The Peri Moon Podcast

This episode is a deeply evocative journey into myth, midlife and the living intelligence of story. Guided by host Nelle Tamar‑Manuel and her long‑time mentor, storyteller and wise‑woman herbalist Jackie Bushell. Their conversation unfolds like a woven tapestry. It moves through flower essences, archetypes, plant consciousness and the profound relationality that shapes a meaningful life. Jackie sh...

In this joyful episode of the Peri Moon Podcast, host Nelle Tamar-Manuel sits down with Modern Feng Shui Master and founder of The Feng Shui School of Intention, Dana Claudat. Together they explore how our homes silently mirror our fears, our clutter and our untapped potential and how reclaiming that space can transform everything else in our lives. They share raw, personal stories and reveal how...

What does it really mean to lead with your heart when life gets loud, painful, or uncertain? In this conversation, Nelle Tamar-Manuel sits down with heart space healer Jewel Veitch to explore what it looks like to stay open even when opening hurts. Nelle shares how facing a cancer diagnosis reshaped her relationship with mortality, teaching her to consciously orient toward peace and presence, whil...

Twenty years of friendship spill out in this conversation as Nelle Tamar-Manuel sits down with one of her oldest and dearest friends, Sarah Cakaric. Together they explore the power of shadow work, why softening yourself is the true source of feminine strength, and how dance, breath, and mirror-gazing have shaped their paths back to themselves after years of self-abandonment. The conversation moves...

What if the mistakes you've spent years feeling ashamed of were actually the exact training ground you needed? In this soul-baring conversation, longtime mentor and human design teacher Krystal Woods joins host Nelle Tamar-Manuel to explore what it really means to trust your body's inner GPS. Krystal breaks down the different human design authorities, sacral, emotional, splenic, ego, and more, and...

What does it mean to live as a creator, not just a participant, in your own life? In this rich conversation, host Nelle Tamar-Manuel sits down again with Jessie Sobool (Cozy Jess) of Euda by Jessie to explore creativity not as a rare gift reserved for "real artists," but as a daily, embodied practice available to every woman. Together they unpack the tender link between creativity and me...

Are you holding everything together at work, only to fall apart at home? You're not broken. Your nervous system is just keeping score. In this episode, nervous system specialist and bestselling author Sheridan Ruth joins Nelle Tamar-Manuel in the Peri Moon podcast for a conversation that goes far beyond wellness tips. Together, they explore why women in perimenopause so often hit a wall, what&...

What if the most productive thing you could do today is absolutely nothing? In this rich, soul-nourishing conversation, Nelle Tamar-Manuel sits down with somatic practitioner and body worker Abby Valletta to explore why women's instinct to push through - to write the newsletter, hit the gym, grind harder - is often just dissociation wearing a productivity mask. Abby unpacks the somatic roots o...

In this intimate conversation, host Nelle Tamar-Manuel sits down with feng shui consultant and soul‑efficiency creator Jessie Sobool to explore what it really means for a woman to live a life lit from within. Jessie shares how the simple question “What’s your magic?” reshaped how she sees herself, and how that lens became the heart of her work, Euda by Jessie. Together they dive into the feminine...

In this Peri Moon episode, Nelle sits down with yoga therapist and longtime retreat leader Kat Ford to explore why women’s retreats aren’t just a getaway, they’re a full nervous‑system reset. Kat shares why somatic healing, feminine embodiment, and nature immersion can shift perimenopause symptoms in ways talk therapy can’t. They dive into the power of re‑tribalizing: gathering around fire, moving...

This is the official trailer for The Peri Moon Podcast, where naturopath and narrative therapist Nelle Tamar‑Manuel invites you into a deeper, richer experience of midlife vitality. Through intimate, unhurried conversations with exquisite women, Nelle explores the wild, transformative terrain of perimenopause and beyond - the hormones, the health shifts, the identity evolutions, the relationship r...