Ep. 166 #UNFILTERED Winter Solstice 2020 :: Connection & Rebirth in the Dark

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#UNFILTERED Winter Solstice 2020 :: Connection & Rebirth in the Dark

Winter Solstice blessings <3 We are back with our seasonal check-in, ready to dive into this Winter Solstice and one of the biggest astrological events of our time called The Great Conjunction! As we enter this magical time of dark and rebirth… we’re reflecting upon our collective experience of rebirthing a new consciousness, and the Aquarian age. 

In this episode, we chat about getting comfortable with being uncomfortable, the influence of Saturnian energy, and why it’s critical to honor your desires and boundaries. We touch on the art of asking for what you need and the art of saying no, and offer practical ways to draw down the astrological energies and support yourself, including making homemade potpourri, warming rooting foods and herbs, and practices sharing medicine with the community and loved ones. We include a tarot card reading, guiding us to liberation from mental and emotional prisons within the self. We also share a helpful assessment tool that we love to gauge the level of nourishment or care that you need.

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Resources

Andrea Nakayama + FxNA 15 Minute Matrix Podcast

Feed Your Wild Ep 136: Stepping Into Your Circle Of Influence During The Pandemic With Andrea Nakayama

Feed Your Wild Ep 24 Healing, Evolving and Re-wilding with Tarot: Aligning with Your Soul’s Truth with Lindsay Mack

Ask Us Your Top Q's!

Go to wildlyrooted.com/podcastconnect to send us your top questions around health + wellness, nutrition + herbalism, natural cycles + intuition, & your top challenges. You can now leave us a voice message!

Connect with Venessa @wildlyrooted

Connect with Megan @amethyst_and_rose

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Ep. 165 {SOLO} Total Solar Eclipse New Moon in Sagittarius :: Root Work for Change

In this solo/moon musing episode, we’re tuning into this Total Solar Eclipse New Moon in Sagittarius! Are you feeling the spark of change? With future oriented, freedom-loving, expansive Sagittarius energy abound, there is fresh abundant energy and a potent portal for new beginnings as we share this moment of personal and collective release and change.

We cover how to best support yourself during this time, why hips don’t lie, navigating growing pains or “ascension symptoms,” and re-membering to live from the inside-out as we birth a new consciousness.

With the element of fire as our teacher, we dive into Sagittarius-supportive herbs, plus some foods and practices to support our radical root chakra, including a guided meditation and root energy clearing I'm offering as a ritual for the New Moon (tune into the second half of the episode to follow along)

This powerful Solar Eclipse New Moon lines us up energetically for the upcoming Winter Solstice and The Great Conjunction, urging us to get clear on our heart’s intentions and what needs to go for us to say YES to the fullest expression of our soul’s path.

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Ep. 164 Renegade Beauty: Sun Medicine & Cosmic Pollination with Nadine Artemis

In this episode, we’re speaking with Nadine Artemis, beauty philosopher, aromacologist, and botanical muse, founder of Living Libations and author of her latest book Renegade Beauty: Reveal and Revive Your Natural Radiance and Holistic Dental Care. 

Nadine shares when the seeds of her business and soul work with Living Libations and her role as a plant alchemist & beauty philosopher were first planted

You’ll learn what cosmoetics means and how we can bring in the confluence of the Cosmo, from the meteorites that plant microbes on our planet to the carbon content of our cells. We talk about the power of the Sun and our innate need for “cosmic pollination,” and how our blood, hormones, and skin are aroused by the warm wavelengths of Creation. Nadine shares practical tips on communing with the sun in a safe and effective way, including best timing, various ways to engage with sunlight, what to eat for “internal sunscreen”, and more.

Nadine also weighs in on fear of the sun, and dispels myths connecting sun exposure to cancer, aging skin, and other ailments. 

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Nadine shares when the seeds of her business and soul work with Living Libations and her role as a plant alchemist & beauty philosopher were first planted

• How Nadine believes her super power growing up was knowing what she did NOT want

• How we share microbes with meteorites 

• Why beauty is inextricably bound to health

• Nadine explains what cosmoetics means and how we can bring in the confluence of the Cosmo, from the meteorites that plant microbes on our planet to the carbon content of our cells

• Cosmic pollination and engaging with the Sun as our form of photosynthesis and the ways the full spectrum solar frequencies aids our evolution

• Nadine breaks down the incredible process of vitamin D production from sun to skin to cells

• The difference between natural forms of vitamin D created from Sun exposure versus supplementation

• The lowdown on vitamin D Receptors (VDRs) and our immune system

• Sun worshipping - throughout the world, how the sun played a central role in health and culture

• The best time to be out in the sun for optimal health and exposure

• “Diseases of darkness” like rickets, tuberculosis, etc

• How we’ve been lobbied into loss of sunlight within past 50-60 years

• 3,000+ studies show how sufficiency in vitamin D levels can lower one’s risk of many diseases, including reducing risk of breast cancer by nearly 50%

• Nadine’s personal journey with the sun and how her relationship has evolved over the years

• How to build up tolerance for sun to maximize the health benefits and vitamin D production

• Morning sun to solar noon - the best sun of the day to get exposure and sungazing 

• Hydration and eating foods rich in pigments (eating the rainbow!) helps support tolerance and utilization of sunlight in the body

• Issues with conventional sunscreen - how it divides sun rays and omits healthful UV rays leading to damage, as we require full spectrum

• How living closer to the equator and increased sun exposure is linked to decreased risk of melanoma

• Nadine speaks to fears around melanoma and basal cell carcinoma, and cites Bernard A. Ackerman’s book, the founding father of dermatopathology, as a resource that undoes the myths of melanoma and the sun

• The link between low vitamin D in pregnancy and juvenile diabetes

• Nadine’s transformational 25-day run of sungazing

• How the sun (the elements) and plants awaken our Circadian Rhythms

• Sun-protective levels of various plant oils including jojoba, coconut oil, red raspberry seed, and how various plant oils “course correct” the sun reactivity

• How zinc works as a sun-protective mineral and sunblock

• What to eat for “internal sunscreen” including pigment-rich foods (the rainbow!) suck as sea buckthorn and Astaxanthin

• The real cause of age spots and wrinkles, why diet is critical for healthy skin

• The insidious way the industrial “food” industry impacts our skin and vitamin D production

• Practical ways to shift the terrain of our gut and skin microbiome

• Nadine’s Stop, Seal, and Seed method, the importance of tending to the microbiome of our gut and skin, and how to fortify your skin

• Why you want to put down the soap for the health of your skin and cleanse with oil

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Connect With Nadine Artemis

Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest

Nadine’s book Renegade Beauty: Reveal and Revive Your Natural Radiance - Beauty Secrets, Solutions, and Preparations

Resources

The Sun And The Epidemic Of Melanoma: Myth On Myth by Bernard A. Ackerman

Products mentioned in this episode:

Everybody Love the Sunshine

Best Skin Ever - Seabuckthorn, Rose, Sandalwood, Frankincense

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

Wildly Rooted Resources

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Ep. 162 Merging Akashic Record Wisdom with Functional Nutrition for True Healing on the Mojo Mecca

This week I had a pull to share this episode I had previously recorded with Chloe Slattery on her podcast The Mojo Mecca, with the Feed Your Wild audience. I loved this conversation and felt it would be helpful for some to hear my own journey, work with Akashic Records, and insight into “healing” and soul work. Chloe and I discuss:

- My upbringing, Puerto Rican ancestry and traditions + the passing of my mother as a catalyst of change and a deepening into the world of nutrition and healing.

- The Akashic Records: the 'cosmic database' that they are, what they can teach us, and how I work with them to help people in their healing processes.

- Strengthening your spiritual gifts through regularly committing to access that space

- The non-linear aspect of 'time' and how our minds may think we need to 'heal' at one pace, whereas from a soul perspective the timeline is a lot more expansive and integrative.

- Past lives and ancestral beliefs/patterns/messages that we can have access to for our healing.

- Integrating 'soul work' as a career, pricing your work and finding balance.

- The importance of groundedness in 're-wilding' to appreciation of this human life and this precious planet we're on.

- The danger of 'diet dogma' and the real essence of 'intuitive eating' as a healing modality for our bodies.

And lots more!

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Connect With Chloe Slattery + The Mojo Mecca Podcast

Website | Instagram | Facebook | Youtube

The Mojo Mecca Podcast on Soundcloud

Chloe on Feed Your Wild Ep 110 Conscious Creation :: Merging Media, Healing, Artistry & Business with Chloe Slattery of The Mojo Mecca

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

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Ep. 161 Human Design: Cultivating Sovereignty & Unearthing Your Purpose with Jas the Moon Mother

In this episode, we’re speaking with Human Design guide & Empowerment coach Jas The Moon Mother. You’ll learn about human design, what it is, and how Jas was called to this incredible system through her own existential questions about her purpose and identity.

Jas does a full breakdown of each type, strategy, authority, profile (and what these are!) - and Jas says focusing on these four things will be the catalyst for the deepest transformation in your life! Jas has advice for how to begin working with Human Design and how to break through the conditionings that have been on autopilot for your entire life. We touch on human design + self-sovereignty, the various ways of “digesting”, and Human Design’s unique way of lifting us up and out of the hamster wheel of survival, lack mentality, and unconscious ways of living and being. 

Jas and Venessa share about their respective Human Design, what they have in common, and personal stories and Ahas that have been illuminated through this comprehensive system. 

Follow along with your Human Design chart and let us know your takeaways!

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• What is Human Design

• How Jas was called to Human Design and how her existential questions about her purpose and who she led her down a path of trying all different kinds of modalities, healing paths

• Jas does a full breakdown of each type, strategy, authority, profile - Jas says focusing on these four things will be the catalyst for the deepest transformation in your life!

• Jas’ advice for how to get started, begin working with Human Design and living your design

• How Human Design can support your Self sovereignty and help you break through the beliefs that have been on autopilot for your entire life

• How there are various different ways of “digesting” and no one right way of eating or right diet for everyone

• Jas gives real life examples of her own clients discovering themselves through their design, and how doing this work will begin to break down our programmed conditionings so we can begin to choose our own

• How Jas cultivated trust in herself and her body, and how her body plays a key role in her decision making process 

• Jas’ view of our bodies as time travelling machines and how tap into our body’s wisdom

• The importance of alignment in our root, sacral and solar plexus chakras as it relates to living our purpose

• How to get out of the hamster wheel of survival, lack mentality, and unconscious ways of finding intimacy 

• Jas and Venessa share about their respective Human Design, what they have in common, and personal stories and Ahas that have been illuminated through this comprehensive system

1. Summary of Human Design elements we cover:

   • Types: Manifestors, Projectors, Generators, Manifesting Generators, Reflectors

   • Strategies: 

     • Manifestors: To inform (no need to wait or ask for permission)

     • Generators: To respond

     • Manifesting Generators: To respond

     • Projectors: Wait for an invitation

     • Reflectors: Wait a lunar cycle

   • Authorities - taking back our sovereignty

     • Sacral  for generators and manifesting generators

     • Emotional/Solar Plexus

     • Splenic

     • Ego/Heart Authority

     • Self/Identity/G

     • Environmental/Mental Projector

     • Lunar/Moon

   • Profile Lines - how we are here to unearth our purpose

   • First line is conscious - you have a conscious knowing of this

   • Second line is subconscious - lives within the body

     • 1: Investigators: getting to the bottom of things

     • 2: Hermit: “Magicians” - natural gifts

     • 3: Martyr: “Alchemists” - now how to transmute energy through trial and error and experimentation

     • 4: Opportunist: The Connector and “Infinite friend” - unearth purpose through your network

     • 5: Heretic: “The Great Guide” - have come to a truth and spreading the message of this truth

     • 6 Role Model: Transition and 3 phases of life - Phase I is trial and error; Phase II is integration; Phase III is becoming a role model “Wise Womxn” phase

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Connect With Jas Offor-Verville

Website | Instagram

Soul Map

Soulfully Selling by Design

Resources

Human Design Chart resources: Grab your chart using any of the below websites and follow along with this episode!

https://www.geneticmatrix.com/

https://www.mybodygraph.com/

https://www.jovianarchive.com/ 

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

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Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

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Ep. 159 {Encore} Navigating The Stars And Talking To Dead People: Astrology + Mediumship With Jessica Lanyadoo

“Your soul does not reside in your body, instead your body resides within your soul. The body is an articulation of the soul’s lessons.” 
– Jessica Lanyadoo

This week we are rebroadcasting our episode with Jessica Lanyadoo, Navigating the Starts and Talking to Dead People: Astrology and Mediumship in time for Samhain, Halloween and El Día de los Muertos where the veil between the physical world and the spirit world wear thin! This episode also synchronistically aired two years ago during Mercury Retrograde as well :)

Since the original airing, Jessica has created her own amazing twice weekly astrology and advice podcast Ghost of A Podcast which is so much fun and super practical + inspiring. Jessica has also released a wonderful book called Astrology For Real Relationships.

In this episode, I’m excited to be speaking with Jessica Lanyadoo, an internationally respected Astrologer and Psychic Medium, who is currently the resident astrologer for Girlboss and The Hoodwitch in the US, and Chatelaine in Canada.

We talk about the reasons behind the recent explosion of astrology into mainstream and how medical astrology can help us understand how to live better in our physical body, plus tips on how to embody information received thru astrology without getting overwhelmed.

We also talk about psychic mediumship and animal communication - how Jessica discovered her intuitive gifts and what happens when we die according to her experience talking with dead people, plus how to talk to animals.

Jessica shares words of advice for people who want to support their own intuition and abilities, including the vital importance of spiritual and energetic hygiene.

This was such a fun interview, but there are a few places with some sound tech weirdness. It’s not terrible – just wanted to give you a head’s up. And yes, we recorded right at the start of Mercury retrograde because we are daredevils like that, so perhaps that’s what we get. We survived and thank goodness we did because this interview is going to blow your esoteric socks off. Enjoy!

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Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Jessica got started in Astrology when she was 12!

• The importance of finding good sources for astrology and vetted astrologists with experience, not the Google

• What can astrology help people with and the different ways that one can work with astrology either as a practice or helping with navigating their life

• How the internet, capitalism and disillusionment have influenced the trend of the expansion of astrology into mainstream, and how astrology can help people to explore their own form of divinity and connection

• How medical astrology can help us look at the physical needs of our material body

• Who Jessica considers to be her “Beyonce” of astrology

• Jessica's advice for folks looking to get into astrology seriously

• How Jessica began connecting with your medium gift to begin using it in support of others, plus words of advice for people who want to support their own intuition and abilities... hint: be present in your body!

• How animals communicate and how you can begin practicing talking to your animals friends!

• The importance of spiritual and energetic hygiene and why you might want to think twice before taking drugs while communicating with dead people

• How to keep going, even when you think you have failed or want to give up

Tweetables

"When it comes to healing, it’s essential to use discretion and self-reference."

“More information is not better. Quality information is better.”

"It’s ok for it to be messy, it’s ok to not have an answer."

"Trust yourself above all else."

Connect With Jessica Lanyadoo

Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter

Jessica’s Podcast: Ghost of A Podcast

Jessica’s Book: Astrology for Real Relationships

Resources + Links Mentioned

Aspects and Personality by Karen Hamaker-Zondag*

The Twelfth House: The Hidden Power in the Horoscope by Karen Hamaker-Zondag*

Planets in Transit: Life Cycles for Living by Robert Hand*

Love, Intimacy, and You - What the Planets Have to Say

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Ep. 158 Decolonizing Creativity & Conspiring for Collective Liberation with Erika Rose Santoro

In this conversation, we’re speaking with Erika Rose Santoro, a multidimensional artist, liberator and teacher of transformation and self-healing.  As a visionary leadership guide, intuitive energy alchemist & creative strategist, she puts ancient forces to work for modern strategies. For 20 years, Erika operated as a Creative Business Partner and trusted advisor to Grammy-winning recording artist Alicia Keys.

In this episode, we continue the themes of sovereignty and liberation through the lens of creativity and embodiment with Erika as our guide. Having been plugged into the mainstream Collective energy of the masses thru the entertainment industry, then finding her way with her own identity, Erica talks about the process of becoming a deather, a birther, and grounding thru majorly ungrounding times.  Erika shares her non-negotiable grounding practices and how to rebuild connection to our cyclical nature as we shift into a new paradigm. 

Erica talks about how creativity has been deeply colonized and how the moon helps her to go beyond the colonial mindset of always “doing.” Erika tells the story of her incredible initiation in Egypt and what it taught her about conspiring for each other’s liberation. Erika shares about her surprising relationship with obedience and how surrendering to deep listening has led her down a wild path of self discovery.

Check out Erika’s cultural arts venture Rooted and Wild - an oasis for the emerging paradigm where thought leaders, artists, & change-makers can reconnect with land, themselves, and do the healing work to design our more beautiful world.

Erika shares potent words of advice and encouragement for listeners during polarizing and challenging times in this talk... I encourage you to surrender to your deep listening as we go into this journey and conversation together!

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Erika’s understanding about her life’s work, a reframe of “what is it that we do” to “who are we being”, and how Erika views herself as a deather as well as birther

• Erika’s journey with her own identity, her experience in celebrity culture working with Alicia Keys, and her process of “deathing” and moving through loss as part of her evolution

• How she found her grounding through major experiences of ungrounding

• How Erika’s daily devotional dancing serves as a divine embodied “transcendance” process, keeping her rooted and divinely connected

• The importance of studying Mother Nature to understand cyclical nature and omega/feminine energetic principles

• Erika reminds us of the knowing and trust that love is having its way even amidst total chaos

• Cosmic themes including the procession of the equinoxes, our collective 26,000 year cycle, and how we are waking up out of the halfway mark in terms of conscious evolution

• What “decolonizing creativity” means to Erika, and how the moon helps her to go beyond the the colonial mindset of “doing” and “production” 

• Erika offers ways to reframe how you create and how to move through the trauma around creativity with nature

• Erika's incredible initiation in Egypt and what it taught her about conspiring for each other’s liberation

• Venessa and Erika discuss Tarot cards pulled and their themes + significance 

• Why liberation work and connecting with nature are critical as we move deeper with technology

• Erika shares about her cultural arts venture Rooted and Wild - an oasis for the emerging paradigm where thought leaders, artists, change-makers can reconnect with land, themselves, and do the healing work to design our more beautiful world

• Erika’s words of advice and encouragement for listeners during polarizing and challenging times

• Erika’s journey with the medicine of obedience, the power of deep listening, and all the lessons she’s learning along the way

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Connect With Erika Rose Santoro

Website | Instagram

Rooted and Wild website: https://www.rootedandwild.org/

Rooted and Wild Instagram

Resources

Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chödrön

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

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Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

To make a contribution, head to the Patreon page here.

If you would like to make a one-time contribution, you may use our personal Venmo Link here and offer any dollar amount you'd like - send to @WildlyRooted: https://venmo.com/WildlyRooted

Thank you as every penny counts toward supporting this work! xo

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Ep. 157 A Holistic Look at Depression & Antidepressant Myths with Dr. Jodie Skillicorn

As our world has shifted, so many of folx have experienced a major impact on their emotional and mental well-being. This conversation with Dr. Jodie Skillicorn, a holistic psychiatrist who believes strongly in the body’s innate healing powers, is important for these times where depression and anxiety are on the rise. In this episode, we discuss psychiatric medication including antidepressants, the research history behind them, debunking myths and why it's important to understand the landscape and "insanity of conventional psychiatry."

Dr. Jodie talks about the power of placebo and the nocebo effect, how you can tap into your inner power of self-healing, and the importance of the nervous system when it comes to any type of mental health challenge. Dr. Jodie leaves us with an empowering message, illuminating the power of our mind, the plasticity of our brain, and the resilience of our Spirit.

Her book Healing Depression Without Medication debunks the mythology of the neurochemical imbalance and alleged effectiveness of antidepressants. Dr. Jodie Skillicorn offers another way of treating depression by getting to the root causes and  empowering readers to become agents of their own wholeness and healing.  If you are one of the 300 million adults around the world  suffering from depression and a lifetime of ineffective medications who long to flourish and thrive, this interview and book is for you.

To be clear, this podcast is not against antidepressants, it is pro informed consent and having ALL the data to make the best decision for you. Please work with a qualified licensed practitioner if you need support! ⁠

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Jodie sheds light on the landscape of psychiatric medication, staggering stats of rates of prescription medication and how over 2 million children are on antidepressants

• Debunking the myth of neurochemical imbalance - the idea that our brains and chemistry are flawed

• Jodie cites landmark studies that demonstrate bias in the research and how pharmaceutical companies can control what research gets published, as well as twist information to skew the conclusion and findings

• Jodie’s pathway into the medical world and psychiatry, her journey with Grave’s disease (an autoimmune thyroid disorder) and healing naturally, and why she decided to treat mental challenges with a holistic approach

• How antidepressant medication pushes neurochemistry out of balance and leads to many side effects (the same effects that often accompany depression in the first place)

• How one of the most dangerous side effects of the antidepressant is disempowerment

• How studies show that those who are on antidepressants long term are found to do worse overtime, and the risk of suicide increases (especially for children)

• How research on antidepressants has shown 80% of benefits are coming from placebo effect, not from the medication itself; and how there’s hardly any benefit for mild to moderate depression that result directly from the medication

• How only 50% of the research and evidence is available to public, and 50% is hidden

• The power of placebo, “nocebo” effect, and Jodie shares case studies that demonstrate the efficacy of placebo

• Why Jodie doesn’t often prescribe psych medication (only 1 time in the past 7 years!) and when she feels it can be supportive

• Jodie’s thoughts on medication for anxiety, and more severe diagnoses of bipolar and schizophrenia

• How 80% of people who are on psychiatric medication get withdrawal symptoms when getting off of them

• Why it’s problematic to insinuate that there is a “normal” set point for brain chemistry

• Where Jodie starts with patients when starting a healing journey for mental challenges, the importance of calming the nervous system and why breath is a powerful anchor in her work

• How belly breathing for 20 min a day, for 6-8 weeks changes the structure of brain and makes it less reactive

• How 20 years of data shows that exercise works better than any antidepressant, and how as little as 8 minutes of movement can improve mood

• The importance of having a motivation partner and little ways to increase movement throughout your day to support your mental health

• Researcher Joanna Moncrieff’s comparison of the use of antidepressants to the use of alcohol - used to soothe and cope anxiety, depression, sleep issues, etc but does not address the root issue, and how they could exacerbate the issue

• The dangers of disempowerment within conventional treatment and the challenge with getting off medication

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Connect With Jodie Skillicorn, DO

Website | Facebook | Instagram

Jodie’s book: Healing Depression Without Medication 

Resources

Selective Attention Test Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo 

Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom by Christian Northrup

Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

Get access to this 6-module audio program for free!

You’ll learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...) 

Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

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Ep. 155 Unleash Your Impact :: The Art of Space Holding & Activating Your Uninhibited Queen with Ashley Burnett

Today we’re speaking with my good friend Ashley Burnett, women’s leadership coach, dancer, women’s circle + retreat facilitator and earth-based ritualist. We had Ashley on the podcast before and she came into my life at a time when I was really in need of clarity and expansion in stepping into my soul path and business. 2020 has been a rollercoaster and crucible for so many - forcing us to get clear on what it is we are here to do, how we show up, and reassess our life path and goals. If you feel like you are at a crossroads, you are not alone!

In this episode, we talk about the Uninhibited Queen archetype - what is it, Ashley’s personal journey with this energy, and how embodying Queen confidence will make radical shifts in your life experience. We discuss why it’s critical for you to fully own your value, take up your space, be seen, and the importance of creating safe and strong containers for your community.

Ashley talks about the art of advanced space holding - why it’s critical for our collective evolutionary process, and how honing the art & skills of space holding can support your community, business, and your personal life.

We get into energetic hygiene and why it is critical when doing any kind of group work or one-on-one support, and simple practices you can implement right away.

Ashley shares how to make an impact with group work while supporting your community AND your livelihood, and how group work helped Ashley to scale her impact and revenue past 6 figures.

At the end, Ashely talks about two exciting events: 

(1) A (totally free) workshop Oct. 1, on the full moon in Aries: The Art Of Advanced Space-holding: 5 Queen Skills To Fill Your Groups, Surge Your Cashflow & Retain Your Community

(2) Ashley’s upcoming virtual program Unleash Your Impact PLUS a very special BONUS offer from me if you join us using my link (including an Akashic Record Training with me that I only share with my 90 day program clients!)

To learn more, go to http://www.wildlyrooted.com/unleashyourimpact

SEE THE “RESOURCES” SECTION BELOW FOR MORE INFO!

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Ashley’s entrepreneurship journey, from dancer to health coach to business and leadership guide

• Uninhibited Queen archetype - what is it, Ashley’s personal journey with this energy, and how embodying Queen confidence will make radical shifts in your life experience

• What the Queen archetype has taught Ashley and Venessa

• Why it’s critical for you to fully own your value, take up your space, and being seen

• The importance of creating safe and strong containers for your community and the benefit to you as a business owner of having these containers

• The art of advanced space holding - why it’s critical for our collective evolutionary process, and how honing the art & skills of space holding can support your community, business, and your personal life

• How to create a safe + brave, supportive space for community to build sense of connection and belonging that creates long-term relationships

• Advice on how to create a sustainable business and life, particularly in challenging times

• How to make an impact with group work while supporting your community AND your livelihood

• How group work helped Ashley to scale her revenue past 6 figures and impact

• Why energetic hygiene is critical when doing any kind of group work or one-on-one support, and simple practices you can implement right away

• How womxn are natural givers and why it’s so important to empower holistic creative heart-centered womxn in community to make radical shifts in this world

• Ashley’s upcoming workshop on the full moon in Aries (Thurs Oct 1) The Art Of Advanced Space-holding: 5 Queen Skills to Fill Your Groups, Surge Your Cashflow & Retain Your Community

• And her upcoming program Unleash Your Impact - How to double-triple your revenue by leading groups in an aligned way that supports your community

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Connect With Ashley Burnett

Website | Facebook | Instagram

Ashley’s ebook: 11 Core Mindsets of an Uninhibited Business QUEEN to radically boost your self-assurance, surge your income and positively change the world

Feed Your Wild Podcast Ep 28 How to Go From Confusion + Burn Out --> Clarity, Pleasure + Purpose: Uncovering Ancient Wisdom for Impactful Leadership With Ashley Burnett

Resources

Ashley’s (totally free) workshop Oct. 1, on the full moon in Aries:

The Art Of Advanced Space-holding: 5 Queen Skills To Fill Your Groups, Surge Your Cashflow & Retain Your Community

UNLEASH YOUR IMPACT x WILDLY ROOTED

In her workshop, you’ll also learn about Ashley’s upcoming virtual program: Unleash Your Impact PLUS a very special BONUS offer from ME if you join us using my link!

Because I love and believe in Ashley’s program so much, I’m including an Akashic Record training with me that I only share with my 90 day program clients if you join Ashley’s program using my unique link! Here’s a sneak peak at what you’ll get…

• BONUS #1 :: Access to my AKASHIC INITIATION program where you’ll learn about the Akashic Records, how to work with them, and become an initiate of the Akashic Records to start your intuitive journey using the Akashic Records for your life and business! (This program is ONLY available in my higher-investment 90-Day programs, but now it’s available to you!)

• BONUS #2 :: Access to 30 Days of support in our private UNLEASH x WILDLY ROOTED Facebook group where you’ll commune with other amazing, like-hearted womxn and connection to Venessa

• BONUS #3 :: 1 LIVE Q&A + Akashic Soul Nourishment Group Call with Venessa where we’ll dive into 1:1 hot seat coaching, answering your questions, & live intuitive readings

To learn more, go to http://www.wildlyrooted.com/unleashyourimpact

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

To make a contribution, head to the Patreon page here.

If you would like to make a one-time contribution, you may use our personal Venmo Link here and offer any dollar amount you'd like - send to @WildlyRooted: https://venmo.com/WildlyRooted

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Ep. 154 #UNFILTERED Fall Equinox 2020 :: Moving thru Heat, Unearthing the Gifts

Welcome back to FYW #UNFILTERED Moon Musings with Venessa & Megan!

What are #UNFILTERED Moon Musings?

These #UNFILTERED episodes are a hybrid of moon musings + convo + QA answering your top questions about holistic health, nutrition, herbs, moon cycles, and earth-based medicine. Connecting to the moon cycles can be a powerful way to tap into your inner wild and wise self…

BUT we need YOUR help! Send us your questions and comments by clicking here, we can't wait to hang out with you <3

This Episode's Theme...

#UNFILTERED Fall Equinox 2020 :: Moving thru Heat, Unearthing the Gifts

Fall Equinox blessings <3 We are back with our seasonal quarterly check-in, this time feeling into the energetics and themes of this Fall Equinox, Mars retrograde, and Full Moon in Aries. So. Much. Fire! As we continue our journey with the global pandemic, sociopolitical shakiness, and wildfires raging… we’re reflecting upon the sacredness of Breath as a theme, as we connect all the ways oppression renders us breathless.   

In this episode, we touch on current astro insights, the fires raging with Mars retrograde, throughout the Western States and beyond, and ways to bring in coolants through food & practices. Megan and I share our personal experiences living amidst the smoke & fires, which plant allies have been popping up in support, and offer up a few resources we’ve been turning to for deep heart medicine to unearth the gifts in the contraction.

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Questions to Ask Yourself this week

• Tune into your feeling state. Ask: Is this a new feeling or is this old? How can I help that inner child part of me feel safe?

• Reflections for moments throughout your day: Is this {thought/feeling/action/food} contributing to my un-ease or this nurturing/nourishing for my heart?

Resources

BOOK: The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life by Dr. Edith Eva Eger (IndieBound | Amazon)

Interview with Dr. Edith Eva Eger with Marie Forleo

Feed Your Wild Ep 136: Getting Radical & Resilient with Plant Allies for this Pandemic with Renée Camila

Feed Your Wild Ep 152: Radically Rooted in Hard Times: Skill In Action with Michelle C. Johnson

Feed Your Wild Ep 144: Water Is Life :: The Ultimate Sacred Water Episode with Isabel Friend

Ask Us Your Top Q's!

Go to wildlyrooted.com/podcastconnect to send us your top questions around health + wellness, nutrition + herbalism, natural cycles + intuition, & your top challenges. You can now leave us a voice message!

Connect with Venessa @wildlyrooted

Connect with Megan @amethyst_and_rose

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Ep. 153 Radically Rooted in Hard Times: Skill In Action with Michelle C. Johnson

Today we’re speaking with Michelle C. Johnson, author, yoga teacher, healer, social worker, dismantling racism trainer, activist, and grief-worker, whose book Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World has been helping me answer the question: How we can truly support ourselves to be able to step up in the most expansive and aligned way in our roles within the collective dismantling process? Michelle’s book is a gift for these times -  incredibly insightful & affirming, particularly right now, as more folx awaken to the ways we can dismantle and decondition racist + oppressive programs & begin healing the injustices of the imposed systems as individuals and as community uplifting BIPOC voices.

In this interview, Michelle shares what Skill in Action means to her, and the power of story, such as the Bhagavad Gita as an inspiration for her work and philosophy. 

We talk about how simple can be transformational, and the simple yet powerful practices Michelle offers in her book, as well as samskaras & spirituality - Michelle invites us to slow down enough to respond to our personal patterns thru mindfulness and spiritual connection.

We get into the problematic industry of “wellness” and how it was not created for ALL bodies to be included as Michelle shares her thoughts on yoga + injustice, our collective awakening, and reflections upon death and hardship. 

We touch on white supremacy and Capitalism within the yoga and wellness industries, and why it’s critical to honor in the wake of overwhelm and the Wave of change. 

Stay tuned to the end to hear Venessa’s “Where I’m From” poem inspired by a practice in Michelle’s book Skill In Action.

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• The power of story and what makes up our Selves and cells

• What is Skill in Action, and the Bhagavad Gita as an inspiration for her work and philosophy

• How simple can be transformational, and the simple yet powerful practices Michelle offers in her book

• Samskaras & spirituality - how Michelle invites us to slow down enough to respond to our personal patterns thru mindfulness and spiritual connection

• The problematic industry of “wellness” and how it was not created for ALL bodies 

• How systemic racism is being expressed and realized thru current events and pandemic

• How the pandemic shifted the paradigm of care - for self and others - shifting our orientation to the collective

• Michelle’s thoughts on yoga + justice, our collective awakening process, and reflections upon the murders and deaths thru racism, COVID and injustices

• How having a spiritual practice is what will help us to build resilience for the long haul to create change

• White supremacy and Capitalism within yoga and the wellness industry

• The concept of the Wave, what patterns do we have around leaving hard times and experiences - the powerful act to ask yourself what do you need to stay during the Wave of change?

• How to address overwhelm when riding the Wave, and how humility and experience has taught Michelle to honor her nervous system, boundaries, and prioritizing self-care

• How getting clear on her dharma and spiritual duty has helped in Michelle’s discernment process 

• Venessa shares insights on grief and liberation from a Tarot reading in this conversation, Death and Temperance in connection to “Arjun’s journey”, and Michelle’s response and synchronistic experience having pulled her own cards

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QUOTES

“If I forget who I am, then I don’t actually recognize humanity in others because I can’t see my own.” ~ Michelle C. Johnson

Connect With Michelle C. Johnson

Website | Facebook | Skill In Action Instagram | Personal Instagram

Michelle’s book: Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World

Michelle’s podcast: Finding Refuge Podcast

Resources

Where I’m From By George Ella Lyon

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

Get access to this 6-module audio program for free!

You’ll learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...) 

Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

To make a contribution, head to the Patreon page here.

If you would like to make a one-time contribution, you may use our personal Venmo Link here and offer any dollar amount you'd like - send to @WildlyRooted: https://venmo.com/WildlyRooted

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Ep. 151 {SOLO} New Moon in Leo :: The Transformative Fire in our Hearts & Bellies

Happy New Moon! In this solo/moon musing episode, I get fired up and emotional as I share my perspective on this new moon in Leo, the state of the world, and our role in it. I share the major lessons I learned from my recent (and humbling) canker sore outbreak, the energetic influences of this new moon, the heart-gut connection and the power of fire (our agni) to transmute the pain and muck into medicine. 

This powerful and fiery new moon in Leo inspires us to burn perennially, without burning up or burning out, and asks us to step into leadership within our lives through compassion, creativity, and passion.

Collectively and individually, we are being called to look at what’s been lurking in our dark spaces so we can experience them from a different vantage point and transmute it with clarity, discernment, and love. I discuss eradication versus regeneration, the concept of “pruning and sprouting”, and ways we can start nourishing the inner ecology of our heart & gut, including herbal allies and stone medicine.

You have a powerful role to play in this new world. In order to do so, you MUST tend to your body, your heart, your energy, and your GUT!

That’s why I created my upcoming program Feed Your Wild GUT... an 8 week online experience that provides a truly holistic approach to healing the gut. It’s designed to support healers, helpers, & change-makers cultivate wild harmony in the gut so you can build resilience, boost vitality, and connect with your intuition & personal power for radical transformation.

If you’re interested in joining us, click the link below to read more! (Doors close this week)…

In Feed Your Wild Gut, together we explore the physiological, mystical, multidimensional and powerful nature of your gut— aka the Gatekeeper.

From functional nutrition & herbal medicine to energy healing + clearing, microbiome tending to soul reclamation, Feed Your Wild Gut offers a balanced blend of science, natural therapies & intuitive + energetic approaches.

Who is this program for?

Wild-hearted helpers, healers, creative change-makers who experience physical symptoms like chronic digestive challenges, low energy, anxiety, brain fog, etc. that are holding you back... You’re feeling stuck + unclear about next steps toward living your Purpose and struggle with motivation... You’re ready to stop second guessing yourself all of the time and start trusting your intuition. This is open to anyone who has been seeking guidance in gut wellness and spiritual counsel, all levels of knowledge welcome.

When: Price goes up August 19! Doors close August 21. We’ll begin our journey together August 26.

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WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

Get access to this 6-module audio program for free!

You’ll learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...) 

Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

To make a contribution, head to the Patreon page here.

If you would like to make a one-time contribution, you may use our personal Venmo Link here and offer any dollar amount you'd like - send to @WildlyRooted: https://venmo.com/WildlyRooted

Thank you as every penny counts toward supporting this work! xo

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Ep. 150 Unwinding Gut Wellness Through Breath, Touch, & Awareness with Allison Post

We’re speaking with Allison Post, Integrative Medicine Health Coach and Somatic Educator. Her latest book, co-authored with her husband,​ ​is ​The Gut Wellness Guide: The Power of Breath, Touch, and Awareness to Reduce Stress, Aid Digestion, and Reclaim Whole-Body Health.

In this conversation, Allison shares some of the challenging traumas and health crises that led her to a healing path, the world of holistic healing, breathwork, somatic touch and the gut. Allison talks about her concept of “unwinding” and why she believes that going straight into those harder deeper gut therapies right away can actually be ineffective and even detrimental.

Allison explains why it's critical that we meet our healing from a different paradigm and way of being that invites slow and gentle, she walks us through this first steps of the “unwinding” process that anyone with gut issues can take, including wonderful prompts to cultivate awareness of our gut and body to unveil root issues and interconnections within the dis-ease. 

We touch on the significance of belly breathing, the navel as an artifact and bridge, and the gentle visceral technique Allison utilizes in her work with delicate touch vs deeper heavier manipulation. 

I love how Allison invites us into important reframes around healing, techniques and modalities - this conversation is not just good for those having issues with their gut, but also anybody who is on a journey of healing. 

Allison will be a guest teacher for my upcoming program Feed Your Wild GUT (which you’ll hear about in the Soul Gut Immunity Guide webinar - sign up below)! We’ll be focusing on breath and touch techniques for nourishing gut health as well as emotional + heart coherence.

Boost Your Resilience, Intuition, & Personal Power for Radical Transformation…

Calling all Healers, Helpers, & Change-makers - If you desire to share your gifts and create a more beautiful world in this transformative time, you MUST tend to your own health & vitality. And it starts with your wild GUT!

Join me on August 12th for a live Masterclass where you’ll learn:

• The framework I used for my own personal gut healing

• The Essential Pillars of Immunity + Gut health

• Top foods & herbs for supporting gut health immunity & energetics

• The #1 thing that reversed my IBS, rebalanced my gut-brain connection & boosted my resilience

• The most important thing to know if you want to be an effective healer & change-agent - for yourself and others

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why Allison believes her expertise is to love and hold love in the environment because love is really what heals

• How there’s a deficiency of love in our healthcare system that contributes to disease 

• How Allison’s challenging childhood, brain trauma, and severe health crisis as a teenager led her to a healing path

• How Allison sees herself as a healing artist and how she began focusing on touch

• How the breath is an expression of who you are in every moment

• Allison’s concept of “unwinding” and why Allison believes that going straight to harder gut therapies can be ineffective, and even detrimental, without first (or concurrently) clearing and bringing tonicity to the center with inner awareness and touch.

• Why it’s critical that we meet our healing from a different paradigm and way of being that invites slowness

• First steps of “Unwinding” that folks with gut issues can take (hint: it starts with slowing down)

• Allison shares wonderful prompts to cultivate awareness of our gut and body to unveil root issues and interconnections within the dis-ease

• How we are healing all the time through body regeneration, and way we can receive the healing deeper into our heart, mind, soul, and spirit

• How Allison brings her teachings and practices into her personal life and areas of relationship, work, and more

• Why it’s critical to cultivate the space and environment for healing and connecting to the messages of your body

• How her book The Gut Wellness Guide is about how to tap the power of your intuition by nurturing the vitality of the physical belly, to use your guts in positive ways for health and happiness.

• Significance of belly breathing, the navel as an artifact and bridge, and the gentle visceral technique Allison utilizes in her work with delicate touch vs deeper heavier manipulation

• How we’re meant to self-regulate, but how co-regulation thru our navel influences our nervous system and the health of our gut

• Why gentle and slow are two of Allison’s favorite words when it comes to healing work

• The importance of slowing the breath and “feeling into the field” when starting touch work and therapy

• Allison’s reframe of “deep” - Why deep is more about engaging in relationship and Being with presence and love versus going deep and hard with modalities

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QUOTES

“You start where you are and your breath is where you are.” ~ Allison Post

“The way to heal is to rest, digest, and repair. And repairing is not working hard. Repairing is slowing down and becoming quiet because it’s that part of the system.” ~ Allison Post

“Healing isn’t fixing. Healing is a process and it’s happening every moment. So how do we really come into the moment, and be with what’s there and get to know and invite what’s there? Because it’s being held there to communicate with you.” ~ Allison Post

“Unwinding is allowing what might have happened and frozen in time in a tissue or organ or in a way you work with your brain-body... it’s a way to slow it down so you can unravel, so that it can change.” ~ Allison Post

Connect With Allison Post

Website | Facebook | Instagram

Allison’s book: The Gut Wellness Guide: The Power of Breath, Touch, and Awareness to Reduce Stress, Aid Digestion, and Reclaim Whole-Body Health

Allison’s program: The Gut Wellness Course with Allison Post

Resources

15-Minute Matrix Podcast #114: Mapping Touch with Allison Post

15-Minute Matrix Podcast #132: Mapping Self-Support with Allison Post (COVID-19 Special Edition)

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

Get access to this 6-module audio program for free!

You’ll learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...) 

Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

To make a contribution, head to the Patreon page here.

If you would like to make a one-time contribution, you may use our personal Venmo Link here and offer any dollar amount you'd like - send to @WildlyRooted: https://venmo.com/WildlyRooted

Thank you as every penny counts toward supporting this work! xo

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Ep. 148 Zooming in on Gut Health with Functional Diagnostic Nutrition with Reed Davis

In this episode, we’re speaking with Reed Davis, Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP) and Certified Nutritional Therapist (CNT), is an expert in functional lab testing and holistic lifestyle medicine, and Founder of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN). Reed shares about how he got into the world of holistic health and functional testing, we cover what is functional lab testing - how it differs from conventional lab testing, and what you need to know before you go into the doctor's office. 

We look at the most common patterns that Reed sees with lab work and symptoms of gut issues, pathogens that may be related, and what makes someone a good host for them in the first place. We go over supporting gut issues naturally, top tests or assessments that you might want to look at if you suspect that you have gi pathogens, and how to address some of these top pathogenic issues naturally such as candida, fungal overgrowth, & biofilms.

Reed talks about the importance of looking at coaching down contributing factors of “metabolic chaos” that can lead to a lot of these issues. You'll also hear Reed’s specific approach from the clinical side - looking at hormones first before getting tests and his perspective on SIBO after 12 years as a clinical advisor for labs and looking at a lot of SIBO tests.

You're going to get a lot of insight related to the practical and clinical as well as zooming out and looking at the broader picture of the whole ecology of health that influences our gut health.

If you are a coach, nutritionist, practitioner or a clinician in any way who's interested in functional diagnostic nutrition and lab testing, then I encourage you to check out Reed’s program and the link below.

Boost Your Resilience, Intuition, & Personal Power for Radical Transformation…

Calling all Healers, Helpers, & Change-makers - If you desire to share your gifts and create a more beautiful world in this transformative time, you MUST tend to your own health & vitality. And it starts with your wild GUT!

Join me on August 12th for a live Masterclass where you’ll learn:

• The framework I used for my own personal gut healing

• The Essential Pillars of Immunity + Gut health

• Top foods & herbs for supporting gut health immunity & energetics

• The #1 thing that reversed my IBS, rebalanced my gut-brain connection & boosted my resilience

• The most important thing to know if you want to be an effective healer & change-agent - for yourself and others

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Reed began his start in ecology and environmental sciences, but then got interested in how the environment was impacting the health of people 

• What is functional lab testing and how it differs from the conventional testing one might get at the doctors office

• The most common patterns and pathogens and what makes someone a good host for them 

• How to address gut issues naturally

• Top tests or assessments if someone suspects they have GI pathogens

• Reed’s process for supporting clients with chronic gut issues, including the most important questions to ask

• Why it’s critical to take a “whole picture - whole person” approach to healing health

• The role of epigenetics in gut health 

• Why it’s important to remember there is no end-destination to “healthy” and how this path is a process

• How early chronic use of antibiotics can set you up for a lifetime of gut issues

• How you want to rebuild the ecology of the body for resilience

• How to address Candida, fungal overgrowths, biofilms naturally and some of Reed’s favorite herbs

• Coaching down contributors of “metabolic chaos” including yeast, parasite, bacteria, metals, or other environmental contaminants and coach up function of the gut

• Why Reed has a problem with one-size-fits-all protocols and prefers to focus on food as medicine

• Why Reed looks at hormones first before gut tests including cortisol, DHEA and ratios to assess if you’re in a catabolic state and look upstream at root stressors

• Reed’s perspective on SIBO after 12 years as a clinical advisory for laboratory and looking at a lot of SIBO tests

• Why so many people are stuck in chronic dysbiosis and years of not getting better

• Reed’s take on probiotics: the hybrids, the specialties, diatomaceous earth, and his outlook on individualizing

• Uncovering the hidden stressors to metabolic chaos

• How to honor the innate intelligence of cells and the body

• Reed’s D.R.E.S.S. for Health Success Protocol® and his personal non-negotiables, including macros ratio, gardening, and motorcycle riding

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Connect With Reed Davis

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Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Training

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

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You’ll learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...) 

Your support means the world...

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Ep. 147 {SOLO} New Moon in Cancer :: Soul Gut Immunity with Intuitive Nourishment

Happy New Moon! In this solo episode, I cover insights on this second new moon in Cancer, connections to the sacred waters & power within, and my personal story of re-vitalizing my solar plexus center, digestion, and personal power! Ruled by the moon, Cancer is connected to evolution and growth in regenerative ways - in our bodies, Cancer rules the transformative organs of our stomach & womb... I share 3 lessons I’ve learned in tending to my gut for personal transformation, thoughts on building immunity thru soul work, and practical ways to support your gut health.

For the change-makers, healers, helpers: It’s imperative that we understand ALL the ways to support our immune health and personal vitality amidst a pandemic and collective fear programming. To support our resilience, strength, connection to intuition, and ability to take empowered action, we MUST tend to our wild GUT!

Join me for my upcoming free webinar Masterclass: Soul Gut Immunity Guide for Healers, Helpers, & Change-Makers... If you’re interested in joining us Aug 12th, click the link below to read more.

Boost Your Resilience, Intuition, & Personal Power for Radical Transformation…

Calling all Healers, Helpers, & Change-makers - If you desire to share your gifts and create a more beautiful world in this transformative time, you MUST tend to your own health & vitality. And it starts with your wild GUT!

Join me on August 12th for a live Masterclass where you’ll learn:

• The framework I used for my own personal gut healing

  1. The Essential Pillars of Immunity + Gut health

  2. Top foods & herbs for supporting gut health immunity & energetics

  3. The #1 thing that reversed my IBS, rebalanced my gut-brain connection & boosted my resilience

  4. The most important thing to know if you want to be an effective healer & change-agent - for yourself and others

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Resources

Ep 145 Becoming Unshakeable :: Self-Regulation to Thrive in Challenging Times with Kidest OM

Ep 144 Water Is Life :: The Ultimate Sacred Water Episode with Isabel Friend

Ep 127 Medical Astrology 101 :: Mapping Individual & Collective Health Trends + Coronavirus Insights with Judith Hill

Ep 137 {SOLO} My Intimate Journey of Finding My Voice: 3 Lessons in Activating Your Inner Voice

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

Get access to this 6-module audio program for free!

You’ll learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...) 

Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

To make a contribution, head to the Patreon page here.

If you would like to make a one-time contribution, you may use our personal Venmo Link here and offer any dollar amount you'd like - send to @WildlyRooted: https://venmo.com/WildlyRooted

Thank you as every penny counts toward supporting this work! xo

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