Episodes

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 woman archetype and it’s inherent fight against being put in a box that was 12 minutes long How o...

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 course of life.• Amanda’s choice to attend Northwestern in Chicago, her decision partially driven by h...

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 sabotage those good feelings. Today we discuss: • Our inspirations from the book The Big Leap by...

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 first days of life alone in an incubator, which she now understands as traumatic and the root o...

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, you will be a threat to the system, but in the words of Marianne Williamson, “do it anyway”...

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 souls. • Cathy’s perspective of the wild woman archetype and why it’s showing up for so many...

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 archetype is and how she can guide us into more authenticity and freedom. • Kate discusses how tapping ...

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 wants to take it. All the info for how to join can be found below. In this live podcast we discuss: The defini...

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 important A brilliant perspective on the ongoing story of the dichotomy of two opposing forces i...

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 strengthen the resiliency muscle by learning to feel all of it. How our resilience stories are best share...

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, something she learned from family. LaDonna’s journey of becoming a single mother at a young age a...

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 still protect ourselves enough to show up for our life. How current events effect us and the importance...

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 express when nothing is required of us other than our natural joy and connection.” —Michaela Boehm Today we disc...

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 three children in Louisville, Kentucky. How the impact of “bussing” children to different schools to hel...

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 vision) but initially dismissed them. • An e-mail from her aunt that opened a door to a complete cha...

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. The effect of adolescent girls not receiving enough mirroring because adult women and mothers a...

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 this award winning family business. We took a rainy afternoon to sit down with Bree Allen, who married int...

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 episode about the feminine. Where we are staying there is multigenerational wild powerful women helping ru...

We’re thrilled to welcome Faith Hunter, an acclaimed author and yogi whose transformative journey—from family challenges to emotional healing through yoga, meditation, and writing—has empowered and inspired many. Today we discuss: Faith’s developmental first decade with Mama Banks, her “second mother”, that taught ways of showing up in the world as a nurturing black woman. Growing up with two brothers who had serious health issues and how Faith felt the need to be the good girl, stay out of t...

In this episode we do a personal check in with each other about our past week, which included health scares for both us. In this episode we talk about: -How the body is deeply intelligent and a beautiful mirror to us and when we have symptoms, it is typically a sign that something is out of balance. -Kate shares her story about her week of medical tests looking at her heart function and what that meant for her. -Betsy shares her ongoing struggles with autoimmune issues and inflammation in he...

Join us today as we interview Dr. Arielle Schwartz, a psychologist and expert on trauma. This is a powerful and hopeful conversation about turning toward our wounds, the power of inhabiting the body, and and the resulting compassion that emerges for ourselves and others when we do this. Today we discuss: Arielle’s early years and how she was shaped by her parent’s divorce at the age of 4. She talks of living in 2 different households with distinctly different energies, and the effect this had ...

In this episode, we talk with Ellis Elliot about creativity, caretaking, what it means when we face a “break in the field” as she did, and living in freedom. Today we discuss: The Iceland reunion! How Ellis, Kate, and Betsy met in Iceland and how this experience shaped them. How Ellis’ early years as an only child were spent mostly in solitude, and how movement, dance and writing helped Ellis make sense of the world. “Break in The Field,” Ellis’ new book and its exploration of shared humanit...

In today’s episode Kate and Betsy talk about self compassion, a powerful topic that most women struggle with. This may actually be the foundation of the Tend Her Wild podcast; two years ago the first Tend Her workshop was offered and the entire event was centered on self compassion. “Self compassion is the secret sauce of life” -Shauna Shapiro Aspects of self compassion covered today include: -How women are conditioned away from self compassion and toward having compassion towards everyone e...

In this episode, we discuss the concept of gratitude and its role in our daily lives. We touch on the benefits of gratitude, such as increased happiness and improved relationships, as well as the concept of toxic positivity and the potential downsides of gratitude. We bring awareness to the need for balance and authenticity in practicing gratitude. In this episode we discuss: The importance of gratitude and how it is one of the pillars of happiness. Despite the apparent positives of gratitude...