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What if grounding isn’t a wellness trend or health hack — but a physiological relationship your body has always known how to participate in? In this episode, we explore grounding not as a stress-relief practice, but as a living, electrical dialogue between your body and the Earth. We unpack what’s actually happening inside your physiology when your bare skin touches the ground — and why your blood, nervous system and immune system are all designed to be in relationship with the living planet beneath your feet. This is a conversation about electrons and inflammation, blood flow, nervous system regulation and eco-somatic intelligence — all woven through the remembering that your body is not separate from the Earth, but shaped by her. Inside this episode, we explore: • Why the body is electrical — not just chemical • How grounding supports inflammation regulation and immune balance • The role of electrons in neutralising free radicals • How grounding impacts blood flow, circulation, and oxygen delivery • The nervous system’s relationship with electrical fields • How modern life disrupts our natural exchange with the Earth • The body’s deep memory of soil, water, and the natural world • Simple, embodied ways to weave grounding into everyday life This episode is an invitation to remember your body as ecological, conductive, and relational being — already in conversation with the living world. CONNECT WITH RACHEL: Find me on Instagram @therachelhodgens Head to the website www.rachelhodgens.com

What if your dreams were not something happening to you — but something dreaming through you? What if the womb, the dream realm and the Earth were one interconnected continuous oracle… and you are part of it? This conversation is an invitation into that re-membering. I’m joined by Stella Porta — dream educator, visual alchemist, and creator of Honeywomb. Stella’s work serves as the living archive of feminine gnosis. Through dreamwork and myth, she helps women reclaim the ancient symbols that once shaped culture - from the bee, the serpent and the wolf. Her teachings are rooted in the body’s wisdom and the ancestral memory that awakens the lineages of the Great Mother. She teaches that our dreams are oracles — living maps that guide us toward the life our soul longs to create. In this episode we explore: The relationship between the womb and oracular practice, and how the womb has always been an embodied gateway into the wyrd, the collective web of knowing.How dreamwork leads us into direct communion with an animate world, where everything is alive, conscious and speaking.The difference between trying to “get” something from dreams vs. living as part of the dreaming world itself.What it means to be a Dream of the Earth — and how the land and more-than-human beings may also be dreaming with us.The shift in perception that comes when we realise we are not separate from the intelligence of life, but expressions of it.Stella shares beautiful examples of dream and land communication that will genuinely give you goosebumps.Dream hygiene and practical advice to enter into dreamworkThe oracular womb practice of Womb Sipping and its connection to the beesIntuition within the context of dreaming and beyond The remembering of the lineages of the Great Mother within the collective, why the feminine was silenced under patriarchy, and how the re-membering is rising nowThis is a delectable, meandering, soul-stirring conversation that asks you not just to see dreaming differently — but to set aside everything you think a dream is. Together we look through a different lens. A world that is alive.A world that is conscious.A world that is endlessly weaving — through you, with you, as you. EPISODE RESOURCES: Stella’s Herstory Library Reading List CONNECT WITH STELLA: Sign up for Stella's workshop SHE DREAMS WITH WOLVES Website: https://www.honeywomb.com/ Instagram: @stella.porta Substack: https://theherstoryarchive.substack.com/ CONNECT WITH RACHEL Instagram: @therachelhodgens Website: www.rachelhodgens.com

The new year carries a particular kind of energy — not a demand to reinvent ourselves, but an invitation to re-orient. In this episode, I’m reflecting on this seasonal threshold and what it means to align our ‘new year intentions’ with nature’s rhythms. I’m also sharing how my approach to health has shifted over the past year — away from quick fixes and optimisation, and toward relationship with the body as an intelligent, animate ecosystem. This episode is both reflective and practical. I walk you through: • The biggest health changes I made in 2025, shaped by lived experience, mould toxicity, and a return to simple foundations • What I’m focusing on in 2026 to support gut/hormonal health, vitality, and long-term wellbeing • How I’ll be knuckling down on some health challenges, the tests and support that I’m reaching for and the daily habits I’m prioritising This episode is not prescriptive — rather it is designed to spark your curiosity within your own health. EPISODE RESOURCES: The Astrology Lounge: The Astrology of 2026; You’ve Waited for This Moment Dirty Genes by Dr Ben Lynch CONNECT WITH RACHEL Find me on Instagram @therachelhodgensContact me: [email protected]

Have you felt that quiet pull to root deeper — into the land beneath you and the wisdom within you? Today I’m joined by the beautiful Emma Robles, whose work weaves earth wisdom and womb connection into the most nourishing tapestry.  Emma is a clinical nutritionist and herbalist with her masters of science degree in using food as medicine. She is a poet and a passionate devotee of cyclical living. She helps women learn how to live in tune with their bodies, while using food, herbs, and art as medicine.  Together, we explore the places where the earth and the womb meet — and how returning to one so often draws us home to the other. In this episode we explore: Emma’s journey and relationship with the earth — including how her experience with a severe eating disorder was inextricably linked to her coming home to her womb.The way the earth holds us, and how we can deepen our connection to the land we actually live on rather than longing for somewhere else.How Emma’s relationship with the earth informs her relationship to her womb (and vice versa), plus gentle pathways to begin aligning with your own cyclical rhythms and gifts.Emma’s beautiful wave analogy for understanding the menstrual cycle — especially the potency she sees in the energy of the luteal phase.A nourishing conversation on herbs, and practical ways to support and tend to the womb and hormones.How each phase of the menstrual cycle aligns with the Traditional Chinese Medicine elements of Metal, Earth, Fire, Air, and Water — a framework that left me deeply inspired and eager to explore more.This episode is a weaving — earth, body, rhythm, medicine, remembrance.May you feel held inside it. EPISODE RESOURCES:  Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer CONNECT WITH EMMA:  Website Youtube Instagram CONNECT WITH RACHEL: Website Instagram Remember to subscribe & leave a rating and review of the show!

In this episode, I share five simple yet powerful ways to root into a new home — practices for deepening your relationship with the house itself, the land beneath it, and the more-than-human beings who share it with you. Whether you’ve just moved or have lived in the same place for years, these rituals will help you connect more intimately with the spirit of your home and the land you dwell upon — transforming your space from somewhere you live into somewhere you truly belong. CONNECT WITH RACHEL: Find me on IG @therachelhodgens Grab my FREE Womb Clearing Guide

Imbolc arrives not as a single moment, but as a gentle threshold — the slow stirring of spring within and without. In this episode, I invite you into a sensory reflection on the early signs of awakening that mark this cross-quarter festival: birdsong returning, buds swelling on the trees, the quiet shift in your own inner landscape. We explore Imbolc as a season of transition — a time to notice what is beginning to bloom, and what winter has softened within you. I share personal reflections, a sensory check-in, simple ritual ideas like door-washing and early spring cleaning, and journaling prompts to help you root into the energy of this time. May this episode feel like a warm breath of life after the hush of winter.Blessed Imbolc. CONNECT FURTHER: Find me on IG @therachelhodgens

In today’s episode, I share a personal life update — something that’s shifted the ground beneath my feet and invited me into a deeper season of slowness, presence, and sacred adjustment. Alongside the update, I share what’s been holding me through the unknown — the simple daily rituals and perspectives I’m leaning into as we navigate this new chapter. Inside, I speak to: A tender diagnosis in our family The concept of sacred wintering and living in the unknown How I’m adjusting my pace and presence The daily rituals anchoring me right now The herbs I've been reaching for support An invitation to meet your own season with care If you’re in a time of uncertainty, transition, or quiet change — I hope this meets you gently.

I've been digesting a season of death, endings, and composting — both in the natural world and within my own life. In this episode, I share what’s been unraveling for me lately, and how I’m learning to trust the quiet wisdom of the void. This is a prayer for the fertile dark, and for all that is yet to bloom. Comment or share with me what resonates deeply with you! CONNECT WITH RACHEL: Follow on: Instagram Free Guide: The Ritual of Bleeding Email me: [email protected] And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review!

Did you know your brain changes when you bleed—opening a doorway to deeper intuition, clarity, and instinctual wisdom? Our ancestors knew this, honouring the altered state of menstruation as sacred. Now, science is finally catching up, revealing how the menstrual phase transforms brain function and heightens our connection to unseen realms. Yet, in a world that dismisses the intelligence of the feminine body, this ancient knowing has been forgotten. In this episode, we explore the fascinating interplay between your cycle and your mind, and how to reclaim the power of your bleeding time. ✨In this episode, we explore: How your brain shifts throughout the menstrual cycleWhy menstruation is a time of heightened intuition, insight, and clarityHow science is proving what our ancestors knew—that menstruating women enter an altered, more receptive stateThe ways patriarchal conditioning has severed women from their cyclical intelligencePractices to harness the wisdom of your bleeding time 🌿Resources & Offerings: 🔻Download my free guide:The Ritual of Bleeding 🌙Wild Blood: My self-paced course on rewilding menstruation –jump on the waitlist ✨Work with me 1:1: Deepen your embodiment to your full feminine spectrum & cycle awareness –learn more here If you enjoyed this episode - leave a rating & review!

The luteal phase—our inner autumn—is often described as the time when emotions rise, demanding to be felt. But what does it actually look like to move through this in real time? This week, I find myself deep in my inner autumn, navigating the raw edges of grief, discomfort, and challenge—right alongside an event I’ve been dreading for months. In this episode, I’m opening up about my personal experience of feeling it all, allowing what’s surfacing to be processed and healed, and how cycle awareness is guiding me through it. I’ll be sharing:🌿 How my luteal phase is aligning to bring grief & emotions to the surface🌙 The energetics of this phase and why it invites us into deep work💫 Practical ways I’ve been supporting myself—physically, emotionally & spiritually If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the intensity of your luteal phase, or wondered how to truly work with your cycle in difficult moments, this episode is for you. ✨ Connect & Explore More:➡️ Instagram: @therachelhodgens ➡️ Get the free RITUAL OF BLEEDING guide: Download here ➡️ Wild Blood Waitlist: Learn more about my upcoming course ➡️ Work 1:1 with Me: Apply here

Your blood is wild, sacred, and deeply connected to the rhythms of the Earth. In this episode, I’m sharing four transformative practices to help you re-wild your relationship with your blood and menstruation. These practices invite you to return to your body, honour your cycle, and reclaim the ancient wisdom of your blood. ✨ Download my free guide, The Ritual of Bleeding, to weave sacredness into your cycle ✨ Join the waitlist for Wild Blood to deepen your connection to the power of your blood ✨ Connect with Rachel on Instagram: @therachelhodgens

In this episode, we dive into simple yet powerful practices and intentions to help you align with the sacred rhythms of the Earth, Moon, and Womb throughout 2025. Learn how to weave earth-based living, lunar wisdom, and womb-centered rituals into your daily life, empowering you to embrace your natural flow and reconnect to your deepest feminine power. Whether it's through honouring the moon's phases, embracing the seasons, or deepening your relationship with your menstrual cycle, this episode offers you simple yet transformative ways to embody the magic of the Earth, Moon, and Womb all year long. ✨ Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Ritual of Bleeding Guide: Download your free guide here and discover sacred rituals to honour your menstrual cycle. Wild Blood Course Waitlist: Join the waitlist for the Wild Blood course if you want to reconnect with the sacredness of your menstruation. Follow me on Instagram: @therachelhodgens for more insights, inspiration, and resources on womb wisdom, earth reverence, and cyclical living. Tune in to deepen your connection to your body, your cycle, and the natural world around you! And remember to hit subscribe, rate and review the podcast!

This episode is dedicated to the moments when your heart feels particularly soft, sensitive, or worried about the world. I share gentle, grounding practices and soulful insights to help you nurture yourself and hold space for the moment. Together, let’s explore ways to find inner peace, reconnect with hope, and honour the beauty of caring so deeply—even when the world feels heavy. Join me as we lean into beauty and resilience within ourselves, the earth and Life during these trying times. CONNECT WITH ME: You can write me a note and send it to [email protected] You can follow me @therachelhodgens And don't forget to rate & review the podcast!

In this episode of Weaving the Wild, I invite you into my garden as I harvest a selection of fresh herbs and share simple, practical ways you can use them in your everyday life. From adding vibrant flavors to your cooking, creating nourishing teas, to crafting natural insect repellents, these herbs offer so much versatility and magic. As we enter October, I also reflect on the shifting energy of the seasons—whether you’re moving into the ascent of spring or the descent of autumn. Together, we’ll explore the cyclical nature of life and how we can attune to the rhythms of nature, deepening our connection to the earth and ourselves during this powerful transition. In this episode, I cover: A tour of the herbs I’m currently harvesting from my garden Simple and accessible ways to use these herbs: in cooking, teas, and more How to make your own natural insect repellent The seasonal energy of October and its significance Aligning with the ascent of spring or the descent of autumn Ways to attune your energy to the deepening rhythms of the earth Join me for this grounding conversation and reconnect with the simple, nourishing power of nature. EPISODE RESOURCES: She Is Of The Woods - Bug Spray Tutorial If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe and leave a review! I’d love to hear how you’re using herbs in your own life and how you’re feeling the shift of the seasons. I love when you get in touch - you can email me at [email protected] Love, Rachel

In this episode, I’m sharing what’s alive in my life as we step into the abundant energy of Spring. Together, we’ll explore earth-based practices and rituals to help you align with this season of renewal and growth. Join me as I chat about tending to my garden, preparing for the spring equinox (including my favourite fire ritual!), and embracing slow nature walks that reconnect us with the land. I’ll also dive into working with spring herbs, the magic of intentional spring cleaning, and a beautiful door washing ritual to invite fresh energy into your home. Whether you’re seeking inspiration or looking for ways to weave the wisdom of spring into your own life, this episode offers gentle invitations to honour the earth and your own sacred renewal. 🌿✨ EPISODE RESOURCES: Weaving the Wild: #5 Springtime rituals, Connecting to Earth & Your Roots The Seed Collection (where I get the majority of my seeds for my garden) JOIN THE MEMBERSHIP Get exclusive access to tools, guides and masterclasses inside the membership! This month's masterclass is the Wheel of the Year - get inside to learn all about the sacred days, seasonal living and earth-alignment! REMEMBER to hit the 5 Stars ⭐️ if this episode moved or nourished you in any way! Until next time, Rachel x