Struggling with overwhelm, overstimulation, circular thoughts, distraction and restless seemed to take over my every day...these patterns are often labeled as "ADHD". When I oriented to the paradigm of biological adaptation through the lens of Germanic Healing, I had a big "aha" about these patterns, that shifted their expression for good.  In this solo episode I share about:  my thoughts on ADHD and "neurodivergence" culture my personal experience with ADHD and how my relationship with...

How many women do you know that have a fear (or an experience) of being kicked out of, ostracized from, or canceled by a community they're a part of? Whether it's part of a social justice movement or in an online spiritual community, we live in a time where people are easily disposable, and where we have little capacity for conflict, mess, or nuance. In this conversation, Maura and Qiddist talk about the energetics of what we're seeing in our in person and online communities, and pathways...

Alexandria Rema Saleem is a first generation Palestinian-American creatrix. (She's also a dear friend, Womb Room member, and mother of twins!) Her creative work activates from a place of multidimensional healing, to serve as a conduit of ancestral knowledge, collective consciousness, and communal desire. She works between the land, as a regenerative flower farmer, with sacred activism as the foundation of her artistic practice the interweaves through all of the seeds she plants. In this...

How do our bodies experience, metabolize and alchemize the energetics of war? We share a conversation with Rachel Leibovich, community member in The Womb Room, and founder of Esperanza's Acres where she practices as a jewish priestess, ritualist and dream weaver in service to community healing and justice.  Rachel came to us in our "matriarchal health care" section of The Womb Room with curiosity about an acute expression of symptoms. She shares the story of how the phsyical healing has been...

What is magic, really -- and how can it be used to support our physical healing? Listen in on a segment of the audio from our recent free class, "Awakening Elemental Magic," where we tell a solstice story of our sister who developed an acute full-body rashed that turned to anaphylaxis...and how we walked with her through a resolve, using our understanding and practice of MAGIC.  We touch on:  germanic healing knowledge and how recognizing our conflicts will often lead to a worsening of...

What does it practically take to resolve our chronic symptoms, through the lens of Germanic Healing Knowledge? My friend and colleage Freya Kellet and I go back-and-forth sharing our personal stories of instantaneous relief from issues like chronic fatigue, tailbone pain, anorgasmia and more. If you've been exploring GNM but want the real-life look at what it takes to heal, this is for you! We share stories about:  How understanding that consciousness preceding matter allows us to heal...

Is there space for nuance in a time of war? How do we orient when we hold both colonizer & colonized? What's being missed energetically in the cultural and historical context of this war?  These are questions we (Qiddist and Maura) have been pondering as we metabolize the genocide(s) we are witnessing globally, and in particular of Palestine.  We aren't experts, but we are observers -- in response to the yearning for deeper conversation in our community, we share this conversation with...

Last year I shared an episode on "my unpopular thoughts on the abortion bans". Since then, I've supported over 70 women in navigating the decision and process of bringing on their bleed. Today, I'm sharing my reflections and takeaways.  I share about: my origin story in reproductive sovereignty work, and my personal potential pregnancy scare what my mother's experience has to do with my path the balance between rejecting credentialism, while honoring education and lineage why I am NOT...

I'm coming back to the podcast! I'm sharing some updates and a nourishing conversation with my friend Jeevan Singh on embodied business and earth-paced entrepreneurship.  Listen in on our conversation about:  Counter-culture mothering as an opportunity for spaciousness and creativity Our body as microcosm of the earth  Stepping out of extractive and exploiting practices in our entrepreneurial work Tending others with integrity through tending ourselves How stress can feel good, and how we...

When we loosen our grip on the "goal" of healing, we can experience the play and potential of the present -- and embodied internal relation that re-parents our inner child. In this conversation I talk with Tejal Patel, a somatic educator, yoga teacher, and facilitator of embodied liberation, who supports women in trusting their life force and vision. We explore:  Tejal's background in Eastern Mysticism and Taoism and how it relates to her orientation to healing and liberation  our inner...

Our connective tissue is a conduit for quantum information, emotional patterns, and powerful stories -- and unearthing them can hold the keys to our healing. I talk with Lindsay Courcelle, a Myofascial Release therapist and Holistic Pelvic CareTM practitioner, who is passionate about helping women to transmute their traumas and liberate their bodies through myofascial and energetic bodywork.  We explore: How our connective tissue holds physical and emotional trauma The solidifying of our...

A woman tending the kitchen has become an image of oppression, rather than pride and power -- but what if this return is not only a pathway to health, but also to liberation and cultural change?  I talk with Cervical Wellness founder and Integrative Health Coach, Denell Barbara Randall, about the role of kitchen medicine as nourishment as devotion and the journey into softness in our healing. We share about: How we now both are orienting to our lives through play and flexibility rather...

If you find yourself afraid of disappointing others, stuck in spirals of shame or judgement, or attaching your worth to your goodness, you might have a case of "good girl programming". I chat with Lindsey Lockett, nervous system and trauma educator, about how through tending our nervous system, we can bring awareness to old patterns, and learn how to mobilize into our fullest expression.  We explore:  “Good girl programming” and how it shows up in our nervous system response, and our...

  What even is the "quantum" realm, and how might it fundamentally change how we think about health, healing, and the possibilities of our bodies? There are few practitioners who translate the vast world of quantum biology into simple, intuitive medicine -- and Dr. Catherine Clinton is one of them. A naturopathic physician, she focuses on the quantum nature of our biology and how this understanding can support us in tending our terrain. In our conversaiton, we explore: what quantum biology...

During mercury retrograde, I went through a bank scam that left me with $0. This is the story of what happened, how I'm alchemizing, and why I'm grateful for it -- and the clarity it's given me to cultivate financial resilience, and speak more openly about wealth generation.  If this lands for you, I invite you to join me in a free live offering with me on February 23: OVERFLOW: Rewiring Our Relationship With Resource.  Together, we'll be exploring : somatic practice inner child tending...

What does the moon and your astrology have to do with your fertility, and your fertile window?  Perhaps you've heard the folklore that your natal moon phase has an impact on your fertility. Or, maybe you've dipped into the world of medical astrology. Or, you might have that friend who conceived despite diligently charting her cycle, and being certain she confirmed ovulation. What could explain this? In this episode, I chat with mother, sovereign womban and fertility astrologer, Athena...

How might we orient to perimenopause, the period of years of hormonal shifts leading up to menopause, in a way that holds reverence, opportunity, and poetry? In my conversation with Kris Gonzalez, educator, acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine pracitioner of The Way of Yin, we have a paradigm-shifting conversation that breathes gentleness and beauty into this often-pathologized time of life. We explore:     The 3 "Golden Opportunities" in the womb continuum, and the practice of turning...

In Chinese Medicine, the womb is known as an "extraordinary organ", and offers us wisdom about the energetics of our bodies, and how we can best tend to balance throughout our life cycles. In this conversation with acupuncturist, herbalist and womb tender,  Kristin Hauser. Yin and yang energetics in the body, and the practice of surrender Kristin's postpartum lessons and honoring the desire to become a mother What it means to live in a time of "yin depletion" and the importance of...

From bloating to brain fog, menstrual pain and even dementia…could mold be an invisible factor? This week we have my friend, Womb Room member, artist and wellness guide Ciera Tavana sharing her personal story of mold exposure, and her autonomous process of investigation that led her down the path of healing and integration. In our conversation: Ciera’s personal health journey and how she became curious about mold as a cause Navigating bloating, fatigue, brain fog and other symptoms How...

I was sure that I would absolutely never try the Healy, the frequency medicine device that has swept the online "wellness" world.  And yet, inspired by the stories of women I trust, I decided to explore it for my own chronic pain, scar tissue healing and more -- because I know first hand the power of energetic healing.  What has happened so far has been beyond physical changes, openness and a new spaciousness in my tissues: it is supporting me in reorienting to how I relate to pain,...

If you've been curious about womb steaming but haven't been sure where to start or how it works, today's episode is for you. I'm sharing a conversation with Chantal Blake, Womb Wellness Educator and Womb Steaming Therapist.  She helps women "break cycles of painful periods and hormonal chaos, prepare for healthy conception, recover after birth, and raise daughters who love their periods through the tools of body literacy, cycle syncing, and traditional self-care." We talk about:  Chantal's...

Have you heard of the naturopathic approach to resolving cervical dysplasia and HPV? Called "escharotics," this is a process where a topical solution (typically a mix of zinc and particular herbs) are applied to the face of the cervix -- often in tandom with nutritional and lifestyle changes. Today, I'm talking with my friend (of 22 years!) Lizzie Medford, about her experience with escharotics and how she successfully experienced clear paps after CIN3 dysplasia.  I want to share this with...

When I say "tips for gut health," you might expect to hear about cutting dairy, or maybe adding bone broth, or taking supplements. But what if healing our gut has more to do with having our feet on the earth, slowing down, aand tending to our nervous system?  In my conversation with Madisen of The Gut Goddess, we get into the big picture of gut healing, reversing food sensitivies, and restoring our digestive function without restrictive diets.  Madisen works exclusively with people 1-1 who...

Maura (@call_me_a_witch) is back with us today with a conversation that has been coming up in our community lately: what is happening with the men, and how can an understanding of energetics support our relationships with them?  Whether it's romantic, familial, friendship or otherwise, we've come to the conclusion that we can no longer claim that the wellbeing of men is "not our problem". As we think about where we have mistaken men's societal position of power for their freedom, we orient...