Episodes

In today’s episode of Tend Her Wild Betsy and Kate have a conversation about self sabotage and boundaries. They talk about how they are related to our first 10 years and how they can help us understand how we can return to being a wild woman. A big topic that is so essential, boundaries are hard for everyone but seem to be especially hard for women based on many factors not the least the culture we live in. It effects us all and it’s something we all struggle with. Some topics covered in today...

On today’s episode of Tend Her Wild, we are thrilled to welcome Kylie Patchett, a transformational coach, founder of Radiance Revolution, and host of the Wild and Finally Fucking Free podcast. Kylie joins us all the way from country Queensland, Australia to share her wisdom and experience in guiding women through the right of passage that is peri-menopause. Through her coaching, Kylie helps women rewrite old stories, reclaim their desires, and love themselves back to life, creating what she call...

Welcome to the Tend Her Wild podcast, where today we’ll be exploring the ancient concept of the three phases of the goddess. As women, we pass through these distinct phases in our lives – the Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone – each one unique and meaningful in its own way. In this episode, we’ll be discussing the beauty, power, and challenges of each phase, and how we can embrace and celebrate aging, rather than buying into society’s age-phobic messaging. Join us as we delve into the beautiful ...

In today’s episode Kate & Betsy interview a true trailblazer, Katherine Wintsch. Katherine is the fearless leader and dedicated advocate behind The Mom Complex, an organization that works to make the lives of mothers easier and to help companies better understand and support their mom customers and employees. Katherine is also the author of the book “Slay Like a Mother,” which was named one of the top 10 life-changing self-help books of the year by Parade magazine. Her groundbreaking research on...

In today’s episode of Tend Her Wild, hosts Betsy and Kate discuss the topic of dreams and their significance. Betsy has a talent of helping us uncover the deeper meaning of our dreams and does some dream analysis in this episode after she and Kate illuminate the nature and significance of dreaming. Carl Jung calls dreams “The most important and most obvious results of unconscious psychic processes ”. Essentially our subconscious mind is a huge part of us, how we see the world, and how we make d...

Today on Tend Her Wild Kate and Betsy cover the topic of how women can continue to show up for other women. This is a topic we had been considering and after being inspired by Jamie Lee Curtis’ support of Michelle Yeoh at the Golden Globes we decided it was time to dive in and take the opportunity to discuss how this moment is an opportunity to be more conscious of how we champion other women in our lives. Join us in healing community Costa Rica, May 20-27 Tend Her Wild Costa Rica Retreat May 2...

Today we are so excited to introduce Marlen Mendoza. Marlen is the founder and executive director of Mendoza consulting, which provides policy and research analysis, strategic advisement, bilingual market research and business development, translation services and creative community solutions. We discuss Marlen’s childhood in a Chicago based latino community being raised by an immigrant single mother and her transformative time in college in Iowa City and Washington DC. She shares her reason fo...

Happy new year! In today’s episode we explore new year’s resolutions. Should we make them? Shouldn’t we? Can we keep them if we do? Today we’ll answer these questions and cover: -The science of new year’s resolutions -Our personal relationships to new year’s resolutions -Ways to think about the new year differently -Reflections on the past year and contemplation of the coming year -Why taking action later in the year (spring) makes more sense energetically -Moving into the new year gently...

It has been full year that we’ve been co-creating the tend Her Wild podcast! We’ve recorded nearly 50 podcasts, interviewed 19 women and one man; a diverse group from different backgrounds and talents. We have seen the thread of their wild essence, their wisdom and their desire to be in connection with truth and authenticity. Today we reflect on some of our favorite episodes, the threads that tie us together and some of the the lessons we’ve gained in the last year: -Awakenings to personal tr...

We are so excited and very honored this week to have guest Avianna Castro, intuitive transformational coach and meditation teacher, the founder of Avianna Castro LLC and Oneness Wellness. Avianna’s passion is to assist others in recognizing and connecting to their own intuition, potential and purpose; guiding souls on remembering who they are at their core and envisioning a life that can now become a reality. Over the last two years Avianna has had a complete transformation of her own releasing ...

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...

Tend Her Wild co-hosts Betsy and Kate discuss Kate’s decision to let go and move on. We talk through the entire process leading up to her quitting her job as a CEO, the sense of freedom that that choice offered and what that decision has led to. By quieting her mind, connecting to her heart and tuning into her body Kate found purpose and intention to surrender and follow her heart. In today’s episode we discuss; -The process of finding clarity and deciding what we want -The sense of release t...

We are excited to have one of our dear friends and a wise human, Monica Basile, with us to talk about the important topic of wintering as we go into these colder months. Monica is a professional midwife, a Reiki master and teacher, a licensed massage therapist and a visual artist. She has more than 25 years experience as a healer, midwife, educator and she’s passionate about helping people experience beauty, enchantment, connection to the Earth and inner peace through honoring the seasonal and c...

“Midlife is when the universe places her hands upon you shoulders, pulls you close, and whispers in your ear: I’m not screwing around. All of this pretending you’re performing, these coping mechanisms that you’ve developed to protect yourself from feeling inadequate and getting hurt has to go. Your armor is preventing you from growing into your gifts. I understand that you needed these protections when you were small. I understand that you believed your armor could help you secure all of the thi...

Today we are excited to interview Dr Candida Maurer. Candida is a licensed psychologist specializing in mind-body medicine that integrates not only mind-body medicine but the spirit as well. She and her husband opened Eastwind spiritual center, the first integrative medicine center in the state of Iowa in 1997. Eastwind Healing Center became the largest center of its kind in the Midwest. When her husband Michael died in 2018 she ran the center by herself but realized it was time to change and gr...

“There is an aspect that women need to master if you’re going to be a wild woman and that is dealing with what can only be called women’s rage. The release of that rage is required. Once women remember the origins of their rage they feel they may never stop grinding their teeth. Ironically, we also feel very anxious to disperse our rage for it feels distressing and anxious. We wish to hurry up and do away with it. But, repressing it will not work.” —Clarissa Pinkola Estes in Women Who Run with t...

2022 candidate for Johnson County Supervisor Election Day is Tuesday, November 8 “When we understand that our liberation is tied together, then we will make change.” —V We are so pleased to welcome guest V Fixmer-Oraiz, AICP certified community environmental planner, and candidate for Johnson County Supervisor. In today’s episode we discuss: -V’s first 10 years being raised by young parents -How V moved 30 times before the age of 16 as the child of a Navy Seal. -How V identifies as trans...

Today Kate and Betsy dive into a topic that they ask almost every single one of the TEND HER WILD guests, which are about those first ten years of life. Kate and Betsy ask themselves what they wish they could have been told or would have known at ten years of age, how we begin to conform to a patriarchal system and how to find harmony between the masculine and feminine. The episode explores: -Kate and Betsy’s messages to their ten year old selves -The point when we split from the feminine to ...

“The wild woman thunders after injustice and she is utterly essential to women’s mental and social health”. -Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Women Who Run WIth The Wolves Today we dive into a topic that rose to the surface this past June, the day that Roe V Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court. We try to create space to discuss this polarizing topic and share our initial feelings of shock that led to today’s podcast. As we talk about this challenging issue we discuss: •Kate’s perspective as a law...

This week Kate and Betsy welcome our first male guest, Steve Shiva, transformational coach, founder of Notorious Hearts and leader in integrative men’s work. Steve is currently based in Zurich, Switzerland but spent his first 22 years in England. With three sisters and working parents that were both emotionally and often physically unavailable Steve learned to hide his deep emotions early leading to hyper-masculinity later in life. Steve now works internationally to help uncover authentic mascul...

In today’s episode we talk with our youngest guest to date, nineteen year old inventor, inspiration and Wild Woman, Dasia Taylor. At 15 Dasia created surgical stitches that change color, indicating whether a patient’s wound is infected. She is an advocate for racial equity and Dasia’s scientific experiment eventually created medical device technology that will be more easily affordable and accessible in low income communities and developing countries. This incredible young woman has already see...

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 performance arts space, The James Theater, she is the producer and artistic director of many productions, ...

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 season of fall is considered Vatta and tools to create more balance -Why we might feel more fear and...

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 between high achievement and perfectionism * Our personal journeys of perfectionism and the rewards and...