Reproductive Rebel

I had the great fortune to meet coach, award winning spiritual psychology professional and best selling author Lainne Love recently and I knew as soon as we spoke she had to be on the show. Join Lainne and I as we talk about the pregnancy journey and how advocacy is important in your birthing experience. If you are interested in learning a little more about Lainne visit her website: https://www.lainne.com/ Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

As someone who really struggled with postpartum recovery with my first child, I am passionate about giving you all the teas about this phase of your life. I heard a phrase a colleague said a few years ago and it always stuck with me - help is not help, unless it is help. I unpack just what this means and how well intentioned people coming to visit the baby might not always help you in the ways you need to make a proper recovery after birth. I am joined by The Doula Darcy as we talk about the role of a postpartum doula and how critical they are to the mental and physical health and recovery of new moms. Whether it is your first pregnancy or subsequent - we all need a doula. Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

We are back! I am so excited to have a familiar voice on the show this week - Rock Hancock of Strength Play Nature! He and I are both passionate about fitness and structuring it with intentionality and alignment for female bodies. When he joined me in season one we talked about moving with your cycle and in his program development has taken this concept further looking at the needs of all seasons of a woman's life and offering exercise and movement based practices that align with the needs of our changing hormones - as menstruating bodies, birthing bodies, postpartum bodies and perimenopausal/menopausal bodies. Join us for another great conversation about the physical needs and movement considerations for all female bodies to work in alignment with hormone changes and seasons of life to get the most out of your fitness. If you are excited by the offerings we discuss in this show: The guide designed by Rock https://www.strengthplaynature.com/feminine ReWild membership with Rock https://www.strengthplaynature.com/rewild Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

I am so excited to be joined this week by Dr. Andrea Smith. We talk about life, women's health and more - be sure to join us! Interested in joining Coming Into Second Spring this April? Click here to register. Please share this with anyone you love 34-49 who are entering their perimenopausal and menopausal years. Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

When it comes to menstrual cycle health, there is a short list of rules to abide by. When we are mindful of heeding these "rules of the road" just these simple changes in our diet and lifestyle can make a profound impact on the severity of our period symptoms, our energy level, our immune system and more. Join me this week as we take a look at Rule #3 - Iced and Cold! This is a hard one for many people but let's look at why iced and cold foods and beverages are not an ally during your bleed. Interested in the proper period care information mentioned in the show? Get all the info here. Interested in joining Coming Into Second Spring this April? Click here to register. Please share this with anyone you love 34-49 who are entering their perimenopausal and menopausal years. Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

When it comes to menstrual cycle health, there is a short list of rules to abide by. When we are mindful of heeding these "rules of the road" just these simple changes in our diet and lifestyle can make a profound impact on the severity of our period symptoms, our energy level, our immune system and more. Join me this week as we take a look at Rule #2 - Easy to Digest! Sounds simple - but let's talk about how deep this goes. Interested in the proper period care information mentioned in the show? Get all the info here. Interested in joining Coming Into Second Spring this April? Click here to register. Please share this with anyone you love 34-49 who are entering their perimenopausal and menopausal years. Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

When it comes to menstrual cycle health, there is a short list of rules to abide by. When we are mindful of heeding these "rules of the road" just these simple changes in our diet and lifestyle can make a profound impact on the severity of our period symptoms, our energy level, our immune system and more. Join me this week as we take a look at Rule #1 - Keeping Warm! Sounds simple - but let's talk about how deep this goes. Interested in the proper period care information mentioned in the show? Get all the info here. Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

We don't know what we don't know when it comes to postpartum - especially in first time mothers. Postpartum is a process. For many it can be a frustrating one. Let's normalize the conversation that moms need so much support in their healing journey. Join me this week for a very important conversation about the needs of a postpartum mother. Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

Our body keeps score. Even when we work through things in our life, our body holds these themes in our body. Where they are held depends on what it is. In this episode we talk about how the body keeps score and how working through these themes are a key in your overall health picture. Want to join us March 21st at 6pm EST to learn more about how to plan your work with the phases of your cycle for optimal health? https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/cps Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

Music speaks where words fail - this is one of my favorite quotes and it really speaks to the universal connection we all feel with music. Sound helps us to grieve, it helps us to celebrate - it helps us to heal. Join me this week as we talk about sound as a healing modality and how it transforms all the spaces and places inside of you to come into right relationship and foster an environment of true healing. Want to join us March 21st at 6pm EST to learn more about how to plan your work with the phases of your cycle for optimal health? https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/cps Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

Mythbusting time! If I had a nickel for every time I had a person tell me that birth control regulates their period - I'd be a very rich woman. The truth is - this understanding is not true. In fact, you aren't even HAVING a period on birth control. Not only is it not regulating your cycle but you aren't even having one. Sound sus? Join me this week and find out just what I'm talking about so you have a deeper understanding of your body, what its doing and how you can help a girl out! Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

Health is so much more than just solving the physical symptoms picture. True health is the balance and wellbeing of the emotional body, the physical body and the spiritual body. Our emotional wellbeing can be drastically sabotaged by our inner monologue. This is the voice we are trapped inside with and hear the most often. This voice can build us up or tear us down - and its affects can easily be seen in the physical body. Join me this week as we take a look at what a significant player the inner critic plays in our overall health picture. Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

How do we measure our worth? Is it by how productive we are? How clean our house is? How we dress? What has become incredibly clear to me as a practitioner over the years is that women don't feel they are "worthy" of rest. They believe they are defined by how much they do, appearances (both physical and in the home) and if they pause for a moment they become riddled with guilt. I am not the only one who has noticed this trend. I am so excited to be joined by the owner of Meal Prep Chef NH Angela Castrigno as we talk about this very subject and how deeply it perminates our culture and our health. ------------------------------------------------ About Our Guest: Angela Castrigno Owner of Meal Prep Chef NH & Creator of the Digital Course, Become A Meal Prep Pro. Born and raised in New Hampshire. When I’m not cooking or coaching, I’m doing yoga, playing piano, adventuring with my partner, and/or eating delicious food. I struggled with food for a long time when I was younger. Malnutrition, food sensitivities, body image issues… it took me a long time to make the connection between what I ate and how I felt. But when I did… magic happened. Meal planning completely changed the game for me. I’ve spent the last decade+ experimenting and trying new strategies to make eating healthy easy and sustainable. In 2014, I became a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and my business has been evolving ever since. Today, I’m a full time personal meal prep chef and meal planning coach. Because witnessing someone overcome their eating and/or cooking challenges and transform into someone who doesn’t stress about eating healthy every day is what I live for. If you want to nourish your body and feed your soul without sacrificing time and energy in the kitchen, please reach out. IG: @mealprepchefnh WEB: mealprepchefnh.com Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

How often do you drop into your body and truly listen to what lies there? Many of us are disconnected from our body wisdom and it is one of the big reasons we struggle with our health, decision making and more. Our body is so much wiser than our ego mind wants you to believe. Join me this week as I welcome the beautiful Katie Ama Rose of Spirit Remembered on the show and we talk about how important our connection to body wisdom and heart centered knowing truly is for our overall health and wellbeing. ---------------------------------- About Our Guest: Katie Ama Rose is a professional priestess, transformational guide, and steward of the Divine Feminine Mysteries. She supports women in their remembrance of who they truly are, coming home to their hearts and co-creating their lives from this space. She is devoted to the Way of Love and here to hold and love others through their remembrance of wholeness. Katie facilitates this embodied remembrance and transformation through 1-on-1 alchemical journeys, full-body anointing, ceremony, workshops, retreats and the Temple of Remembrance Mystery School programs. Website: https://www.spiritremembered.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/templeofremembrance Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiritremembered/ Embody: A 9-moon, transformational and intimate group journey activating your divine feminine remembrance and embodying it wholly! https://www.spiritremembered.com/embody-a-divine-feminine-mysteries-initiation.html Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

This year is a turning of a chapter for me. I enter my 4th decade of life and it has made me very introspective. In TCM 42 is the next 7 year cycle, but for many of us (myself included) the changes heralded in at this next turning point start to show themselves a couple of years on either side of this transition. I am already seeing drier skin and increase in thirst. How I need to move my body has started to shift. The shifts are subtle right now but how I care for my body now will support my perimenopausal journey and the grace of the menopausal transition. In this week's episode you get the "musings of an old lady" reflecting on life, health and what really matters as I embark on my 40s and all the magic they hold. Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

You survived the holidays! Phew! Just as you begin to think things are going to get back to "business as usual" your January period arrives. January periods tend to be some of the most symptomatic of the whole year - why is that? Join me this week as I unpack why this happens and provide helpful advice on what you can do about it. Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

There is so much buzz at the start of a new year about making changes and establishing new habits and patterns. Just writing that I am feeling pressure to create action - how do you feel reading it? What if, you start 2024 differently? Let this truly be a new year and new beginning - of a slower more mindful you. We are in winter in the Northern Hemisphere. That is a slower, more introspective energy to hold. This slowing/stopping is crucial to show up how we want to as the pace quickens with the coming of Spring in March. There is a reason the sign of Aries used to mark the start of the calendar before the advent of the Gregorian calendar! This is the time of reflection, rest and maybe some planning so that as the energy shifts seasonally we are ready to take off and meet the pace we are being offered. In nature, nothing rushes and yet everything gets done. Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

As is customary in the start of the new year - it's a time to get to know me all over again. For those who are new, let this be an introduction into who I am and what I do. For those who have been with me (thank you!) this is a vulnerable share about my life, the birth of my practice Moon Essence and the soul led drive I have for the work I do and this show - a true extension of my heart. Join me this week as we reboot my story - From My Heart, Meet Me. Sending you all so much love and I am so grateful you are here on this journey with me. Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 1! I'm so grateful you are listening! We are kicking off 2024 with a reboot of one of your favorite episodes - Holistic Wellness Isn't An Amazon Prime Kind Of Fix! All too often in our culture we are looking for a quick solution to solve problems. When it comes to our health, if you truly want a natural or holistic approach to care, the results come as part of a journey - not a sprint. Join me in taking a closer look at why Holistic Wellness, in the truest sense of the phrase, is a journey that will yield lasting results if you are willing to put the time into the trek. Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

We are celebrating your favorite episodes from Reproductive Rebel this season and back by popular demand is our talk about Seed Cycling. What is seed cycling? This is a question I often receive from clients in my practice. It’s a phrase that more and more women are hearing, but without a clear idea of what it is or how to effectively harness its gifts. In this week’s episode we talk about what seed cycling is and how you can make it a part of your lifestyle to support all the energetic and physical shifts in your cycle. Thank you for a wonderful 2023 and I look forward to continuing the conversation around holistic women's health in 2024! Support the Show. Period solutions for a symptom free life. Our catalog of courses is available at: https://taoofwomeninstitute.moonessence.life/programs Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.