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☯️ Motherhood & bending without breaking
I took a Mom-cation this week - 3 days of glorious alone time at my friend Christine’s rental on Cape Cod - and I spent some of it in bed, recovering from a virus. It’s been rocking my body (and not in the good way 🫠). September is always intense for me. It’s that...
Boys, Violence & The Nervous System
So many of us have been rocked by the ongoing violence in our newsfeeds. I don’t want to add to the noise and cast blame. I do want to offer a perspective that helps us heal. To do that we need to speak to the elephant in the room: The people committing these acts of...
🍓Women’s Health & Picking Berries
“How are we supposed to learn to love the world if we don’t pick berries?” I saw a woman say this on TikTok. I was heartstruck. That woman was Robin Wall Kimmerer, the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Wisdom of Plants. ...
❤️🩹 When Our Children Get Sick
My oldest started middle school last week and came down with something a few days before. Even before he complained of being sick I knew he was headed in that direction. It’s always in the eyes. They start to get glossy in a different way. And once my pitta boy with a...
💕Ayurvedic Self-Massage (Free Guide)
We’re less than a month away from the fall equinox. Part of tending to our human body - and especially the rhythmic female body - is preparing for the seasonal shift. So I want to share with you one of the most important practices you can be doing this time of year,...
🔥The Wisdom of Our Female Ancestors
In a world built on the more linear biology of the hormonally male body, your female body may feel like it’s something that needs to be “fixed.” 🔻Puberty turns sweetness into the dreaded teenage girl. 🔻Periods SUCK. 🔻The sensations of childbirth should be avoided....
❤️🔥 Womanhood in A World on Fire (Early Bird Pricing Ends Tonight!)
The last 5 years - ever since the pandemic - it feels like the world is on fire. At first, I admit, my system was overwhelmed by all the emotions - confusion, grasping, rage, fear. But something shifted over the years, and even though the chaos and conflict has...
🌀 Hormones, The Nervous System & Your Female Body Rhythms
The true blessing I’ve received from Ayurveda and Somatics is that I’m no longer chasing symptoms. When something comes up, I don’t rush to schedule an appointment with a practitioner. I don’t start cutting all the possible culprits out of my diet. I don’t start...
🎉[NEW COURSE!] The Feminine Code (Early Bird Offer)
I’m SO excited to share my *new* self-guided course with you. During my 15 years of working with women in holistic medicine, I’ve seen some obvious patterns. Early on, it was that women were becoming aware of how to heal naturally. And with so much beauty and...
🌀We’re tripping (& The Feminine Code opens next week!)
Gaslit (adjective): Referring to the act of manipulating someone psychologically into doubting their perceptions or sanity, often to exert control or influence over them (Oxford Dictionary, 2020). I was debating whether or not to make the subject of this email “You’ve...
☀️ Ayurvedic Tips for a Healthy Hot Girl Summer
Summer’s right around the corner. It’s pitta season (fire/water elements). We can feel the heat accumulating outside, and it’s accumulating in your body too. When the doshas accumulate too much, eventually they aggravate, and this can cause symptoms. 🔥That can...
Where I’m At In Life
It’s the last week of school. Our schedule is FULL - end of year activities, 5th grade graduation, parties, sports, middle school prep, and everything else in life. It feels a bit like crawling to the finish line! I probably won’t get a lot of work done this week....
⚡️Perfectionism & the female nervous system
I’m not perfect, and I want you to know I won’t try to convince you that I am. I get sick sometimes. I don’t always have a perfect diet or abundant, even energy. I’m not superhuman. But I try to be deeply rooted in my human body and humanity, which I think - in a...
❤️🔥 Female body superpowers explained
Your female body has superpowers. No, that’s not hyperbole. The natural biological processes of your female body connect you to cosmic forces, whether you’re aware of it yet or not. I know…this may sound “out there,” But let me explain. If you’re here because you want...
Becoming A Jedi
What happens to kids going through puberty in a society that has forgotten how to mark these initiations? In a culture that emphasizes the individual over the collective, and that has forgotten our connection to nature? My boys are 11 and 9. ❤️ There are so many...
🌸 What Are Your 4 Words?
Are you ready for a quick word association? I’ll give you 4 words/phrases. Write down the very first word that comes to mind for each. Don’t overthink it. Be honest! Ready? Teenage girl going through puberty Your period Childbirth & postpartum Menopause Got your...
✨ Steady & Alive in The Chaos
Six months ago we adopted a puppy. Most mornings when I practice yoga now, Bodhi’s like, “Great! Excited to join you!” and inches his way onto my mat. For the last decade - ever since I’ve had kids - there have been a lot of mornings when I’ve had some small person or...
Creating Change Through Your Body
I’ve been to a few daylong retreats this year. There are so many positive things I took away from them: connection with other women, inspiration from a variety of teachers and healers, and time to reflect and envision. But since my work is teaching women how to...
Dinacharya: Daily Routines
When we were learning to treat patients in my early years of Ayurveda school, we first learned dinacharya (daily routines). I remember thinking, "But when can I get to making all the magical herbal concoctions?!" (Because: herb! 😍 🌱) Years later, after having...
Couch Medicine
One of my teachers, Dr. Claudia Welch, talks about “couch medicine” and how so many women run on stress hormones. We mistake this wired state for true energy. The more adrenaline and cortisol we have coursing through our system, the less it takes to trigger us into a...
