She also serves as an instructor for the University of Iowa Venture School and business coach for the Tippie School of Business start-up incubator. To learn more about Our Guest: www.andreabelkolson.com pragmatik.com Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching: http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Heartland Yoga: http://www.heartlandyoga.com Dr Yoga Momma: www.dryogamomma.com Join Betsy at Ballymaloe House, Ireland for Yoga & Meditation Retreat: September 24-30, 2023 https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/ireland-with-betsy-rippentrop/ Source

In this episode of the Tend Her Wild podcast, Betsy and Kate discuss the deep world of hypnosis. Hypnosis is often misunderstood and misrepresented in popular culture, but it is a well researched form of deep healing that can be transformative. They also share their personal experiences with hypnosis and the benefits they’ve observed in themselves and clients. The episode ends with Dr Betsy (who has been trained in clinical hypnosis and has been using it for 20 years in her practice) leading a mini-hypnosis session. Today we discuss: What hypnosis is… a well researched, empirically supported technique that supports long term healing. Hypnosis is when you go into a trance state of deep relaxation in the body. When we’re deeply relaxed our minds open and we become very open to suggestion. How normal and regular occurring trance states really are, which is why most people do not believe they have been hypnotized when in fact, they have. Betsy’s self hypnosis during the birth of her three children and the positive effect it had on her experience Kate’s use of self hypnosis before surgery and the effects it had on her recovery The inside scoop behind typical “prom party” hypnosis experiences. At 35:00 minutes, Betsy guides us through a “best self” hypnosis session (NOTE: DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS PART WHILE DRIVING). Hypnosis Resources: All About Clinical Hypnosis – https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/22676-hypnosis American Society of Clinical Hypnosis – https://www.asch.net/aws/ASCH/pt/sp/home_page Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis – https://www.sceh.us   Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching: http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Heartland Yoga: http://www.heartlandyoga.com Dr Yoga Momma: www.dryogamomma.com   Join Betsy at Ballymaloe House, Ireland September 24-30, 2023 https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/ireland-with-betsy-rippentrop/ Source

Today we are joined by Tracee Stanley, author of the best selling book, Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation and Awakened Clarity and of the upcoming book The Luminous Self: Sacred Yogic Practice and Rituals to Remember Who You Are. We explore the transformative power of yoga nidra, its connection to the feminine, creating spaciousness, rest, and ancestral healing. Uncover the profound wisdom Tracee imparts on the importance of nature, the value of deep relaxation, and the divine creativity that emerges from embracing stillness. Today we discuss: Tracee’s first ten years being raised in a strict, overprotective home where freedom was limited, but education and space for daydreaming, reading, and learning were emphasized The importance of Tracee’s Nana, and what she learned by observing her power and ability to hold space for others Tracee’s first experiences with Yoga Nidra, and how it evolved, including her awareness that Yoga Nidra was “the Goddess” The power of ancestral healing, and how to call in the ancestors that are well in spirit How Tracee views “re-wilding” in her book Radiant Rest as taking the practices directly into nature. Practice and nature are not separate, and we are not separate from nature. The benefits of committing to more time in rest “Since the invention of the lightbulb it has disconnected us from the cycles of nature. When we start resting we can start to connect to our own nature, which is nature and that in itself is healing.” -Tracee Bio: Tracee Stanley is the visionary behind Empowered Life Circle, an esteemed community and sanctuary that embraces transformative practices, sacred rituals, and profound Tantric teachings and has over two decades of dedicated exploration in Sri Vidya Tantra and the wisdom imparted by the Himalayan Masters. Tracee has also emerged as a leading figure in the realm of post-lineage instruction. Her unwavering commitment lies in imparting the profound knowledge of yoga nidra, meditation, self-inquiry, rest, communion with nature, and reverence for our ancestors. Tracee possesses a unique gift for unveiling the magic and power hidden within the realms of the liminal, while effortlessly weaving devotion and practice into the tapestry of everyday life. To learn more about Tracee: https://traceeyoga.com Instagram: @tracee_stanley To order Radiant Rest: https://www.radiantrest.com To pre-order The Luminous Self: https://www.amazon.com/Luminous-Self-Practices-Rituals-Remember/dp/1645471667 Householder’s Flow: https://traceeyoga.com/media-interviews-articles/2021/7/16/accessible-yoga-radiant-rest-yoga-nidra-for-deep-relaxation-and-awakened-clarity Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching: http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Heartland Yoga: http://www.heartlandyoga.com Dr Yoga Momma: www.dryogamomma.com   Join Betsy at Ballymaloe House, Ireland September 24-30, 2023 https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/ireland-with-betsy-rippentrop/ Source

In today’s conversation Betsy and Kate talk about women’s leadership. Although we have talked about this in passing in many episodes, we dive into it in depth today following an event that happened in the past week. Kate received a community leadership award, and a group of women came to support her. This sparked discussion amongst this group about how all women are leaders and have the power to change systems. Today we discuss: The traits of feminine leadership – compassion, empathy, collaboration, emotional intelligence and relationship building. How Kate worked her way up the corporate ladder, requiring her to lean into masculine traits like ambition, drive, and strength. However, once she became CEO during the Covid crisis she felt she could show up authentically and lean into more feminine traits. How feminine leadership is not leading like a man in a dress. A Forbes article that reports women hold only 26% of c-suite jobs and that the pay gap for women is still 86 cents on the dollar compared to men and 68 cents for black women. The great resignation and how women are leaving the workforce in droves, and reasons for this. Will we ever see a woman be elected President? The shadow side of jealousy and mistrust amongst women, and why this must be overcome. Resources: Her link : https://www.thegazette.com/special-sections/her-women-of-achievement-2023/ Forbes article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/meghanbiro/2022/10/24/why-women-are-leaving-the-workplace/?sh=60ec51f54ea1 Other episodes related to this topic and/or mentioned in this episode: The Heroine’s Journey: Reclamation of the Feminine https://www.tendherwild.com/2023/04/07/the-heroines-journey-reclamation-of-the-feminine/ Women Championing Women: https://www.tendherwild.com/2023/01/27/women-championing-women/ Perfectionism: A Cultural Phenomenon : https://www.tendherwild.com/2022/09/16/perfectionism-a-cultural-phenomenon/ Balancing Our Personal Masculine & Feminine Energies: https://www.tendherwild.com/2022/06/24/balancing-our-personal-masculine-feminine-energies/ Source

As women we have discovered there’s an incredible value in coming together as we heal. Today we share some of our thoughts and observations and honor the work of the community that just came together on our recent Re-wilding retreat in Costa Rica. Today we discuss:-The difference of community verses individual work and the power of an intergenerational community-How the vulnerability of being open in a group can make healing in community more accessible-The synergy created in community that allows freedom of individual healing without the need to over share-When you’re collectively in meditation, yoga or conversation a third energy moves in that guides us toward wholeness as a group as well as individually-The inclination of the feminine energy toward collaboration-How capitalism teaches us our value comes from production -The consistent threads that tie our experiences together and empower us to transcend the space to create healing in relationship -How this works…. Why clearly creating ground rules allows big emotions to surface and be worked through in safety -The ground rules from “The Four Agreements” -Don Miguel Ruiz1) Be impeccable with your word2) Don’t take anything personally3) Don’t make assumptions4) Always do your best-We’re wired to be compassionate, soft, open, forgiving and non-judgemental with people, yet the current productivity culture can pull us away from that way of being-The collective experience of COVID and the global opportunity for collective healing and coming together. There is great power in coming together to heal in community, when one heals we all heal.-Find the groups that support your healing process wherever they are available. If you can’t find one, create one!Quotes by: Johnette Walser“Society and culture really don’t hold space for us to deal with big emotions. Capitalism teaches us we must constantly be productive yet it’s difficult to be productive when you’re dealing with a lot of pain, dealing with a lot of grief, it’s hard to be productive. We talk ourselves out of really being able to sit with what we need to sit with but to be more productive we need to allow for more healing to happen.”Rumi“Shut the thinking door and open the love window.”Referenced today:We Heal Together -Michelle Cassandra JohnsonThe Four Agreements -Don Miguel RuizThe Millionth Circle: How to Change Ourselves and The World-Jean Shinoda Bolen Suggestions for Creating Women’s Circles Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead Why? When a critical number of people change how they think and behave, the culture does also, and a new era begins. Women have great power to shift consciousness and the world at large. We need the support, encouragement, and tenderness/fierceness of the sisterhood. A woman’s circle that is trustworthy, has a spiritual center and a respect for boundaries, is a powerful transforming agent for all the women in it. Who? Ideally groups of 4-12 women work well. Not everyone needs to be friends or know each other well. In fact, having people with different perspectives, life experiences, and opinions can provide the richest environment for growth. What? A women’s group is for the purpose of support and inner growth. It’s not necessarily a space for small talk or staying at the surface level. Where? The space can change, but is essential that the space is safe and free of disturbances. How often? This is up to the group. Aligning with the moon cycle can be a nice way to align with the cycles of nature (i.e., meeting on the new moon or on the full moon). How long? This is something the group should decide upon. But maintaining the boundary of a set time is very important. One to two hours is a good amount of time. Is there a leader? It is good for one person to be the chosen facilitator. This person is not the leader per se as women’s groups have no hierarchy. But this person is willing to start and end meetings, and direct the group back to center if distractions occur. How to Begin/End A Circle Center the Circle. Start the circle by either ringing a bell, chanting OM, taking a few moments of silence, lighting a candle, or even speaking the same phrase such as “now we shift from outer focus to inner focus”. Use a talking stick. Who ever wants to speak takes the stick and shares how they are or opens up about any other thing that they are currently facing. After the first round of check ins, the group may decide to do a second round of discussion focused on a topic or a question. Or, people may ask for advice from the group. Another possibility is to spend time dancing, meditating, doing art, or engaging in some other mindful activity. Always close the circle by chanting OM, blowing out the candle, taking a few moments of silence, saying Namaste or ending with a phrase such as “and so it is” Are there important Rules/Boundaries? No talking over each other. No

Today’s conversation feels like one of the most genuine, raw conversations we have had.  We explore a common issue and yet a topic many avoid talking about: addiction.  We believe this conversation has great healing potential for our listeners, as nearly all of us know someone who is struggling or has struggled with addiction. In this conversation, we discuss: Monica’s early life as a shy and sensitive young girl in Catholic school who never felt like she fit in.Monica’s unique travels as a child to Guatemala every other year to visit family (her mother is Guatemalan).  These trips connected her to a desire to seek beauty.The game changer for Monica that brought her popularity, a sense of belonging, and covered her insecurity: drinking alcohol the first time at 16.  She felt like a new personality emerged and finally felt connected to others.The time she lived in NYC, and  how pivotal it was in cementing her style and aesthetic.Her 20 year relationship with alcohol that included euphoria and highs, but eventually ended in deep pain, toxicity, and a rock bottom moment.How Monica was able to hide her alcoholism for a long time, appearing extremely functional, healthy, and happy.Her path toward sobriety and the new more authentic life that emerged including her beautiful, healing store called Cielo (which she calls her recovery business) About Monica Berry: Monica Berry is the founder and owner of Cielo, which means “heaven” in Spanish. CIELO the brand started in 2001 in NYC when Monica taught herself to sew with a used machine, and created handmade dresses made from vintage patterns from the 50’s and 60’s. After moving back to Iowa, she began designing and sewing comfortable apparel for women and children for local markets in 2016. Soon after, she invented the Moon Warmers and sold them at markets and local shops. Now, she runs a handmade manufacturing operation in Iowa as well as private label self-care products, and sends them to shops all over the country. In September 2021, CIELO The Shop opened in Iowa River Landing. The first brick and mortar shop carries comfort goods with a metaphysical vibe.   cielogoods.com Substance Abuse Resources: If you are someone you know is suffering with addiction, there is help. Guidelink Center in Iowa City: https://guidelinkcenter.org Alcoholics Anonymous:  aa.org Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: https://www.samhsa.gov Work with Kate or Betsy:http://www.katemorelandcoaching.comhttp://www.heartlandyoga.comhttp://www.dryogamomma.com Join Us On Retreat:Join Betsy, Kate & Kimberly at Ballymaloe House in Ireland September 24,-30, 2023: Ireland with Betsy Rippentrop | One Yoga Global Source

While many of us spent years in the proverbial boxes of convention and structure, our guest today has carried the wild spirit through most of her life life, minus a period of time following trauma. Today, we talk to Kimberly Jaeger-Arjes while in Costa Rica on a yoga retreat. We had no idea this interview was going to happen until the morning of recording. Kimberly is Betsy’s assistant and an integral part of her retreats. Kate and Betsy were having their morning plan session with Kimberly, and Kimberly casually mentioned she never felt like she had ever left her wild spirit. Kate and Betsy looked at each other, nodded, and simultaneously knew we needed to interview Kimberly to talk about this. This interview is recorded in Betsy’s hotel room looking out at the jungle. After the interview, a pack of wild monkeys swung through the trees that we got on video. Kimberly is a mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend, gardener, and a lover in social & environmental activism. She leads a yoga influenced, playful and mindful movement practice and strives to create inclusive spaces for people to feel belonging. She is part of a Trauma Support Team with Challenge to Change, teaching a yoga practice at Heartland Yoga and at Coco’s Ranch. You can follow Kimberly on instagram @kimiinthewoods Play & Move with Kimberly https://heartlandyoga.com/kimberly-jaeger-arjes/ https://cocosranch.com/iowa-goat-yoga https://www.challengetochangeinc.com/team/kimberly-jaeger-arjes   NOTE: If sexual assault and suicide triggers you, skip this episode. If hearing about how to triumph over experiences like this, listen. In today’s podcast we cover: Kimberly’s unique mother who taught her early on about what it meant to be colorful and non-conforming. How Kimberly always knew she was different, and at times wanted to fit in, but also knew the box wasn’t for her. When Kimberly’s wild spirit was broken, and how she had to build it back over a period of years. The importance of yoga and returning to her body that returned Kimberly to her wild nature. How Kimberly strongly believes in the power of connections, social justice, and loving those who are also struggling with belonging. Kimberly’s advice about how to live as a wild woman. Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: https://988lifeline.org National Sexual Violence Resource Center: https://www.nsvrc.org Join Betsy, Kate & Kimberly in Ireland: https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/ireland-with-betsy-rippentrop/ Source

In today’s conversation Betsy and Kate talk about the power of therapy and share their own experiences using it as a resource to heal and clean out inner barriers. Today we discuss:-The historical stigma of mental health, therapy, psychology and how we are experiencing a shift from viewing mental health as a sign of weakness to a sign of strength and courage.-The hard work of therapy and how numbing out and avoidance can keep us from going deeper-The acceptance and normalization in younger generations of the need for mental health support-The staggering statistics and impacts of the pandemic on mental health -How the DNA of our ancestors effect us today and how our individual work can help heal generational trauma-The positive side of experiencing different therapists and knowing when short term or long term therapy is needed-Why finding the right fit with a therapist is so important -The differences between therapy and coaching and when each is beneficial to help manifest your goalsMentioned today:Michael Singer Podcast: Taking Care of Your Inner Environmenthttps://resources.soundstrue.com/podcast/s2e4-taking-care-of-your-inner-environment/Therapy in entertainment:Ted Lasso (TV)Shrinking (TV)Stutz (Jonah Hill documentary)Therapy Resources:https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists Coaching Vs Therapy articles: Perspective | Therapist or coach: Understanding the difference and how to pick onewashingtonpost.com https://www.lumiacoaching.com/blog/coaching-vs-therapy-vs-consulting Today’s episode sponsored by:Kate Moreland coachinghttp://www.katemorelandcoaching.comHeartland Yogahttp://www.heartlandyoga.comJoin Betsy at Ballymaloe House, IrelandSeptember 24-30, 2023https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/ireland-with-betsy-rippentrop/www.katemorelandcoaching.comwww.dryogamomma.comPlease follow rate and review us on the platform you enjoy Tend Her Wild on. Source

Today we have an extraordinary conversation with a wise spiritual teacher and advocate for mothers, Suzi Lula. In this episode we discuss: -How as a child Suzi was both bright eyed and joyful, and also in the darkness of family dysfunction which has led to her deep compassion for every client, student, and mother with whom she works -Suzi’s perspective on how women will save the world from a place of compassion and connectedness -The art of raising sons and how to keep their sensitivity intact in today’s world -Suzi’s deep belief that when women do not take care of themselves that this is a form of narcissism -How self care (or soul care as she calls it) isn’t another thing to add onto your to-do list as a mother, rather it is a mental shift to doing things that connect you with your soul even in the midst of doing dishes   Bio: Suzi is one of the premier wisdom teachers in the field of spiritual psychology and has a beautiful book called The Motherhood Evolution: How Thriving Mothers Raise Thriving Children. She is also the founder of the Spiritual Psychology Academy, a soul care coaching certification for mental health professionals, coaches, educators, mothers, and anyone seeking deep healing in their lives. She leads Luminous, an online holistic community for women with Dr. Shefali Tsabary. Susie is also a speaker at the Agape International Spiritual Center under the direction of Michael Bernard Beckwith. Suzi is also a pianist and composer, is married, and has a son named Will. To learn more about Suzi: https://suzilula.com Instagram: @Suzi.lula Permission To Thrive Podcast: https://suzilula.com/podcast/   Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Heartland Yoga http://www.heartlandyoga.com Join Betsy at Ballymaloe House, Ireland September 24-30, 2023 https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/ireland-with-betsy-rippentrop/ www.katemorelandcoaching.com www.dryogamomma.com Source

We speak with Angie Jordan, a powerful local leader who has used her background in social work, community organization, and leadership to transform her community. In this episode we discuss: -Angie’s first ten years that included the separation of her parents at two – The force of women (including her beloved Abuela) that provided energy, excitement, empowerment and adventure to Angie and her sister – The importance of education fostered by both of parents early on -Why knitting is so important to Angie, and how it led to a mindfulness knitting business -Her leadership of “South of 6”, a business improvement district that promotes kindness, inclusivity, and positive joy while fostering meaningful relationships and impactful change.   Bio: Angie is a native of Iowa City but grew up in the Rio Grande valley of Texas before making her way to college in Massachusetts. She later returned to her hometown of Iowa City in 2008. Angie is the inaugural executive director of the South of Six Iowa City business district. Apart from her role in the business district, Angie is a co-creator of the south district market and served as a tri-chair alongside Kate in Better Together 2030. Through her small business, Banjo Knits Empowerment, Angie practices mindfulness and patience, using her guild association Master Knitting Certification, and circle practice to help more people practice kindness and patience towards themselves and others. She is a Strategic Doing Practioner and former adjunct leadership instructor at the University of Iowa, Angie is also passionate about community organization and has a background in social work, particularly in youth and family empowerment. She strongly believes in the power of connection and that everyone should be allowed to dream big and contribute to creating a shared future. Angie is a graduate of Williams College, where she double majored in cultural anthropology and cognitive psychology. She is currently pursuing her masters in community development from Iowa State. She is a mother to two elementary school children and her life partner is a fire fighter in Iowa City. In her free time, Angie enjoys gardening, kayaking, and spending time with her loved ones around the fire in her backyard.   Mentioned today: Marlen Mendoza (episode 49) https://www.tendherwild.com/2023/01/20/marlen-mendoza-a-visionary-force/ South of Six: https://southof6.org This episode sponsored by: Little Lights on the Lane https://www.littlelightsonthelane.com How To Work with Betsy and/or Kate: Join Betsy and Kate at Little Lights on the Lane: Women’s Wellness Retreat Saturday May 6, 9AM-4PM https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-wellness-tickets-537831577727 Join Betsy at Ballymaloe House, Ireland September 24-30, 2023 https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/ireland-with-betsy-rippentrop/ www.katemorelandcoaching.com www.dryogamomma.com Source

In today’s episode Kate and Betsy reveal the books that have touched them and made an impression in their lives.  Although difficult, they each came up with their current top 5 reads! Today we discuss: -How books show up for us at the right time -Betsy’s book addiction (she reads them all) -Stacks of books on the nightstand (see photos) -How the books mentioned today continue to affect Kate and Betsy’s lives Betsy’s Top 5 Books 1. The Parents Tao Te Ching, Ancient Advice for Modern Parents -William Martin 2. Polishing the Mirror: How to Live From Your Spiritual Heart -Ram Dass 3. Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga -Sally Kempton 4. The She Book -Tanya Markul 5. A Radical Awakening: Turn Pain into Power, Embrace Your Truth, Live Free – Dr. Shefali Tsbary Kate’s Top 5 Books 1.  Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom For a Better Life -Cleo Wade 2. Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow -Elizabeth Lesser 3.The Gifts of Imperfection -Brene Brown 4. Untamed -Glennon Doyle  5. The Surrender Experiment – Michael Singer The Time of the Awakened Woman by Dr Shefali Read by Alicia Keys  ALICIA KEYS READS ‘A RADICAL AWAKENING’ POEM BY DR SHE FALI Who we champion: This week Kate and Betsy champion all of the women writers that have written, are writing or have a dream of writing because books have the great potential to shift hearts and minds. This episode sponsored by: Little Lights on the Lane https://www.littlelightsonthelane.com How To Work with Betsy and/or Kate: Join Betsy and Kate at Little Lights on the Lane: Women’s Wellness Retreat Saturday May 6, 9AM-4PM https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-wellness-tickets-537831577727 Join Betsy at Ballymaloe House, Ireland September 24-30, 2023  www.katemorelandcoaching.com www.dryogamomma.com Ireland with Betsy Rippentrop Source

Women’s athletics have been a part of Kate’s life since early on, whereas Betsy grew up involved in music and has never been drawn much to competitive sports. However, both were drawn into the magic of Iowa women’s basketball superstar, Caitlin Clark and the experience created by the entire Iowa women’s team. In this episode we discuss: – Why this was such a phenomenal experience for our state and the nation – The feminine rising and the power of women – The magnificent rise of Caitlin Clark (National Player of the Year) and the power of cooperation that led to success, excitement and national recognition this year – The power of visualization at the start of the season – Why the buzz around women’s basketball at this time in history? – The excitement of women being lifted up regardless of presentation – Trash talk! – How the media looked to sow division and highlight drama Who we champion: This week Betsy and Kate champion an amazing group of people that have given us all so much joy and inspiration: the entire Iowa Women’s Basketball team, Caitlin Clark, all of the coaches and everyone involved in the power of this year’s season. Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Tend Her Wild, Episode 29 How to Champion Ourselves: A Conversation with UI Tennis Coach Sasha Schmid https://www.tendherwild.com/2022/08/26/how-to-champion-ourselves-a-conversation-with-ui-tennis-coach-sasha-schmid/ Team Building Visualization with Coach Bluder Raygun T-Shirts https://www.raygunsite.com/collections/iowa-city This episode sponsored by: Little Lights on the Lane https://www.littlelightsonthelane.com How To Work with Betsy and/or Kate: Join Betsy and Kate at Little Lights on the Lane: Women’s Wellness Retreat Saturday May 6, 9AM-4PM https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-wellness-tickets-537831577727 Join Betsy at Ballymaloe House, Ireland September 24-30, 2023 https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/ireland-with-betsy-rippentrop/ www.katemorelandcoaching.com www.dryogamomma.com Source

Today Betsy and Kate introduce their good friend and true wild woman, Marsha Nieland. Marsha is a visionary artist and experienced yoga and meditation teacher who fosters a playful and soulful approach to creativity through her classes, workshops, and retreats. She believes that the practices of movement, art, and meditation can awaken our internal wisdom and help us tap into our highest potential. We discuss: -Marsha’s early experiences, some quite traumatic, and the beautiful lessons that evolved -Marsha’s close relationship with her mom who taught her about play, paint and dance parties and how Marsha returned these same lessons to her mom while she was dying -The power of asking the question “What would love do?” -Marsha’s new chapter of creativity and art starting at age 49 that has evolved into her stepping into her new identity as an “artist” -How Marsha has created a unique process called “Soul Art” and how it is bringing healing to people -The importance of not playing small Bio: Marsha is a “possibilitarian”, an artist, visionary thinker and longtime teacher of yoga and meditation. She offers a playful and soulful approach to creative experiences blending art, yoga and meditation in her weekly classes, play shops and destination retreats. She believes that through the practices of moving, creating and meditating we are provided a means to awaken more fully to daily experiences, internal wisdom and our highest potential. Marsha has worked in the health and wellness field for over 30 years and has owned Fusion Yoga studio for 20 years, she is certified in meditation through the Chopra Center, and the McClean Meditation Academy. She’s also cofounder of the Brain Train, a program for dementia prevention. In 2017 Marsha was named one of the 10 women of influence through The Corridor Business Journal.   Books Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants To Be by Steven Pressfield   To learn more about Marsha: https://marshanieland.com Instagram: @marshanieland   This episode sponsored by: Little Lights on the Lane https://www.littlelightsonthelane.com Join Betsy and Kate at Little Lights on the Lane: Women’s Wellness Retreat Saturday May 6, 9AM-4PM https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-wellness-tickets-537831577727   Join Betsy at Ballymaloe House, Ireland September 24-30, 2023 https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/ireland-with-betsy-rippentrop/ Betsy’s Soul Art that Marsha Created (it has Goddess images all around the edge, is filled with 11 different Spiritual symbols, and it represents the light and the dark of life) Soul Art Entitled “Sunny Side” Wild and Free by Marsha Nieland Flower Frolic by Marsha Nieland Source

In the last year of interviewing women (and a couple of men) on the wild woman archetype, Betsy and Kate have been on their own heroine’s journeys and have made many personal discoveries among this collective movement. We discuss: -Joseph Campbell’s definition of the Hero’s Journey in his book “The Hero With A Thousand Faces” -Maureen Murdoch, Joseph Campbell’s student, that saw the feminine journey as different and bravely wrote her famous book “The Heroine’s Journey” -Why we detach from our feminine instincts and align with more masculine traits -The archetypal energies for the masculine and feminine are in us all and don’t relate to gender, what the heroine’s journey is about is creating balance between the two energies -Embracing and honoring feminine leadership qualities through reclaiming the feminine qualities of collaboration, ease, compassion, love and forgiveness -What Kate has learned in her Heroine’s journey (reclaiming her feminine) -What Betsy has learned in her Heroine’s journey (healing her masculine) This week Betsy and Kate champion and honor the brave 48 women and two men that went into the depths of inner shadow In Betsy’s 6-month program RECLAIM: A Heroine’s Journey.   This episode is sponsored by: Little Lights on the Lane https://www.littlelightsonthelane.com Join Betsy and Kate at Little Lights on the Lane: Women’s Wellness Retreat Saturday May 6, 9AM-4PM https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-wellness-tickets-537831577727   Episode 40 Anger: Channel the Fire: https://www.tendherwild.com/2022/11/11/anger-channel-the-fire/   Join Betsy at Ballymaloe House, Ireland September 24-30, 2023 https://www.oneyogaglobal.com/ireland-with-betsy-rippentrop/   The Hero With A Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Faces-Collected-Joseph-Campbell-ebook/dp/B08MWW2VDL/ref=sr_1_4?crid=287XVP2IRVJ5&keywords=joseph+campbell&qid=1680883338&sprefix=joseph+campbell%2Caps%2C113&sr=8-4   The Heroine’s Journey, Maureen Murdock https://www.amazon.com/Heroines-Journey-Womans-Quest-Wholeness/dp/1611808308/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2XBDCW1J6LU1T&keywords=the+heroine%27s+journey+maureen+murdock&qid=1680868944&sprefix=the+heroine%27s+%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1   The Heroine’s Journey Workbook: A Map for Every Woman’s Quest, Maureen Murdock https://www.amazon.com/Heroines-Journey-Workbook-Every-Womans/dp/1611808316/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2M68UKNHGXS89&keywords=maureen+murdock%27s+the+heroine%27s+journey&qid=1680883500&sprefix=maureen+murdock%2Caps%2C145&sr=8-2 Source

In this episode, we continue our spirited conversation with Shannon Algeo, a celebrated speaker, writer, life coach, yoga Nidra, and meditation teacher. We discuss: -Shannon’s exhilarating first time interviewing Deepak Chopra and his insight about spending time with “famous” people – How his intuitive knowing and feeling in his body led him to the truth of his relationship even though it made no logical sense -Shannon’s new research and exploration of how to manage our collective addiction to technology and how he went 40+ days without using his smart phone Bio: Shannon Algeo has been named one of the “35 under 35” wellness professionals to watch by Wanderlust. He is a celebrated speaker, writer, life coach, yoga Nidra, and meditation teacher. His popular podcast, Soul Feed, features interviews with iconic cultural and spiritual leaders such as Deepak Chopra, Caroline Myss, Maryanne Williamson, and our upcoming guest, Trace Stanley. In his coaching practice, Shannon works with clients to overcome old patterns of trauma so that they can show up in the world with power, presence, and purpose. We love that Shannon was rated one of the nicest instructors in New York City by Rate Your Burn for his work as a yoga and meditation teacher. In his new book, Trust Your Truth, Shannon invites you on a profound journey to heal self-doubt, awaken your soul’s purpose, and live the badass life you are meant to live. To learn more about Shannon visit: https://www.shannonalgeo.com For Shannon’s book, Trust Your Truth: https://www.soulumination.com/trust-your-truth-book   Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Heartland Yoga http://www.heartlandyoga.com http://www.dryogamomma.com Source

In this episode, we welcome our second male guest, Shannon Algeo. Shannon is a celebrated speaker, writer, life coach, yoga Nidra, and meditation teacher. His coaching practice focuses on helping clients overcome old patterns of trauma so that they can show up in the world with power, presence, and purpose. We discuss: -How Shannon’s first ten years inspire and impact the work he does today -Why Shannon feels being on the Tend Her Wild podcast is such natural fit for him -Shannon’s transformation from Catholic school and musical theater to being a leading guide and teacher of spirituality and yoga -Shannon’s navigation of rage and his connection to his paternal grandfather -The power of intergenerational healing, and how Shannon believes his grandfather blessed his work Bio: Shannon Algeo has been named one of the “35 under 35” wellness professionals to watch by Wanderlust. He is a celebrated speaker, writer, life coach, yoga Nidra, and meditation teacher. His popular podcast, Soul Feed, features interviews with iconic cultural and spiritual leaders such as Deepak Chopra, Caroline Myss, Maryanne Williamson, and our upcoming guest, Trace Stanley. In his coaching practice, Shannon works with clients to overcome old patterns of trauma so that they can show up in the world with power, presence, and purpose. We love that Shannon was rated one of the nicest instructors in New York City by Rate Your Burn for his work as a yoga and meditation teacher. In his new book, Trust Your Truth, Shannon invites you on a profound journey to heal self-doubt, awaken your soul’s purpose, and live the badass life you are meant to live. To learn more about Shannon visit: https://www.shannonalgeo.com For Shannon’s book, Trust Your Truth: https://www.soulumination.com/trust-your-truth-book Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Heartland Yoga http://www.heartlandyoga.com http://www.dryogamomma.com Source

Today on Tend Her Wild we dive into the topic of dharma and life purpose. “What is my purpose?” is one of the biggest questions we ask ourselves throughout the course of our lifetime. Spending time meditating on it, thinking about it, diving into it, and then acting on it can be the greatest work you can do.   In today”s episode we discuss: The definition of dharma and life purpose as a way to live our personal truth How we identify what our dharma is and then live it authentically Kate and Betsy’s personal dharmas and how today’s conversation shed some light on a new perspective that they didn’t expect How living your dharma is your work but doesn’t have to be your job Signs and messages that confirm you are aligned with your purpose “The moment you marry yourself to the right purpose you become a force of nature” -George Bernard Shaw Our champion this week is: The great Harriet Tubman (in honor of Women’s History Month)   Books in today’s episode: Ecological Literacy by David Orr: https://www.amazon.com/Ecological-Literacy-Educating-Children-Sustainable/dp/1578051533 The Great Work of Your Life, Stephen Cope: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Work-Your-Life-Journey/dp/0553386077/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BW1QCLIIX9WN&keywords=the+great+work+of+your+life&qid=1679070861&s=books&sprefix=the+great+work+of+your+life%2Cstripbooks%2C109&sr=1-1 For more wisdom on Dharma, check out Dr. Betsy’s free Wisdom Wednesday offered each month. This past month was on Life purpose! https://youtu.be/79pPlH2xk_o Prior Tend Her Wild episodes mentioned today: Raye Zaragoza: https://www.tendherwild.com/2022/06/10/radical-alliance-with-raye-zaragoza/ Dasia Taylor: https://www.tendherwild.com/2022/10/07/on-a-mission-scientist-inventor-and-activist-dasia-taylor/   Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Heartland Yoga http://www.heartlandyoga.com http://www.dryogamomma.com Source

In today’s episode of the Tend Her Wild podcast we are thrilled to welcome a dear human and friend into the studio. Dr. Rachel McLaren who is an associate professor of communication studies at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. She is also a yoga instructor, a mama of three and an eternal optimist. Her research focuses on how people talk about and understand emotion and conflict in their relationships. We enjoyed digging into “how do we work with conflict?”. Some of the thing we discuss:-Being homeschooled by her mother through fourth grade and the transition to public school -The gift of honest communication and management of fear within the family -Navigating success and insecurity as a woman in the modern world, especially as someone that naturally looks younger -Rachel’s new class “6 Skills for Building Meaningful Relationships”-How using avoidance strategically can actually be useful -The importance of meaningful apologies, empathy and honest connection-The cultural factors of living in a masculine system and ways to be a wild woman that thrives in the current system Where to find Rachel: https://heartlandyoga.com/rachel-mclaren-phd/ https://communicationstudies.uiowa.edu/people/rachel-mclaren Links:National Center for Faculty Development and Diversityhttps://www.facultydiversity.orgBooks mentioned in today’s episode:The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself-Michael SingerToday’s episode sponsored by:Kate Moreland coaching http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Heartland Yoga http://www.heartlandyoga.com Source

In today’s episode of Tend Her Wild Betsy and Kate have a conversation about self sabotage and boundaries. They talk about how they are related to our first 10 years and how they can help us understand how we can return to being a wild woman. A big topic that is so essential, boundaries are hard for everyone but seem to be especially hard for women based on many factors not the least the culture we live in. It effects us all and it’s something we all struggle with. Some topics covered in today’s episode: -How impactful yet difficult setting boundaries can be. -How boundaries relate to the wild woman, the woman who’s turned to her natural essence. -Why the midlife awakening pushes us to shed old layers and lead us to set new boundaries. -Why saying “no” is a way of healing. When we say no, we let go of needing validation, praise and people pleasing, and can remind ourselves of our inherent worthiness rather than a manufactured worthiness. -Recognizing self sabotage and managing rejection. Our champion today is Dr Shefali, author of A Radical Awakening https://www.drshefali.com   Repost from @themontaukaffect • #themontaukaffect #selfsabotage #safe #childhoodtrauma #thisiswhy #itsok #fear #comfort #psychology #selfpreservation #survival Credit: @ davesutty | The Healing Space | The Healing Space · Original audio https://www.tiktok.com/@davesutty/video/7176796999348456747   Today’s episode sponsored by: Kate Moreland coaching www.Katemoreland.com Heartland Yoga www.heartlandyoga.com Source

On today’s episode of Tend Her Wild, we are thrilled to welcome Kylie Patchett, a transformational coach, founder of Radiance Revolution, and host of the Wild and Finally Fucking Free podcast. Kylie joins us all the way from country Queensland, Australia to share her wisdom and experience in guiding women through the right of passage that is peri-menopause. Through her coaching, Kylie helps women rewrite old stories, reclaim their desires, and love themselves back to life, creating what she calls their “midlife metamorphosis.” In this episode, we explore Kylie’s journey and how her childhood trauma led her to her life’s work, the power of sitting with wise women, and the alchemy of turning pain into power during menopause. Key Points covered in this episode: • The creation of the Wild and Finally Fucking Free podcast and parallels to Tend Her Wild • Kylie’s childhood experience as the daughter of an alcoholic and mentally ill mother and how it shaped her caregiving role early on • Working with a narrative psychologist to unravel her childhood trauma and finding freedom in seeing outside of her stories • The power of sitting with wise women and the wisdom taken from that experience • How we can alchemize our pain into power during menopause and use the heat of this transition to burn away old personas and egos • The importance of a supportive multi-generational group as we move through menopause and the power of women supporting each other in the process • The process of rewriting the narrative of how life “should be” based on the patriarchy • Kylie’s favorite topics covered on her podcast, Wild and Finally Fucking Free, and her key advice for women going through peri-menopause Today’s sponsors: • Kate Moreland Coaching: https://www.katemorelandcoaching.com • Heartland Yoga: https://heartlandyoga.com Find out more about Kylie at: • https://www.kyliepatchett.com.au • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KyliePatchettonline • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kyliepatchett/ Source

Welcome to the Tend Her Wild podcast, where today we’ll be exploring the ancient concept of the three phases of the goddess. As women, we pass through these distinct phases in our lives – the Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone – each one unique and meaningful in its own way. In this episode, we’ll be discussing the beauty, power, and challenges of each phase, and how we can embrace and celebrate aging, rather than buying into society’s age-phobic messaging. Join us as we delve into the beautiful “Enchantress phase”, the transition into the Crone stage, and the power of harnessing our inner fire to burn away what no longer serves us. Today we cover: • The three phases of the Goddess: the Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone • How “The Human Giver Syndrome” can develop during the Mother phase • Who is “The Enchantress”? A second maidenhood which happens in the 40s and 50s • Living well in the Crone stage despite an age-phobic society • The deep power and intuition that comes to the women in the Crone stage. Today’s sponsors: • Heartland Yoga: https://heartlandyoga.com • Kate Moreland Coaching: https://www.katemorelandcoaching.com Further Reading: For more inspiration on the Goddess and the Crone stage in particular, check out one of Betsy’s favorite books – “Yoni Shakti: A Woman’s Guide to Power and Freedom through Yoga and Tantra” by Uma Tinsmore-Tuli. Further Listening: • Midlife Awakening: Rise From the Ashes: https://www.tendherwild.com/2022/11/26/midlife-awakening-rise-from-the-ashes/ Source