Tend HER Wild Podcast

This week we are re-releasing an old episode because we are all (including our guest Kimberly) on a yoga retreat in Costa Rica with 25 women. We love listening to this conversation again with one of our favorite truly wild woman! And…we did record an episode this week on retreat with a MAN! We cannot wait to have you hear this in a few weeks – he has been on lots of podcasts and told us at t...

Today, we are excited to have Angie Chaplin with us. Angie is an internationally renowned speaker, consultant and educator specializing in leadership and organizational development. Her openness about her journey through mental and behavioral health epitomizes her values of integrity, curiosity, clarity connection and love. Today we discuss: •A natural craving for knowledge as a kid, that led Angi...

We are excited to have a conversation today with internationally known author and speaker Jocelyn Davis.  Jocelyn has many business books including The Art of Quiet Influence and has written a historical novel, The Age of Kali.  Today we are excited to talk about her most recent book, Insubordinate, 12 New Archetypes for Women Who Lead. Today we discuss: Jocelyn’s early experiences living around t...

In today’s episode we talk about meditation: why it’s helpful, the data that supports it, and why it is so darn hard to commit to it despite all the beneficial evidence for it.  We end with a guided meditation. “Don’t find the best practice. Find one that you will actually do because they are all one.” – Neem Karoli Baba Today we discuss: The different types of meditation: prayer, guided, mo...

We have a conversation today with Kate O’ Donnell, an expert in Ayurveda, who guides us through holistic ways to approach healing, nourishment, and menopause. Today we discuss: How Kate’s upbringing created a quiet and steady space, along with plenty of encouragement to be wild. Kate’s childhood dream of going to India, and the study abroad opportunity in India she had that changed the course of h...

In today’s episode we’ll be circling back to a topic we’ve previously touched on but want to approach again from a slightly different perspective.  In a world where contrasts are more and more obvious we discuss the necessary balance of our masculine and feminine energies Today we discuss: We are in a place of great extreme with both progress and setback. The feminine energy is rising and we can s...

Today we have a rich conversation with Lyz Lenz, a true wild woman and writer who just released her fourth book “This American Ex-Wife” that instantly hit the New York Times best selling list.  This conversation is hilarious, thought provoking, and may hit close to home for many of you out there. Today we discuss:  Her early years in Texas as the second oldest of eight children where she was homes...

In today’s episode we’ll be talking about the TEDx talk we were scheduled to give and that didn’t happen. Today we discuss: Our mutual excitement about the opportunity to give a TEDx talk, something we both had been wanting to do for some time The challenge of presenting our re-wilding message in 12 minutes The moment we separately realized this wasn’t working because of the essence of the wild wo...

Today we have an inspiring conversation with an expert in all things politics, Amanda Litman, co-founder and executive director of Run for Something , a group supporting young progressives running for office. Today we discuss: • Amanda’s early years and a defining moment in high school when she skipped class and went to a local college to hear Barack Obama speak, an event that would change the cou...

How much goodness am I willing to allow in my life? The universe had been hinting that we should cover the topic of tapping into our full potential and the things that could possibly be holding us back. Today we cover the idea that we all have so much more in us than we imagine and have such a deep capacity to feel good but because we have a limited tolerance for feeling good we subconsciously sab...

Today we are thrilled to introduce Cate Stillman, a thought leader and true wild woman who has been prolific in her reach for over 2 decades about primal habits and Ayurvedic healing. In today’s episode we talk about her new book “The Witch’s Cancer Journal” which chronicles her relationship to cancer and the her wild healing journey. Today we discuss: • How Cate was born jaundice and spent her fi...

Today, we discuss haters, negativity, toxicity and how you can manage and work with it. Facing the critics (or being one) will happen to all of us and whichever side of it you’re on we want to have an open and honest conversation about it. Today we discuss: • The fear we each have of our internal light and that if we step into our full light we may experience rejection. • How when you shine bright...

Today we are thrilled to introduce Cathy Pagano who has been working with the gifts of the feminine spirit for over forty years. Today we discuss: • How Cathy was drawn as a young child to spirituality (she wanted to be “the pope” as a kid) as a young kid from Brooklyn and Long Island. • Her study of our dream life, and how dreams can change the trajectory of our life and show us the truth of our...

Meet Kate & Betsy at the start of Season 2 Join us today as we reflect on the first season of Tend Her Wild and enter into season two. Today Betsy and Kate discuss the impact of the podcast on their own personal growth and the importance of community in navigating life’s challenges. Today we discuss: • Updates on our own re-wilding, and how we are navigating life. • What the wild woman a...

This week we share a live podcast recording (on November 17, 2023) from the Resilience Summit that happened at local event center, Little Lights on the Lane.  This day-long event that 150 women attended came at the end of a month long free online course on resilience called Tend Her 3.0.  Over 1100 women registered for the course. This free online course is still available to anyone who...

Marianne Williamson: 2024 Presidential Candidate “When you speak about noble things people hear you from a noble place” —Marianne Williamson Today we discuss: The resilience of our country and the concept of functioning on our own principles which are embedded in the Declaration of Independence Why the original ideals of our country still work in our “modern” world and why reclaiming them is so im...

In our conversation today we dive into the deep topic of resilience.  Our newest online program, Tend Her 3.0,  is all about resilience.  You can still join this program for free (all the info below).  Today we come raw and real, talking about things we haven’t yet publicly shared about the twists and turns of our own resilience stories. Today we discuss: What resilience is and isn’t. How we stren...

Today we are so happy for the opportunity to talk with LaDonna Phillips, a single mother who shares her journey of resilience and the challenges she has overcome. Today we discuss: A confusing childhood being raised by a loving mother and by a foster care system that failed her in many ways. How LaDonna found the ability to pull out the positive from the negative situations she found herself in, s...

In our conversation today we discus the important benefits of finding calm in a divisive world.  The intensity of today’s world where there is so much pain and suffering can be overwhelming.  How can we be aware of it, witness it, and move through it without absorbing it? Today we discuss: The challenges we face in today’s world can seem particularly heavy, and how to acknowledge the pain and stil...

Today we are thrilled to talk with Michaela Boehm, the creator of The Non-Linear Movement Method and author of the “Wild Woman’s Way”.  She is a speaker, teacher, intimacy expert and counselor and appears on Gweneth Paltrow’s newest Netflix show “Sex, Love and Goop.” “The wild woman is essentially the representation of us as a natural being in the natural world in the way that we can ex...

Today we are excited to interview Dr. Beth Livingston, co-author of one of Forbes Top 10 Business Books of 2022, Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and Gender Equity at Work (co-authored with Tina Opie).   Today we discuss: The connection made through Betsy and Beth’s daughters (both previously on the Barbie episode). Beth’s upbringing as the only girl and youngest of thre...

Join us today as we interview Sam Ferm-LeClere who is currently navigating chronic illness, something far too many women face. Today we discuss: • Sam’s early idyllic years spent primarily outdoors in Phoenix, where she developed her reverence for nature. • How in her early twenties while living in DC and working a high stress job, Sam began to notice some symptoms (numbness, fuzziness in the visi...

Join us today as we interview Dr Stacey Shelby, an author, speaker and depth psychotherapist.  This deep conversation about understanding the wild woman archetype and how it shows up in modern western culture. Today we discuss: Dr. Stacey’s early years and her vivid imagination and connection to nature. How the wild woman archetype is socialized out of us form the very beginning in western culture...

Today’s episode was recorded in Cork, Ireland during a yoga retreat at Ballymaloe House that Betsy taught (and Kate attended)!  Ballmaloe House is a family owned country house, hotel and restaurant nestled in the lush countryside of East Cork.  While the beauty, food, and ambience were astounding, what struck us most were the stories of the Irish women who helped envision, build, and sustain...

We are re-releasing an old episode this week because we are in Ireland on a yoga retreat. This episode is the 3 phases of the goddess: the maiden, the mother, and the crone. This week in Ireland we are struck by mother earth – the rolling green hills, the craggy cliffs, and the wild winds and water.   It seems you can feel the feminine energy here quite strongly which made us think of this e...