Tend HER Wild Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

We had so much fun catching up with Dasia in the last episode that we kept her on for another episode to talk about 18 more updates of past people we’ve interviewed.

Lissie Maurus (Episode 4) –  Lissie, the singer/songwriter of our theme song, started acting and has appeared on Louder Milk . She is also getting married soon and of course is still rocking the stage with gigs coming up in November in Norway and the UK.   Follow her: https://lissie.com

@lissiemusic

Dr. Candida Maurer (episode 41) – Dr. Maurer is doing psychedelic medicine research in the Psychiatry department at the University of Iowa looking at psilocybin vs ketamine with an alcoholic population.  She is modeling how to be a vibrant passionate pioneer of the mind and do meaningful work in her 70th decade of life.  For more about this study click here.

Raye Zaragoza (episode 18) – Raye is still making music but has expanded her horizon yet again to broadway where she is playing Tiger Lily in the new adaptation of Peter Pan.

Check her out as Tiger Lily

https://www.rayezaragoza.com

@rayezaragoza

Andrea Wilson (episode 27) – Andrea completed 2 masters (an MFA and a masters in narrative therapy) and now is working on her PhD in Social Work.

Link to a free talk with Andrea on the Transformational Possibilities of Narrative Therapy & Re-Writing Your Story 

Monica Basile (episode 25) – Monica created a beautiful oracle deck called The Earth Speaks that is based on seasonal themes that is for sale.

https://www.ravenandmagnolia.com

@ravenandmagnolia

Fannie Hungerford (episode 26) – Fannie recently completed her masters in marriage and family therapy and is now a psychotherapist in practice.  She also is teaching a yoga 5-part series, a mini-retreat, and an upcoming advanced teacher training.

https://fanniehungerford.com

Meg Moreland (episode 8) – Meg has been working as a labor and delivery nurse but is leaving her job to spend a month in South America and then moving to Seattle.  Momma Kate is proud of her bravery!

V Fixmer-Oraiz (episode 39).  V is an elected official on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors.  They are the first trans person to hold this role.

https://www.johnsoncountyiowa.gov/board-of-supervisors/about

Alyx Coble-Frakes (episode 75) – Alyx is the queen of amazing videos on IG and is traveling the world promoting her company that helps women understand their menstrual cycle.  She just put out the 2nd edition of the Agenda Period Planner.

https://www.theagendaperiod.com

Shannon Algeo (Episodes 58 & 59) Shannon has finished his graduate degree and is now a practicing psychotherapist, with an endorsement from Marianne Williamson.

https://www.shannonalgeo.com

Dr. Christina Figge-Morrison (episode 78)-  Dr. Christina is a physician from Denmark who continues to align her practice with more holistic support for her patients.

Dr. Arielle Schwartz – (episode 82)  Dr. Schwartz is a psychologist and expert on trauma.   She just released a new book called Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga: Therapeutic Practices for Emotional Health.  She also just came out with a Post Traumatic Growth Deck.

www.drarielleschwartz.com

Dr Beth Livingston (episode 89) – Dr. Beth’s book Shared Sisterhood is one of Forbes top 10 business books of 2022 and this same book just got recognized as the #1 top management book at a recent conference.

https://tippie.uiowa.edu/people/beth-livingston

https://bethalivingston.com

Marianne Williamson (Episodes 13 and 94) – Marianne ran for president, articulated an alternative perspective for politics, fearlessly and willingly spoke her truth, and furthered conversations about our current political system.   Although she dropped out of the presidential race, she continues to put her work into the world and just released the book  The Mystic Jesus: The Mind of Love. 

https://marianne.com

https://marianne2024.com

@mariannewilliamson

Amanda Littman (Episode 101) – Amanda. the founder of Run for Something, a company that recruits and supports young, diverse progressives running for down-ballot office is continuing to be vocal about upcoming elections through twitter, IG, linked in, and has been seen on Good Morning America, The Daily Beast, and The Cut.

https://www.amandalitman.com

@amandalitm

Leslie Nolte (Episode 34) – Leslie, a true visionary for the arts, is celebrating 25 successful years of the Nolte Dance Academy.  In the past year, she has also created a performing and visual arts boarding school called Iowa Conservatory (ICON) that offers intensive arts education for 8th-12th graders in dance, theatre arts, music, design/production, and visual arts.

https://iowaconservatory.org/disciplines/

https://www.nolteacademy.com

Polly Price (Episode 11) –  Polly is helping women weight train and get strong,  is sky diving each year, and is leading the way for what a vibrant life in the 70’s can look like.

Rod Stryker (Episode 111) – Rod is one of the best known yoga teachers in the country, continues to travel and teach Parayoga, and is teaching a workshop in Iowa City on November 9 and 10 on The Yoga Taravali.

To learn more about the weekend workshop with Rod: https://www.parayoga.com/event/deep-vitality-and-resilience-in-mind-body-iowa-city/

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Amazing things have unfolded for so many of our guests. This is especially true for 21-year-old inventor Dasia Taylor, who sat down to fill us in on all the cool stuff she has been doing since our first interview in Episode 35.

In today’s episode we:

• Hear about all the adventures Dasia has experienced since her ground breaking science fair invention of color changing stitches that put her on the Ellen show, got the attention of VP Kamala Harris on Twitter, and a spot in the book Good night Stores for Rebel Girls: 100 Inspiring Young Changemakers.

• What it is like to start a med-tech company and apply for patents at the tender age of 21.

• Why she took a year off from college, and why this decision was pivotal in her moving into adulthood.

• Her passion for creating STEM (Science, technology, engineering, math) opportunities for kids, including STEM birthday parties!

• The internship she secured thanks to meeting the chief innovation officer for Planned Parenthood National Office at the Aspen Ideas Conference, which is giving her the opportunity to explore black women’s health experiences.

• Why Dasia believes it is important to learn about the lines, so you can then color outside them.

Bio:

Dasia Taylor is a trailblazing STEAM advocate (M for medical technology), sneakerhead, and technology innovator who has been nationally recognized for her exceptional scientific achievements. Being passionate about equity meeting science, she is intentional in using her knowledge to make a difference in the lives of students of all ages. As a high schooler Dasia gained national recognition for prototyping a suture capable of identifying developing infections, showcasing her innovative spirit and dedication to improving healthcare. Her journey has been widely shared across multiple national platforms, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, PBS NewsHour, CNN, Smithsonian Magazine, The Washington Post, and PEOPLE Magazine. ​​In recognition of her remarkable achievements, Dasia was named the 2023 Iowa’s Woman of the Year presented by USA Today, which recognizes leaders who are making a significant impact in their communities. Dasia was also featured in the Rebel Girls series, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women book. Through her innovative work and advocacy for STEAM education, Dasia is inspiring the next generation of young leaders to stay curious, learn inside and outside of the classroom, and make a positive impact on the world.

www.dasiataylor.com

@theeheadnerd

Past Episodes You Might Like About Younger Women Doing Their Thing in This World  

Episode 101: Amanda Litman: Run for Something

Episode 77: Barbie: Getting Out of the Box 

Episode 75: Alyx Coble-Frakes: A Renegade Entrepreneur Educating the World About Menstruation

Episode 67: Wild Like No One Else: An Interview in Costa Rica with Kimberly Jaeger Arjes

Episode 49: Marlen Mendoza: A Visionary Force

Episode 35: On A Mission: Scientist, Inventor and Activist Dasia Taylor

Episode 18:  Radical Alliance with Raye Zaragoza 

Today’s Episode sponsored by:

Kate Moreland Coaching

Dr Yoga Momma

Heartland Yoga

Want to Meet Betsy & Kate in Person on Retreat?

Join us on a feminine reclamation journey to Paros, Greece in the Fall of 2025.  There are just a few spots left. All the details here!

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Today we interview Roxanne Erdahl, a wise friend to both Betsy and Kate. In this conversation, Roxanne brings the truth bombs and admits that her crone wisdom comes from pain. We talk about all the many “lives” she has lived, and glean deep insights from her stories of adaptability and life purpose.

Today we discuss:

• Roxanne’s early years where her family constantly moved, teaching her the need for adaptability and the capacity to shape shift.
• The fire Roxanne has always tapped into around purpose and her deep belief that there is a deeper reason for why all of us are here on this earth.
• The importance of creating space, holding space, and the special knack Roxanne has for helping people have a good experience.
• Roxanne’s many careers, from owning a business to being a coach.
• The opportunity to work with Brene Brown for many years and the specific lessons she took away personally and professionally.
• Why Roxanne feels grief is not a destination, and how love goes on forever.
• The new project Roxanne is birthing at the tender age of 72 that combines her love of art and transformational learning.

Bio:

Roxanne Erdahl has been at the fore front of coaching and team building for over 25 years. She has leveraged her extensive background as an entrepreneur, coach and consultant and she specializes in reenergizing individuals and groups to reach their full potential. She works with small businesses, non-profits, entrepreneurs and teams, helping them overcome adversity and helping them thrive in challenging times.Roxanne has an intuitive understanding of impactful conversations. She has been a critical asset for clients striving to elevate their performance. She is also a Brene Brown Daring Way facilitator.

Today’s Episode sponsored by:

Kate Moreland Coaching

Dr Yoga Momma

Heartland Yoga

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@dryogamomma

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This week we talk with Narrative Therapist, Andrea Wilson.  With nearly twenty years of working in writing, literature, and creative strategy Andrea was always driven by deep philosophical questions, searching for connections between our modern experience and the greater story of humanity.  Andrea reveals her wild self and connects her experience of writing, mental health and women’s truth to help us go deeper and listen to our own truths.

In this conversation we cover:
1) Living in the body
Living in action
Living in truth
Following our intuition
Living in wildness

2) Andrea’s upbringing enjoying the wilderness, bonding in nature with her family and the bond it created to eventually help come to terms with early trauma.

3) The way the body speaks truth and how we can respect the needs of our body as a compass on the path we’ve been given.

4) Generational trauma and the roles we play to secure safety through co-dependancy and other coping mechanisms.

5) Andrea’s life altering decision to walk away from everything and move to Argentina for a year to create someone different by listening to the body, listening to her truth and living in duality while creating a new wilder, inner self that is truly alive.

6 )Living in truth and the consequences of facing our personal truths.

7)  Living in action by feeling our way forward through lessons, both difficult and joyous, to help live our own life of wildness and be able to reach out and give freely of ourselves.

8) Andrea’s journey of connecting her path, her truths and her passion, trusting her intuition listening to her body and following inspiration from the universe to help others renew their hearts to truth through narrative therapy.

To work with Andrea or to book a free consultation go to: www.awritemind.com

Or e-mail: andrea@awritemind.com

On instagram: @theforeigncitizen

Find Andrea at our coning Urban Renewal Retreat Sept 23-25: https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-2.0-urban-renewal-retreat/

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In today’s episode we talk with creator, teacher and spiritual seeker, Fannie Hungerford on the importance of connection and the power of women coming together.  We can help liberate our own wildness through the power of community through connection.

In this episode we discuss:
1) Fannie’s unique Southern upbringing in an artistic household, her journey in theater, dance and eventually yoga.
2) Generational parenting and the changing roles of motherhood.
3) Motherhood and the roles mothers can play in helping us step into our power.
4) Lineage of the wild woman, how to propel it forward and inspire others to find their power.
5) Fannie’s education in yoga and her passion for the adaptogenic practice of yoga nidra (yogic sleep) and the benefits gained from the practice.
6) Giving ourselves permission to f*ck up
7) The importance of movement
8) Tapping into the fundamental wisdom of being human

Find Fannie at:
Fanniehungerford.com
Instagram @fannie_hungerford

Fannie’s upcoming offerings:
WILD + RADIANT HEART
Her Festival
https://fanniehungerford.com/practice/retreats/

Urban Renewal Retreat
https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-2.0-urban-renewal-retreat/

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In today’s episode we talk about intuition with Certified Professional Midwife, Reiki Master-Teacher, Licensed Massage Therapist, and visual artist (who designed this year’s beautiful Tend Her 2.0 journal cover), Monica Basile PhD.  The topic of intuition is a component of the current Tend Her 2.0 program that Kate and Betsy are offering (for more info see link below).

In this conversation we cover:
1) What intuition is, how we’ve been disconnected from it, and how to reconnect to it.
2) Monica’s early relationship with the natural world, her connection to earth energy, and how it directed her life choices and affects her work today.
3) Monica’s emergence as a nonconformist, artist, and feminist activist in her teenage years in Omaha,  and the importance of independence from societal standards.
4) The power of staying connected to one’s truth, even in seemingly difficult experiences and how it can help us to live a “tuned in” life.
5) Monica’s journey of birth work and her commitment to being present and holding space for birthing people.
6) Being able to place intuition and the feeling body over the mind, and the value it can bring during times of transition to allow the life you want to show up in its own time.
7) Ways to connect to and enhance intuition, such as: meditation, yoga, being in nature, space, five minutes of tea, trusting the timing, dreams, symbolism, messages from the subconscious — and somewhat surprisingly, rational thought.
8) The connecting thread of all intuition is coming back to curiosity and self trust.
9) Living in intuition and trusting it has a lot to do with the body and can be felt in the body.
10) Trusting the mystery while appreciating the importance of the intellect.

Find Monica at:
www.ravenandmagnolia.com
On Instagram @ravenandmagnolia (for Monica’s beautiful botanical art)
https://www.instagram.com/ravenandmagnolia

In this conversation, we talk about the books:
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind – Shunryu Suzuki
The Politics of Women’s Spirituality – an anthology edited by Charlene Spretnak

And the song:
Let the Mystery Be by Iris Dement

For information on the current Tend Her 2.0 program and the upcoming Tend Her Urban Retreat Sept. 23-25, visit https://dryogamomma.com/work-with-betsy/courses/

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In today’s episode Betsy and Kate talk about the importance of being in the body and just how hard that can be.  This topic connects with TEND HER 2.0 program Kate and Betsy are currently offering.  (For more info see the link below).

In this conversation we cover: 1)When each of us disconnected with our own bodies in our early years. 2)How injury, trauma, and the culture around body image can cause women to disconnect to our bodies. 3)How only 11% of women report they are body positive, and out of the teenage girls asked, nearly 94% report body shame. 4)How it is somehow accepted in our culture that girls are going to struggle with their bodies. 5)How yoga can help you reconnect to your body and develop a kinder relationship with your body. 6)The challenges of pregnancy and the challenge of letting go of control. 7)How our bodies record everything that happens to us and how going into the body is the safest place that always tells the truth. 8)Ways to reconnect: meditation, yoga, breathe, and connecting to our 5 senses. To join the TEND HER program, visit: http://www.dryogamomma.com/tend-her-2 For more content about the mind/body connection and how the body speaks to us, check out Betsy’s Wisdom Wednesday: Wisdom Wednesday_ Body Talk_7/6 

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In todays episode Betsy and Kate talk about the heart.  This topic connects with the TEND HER 2.0 program Kate and Betsy are currently offering. (For more info see the link below). In this conversation, they cover: 1)  How the heart is the center of our energetic system, and how the heart according to this system is unbreakable. 2) How over the course of a lifetime, we all build walls around our heart.   Kate and Betsy discuss how walls and boundaries aren’t necessarily bad, but it’s important to understand them and why they exist. 3) Their own individual experiences when they were young that led to their hearts being shut down.  They also talk about their heart’s tendency (Kate’s is to be guarded and Betsy’s is to be too open and how both of these tendencies are imbalanced). 4) How the more open and connected we are with our hearts, the better we can receive love and connect with others. 5)  The correct way to hug….heart to heart! 6)  How when our heart and our head don’t fully agree, the tension of this can show up in our neck and throat. To join the TEND HER program, visit: http://www.dryogamomma.com/tend-her-2 Heart Resources: Heart Talk by Cleo Wade Heart Minded by Sarah Blondin Atlas of the Heart by Brene’ Brown HeartMath Institute For more information on the Chakras: Chakra Healing by Betsy Rippentrop

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In today’s episode we have our first return guest, Salisha Aya!  The first time we interviewed her, she created a deep impact with her story of childhood abuse transformed into deep healing and service.  Salisha wowed us again in this episode with her depth of sharing, the wisdom that flows through her, and advice to women on how to come home to self.

Next week Kate and Betsy begin teaching TEND HER 2.0 – a 4 week online program for women teaching how to come home to our self, our heart, our body, our intuition, and then how to connect from this deeper place to others.  For more info about joining, visit www.dryogamomma.com/tend-her-2

So we interviewed Salisha about what her reclamation of self has looked like.

In this episode, Salisha talks about:

• How distanced she was from her body, and how yoga was her first pathway in to more presence.  She also discusses alcoholism and how this was a deep disconnect from her body.
• The importance of listening to the heart, and how she believes vulnerability is the way her heart begin to melt the walls she had built up around it.  She speaks to the power of women in group in vulnerability and how we all have essentially the same stories, fears, shames, and challenges.
• How she was always intuitive, but that her intuitive instincts would often get confused with her history of trauma, so she could never be sure if her intuition was right or not.  She shares the formula of how she works with intuition now: get the intuitive hit, ACT ON IT, and see if you are right.
• The power of connection and how we can begin to deduce whether our connections with others are life giving or toxic.

Resources:

Salisha talks about yoga and bouncing as 2 things that really help us reclaim our body.

To join Betsy’s free yoga class every Saturday at 9AM CST, click here:

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C4UqaWA3T5GyhgIrKUCGAA

To try shaking in the body, check out this 1 hour long Osho meditation video (the instructions are in the description of the video).  It essentially is 15 minutes of bouncing, 15 minutes of dancing, 15 minutes of meditation, and 15 minutes of savasana.

Osho Kundalini Meditation – Original Version with instructions in description

About Salisha Aya:

Salisha Aya, founder of Activate Your Alchemy, is a sacred leader who empowers women toward healing and embodiment of their divine sacred feminine. She cultivates her healing programs, weaving in shamanic and tribal wisdom traditions, ancient philosophy, movement medicine and creative, intuitive practices. Deeply committed to her own healing, Salisha connects to her divinity and spiritual expansion daily, and she remains a humble student of Mama Earth and sacred plant medicines. Salisha is the co-founder of Anahata Soul Center and publisher of  St. Kitts and Nevis Visitor Magazine,  and owner-operator of Conscious Kitchen, all headquartered on the beautiful Caribbean island of St. Kitts, where she lives with her two children and fiancé and business partner, Adam Rice. Salisha leads yoga for adults and children, wellness retreats, women’s circles, one-on-one life coaching programs and ceremonial rituals in a safe, conscious, and highly energetic space. Follow Salisha at http://www.activateyouralchemy.com IG: @salisha.aya More more info about her upcoming Goddess Alchemy Retreat:  Retreat Details

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Today’s episode all about dualities.  We discuss a recent poem by Cleo Wade that illustrates this idea so beautifully. “Here’s the thing – you are allowed to be a ball of contradictions.  Everything you are and everything you like does not have to make sense in relation to each other.  Life is less about being right, correct, and validated and more about being free, joyful, and curious in a world that asks you to see it in black and white – Do yourself the divine favor of experiencing it in color. “  – Cleo Wade We discuss the fear of holding all of it and the tension of opposites.  When we are able to live in the threshold we have a fuller life.  As mothers we talk about instilling in our children there is no bad emotion or experience.  It is all part of life and gives us the opportunity to grow and expand. We share stories of Kate’s grandmother Bernie and our friend Monica who embody this idea live in this space.  Being with people who are unafraid of themselves is a beautiful experience. Resources: Join us on July 11th for TendHER 2:  https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-2/

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