Tend HER Wild Podcast
by Dr. Betsy Rippentrop and Kate Moreland
Dr. Betsy Rippentrop, a psychologist, and Kate Moreland, a lawyer and CEO, are having conversations about how women have been conditioned to lose connection to their inner voice and natural instincts, and how the time has come for us to re-wild. Both grew up as overachievers and perfectionists and took traditional career paths, following the rules society set for success. This required a loss of authenticity and a disconnection to their own wild essence. We explore questions and tools around how best to listen to our inner voice, re-wild ourselves, and live the most authentic life, where we thrive instead of survive.
Episodes
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223. Tia Levings: From Trad Wife to Living Her Childhood Dream
In today’s episode, Betsy & Kate are honored to speak with New York Times best selling author of “A Well Trained Wife”, Tia Levings. After living the life of a trad wife for 13 years, Tia escaped at the age of 33 with her 4 children on the night her husband was ready to murder her. In the 19…
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222. From Survival to Aliveness with Sarah Entrup
What if reconnecting with your desires begins with telling yourself the truth? This week, we welcome spiritual teacher and embodiment practitioner Sarah Entrup for a candid conversation about midlife transformation, intimacy, and coming home to the body. Sarah shares her journey from a deeply...
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221. Wired & Tired: Where Are the Guardrails?
Women are tired. Anxious. Angry. Grieving. And exhausted by the expectation that we will keep absorbing the blows and moving forward. In this episode of Tend HER Wild, Betsy and Kate ask: Where are the guardrails—the boundaries, protections, and collective responses that keep harm from becoming...
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220. Growing Ourselves up Requires Courage
In today’s episode, Betsy & Kate talk about taking accountability for our lives, and the 2 things that most stymie or growth: fear and lethargy. Life is scary, and we realize that we can never get rid of fear, so how do we move forward with courage despite the fear. In today’s episode we talk...
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219. Is Matriarchy Possible? When Women Are Given Power
In today’s episode, Betsy & Kate reflect talk about the possibility of matriarchy as opposite of our current system of patriarchy. What might happen when women are given power? We get into the nitty gritty of this today, as well as historical examples of cultures that revered women (and how they...
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218. Organizing Your Space, Reclaiming Your Energy with Jenn Robb and Dani Worrell
What if clearing a closet could make room for more than clothes? This week on Tend HER Wild, we talk with professional organizers Jenn Robb and Dani Worrell about the connection between our spaces, our energy, and our sense of possibility. In this episode, we explore: How clutter can quietly…
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217. Comfortably Numb: Are You Feeling Your Life?
In today’s episode, Betsy & Kate reflect on how we all numb as a way to cope with life. We all experience emotions we don’t want to feel, so we distract ourselves in a myriad of ways. We frame numbing as not necessarily problematic until it became a way of life versus a form of self-regulation.…
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216. Healing from the Inside Out with Tyeisha Washington
Tyeisha Washington, ARNP has been a caregiver for as long as she can remember. From protecting her younger brother as a child to spending more than two decades in healthcare, caring for others has always been woven into her story. In this episode, Tyeisha shares her path from nursing assistant to...
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215. Honoring Iconic Wild Women: Dolly, Maya, & Georgia
In this episode, we explore how the Wild Woman archetype lives through three iconic women: Dolly Parton, Maya Angelou, and Georgia O’Keeffe. Following the loss of Dolly Parton, we reflect on why her life touched so many people across generations and differences. Her wildness wasn’t rebellion for...
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214. Reclaiming Financial Power with Diana Richey
What if financial empowerment isn’t only about learning how to invest—but also about uncovering the beliefs that have shaped your relationship with money? In this episode, we talk with investor, tax attorney, writer, and financial educator Diana Richey about the inner and outer work of building...
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213. Erica Miller: A Lifelong Spiritual Seeker
In today’s episode we talk to Erica Miller, a holist healer, reiki master-teacher, massage therapist, intuitive, yoga teacher, and shamanic practitioner. We dive into what shamanism is, and the power of this modality to help heal the planet. Erica guides us through a brief shamanic journey to…
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212. The Rewilding Path
In today’s episode, Betsy & Kate reflect on the 4-week online live rewilding course they recently taught, the lessons learned, the stories told, and the 4-step framework that emerged through the experience. In today’s episode we talk about: What exactly is the wild woman archetype and is she even...
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211. Sarah Jenks: Returning to the Sacred Feminine
In today’s episode we talk to Sarah Jenks, an ordained Priestess whose work is centered around integrating Sacred Feminine wisdom and ceremony into our everyday lives. We loved Sarah’s perspective on the Sacred Feminine, the importance of it now in these changing times, and how normal and healing...
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210. Rosie Acosta: Balance – A Perimenopause Journey
In today’s episode we talk to Rosie Acosta about the docu-series she helped produce called Balance: A Perimenopause Journey that is currently on Apple TV and Amazon Prime. Rosie’s journey through personal challenges , including early menopause, has contributed to a life devoted to healing…
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209. Taboo Topics with Nicole Johnston
About Nicole Nicole Johnston’s Taboo Topics is an invitation to bring into the light the conversations women have often been conditioned to keep hidden. Drawing on decades of corporate leadership and executive coaching, Nicole argues that many of the barriers women experience at work are not...
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208. Magnificent Sex: Great Lovers Are Made
At the start of season 4 we agreed that we had to take more risks and have more edgy conversations. This interview definitely lived up to our intention for season 4! We were surprised when a guest reached out to us to share her story of how she was having the best sex of her life in her 70s.…
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207. Shannon Algeo: The Power In Your Hands
In today’s episode we welcome back psychotherapist and thought leader Shannon Algeo for his second visit to the podcast. We explore Shannon’s new book, “The Power in Your Hands” about our relationship to our smart phones and his quest to liberate himself from his own attachment to technology. We...
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206. A Fresh Take on Perfectionism
What if perfectionism isn’t something we need to overcome—but something we need to understand differently? In this episode of Tend HER Wild, we explore perfectionism through a new lens. Rather than viewing it as a flaw to fix, we discuss the difference between healthy striving and the forms of...
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205. Creative Collaborators: Leslie McNeilus & Rachael Roewe
Today we have a conversation with two of the most creative, entrepreneurial women we know. We are getting ready to teach a course on Rewilding in July and wanted to put together a Rewilding Box that accompanies the course. These 2 women contributed their creative skills to this project. Leslie…
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204. Toxic Relationships: We’ve All Been There
In today’s episode we explore toxic relationships. We’ve all had them whether they are with partners, friends, social media, food, substances, or even our government. We seek to understand the hallmarks of them, what to do about it once you see the truth, why we get in them in the first place…
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203. Annalise Nelson — An Honest Reflection of a Mother’s Grief
In this deeply intimate conversation, we sit down with Annalise Nelson as she shares her story of motherhood, identity, loss, and rebuilding life after the death of her 7-year-old daughter, Ann-Marie. Now parenting a newborn son, Leo, Annalise reflects on how grief has reshaped everything she...
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202. The Severing of the Wild Woman
What severs women from their wild, instinctual selves? Or maybe the better question is: when did we become disconnected in the first place? In this episode, we explore the concept of “Wild Severance” — the gradual disconnection many women experience from their intuition, instincts, bodies, power,...
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201. Forever a Mother
In this heartfelt Mother’s Day episode, Kate sits down with her mom, Carolyn Warner Elwood, for a deeply personal conversation about motherhood, family, resilience, and the threads of love that carry through generations. Carolyn reflects on her upbringing, her career journey, raising three...
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200. The Stories That Changed Us — Celebrating 200 Episodes of Tend HER Wild
It’s hard to fathom that this podcast has lasted this long — and even more incredible that the energy surrounding it only seems to be getting stronger. What continues to emerge through these conversations is a deep collective longing: to understand ourselves more fully, to reclaim forgotten parts...
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199. Jaime Ehrenberg: Listen to the Land
In today’s episode we speak with Jaime Ehrenberg, an intuitive and spiritual guide whose gift is listening to and communicating with the land. We have an eye opening conversation about what we can all do to energetically care for our own back yard, and the healing that can ripple out when we do...
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198. Juliana Hauser: We Are All Sexual Beings
In today’s episode we speak with Dr. Juliana Hauser whose work is about holistic sexuality. She talks today about how sex saved her life multiple times, and the importance of understanding how sexuality is intricately connected to all areas of our life. We loved how Dr. Juliana balances openness...
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197. Connecting To & Healing Your Inner Child
Today we explore the concept of the inner child, or the parts of self from childhood that may be subconsciously influencing our life as an adult. The inner child carries both positive traits like creativity and playfulness, as well as negative unresolved traumas, fears, or unmet needs. Today’s...
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196. Seasoned Wisdom Live
In this special live episode of the Tend HER Wild Podcast, recorded at the James Theatre with the Water Bearer Collective, four remarkable women share stories and insights gathered across decades of life. Together they reflect on courage, friendship, aging, and the power of crone wisdom—showing…
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195. Radical Wellness with Sarah Van Cleve
Sarah Van Cleve is a somatic practitioner, facilitator, death doula, mother, gardener, devoted life-lover, and future ancestor. She is the founder of Soul House Wellness, where she weaves together yoga, sound healing, somatic practice, and leadership development to support people in reconnecting...
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194. Sasha Boros & The Water Bearer Collective
We sit down today with return guest Sasha Boros to talk about her newly inspired collaboration with women called The Water Bearer Collective. When we last spoke to Sasha in Episode 29, she was leaving a marriage and adjusting to all the transformational shifts in her life this ending brought. She...
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193. Healing Through Ketamine Therapy with Megan Carnahan
In this deeply honest and expansive conversation, Megan shares her journey from a highly sensitive child who learned to shut parts of herself down—to a therapist helping others reconnect with their inner intelligence for healing. We explore how early life experiences shaped her path, the moment...
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192. Anne Marie Nest-Pinero & Kristin Marrs: Performance Art that Educates About Infertility & Miscarriage
Today is an update on 2 of our brilliant guests and the powerful art they are putting out into the world. In episode 128 we interviewed Kristin Marrs and Anne Marie Nest about a theatre/dance piece they created called Chalk, which is about both of their journeys through miscarriage and…
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191. Our Favorite Quotes (and Why They Matter)
Words have a way of finding us exactly when we need them. In this episode, we share 22 quotes that have inspired, grounded, and guided us through different seasons of life. This conversation was sparked by a listener who asked us: What are the quotes you return to again and again? So we gathered...
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190. “The Be A Light Project” for Suicide Prevention & Brain Health with Elizabeth Marner
Kate and Betsy speak with Elizabeth Marner, the founder and CEO of “The Be A Light Project” for brain health and suicide prevention for rural communities. Her nonprofit was born out of personal pain following her son’s suicide attempt and their frustrations getting the help he needed. In today’s...
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189. The Future of Feminism
Kate and Betsy dive into the topic of feminism after an article came out in the New York Times in November 2025 entitled “Are women ruining the workplace?”. In this episode we seek to understand the real meaning of feminism, the different waves it has gone through, and what the wild woman…
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188. Dr. Ren Stinson: Lotus, Liberation, and Expanding Masculinity
In this deeply moving and thoughtful conversation, Dr. Ren shares the personal, cultural, and professional journey that shaped his life and work. Origins & Identity Ren begins by telling the story of his first ten years growing up in Japan and the powerful meaning behind his name. Ren, which…
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187. Love and Solidarity: Stories from Minneapolis
Season 4 of Tend Her Wild opens with a refusal to play small. In this episode, we bear witness to what is unfolding in Minneapolis—and across our country—through the lens of the Wild Woman archetype. This conversation is about courage in real time, love under pressure, and what it looks like when...
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186. It’s A Wrap: Reflections on 2025 & Season 3 of Tend Her Wild
In today’s episode we review this past year and all that unfolded in the podcast and in our personal lives. We talk about the highs and lows, the practices that sustained us, and we reveal our theme for Season 4 that begins February 2026. In today’s episode we explore: Reflections on the year of...
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186. Messages From the Other Side: Live Readings With Medium Dani Worrell
Medium Dani Worrell returns for an incredible live podcast event recorded at Revival’s pop-up studio in downtown Iowa City, where she offers intuitive readings for the audience. In this episode, we explore: Dani’s recent personal intuitive reading with her mentor, where her grandmother came...
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185. Ophira Eisenberg: Scars & Laughing Her Way to Happy Endings
Today’s interview kept us laughing nearly the entire time, and yet was deeply poignant as our guest shared her story of scars. Ophira is a stand-up comedian, author, and story teller who has been lauded as one of the “top 10 comics that funny people find funny”. Our attention was rapt as we...
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184. Favorite Things: What We are Loving Right Now
In today’s joyful episode, we dig into our “magic bags” and surprise each other with our current favorite things. We share our top 10 unique items, shows, apps, and little delights we’re loving right now. As the holiday season begins, we’re also reflecting on the power of our dollars and the...
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183. Anger: Still Channeling the Fire
“There is an aspect that women need to master if you’re going to be a wild woman and that is dealing with what can only be called women’s rage. The release of that rage is required. Once women remember the origins of their rage they feel they may never stop grinding their teeth. Ironically, we…
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182. Uma Subramaniam: Yoga is Life
In today’s episode, we dive into a rich and inspiring conversation with yoga teacher Uma Subramaniam. Uma shares her journey from growing up in India—where yoga was a natural part of daily life—to her years in the U.S. financial industry, and ultimately, to rediscovering her calling as a lifelong...
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181. The Year of Endings & Beginnings
At the start of Season 3 on Tend Her Wild, astrologer and coach Cathy Pagano talked about 2025 as a year of endings and beginnings. Today Kate and Betsy get personal and reflect on a moment in Iceland 4 years ago when they both had an inkling of something hard they were going to have to face.…
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180. Ginette Biro: A Near Death Experience & Divine Connection to the Other Side
Today’s interview was both eye opening and fascinating as we interviewed Ginette Biro, a medium (someone who can see, hear, and communicate with spirits on the other side). We hear about her journey of opening into these gifts, and a near death experience she had at 2019 that encouraged her to…
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179. The Heroine’s Journey: The Descent to the Goddess
We reviewed the Heroine’s Journey that we talked about in Episode 60, and took it a little deeper today after exploring this beautiful methodology for a full week on a recent retreat in Greece. There are many steps on the Heroine’s Journey (see book by Maureen Murdock), but today we dive into the...
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178. The Four Agreements
In today’s episode, we dive into The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz—a timeless guide to personal freedom and transformation. As we prepare for our upcoming retreat in Greece with 44 incredible women, we explore how these four agreements can serve as a foundation for group connection,...
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177. Are You Dysregulated?
It really is a time for us to step up and take some responsibility for our own nervous system, so for today’s episode we revisit the topic of nervous system dysregulation and how most of us are likely dysregulated due to the stressors of modern day life. We reveal our personal nervous system...
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176. Carmen Serano: The Beauty Between the Breaks
In today’s episode, we sit down with actress Carmen Serano-Gingles, who shares a powerful story of healing, resilience, and transformation. Carmen opens up about navigating her own “dark night of the soul” and the hope she now brings to other women as a coach and guide. Having survived multiple...
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175. Tracy Tritle… Global Peacemaker in a Peace Loving Van
In today’s episode we interview Tracy Tritle about her year living everywhere and nowhere at once in an old VW camper van. At the age of 55, Tracy found herself at rock bottom after leaving a corporate job and experiencing the ending of a long term marriage. She followed her instinct and said yes...
About this show
Dr. Betsy Rippentrop, a psychologist, and Kate Moreland, a lawyer and CEO, are having conversations about how women have been conditioned to lose connection to their inner voice and natural instincts, and how the time has come for us to re-wild. Both grew up as overachievers and perfectionists and took traditional career paths, following the rules society set for success. This required a loss of authenticity and a disconnection to their own wild essence. We explore questions and tools around how best to listen to our inner voice, re-wild ourselves, and live the most authentic life, where we thrive instead of survive.
Hosted by
Dr. Betsy Rippentrop and Kate Moreland