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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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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In today’s episode, we talk about the divine feminine and masculine energies and finding a balance between them.  Several themes emerged from this discussion:

• The difficulty in calling these energies masculine and feminine, as it automatically attaches them to gender which is not actually the case.  Other ways to describe these energies include light/dark, night/day, sun/moon, receptive/active, yin/yang.  In the end, we continue to use the descriptors masculine and feminine as this is how they are often described, even though we acknowledge the limitations of this.  
• The feminine energy is being receptive, nurturing, gentle, intuitive, wild and natural.  
• The masculine is about being focused, goal oriented, disciplined, productive and active.  It is critical that we find a balance between these energies if we want to experience a greater sense of harmony and fulfillment.  
• We talk about our individual healing experiences in the past few months.  For Kate, she has been healing her inner feminine, and for Betsy her work has been healing her inner masculine.
• We discuss feminine leadership and how the patriarchy negatively impacts everyone, including men, and how important it is to hold space for men to be vulnerable and tap into their feminine energy.  

Book – “Why Does Patriarchy Persist” by Carol Gilligan. Feminine vs Masculine Principle

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We talk with Jen Loeb, the only female Iowan who has climbed the 7 summits, including Mt. Everest.  In this conversation we talk about:

• How growing up in Jessup, Iowa, as a “feral child” spending countless hours outdoors likely were foreshadowing of what adventures would come.
• How unlikely it was for an Iowa girl to find the sport of climbing and how her first experience on Mt. Whitney during a volunteer experience started her down this path.
• The importance of finding a Mountain Climbing Skill School which led to climb after climb, each getting progressively higher and more technical.
• The life changing (and at the time shocking) comment a guide mentioned to her after climbing Mt Kilimanjaro that planted the seed that she was ready to climb Everest.
• Her 3 year journey to Everest, including lots of self doubt, hearing from countless people that she was crazy, her training schedule, the financial commitment, and what it felt like to reach the Summit.

About Jen: Jen Loeb was born and raised in Iowa where she still resides today. She attended Wartburg College and earned a degree in biology, and then started focusing on volunteer work in 2006 with a trip to Ghana. Over the years Jen has made it a point to volunteer locally, nationally, and internationally. She has been involved in all different kinds of projects from building schools, houses, and hiking trails to cleaning up rivers, removing invasive plants, and even collecting data on endangered species. In 2010, Jen started mountain climbing. Since that time, she’s climbed peaks all over the world including Mt. Everest in 2016. In 2021 Jen completed her dream of climbing the “7 Summits” becoming the first and only woman from Iowa to climb the highest peak on every continent. Follow her at: 7 Summits | Iowa Climber Jen Order Jen’s book, Shots From The Heart, with beautiful photos and stories of all her climbs on her website.

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In this episode we have a deep and inspiring conversation with Raye Zaragoza, a 29 year old singer/songwriter who has always had the courage to forge her own path.  As a Japanese-American, Mexican, Indigenous woman, issues of belonging, skin color, and feeling as if she was on the outside flow through her music.  She explains that trusting in herself and the universe has brought her great success and allowed her to follow her passion. In our conversation we cover:

• How Raye took an alternative route of not attending college despite straight A’s because she knew it wasn’t the right path for her, but that this challenged other people’s sense of reality and made them uncomfortable.
• How Raye was able to bust through many culturally conditioned stories at such a young age, and actually find herself in her 20s versus having to wait until she was much older.  This young woman is a wise soul!
• The importance of leaving behind politeness in order to get to a place of empowerment.
• We play a clip of Raye’s song “Run with the Wolves” based on our favorite book “Women who Run with the Wolves” by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes. (We love that Raye has read this book already and even ripped off the front cover of her copy and has it framed!)
• Raye talks about the importance of “radical alliance” – this term feels so timely and powerful.  We discuss how women can support one another in a pack, and how women can be good sisters in radical alliance.  

About Raye:

Raye Zaragoza is a galvanizing presence, a self-assured artist making music to fight for, represent, and celebrate those left too long outside the spotlight. Known for tenacious feminist anthems and fearless protest folk, her stage presence teems with determined morale. As a Japanese-American, Mexican, Indigenous woman, Zaragoza spent much of her early life trying to assimilate with the world around her, to meet punishing standards of beauty synonymous with just one color of skin—and not her own. She has come a long way from that youthful pain, proclaiming “I am proud to be a multicultural brown woman with insecurities and a vibrant intersectional identity that I continue to grapple with. I hope young girls of today will know that the It Girl is whatever the hell they want to be.”

In the aftermath of her breakthrough single, “In The River,” Zaragoza released Fight For You, the protest-driven debut she says had her “finding my voice as a woman of color.” Upon releasing her first full-length, she discovered the beauty, significance, and necessity of her natural identity in a broader conversation; she was ready to celebrate what made her “different” and invigorate those of similar struggles to do the same. This rightful confidence radiates across Woman In Color, Zaragoza’s sophomore album out now on Rebel River Records, her own independent label. The album delivers powerful missives about embracing one’s own identity and discovering the power behind it, all across brisk, emotive, compelling folk melodies. Once deemed “one of the most politically relevant artists in her genre” by Paste Magazine, Raye Zaragoza now offers an intimate exploration of coming into her own, in a country where for many, simply existing is political. Through this album, Raye has written a collection of spirited canticles for herself, for womanhood, and for all the people who had to come together in such an event of divine coincidence that led to her existence. Support Raye on Patreon: Raye Zaragoza is creating a record label, community, and demo songs! | Patreon Follow her on Instagram: @rayezaragoza Check her out on tour this summer: Tour | Raye Zaragoza

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In today’s episode Kate and Betsy reveal MORE books that have touched them and made an impression in their lives.  They first talked about favorite books in episode 63. In today’s episode they each share 5 more that they love and often recommend to people.

They share their experiences and learnings surrounding these books and memories of when and where they were when they read them.

Betsy’s Top 5 Books

1. Breath – James Nester: The connection between breath and health.

2. The Artist’s Way – Julia Cameron: Connecting to your creative self.

3. Animal Speak –  Ted Andrews: The symbolism of animals in our lives.

4. Shakti Woman – Vicki Noble : The power of the feminine.

5. First We Make the Beast Beautiful – Sarah Wilson :  A powerful way to explore living with anxiety.

Kate’s Top 5 Books

1.  Love Warrior – Glennon Doyle: How to wrestle with love hurt, addiction and intimacy.

2. An Invisible Thread – Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski: A book about a bond between a young boy and a sales executive and the power of kindness and fate.

3.On Our Best Behavior- The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to be Good- Elise Loehnen: How the Seven Deadly Sins control and distort our lives and a path toward a more balanced and complete way to live.

4.You Could Make this Place Beautiful – Maggie Smith: A Memoir that explores coming of age in your middle age and how we can have love for ourselves and write our own story.

5. The Mountain is You – Brianna Wiest: Explores how to transform self-sabotage into self-mastery.

Today’s episode sponsored by:

Kate Moreland coaching

• Heartland Yoga
• Dr Yoga Momma

 

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In this week’s episode we talk honestly about the pain we all seem to be experiencing in some way.  Pain exists for both the individual and the collective after this difficult period in our history.  We share our thoughts on healing our nervous systems, and the weight of current issues like school shootings that have certainly added to that heaviness.   We talk about all the numbing activities and how we are so damn afraid to feel. Our world and our country are breaking open and there seems to be a collective rising. More and more people are on the path of awakening.  When one of us heals we actually heal the whole.  How do we do heal?  You don’t need to know where to start, you just need to make the internal commitment to yourself that you are ready to heal  your pain.  The universe will show you the path you need and all the wisdom we need is inside of us. Advocacy for Gun Safety https://momsdemandaction.org Broken Open by Elizabeth Lesser

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We had the honor to do a live podcast event with Marianne Williamson at the James theatre with around 100 women in attendance.  Marianne came on with a bang and gave us all so much to digest and reflect upon. We were so grateful for this opportunity to be in the midst of one of the great thought leaders of our time.

Here are some of the highlights:

-The point of wildness is to bring the divine feminine into the world for transformational purposes. -Everyone’s life has a highly individualized curriculum. -If you see a sister in deep effort to share her wildness and her divinity – the best she is with the world, help her. -To be a real leader is to get into the system and disrupt it. And one of our favorites……. Pray in the morning, kick ass in the afternoon.

 

Marianne is the author of 13 books including 4 New York Times best sellers.  You can find her work here:  https://marianne.com. and at substack https://mariannewilliamson.substack.com

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As a futurist and Wild Woman, Rebecca Ryan helps people and communities connect to something bigger.  She shares her upbringing and the narrow box she grew up in as an adopted child.  She explains how she stepped out of the box by starting her own company 25 years ago.

Rebecca talks about her fascination with generational change and the desire to understand trends.   As a zen master, Rebecca sees the power and synergy of being in the present as you plan for a better future.

We discuss the feminine rising, and the need for more female leadership.  She shares her story of seeing Madeleine Albright as a mother figure and hearing Albright say “There is a special place in hell for women who do not support other women”.  Rebecca applied to the CIA, played professional basketball in Europe, and studied in Budapest and Germany.  We discuss the three big disruptions that need to be healed:  Disconnection from self, disconnection from others and the connection to the natural world.

Rebecca wakes up every day hell-bent on making the world better for future generations. She is a top 50 futurist, economist, best-selling author and keynote speaker. Rebecca empowers bold and ambitious futures for her clients as she walks them through foresight experiences that produce future-ready participants with a future-focused plan. Graduate of Drake University and the Strategic Foresight program from the University of Houston and member of the global Association of Professional Futurists.

Ted Talk:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxvcdQ4ogr8 https://rebeccaryan.com

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Today’s episode, in honor of Mother’s Day, we explore the topic of raising the next generation of wild women.   How do we embrace these young wild wolf pups to preserve their inherently wild nature?   We discuss three authors who write about parenting: Carl Jung, William Martin, and Dr. Shefali in “The Awakened Parent”.

In this episode we discuss three themes:

• Your children are not your own.  They just came through you and they are on their own path. They have the right to express their own spirt.   Can you love without control?
•  Live you own life.  “The greatest burden a child must bear is the unlived life of its parents.”  When you do not live your life through your children, then they are free to find their own fulfillment.
•  Do your own work and develop your own awareness.  Instead of fixing or controlling your children – work on yourself and get as clear as possible so you aren’t projecting your stuff onto them.

We talk about having brave and honest conversations with our daughters and helping them to live in the present moment.

• Meet Sheila Davisson of Revival and our exciting collaboration of a line of gorgeous baubles for TEND HER WILD.

Books:

“The Parent’s Tao Te Ching”

“The Awakened Parent” Dr. Shefali

“The Conscious Parent” Dr. Shefali

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Today’s episode is based on Marianne Williamson’s beloved quote:  “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.”  

• If we speak up and tell our truth, we all fear we may lose love.  Marianne has also written, “Women are still emotional bondage as long as we have to make a choice between being heard and being loved”. 
• As women we must empower each other to speak up, overcome our imposter syndrome, and high five each other for our successes rather than shy away in jealousy or worst of all, say nothing at all.
• Why we hang back and play small as women and how it is our light and our potential that scares us the most.
• You are not too loud, too big or too opinionated!  There is enough space for all of us.  As we let our light shine, we send out reverberations and ripples that give other people the chance to do the same. 
• Meet Rachael Roewe of {made} community jewelry and our exciting collaboration of a line of gorgeous baubles for TEND HER WILD.

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Dr. Andrea Wieland: If You Aren’t Failing, You Aren’t Striving

• Growing up in an achievement oriented family and how this shaped her life.
• How reading the classic book “The Inner Game of Tennis” was pivotal and perhaps turned her onto the personal self development of the athlete.
• Watching Nadia Comaneci in the 1976 Olympics and how this became the seed of her olympic dreams.
• Walking next to Shaq and coming up to his waist at the opening ceremony to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta as a field hockey player.
• Her powerful perspective on reframing failure, and how failure is only when you do not learn from your mistakes.

• How we need everyone to lead from their best self which happens when we are right with ourselves.
• The 2 words we need to take out of our vocabulary: perfect and failure.

About Dr. Wieland:

Dr. Andrea Wieland, a psychologist and performance coach was recently the Associate AD/Director of Sports Performance for Penn Athletics where she oversaw the departments of Athletic Medicine, Strength & Conditioning, Nutrition, Mental Health and Performance for 1,000 athletes and 33 sports teams. She has 3 decades of experience consulting and coaching in the high performance space.  Former Head of Mental Conditioning at the world-renown IMG Academy, populations with whom Dr. Wieland has worked include Special Operations Forces, Elite and Professional Athletes, NFL Combine athletes, physicians, and CEO’s and their senior leadership teams.  A 1996 Olympian, and former Division 1 assistant Coach to several National and League Champions, Dr. Wieland specializes in developing leaders, teams and performers through an integrated 360- degree approach to assessment, education, intervention and evaluation.  Leveraging a “Team around the Team,” and holistic methodology, Andrea strives to help optimize others so that they can fulfill their greatest dreams.

Find Andrea J Wieland/Winning Systems on Linked In.

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Meet Polly Price, a beautiful bright soul who has a unique story of triumph.  Today’s conversation touches on topics such as young fame and fortune – addiction and heartache. Polly share’s her story with authenticity, grace, and a killer sense of humor.  From dinner with President Ford to the insane world of professional golf, Polly shares what she learned and how she found joy and returned to herself. You will simply fall in love with her – we certainly did! Help restore local water quality:  https://www.wings2water.org

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Meet Salisha Aya, a sacred leader who empowers women in wellness retreats, women’s circles, and conscious ritual.  Today’s inspiring conversation is a journey with Salisha from her early years in an abusive, alcoholic household to finding worldly success until one day in her 30’s when she literally hit the brakes on her sports car and asked the big question, “Is this all there is?”

That question opened up a world of seeking and transformation as Salisha sought to figure out who she was and what she really wanted out of life (which wasn’t what she had been told by society/culture).  A journey to India, a divorce, and finding herself in the jungle of South America on a plant medicine journey all led her to deep healing and a deep reverence for herself and the power of what she calls the “divine sacred feminine”.  

Salisha admits that she is wildly, blissfully happy despite all that she has endured in her life, a testament to the work she has done on herself and the work she so expertly guides other women toward in the retreats and trainings she leads.

For more information on Salisha Aya visit:  www.activateyouralchemy.com

Salisha Instagram:  @Salisha.aya

To learn more about her upcoming Goddess Alchemy retreat May 22-28, visit here: https://www.activateyouralchemy.com/retreat-details

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In this episode we explore something we all face: making big life changing decisions. Do I stay or do I go?  We talk about the importance of facing such decisions from the heart vs the head, and how it can be helpful to not talk to too many people about big decisions but rather to turn inward.  We cover Betsy’s favorite tool for listening to the body as a source of guidance in decision making.  We dive a bit deeper into the wild woman archetype and how when we disconnect from it we lose the inner fire to face change, but when we align with it we receive truth. Show notes: In today’s show we reference the work of Dr. Shefali Tsbary. She can be found at http://www.drshefali.com.

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In this week’s episode, we talk with a Zoomer (Gen Z) about re-wilding.  This wise young woman also happens to be Kate’s 22-year-old daughter.  The enlightening conversation includes advice from a younger generation, the impacts of the pandemic, and insights on how young women talk about mental health.

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Today we are releasing one of our most listened to podcast episodes with Arielle Schwartz “Awakening the
Spiritual Heart”.  Betsy recently ran into Arielle at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam of all places!  Dr. Schwartz just released a new book called “Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga” and has been teaching workshops related to it in Europe in this past month.  Check out her new book and listen to this past episode with such much wisdom and inspiration from Dr. Schwartz.

Join us today as we interview Dr. Arielle Schwartz, a psychologist and expert on trauma. This is a powerful and hopeful conversation about turning toward our wounds, the power of inhabiting the body, and and the resulting compassion that emerges for ourselves and others when we do this.

Today we discuss:

• Arielle’s early years and how she was shaped by her parent’s divorce at the age of 4. She talks of living in 2 different households with distinctly different energies, and the effect this had on her own developing nervous system.
• The power of yoga in Arielle’s life and the profound realization of what it was like to feel like herself after a practice.
• How trauma can look “subtle” such as criticism, high expectations for performance, not seeing or hearing you, and how these experiences can have profound and damaging effects.
• The importance of an attuned and steadfast “other” when working with trauma, whether this is a parent, a friend, a therapist, a healer.
• Why nature and play are such key tools for helping us heal.

Bio:

Dr. Arielle Schwartz is a clinical psychologist, internationally sought-out teacher, and leading voice in the healing of trauma. She is an internationally sought-out teacher, leading voice in the field of trauma recovery, and author of seven books including The Complex PTSD Workbook, The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook, and Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga. As the founder

of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy, she offers a mind-body approach to therapy for trauma and informational mental health and wellness updates through her writing, public speaking, social media presence, and blog. She believes that the journey of trauma recovery is an awakening of the spiritual heart. Learn more at www.drarielleschwartz.com.

 

Find out more about Dr. Arielle:

https://www.facebook.com/drarielleschwartz/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/arielle-schwartz-0756b62a/

https://twitter.com/DrAschwartz

https://www.instagram.com/arielleschwartzboulder/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5LUxnXbReV7I5cEzvb46sQ

 

Books and Authors mentioned:

On Becoming A Person: A Therapist’s View of Psychotherapy by Carl R Rogers

• Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
• Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Youtube Recording of Rewilding Yoga with Dr. Arielle mentioned

If you like this episode, check out related Tend Her Wild Podcasts:

The Power of Healing in Community

• Therapy, Anyone?
• The Heroine’s Journey: Reclamation of the Feminine
• Self-Compassion: The Secret Sauce of Life
• Freedom in Truth with Kate and Betsy
• Returning to the Body

 

Today’s episode sponsored by:

Kate Moreland coaching

• Heartland Yoga
• Dr Yoga Momma

 

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In episode 7, Kate and Betsy explore “sister wounds” and how women have been pitted against each other.   Women have had to use unhealthy coping mechanisms like jealousy, competition, judgment and gossip.  There is great power that comes from being conscious and making a decision not to wound fellow sisters.  They discuss ways to confront the sister wounds and how women can build trust through circles where there is trust, support and boundaries.

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We spend a joy filled hour with lots of laughter exploring the topics of creativity, beauty, art, and life.

Rebecca is a professional photographer whose work has graced the cover of People magazine, Fortune, LA Times, and Variety. She also took the beautiful photos on our Tend Her Wild website.

We discuss her unique journey of Cuban roots to Belgium to Dallas to LA to Iowa!

Our discussion takes many organic twists and turns including acting careers, voice overs, Barbie, famous photo shoots, Ragbrai, balancing work & family, and Lemon Perfect water.

Her love of art, beauty, and capturing the essence of people and food define this lovely, wild woman.

Rebecca’s website: www.rebeccasanabria.com

Rebecca’s Instagram: @howrebeccaseesit

These are some of the current product favorites Rebecca shares:

https://lemonperfect.com

https://laradevganmd.com

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In episode 5, Kate and Betsy talk about the “human giver syndrome”, and how women are conditioned from an early age to be generous and attentive to the needs of others at the expense of their own needs and ambitions. They discuss ways to counteract this innate tendency, the importance of talking about it, and how to do things that feel good.

 

The 2 books mentioned in today’s podcast:

Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne

https://www.amazon.com/Down-Girl-Misogyny-Kate-Manne-ebook/dp/B075KHQKM3/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OIAXMTP63QR0&keywords=down+girl+kate+manne&qid=1643411168&sprefix=down+girl+kate+m%2Caps%2C96&sr=8-1

Burn Out: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski.

https://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Secret-Unlocking-Stress-Cycle-ebook/dp/B07DT4GW16/ref=sr_1_1?crid=SM5U299K40UT&keywords=nagasaki+burnout&qid=1643411266&sprefix=nagoski+burnout%2Caps%2C83&sr=8-1

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Meet Lissie today – international singer/songwriter who happens to be the artist who graces our podcast every week with her song “Wild Wild West”.  She’s an award winning and critically acclaimed musician who has over a quarter of a billion streams.  NPR has called her “a quintessential California songwriter who is really from the midwest”.  Her new album will debut this summer.

We love Lissie’s wild spirit that comes out during this conversation. We talk about her first performance as Annie in community theatre (she did 82 performances), challenges in high school as she found her voice, playing gigs in Colorado that led her to LA and eventually getting signed with a record label.  After spending over a decade in CA creating a body of work, she felt called back to the hills of Iowa where she now lives on her own farm!

You can learn more about lissie at http://www.lissie.com, and she can be found at Instagram @lissiemusic.  Watch for her new album coming out soon.

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In episode 3, Kate and Betsy reveal why this podcast is called Tend Her Wild, and recount adventures from their trip to Iceland that drove the lesson home about the importance of re-wilding or returning to one’s natural essence.  Betsy shares a pivotal moment at the end of this trip that foreshadowed a major change in her life.

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In episode 2, Kate interviews Betsy about her early life experiences (including a weird knee at birth) and how these evolved into Betsy finding her own hard won, unique path.

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In the first episode Betsy Rippentropp is interviewing Kate Moreland about the shape her path has taken and the pivotal moments in her life where her wild nature guided her.

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Today while we are taking some time off, we are re-releasing a favorite episode on women finding their voice. It is so important that we support one another to speak up and speak out. Our voices are needed at every table.

In this episode, we talk about the process of finding your voice.  Why is it hard for us to use our voice?  What are the stories around it and what do we do to speak up, be heard, feel heard and tell our truth?

Today we discuss:

-For much of history women have been silenced, ridiculed, punished, and even killed for their opinions and voices.

-The wound of the patriarchy and the many reasons we have learned to swallow our truth.

-The concept of gaslighting, which is the psychological manipulation that makes a person question their beliefs, sanity, and truths.

-Betsy and Kate share their own personal stories of finding their voices and the barriers they have encountered along the way. They acknowledge that it is a process and a constant work in progress, but they highlight the power and freedom that comes from using their voices to express their authentic selves.

-Throat problems can show up as the inability to speak up for yourself, swallowed anger, stifled creativity and a refusal to change.

-Ways to use our voices to be the radical change we need right now.

“I am constantly amazed at how courageous and radical speaking the truth is. The most activist thing you can do is just speak the truth and search for the truth, and just follow that trail.” —Melissa Ethridge

“Stand firmly with what you know in your heart of hearts.  Be exactly who you are unapologetically and with great passion and positivity, cultivate an inner courage to speak your truth and out of it action comes.” —Elizabeth Lesser

Today’s champion:

Judge Rosemarie Aquilina

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/27156746/journey-judge-rosemarie-aquilina

Previous podcasts:

Anger: Channel the Fire

https://www.tendherwild.com/2022/11/11/anger-channel-the-fire/

Books mentioned:

Cassandra Speaks by Elizabeth Lesser

https://www.amazon.com/Cassandra-Speaks-Women-Storytellers-Changes/dp/0062887181/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1690550166&sr=8-1

You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay

https://www.amazon.com/You-Can-Heal-Your-Life/dp/0937611018/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FJNX5U7BTILT&keywords=you+can+heal+your+life+by+louise+hay&qid=1690551076&sprefix=You+c%2Caps%2C217&sr=8-1

Movie mentioned:

Women Talking

Written  by Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews

Directed by Sarah Polley

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13669038/

Article mentioned:

Women, Here Are 10 Important Ways to Use Your Voice

https://whatwillittake.com/inspiration/women-here-are-10-important-ways-to-use-your-voice/

Today’s episode sponsored by:

Kate Moreland coaching:

http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com

Heartland Yoga:

http://www.heartlandyoga.com

Dr Yoga Momma:

www.dryogamomma.com

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We are here again with special guest, Margaret McCaffery (it’s her birthday today!) for part two of this memorable interview.  Margaret shares her journey of motherhood and her passion as an advocate for cancer research and awareness.

Today we discuss:

• Margaret’s law school experience that included a wedding on Independence Day, the cancer diagnosis of her father in law, and a new baby.
• The honor of walking the stage to receive her law degree at Notre Dame with her first son in her arms and the village that supported her.
• Her instinctual choice to focus on motherhood and spending time with her young sons, and how this was in line with the lessons she was taught by wise women in her life to honor herself wherever she focused her energy.
• Navigating the highs and lows of each basketball season and the joys and challenges of having their sons on the team.
• How allowing and supporting her children to make their own decisions about their lives was inspired by her grandmother.
• Navigating their son Patrick’s cancer journey at 13, and the priorities and commitments that changed as the family confronted their new reality.
• Patrick’s recovery and her commitment to raising funds and advocating for cancer awareness while helping to start the adolescent and young adult cancer program at the University of Iowa.
• Her national recognition for her volunteer efforts with the National American Cancer Society and their work with the Coaches vs. Cancer program.

Bio:

 

Margaret McCaffrey is often referred to as University of Iowa Basketball coach Fran McCaffrey’s wife, but she is a legend in her own right.  Margaret was a stellar athlete and played basketball for Muffet McGraw at Notre Dame in the early 90’s. Post graduation, she intended to go to law school at the University of Minnesota, but was called by Coach McGraw to join the coaching staff at ND. It was there she met her now husband Fran McCaffrey, and began law school. Margaret is the mother to four children and has supported them in their interests and basketball careers.  In 2014, her son Patrick was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and she spent a year focused on caring for him.  Patrick is now cancer free but the McCaffreys have devoted their philanthropic efforts to fighting cancer. They helped start the adolescent and young adult Cancer program at the university of Iowa and have raised millions of dollars.  In 2022 she received the National American Cancer Society’s distinguished St. George award for being an outstanding volunteer.  She has served on the American Cancer Societies National Board of Directors since 2018, and along with Fran has championed the Coaches vs. Cancer program.  

 

• Mentioned today:
  Coaches vs. Cancer
  • Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Program (AYA) https://uihc.org/services/adolescent-and-young-adult-aya-cancer-program
  • Open Heartland
    Learn more:
    https://www.facebook.com/deb.dunkhase

• If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes:

  Women Finding Their Voice

  The Rising Feminine: Teamwork through the Lens of Iowa Women’s Basketball

  Follow us:
  Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching

  Today’s episode supported by: {made} community on behalf of Open Heartland

  For sponsorship opportunities or to partner with us:

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We are here today with special guest, Margaret McCaffery. Margaret claims University of Iowa’s coach Fran McCaffery as her husband, but is a legend in her own right. We are happy to spend a little time with Margaret on her birthday and share part one of Margaret’s story.

Today we discuss:

• Margaret’s birth story in the wilds of Zambia Africa 54 years ago, as her parents were teachers at a remote school during a time of government unrest in Africa.
• The story of Joseph, a young local that was “so sorry” that Margaret’s parents had a girl. Joseph eventually took a shine to strong willed Margaret and took her with him everywhere he would go.
• Margaret shares that her dad was a gardener, kept chickens and was locally famous for killing a spitting cobra with a pitchfork! The family’s move home to Minnesota where three younger sisters were born and were raised in a family of strong women.
• Margaret’s grandmother was a pioneer and role model, involved in politics. At 18, Margaret voted for her grandmother for vice president, when she appeared on the Minnesota ballot with Eugene McCarthy.
• Margaret shares the impact of having strong independent female role models abundant and accessible within the family and how autonomy granted by her parents allowed all four sisters to thrive in their own right.
• How Margaret’s love of sports began early and she had the family’s support to be the only girl on the football team. Her unconventional decision to go to Notre Dame to play basketball that showed the strength of feminine independence of the women within the family.
• The inspirational time Margaret spent in France, how it influenced her, and the lessons she learned that informed future life decisions and commitments.
• How a phone call from Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw changed the course of Margaret’s life, and led to a move back to Notre Dame and to dating Fran McCaffery.

• Join us next week for part two!

Bio:

Margaret McCaffrey is often referred to as University of Iowa Basketball coach Fran McCaffrey’s wife, but she is a legend in her own right.  Margaret was a stellar athlete and played basketball for Muffet McGraw at Notre Dame in the early 90’s. Post graduation, she intended to go to law school at the University of Minnesota, but was called by Coach McGraw to join the coaching staff at ND. It was there she met her now husband Fran McCaffrey, and began law school. Margaret is the mother to four children and has supported them in their interests and basketball careers.  In 2014, her son Patrick was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and she spent a year focused on caring for him.  Patrick is now cancer free but the McCaffreys have devoted their philanthropic efforts to fighting cancer. They helped start the adolescent and young adult Cancer program at the university of Iowa and have raised millions of dollars.  In 2022 she received the National American Cancer Society’s distinguished St. George award for being an outstanding volunteer.  She has served on the American Cancer Societies National Board of Directors since 2018, and along with Fran has championed the Coaches vs. Cancer program.

Mentioned today:

Coaches vs. Cancer

Open Heartland

Learn more:

https://www.facebook.com/deb.dunkhase/

We’d love to hear from you:

In season two we’d love to hear from you, our community. What are your thoughts on re-wilding and living your authentic life? Please call or e-mail us with your story, questions, topics you’d like to explore, guests you’d like us to reach out to….

We’ll even play or read your question live on our show. E-mail: tendherwild@gmail.com
Or call: 319-354-4062

If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes:

Women Finding Their Voice

The Rising Feminine: Teamwork through the Lens of Iowa Women’s Basketball

Follow us:
Instagram @tendherwild @dryogamomma @katemorelandcoaching

Today’s episode supported by: {made} community
* On behalf of Open Heartland

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This episode was recorded at Blue Spirit in Nosara, Costa Rica while on retreat.  We were lucky to share the retreat center that week with world renowned yoga teacher Rod Stryker.  We had a chance to sit down together for an hour to talk about yoga, meditation, the Divine Feminine, and Rod’s journey.   Rod will be in Iowa City with us this fall for a yoga workshop so we’re excited to introduce him to our community.

https://heartlandyoga.com/deep-vitality-and-resilience-in-mind-and-body-the-teachings-of-the-yoga-taravali-with-rod-stryker/

Today we discuss:

• Rod’s early years and seminal things that happened including his first word, his father leaving at the age of 2, and finding a book of yoga postures at age 5 that captivated him.
• What it means to reclaim our feminine regardless of gender or biology to bring back more of the mothering feminine after thousands of years of repressing the healthy feminine.
• How are patriarchal society represses the feminine and how Rod tended toward caretaking and the feminine in the absence of his father.
• How to balance masculine and feminine energy when our souls are not gender based.
• Rod’s healing work to support people during this lifetime to find the sacred ground of one’s own being.
• Various ways we can move into the unconscious that are timeless and help us interact with the world.
• How the hardest yoga pose is change, but if you want growth it’s the only choice.
• How there are really only two types of yoga, holistic and non-holistic.
• Rod’s book The Four Desires helps us uncover our soul’s purpose and how the seed of every thought is a desire.
• The art of learning how to die well and the practice of learning to die a little each day, so that we are better prepared to let go.

Bio:

Rod Stryker is an author, teacher and speaker.  A world-renowned meditation teacher and yoga educator, he is the founder of ParaYoga, the author of two books The Four Desires and the soon to be released Enlightened Sleep.  He developed one of the most comprehensive online yoga programs in the world. Rod has spent nearly 40 years sharing his study, knowledge, and experience.  He has mentored hundreds of teachers and thousands of students worldwide.  Rod is known for his ability to translate ancient wisdom and make life-changing practices accessible to modern audiences.  He is father to four amazing souls and currently lives in Idaho.

Mentioned today:

November 9-10th Iowa City Yoga Event with Rod Stryker

https://heartlandyoga.com/deep-vitality-and-resilience-in-mind-and-body-the-teachings-of-the-yoga-taravali-with-rod-stryker/

The Bhagavad Ghita

Learn more:  

Parayoga

If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes:

Dharma: Why are we all here?

The Heroine’s Journey: Reclamation of the Feminine

Meditation: The Royal Road to Self

Follow us:

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@tendherwild

@dryogamomma

@katemorelandcoaching

Today’s episode supported by:

Kate Moreland Transformational Coaching:

http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com

Dr Betsy:

DrYogaMomma

For sponsorship opportunities or to partner with us:

Partner with us – Tend Her Wild

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Today we speak with Deb Dunkhase, a champion for children, service, and community building.  This power-house of a woman totally blew us away with her perspectives, vitality, and deep heart for giving to others.

“Change in the world happens one small act of kindness at a time”

-Deb

Today we discuss:

• Deb grew up on a farm, the oldest of 5 children, with plenty of adventures, responsibilities, and time with her father who taught her that anything was possible.
• While Deb views her childhood as idyllic, she also experienced trauma which cemented her dedication to the well-being of children. She sees how focusing on the healing of others helped her own healing process.
• Deb’s role as director of the Iowa Children’s museum which she saw as some of the favorite years of her life.
• How upon retiring, it was only a few months until Deb and a colleague wanted to get back to playing with children and realized a need for supporting immigrant families and children.  They started Open Heartland, a non-profit that is 100% volunteer driven.
• Deb shares her leadership style at Open Heartland which includes having immigrants as part of the board.  Although meetings take longer because 2 languages are spoken, it allows for those who are being served to actually have a voice.
• Deb’s commitment to building relationships, and the ripple effects that happen when we empower others.

Bio:

Deb Dunkhase has dedicated herself to education within the state for over thirty years.  Her work has involved direct teaching and leadership roles working with parent and teacher groups to bridge the gap between formal and informal education.  Deb now teaches non-profit management at the University of Iowa.  In March of 2019 she co-founded Open Heartland, a non-profit organization that is 100% volunteer driven, currently serving over 400 local immigrant families as they navigate poverty, housing and the daily threat of deportation and separation from their children.

Mentioned today:

StrengthsFinder 2.0

https://www.cellistsforchange.org

https://casacolibri.org

Open Heartland

Learn more:  

https://www.facebook.com/deb.dunkhase/

We’d love to hear from you:

In season two we’d love to hear from you, our community.  What are your thoughts on re-wilding and living your authentic life?  Please call or e-mail us with your story, questions, topics you’d like to explore, guests you’d like us to reach out to….

We’ll even play or read your question live on our show.

E-mail: tendherwild@gmail.com

Or call: 319-354-4062

If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes:

Marlen Mendoza: A Visionary Force

 The Power of Healing in Community

Women Finding Their Voice

Amanda Litman: Run for Something

Angie Chaplin: Mindful Sober Leader

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This week we are re-releasing an old episode because we are all (including our guest Kimberly) on a yoga retreat in Costa Rica with 25 women. We love listening to this conversation again with one of our favorite truly wild woman!

And…we did record an episode this week on retreat with a MAN! We cannot wait to have you hear this in a few weeks – he has been on lots of podcasts and told us at the end this might have been his favorite podcast he’s ever done! So stay tuned!

Pura Vida!

Today, we talk to Kimberly Jaeger-Arjes while in Costa Rica on a yoga retreat.  We had no idea this interview was going to happen until the morning of recording.  Kimberly is  Betsy’s assistant and an integral part of her retreats.  Kate and Betsy were having their morning plan session with Kimberly, and Kimberly casually mentioned she never felt like she had ever left her wild spirit.

Kate and Betsy looked at each other, nodded, and simultaneously knew we needed to interview Kimberly to talk about this.  This interview is recorded in Betsy’s hotel room looking out at the jungle.  After the interview, a pack of wild monkeys swung through the trees that we got on video.

Kimberly is a mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend, gardener, and a lover in social & environmental activism. She leads a yoga influenced, playful and mindful movement practice and strives to create inclusive spaces for people to feel belonging. She is part of a Trauma Support Team with Challenge to Change, teaching a yoga practice at Heartland Yoga and at Coco’s Ranch.

You can follow Kimberly on instagram @kimiinthewoods Play & Move with Kimberly https://heartlandyoga.com/kimberly-jaeger-arjes/ https://cocosranch.com/iowa-goat-yoga https://www.challengetochangeinc.com/team/kimberly-jaeger-arjes

 

NOTE: If sexual assault and suicide triggers you, skip this episode.  If hearing about how to triumph over experiences like this, listen.

In today’s podcast we cover:

• Kimberly’s unique mother who taught her early on about what it meant to be colorful and non-conforming.
• How Kimberly always knew she was different, and at times wanted to fit in, but also knew the box wasn’t for her.
• When Kimberly’s wild spirit was broken, and how she had to build it back over a period of years.
• The importance of yoga and returning to her body that returned Kimberly to her wild nature.
• How Kimberly strongly believes in the power of connections, social justice, and loving those who are also struggling with belonging.
• Kimberly’s advice about how to live as a wild woman.

Suicide and Crisis Lifeline:  https://988lifeline.org

National Sexual Violence Resource Center: https://www.nsvrc.org

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Today’s episode supported by:
Kate Moreland Transformational Coaching:
http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com
Heartland Yoga:
http://www.heartlandyoga.com

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Today, we are excited to have Angie Chaplin with us. Angie is an internationally renowned speaker, consultant and educator specializing in leadership and organizational development. Her openness about her journey through mental and behavioral health epitomizes her values of integrity, curiosity, clarity connection and love. Today we discuss: •A natural craving for knowledge as a kid, that led Angie to become an early reader who learned about life through other people’s stories. •Angie’s multiple rock bottoms that showed her something was misaligned in her life. •Her path to sobriety and the doctor who looked her in the eyes and challenged her to choose life. •How Angie’s graduate work on values was a bedrock of her healing, and continues to be the basis from which she lives her life. •Her non-profit Brave Leadership that is designed to be a leadership education provider to the non-profit workforce. Its mission is to unlock potential within non-profit leaders in the mental and behavioral health fields. Bio: Angie is the founder of Mindful Leadership, a distinguished personal and organizational leadership development firm that leverages her nearly 30 years of expertise in communications, human resources, and organizational development. As an internationally recognized Certified Master for The Leadership Challenge, Angie has dedicated her career to nurturing and enhancing leadership qualities in individuals and organizations alike. Her contributions to the field include authoring sections of the Leadership Challenge Workbook Facilitators Guide and the Leadership Challenge Activities Book. Angie’s commitment to leadership education shines through her efforts to inspire empower individuals to design and lead exemplary lives, rooted in authenticity and passion.

Learn more:
Angie Chaplin
Angie on Instagram

Books mentioned today:
The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations
StrengthsFinder 2.0

We’d love to hear from you:
In season two we’d love to hear from you, our community. What are your
thoughts on re-wilding and living your authentic life? Please call or e-mail
us with your story, questions, topics you’d like to explore, guests you’d like
us to reach out to….
We’ll even play or read your question live on our show.

E-mail: tendherwild@gmail.com
Or call: 319-354-4062

If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes:
Freedom in Truth
Women in Leadership
Women Finding Their Voice
Self Compassion: The Secret Sauce of Life

Follow us:
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@dryogamomma
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Today’s episode supported by:
Kate Moreland Transformational Coaching:
http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com
Heartland Yoga:
http://www.heartlandyoga.com

Dr Yoga Momma:
www.dryogamomma.com

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In today’s episode Kate and Betsy speak to Rebecca Sanabria who they interviewed in episode 6.  In the 3 years since their last conversation, Rebecca made a big move and began to bravely step out from behind the camera and own her expertise about helping people show up better.

In today’s episode we discuss:

• Rebecca’s recent revelation that she is on expert on showing up better, and how this meant she could no longer hide but rather needed to be more face forward.
• The 20 minute rule she gave herself that helped her overcome her fear and perfectionism to get her ideas and work out into the world.
• The power of realizing no one really cares, and how this can bring freedom.
• Rebecca’s experience of being around people who at the top of their game and how it encourages her to rise up and why she wants to help other women do this.
• What Rebecca feels about aging, and her perspective that as her fear is lessening with age, there are actually more options.

Bio:

Rebecca Sanabria is a world class photographer who captures the essence of people and helps businesses grow through branded imagery.  Her photographs can be seen in Tiffani Thiessen’s cookbook Pull Up a Chair, cover of People magazine, LA Times, Fortune, Variety, and more.  She is passionate about helping women show up better online.  She is the daughter of a make-up artist and wife of a visual artist and the mother to 3 budding artists.  She is built to bring out the beauty and bring out the best in people.

https://www.rebeccasanabria.com

@howrebeccaseesit

Past Episodes You Might Like About Women, Art & Creativity  

Episode 6:  A Life of Wild Creativity & Vibrancy with Rebecca Sanabria

Episode 18:  Radical Alliance with Raye Zaragoza 

Episode 25: Intuitive Earth Momma: Meet Monica Basile

Episode 34: Leslie Nolte: Celebrated and Seasoned Visionary

Episode 61: Marsha Nieland: A Possibilitarian Planting Seeds of Joy, Creativity and Love

Today’s Episode sponsored by:

Kate Moreland Coaching

Dr Yoga Momma

Heartland Yoga

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We are excited to have a conversation today with internationally known author and speaker Jocelyn Davis.  Jocelyn has many business books including The Art of Quiet Influence and has written a historical novel, The Age of Kali.  Today we are excited to talk about her most recent book, Insubordinate, 12 New Archetypes for Women Who Lead.

Today we discuss:

• Jocelyn’s early experiences living around the world within a foreign service family and how it developed her natural curiosity and ability to be adaptable.
• The unique blend of myth, archetype and business leadership and how they impacted her life and her most recent book.
• How after 25 years in the R&D industry,  a shake up presented an opportunity to meld her business experience with her international exposure to literature, tradition, history, and philosophy.
• Being booted for being insubordinate…. Officially!  What she learned from that experience and how it led to the title of her most recent book.
• The layout of Insubordinate, the twelve archetypes and while women have a  “home archetype”, they can actually have access to and appreciate the beauty of all of the archetypes.
• Navigating competition among women and a discussion of “power-dead equal”.
• The ambitious woman trap and why we see powerful women as unlikeable.
• Betsy, Kate and Jocelyn’s home archetypes and archetypes they’d like to more fully develop into.

Bio:

Jocelyn Davis is an internationally known author and speaker and the former head of R&D for a global leadership development consultancy.  Jocelyn holds masters degrees in philosophy and eastern classics, she loves bringing ancient stories and wisdom from many cultures to bear on modern practical issues.

Learn more:

Jocelyn Davis

Books mentioned today: 

Insubordinate: 12 New Archetypes for Women Who Lead

The Age of Kali

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Hardball for Women: Winning at the Game of Business

We’d love to hear from you:  

In season two we’d love to hear from you, our community.  What are your thoughts on re-wilding and living your authentic life?  Please call or e-mail us with your story, questions, topics you’d like to explore, guests you’d like us to reach out to….

We’ll even play or read your question live on our show.

E-mail: tendherwild@gmail.com

Or call: 319-354-4062

If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes:

The Power and Complexity of Female Friendships

Exploring the Three Phases of Womanhood

The Heroine’s Journey: Reclamation of the Feminine

The Rising Feminine: Teamwork through the Lens of Iowa Women’s Basketball

Follow us:

Instagram

@tendherwild

@dryogamomma

@katemorelandcoaching

Today’s episode supported by:

Kate Moreland Transformational Coaching:

http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com

Heartland Yoga:

http://www.heartlandyoga.com

Dr Yoga Momma:

www.dryogamomma.com

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In today’s episode we talk about meditation: why it’s helpful, the data that supports it, and why it is so darn hard to commit to it despite all the beneficial evidence for it.  We end with a guided meditation.

“Don’t find the best practice. Find one that you will actually do because they are all one.” – Neem Karoli Baba

Today we discuss:

• The different types of meditation: prayer, guided, movement, yoga, mantra and mindfulness meditation.  The key is finding what works for you.
• Betsy and Kate’s personal meditation experiences, including the “oh shit” meditation.
• The myths of meditation and why it is so important to see how these might be blocking us from actually doing it.
• Can a billion people meditate and is this a tipping point for more peace in the world?
• The power of space in yourself, and how meditation helps us respond vs react to life.
• Why it is impossible to get meditation wrong, and how every meditation you do is perfect.
• Betsy gives a guided meditation to settle us into the present moment.

We’d love to hear from you:

In season two we’d love to hear from you, our community.  What are your thoughts on re-wilding and living your authentic life?  Please call or e-mail us with your story, questions, topics you’d like to explore, guests you’d like us to reach out to….

We’ll even play or read your question live on our show.E-mail: tendherwild@gmail.com

Or call: 319-354-4062

Meditation Resources

Meditation Apps:

Head Space: Bite size, guided meditations for busy lives

Insight Timer:  Starts your mediation with a bell and keeps stats on how often you meditate.  Also has free guided meditations.

Websites with Free Meditations:

Deepak Chopra Center has multiple 21 day meditation experiences.  Some can be purchased on his website and some can be found free on Spotify if you have an account.

Books:

Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program by Sharon Salzberg.  Long time meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg distills 30 years of teaching meditation into a 28-day program.  This book includes a CD with guided meditations.

How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist by Andrew Newberg.  Based on new evidence culled from brain-scan studies, this book covers how and why meditation permanently change numerous structures and functions in the brain, altering your values and the way you perceive reality.

How To Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind by Pema Chodron. She covers the basics of meditation, from getting settled and the six points of posture to working with your breath and cultivating an attitude of unconditional friendliness.  She also talks of thoughts and emotions as “sheer delight”-instead of obstacles-in meditation

If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes:

Self Compassion: The Secret Sauce of Life

Gratitude: Getting Real About How You Feel

Shake It Off: Facing the Criticism and Embracing Your Light

The Upper Limit: Living in Your Full Potential

The Current Extremes of Light and Dark: Finding Our Way Back to Balance

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@dryogamomma

@katemorelandcoaching

Today’s episode supported by:

Kate Moreland Transformational Coaching:

http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com

Heartland Yoga:

http://www.heartlandyoga.com

Dr Yoga Momma:

www.dryogamomma.com

For sponsorship opportunities or to partner with us:

Partner with us – Tend Her Wild

__________________ Betsy Rippentrop, PhD Licensed Psychologist Owner, Heartland Yoga http://www.dryogamomma.com http://www.heartlandyoga.com https://www.tendherwild.com/

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We have a conversation today with Kate O’ Donnell, an expert in Ayurveda, who guides us through holistic ways to approach healing, nourishment, and menopause.

Today we discuss:

• How Kate’s upbringing created a quiet and steady space, along with plenty of encouragement to be wild.
• Kate’s childhood dream of going to India, and the study abroad opportunity in India she had that changed the course of her life.
• The basics of Ayurveda, and the tools like seasonal cleansing, abhyanga (oil massage), tongue scraping, and hot water.
• The importance of nourishment on all levels for women, especially in the transition to menopause.
• Kate’s new book and her goal to help women through all the stages of life.

Bio:
Kate is the author of three Ayurvedic cookbooks, is a nationally certified Ayurvedic practitioner and the founder of the Ayurvedic Living Institute.  Kate began to travel to South India at age 20.  More than a dozen extended trips to India and twenty years studying the wisdom traditions of the sub-continent support Kate’s practice of Ayurveda.  Kate also specializes in Ayurvedic education, cooking skills, and cleansing programs, offering online programs, occasional in-person workshops on the road, and professional trainings.  Her offerings aim to help others come closer to their true nature.

Learn more:

Kate O’ Donnell

Ayurvedic Living Institute

The Community Cleanse

We’d love to hear from you:

In season two we’d love to hear from you, our community.  What are your thoughts on re-wilding and living your authentic life?  Please call or e-mail us with your story, questions, topics you’d like to explore, guests you’d like us to reach out to….

We’ll even play or read your question live on our show.

E-mail: tendherwild@gmail.com

Or call: 319-354-4062

If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes:

Exploring the Three Phases of Womanhood

Midlife Awakening: Rise From the Ashes

The Heroine’s Journey: Reclamation of the Feminine

Work with Betsy & Kate In Person:

Re-Wilding Retreat

Join us for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and transformation in Nosara, Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat Center, May 11-18, 2024.

For more information click here

Follow us:

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@dryogamomma

@katemorelandcoaching

Today’s episode supported by:

Kate Moreland Transformational Coaching:

http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com

Heartland Yoga:

http://www.heartlandyoga.com

Dr Yoga Momma:

www.dryogamomma.com

For sponsorship opportunities or to partner with us:

Partner with us – Tend Her Wild

__________________ Betsy Rippentrop, PhD Licensed Psychologist Owner, Heartland Yoga http://www.dryogamomma.com http://www.heartlandyoga.com https://www.tendherwild.com/

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In today’s episode we’ll be circling back to a topic we’ve previously touched on but want to approach again from a slightly different perspective.  In a world where contrasts are more and more obvious we discuss the necessary balance of our masculine and feminine energies

Today we discuss:

• We are in a place of great extreme with both progress and setback.
• The feminine energy is rising and we can see female empowerment in many arenas including sports (women’s basketball), music, the big screen, and political support in certain areas of the world for women’s rights.
• But there seems to be equal setbacks for women around the world as well.
• We explore the ancient concept of yin-yang which is a healthy balance of opposites that are equal.  Our world has placed the masculine energy above the feminine instead of allowing them to be on the same level which is the root of the imbalance we see everywhere.
• Because there is so much hyper-masculinity in our current culture we are seeing hyper-femininity (i.e, rage and chaos) as an attempt to bring things into balance.
• There is an axiom, as within so without, meaning that our responsibility is to balancing our inner masculine and feminine, which than impacts the outer world around us.
• How we need more emotional intelligence and interconnectivity because we cannot solve our current world problems with the same masculine mindset that created them.

We’d love to hear from you:

In season two we’d love to hear from you, our community.  What are your thoughts on re-wilding and living your authentic life?  Please call or e-mail us with your story, questions, topics you’d like to explore, guests you’d like us to reach out to….

We’ll even play or read your question live on our show.E-mail: tendherwild@gmail.com

Or call: 319-354-4062

If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes:

Balancing Our Personal Masculine and Feminine Energies

The Rising Feminine: Teamwork Through the Lens of Iowa Basketball

Women in Leadership

Barbie: Getting Out of the Box

Finding Calm in a Divisive World

Follow us:

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@katemorelandcoaching

Today’s episode supported by:

Kate Moreland Transformational Coaching:

http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com

Heartland Yoga:

http://www.heartlandyoga.com

Dr Yoga Momma:

www.dryogamomma.com

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Today we have a rich conversation with Lyz Lenz, a true wild woman and writer who just released her fourth book “This American Ex-Wife” that instantly hit the New York Times best selling list.  This conversation is hilarious, thought provoking, and may hit close to home for many of you out there.

Today we discuss: 

• Her early years in Texas as the second oldest of eight children where she was homeschooled, expected to follow “the rules”, and shown the importance of being a “good person” vs having a “good life”.
• The fateful moment when Lyz found the box in the crawl space of her basement and truly saw the reality of her marriage.
• The hard question: Is marriage the happy ending we’re told it is? and why women often carry the burden of blame in unhappy marriages.
• The public experience of getting fired for political backlash, the storm that followed and the resilience and community it took to hold strong and recover.
• Life post-divorce, the pathway to having it all, and navigating co-parenting.

Bio:

Lyz Lenz is a New York Times bestselling author, whose writing has appeared in The Washington Post, the Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Times, and others. She is also the host of the This American Ex-Wife podcast.  Lyz received her MFA in creative writing from Lesley University. She lives in Iowa with her two kids and two dogs.  She writes a regular newsletter, Men Yell At Me, where she explores the intersection of politics and our bodies in red-state America.  Joe Biden once called her a “real sweetheart.” Alan Dershowitz called her “fifth rate.”  The Iowa GOP called her “Crass and unprofessional.”

Learn more:

Lyz Lenz

Lyz’ books

Lyz on Instagram

We’d love to hear from you:

In season two we’d love to hear from you, our community.  What are your thoughts on re-wilding and living your authentic life?  Please call or e-mail us with your story, questions, topics you’d like to explore, guests you’d like us to reach out to….

We’ll even play or read your question live on our show.

E-mail: tendherwild@gmail.com

Or call: 319-354-4062

If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes:

Exploring the Three Phases of Womanhood

The Power of Healing in Community

Women Finding Their Voice

Finding Calm in a Divisive World

Work with Betsy & Kate In Person:

Re-Wilding Retreat

Join us for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and transformation in Nosara, Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat Center, May 11-18, 2024.  THERE IS 1 SPOT LEFT!

For more information click here

Follow us:

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@tendherwild

@dryogamomma

@katemorelandcoaching

Today’s episode supported by:

Kate Moreland Transformational Coaching:

http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com

Heartland Yoga:

http://www.heartlandyoga.com

Dr Yoga Momma:

www.dryogamomma.com

__________________ Betsy Rippentrop, PhD Licensed Psychologist Owner, Heartland Yoga http://www.dryogamomma.com http://www.heartlandyoga.com https://www.tendherwild.com/

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In today’s episode we’ll be talking about the TEDx talk we were scheduled to give and that didn’t happen.

Today we discuss:

• Our mutual excitement about the opportunity to give a TEDx talk, something we both had been wanting to do for some time
• The challenge of presenting our re-wilding message in 12 minutes
• The moment we separately realized this wasn’t working because of the essence of the wild woman archetype and it’s inherent fight against being put in a box that was 12 minutes long
• How our bodies separately started having physical symptoms that were symbolic to both of us about the importance of surrender
• The PRAYING MANTIS!
• The actual TEDx Talk  – presented here on this WILD platform instead of the TEDx stage

We’d love to hear from you:

In season two we’d love to hear from you, our community.  What are your thoughts on re-wilding and living your authentic life?  Please call or e-mail us with your story, questions, topics you’d like to explore, guests you’d like us to reach out to….

We’ll even play or read your question live on our show.

E-mail: tendherwild@gmail.com

Or call: 319-354-4062

If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes:

Michaela Boehm: The Wild Woman’s Way to Embodiment

Getting Wild in Iceland

Meet Betsy

Meet Kate

Work with Betsy & Kate In Person:

Re-Wilding Retreat

Join us for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and transformation in Nosara, Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat Center, May 11-18, 2024.

For more information click here

Follow us:

Instagram

@tendherwild

@dryogamomma

@katemorelandcoaching

Today’s episode supported by:

Kate Moreland Transformational Coaching:

http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com

Heartland Yoga:

http://www.heartlandyoga.com

Dr Yoga Momma:

www.dryogamomma.com

For sponsorship opportunities or to partner with us:

Partner with us – Tend Her Wild

__________________ Betsy Rippentrop, PhD Licensed Psychologist Owner, Heartland Yoga http://www.dryogamomma.com http://www.heartlandyoga.com https://www.tendherwild.com/

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Today we have an inspiring conversation with an expert in all things politics, Amanda Litman, co-founder and executive director of Run for Something, a group supporting young progressives running for office.

Today we discuss:

• Amanda’s early years and a defining moment in high school when she skipped class and went to a local college to hear Barack Obama speak, an event that would change the course of life.• Amanda’s choice to attend Northwestern in Chicago, her decision partially driven by her desire to be close to Obama’s office because of her hopes to someday work for him.
• How her dream came true when she got her first job on Obama’s campaign.
• Amanda’s work on Hilary Clinton’s campaign and how this work was so personal as the wanted to be apart of the first woman elected to the presidency.
• The shock she experienced the day Hilary lost and the lessons learned through the entire process, including the fire it created in her to help birth her business Run for Something.
• Why Amanda’s passion has turned to grassroots politics and helping solve the problem of finding an entry point into politics for young individuals new to politics.

• The hope Amanda has for the future as we shift into a younger more diverse electorate and the up and coming young people running for local offices.
• Thoughts on gerontocracy (government run by the elderly) and the effect that a lack of diversity in governance can present.

Bio:
Amanda Litman is the co-founder and co-executive director of Run for Something, which recruits and supports young, diverse progressives running for down-ballot office. Since launching in 2017, RFS has elected more than 1000 leaders across nearly all 50 states, mostly women and people of color. Before launching Run for Something, Amanda worked as a digital strategist — she served as Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, the digital director for Charlie Crist’s 2014 Florida gubernatorial campaign, the deputy email director for Organizing for Action, and an email writer for Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. She graduated from Northwestern University in 2012 with a B.A. in American Studies. Amanda now lives in Brooklyn with her husband, daughter, and their rescue mutt, Sadie.

Learn more:
Amanda Litman
Run For Something
Amanda on Instagram
Amanda on Facebook

We’d love to hear from you:
In season two we’d love to hear from you, our community. What are your thoughts on re-wilding and living your authentic life? Please call or e-mail us with your story, questions, topics you’d like to explore, guests you’d like us to reach out to…. We’ll even play or read your question live on our show.
E-mail: tendherwild@gmail.com
Or call: 319-354-4062

If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes:
The Power of Healing in Community
Women in Leadership
Women Championing Women
V Fixmer-Oraiz: The Power of Community
Re-Wilding and Motherhood

Work with Betsy & Kate In Person:
Re-Wilding Retreat
Join us for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and transformation in Nosara, Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat Center, May 11-18, 2024.
For more information click here

Follow us:
Instagram
@tendherwild
@dryogamomma
@katemorelandcoaching

Today’s episode supported by:
Kate Moreland Transformational Coaching:
http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com
Heartland Yoga:
http://www.heartlandyoga.com
Dr Yoga Momma:
www.dryogamomma.com

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Partner with us – Tend Her Wild

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How much goodness am I willing to allow in my life? The universe had
been hinting that we should cover the topic of tapping into our full potential
and the things that could possibly be holding us back. Today we cover the
idea that we all have so much more in us than we imagine and have such a
deep capacity to feel good but because we have a limited tolerance for
feeling good we subconsciously sabotage those good feelings.
Today we discuss:
• Our inspirations from the book The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
• The core question is “how much goodness am I willing to allow in my life
and what is getting in the way of the endless flow of abundance
available?”
• In The Big Leap there are four reasons discussed as to why we
sabotage ourselves
• Betsy discusses her experience with the first concept of “feeling
fundamentally flawed”
• How the lessons the subconscious carries can override the system and
tell us that we are fundamentally flawed
• Kate covers the second idea that breaking some kind of commitment
can create feelings of disloyalty and abandonment and why loyalty
became an important concept in her family
• Kate discusses the third point of why we might believe that more
success will bring a bigger burden to those around us
• The fourth idea of the crime of outshining others, of not showing your own genius,
of turning down the volume your own potential to avoid others feeling threatened
of showing distress in your full capacity to deflate the fullness is discussed by Betsy
• The ways in which we sabotage ourselves and how we can find
ourselves in the space of intuition of being in full potential, of being the
wild woman• The zone of genius and being in full potential is where we can fully use
our gifts
• Getting unstuck, expanding your edges, resetting your thermostat and
finding your upper limits
Learn more:
Hendricks Institute
Mentioned today:
• The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level
• Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
• Chakra Healing: Renew Your Life Force with the Chakras’ Seven Energy Centers (The Awakened Life)
• The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Chakras: Renew Your Life Force with the Chakras Seven Energy Centers
We’d love to hear from you:
In season two we’d love to hear from you, our community. What are your
thoughts on re-wilding and living your authentic life? Please call or e-mail
us with your story, questions, topics you’d like to explore, guests you’d like
us to reach out to….
We’ll even play or read your question live on our show.

E-mail: tendherwild@gmail.com
Or call: 319-354-4062

If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes:
The Power of Healing in Community
Intuitive Earth Momma: Meet Monica Basile
Our Ten Year Old Selves
Women Finding Their Voice
The Heroine’s Journey: Reclamation of the Feminine

Work with Betsy & Kate In Person:
Re-Wilding Retreat
Join us for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and
transformation in Nosara, Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat
Center, May 11-18, 2024.
For more information click here

Follow us:
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@dryogamomma
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Today’s episode supported by:
Kate Moreland Transformational Coaching:
http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com
Heartland Yoga:
http://www.heartlandyoga.com
Dr Yoga Momma:
www.dryogamomma.com

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Today we are thrilled to introduce Cate Stillman, a thought leader and true
wild woman who has been prolific in her reach for over 2 decades about
primal habits and Ayurvedic healing. In today’s episode we talk about her
new book “The Witch’s Cancer Journal” which chronicles her relationship to
cancer and the her wild healing journey.
Today we discuss:
• How Cate was born jaundice and spent her first days of life alone in an
incubator, which she now understands as traumatic and the root of
many of her unexplained health issues as a child.
• Her early life experience as a child where nothing made sense except
when she was in the woods with her grandmother.
• The evolution of Cate’s journey to Ayurvedic medicine and living in
Earth’s cycles.
• The arrival of the wounded healer archetype in Cate’s life when she
found out she had cancer, and all the complicated feelings that arose.
• Cate’s cancer journey that has been outside of the box because she
made a choice to follow her intuition rather than the opinions of outside
sources.
• The power of finding vulnerability in the sisterhood, balancing drive and
softness, and the emotional body of the feminine.
• Cate’s journey back to the hospital in Manhattan where she was born,
and the healing ritual she went through to help her reconnect and then
release the birth trauma she experienced.

Bio:
Cate is a thought leader, an entrepreneur, a healer and an influencer. She
has written five books, and has guided a global online tribe into thriving in
body, family and community through innovative yoga and Ayurvedic
teachings since 2001. She is prolific in her reach, and is a leader in
constant evolution.
Learn more:
Yoga Healer
Thrive with Cate Stillman Podcast
Videos and guides to The Witch’s Cancer Journal
Wellness Pro Academy
Club Thrive
Cate on Facebook
Yogahealer Instagram

Buy Cate’s Books:
Body Thrive
Master of You
Uninflamed
Pee Book
How To Scale Your Wellness Business
The Witch’s Cancer Journal

Mentioned today:
Viktor Frankl
Chris Wark

If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes:
The Power of Healing in Community
Women Finding Their Voice
The Heroine’s Journey: Reclamation of the Feminine

Follow us:
Instagram
@tendherwild
@dryogamomma
@katemorelandcoaching

Today’s episode sponsored by:
Kate Moreland coaching:
http://www.katemorelandcoaching.com

Heartland Yoga:

http://www.heartlandyoga.com
Dr Yoga Momma:
www.dryogamomma.com

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Today, we discuss haters, negativity, toxicity and how you can manage and work with it.
Facing the critics (or being one) will happen to all of us and whichever side of it you’re on we
want to have an open and honest conversation about it.
Today we discuss:
• The fear we each have of our internal light and that if we step into our full light we may
experience rejection.
• How when you shine bright, you will be a threat to the system, but in the words of Marianne
Williamson, “do it anyway”.
• The importance of boundaries, and prioritizing being authentic over being liked.
• Vowing to stay away from gossip, the short term bond that erodes trust in the long run.
• Returning to the light and staying in the light as our birthright (and accepting the reality that
there will be more responsibility and pushback)
“Our Deepest Fear” by Marianne Williamson:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful
beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves,
“Who am I to be gorgeous, talented, fabulous?” Actually, who are you not to be? You are a
child of God, your playing small does not serve the world. There’s nothing enlightening about
shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you, we are all meant to shine as
children do, we were born to manifest the glory of God that’s within us, its not just in some of
us, it’s in every one of us and as we let our own light shine we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear our presence automatically
liberates others.”

“I was recently struggling with a boundary issue (yes, still) and I told my therapist I refuse to go
back to saccharine – that I like solid better. Before I really understood how impossible it is to
be compassionate to myself or others when people are taking advantage of me and when I’m
prioritizing being liked over being free, I was much sweeter but less authentic. Now I’m kinder
and less judgmental. But also firmer and more solid. Occasionally salty.” -Brene Brown in
“Atlas of the Heart”

Mentioned today:
• Marianne Willaimson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in
Miracles”
• Brene Brown, Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of
Human Experience
• Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements
• Taylor Swift
If you like this episode, check out previous similar episodes:
• Wisdom From Marianne
• Fierce Love With Presidential Candidate Marianne Williamson

Today’s episode sponsored by:
• DrYogaMomma

• Kate Moreland Coaching
Betsy’s new program integrating Yoga and psychology for mental wellness:
• Yoga For The Mind
Work with Betsy & Kate In Person:
Re-Wilding Retreat
Join us for a week of yoga, meditation, connection, healing, and transformation in Nosara,
Costa Rica at the beautiful Blue Spirit Retreat Center, May 11-18, 2024.
• For more information click here
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@tendherwild
@dryogamomma
@katemorelandcoaching
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