The Lindsay Clancy case has us thinking about the Traditional Chinese Medicine concept of Essence- what depletes it, what replenishes it, and how it is impacted by modern life and motherhood.  We talk about how...

What happens when a daughter watches her mother alter her face? What happens to our sense of rootedness and belonging when we’ve rejected the face our ancestors gave us? What happens to collective womanhood when...

In the years since the pandemic, many of us have found ourselves deeply fatigued- not only physically and emotionally, but spiritually. The wellness world that once felt hopeful has become crowded with endless advice, conflicting...

Your body’s story is bigger than you. The nutrient status of the woman who birthed you is stitched into your cellular fabric, and that line of mothers stretches far back in time with each woman’s...

Often unseen amidst the tales of triumph, defeat, tragedy, and heroism of the 20th century’s World Wars is the dramatic reshaping of food culture, family life, and women’s work that these astronomically disruptive events wrought...

Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple How did you observe your ancestors relating to their bodies, to the natural world, to nourishment, to rest? What memories do you carry of connection- or disconnection- in your...

Energy loss happens gradually and then suddenly, creating confusion and the fear that you might never recover. My guest and I have both spent time in the depths of overwhelming fatigue, and we have both...

Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple After our recent episode together- The Epidemic of Women Undernourishing- Ashley and I received a flood of questions, so we decided to speak again and talk about what nourishment really...

Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple How well is your body turning food into fuel? At its core, every function in the body depends on cellular energy- your ability to convert carbohydrates, fats, and proteins...