The Womben Wellness Podcast with Usha Anandi is a podcast for women breaking cycles and reclaiming their power through womb healing, cyclical living, and feminine wisdom. Hosted by holistic nutritionist, childbirth educator, full-spectrum doula, folk herbalist, and yoga teacher trainer Usha Anandi, each episode blends science and the sacred to help you live in rhythm with your body and bring the healing your lineage has been waiting for.
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You Need to Be a B*tch to Not Get Sick with Dr. Sarah Campbell
Season 2 · Episode 5
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 • Duration 01:21:48
What if the reason so many women are chronically sick isn't just physical?
If you've ever held in your anger, tried to find the more 'spiritual' route, or bypassed your way to indifference… you'll want to give this one a listen.
In this rich episode with Dr. Sarah Campbell, we sit down and explore how our beliefs influence our health, how to finally belong to ourselves, and how to stop outsourcing our sense of safety.
Dr. Sarah Campbell is a root cause medicine practitioner, mind-body medicine specialist, and creator of the Root Cause Academy. She developed an autoimmune disease in 2021, and what she discovered on the other side completely changed how she practices medicine and how she understands why certain women get sick.
In this episode, we covered… 00:06:21 - The specific archetype of woman who develops autoimmune disease, and why. 00:07:55 - How unmet childhood needs become the invisible constraints running your adult life. 00:09:07 - Why nervous system regulation work alone will never be enough. 00:11:04 - What's actually happening when you keep looking for safety outside yourself. 00:41:32 - The direct link between your relationship with anger and your relationship with boundaries. 00:44:22 - What's underneath rage that most people never touch - and why that matters. 00:47:50 - The fear that stops women from going into their emotions, and why it isn't true. 00:48:36 - The difference between understanding your trauma and actually healing it. 00:59:23 - Why affirmations don't work for most people, and what to do instead. 01:01:59 - Dr. Sarah's take on the "low vibration creates disease" narrative circulating in wellness spaces. 01:04:26 - A reframe of chronic illness that might be hard to hear - and might also change everything. 01:16:16 - The two things Dr. Sarah says are non-negotiable for healing anxiety at its root. 01:19:09 - Why believing in something bigger than yourself isn't spiritual - it's physiological.
Motherhood as Ego Death: Postpartum, Grief & Repair with Rachelle Seliga
Season 2 · Episode 2
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 • Duration 01:27:15
This conversation with Rachelle Seliga is one of the most important I've ever recorded.
I came into this episode feeling activated - because postpartum was one of the hardest, most disorienting thresholds of my life. I got pregnant during COVID, gave birth in deep isolation, and despite years as a doula and womb health educator, postpartum broke me open in ways I never anticipated.
Rachelle and I speak honestly about what postpartum actually is, why six weeks was never enough, and why so many of us are still carrying grief from a time that was never properly held.
In our conversation, we talked about:
00:00 - Introduction & why postpartum was the most activating threshold of Usha's life
01:19 - Why postpartum is an imprint for the mother, baby, and family system
05:31 - How long is postpartum, really? Six weeks, three months, nine months, three years, all of life
11:19 - Co-sleeping, nervous system tracking, and when separation happens on the child's terms
20:09 - Grief and repair when postpartum was never properly held
28:50 - Postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and the power of social support as the real preventative
30:59 - The fracture between maidens and mothers, and why everyone is responsible for supporting mothers
36:16 - The father's role in postpartum and why a partner was never meant to be a village
50:58 - How to build community and real support in the modern world, practically
1:19:22 - How unprocessed material in the mother manifests in the child's body, and why treating the mother heals the child
This episode is not polished. It's a real invitation to grieve what was never given, stop pretending motherhood is meant to be endured alone, and to meet postpartum - and womanhood - with the reverence it deserves.
If you've ever felt undone by motherhood… this conversation is for you.
From Corporate to Circle: What It Really Takes to Lead Women's Healing Spaces
Season 2 · Episode 4
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 • Duration 01:31:17
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Three graduates of my Womb Circle Facilitator Certification - Kelly Rae Kerwin, Melissa O'Malley, and Jennifer Gimeno - join me for a raw, honest conversation about what it actually takes to lead women's healing spaces in the world.
This one is for you if you've ever asked yourself "who am I to do this?". We talk imposter syndrome, the cost of performing vs. sharing, energetic protection, the medicine of circle work, and so much more. These women have done the trainings, made the leaps, and they're here to walk you through it, too.
Here's what you can expect...
00:00 - Opening: "The only time imposter syndrome cannot exist is when you're being yourself"
04:13 - Meet the guests: Melissa the Self-Care Witch, Kelly Rae the birth-worker-turned-energy-healer, and Jenny the ex-hairstylist turned somatic facilitator
11:16 - Leaving the "normal" path: the inner knowing of fuck no and why it's so scary to follow it
13:34 - Jenny's ultimate hack for imposter syndrome (and why it works every single time)
18:10 - Kelly Rae on healing her early-twenties self as the key to stepping into leadership
22:46 - Performing vs. sharing: why performing is exhausting and how one small language shift changes everything
27:19 - Show your scars, not your wounds: how to be vulnerable online without bleeding on your audience
34:21 - Your body is a love story: Jenny on somatics, nervous system safety, and teaching from lived experience
43:28 - What actually happens in your circles when you stop performing and just show up real
47:52 - Melissa on the moment she brought herself into the circle - and how it unlocked everything for her participants
Erotic Liberation: Healing Sexual Shame Without Losing Yourself with The Libido Fairy
Season 2 · Episode 3
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 • Duration 01:15:22
I recently sat down with somatic sex educator and relationship expert Hannah Johnson (The Libido Fairy) to face something that still stirs so much discomfort in me: my own sexuality.
Despite years of teaching womb health, sex has remained a largely private and unspoken topic in public work for me. Growing up in a Catholic household where my body and sexual expression were shamed, I share how early conditioning shaped my relationship to pleasure, desire, and visibility.
Here's what you can expect…
00:00 - Introduction & why sex is still so hard to talk about
03:40 - The anatomy lesson: why women often don't orgasm during sex
08:13 - Knowing your own body before expecting a partner to
12:40 - Live somatic session: working through sexual shame in real time
17:00 - "If I step into my power, I'll lose everyone I love"
26:00 - Why repressing desire makes it stronger, not weaker
33:00 - What self-forgiveness after sexual trauma actually looks like
37:21 - Why women's libido is tied to emotional connection
41:47 - Mismatched libido affects 80% of couples - what to do
01:02:24 - Using fantasy, kink, and imagination to heal and connect
I share personal stories of early sexual exploration, confusion, and the long journey toward understanding my own anatomy and pleasure. Hannah reframes sexual self-knowledge as empowerment, agency, and liberation - encouraging women to reclaim pleasure without waiting to be "rescued."
The conversation moves into a live somatic exploration, where Hannah gently guides me through body-based inquiry around sexual power, fear, and safety.
This episode is an invitation to release shame, reclaim aliveness, and remember that sexual energy, creativity, joy, and power all come from the same source.
The Secret Behind Guiding 11,000 Women in Healing Circles
Season 2 · Episode 2
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 • Duration 39:41
If you feel called to lead healing women's spaces but keep getting stuck in "who's going to take me seriously?" or the sense that you need to be 100% perfect before you lead, listen up.
In this episode, I take you through the secrets behind guiding over 11,000 women in healing circles for the last 11 years.
Transformational healing goes way beyond just being good at "holding space", and in this episode I'll break down for you some of the most important pillars successful graduates of my programs integrate in order to become torchbearers of this work in their communities.
It's time to move out of isolation and back into the circle. In this episode, you'll learn how to share your medicine as we explore:
The truth about Imposter Syndrome
How to differentiate between the fear that keeps you hidden and the healthy barometer that tells you it's time to build a solid framework.
Creating Coherence & Harmony through Principles and Agreements
Why Confidentiality and Choice are the bones of a healing space. When you give women the power to listen to their own bodies over yours, the pressure to be a perfect leader vanishes.
The Kite String of Nervous System Regulation
How to use your own breath and presence to anchor the energy of a room. You'll learn why your own embodiment is the greatest tool you have as a facilitator.
Attunement over Perfection
Why being a levitating, enlightened healer isn't the goal. Real healing happens when you have the capacity to simply be with another woman in her humanity without trying to fix her.
Heal Your Relationship with Men with Alison Armstrong
Season 2 · Episode 1
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 • Duration 01:31:29
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For years, I struggled with my relationship with men. Were they stupid? Inconsiderate? Just plain simple? Society told me YES, but something in my heart told me that I wasn't hearing the whole story.
After finding Alison Armstrong's work, I put away the sword I always had at the ready to cut, slice, and protect myself from men and start relating to them in a healthy way.
In this episode, you'll learn how to do the same as we explore:
Responsibility without shame
Alison reframes responsibility as your part - not blaming yourself for everything, and not blaming men for everything either.
How fear silently shapes our behavior
Many of the ways women shut men down come from fear and frustration (not malice). Understanding this can unlock compassion and real change.
The covert ways we erode connection
Withholding attention, appreciation, admiration, affection, or trust often feels safer than asking directly - but slowly starves intimacy.
Why boundaries create softness
When you trust yourself to set and hold boundaries, you no longer have to walk through the world on guard, making partnership far simpler possible.
Scar Tissue, Numbness & Erotic Freedom with Serena Gold
Season 1 · Episode 10
Tuesday, December 30, 2025 • Duration 01:12:30
This conversation with Serena Gold invites you into a felt experience of the body - how sensation, tension, emotion, and awareness live in the pelvis and ripple through the rest of the system.
We begin with something simple and familiar: one day feeling open, light, and at home in yourself… and the next waking up braced, heavy, and carrying the weight of everything. That moment is a reminder of something we're rarely taught - that the body is not separate from our stress, our sexuality, our emotions, or our history.
About Serena Gold
Serena Gold is a Somatic Sexologist and Pelvic Care Specialist devoted to midwifing transformation for women, men, and couples ready to meet themselves more deeply.
Her work bridges the four domains of pelvic health as whole-body health - biochemistry, biomechanics, emotions, and scar tissue - through a nervous-system-based, body-led approach that brings the sacred back into the flesh.
A SomatIQ Breathwork Practitioner, Erotic Blueprint Lead Coach, and facilitator of kink, tantra, and fantasy, Serena works where science meets soul, and healing meets raw aliveness. Her sessions are equal parts ceremony and initiation - an invitation to reclaim eros, embody truth, and remember the intelligence pulsing inside the soma.
This is a grounded, unshaming, body-led exploration of how women store stress, trauma, and conditioning in the pelvis - and what becomes possible when we slow down enough to listen.
In this conversation, we explore:
🌑 Why pelvic health might be the missing link in how you feel in your body 🌑 How the body remembers stress, trauma, and unspoken experiences 🌑 What numbness, tension, and scar tissue are trying to communicate 🌑 How performance, control, and perfectionism shape pleasure 🌑 Why slowing down restores sensation and safety 🌑 The Erotic Blueprints and how desire actually works 🌑 How relaxation becomes a doorway to embodiment and freedom
We talk about scar tissue as more than a physical phenomenon - how emotional, sexual, and spiritual imprints can live in the tissues, and why some areas of the body won't soften until the story is witnessed. We explore numbness not as something broken, but as a protective strategy of the nervous system. And we name how modern sexuality often mirrors productivity culture - goal-oriented, pressured, disconnected from presence.
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How The Ancient Science of Ayurveda Can Help Women Heal
Season 1 · Episode 9
Tuesday, December 23, 2025 • Duration 01:21:07
In this episode of the Womben Wellness Podcast, I sit down with Ayurvedic physician and women's health expert Dr. Varalakshmi to explore how the world's oldest medical system can help modern women heal from burnout, bloating, and period pain.
Ayurveda, often called the mother of all medicine, gives us a handbook for life - from how to wake, eat, and rest with the seasons to how to live in harmony with our own cyclical nature. Together, we bridge ancient wisdom with modern science to reveal what it really means to live in balance as a woman today.
You'll hear about…
🔥 The Power of Agni: how your digestion shapes your mood, metabolism, and menstrual health
🌿 Your Unique Formula: understanding Prakruti + Vikruti and why there's no one-size-fits-all approach to health
🩸 The Doshas of the Menstrual Cycle: how Vata, Pitta, and Kapha move through your body each month
And so much more.
If you've ever felt confused about how to balance your hormones and how to reclaim your body's natural rhythm, this conversation could bring you some much-needed clarity.
Learn more about Dr. Varalakshmi 🌐 Website www.drvaralakshmi.com 📸 Instagram: @drvaraayurveda
Healing Lyme Disease & Chronic Illness with Bee Venom Therapy with Joy McEwen
Season 1 · Episode 8
Monday, December 15, 2025 • Duration 01:04:29
In this powerful episode of the Womben Wellness Podcast, I sit down with the woman who helped me heal naturally from lyme disease using bee venom therapy. After a Lyme disease diagnosis, I was at a loss. How could I be unwell, while my whole life was centered around wellness? How would I continue to provide for my daughter as a single mother when my body was degenerating? That's when I turned to nature's medicine to reclaim my health - and it worked. This conversation reveals how the healing power of bees can unlock wellness on a cellular level - please share with anyone moving through chronic illness or a difficult diagnosis. Joy McEwen is a beekeeper with over 25 years of experience keeping bees using organic and biodynamic methods. She is on the Board of the American Apitherapy Society and the International Federation of Apitherapy. She is also the Chair of the Medicinal Keeping Commission for the International Federation of Apitherapy and the author of Guidelines for Medicinal Beekeeping. We dive into: 🐝 Bee Venom Therapy - How getting stung by bees activates your immune system, clears chronic pain, and supports healing from Lyme disease, autoimmune conditions, and more. 🧬 Healing the Nervous System - How bee venom therapy works through the central nervous system, offering an alternative to traditional treatments. 💥 Mind-Body Connection - The physical and emotional shifts that happen when we trust nature's medicine, with a personal story of Usha's transformation. 🌿 The Sacredness of Bees - Why beekeeping and using bees as medicine has been an essential part of Joy's life for over 25 years. 🔥 The Power of Initiation - How bee venom therapy isn't just a physical treatment, but a deeply spiritual experience that can change the way we relate to our bodies and the Earth. 🧘♀️ The Role of Willingness in Healing - What it takes to commit to the healing process, including the willingness to feel discomfort and trust in nature's wisdom. If you're curious about alternative healing methods or are struggling with chronic illness, I really hope this episode will leave you inspired. All the answers are in nature - it's just on us to tune in. Connect + Continue 🔥 Get Undomesticated 🔥 Register now for Liberated Womb: http://bit.ly/4pVyao3 💌 Get my weekly Womben Wellness Tea Newsletter: https://www.go.wombenwellness.com/join 🌐 Website: https://www.wombenwellness.com 📸 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wombenwellness Want to learn more about Joy's work and bee venom therapy? Get 5% off her Apitherapy course by using the link below, or with the following coupon code: WOMBEN5 🌐 Website: https://digginlivin.mykajabi.com/offers/UkdkCG4x?coupon_code=WOMBEN5 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diggin_livin_farm_and_apiaries/ If this episode sparked your curiosity, I invite you to drop a comment with your thoughts, or share it on Instagram and tag me.
Release Shame & Good Girl Conditioning with Shannon Tinder
Season 1 · Episode 7
Monday, December 8, 2025 • Duration 01:12:09
In this episode of the Womben Wellness Podcast, I sit down with pelvic therapist and energy worker Shannon Tinder to dive into a part of the body most women only meet in pain or during a pap smear: the pelvic bowl.
Shannon Tinder is a Holistic healer, Intuitive Guide, and Earth Medicine Mama. She brings over 25 years of experience in women's health, somatic healing, and energy work. Her approach blends herbal wisdom, body-based practices, and ceremonial living to support deep healing and transformation.
From internal vaginal work to anal release, we explore how the tissues of the pelvis hold memories, trauma, and survival strategies - and how gentle, consent-based touch can help you unwind years of tension, shame, and "good girl" conditioning.
If you've ever experienced pain during sex, numbness, prolapse, postpartum depletion, or that deep sense of hypervigilance that lives right at your tailbone, you should definitely tune in for this one.
You'll hear about…
What internal pelvic work really is Not " orgasm coaching," but slow fascial unwinding of the vagina, cervix, labia and pelvic bowl to release stored tension and shame.
How trauma can surface when the body finally feels safe Shannon shares clients' stories of recovering long-buried memories of childhood abuse after internal work
Postpartum pelvic care nobody told you about Why birth leaves the pelvis "cold," how warmth and rest prevent prolapse, and simple at-home practices (steaming, wraps, castor packs, Moxa, self-massage) to restore vitality.
Pain during sex as a message, not a life sentence The many reasons sex can hurt - from oxalates and diet to scar tissue and unsafe partners - and how to discern when your body is saying "no more."
Hypervigilance, control & the "tight a$$" survival pattern How chronic stress, motherhood, people-pleasing and constantly "tracking" everyone else's needs show up as clenching in the anus, sacrum, and pelvic floor.
Working with numbness & disconnection from your pelvis Step-by-step ways to begin feeling again: heart-womb/pelvic breathing, belly massage, pelvic mapping, and using your own hands as medicine.
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Melissa O'Malley is a healing circle facilitator, coach, and birth and postpartum doula devoted to creating spaces for embodied and cyclical healing. With a Master's degree in Clinical Counseling, she spent years facilitating therapeutic groups and community healing circles, weaving together psychological insight, ritual, and somatic practice.
Over time, her work has deepened to intentionally include womb wisdom, moon work, and body-based healing, alongside breathwork and sacred ceremony. Melissa has facilitated over 600 circles across clinical and community settings and is passionate about creating spaces where people feel safe to be seen, witnessed, and transformed in community.
Jennifer is a somatic and embodiment guide devoted to helping women remember who they are through the wisdom of their bodies. Motherhood and her own seasons of becoming taught her that we don't need to fix ourselves, we need to listen more deeply.
Jennifer guides women back into self-trust, nervous system understanding, and embodied truth so they can thrive without abandoning themselves.
Kelly Rae Kerwin is an integrative spiritual mentor devoted to guiding women back to their innate power. Before stepping into the Womb Circle Facilitator Certification, she was already holding sacred ceremonies and spaces for women, rooted in grounded healing, embodiment, and deep spiritual remembrance. What began as professional expansion became a profound personal initiation. Within the container of the certification, Kelly was able to tend to deep sisterhood wounds in a way that hadn't been accessible anywhere else - transforming not just her facilitation, but her relationship to feminine community itself.
Hannah is a sex educator and coach with a specialty in helping women in relationships increase libido and enjoy sex. If you'd like to explore your sexuality with her, check out her free Libido Quiz here: https://freebies.thelibidofairy.com/libido-quiz
Why being understood doesn't always change behavior
Many men are wired to prioritize productivity and duty over feelings - which means talking about hurt doesn't always lead to different action.
Attraction, novelty, and trust
Attraction is hardwired; choice is behavior. What matters most isn't what catches someone's eye - it's where their energy, commitment, and care consistently go.
This episode is an invitation to step out of defensiveness and into partnership - with clarity, compassion, and agency.
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Serena also introduces the Erotic Blueprints, a framework that helps women understand how they're wired for pleasure, why certain types of touch shut them down, and how to reclaim desire without forcing or fixing themselves.
This episode is for you if you feel disconnected from your pelvis, overwhelmed by stress that lives in your body, curious about eroticism beyond performance, or ready to come home to yourself through sensation, softness, and truth.
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Why you can't think your way to healing The limits of talk therapy, why the body moves at its own pace, and the power of somatic work to do what the mind can't.
