Elemental Interbeing, Food Information Overwhelm, and Cell Deep Nourishment for Women - Kymber Maulden
Release Date: 03/15/2022
Medicine Stories
Menarche- a girl’s first period- shapes how we experience womanhood for the rest of our lives, and the lack of initiation most of us experience is itself an initiation. In this culture that has fractured from the rites and wisdom of our grandmothers, where so many of us met our first period with confusion or shame, how do we begin to heal this tender threshold- for our daughters, and for the younger version of ourselves? In a conversation brimming with practical suggestions, my herb teacher Kami McBride- who has led countless women’s circles, developed and taught a class for cycling...
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Did you notice metabolic changes around age 35 and/or 42? Does perimenopause even exist? Is there an ideal childbearing window? Why are humans one of the only species to experience menopause? Suuzi Hazen, doctor of Chinese Medicine and my closest companion in healing from midlife burnout, gives us the Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective on the 7 year framework for girls’ and womens’ life transitions. that inspired this conversation Join me & Suuzi at the Medicine Stories in Costa Rica November 2026! Related previous episodes with Suuzi- , , by Suuzi by Suuzi herbal...
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Birth opens the door, but what comes after walks you through it. Many new parents find themselves moving through the first year feeling lonely, confused, and wondering why it’s so hard. In this episode, I’m joined again by Rachelle Seliga of Innate Traditions, who has spent over 20 years teaching and gathering communities to explore postpartum, motherhood, and revillaging. Together, we open the conversation wider — into the realm of fatherhood — with Rachelle’s signature depth, wisdom, and grounded practicality. Whether you’re preparing for birth or reflecting on your own...
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In 2021 Tara and her family got the knock on their door that every parent fears most. In the days that followed they discovered eighteen-year-old Mila’s journal and were able to piece together the shocking and devastating chain of events that led to her death. Tara’s Instagram and Substack, Slowdown Farmstead, is followed and admired by tens of thousands of people. Tara and her husband raised their three daughters on their beautiful Canadian farm, lovingly tending to and butchering their own livestock in order to nourish their family and community. Deeply acquainted with the cycles of...
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My most beloved herbal elder and I talk about our favorite subject- women throughout time using plants for self care, family healing, and community connection. After nearly 4 decades as a practicing herbalist and teacher, and in an age of informational overabundance, Kami has seen what actually works when it comes to truly embodying herbal knowing. (including the peek at what you see when you log in to the course). Two for this episode- 1) an extended conversation with Kami where we share our stories of Mothering Without Elders 2) two free videos with Kami entitled Garden Herb...
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Suuzi and I continue the discussion sparked by my last episode about culty trends in the wellness space by talking about her past with Kundalini yoga- what drew her in and, eventually, how noticing the state of nourishment of those deepest into the cult precipitated her exit. We then catch listeners up on our midlife metabolic meltdown hEaLinG jOuRnEyS and what path we’re taking forward as we continue to recover our vitality and deepen our understanding of why women’s bodies are so metabolically expensive. for this episode include an extended conversation w/ Suuz about the reaction to the...
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GNM is an alt health trend that has grown in popularity in recent years. It is attractive to so many (including me and my guest, once) because it acknowledges the role that emotions and trauma play in physical health and symptom manifestation, something that mainstream medicine still somehow refuses to do. But just because some aspects of an ideology are true and helpful does not mean that the entire framework is valid. Critical thinking and humility are essential tools for navigating information overload and complex frameworks, especially when it comes to health. The allure of certainty and...
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What metabolic patterns did you inherit from your parents, and what may you have passed down to your own children? Many behavioral issues, and even what are usually considered personality traits (like that of high sensitivity), can be linked to mineral imbalances and overall health. Heavy metals often accumulate in individuals due to stress, compromised metabolic function, or ancestral imprints, not necessarily always due to direct exposure. Heroic detoxification protocols should be approached with caution, as forcing the removal of metals without addressing underlying nutrient...
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Fertility is not just the ability to conceive, but is an indicator of overall health and the capacity to nurture life; it is how we extend genetic strength across time and space into generations we will never know. Pregnancy and menopause are transformative states that reveal underlying metabolic and hormonal imbalances, emphasizing the complex interplay between biochemistry, psychology, and lifestyle. In an age of rampant metabolic dysfunction, let us together find our way to renewed vitality, for ourselves and for those yet to come. Resources: (extended convo w/ Niecia) Niecia on Take our...
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Chinese Medicine holds that women’s bodies are 10x harder to heal than men’s, as our reproductive system is biologically much more precious and metabolically more intensive to maintain. In this conversation my good friend, third time guest, and Doctor of Chinese Medicine Suuzi and I catch up one year after we both underwent severe energy loss to share how we’ve rebuilt and healed. We talk about shifting away from the mindset of achieving “optimum human health” (an illusion that contributed to our health crises), working and mothering in a state of total burnout, how our childrens’...
info_outlineThe cell is the foundation of life, and biological science is clear on what our cells need to most efficiently generate the energy that runs our bodies. Gut, autoimmune, and hormonal issues all have underlying metabolic causes. Let us cut through the noise and remember how to eat to enjoy, nourish, and repair, and not for ideology.
Check out the two info-packed bonuses that accompany this episode at the Medicine Stories Patreon.
TOPICS:
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Energy and structure are interdependent at every level
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Metabolism is not what most people think it is
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Removing major food groups limits your body’s ability to generate energy
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Metabolic safety for women- the body can’t heal if it’s in survival mode
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What disrupts a woman’s metabolism
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Restrictive diets are metabolic-lowering stressors to the female body
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Women’s “progress” in society has come with a metabolic price
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Being overwhelmed by constantly changing nutritional information & how prometabolic is different
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The problem with too much plant consumption
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Nutritional rigidity and a look at raw, vegan, keto, and paleo/carnivore diets through a metabolic lens
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The importance of carbs- when we don’t have enough glucose the body will start relying on stress hormones for energy production
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Kymber’s past with extreme food intolerances and how she healed them
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The few foods that should be avoided because of their metabolism-lowering, gut-destroying effects
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What fear of food, and black and white nutritional thinking, does to us
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PUFAs- what to know about polyunsaturated fatty acids
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The story behind the post-industrial vegetable oil toxic sludge we’ve all been consuming for decades
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The way our skin responds to the sun is largely contingent on the foods we’re eating
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When the body rusts from the inside out- iron, PUFAs, estrogen, and internal oxidation
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Everything you’ve learned about iron is wrong and you’re almost assuredly iron toxic (this is so important, especially if you or anyone you know has been diagnosed anemic)
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The trade-offs of trying to get our nutrients from synthetic sources
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Copper, magnesium, and remembering that minerals are elements that originated in stars
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Technology cannot make us healthier
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The nutrients in animal foods are vastly more abundant and bioavailable than those in plant foods
RESOURCES:
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Kymber’s online course Habitually Healthy
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Medicine Stories Patreon (2 info-packed bonuses for this episode)
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Kymber’s website
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Kymber’s ebooks Reparative Eating Guide & Nourishing Our Sanity
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Kymber on Instagram
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This Is Your Brain on Birth Control by Sarah Hill
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An article on the debunked Ansel Keys study
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Mind blowing video of iron shavings in cereal (these are in all iron fortified processed food- you have consumed so much of this!)
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Strong Sistas YouTube channel
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Heal Your Metabolism by Kate Deering
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My website MythicMedicine.love
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Check out Kami’s course Handcrafted Healing Herbal Oils
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Check out Kami’s course Handcrafted Healing Herbal Oils
- Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy?
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Medicine Stories Facebook group
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Mythic Medicine on Instagram
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Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)