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Kimberly shares about how the current structures do not support the deep longing we have to mother and be mothered in real community, and how concentric circles of mothers supporting mothers in this way creates a pathway of wisdom and support that impacts generations.
The Latest Episodes
EP 251: The Great Void – Menopause as Initiation, the Secret Teacher, and the Decommissioning of the Mind with Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer
In this episode, Kimberly speaks with Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer about the spiritual power of menopause. Pope and Wurlitzer are co-founders of
EP 250: Honrar la Voz – Lineage, the Body, and Creating Without Pain with Carolina Mama
Kimberly speaks with Carolina Mama: Argentine composer, singer-songwriter, filmmaker and photographer, calling in from Barcelona. They met in Santa Fe and worked together on
EP 249: Mothering the Mother – Granny Midwifery, the Lying-In, and Diasporic Memory with Shafia Monroe
In this episode, Kimberly speaks with Shafia Monroe, the renowned midwife, doula trainer, cultural historian, and author of Mothering the Mother: African American
EP 248: Rewrite the Mother Code – Losing Yourself, Self-Mothering, and the Courage to Rock the Boat with Dr. Gertrude Lyons
In this episode, Kimberly speaks with Dr. Gertrude Lyons, a master coach, podcast host, and the author of Rewrite the Mother Code: From Sacrifice
EP 247: The Opposite of Hypervigilance – Boundaries, Healthy Aggression, and Reclaiming Fight with Jaye Marolla
In this episode, Kimberly is rejoined by Jaye Marolla, somatic educator, martial artist, and bodyworker, founder of The Body Innate, YINDOJO, and YinWarriorship in
EP 246: Whose Desire Is This? – Rematriation, Erotic Self Sourcing, and the Art of Touching Women with Casia Sobolewski
In this episode, Kimberly speaks with Casia Sobolewski, somatic sex educator, sexological bodyworker, and co-founder of the Himeros Project. Casia opens with the grief
EP 245: The Contrast Is the Gold – Death Nesting, the Vortex, and Why Deathcare Belongs to the Village with Anne-Marie Keppel
In this episode, Kimberly speaks with Anne-Marie Keppel, death doula educator, founder of the nonprofit Village Deathcare, and author of Death Nesting: The Heart-Centered
EP 244: Consistency, Not Perfection – Nutrition for Menopause and Beyond with Karen Newby
Kimberly wanted to speak with someone who was neither hormones-or-nothing NOR going to offer complicated longevity protocol. Karen Newby is a UK nutritionist with
EP 243: Eating the Shadow – Mythopoetic Men’s Work, the Lover Archetype, and Repair in a Villageless World with Ian MacKenzie
In this episode, Kimberly speaks with Ian MacKenzie — filmmaker, writer, mythosomatic guide, and host of The Mythic Masculine — about what men’s work
EP 242: Arbitrary Intelligence – Tools, Limits, and the Willies of What’s Coming with Stephen Jenkinson
In this episode, Kimberly is re-joined by Stephen Jenkinson, author of Trembling Still: The Awful Clarity of a Mind in Eclipse, about the moment we
EP 241: Furious or Curious – Safety and Security, Frog Farmers, and What Men Actually Need to Hear with Alison Armstrong
In this episode, Kimberly speaks with Alison Armstrong, author of The Queen’s Code, about her complex work around understanding men and women. Alison has been
EP 240: Hunting and Making God – Motherhood, Creativity, and Building a Church of Her Own with Ranier Amiel
In this episode, the third in the Santa Fe trilogy, Kimberly speaks with Ranier Amiel, an artist, bodyworker, and single mother who is restoring a
Love. Power. Play. Wildness.
They’re all key elements of our humanity, collectively and individually. But we don’t talk about them. At least not in ways that matter. But leaving these topics largely in the dark does no one any favors. If we want to build the world we want to live in, we have to be willing to engage with our whole selves — beautifully powerful, paradoxical, and above all, wild.
Sex, Birth, & Trauma is your invitation to join this conversation at a deeper level as we ask the big questions about how we can be more human, and more humane in our relationships, and reconnect with our primal wildness.