Copper IUD's, barrier birth control, your fertile window + the benefits of progesterone! {episode medley}
Well late summer is here, and between medicine making, food preservation and family visits, life is full. So today I'm bringing you a medley full of juicy past episode snippets all about understandi...
3 Sep 202439min
The Herbal Doula: An inclusive exploration of herbal care in the childbearing years & beyond with Marie White
How do you find resources you can trust around perinatal herbal care? Whether you're a birthworker, an herbalist, or on your own fertility/pregnancy/postpartum journey, it can feel confusing to sort ...
27 Aug 20241h 15min
Re-enlivening a wailing culture: How grief can help us feel more alive with Siobhan Asgharzadeh
As humans, grief is an unavoidable part of life. Loss, illness, unexpected upheavals internally and externally, in relationship to others, self, the earth, our wombs, the cycles and seasons of life, a...
20 Aug 20241h 9min
Herbal baths, sitz baths + compresses for pelvic health & beyond (+ my Bartholin’s cyst story)
Last week I had some discomfort "down there." I felt a slight tinge of pain when I walked, and a little itchiness, and it felt like something was growing on my vulva. I took a mirror and a headlamp a...
13 Aug 202450min
Herbs for surgery? How to safely + effectively work with herbs to prepare for and recover from surgery with Elaine Sheff
Herbs for surgery? Something commonly overlooked is how many surgeries women and folks with wombs encounter in their lifetime. From high cesarean rates and hysterectomies to endometriosis excision...
6 Aug 20241h 19min
The roots of a fertile body (and healthy hormones): '9 Months is Not Enough' with Alexandria DeVito
Fertility is a reflection of your overall health, wellbeing, vitality, capacity. I think it's common to pigeonhole "trying to conceive" as all about hormones, but actually our body's reproductive re...
30 Jul 20241h 4min
The lost art of gentleness: Herbs and practices to soothe, tend + restore your body, mind + spirit in stressful times
What comes up for you when you think of offering yourself gentleness? I think for many of us, we don't feel time for things like slowness, soothing, gentleness, tenderness, caretaking our own selves....
23 Jul 202455min
How "body neutrality" led to a breast reduction + changed everything (& what to know if you're considering this, too) with Kali Perry
What's the difference between body positivity and body neutrality? I think this is a really important distinction that today's guest - strength coach Kali Perry - gives insight into surrounding her o...
16 Jul 20241h 11min
