The Beautiful Grit

In this episode of the Beautiful Grit, Gwen unpacks the magic and meaning of the Human Design profile numbers, or lines, and the the unique combination of archetypes that shape how you move through life and how others perceive you. Whether you're a 6/2, 3/5, 2/4, or any other combination, you'll gain powerful insight into your role, rhythm, and relational blueprint. Expect reflection, journal prom...

In this week's episode, our host, Gwen Dittmar, is joined by Alicia "ACE" Easter, the founder and visionary behind Alicia C. Easter Enterprises LLC, a multi-faceted wellness and creative agency. As a motivational speaker, yoga and meditation teacher, Reiki master, and marketing expert with over 20 years of experience, ACE bridges soulful healing with strategic branding. Her offerings are rooted in...

In this week's episode, with our host, Gwen Dittmar, Coach, Somatic Breathwork, and Soul Guide, we delve into the foundational question: What is Human Design? and this week, What are the Human Design Authorities, and how are we meant to make decisions. We will also discuss in this episode the current Sun transit in Human Design through Gate 52, The Gate of Stillness. This is a powerful energy to e...

In this week's episode, with our host, Gwen Dittmar, Coach, Somatic, Breath, and Soul Guide, we delve into a foundational aspect of Human Design... What is your Type in Human Design, and more importantly, how can you apply Human Design to the real events in your life, our country, and the world, especially this week as the Sun transits through Gate 15, The Gate of Extremes. Gate 15 invites all of...

In this week's episode, with our host, Gwen Dittmar, Coach, Energy, and Soul Guide, we discuss how the current Human Design Sun transit through Gate 12, known as the Gate of Caution, a highly emotional, creative, and selective energy, teaches us the power of timing in communication. This is the gate of the poet, the artist, the one who waits until the emotional wave is clear before speaking. Gwen...

In this week's timely episode, with our host, Gwen Dittmar, Coach, Energy, and Soul Guide, we delve into the foundational question: What is Human Design? And more importantly how can we apply Human Design to the real events in our country and world, especially this week as the Sun transits through Gate 45, the energy of The Gatherer, The Leader? This is a great episode to share with family, friend...

In this week's episode of the Beautiful Grit, with our host, Coach, Somatic Breathwork Healer, and Soul Guide, Gwen Dittmar, gives practical actions you can take this coming week to pause, overcome fear, and use it all as an opportunity to experience ownership and create new adventures in your life. THANK YOU for being here. It's Gwen's Birthday Month! To celebrate, we are sharing 20% off: 1:1 ses...

In this week's episode of the Beautiful Grit, with our host, Coach, Somatic and Breathwork Healer, and Soul Guide, Gwen Dittmar, breaks down the process of how to alchemize resistance, begin the change you crave, and to integrate the Human Design transit of Gate 16 into your daily life. This episode explores the process of change, how to move through resistance, how to easily and honestly assess w...

In this week's episode you'll hear from Meggie Palmer, the founder of PepTalkHer. We explore what it truly means to own your worth, get paid for the expertise you bring to the table professionally and personally. Meggie shares her powerful journey from award-winning journalist to entrepreneur, and how her mission to close the gender pay gap became a global movement. Together we unpack: Why Meggie...

In this powerful and intimate episode Ruthie Ackerman, acclaimed journalist and author of The Mother Code, a memoir that explores identity, generational trauma, and what it means to mother, and be mothered, Ruthie and I dive deep into the complexities of navigating partnerships that do and do not support having children, reclaiming one's narrative, especially as an adoptee and a woman navigating t...

This week I sat down with Jenna Laski Scott, renowned psychotherapist, founder of becoming EPIC, and a coaching client to share a powerful tool that she developed from 20 years of private practice in the field of emotional development and a lifetime of study. Jenna integrates insights from Interpersonal Neurobiology, Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, EMDR and Positive Psychology to gu...

In this empowering episode of the Beautiful Grit, Cate Luzio, a former financial executive and the founder of Luminary, self-funded a groundbreaking professional women’s community in 2018 with the mission to up-lift, up-skill, and propel women and allies forward through all phases of their professional journeys. In the episode, Cate shares her journey from non-profit to corporate finance, her appr...

In her critically acclaimed, groundbreaking, NYT New and Noteworthy book I Had a Miscarriage, Los Angeles-based clinical psychologist, advocate, and author Dr. Jessica Zucker boldly exposed the silence, stigma, and shame that surround pregnancy loss and demonstrated the need to normalize conversations around painful reproductive events that too often go unspoken. In her new book Normalize It, a #1...

In this powerful episode of the Beautiful Grit, yoga-meditation teacher, clinical therapist, founder of Yoga. Psyche. Soul specializing in integrating yoga, meditation, breathwork with classical mental health psychology, Ashley Turner explores the profound transitions of womanhood - the interesting overlap that many women who choose to have children later in life have with postpartum, perimenopaus...

In this raw and real episode of the Beautiful Grit, Gwen Dittmar welcomes Gina Lamanna, the visionary behind The Fondle Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering women to take charge of their breast health through self-advocacy, awareness, and holistic wellness. Founded by fashion stylist and entrepreneur Gina Lamanna, a breast cancer survivor who detected her cancer through self-e...

The Reality of Mental Load in Marriage and Motherhood with Paige Connell In this raw episode of the Beautiful Grit Podcast, Paige Connell, creator of She is a Paige Turner, discusses what mental load means, and how it shows up for women in marriage, and motherhood. Paige shares her story of her breaking point, the part she played in her burnout, embracing life’s unexpected plot twists, and the res...

The Terrain of Truth: Rethinking Health with Jacob Diaz In this eye-opening episode of The Beautiful Grit Podcast, Jacob Diaz, also known as the @undercovervirologist on Instagram, challenges conventional understanding about health and illness and the true nature of viruses, germs, and bacteria. Jacob attended the Bigelsen Academy of Holographic Blood and earned a Certificate as a Naturopathic Pra...

In this soothing and insightful episode of the Beautiful Grit Podcast, Kristen Caissie, founder of Moon Canyon Healing, explores the deep connection between nature and personal transformation. Kristen shares her beautiful and gritty journey of building a floral design business, making the bold shift into studying herbal medicine, and blending somatic work into her holistic healing art that reveals...

This week I sat down with psychological astrologer Danielle Beinstein to explore the cosmic landscape of 2025. Together, we dive into spiritual psychology spiritual bypass, using the human experience to access divinity, astrological transits, planetary shifts, and energetic themes shaping the year ahead and beyond in years to come. In the episode learn about: Major planetary movements and their im...

This week’s guest is Dr. Ashley Beckman, a doctor of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, board certified acupuncturist and herbalist, Functional Medicine practitioner, and epigenetics expert in Los Angeles. She received her doctorate in Healthy Aging and Longevity and wrote her thesis on epigenetics and the study of how our genes are affected by our diet and lifestyle. Over the last ten years as an...

Tami Lynn Kent is a women’s health physical therapist, founder of the original method of Holistic Pelvic Care™ for women, and author of Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit & Joy in the Female Body, Wild Creative, and Wild Mothering. Tami is a true practitioner, teacher, mentor and guide who is in awe of the potential in our female bodies and passionate about cultivating this vibrant energy that’s...

This week I sat down with Kate Hinkens, founder of The Sting Lab, which is a center for bee venom therapy and research and Kate is an expert in the bee venom therapy field. In the episode, Kate shares her story of a debilitating and mysterious illness as a child, again in teen years and again after graduating college and working as a professional. She was finally diagnosed with late, chronic stage...

Dr. Anoop Kumar realized from a near death like experience in medical school that our healthcare system was deeply flawed and sought to provide a solution to bridge the science of consciousness with Western Medicine. Dr. Kumar is a Board-Certified Emergency Medicine physician, holds a Masters in Management with a focus in Health Leadership. Through reflecting on his childhood that was centered in...

In this heartfelt episode of the Beautiful Grit, Gwen Dittmar welcomes Jami Crist, author of The Losses We Keep. Together, Gwen and Jami dive into the transformative power of group coaching for women, letting go of the old ways of operating as women in order to step into true alignment, pregnancy loss, the grief and challenges women experience and hold, and exploring how grief can shape our lives...

Dan Regan is a personal growth consultant, teacher, speaker and guide. His specializes in the inner work and shadows with his clients and as a Gene Keys Ambassador, Dan helps individuals unlock the wisdom within their genetic blueprint, fostering profound self-awareness, emotional healing, and personal growth. With a deep understanding of this unique synthesis of ancient wisdom and modern science,...