Click here to send me a quick message :) Navigating the whirls and twirls of perimenopause can feel like a wild ride. But amidst all of this transitional terrain, what if there was also a potential for immense power? There is! And this is a lot of what we explore in this week's episode. Business mentor and life coach Olivia Bowen shares about everything from how her births supported her spiritual growth to how her surprising entry into perimenopause catapulted her into prioritizing wha...

Click here to send me a quick message :) So many of us are walking around with the beliefs we created in childhood running the show. And almost always, we are unconscious of it. Largely because we have other parts of ourselves protecting us from feeling or becoming aware of the hurt parts of ourselves. These "parts" protect us, or try to, and in a way cause us to act and react to everything from social interactions to work to relationships to sexual connections to how-we-treat-our-own-selv...

Click here to send me a quick message :) Let's be honest that most of us are poorly informed about all the non-hormonal birth control options we have. Our providers basically tell us we should either choose something they have on offer (whether that's IUD's or hormonal contraception of one kind or another), and dismiss the efficacy of the myriad non-hormonal birth control options we have access to outside of the medical system. IUD's are incredibly commonplace, and while they work for ...

Click here to send me a quick message :) Nearly all of us have experienced some kind of menstrual, sexual, pregnancy loss or release, birth, postpartum, womb or other pelvic trauma. And most of us just sort of... live with it. Or we find pathways to healing. Today's guest, Catherine Simone Gray, speaks to her personal journey of reclaiming her pleasure, growing into her power, and healing through her painful (and transformational) postpartum journey - which she wrote all about in her r...

Click here to send me a quick message :) Wait, what? Astrology can give you insights into your reproductive, sexual or menstrual health? I know it might sound a bit wild, but astrology has actually been revered for not only divination but also for understanding tendencies towards physical, mental, emotional and spiritual weaknesses and strengths for hundreds (perhaps thousands?) of years! And our charts can actually give us useful information about everything from our fertility (includ...

Click here to send me a quick message :) The transition into autumn is always a bit of a shock to the body. Shifting from expansive heat to cool and dry weather, the leaves falling, the plants going dormant, shifting their vital force down into their roots, the turning inwards. So how can you tend your body, mind and whole being in this time? And especially with all the instability -- of Vata season and our collective global experience right now -- what are some of the ways to nu...

Click here to send me a quick message :) What if pleasure was not just something that feels good, relaxes us, helps us feel connected to something greater but ALSO had potential to be therapeutic - like physiologically? Wait, whatttt? So much of our clinical training - whether in the medical or alternative health fields - tells us to stay away from pleasure when working with people. And in a way that makes sense. We need to create some containers for safety, consent, comfor...

Click here to send me a quick message :) Have you ever woken up from a dream and wondered, "what was THAT about?" Maybe this happens to you all the time, or maybe you barely remember your dreams. Either way, we all dream. And learning to work with our dreams from a more intentional or even therapeutic lens can be incredibly supportive in navigating complex mental or emotional states or even past or recurrent trauma in our lives. Our dreams may have more to share with us than we perceive. Tod...

Click here to send me a quick message :) What does it mean to be "erotically alive"? And how can connecting with the earth and your senses enhance that experience? Today's episode is a beautiful conversation with sex and relationship coach Usha Rose all about how to incorporate your relationship to plants, elements, seasons, the earth and more into your sensuality and sexuality practice. We talk what ecosensuality is, how that differs from ecosexuality, and ways to embody these practic...

Click here to send me a quick message :) Resources: Get started tracking your cycle: Track Your Cycle (FAM) guideSign up for the Fall 2025 priority list here: Natural Contraception Fall 2025 waitlistEpisode 7: Wild carrot with Mischa SchulerEpisode 32: Motherwort loveEpisode 140: Mugwort herbal spotlight If you loved this episode, share it with a friend, or take a screenshot and share on social media and tag me @herbalwombwisdom And if you love this podcast, leave a rating & write a ...

Click here to send me a quick message :) How does Ayurveda view the perimenopausal transition? And what are some of the tools and strategies that might be helpful to incorporate in this time to both reduce and prevent the common symptoms that show up in this time? According to today's guest, Ayurvedic Health Counselor Kristen Timchak, the perimenopausal transition is often characterized by qualities of Vata dosha. Irregular cycles, drying skin, tissue fragility, brain fog, anxiety, moo...

Click here to send me a quick message :) What if it's not your hormones? What if your hormones are actually alerting you to something deeper going on? Because, they essentially always are. Today's guest, Rapid Transformational Therapy practitioner Natalie Ryan Hebert, speaks to the drop in estrogen in the luteal phase as a time when deeper truths (including core stories, trauma wounds, childhood imprints) may show up more prominently. Without that soothing, moist, blanket of estrogen t...

Click here to send me a quick message :) Wait? So contraception can fail? I'm sure we've all heard the stories of folks using some form of contraception and still ending up pregnant, or maybe this has been you! It was a little uncanny to hear that my last two guests on the podcast BOTH had the experience of becoming pregnant while using contraception in their early years of sexual activity. So I thought it would be a great topic to cover at the foundational level. What does it mean for contr...

Click here to send me a quick message :) So many of us are taught to feel shame around our sexuality. Orgasms. Pleasure. What happens when we shake a little of that shame and modesty off and start to explore what's really possible? Resources: Free Womb Connection + Clearing guided visualizationInterested in Natural Contraception? Sign up for the Fall 2025 VIP list hereToday's shownotes: Grab all the links to Susan's offerings, free course etc! If you loved this episode, share it with ...

Click here to send me a quick message :) It's a bit of a trendy topic these days, especially in healing-centered communities, to speak about generational or even ancestral lineage healing. But what does that even mean? And how can you begin to engage with it? And how does this relate to what you may be holding in your wombspace - physically, energetically or otherwise. While some people may have a very healthy relationship with our ancestral lines, many of us have lost connection to th...

Click here to send me a quick message :) Recently, I've been noticing this concept of "emergent process" coming up. Between all of us navigating the collective unknowns, relationship shifts and changes, personal upheavals, and whatever else is happening - there is also somehow a theme I've been hearing of needing to let go and trust. And it's in this vein that the "emergent process" shows up. It's all about allowing your body's inner wisdom to guide you, whether though physical ...

Click here to send me a quick message :) So many focus on preparing for birth during pregnancy, as if the birth itself is the biggest event. And as someone who studied midwifery and attended births for 5 years, I can say confidently that it IS important to prepare for the birth. But it is arguably even MORE important to prepare for the initial weeks and months postpartum. And not just with meal trains and herbal remedies, but also - from the Ayurvedic lens - with deep replenishing post...

Click here to send me a quick message :) We spend so many of our cycling years trying NOT to get pregnant - whether that's on hormonal contraception, non-hormonal IUD's, using barrier methods or with Fertility Awareness Method. So, when we finally decide that we want to try to conceive, we just assume it will be easy -- particularly if we're younger, healthy and have no obvious conditions that would get in the way of pregnancy. But more and more we're seeing fertility challenges. And unfortu...

Click here to send me a quick message :) It's so easy to overlook the power of pleasure, especially in challenging times. But it is SUCH an essential part of how we can bring our best selves to the world. When we feel better, we are better able to weather the ever-changing terrain of our lives, and we have more capacity to share our gifts, too. In today's medley episode, I combine three episode snippets to support your pathways to pleasure: 1) the importance and practice of cultivating...

Click here to send me a quick message :) We're all navigating so much right now. Collectively, relationally, personally. This week's episode explores three different frames for understanding and tending your nervous system when it's stretched, strained, burnt out or plain dysregulated. In addition to the collective unrest so many of us are feeling, this week I learned about the loss of John Gallagher (founder of Learning Herbs). What has struck me most about the loss (aside from honorin...