Tend HER Wild Podcast

In this week’s episode we talk with a woman that we consider the ultimate wild woman, Leslie Nolte. Leslie is a woman who invigorates and brings a new burst of energy that inspires all around her. Leslie is a celebrated and seasoned visionary in the realm of performance arts and education.  Through many avenues she has enriched the arts community in which she lives.  Leslie is the founder of perfo...

This week we discuss the anxiety  many of us feel in the transition from summer to fall.  Fall is an obvious time of change, a season of endings that can create some anxiety and today we talk about some of the challenges we might face in autumn and some ways to face it with more ease. Highlights from today’s episode include: -Discussion on the ancient tradition of Ayurveda and how the dry, windy s...

In today’s episode we discuss Perfectionism, something that continues to reappear in life for many of us.  At some point in our lives perfectionism served us, maybe we enjoyed the early accolades of the good girl as in Betsy’s case or reaping the rewards of meeting other’s standards as in Kate’s.  This often leads to meeting everyone else’s needs but our own. Today we cover: *    The differences b...

In today’s episode we talk with Functional Medicine Practitioner, Rachel Headings, founder of Rachel’s Healing Arts on her passion for health and her journey to guiding others on their own journey of reconnecting to their intuition to help create the health they deserve and desire. Today we cover: * Rachel”s first ten years growing up in the unique setting of an intentional community and how the e...

In this week’s episode we explore the complicated topic of grief and how we can help ourselves and our loved ones to feel it and move through it in a healthy way. -We look at the differences between sadness, depression and grief and how we process each in different ways. -We talk about the concept of disenfranchised grief. -We discuss recent losses;  Betsy, an important long term relationship that...

In this week’s episode we talk to University of Iowa Tennis Coach Sasha Schmid.  As a former college athlete, lawyer, coach and podcaster, Sasha is paving her own way with authenticity to be a champion for women’s athletics.  Sasha shares her growth journey with us and how she is finding her own way to navigate systems and lift up the stories of the women like Christine Grant that have gone...

This week Kate and Betsy discuss the importance of finding, knowing and trusting our truth.  They talk about why we disconnect form our truth, what gets in the way of us finding our truth and the power of reclaiming our truth in the face of fear by following our own path regardless of what we’ve been conditioned to believe. Some truths about truth that are discussed: -Facing difficult truths and p...

This week we talk with Narrative Therapist, Andrea Wilson.  With nearly twenty years of working in writing, literature, and creative strategy Andrea was always driven by deep philosophical questions, searching for connections between our modern experience and the greater story of humanity.  Andrea reveals her wild self and connects her experience of writing, mental health and women’s truth to help...

In today’s episode we talk with creator, teacher and spiritual seeker, Fannie Hungerford on the importance of connection and the power of women coming together.  We can help liberate our own wildness through the power of community through connection. In this episode we discuss: 1) Fannie’s unique Southern upbringing in an artistic household, her journey in theater, dance and eventually yoga. 2) Ge...

In today’s episode we talk about intuition with Certified Professional Midwife, Reiki Master-Teacher, Licensed Massage Therapist, and visual artist (who designed this year’s beautiful Tend Her 2.0 journal cover), Monica Basile PhD.  The topic of intuition is a component of the current Tend Her 2.0 program that Kate and Betsy are offering (for more info see link below). In this conversation we cove...

In today’s episode Betsy and Kate talk about the importance of being in the body and just how hard that can be.  This topic connects with TEND HER 2.0 program Kate and Betsy are currently offering.  (For more info see the link below). In this conversation we cover: 1)When each of us disconnected with our own bodies in our early years. 2)How injury, trauma, and the culture around body image can cau...

In todays episode Betsy and Kate talk about the heart.  This topic connects with the TEND HER 2.0 program Kate and Betsy are currently offering. (For more info see the link below). In this conversation, they cover: 1)  How the heart is the center of our energetic system, and how the heart according to this system is unbreakable. 2) How over the course of a lifetime, we all build walls around our h...

In today’s episode we have our first return guest, Salisha Aya!  The first time we interviewed her, she created a deep impact with her story of childhood abuse transformed into deep healing and service.  Salisha wowed us again in this episode with her depth of sharing, the wisdom that flows through her, and advice to women on how to come home to self. Next week Kate and Betsy begin teaching TEND H...

Today’s episode all about dualities.  We discuss a recent poem by Cleo Wade that illustrates this idea so beautifully. “Here’s the thing – you are allowed to be a ball of contradictions.  Everything you are and everything you like does not have to make sense in relation to each other.  Life is less about being right, correct, and validated and more about being free, joyful, and curious...

In today’s episode, we talk about the divine feminine and masculine energies and finding a balance between them.  Several themes emerged from this discussion: The difficulty in calling these energies masculine and feminine, as it automatically attaches them to gender which is not actually the case.  Other ways to describe these energies include light/dark, night/day, sun/moon, receptive/active, yi...

We talk with Jen Loeb, the only female Iowan who has climbed the 7 summits, including Mt. Everest.  In this conversation we talk about: How growing up in Jessup, Iowa, as a “feral child” spending countless hours outdoors likely were foreshadowing of what adventures would come. How unlikely it was for an Iowa girl to find the sport of climbing and how her first experience on Mt. Whitney...

In this episode we have a deep and inspiring conversation with Raye Zaragoza, a 29 year old singer/songwriter who has always had the courage to forge her own path.  As a Japanese-American, Mexican, Indigenous woman, issues of belonging, skin color, and feeling as if she was on the outside flow through her music.  She explains that trusting in herself and the universe has brought her great success...

In this week’s episode we talk honestly about the pain we all seem to be experiencing in some way.  Pain exists for both the individual and the collective after this difficult period in our history.  We share our thoughts on healing our nervous systems, and the weight of current issues like school shootings that have certainly added to that heaviness.   We talk about all the numbing activities and...

We had the honor to do a live podcast event with Marianne Williamson at the James theatre with around 100 women in attendance.  Marianne came on with a bang and gave us all so much to digest and reflect upon. We were so grateful for this opportunity to be in the midst of one of the great thought leaders of our time. Here are some of the highlights: -The point of wildness is to bring the divine fem...

As a futurist and Wild Woman, Rebecca Ryan helps people and communities connect to something bigger.  She shares her upbringing and the narrow box she grew up in as an adopted child.  She explains how she stepped out of the box by starting her own company 25 years ago. Rebecca talks about her fascination with generational change and the desire to understand trends.   As a zen master, Rebecca sees...

Today’s episode, in honor of Mother’s Day, we explore the topic of raising the next generation of wild women.   How do we embrace these young wild wolf pups to preserve their inherently wild nature?   We discuss three authors who write about parenting: Carl Jung, William Martin, and Dr. Shefali in “The Awakened Parent”. In this episode we discuss three themes: Your children are not your own.  They...

Today’s episode is based on Marianne Williamson’s beloved quote:  “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the w...

Dr. Andrea Wieland: If You Aren’t Failing, You Aren’t Striving Growing up in an achievement oriented family and how this shaped her life. How reading the classic book “The Inner Game of Tennis” was pivotal and perhaps turned her onto the personal self development of the athlete. Watching Nadia Comaneci in the 1976 Olympics and how this became the seed of her olympic dreams. Walking next to Shaq an...

Meet Polly Price, a beautiful bright soul who has a unique story of triumph.  Today’s conversation touches on topics such as young fame and fortune – addiction and heartache. Polly share’s her story with authenticity, grace, and a killer sense of humor.  From dinner with President Ford to the insane world of professional golf, Polly shares what she learned and how she found joy and returned...

Meet Salisha Aya, a sacred leader who empowers women in wellness retreats, women’s circles, and conscious ritual.   Today’s inspiring conversation is a journey with Salisha from her early years in an abusive, alcoholic household to finding worldly success until one day in her 30’s when she literally hit the brakes on her sports car and asked the big question, “Is this all there is?” That question...