Ep. 173 Wild Remedies :: Re-storying Our Nature Connection with Rosalee de la Forêt

In this episode, we’re speaking with Rosalee de la Forêt, author and Registered Herbalist passionate about helping people discover the world of herbalism and natural health. Rosalee is a wonderful storyteller with colorful tales that draw you into the experience. She does this beautifully with her teachings and books, and today we’re going to dive into her latest book co-written with Emily Han, called Wild Remedies: How to Forage Healing Foods and Craft Your Own Herbal Medicine.

In this interview, you’ll hear about Rosalee’s healing story and plant path - how she overcame a rare diagnosed terminal autoimmune disease within six months of taking herbs and changing her diet - free from her debilitating symptoms. She shares how a chance meeting with Tori Amos and magical synchronicities led Rosalee to write Wild Remedies.

If humans interact with the wild, is it still wild? This is a question we explore in this interview and why Rosalee’s life’s work is deprogramming the belief that we are disconnected from nature. Rosalee shares her belief on what is wildness and wild land and our role in relationship with the natural world and plants. She offers helpful questions to ask ourselves about how to support the resilience and livelihood of wild places and how to harvest with awareness and know when it is time to NOT forage. 

Rosalee’s goal is to bring wild remedies into all areas of our lives, and I find her book Wild Remedies to be a lovely experiential exploration that awakens the senses and enlivens the connection to nature within.

While we didn’t go deep into specific recipes, Rosalee has been so gracious to offer listeners and Patreon supports a special gift! Click the links below to access a free herbal jumpstart course and access her Sweet Celebrations ebook full of delicious herbal recipes.

Rosalee de la Forêt, RH, is passionate about helping people discover the world of herbalism and natural health. Her teachings make herbs simple and practical for everyone. She is the Education Director at LearningHerbs and a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild. Rosalee is the author of Alchemy of Herbs: Transforming Everyday Ingredients into Foods and Remedies that Heal, as well Apothecary: The Alchemy of Herbs Video Companion, and the online courses The Taste of Herbs, Herbal Cold Care. 

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Rosalee’s healing and plant path story - how she overcame a rare diagnosed terminal autoimmune disease within six months of taking herbs and changing her diet - free from her debilitating symptoms

• How a chance meeting with Tori Amos and magical synchronicities led to Rosalee writing her latest book Wild Remedies

• Why Rosalee’s life’s work is deprogramming the belief that we are disconnected from nature

• How to start out as a wild crafter no matter where you live

• How to connect with the wild in urban settings, looking for nature in unexpected places

• The importance of embodied knowing and experiential relationships with plants and nature in your surroundings

• What is wildness and wild land, common myths about our relationship with so called wild land, and our role in relationship with the natural world and plants

• The difference between lovingly tended lands and conversed untouched wild places

• The nuances within concepts of preservation and conservation, and helpful questions to ask ourselves about how to support the resilience and livelihood of wild places

• Rosalee’s relationship to the land she cares for, and considerations she takes into account to support growth and reciprocity

• If humans interact with the wild, is it still wild?

• Rosalee’s advice to take it slow, pause and ask how can we truly be helpful

• Rosalee’s call to heal our wound around the damage humans have done and forming new life-affirming relationships to reverse that damage

• How to harvest with awareness and how to know when is it time to NOT forage

• The importance of getting to know the land in person

• How Rosalee went from seeing wildcrafting as harvesting “free food” for “taking” to a deeper understanding of the energetic exchange and each bioregion as a dance floor

• Venessa’s excitement about Rosalee’s herbal shampoo recipe and Rosalee’s goal to bring wild remedies into all areas of our lives, not just on the kitchen table or medicine kit.

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Rosalee de la Forêt’s books

Resources + Links Mentioned 

FREE GIFT FOR LISTENERS: Rosalee’s Herbal Jumpstart Course

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Rosalee’s free herbal jumpstart course introduces you to personalized herbal energetics so that you can confidently reach for herbs that are best for you.  

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Become a Patreon supporter of Feed Your Wild Podcast with Venessa Rodriguez to access Rosalee’s special gift: Sweet Herbal Celebrations ebook!

A note from Rosalee: “I believe that these challenging times call for deeper and more intentional celebrations, so that we can abundantly and deliberately grow joy within our lives. As a lover of herbs, celebrating with herbal recipes has become one of my treasured family traditions. Hardly a birthday goes by without my favorite carrot cake (page 15) and the holidays wouldn’t be the same without mulled cider or wine (page 7). I’ve gathered these recipes as a special thank you to you for being part of my herbal community. Thank YOU!”

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Ep. 171 Vitalist Herbalism & Holistic Immune Support with Sajah Popham

In this episode, we have Sajah Popham back on the podcast! Sajah is author of Evolutionary Herbalism and the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, where he trains herbalists in a holistic system of plant medicine that encompasses clinical western herbalism, medical astrology, Ayurveda, and spagyric alchemy. You’ll learn what is vitalist herbalism and how it’s different from allopathic herbalism. And yes, it is possible to work with herbs in a NON-holistic way! 

Sajah gives examples of vitalism through mechanisms of the body, such as a fever, and how to support this natural response with the right herbs at the right time. Sajah’s shares his perspectives on herbalism’s role in self-sufficiency, reconnecting with basic life skills and bringing self-care back into our own hands.

We also look at the immunity from a vitalist perspective and cover the best herbs for specific stages of immune health, including Sajah’s perspective on lung support during COVID and why taking the wrong herb for you can make things worse. Sajah shares how to identify which plants to use from a long list of herbs and what you need to look for in order to match the remedy to the person. 

There are so many wonderful and practical pearls of wisdom dropped in this conversation. This is not just for those interested in herbalism, but for everyone interested in holistic healing. This talk invites you to look at what it means to view health, wellness and the world through a vitalist lens.

At the end, Sajah talks about two exciting events: 

(1) His (totally free) herbal mini-course Vitalist Herbalism Mini-Course outlining some of the core principles behind how to practice herbalism according to methods that have been used for thousands of years in medical traditions from around the world.

(2) Sajah’s virtual offering Vitalist Herbal Practitioner Program

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Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• How is vitalist herbalism different from allopathic herbalism

• How a fever is an example of vitalism in the body and how to support this natural response with the right herbs at the right time

• How to begin a vitalist approach to wellness and herbalism

• The importance of experiencing the plants versus just learning about them in a book

• Balances the intellectual knowledge with experiential understanding

• How to truly “learn by heart” when it comes to plants and herbalism

• Sajah’s top tips on how to get started with herbalism

• How we’re born vitalists innately

• Herbalism’s role in self-sufficiency, reconnecting with basic life skills and bringing self-care back into our own hands

• Know your local remedies

• How to view immunity from a vitalist perspective and the best herbs for specific stages of immune health

• Herbal categories, herbs within each category, and common misconceptions of specific herbs, examples including: 

  • Immune tonics - Astragalus, reishi, cordyceps (most mushroom); 

  • Acute immunostimulation - echinacea (and traditional ways of using echinacea

• Core concept of energetics in herbalism: the ecological influence on the body and why understanding the energetics of plants is critical

• The body as an ecosystem, inherent bodily polarities and energetics to be aware of 

• How to address lung support with vitalist herbalism - Sajah does a wonderful breakdown of assessing the respiratory system and which herbs to bring in depending on the energetics

• Sajah’s perspective on lung support during COVID and why taking the wrong herb for you can make things worse

• How to identify which plants to use from a long list of herbs “good for ____ symptom”

• Which herbs are generally good for hypothyroidism

• The importance of assessing the person you are working with

• Sajah’s breaks down his Vitalist Herbal Practitioner Program and how this was the program he wished he had when he first started

• How Sajah’s new baby son is feed his wild, and all the ways think about his child and what kind of person he’s going to be and how important it is to have new humans coming into this world who have reverence, respect and appreciation of the wildness of the world

• 4 of wands - homecoming, returning home, feeling supported, celebrating rights of passage

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Sajah’s book Evolutionary Herbalism

Resources + Links Mentioned 

Feed Your Wild podcast ep 168 Coming Changes :: Getting Into Alignment For Future’s Sake With Penny Kelly

Plant Path podcast: Becoming a Self Sufficient Herbalist with Lucy Jones

How to access my FYW GUT Bonus:

Click the special link below (this is how I can track you!) + sign up for the Vitalist Herbal Practitioner Program. I will receive notice of your enrollment, and after a 30 day period, you will receive an email from me with access to the program!

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Ep. 170 {Encore} Evolutionary Herbalism :: Tending To The Inner Cosmos With Holistic Plant Medicine With Sajah Popham

This week we are rebroadcasting episode 72 with Sajah Popham, Evolutionary Herbalism :: Tending To The Inner Cosmos With Holistic Plant Medicine, which was our top listened to podcast episode of 2019! It's a wonderful compliment to the free trainings he's offering right now, which you can access right here and learn more below.

I also give you a sneak peek into a super special bonus I'm offering in partnership with Evolutionary Herbalism, plus we'll be continuing the conversation next week with a brand new episode where we cover the topics of Vitalism, herbal healing as an act of sovereignty, and supporting the immune system holistically!

In this encore episode, Sajah talks about his own plant path and how he went from being on track to becoming a doctor to then studying various herbal and healing traditions, uncovering universal truths that led to his goal to honor both the physical and spiritual.

Sajah walks us through what is evolutionary herbalism and the 5 pillars of evolutionary herbalism. We talk about the importance of “learning by heart” and how to practice transformational medicine, working with plants for transformational healing and assist us in reclaiming our true natures and support us in working through traumas and breaking through conditionings.

Sajah shares how he uses medical astrology to translate patterns within a person’s life and the difference between a “hope herbalist” and a holistic herbalist, and how an evolutionary herbalist.

We cover how to tend to the inner cosmos and Sajah walks us through a fantastic case study to ground these principles into practice, including planetary patterns, plant medicine, and energetics for healing body, mind and spirit.

{FREE} VITALIST HERBALISM MINI-COURSE

My friends Sajah and Whitney Popham, founders of The School of Evolutionary Herbalism, just released an amazing free mini-course outlining some of the core principles behind how to practice herbalism according to methods that have been used for thousands of years in medical traditions from around the world.

The teachings in these videos will give you some incredible insights and perspectives into how you use plants for healing, as well as how you can better be of service to those you help with herbal medicine. Not to mention they created an awesome workbook to help you on your plant path.

Click here to register for their totally free Vitalist Herbalism Mini-Course

They will only be offering it for a short period of time, so be sure to check it out while you can.

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Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Sajah knew he wanted to work in medicine as a kid and how the plant path pulled him from the track of becoming a surgeon

• Sajah’s realization that healing is so much more than fixing what’s broken

• How Sajah considers himself more of a spiritual seeker before an herbalist

• How Sajah began studying various herbal and healing traditions, uncovering universal truths that led to his goal to honor both the physical and spiritual

• How the current education system structures our way of thinking and the importance of “learning by heart” - gnosis cardiaca, and Sajah’s interest in the “perennial truth”

• The importance of the natural world and the light of nature being the core pillar of evolutionary herbalism

• The 5 pillars of evolutionary herbalism

• 3 primary energetic patterns at the basis of herbal medical traditions and cosmic science: the 3 principles, 5 elements, and 7 planets

• Universal herbalism is understanding how these patterns are reflected in life and health, and traditions of herbalism throughout the world and ages

• Transformational medicine which addresses the mind, heart, body, and soul

• “The body is the most material aspect of the soul, and the soul is the most volatile aspect of the body - they’re not separate.”

• Pillar #5: Know thyself -

• The spiralic journey and the nonlinear energetic patterns of nature

• Sajah’s perspective on dogma and how we’re usually all saying the same thing in different words

• How we can work with plants for transformational healing and assist us in reclaiming our true natures and support us in working through traumas and breaking through conditionings

• How Sajah uses medical astrology to translate patterns within a person’s life

• The significance of archetypal forces and patterns within medicine, plants, and people as a bridge

• How to tend to the inner cosmos and Sajah walks us through a fantastic case study to ground these principles into practice, including planetary patterns, plant medicine, and energetics for healing body, mind and spirit

• How working with plant in an alchemical way helped to heal the expression of the pattern and archetype of the person

• How working with a single plant that is a “match” energetically to the patterns of the person can be profoundly powerful in the healing process

• The difference between a “hope herbalist” and a holistic herbalist, and how an evolutionary herbalist is looking at the spiritual and archetypal expression too

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Sajah’s book Evolutionary Herbalism

Resources + Links Mentioned 

Walking the Plant Path: Evolutionary Herbalism + the Magnetic Power of Plants as Teachers + Healers with Whitney Popham

Stephen Harrod Buhner

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Ep. 169 Shocking Prophecies for Our World & How To Get Into Alignment for Future’s Sake with Penny Kelly

In this episode, we’re speaking with Penny Kelly, teacher, Naturopathic physician, researcher of consciousness, and writer and author of Robes: A Book of Coming Changes. In light of the recent events that occurred in the US Capitol, Venessa covers the “cosmic climate” in the introduction, providing a mini moon musing for this week’s new moon in Capricorn as well as other astrological influences at play. The overall theme: rebirth + rebellion.

This interview with Penny is timely, as we collectively hold important inquiries: What future are we unfolding in our world today? Where are we going as a civilization? What is my role in this time of transition? If you’ve been seeking information, insight, or answers regarding the future of our world and what we can do as a people, Penny’s book Robes, was written for you.

In our chat, Penny shares about her kundalini awakening and how she came to write this book about her visitations by prophetic beings who shared glimpses of the future and the truth of human nature. We discuss many of the visions she was shown, from Mother Earth as a living being and the nature of the human health, to Penny’s “non-negotiables” for supporting health and the intricate link between humans and plants.

Penny highlights the importance of inner authority and getting out of victim consciousness in order to move toward self sovereignty. She also offers a list of helpful questions to assess your level of preparedness for what is to come and the basic needs we must secure for ourselves.

Penny has good advice for people who are stuck in fear or experiencing increased anxiety, especially during this time of the pandemic and these bigger cosmic transitions. She also answers questions from parents about how to support the growth and development of new babies coming into this world and how to support children in developing their intuitive abilities.

We just scratched the surface of what Penny was shown about the future, and I hope our conversation serves to inspire and empower you through the coming changes.

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Reconnecting means Understanding how Mother Earth and nature works energetically and the true scientific principles she’s based upon because they hold the secret to becoming an advanced civilization

• How does mother nature build a tree or plant? How does water move? What are the energetic principles that underlie that? 

• The connection between our collective actions and disruption of weather patterns, aka global warming

• Penny breaks down how the intelligent living beings called trees balance the weather patterns through the hydrological cycle, the wind, & electromagnetic fields

• How the Earth and humans are meant to stay cool

• How humans have lost high immune function and ability to tolerate lower temperatures

• Why humans cannot maintain high states of consciousness if we don’t have a highly tuned healthy body

• The nature of humans as a massive set of frequency, and how being “out of tune” means having some kind of dysfunction

• Healing as “constructive interference” and ways to bring your frequency back into tune

• The importance of minerals as high frequency generators and what they can do for our health

• The human as a plasma being

• How to deal with triggering situations in a way that supports your optimal health

• The nature of vitamin A, why place matters when it comes to sourcing food and why eating locally, seasonally, (and best of all - growing your own food) are best for attuning your specific health

• How “organic” = ready to be used by the human body, how artificial foods are missing necessary frequencies for the body, and how the body will reject “strange” magnetic charges

• How plants attune minerals allowing them to be utilized by humans and animals

• What Penny says are non-negotiables for supporting our health: drink good water, regular detox, eating good food, identifying what’s missing from your food, supplements to support diet, and how exercise generates electricity within the body-mind system!

• The relationship between humans, animals, and plants; how plants will calibrate according to their environment and who is around them (to correct whatever is missing from energetic system of the human)

• Why it’s a good idea to grow your own food and talk to the plants

• Why “inner authority” was a main message from Penny’s visitors

• Penny’s tips to support self-sufficiency: 

  • have supplies on hand to be able to feed yourself

  • grow your own medicine

  • understand how to use food and herbs to heal

  • prioritize on developing your own consciousness 

• Penny offers a list of helpful questions to assess your level of preparedness and to get us thinking about basic needs

• Penny’s advice for people in fear and anxiety during this pandemic

• Why we’ll have to get past the idea of jobs and be self sufficient

• Why it’s time to take a hard look at our government and financial systems - if they were not working well, we need to reassess and change them

• How the potential of the human has been destroyed by the current educational system

• The new education system that the Robes showed Penny, and how that led her to get involved with efforts to create a similar system, cradle-to-grave learning

• Why it’s critical to teach children basic survival skills and how to develop their innate intuitive abilities 

• What the Robes taught Penny about Christ-Consciousness, the original meaning of the name “Jesus”, and the second coming as a shift in collective consciousness

Quotes:

“If we want to change the civilization, you’ll have to change the consciousness. Otherwise you’re gonna end up creating the same thing you already had.” ~ Penny Kelly

Excerpts from Robes: A Book of Coming Changes:

"The most important thing for you to remember as you look at these coming changes is that things could be so much easier if you understood why these things are happening, and if you worked with them instead of against them... For you to work with them, however, you must have some idea of where you are going.”

“Our question to you as a people would be, “What has gone wrong with your understanding of power that millions of ppl will focus their fears in one person or one organization , and then let that person or organization manipulate them using their own fear?” There is nothing to fear! And how is it that millions of hearts, working together, cannot come up with enough love to convert even one fearful leader and a few misguided followers? The world has truly fallen out of love!”

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Books by Penny:

Robes: A Book of Coming Changes

The Evolving Human

Resources

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Ep. 167 The Great Conjunction :: Astro Insights, Aquarius Magic & Big Shifts with Katie Emma

This is the final episode of 2020! In the intro of this episode, Venessa shares her personal experience and soul work reflecting upon this past year, connecting with her 35+ year old braid of hair, and guides us through a mini moon musing of this week’s full moon in emotional Cancer.

In this interview, we are speaking with Katie Emma, an astrology teacher and the founder of Temple of Cosmic Astrology School. We dive into The Great Conjunction - Katie gives us a full breakdown of what it is and why it’s potent that it’s happening at zero degrees of Aquarius. She helps us understand the influences and energies of Jupiter (planet of expansion) and Saturn (planet of boundaries) as well as Aquarian themes connected in with this transit: humanitarianism, forging one’s own way ahead, and community.

Katie helps to explain the Age of Aquarius, the galactic cycles of time and how we are at the cusp of this great shift. We also look at the 12 different astrological houses in your natal chart, the difference between various house systems, and we try to bring this big cosmic energy and information down to the personal and practical through your birth chart. So go grab your chart and follow along!

You’ll hear insights regarding the broader collective impact of the Great Shift, historical context as it relates to these astrological shifts, and the North and South nodes as they relate to your chart. Katie shares a beautiful message from the Chandra symbols so stay tuned to the end!

Grab Katie’s free gift to you in the detailed show notes below!

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Katie got her start with astrology as a young child, and has continued a path 20 years of astrological study and research

• The importance and utility of astrology for understanding collective patterns and how they impact our daily lives

• The Great Conjunction - Katie gives us a full breakdown of what it is, why it’s potent that it’s happening at zero degrees of Aquarius 

• Jupiter (planet of expansion) and Saturn (planet of boundaries)

• Aquarius themes connected in with this transit: humanitarianism, forging one’s own way ahead

• Age of Aquarius - the galactic cycles of time, how we are at the cusp of this great shift

• Aquarius as an Air sign takes us into intellect, technology, internet

• The influences Jupiter and Saturn individually, and the “conundrum” of the two coming together as a conjunction (meaning) - will show where you are having a kind of reset in this specific area of your life depending on where it lands in your chart

• How to bring up your chart: 

  • Go to astro.com to create your natal chart

  • Katie uses “placidus” house system, others may use “whole house” system

• The difference between placidus and other house systems, why Katie uses placidus

• Katie gives a simple rundown and key words for the 12 different astrological houses in your natal chart so you can get a snapshot of how this conjunction may be influencing your life

• The last time we had a similar Aquarius cycle - 1405 AD The “Age of Discoveries” first 20 years of this conjunction rediscovered the islands of the Americas

• How we are collectively uprising from the shadow of that time, and needing to deal with the unhealed shadow in order to push us into a new era and time

• The reality of big shifts - they take time! 

• Living in between two worlds - waking up to what is not working and Age of Aquarius in the next 150/200 years so we are at a shift point that will continue to build and accelerate - we are doing the clean up work and restructuring

• The work that you are doing on personal level is paving the way for what we are all here as this broader collective is putting into place one brick at a time

• The nodes as the trajectory points - north node is your destiny, south node is past soul experiences and past lives, as well as early childhood.

• South node in Sagittarius - letting go of rigid structures and beliefs 

• North node in Gemini - being open to other perspectives

• What we can learn about tolerance and acceptance with the present astrology and with eclipse season

• Why we have to get gritty in this time, why there’s still energy of suppression, and we’re going thru a journey that requires us to be the change that we wish to be

• Katie shares the Chandra symbols  of this degree/position of the Great Conjunction - channeled information connected to each degree of chart

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Resources

Feed Your Wild Ep 151 SEPTEMBER :: Akashic Soul Nourishment :: Next Gen Babes: Quantum Discernment for Collective Liberation

Grab your birth chart & follow along: https://www.astro.com/

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

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

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…

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This Episode's Theme...

#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

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

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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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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...) 

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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

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...) 

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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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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.



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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

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. 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...) 

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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

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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

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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