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Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezEp. 335 It’s Time to Rise: Return of the Wildly Intuitive HealerYou don’t need astrology to feel what’s happening—your body already knows. This Eclipse season is more than a moment. It’s a mirror, a flame, and a threshold. In this episode, I open the space for healers, lightworkers, and soul-led practitioners navigating deep transitions, grief, uncertainty, or a call toward something more. You’ll explore how the eclipse, Neptune’s ingress into Aries, and Venus’ dual embodiment of water and fire are signaling the Return of the Wildly Intuitive Healer. You’ll hear about: Why this eclipse season marks the rise of the Wild...2025-04-0229 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezLibra Solar Eclipse: Resetting Relational Contracts & Emotional PatternsThis Libra solar eclipse is a time for new beginnings, radical self-tending, and deep reflection on what’s no longer working in your relationships. As we prepare for this eclipse, we dive into the astrological significance, Venus' deep inner work, and how Mercury’s influence is shaping our thoughts and plans. Are you ready to say YES to renegotiating the contracts that no longer serve you and hit the reset button on your life? It’s time to rewrite the rules, especially when it comes to your relationships and how you nurture yourself. Let’s make this...2024-10-0246 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezWildly Prosperous: Fall Equinox + Re-Imagining Success In Your Life On Your TermsEquinox blessings! Today, we’re exploring the significance of the Libra Equinox, the energetics of this major transition point and astrological influences at play in this time, as we dive into the nature of prosperity. I also have a special Fall Equinox Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading for you! What does “wildly prosperous” mean to you? Today, we’re exploring concepts of “success” and prosperity, and the importance of your attention and energy as forms of currency. Tune into this “mini workshop” to identify obstacles to your prosperity and cultivate the conditions for your success, through reclamation and mind shifting. I...2024-09-231h 05
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezFYW Turns 6! Mini Astro Masterclass ~ Uncover the Soul Path, Purpose, & Gifts of Your Creations With the Birth ChartFeed Your Wild turns 6! In this special anniversary BTS episode, you’ll get an inside look at how I utilize astrology with the Feed Your Wild podcast and get a mini astrological masterclass on reading the birth chart of any creative body of work, i.e. your business, artwork, book, podcast, & more! We dive into Feed Your Wild’s astrology as a case study by looking at their natal chart - so fun! We cover how to identify the personality, flavor, soul path & purpose of the podcast (and any body of work). I cover some basics and adva...2024-04-291h 19
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezPisces New Moon: Dreaming Into BeingWelcome to this moon musing episode where we swim in the waters of this Pisces new moon and its gift as a doorway to our upcoming eclipse season (gulp). We explore the depths of this Pisces new moon as an opportunity to open up to a new dream that you desire to make real, and I bet you’re feeling it already ;). We’re working with practical magic (hello Saturn & Neptune) and a special ability to put words to the previously ineffable visions we feel in our core (thank you, Mercury). Allow this lunation to be fertile groun...2024-03-101h 10
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezReclaiming Goodness, Goddess, and Self: Navigating Dark Nights, Crucial Crossroads, and Luminous Portals with Tuesday RiveraThis interview is part of a mini-series called “Riding the Chariot” ~ real & raw stories from intuitive healers and clients/graduates of Venessa’s mentorship spaces. Finding herself at a crossroads in her 40s, Tuesday was faced with a choice: continue traveling down the “safe” and conventional path or leaving it behind, shedding the skin of who she was to venture toward an expanded version of her Self - one that was more aligned, yet beyond the veil of knowing. Tuesday Rivera is a transformational coach, guide, and facilitator who is no stranger to trailblazing… having left the fiel...2024-03-071h 15
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezVirgo Full Moon: Purification and IlluminationWelcome to our Moon Musing where we cast a light on the upcoming Virgo full moon and its significance as we close the astrological year. Listen in as we unpack the sensitive and reflective energy of Pisces season, gearing us up for an introspective look back at the year that was. We explore how to harness the illuminating energy of the Virgo full moon to purify and release what no longer serves us. The meticulous nature of Virgo invites us to scrutinize our lives, urging a balance with the healing presence of Pisces. We navigate the astrological...2024-02-231h 07
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezAquarius New Moon: Seeds for Collective HealingBlessed new moon and happy lunar new year! We’re exploring this lovely Aquarius new supermoon - the launch of a new cycle and year of the Wood Dragon. We cover astro events happening the first half of February, the energetics of this new moon and its invitation to seed intentions that expand out into the collective for global healing. Plus medical astrology tidbits, including Aquarius’ connection to the electrical body, circulatory system and ankles. We also take a look at some supportive herbal allies connected to Aquarius, including kava kava and lavender! I announce a spe...2024-02-091h 18
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezSandra Livier Guardado’s Quantum Leap Into Her Intuitive Mediumship Gifts As A Psychotherapist, Healing Witch Wounds and Stepping Into Her Sacred Soul WorkThis interview is part of a new mini-series called “Riding the Chariot” ~ real & raw stories from intuitive healers and graduates of my 9-month mentorship and practitioner mastermind, Wildly Intuitive Practitioner Pathway. In this episode, we’re speaking with Sandra Livier Guardado, a seasoned bilingual Spanish speaking licensed psychotherapist turned intuitive healer whose work involves facilitating a Healing Journey through a Psychological Spiritual Model with the use of trauma informed psychology, Energy Medicine, Past Life Regression Therapy & Akashic Records. We explore Sandra’s powerful expansion inside of 1-on-1 mentorship with Venessa and the Wildly Intuitive Practitioner Pathway p...2024-01-221h 27
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezAkashic Soul Nourishment Reading: You Are A BridgerSamhain and Día de Los Muertos blessings! Today we’re celebrating this time with an Akashic Soul Nourishment channeling! We are celebrating the light emerging from the darkness and the thinning of the veil by communing with the spiritual realms. It’s no accident when I realized this episode is 33 minutes long! We discuss the significance of this number, along with the medicine of contemplation, how we’re children of Mercury, and a special tarot card pull at the end. An excerpt from our Akashic Guides: “‘What do we do in moments of perceived...2023-11-0133 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezLibra Fall Equinox: Death, Rebirth, and TemperanceEquinox blessings! Today, we’re exploring the significance of the Libra Equinox, the energetics of this major transition point and astrological influences at play in this time. Considered one of the great turning points of the year, the Libra Equinox signals the season of death in the Northern Hemisphere, and the season of rebirth in the Southern Hemisphere. We get into the beauty and beast that Libra season may hold, and reflect upon the lessons available to us regarding Death through a tarot card pull, as well as a remedy with a lovely plant spirit ally that re...2023-09-2353 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezVirgo New Moon: Discernment and Practical MagicHappy new moon! Tune in for astro insights on this lovely service-oriented new moon in the sign of Virgo, amplifying our devotion, acuity, discernment and how we show up for our Selves and those we serve. We cover top astro highlights for the month, and the influence of earthy and mutable Virgo through a medical astrology perspective, including which body systems are linked to this sign (*think* gut-brain), common imbalances and one of my favorite Virgo/Mercurial-supportive plant allies for soothing frayed edges and weaving clear channels and connections. Pluto also makes a cameo with 3 herbal astrology...2023-09-1459 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezInner Medicine: Healing with Mother Earth with Kerri HummingbirdFrom suicidal, diagnosed mentally ill, and years of suffering to radical awakening, tapping into her inner medicine and blossoming as a healer, our guest Kerri Hummingbird shares the messages she’s received about healing with Mother Earth. Kerri takes us on a transformative journey, recounting her personal story of healing and shedding light on the importance of doing the deep inner work to share your medicine being a sacred witness and cultivating compassion in our relationships. We delve into the realm of intuition and Kerri shares her unique way of connecting with the unseen. Kerri emphasizes the nee...2023-09-061h 04
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezAsk Me Anything with Venessa: BTS on Intuitive Business, Struggles, Aquarian Age and MoreThis is an excerpt from a recent private "Ask Me Anything" session, originally recorded inside the Wildly Intuitive Practitioner Pathway (my 9-month mentorship & mastermind), now available to you! I answer questions pertaining to intuition, intuitive healing, practitionership, business in the Aquarian age, as well as behind-the-scenes and personal questions. I don’t hold back! Grab a cuppa tea 🍵 and enjoy! FREE MASTERCLASS Be EXTRAordinary: 3 Essential Keys To Go From Struggling Practitioner to Wildly Intuitive Holistic Healer Sign up for this new Masterclass and learn 3 keys to getting transformational results for cli...2023-08-231h 12
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezFYW Turns 5! Special Anniversary BTS Episode: Our Podcast Deva, Astro Insights, Top 5 episodes, & More (Solocast)Feed Your Wild turns 5! In this special anniversary BTS episode, you’ll get an inside look at how I work with the soul or “Deva” of the Feed Your Wild podcast (as part of the larger Deva of my business) and the evolution of this sacred & creative collaboration. We dive into Feed Your Wild’s astrology by looking at their natal chart - so fun! We look at how the energetics and astro influences of FYW impact the podcast from concept to creation, and how consciously working with the Deva and astro insights of YOUR project/business/Work can...2023-04-261h 20
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezNew Year & Cancer Full Moon Akashic Message: Wheel Of Life {Solocast}Welcome to 2023, wild fam! Tune in as we explore our first full moon of this (Gregorian calendar) year falling in the sign of Cancer, the spiritual significance of this time and day (January 6th), and a special New Year Akashic Soul Nourishment reading for the collective! I share some personal reflections of 2022, including major decisions, shifts, and surprises in my personal and professional life, celebrating some key milestones and manifestations. We take a look at the deeper meaning of the past 12 days and 13 holy nights and January 6th marking Epiphany or Three Kings Day, and t...2023-01-061h 25
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez{HOTM} Winter Solstice + Capricorn New Moon: Building the Bones of Your FutureHappy Solstice, fam! We’re joined by Megan Liebmann in this nourishing convo covering this potent time of year and turning point, as we experience the longest night of the year (in the Northern hemisphere) and move into Capricorn season. We discuss this upcoming Capricorn New Moon and its enhanced ability to bring fresh energy our way, plus how Chiron, the wounded healer, plays into our journey. We cover the energetic influences of cardinal earthy Capricorn + Saturn, ruling our bones and structure, and the invitation to nourish these parts of our Self and Work through supporting our fo...2022-12-2147 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezGemini Full Moon: The Beauty in Self UnityTune in as we explore the final full moon of 2022! I cover the heated energetic influences of airy Gemini + fiery Mars, urging us to see our past choices, thoughts, actions from a higher soul perspective AND honor, accept and unify all parts of our Self. Are we making choices congruent with the laws of nature, in harmony with our own Truth, higher mind and collective healing? This moon provides an opportunity for you to reassess and release the blocks that prevent you from fully accepting your many Selves and experience the healing power of your unique beauty e...2022-12-0747 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezSagittarius New Moon: Tending Your Inner Pilot Light {PLUS a New Series}We have a special guest in today’s moon musing episode! Tune in as Venessa and Megan Liebmann chat about this beautiful new moon, Sagittarius energetic influence and invitation for us to connect more deeply with our intuition, Truth, future vision, and inner flame. We cover how this new moon can provide a much needed reset, and foods + herbs that we can work with to support our inner fire. We also announce the launch of our new series on the podcast as a resource for the healers, practitioners, and helpers - and why it’s critical to tend to our...2022-11-231h 02
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezEmergent Stone Medicine In An Awakening World with Sarah ThomasIn this episode, we are talking about stone medicine with Sarah Thomas, BS, MAc, LAc, an inspired non-binary healer and educator who owns Clarity Acupuncture in southern Appalachia and is the lead instructor and founder of the Upper Clarity School of Stone Medicine. In this fascinating chat, Sarah shares how they came to Stone Medicine and memories of past life connections as a healer working with stones. We touch on how stones work at the level of consciousness, immortality, and alchemy - changing our state of consciousness with imbued awakening properties. Sarah teaches h...2021-02-151h 03
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezFEBRUARY :: Akashic Soul Nourishment :: The Medicine of BewildermentThis episode is an Akashic Soul Nourishment reading for February, an intuitively channeled message from the Akashic Records for the month. This reading takes us on a bumpy ride, asking us to shed the filters from our lenses and see with our own eyes as we receive the medicine of bewilderment. We are invited to trust the process, stay present for the unfolding of our emotions and open for grace and the notes of higher consciousness to chime into our experience. As the wheel of life and fate continues to turn, the hiccups on the ro...2021-02-0126 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezShocking Prophecies for Our World & How To Get Into Alignment for Future’s Sake with Penny KellyIn this episode, we’re speaking with Penny Kelly, teacher, Naturopathic physician, researcher of consciousness, and writer and author of Robes: A Book of Coming Changes. In light of the recent events that occurred in the US Capitol, Venessa covers the “cosmic climate” in the introduction, providing a mini moon musing for this week’s new moon in Capricorn as well as other astrological influences at play. The overall theme: rebirth + rebellion. This interview with Penny is timely, as we collectively hold important inquiries: What future are we unfolding in our world today? Where are we going as a civ...2021-01-111h 44
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezJANUARY :: Akashic Soul Nourishment :: The Great FallWelcome to 2021! Happy New Year Wild Ones :) In this New Year Akashic reading for January, we’re taken on a ride with riddles, illusory castles, plastic dreams and hall of mirrors. But what is real? In the intro, we go through the Best of 2020 on the Feed Your Wild podcast! You’ll hear the top 5 episodes of 2020 voted by you and your listenership. Then Venessa shares the channeled message from our guides in the Akashic Records [14:41]. The ultimate question is: Are we ready for the “Great Fall”? This reading calls upon our greatest discernment muscle during th...2021-01-0135 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezDECEMBER :: Akashic Soul Nourishment :: Disorientation for ReunificationIn this Akashic reading for December, our guides illuminate the ouroboros journey, one of the oldest symbols of unification, regeneration, liberation, unity through death and rebirth. This is the energy we are riding, collectively. Join us in this channeling as we move through the unconscious void on a magic carpet ride. The message of December: “The disorientation is the beginning. It is a portal into a new world that has not been created yet... There is a most expansive opportunity for initiation - initiation into a new old way of Being. Trust that you carry this in you...2020-11-3031 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezMerging Akashic Record Wisdom with Functional Nutrition for True Healing on The Mojo Mecca with Chloe SlatteryThis week I had a pull to share this episode I had previously recorded with Chloe Slattery on her podcast The Mojo Mecca, with the Feed Your Wild audience. Chloe and I discuss: - My upbringing, Puerto Rican ancestry and traditions + the passing of my mother as a catalyst of change and a deepening into the world of nutrition and healing. - The Akashic Records: the 'cosmic database' that they are, what they can teach us, and how I work with them to help people in their healing processes. - Strengthening your spiritual...2020-11-162h 03
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezRadically Rooted in Hard Times: Skill In Action with Michelle C. JohnsonToday we’re speaking with Michelle C. Johnson, author, yoga teacher, healer, social worker, dismantling racism trainer, activist, and grief-worker, whose book Skill In Action has been helping me answer the question: How we can truly support ourselves to be able to step up in the most expansive and aligned way in our roles within the collective dismantling process? Michelle’s book is a gift for these times - incredibly insightful & affirming, particularly right now, as more folx awaken to the ways we can dismantle and decondition racist + oppressive programs & begin healing the injustices of the imposed systems as indiv...2020-09-0754 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezSEPTEMBER :: Akashic Soul Nourishment :: Next Gen Babes: Quantum Discernment for Collective LiberationIn this Akashic reading for September, our guides share insights about the new generation of beings ushering into this reality, their gifts of quantum discernment, and ability to move us into collective liberation. Our invitation is to step up as loving guardians and compassionate space holders stewarding from a place of alignment and non-attachment. I also share some moon musing insights for this upcoming full moon in Pisces Sept 1/2, including dreamscape plant allies and ways to support our watery inner realms. Click here for full show notes: http://www.wildlyrooted.com/fywpodcast/sept2020akashic 2020-08-3150 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezAUGUST :: Akashic Soul Nourishment :: What Moves YouIn this Akashic reading for August, our guides share about the stirring felt deep within that is here to guide us: tuning into the whispers of the land, of the wind, of our own vibrational patterns shifting and how to move into dynamic coherence thru instinct and intuition. I also share some moon musing insights for this upcoming full moon in Aquarius August 3rd. Click here for full show notes: http://www.wildlyrooted.com/fywpodcast/august2020akashic If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, I’d love to...2020-08-0132 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezJULY :: Akashic Soul Nourishment :: The Sacred Nectar Within YouIn this Akashic reading for July, our guides share about our “sacred elixir” - the internal nectar each of us holds that feeds the enduring spirit facing unrelenting burden and sorrow. This is the essence of hope, the rivers of blessed change, the spring of vitality. We are guided on why it is critical to tend to our internal wellspring and sacred elixir, and ways to support this precious re-Source within you. As we approach a tipping point, our guides urge us to take stock of the vestiges that are better left behind, too heavy and cumbersome to bring alon...2020-07-0127 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezJUNE :: Akashic Soul Nourishment :: LIBERATION Through the Sacred ElementsIn this Akashic reading for June, we continue our dance with the sacred elements, this time for our liberation. Our guides have an invitation for us: During times of disorientation, drop into your heart and allow your heart to lead the way. Utilize the power of your mind to create the Vision that your heart holds. Honor the sacred elements and how they work on us & through us for our transformation. Remember your pockets of air, taking intentional moments of deep rest for restoration & in-spiration. And don't blame the rain… for it is here for our liberation. I o...2020-06-0134 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezMAY :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: Wind SpeakIn this Akashic reading for May, we are hearing the ancient call of the Wind. Our guides remind us of our perennial conversation with the elements and all of the natural world. It’s time we wake up to conscious participation. We are shown how our breath tethers us to this interconnection, always in relationship and reciprocity. The Winds have a message for you, it’s time to engage in conversation. I offer some reflections at the end, including my personal thoughts on why these types of conversations are critical for not just this time during the pand...2020-05-0119 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez{ENCORE} Curanderismo, Prophecy & Mindfulness With Brenda SalgadoThis week we are rebroadcasting our episode with Brenda Salgado on Curanderismo, Prophecy & Mindfulness, originally aired in May of 2019. Brenda and Venessa’s conversation explores curanderismo and indigenous prophecy about our current times and the shift in consciousness we are experiencing. This episode remains timely as we collectively face a global pandemic and unprecedented challenges as well as opportunities for change and healing. As we reflected back in 2019, mindfulness practice can help you cultivate more inner power, peace, dignity and grace as well as navigate challenges and difficulties with more clarity and courage in this current time of...2020-04-271h 08
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezOn Health Sovereignty + An Akashic Meditation :: Re-Membering the Creative Force WithinThis week, we’re taking a bit of a breather from regular scheduled programming and sharing something to provide a moment of pause amidst the information overload and overwhelm. In the first part of the episode, I share my personal thoughts on health sovereignty, what I’ve been focusing my energy & attention on during this pandemic (going back to basics), and the importance of community within health. In the second part, I share a short Akashic meditation that hopefully provides some nourishment for the nervous system. *To skip directly to the meditation, go to 24:30 mark. 2020-04-1340 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezAPRIL :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: Your Creation StoryIn this Akashic reading for April, I’m sharing a message from our guides: The importance and power of breath (esp in this time) as a process of creation, ‘Hallelujah’ as a prayer of ultimate surrender, and how engaging with a creation story can be a way to support our Selves in embracing the immensity of the unknowable. Amidst the challenges that this year has brought forth so far, you are reminded that this is a dance you were born for. I offer some reflections at the end, including the layered meaning of ‘Hallelujah’ and why it’s a word for...2020-04-0132 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezSaying NO to Big Food, Big Pharma with an Ancestral Mind with Colin StuckertToday we’re speaking with Colin Stuckert, CEO and founder of Wild Foods Co and Ancestral Mind Podcast. I was a guest on Colin’s podcast talking about the mindset of diets, and we continued the conversation in today’s episode. Colin shares his unique perspective as an entrepreneur and the origin story of his company Wild Foods Co, what led him to starting a health food company based on ancestral wellness. Colin’s mission is to help 50 million people build the Ancestral Mind and say NO to Big Food, Big Pharma and a devolved life of chronic pain and dise...2020-03-1654 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezHeal Yourself from the Pain of Childhood Trauma with Liz Mullinar of Heal For LifeToday I’m sitting with Liz Mullinar, a survivor of childhood trauma, trauma counsellor, and the founder of Heal For Life Foundation which has provided trauma recovery programs for over 20 years. She developed the Heal For Life Model in the early nineties when she felt along with other survivors of trauma that there had to be a permanent way of healing from the impact of childhood memories. Liz latest book is a step-by-step guide called HEAL FOR LIFE: How to Heal Yourself from the Pain of Childhood Trauma based on the Heal For Life model that has hel...2020-03-0955 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezMARCH :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: Enter the Void WithinIn this Akashic reading for March, Venessa shares the message from our guides: To Wake UP. We receive the call to enter the deepest parts of our Self, to wake up from the dream. And to open our inner eyes to see that the very thing we seek is beckoning us from within. The cosmic door lies inside our cells. It’s a journey back home, and along the hero’s journey we’re faced with danger, fear, death, and the chance to be reborn. This message is urgent in its feel yet reassuring in its directness. We’re...2020-03-0138 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezFunctional Somatic Syndrome, Women’s Health, & Community Herbalism with Anja RobinsonToday we are speaking with Anja Robinson, Clinical Herbalist, Functional Nutritionist, Women’s Integrative Health Educator and founder of Poppy Herbals—an Herbal Elixir Bar and Apothecary in Ashland, OR. She’s also my co-facilitator for our upcoming Herbal Anatomy Series at Hawthorn Institute! In this episode, we’re talking about functional somatic syndrome (FSS) and the power of community health & herbalism in addressing complex health issues. FSS has been around for thousands of years and various terminology has been used to describe it, including hysteria, somatoform disorders, and medically unexplained symptoms. FSS highlights the inefficacy of the conv...2020-02-241h 12
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezLa Cuarentena: Healing in Postpartum with Felicia Cocotzin RuizFelicia Cocotzin Ruiz (Tewa/Xicana) is a curandera, indigenous foods activist, and natural foods chef whose work is deeply rooted in the healing properties of all earth medicines. In this episode, we’re speaking on the topic of postpartum wellness, specifically la cuarentena - the period of postpartum recovery roughly 40 days of healing after childbirth. There is a version of the cuarentena in many cultures and Felicia shares her personal experience with the “4th trimester,” how she weaves in Ayurveda with Traditional Mexican knowledge, plus practical tips Felicia recommends for amplifying healing and setting yourself up for the mos...2020-02-171h 06
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezSelf-Empowerment Thru Connections with Local Wild Medicine with Laura CascardiIn this episode, we’re speaking with Laura Cascardi. Laura’s passion for herbalism, healing, and well-being is evident in her 20 + years of working with herbs and people. In 2014, Laura co-founded the Equinox Center of Herbal Studies where she is the director and one of the primary teachers. You can hear Laura’s passion for educating others on using plants for wellness and self-reliance in her voice, as she shares her plant path story. Laura talks about how she originally learned the wild, medicinal herbs from her grandmother and shares lessons carried from her time living off-grid + the me...2020-02-1048 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezFEBRUARY :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: Cultivating SAFETY, WithinIn this Akashic reading for February, Venessa shares a potent message about SAFETY & shame. Safety. It is this that we all seek. Our guides invite us to look at the ways we are hindered by a perceived lack of safety, within. We are shown the ways our cultural conditioning, shame programming, and fear prevent us from expressing our true Self and Soul. We are guided to look at the ways we hold ourselves captive to erroneous beliefs. We are asked to cultivate safety within and a sense of Home in our own bodies. “There is a d...2020-02-0124 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezBecoming Your Own Guru with Cat AldanaThis is a special episode that is the first of a series of interviews with highlighted healers, I’m speaking with participants from my Chronic to Creatrix program! In this episode, we’re speaking with Cat Aldana Cat Aldana, Founder of EAT STRETCH NAP™ and 7+ year Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500). She is an Ayurvedic + Reiki Practitioner, Akashic Records Reader and a widely sought after corporate wellness consultant and speaker. Her passion for yoga stems from her contagious love for dance, holistic wellness and personal + professional development. In this conversation, you’ll hear about Cat’s experienc...2020-01-0649 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon In Capricorn :: Root Down to Rise UpA gentle reminder: Enter the Creatrix Giveaway for Healers! (link below: http://bit.ly/creatrixgiveaway) Happy last new moon of the year (and decade)! Venessa and Megan talk about this new moon in Capricorn and reflections of 10 years past, how Venessa is celebrating her mom’s birthday and the 10th anniversary of her death. This is a great new moon for manifesting and now is the time to kick off the projects that have been at the back of your mind! We share ways to support and ground our dreams, including our favorite systems and ap...2019-12-2646 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Full Moon In Gemini :: Conscious Communication Begins with the Breath (File Name: full_moon_in_gemini_dec_2019_All.mp3)Full moon blessings, bbs! Venessa and Megan talk about this full moon in Gemini and the opportunity it brings to reflect on communication in the realms of love and money - and it all starts with you. We discuss the importance of effective communication for the healing process, tending to our inner realms of communication, and how breathwork can support this process, esp around the realms of release work. Megan shares her amazing rituals including a year-end review, using a talking stone at the dining table, and we both share how creating a connection and communication with...2019-12-1242 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezTree Spirit Wisdom: Healing Collective Wounds & Restoring Connection with Laural Virtues Wauters>> GET YOUR FREE BOOK LIST :: Get access to the Chronic to Creatrix Book Club List of 40+ of my fave books to boost your intuition, nourish your body & connect to your Inner Healer! >> GET WILDLY UNSTUCK :: Sign up for Wildly Unstuck audio program (it’s free) + learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals & what to do about them. ***** SUPPORT THE PODCAST Your support means the world... If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you sh...2019-12-091h 09
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon In Sagittarius :: Adapting to Change, Pacing Ourselves, Twerking as Medicine>> GET YOUR FREE BOOK LIST :: Get access to the Chronic to Creatrix Book Club List of 40+ of my fave books to boost your intuition, nourish your body & connect to your Inner Healer! ABOUT EPISODE Happy new moon! Venessa and Megan talk about how this new moon in Sagittarius houses a beautiful energy to reflect on recent themes before Eclipse season arrives, invitations for working with our root chakra, and adapting to change. We discuss the importance of working with our bodies and mining our thoughts, and ways to support our internal...2019-11-2640 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezThus Spoke The Plant :: Exploring Plant Cognition & The “Real Plant Revolution” with Monica Gagliano >> SUBSCRIBE :: Sign up for newsletter to receive updates on upcoming programs and events >> GET WILDLY UNSTUCK :: Sign up for Wildly Unstuck audio program (it’s free) + learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals & what to do about them. ABOUT EPISODE *Due to Monica’s location in nature at her home in Australia, the internet connection gets disrupted at certain points in the conversation - while we did our best to make the audio sound better at certain points, we apologize for the quality and encourage you to con...2019-11-181h 03
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Full Moon In Taurus :: Clearing Throats, Manifesting Desires>> SUBSCRIBE :: Sign up for newsletter to receive updates on upcoming programs and events >> GET WILDLY UNSTUCK :: Sign up for Wildly Unstuck audio program (it’s free) + learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals & what to do about them. ABOUT EPISODE Happy full moon bbs! Today Venessa and Megan talk about how this full moon in Taurus is an awesome time for completing long term goals, making dreams a reality, and understanding and communicating your feelings. We’re gettin crafty and creating our reality by hand and voice, and phys...2019-11-1235 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez11:11 Personal Reflections: My Winding Career Path, Disorientation As Medicine, Biggest Lessons + Takeaways>> SUBSCRIBE :: Sign up to be on the email list and be the first to know about upcoming workshops, exclusive offers, & nourishment notes that you won’t hear on the podcast or anywhere else! ABOUT EPISODE Happy 11/11! In this solo episode, I was inspired to get personal and allow some intuitive sharings to come thru straight from the heart. I speak to what 11:11 means to me and talk about my career journey including things I have not shared publicly before. I talk about what I learned working in “corporate” and in an entrepreneurial setting for 10...2019-11-1148 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezHealing Our Money Stories with Rachel Peavy>> LEARN + APPLY :: Private 1:1 90 Day Akashic Transformational Program (very few spots left!) “Working with Venessa, I have seen weight loss, improved mood, attitude, better handle on stress, cravings, & a clarity in my path and career. I have more tools to use in real life and also better sense of appreciation of myself and who I am and what I've done and what I want to do. She offers a customized program and real life tools to help you live healthier while still being social in our toxic, stressful world. The program was great and you are great. Just gr...2019-11-041h 07
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezNOVEMBER :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: Pay Attention and Widen Your Heart’s Perception for Co-Creation>> SUBSCRIBE :: Sign up to be on the email list and be the first to know about upcoming workshops, exclusive offers, & nourishment notes that you won’t hear on the podcast or anywhere else! ABOUT EPISODE In this reading, our guides are inviting us to celebrate life and EXPRESS through this holy embodiment... use it, work it, feel it, be it. Each breath is life, each exhale a mini death. What are you going to breathe life into next? What are you extinguishing in the next cycle? We are reminded that we are...2019-11-0127 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon In Scorpio :: Slow and Deep is the MedicineIt’s Scorpio season and we’re taking it slow this new moon and week of Halloween & Samhain. Today Venessa and Megan talk about how this Scorpio moon is calling us to deepen our intentions and dares us to find a place in our life experience where we can take it slow. We share some of what we’ve been struggling with on a personal level, and the surprising remedies this moon has offered us. We discuss Scorpio’s influence on our 2nd chakra & reproductive organs, and how the medicine of Slowness facilitates deep healing & transformation in these areas (and assi...2019-10-2735 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Full Moon In Aries :: Hitting the Reset Button, Healthy Confrontations, Sleep HygieneDISCLAIMER: The quality of my (Venessa’s) audio is subpar today because, well, sometimes technology decides not to cooperate! Apologies for the less-than-enjoyable listening experience, and we wish you a nourishing full moon 2019-10-1335 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezDigging For Root Causes Thru Functional Nutrition with Katie Hess>> SUBSCRIBE :: Sign up for newsletter to receive updates on upcoming programs and events >> GET WILDLY UNSTUCK :: Sign up for Wildly Unstuck audio program (it’s free) + learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals & what to do about them. ABOUT EPISODE I had a pull to share this episode I had previously recorded with Katie Hess on her The Flowerlounge Podcast, with the Feed Your Wild audience. Katie and I discuss how my mom’s breast cancer inspired my devotion to food as medicine. We talk about ancestral nutrition + feedi...2019-10-081h 23
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezOCTOBER :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: Salvation Thru Connection + Joy // Self-Destruction Thru Other-ing*Heads up: I do a longer intro in this episode sharing personal insights and recent events, so if you want to jump straight to the Akashic Reading, it starts at 15:19 time mark. In this monthly reading, we pierce through a veil and travel to a different world where we’re shown the great unseen war that is happening right now and how “othering” is playing a primary role in a process of self-destruction. We see how our connection to the elements and the unseen world is going to be the bridge that reminds and reconnects us to...2019-09-3036 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon In Libra :: Forging New Alliances With Your Body, Herbal Support for VeinsHappy New Moon in Libra! Today Venessa and Megan are talking about the influences of this Libra moon that supports us in forging new and loving alliances with your body for a melodious and compassionate partnership. We talk about the power of this sweet new moon in promoting reflection and intention-setting around relationships, collaboration, and self-nourishment. We discuss Libra’s influence on our veins, challenges with stagnation and flow, and our fave herbal support for varicose veins and cardiovascular movement. Finally we share our own personal body talk practices, & offer some new moon reflection prompts to support yo...2019-09-2838 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezThe Art of Personal Mythmaking For Healing and Transformation with Janelle HardyHave you ever thought about working with your personal story and considering your story as a mythology? Janelle believes that we can heal and transform when we work with our personal mythologies instead of against them. Janelle supports creative, courageous, sensitive women + non-binary people in reclaiming their brilliance, vibrancy and strength via a transformation memoir-writing process called The Art of Personal Mythmaking. A huge belief of mine is that we have the power to change our stories and that’s directly connected to our health and life experiences in our bodies. The work that Janelle does is na...2019-09-161h 09
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Full Moon In Pisces :: Feet, Flow, Fall, Feel: Stand Tall In Yourself This Harvest MoonWe’re back! Venessa and Megan are happy to dive back into the depths of our beloved Moon Musings, kicking it off with this Harvest Full Moon in Pisces. The themes we cover of this episode and moon are all about staying rooted AND in flow, standing tall and in full alignment starting with our feet. We discuss the medicine of this transitional season and share tips on ways to support getting back into alignment and routines. We share our own personal updates, fall transition time practices, & offer some full moon reflection prompts to support you in th...2019-09-1438 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon In Leo :: Leading with HEART, Broadcasting LOVEVenessa and Megan dive into the themes of this New Moon in LEO: Leading with HEART, Broadcasting LOVE & physically supporting the heart + cardiovascular system. We share tips on how to support your heart and heart-brain vibes with herbs and foods. We cover the concept of shen, share our own personal practices and ahas around heartwork, & offer some new moon reflection prompts to support you in this lunar cycle. ****** Ask Us Your Top Q's! Go to wildlyrooted.com/podcastconnect to send us your top questions around health + wellness, nutrition + herbalism, na...2019-07-3143 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezAUGUST :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: Tune Out to Tune In + The Waves WithinThe message for August is Tune out to tune in, and the waves within. Get ready to open up to receive divine downloads this month - we are reminded that we don’t need anything other than our body and heart’s intention (and SPACE) to receive these messages. Clean the mind slate, don’t be afraid to enter the void, and “follow the bouncy red ball.” It’s time to claim our rightful place as both drummer and beat follower, setting your own rhythm so that We as a collective can begin to work together in sync and harmony. Can...2019-07-2932 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezThe Magical Mundane, Plant Allies As Guides, and Personal Sovereignty with Botanical Bruja Lola VenadoWe’re speaking with Lola Venado, The Botanical Bruja™, a folk herbalist, energy worker, kitchen witch, writer, speaker, and community gatherer. Lola’s work and creation The Botanical Bruja™ and business Xantico House™ inspire us to live more fully in the present moment and to take respite in the littile things.. Remember that these connections to the mundane are just as magical and special as the grander things in life. In this conversation, Lola shares what led her to create The Botanical Bruja™ and why reclaiming this term bruja (“witch”) is an important part of honoring her lineage and medicine p...2019-07-221h 02
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Lunar Eclipse Full Moon in Capricorn :: It’s In Your BonesIn this episode, Venessa and Megan dive into this lunar eclipse Full Moon in Capricorn: What are you made of? The truths carried in our bones, the skeletons in our closets, and breaking thru old systems by following your inner knowing & authority. This full moon and eclipse season energy ushers us deep into our roots, and invites us to look at the stories we hold... What do you need in order for your body and spirit to release the old, and rebuild & restructure to support your inner authority? On a cellular level, what does your body need...2019-07-1638 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezQ + A Episode: Tending Your Fire, Acne Triggers, Gut Repair + Gut InstinctTune into our first full-on Q&A solo episode, answering questions from listeners like you. Today, I’m talking about the FIRE I’m feeling in the air and in the bellies of so many incredible folx, my highly satisfying first-timer experience at the exuberant Oregon Country Fair, and who is inspiring me lately. I answer questions about acne triggers and what to consider, lots on the gut... including correlations between gut health and intuitive gut instinct, and how to repair the gut after extensive antibiotic use. I also share how to find trustworthy sources of information. Link...2019-07-1558 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezIndigenous Right Relationship Building and Unspoken Truths Living Through Us with PulxaneeksHaving just observed 4th of July, aka Independence Day in the US, this interview with Pulxaneeks (Pul-ha-neeks), founder of Heart to Heart Indigenous Relations Consultation is both timely and meaningful. Pulxaneeks’ work supporting us in remembering these kinds of connections, that we belong to Mother Earth, and what it means to be in right relationship with Mother Earth as well as with Indigenous people, is critical and important to highlight as it relates to all of these seemingly unrelated areas such as health. In this interview, we explore her work in Indigenous Allyship Training, whole-hearted understanding of wh...2019-07-081h 04
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Total Solar Eclipse New Moon in Cancer :: Nurturing Body TalkIn this episode, Venessa and Megan cover the healing themes of this total solar eclipse New Moon in Cancer: emotional wellness, focusing on solar plexus and heart chakras, and the power of internal dialogues and cultivating nurturing body talk practices. This new moon and eclipse season energy provides an opportune time to plant the seeds of our body talk intentions and work with our bodies rather than against them. What are you saying to your body on the daily? What are the steps you need to take for a new and empowering conversation to take place? We...2019-07-0226 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezMoving Thru Personal + Collective Trauma Spells and Reclaiming Pleasure + Empowerment with Rachael MaddoxInterested in the 90 Day Wildly Rooted 90-Day Akashic Transformational Program? There’s just 1 spot left! Learn more here: http://www.wildlyrooted.com/offerings Apply here: http://www.wildlyrooted.com/apply-for-90-transformational-program ********* Disclaimer: In this episode, we discuss themes of sexual trauma & abusive events, so if you feel this might be triggering, I invite you to be gentle with yourself and choose to nourish yourself. If that means skipping or pausing this episode, please support yourself in this way. In this poignant chat with trauma resolution educator, coach and...2019-06-241h 07
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Full Moon in Sagittarius :: Hips Don’t Lie. Root Chakra, Sciatica, and Taking RisksIn this episode, Venessa and Megan talk about this full moon in Sagittarius and the junk in our trunk, aka all that we carry in our hips! We’re covering root causes behind hip issues and sciatica, the link to humiliation and boundaries crossed by family, and ways we can begin to shake out those energies from our hips. This full moon energy provides an excellent time to explore risks and make changes. What’s reached its full cycle in your life, related to the root and ready for some release? We get into practical ways to open...2019-06-1733 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezFarming While Black: Restoring Sacred and Just Relationship with the Land and One Another with Leah PennimanIn this episode, we are speaking with Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm. You’ll experience her pioneering energy that supports our collective re-memberance of our sacred connection to land and the ways we can begin healing the injustices of the imposed systems as a community. Leah’s work with Soul Fire Farm is to increase farmland stewardship by people of color, promote equity in food access, and train the next generation of activist farmers. Her book Farming While Black, is the first comprehensive manual for African-heritage people ready to reclaim their rightful place of dignified agency in t...2019-06-1048 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon in Gemini :: What wants to come up and out in you? Lungs as GatekeepersIn this episode, Venessa and Megan talk about this new moon in Gemini and one of the organ systems that this sign rules: respiratory system. We discuss lung ailments and holistic ways to support the respiratory system, as well as the elemental and energetic aspects of the lungs and Gemini. We cover the power of breath and the Ayurvedic perspective of breath and lung health, and of course, practical tools and healing foods for our important gatekeepers. Plus Megan shares a favorite home remedies for coughs. Click for full show notes *****2019-06-0338 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezConnecting to Our Inner Wildness Thru Breathwork and Curiosity with Eryn JohnsonToday we’re speaking with Eryn Johnson from the Living Open podcast for mystics and seekers! Eryn Johnson is a Philly-based witch, intuitive, and creative. The foundation of her work is energetic and based on the belief that there's nothing wrong with you-- we are simply programmed from a young age to forget the truth of who we are. She uses Reiki, tarot, breathwork, movement, and storytelling to bring her back to herself and to bring you back to you- back to your power, back to your magic, back to your intuition. We chat about cu...2019-05-2756 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezEvolutionary Herbalism :: Tending to the Inner Cosmos with Holistic Plant Medicine with Sajah PophamIn this episode, Sajah talks about his own plant path and how he went from being on track to becoming a doctor to then studying various herbal and healing traditions, uncovering universal truths that led to his goal to honor both the physical and spiritual. Sajah walks us through what is evolutionary herbalism is and the 5 pillars of evolutionary herbalism. We talk about the importance of “learning by heart” and how to practice transformational medicine, working with plants for transformational healing and assist us in reclaiming our true natures and support us in working through traumas and brea...2019-05-201h 08
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Full Moon in Scorpio :: Riding Emotional Waves, Pain + Pleasure, and Body SovereigntyIn this episode, Venessa and Megan talk about this full moon in watery Scorpio. We’ve been feelin all the FEELZ this week leading up to this full moon, how about you? We talk about the timing of this full moon and planetary connections to the elements of control and power... and how this impacts the organs and 1st & 2nd chakras that Scorpio rules: reproductive organs, our genes, and colon. We discuss the nervous system and importance of feeling safe and grounded to support ourselves, our fave books right now on the topics of PLEASURE an...2019-05-1838 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezFEED YOUR WILD TURNS 1! First Anniversary Special :: Curanderismo, Prophecy and Mindfulness with Brenda SalgadoHappy Mother’s Day & Happy 1st Birthday to Feed Your Wild! Today is such a special day and episode, thank you for being on this journey with me :) Today we’re talking with Brenda Salgado, spiritual leader, healer, author and guide. In honor of this very special time and our 1 year anniversary, I’m offering you one of my favorite gifts... the Sacred Ecology Activation audio journey - a free 30 min meditation and visualization designed to help you connect with your own seeds for radical nourishment & clarity. Click here to access the audio journe...2019-05-131h 10
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon in Taurus :: Tending the Throat Chakra, Sore Throat Tips, Speaking Your TruthIn this episode, Venessa and Megan talk about this lovely new moon in Taurus (and first new moon right after Beltane)! Tending to your throat, activation of the 5th chakra and vagus nerve, and expressing your truth in this fertile time! And of course, discussions on supportive healing foods & herbs, lifestyle aspects, helpful supplements and nutritional tips. We chat about soothing throat teas, stimulating your vagus nerve and chakra system by getting LOUD, and honoring your own timing and healing process. Plus a suggested intention for this new moon in Taurus to support our beautiful embodied lives...2019-05-0438 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezBOUNDARIES :: Terri Cole on How to Have Healthy Ones, Dealing With Boundary Bullies, and Ditching the Disease to PleaseDOORS ARE OPEN! {Early Bird Savings Ends April 29th Midnight PST!} Ready to go from Chronic to Creatrix in your life and health? If you’ve been dealing with health challenges, chronic illness, or just know that something is off and related to a deeper soul-level, then this is for you... We’ll be bridging the scientific and the spiritual using functional nutrition & Akashic Records, and work together as an amazing group of people as well as with your own spirit guides, teachers, and loved ones through the Akashic Records and intuition! In...2019-04-291h 07
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Full Moon in Libra :: Fear, Kidney Stones, UTIs, WTF is Balance Anyway?DOORS ARE OPEN! Ready to go from Chronic to Creatrix in your life and health? If you’ve been dealing with health challenges, chronic illness, or just know that something is off and related to a deeper soul-level, then this is for you... We’ll be bridging the scientific and the spiritual using functional nutrition & Akashic Records, and work together as an amazing group of people as well as with your own spirit guides, teachers, and loved ones through the Akashic Records! Interested in learning more? Click this link to learn more...2019-04-1945 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezINTUITION x HEALTH :: How to Connect to Your Intuition to Support Your Well-Being, Intuitive Eating, and Practical Witch TipsDOORS ARE OPEN! Ready to go from Chronic to Creatrix in your life and health? If you’ve been dealing with health challenges, chronic illness, or just know that something is off and related to a deeper soul-level, then this is for you... We’ll be bridging the scientific and the spiritual using functional nutrition & Akashic Records, and work together as an amazing group of people as well as with your own spirit guides, teachers, and loved ones through the Akashic Records! Click this link to learn more and grab your spot...2019-04-151h 21
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezThe DIRT on Microbes, Toxins, Stress and Spirit with Dr. Maya ShetreatReady to go from Chronic to Creatrix in your life and health? We’re launching a group program! If you’ve been dealing with health challenges, chronic illness, or just know that something is off and related to a deeper soul-level, then this is for you... We’ll be bridging the scientific and the spiritual using functional nutrition & Akashic Records, and we’ll work together as an amazing group of people as well as with your own spirit guides, teachers, and loved ones through the Akashic Records! Get on the List! Click this link to...2019-04-0859 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon in Aries :: Hot Heads, Migraines, Trials of ParenthoodInterested in our upcoming #UNFILTERED bookclub?! Sign up here to get on the list for May 1 Beltane start! ***** In this episode, Venessa and Megan cover the themes of this New Moon in Aries: all about that heat in your head, headaches & migraine, and top food triggers, lifestyle aspects, helpful supplements and nutritional tips. We chat about overwhelm & overload from loss of community, the perils of parenthood, and the power of acceptance and being totally present (versus always thinking “This would be easier if...”). Plus you’ll hear about how Megan got off coffee and st...2019-04-0551 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezLiving in the Chrysalis: Navigating a Nomadic Lifestyle, Gift Economy and the Unknown with Michelle StranskyButterflies have always fascinated me, there’s something about butterflies and the transformation process that provides a sense of hope and connection to divinity or Source. I know that many of us are experiencing a deep sense of being in the chrysalis alchemy at a collective level. So when I received a message from Michelle Stransky about the process of transformation and the cocoon that she is living in right now, I knew I had to share it with others. Sometimes we don’t know where we’re going, and we’re in these “in between” phases which is cha...2019-03-251h 12
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Full {Super} Moon in Libra :: Balance, Being Kind to Your Kidneys, Cord Cutting For Spring EquinoxInterested in our upcoming #UNFILTERED bookclub?! Sign up here to get on the list and learn more! In this episode, Venessa and Megan cover the themes of this Full Super Moon in Libra: all about your kidneys and urinary system, and practical tips for supporting your urinary system including beverages, foods, herbs. We cover how all the ways our kidneys are interconnected with our overall health, as well as the emotional and energetic patterns often see in imbalances. We offer up questions to ask oneself or clients to get to the root of an...2019-03-2038 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezAwakening the Healer Within: Intuitive Healing and Plant Medicine with Asia SulerReady to go from Chronic to Creatrix in your life and health? We’re launching a group program! If you’ve been dealing with health challenges, chronic illness, or just know that something is off and related to a deeper soul-level, then this is for you... We’ll be bridging the scientific and the spiritual using functional nutrition & Akashic Records, and we’ll work together as an amazing group of people as well as with your own spirit guides, teachers, and loved ones through the Akashic Records! Get on the List! Click this link to...2019-03-181h 03
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon in Pisces :: Getting In Flow Head to ToeIn this episode, Venessa and Megan chat about the themes of this New Moon in Pisces: the importance of FLOW, the lymphatic system, stagnation leading to health issues, and tending to your (often forgotten) feet! We cover how to support these vital areas and clear the channels to allow the watery waves of information to flow through. We also cover the tools we are working with to support us on the emotional & energetic levels! Venessa’s IG: @wildlyrooted Megan’s IG: @amethyst_and_rose For more from Wildly Rooted Get Wild...2019-03-0654 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezRe-Wilding Our Minds, Magic Mushrooms + Messages From Unseen Realms with Shonagh HomeWe’re launching a group program! Ready to go from Chronic to Creatrix in your life and health? If you’ve been dealing with health challenges, chronic illness, or just know that something is off and related to a deeper soul-level, then this is for you... We’ll be bridging the scientific and the spiritual using functional nutrition & Akashic Records, and work together as an amazing group of people as well as with your own spirit guides, teachers, and loved ones through the Akashic Records! Interested in learning more? Get on the List! Click...2019-02-251h 13
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Full Moon In Virgo :: Practical MagicVenessa and Megan cover the themes of this Full (Super) Moon in earthy, detail-oriented Virgo: Practical Magic… getting intimate with the mundane and inner self, encouraging us to clear a little space for more magic to naturally occur. We offer ways of integrating what you already know in your brain and bring it into your body, connections within the Gut-Brain-Adrenal-Gonadal axis and how the power of belief, thought, and meditation can shift your physiology and manifestations. The not-so-secret ingredient: Compassion. We also cover foods + herbs that nourish your internal cave and protect from non-self toxins, Me...2019-02-1948 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezQuantum Languaging: Co-create Your Reality Using The Power of Words with Dani KatzWe’re launching a group program! Ready to go from Chronic to Creatrix in your life and health? If you’ve been dealing with health challenges, chronic illness, or just know that something is off and related to a deeper soul-level, then this is for you... We’ll be bridging the scientific and the spiritual using functional nutrition & Akashic Records, and work together as an amazing group of people as well as with your own spirit guides, teachers, and loved ones through the Akashic Records! Interested in learning more? Get on the List! Click...2019-02-1856 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezWhat You Didn’t Know About Cancer: A Metabolic Approach, Mitochondrial Health, + Soul Wisdom with Dr. Nasha Winters1 in 2 men and 1/3 of women will have cancer in their lifetime. What have we really achieved over multiple decades of this “war on cancer” and what can we walk away with so that we feel empowered? I’m thrilled to have Dr. Nasha Winters on to bring us powerful wisdom and practical tips for navigating the cancer terrain. I recommend her book to everyone looking to prevent cancer or support with a cancer diagnosis. She's worked with thousands of patients and has an incredible story of recovering from stage 4 cancer herself! We discuss what the metabo...2019-02-111h 08
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon in Aquarius :: Pregnant Pause + Surrendering to MysteryHappy Imbolc & New Moon Blessings... we’re back! In this episode, Venessa and Megan chat about the themes of this New Moon in Aquarius: the Pregnant Pause, surrendering to the dark mystery & what we’re each working thru in this cosmic new year. A moon in Aquarius brings up the feels of rebellion, resistance, and intellect, as well as activation of our throat chakra & thyroid… speaking our Truth. We offer ways of connecting in with the gestation, push-pull energies, and how we can begin preparing for the new age of Aquarius. We also cover the tools...2019-02-0437 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez{ENCORE} Tapping Into Your Every Day Medicine with Susan LipshutzIn this week's special encore episode, we start of this New Year (and coming off of this new moon in Capricorn) with my favorite Capricorn soul sister, mentor, and medicine woman Susan Lipshutz. This was the very first interview we had on Feed Your Wild, where we dove into how to reawaken the divine feminine and inner medicine woman, as well as the Akashic Records (we get so many questions about them - this is the episode to listen to for answers and insight on the Records!). Ready To Get Wildly UNSTUCK In Your Health?2019-01-071h 13
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezJANUARY :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: Free Falling Into A New KnowingHappy New Year! Venessa guides us through the very first monthly Akashic Soul Nourishment reading of 2019... From dancing in the forest to free falling into a new way of knowing, this reading for the first month of 2019 guides us through chaos, destruction, suspension in flight, and imaginal realms. But it all comes back to LOVE... Detailed show notes here Suggestions: We are invited to ask ourselves: Where do you feel most challenge, struggle, or void of love in your life experience? Pay attention to the feelings and stories that come up when...2018-12-3135 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Winter Solstice Full Moon In Cancer :: Medicine is in the MundaneWinter Solstice Full Moon Blessings! Venessa and Megan talk about mindset, bear medicine, and the magic within the mundane on this full moon in nurturing Cancer. SLOW and TRUST are the name of the game this season. Venessa’s IG: @wildlyrooted Megan’s IG: @amethyst_and_rose For more from Wildly Rooted Get Wildly UNSTUCK audio program (it's free) Support Wildly Rooted on Patreon (I thank you!) 2018-12-2231 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon In Sagittarius :: The FIRE Within, Navigating Fevers Naturally, Intention Setting for 2019Venessa and Megan dive into the themes of this New Moon in Sagittarius: tending the FIRE within, setting intentions for the new year & supporting the fire of your immune system. We share tips on navigating fevers naturally, & how to support your digestive and immune fire with herbs and tonics. We go over the TCM perspective on vital life force qi, share our own personal challenges with burnout and lack of heat, & offer a new moon practice to support you in this lunar cycle. Detailed Shownotes: http://www.wildlyrooted.com/fywpodcast/43unfiltered ...2018-12-0650 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezSOLO :: How to get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of HealthIn this special solo episode, Venessa talks about the number ONE issue that wild-hearted and creative change makers say they struggle with when it comes to their health... how to get UNSTUCK and out of their own way! She talks about the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...). She also shares her very personal story and journey with health, and what she's learned along the way and after working with hundreds of people. What does it REALLY take to become...2018-11-1940 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon In Scorpio :: Emerging From Darkness + QA On How To Eat For PCOSVenessa and Megan chat about the themes of this New Moon in Scorpio: the collective energy of emerging from darkness, owning one’s own magic & Megan’s own journey thru surgery, sickness, and PCOS. We answer a question from a listener on what to eat for PCOS, including what it is, the best way to approach PCOS and what specific foods, supplements, and lifestyle factors to consider. Detailed Shownotes: http://www.wildlyrooted.com/fywpodcast/38unfiltered Say hi on Instagram! Venessa @wildlyrooted Megan @amethyst_and_rose Sign up + be t...2018-11-0757 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Full Moon in Aries :: Harvest Moon Celebrations, Thought-Seed Saving, and Firing up for FallHappy Fall Equinox! It's the Full Moon in Aries aka Harvest Moon: Review, Celebration, Harvest, Sow... Venessa and Megan talk about the concept and importance of seed saving, chucking out what didn’t work, and preparation for what’s to come. We introduce this season’s poster organs - the colon and lungs - and how they interconnect (on all levels), impact our immunity and overall physical health in this transitional season. We share ways that we like to support our health and the health of our families... Megan shares specific foods and herbs that are he...2018-09-2439 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon in Virgo :: Transformation + Shaping Up ChangeMegan and Venessa discuss the themes of this New Moon in Virgo on September 9, 2018: Change, structure, and how we get to shape change... “All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you. The only lasting truth is change. God is change.” ~ Octavia Butler This month is all about looking at what needs to be in place to navigate change, and supporting the structures that allow us to “shape change” on all levels... We cover the physiology and transformative roles of the stomach and spleen on physical, emotional, energetic and spiritual levels...2018-09-091h 01
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezSolo Episode: Seasonal and Rhythmic Eating: Why it Matters and How to do It"The simplest and fastest way to getting to the root of chronic dis-ease and health challenges is to press the reset button by getting back in tune with nature." ~ Venessa Rodriguez In this solo episode, Venessa goes into seasonal and rhythmic eating, what it is, why it's critical and how to do it this summer season. Venessa starts with a guided meditation and dives into challenges including how modern technology has co-opted seasonal eating and how it’s depriving us of nutrients. She covers the fundamental principles of Ayurveda, TCM and other ancient traditions, and why th...2018-08-201h 18
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezSpecial Solo Episode: Meet the Wanderer, aka Your Vagus Nerve - Why You Should Care About the Largest Nerve In Your Body + How To Support Your Gut-Brain Connection!In this first special solo episode, Venessa goes into the gut-heart-brain connection and takes you on a journey with the Wanderer within, aka the vagus nerve. She covers the enteric nervous system (ENS), how the vagus nerve is connected to the various systems of our body and impacts our health, especially through the gut-brain connection. Venessa discusses things we can do to support our vagus nerve and gut-heart-brain connection on physical and energetic levels, including nature-based practices, foods/nutrients, and intuitive practices to try out! If you’re struggling with any kind of gut issue, in...2018-07-1650 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Full Moon In Capricorn :: Walking The Talk, Alignment + Discernment, Digestive Fire + Gut TalkIn this episode, Megan and Venessa dive into this Full Moon’s Capricorn June 27/28 aka the Strawberry Moon. The themes include alignment/discernment, enacting our spirituality and self-actualization thru creativity, personal power, and internal fire. This Summertime month we get clinical with this season’s organ - the small intestine + vagus nerve. They cover the energetics, the role and physiology of the small intestine, and share some practical tips and tools to support your digestive fire and flow on ALL levels. It's also Venessa's birthday(!) and she announces a special virtual workshop on July 22, 2018 called Feed Y...2018-06-271h 05
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezIntro to Feed Your Wild :: Food for your Body, Mind, Soul with Venessa RodriguezWelcome to Feed Your Wild! In this first episode, I'm honored to introduce myself, tell you a bit about the show, my story of overcoming chronic illness and how my mom's journey with breast cancer led me to the healing work I do today using food as medicine, nature-based practices, and intuitive guidance. I'll set the stage for what you can expect in upcoming episodes of Feed Your Wild. If you desire to lead a healthy regenerative lifestyle that supports your highest vision for yourself, to do the things you’ve been wanting to do, live your lif...2018-04-2618 min