Your Cyclical Nature

Join Teresa Biggs, DOM, Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Biologist, & Advanced Yoga Teacher, as she reveals a peak behind the veil of her Substack "Womb & Woo Wisdom: Secrets of a Reawakening Mystic". Teresa opens into the Witch Wound and shares what she has discovered in her own research and journey of healing and repair of her Witch Wound. Witch means Wise Woman. Witches were and are the healers, the midwives, the death doulas, the herbalists, the counselors, the seers, the oracles. And it's time we reclaim our wisdom and power in connection with this word. It's time to HEAL THE WITCH WOUND!Join the conversation and comment here: 🔮 Womb & Woo Wisdom: Secrets of a Reawakening Mystic (Substack) — A sacred space to reclaim the mystical, unshame intuition, and remember the wisdom they told us was “too much.”Https://wombandwoo.substack.com or Work 1:1 with Teresa here:🌿 Quantum Healing Sessions — Whole-self transformation at the root cause: reduce pain & inflammation, receive supportive care for Perimenopause, improve stress resilience & emotional balance, reconnect with your body’s wisdom, & align with your Soul’s Calling:Https://www.portal4perimenopause.com/work-1on1

In this episode, Teresa Biggs, DOM (Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Biologist, & Advanced Yoga Teacher) explores the sacred terrain of transitions—the thresholds we move through in our bodies, lives, and the natural world. A liminal space between no-longer & not-yet.  Together,   we’ll look at:✨ The transitions within the menstrual cycle✨ The shifts across life phases✨ The turning of the earth’s seasons✨ The passages of life changes we all experienceTeresa shares how each cycle connects to an archetypal season and the Five Elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine, offering a fresh perspective on the emotional and spiritual experiences of change.We’ll also explore the element of Earth as a stabilizing guide through transitions, and Teresa will give you three practical ways to root into the Earth Element's wisdom:🌱 Food therapy to nourish and ground🌱 Yoga asana to stimulate the Earth meridians🌱 Sound frequency to harmonize body and spiritThis episode is a gentle reminder that transitions are not detours — they are thresholds into deeper embodiment, resilience, and trust in life’s unfolding.Please follow along and if you loved consider giving a 5-star review -- thank you for your support!🌿 Quantum Healing Sessions with Teresa Biggs, DOM — Whole-self transformation at the root cause of dis-ease: reduce pain & inflammation, receive supportive care for Perimenopause, improve stress resilience & emotional balance, reconnect with your body’s wisdom, & align with your Soul’s Calling (HSA eligible):Https://www.portal4perimenopause.com/work-1on1🔮 Womb & Woo Wisdom: Secrets of a Reawakening Mystic (Substack) — A sacred space to reclaim the mystical, unshame intuition, and remember the wisdom they told us was “too much.”Https://wombandwoo.substack.comTo help orient you into your Spleen and Stomach meridians, here is a location description for each:🌿 ✨ Spleen Meridian (SP)Think of this as the body’s inner pathway of nourishment and stability.It starts at the big toe,Runs up the inside of the foot and ankle,Continues along the inner leg and thigh,Then moves along the belly and chest,Ending at the side of the ribs about a hand width below the armpit.This pathway supports digestion, grounding, and the ability to transform food and life experiences into energy.✨ Stomach Meridian (ST)This one is the outer pathway of digestion and vitality.It begins just below the eye,Travels down the face, jaw, and throat,Moves along the chest and belly,Runs down the outside of the thigh and outer shin,And ends at the second toe.This pathway fuels energy, appetite for food and life, and helps us move forward with strength.Playlist for Earth Element - Transitions:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6oWAGoZhOTU70PWEJ1V7Bj?si=QHosftmkTWGakGWhK6pTlA&pi=aAhzzZAGQESUA

How do you resist and stay grounded when the world feels overwhelming? In this episode, discover a simple somatic practice to help you embody rooted and resilient rebellion—holding your truth without losing yourself.Your Host & Guide Teresa Biggs, DOM, will take you through a somatic practice -- Rooted in Resistance -- to build the capacity to stay steady and embodied while resisting or dissenting, without disconnecting from yourself or your truth. This practice can be a lifeline in a crumbling world because it addresses the root the nervous system needs for safety and sovereignty—two things that collapse when external systems feel unstable.She will also explain how this practice supports you.May we resist what harms life. May we stand for what is true.WE ROOT AND RISE TOGETHER!!Please follow along and if you loved consider giving a 5-star review -- thank you for your support!To find out more about Teresa, her 1:1 Quantum Healing Sessions, private therapeutic yoga sessions, her Alchemizing Imposter Syndrome Workbook, or her other offerings, go here:https://www.portal4perimenopause.com/portals

Welcome to Your Cyclical Nature Podcast, where we explore the rhythms of healing, soul remembrance, and feminine wisdom.In today’s episode, we dive deep into the mystical with Astrologer, Psychic Medium, and teacher Katie Sweetman of Empowering Astrology. Katie brings a grounded and soul-centered approach to astrology and mediumship, helping her clients discover their soul’s map for this lifetime.This is a rich, potent conversation for those reawakening their mystical gifts and reclaiming the deeper why behind their Soul’s path.Along with your Host, Teresa Biggs, DOM, a board-certified Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Biologist, and Advanced Yoga Teacher, we journey through the unseen realms and explore:-Soul Expressions-What astrology is NOT-Katie’s journey of meeting with “The More” of Astrology-How Empowering Astrology came to be-Katie’s edge of being terrified on her journey of stepping into her calling as an Astrologer-And how Katie utilized her chart to support herself-The collective visibility wounds of women + the wound of being professional AND mystical-How we can use the zodiac to support ourselves navigating these challenges -Finding our own inner mystic-The journey of Becoming-Katie’s journey of her spiritual gifts evolving and her desire to help people-Allowing the mind to let go in developing intuition-How you begin to open up to your intuition-Every New Yorker worth their salt —knows THIS-Energetic Sciences - the framework of subtle energy-The balance between control of the reptilian part of brain and opening into our sixth sense-Answering the Why with the assist of your chart-The difference between your Spirit and your Soul-The multidimensional self-The Rise of the Mystic - a call to return to the Soul-How your birth chart is a framework to connect with your Soul-How Katie’s psychic/mediumship gifts manifest -How Katie can hear when a life experience is from a past life or ancestral connection -Ancestral cycle-breaking and healing ancestral karma-Being incarnated to heal karma = one of the roles of the physical body-The layers of purpose of being a soul in a body -Katie’s recommendations for someone coming into their Soul-intuitive-mystical gifts-A practical way to ground yourself and stay connected to your higher self everydayPlease follow along and if you loved consider giving a 5-star review -- thank you for your support!Thank you for your presence! Hope today's episode supported you on your journey of connecting with the sacred. Here is how to connect with Katie:Katie’s Empowering Astrology Weekly Forecast:https://m.youtube.com/@EmpoweringAstrologyKatie’s 1:1 Soul Consultations:https://empoweringastrology.as.me/schedule/df17efefKatie’s Website:https://empoweringastrology.comKatie’s Social Media:FB:  https://www.facebook.com/empoweringastrology/IG: https://www.instagram.com/empoweringastro/Here is how to connect with Teresa:Connect and work with Teresa here:www.portal4perimenopause.com

What if the goddesses weren’t just myths—but memories living inside your body?In this episode, Teresa Biggs, DOM {Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Biologist, & Advanced Yoga Teacher}, pulls back the veil on how Goddess Archetypes are far more than stories—they are sacred remembrances for feminine embodiment.They show us who we were before conditioning and who we’re here to become beyond it.Through the lens of Chinese Medicine, somatics, myth, and the cyclical path of the feminine, Teresa shares why she uses Goddess archetypes in her work—and how they activate not just mindset shifts, but soul-level transformation.We talk:Why shame, rage, desire, and intuition are all encoded in the archetypal journeyHow working with Medusa, Inanna, Quan Yin, Aphrodite, and the Great Mother rewires your nervous system + identityWhy this isn’t “woo”—it’s ancestral neuroscienceThe power of story as ceremonyHow the body remembers what patriarchy made us forgetThis is an initiation into embodied mythic & mystical living—and a call to rise not just as a woman, but as a living archetype yourself.🌹 Explore Teresa's offerings here:www.portal4perimenopause.com/portals

In this episode of Your Cyclical Nature, Teresa Biggs, DOM [Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Biologist, & Advanced Yoga Teacher], guides you through the wild terrain of rewilding after rupture—when the world has told you to be smaller, quieter, or more acceptable. When family estrangement, betrayal, or ancestral trauma threatens to unroot you from your truth. When the violence of the current global condition makes you want to harden, rewilding becomes an act of sacred defiance. With a somatic practice to return to Your Body’s Yes, this episode is a reclamation of power, softness, and wild remembering.To find out more about Teresa's current offerings, go here:www.portal4perimenopause.com/portals-Guided Womb Listening Meditation-Commune with Nature + Connect to Mother Earth - Guided Meditation & Somatic Practice-eBooks-Alchemizing Imposter Syndrome: Transform Self-Doubt Workbookor-Option to Work 1:1 privately for Quantum Healing, therapeutic yoga, or Reiki

Not all rest is the same.In this episode, we unravel the myth of rest as indulgence or reward—and instead, reclaim it as sacred, cyclical, and essential to your becoming.Join Teresa Biggs, DOM, board-certified Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Biologist, & Advanced Yoga Teacher, as she shares the three forms of rest that she has discovered on her own healing path and within the spirals of feminine wisdom:🌑 Rotted Rest — The sacred collapse that composts and disengages.🌾 Mental Rest — The quiet clarity of the mundane.🌸 Active Rest — Rest as ritual, reconnection, and return to the self.Whether you're navigating burnout, seasonal change, or the next chapter of your growth, this episode offers a map to attune to your own cyclical nature.Plus a guided Rest Ritual to help you listen for the medicine you need right now.Listen now, and return to the rhythm of your own becoming.To work 1:1 with Teresa, go here: www.portal4perimenopause.com/work-1on1For eBooks + Guided Meditations, go here: www.portal4perimenopause.com/store

In today’s episode, Teresa Biggs, DOM, board-certified Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Biologist, & advanced Yoga teacher shares a sneak-peak into her guided offering of The Heroine’s Journey Immersion - The Blueprint of Cyclical Wisdom Embodiment.  Join the Beltaine Ceremony gathering of Heroine’s as they explored Sacred Pleasure as an exploration of the Yang Phase of Spring or The Blossoming.   We discuss the Yang Energy or Eros that emerges in Spring, how it can be felt in our bodies, and how to connect with in our bodies through 2 pathways of Sacred Pleasure : Sensorial & Sensual Pleasure.  Hear how Teresa’s Women’s Health practice informed her choice to speak to Pleasure as a path of liberation to address the orgasm gap.  Also, sharing a somatic practice of Sacred Dance.To work 1:1 with Teresa, go here: www.portal4perimenopause.com/work-1on1For eBooks + Guided Meditations, go here: www.portal4perimenopause.com/store

If you are on the journey of discovery of your Authentic Self, you will be supported by the many pearls of wisdom shared in this invigorating and moving conversation with Kathleen Hassan, Artist and Podcast Host, as we continue with the final episode in the Imposter Syndrome Series.In this episode, Teresa Biggs, DOM, board-certified Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Biologist, & advanced Yoga teacher, welcomes Kathleen as she shares her fierce, fiery spirit in this energizing and inspirational conversation.Kathleen Hassan is a seasoned writer, life coach, and inspirational speaker who has embarked on a thrilling second-act career as an artist and podcast host. Kathleen's diverse background also includes serving in ministry as a prayer chaplain and reiki master. Each painting she creates begins with a "prayer layer," infusing her artwork with divine love.Kathleen generously shares her Pearls of Wisdom:-Being in the Flow, having the time of her life, and experiencing no greater high than creatively expressing herself through painting -How Kathleen stepped into edginess & came to the title of her podcast Art Junkie-Rejecting Perfection and Stepping into a new realm of Authentic Badassery -Badassery Definition = behavior, characteristics, or actions regarded as formidably impressive-“Don’t Bogart that Art” - Put Yourself out there & Shine your Light-Celebrating transitions into new cycles of life at 68-How Kathleen discovered her talent of painting -The silver lining of COVID-Investing in yourself and your passions-Kathleen generously shares her life journey and how she has arrived in her authenticity-How she navigated imposter syndrome and addiction-Her spiritual journey of awakening, recovery, & surrendering to a greater power-How Kathleen surrenders to a greater power & stays in the flow -How the 3rd step prayer in AA supports Kathleen-Honoring her Flow with nourishing Slow Mornings as support-“I’ve never felt more congruent and authentic and ready to be all that I am here to be.”-“I love Jesus, but I curse a little.”-The painful points of people-pleasing & trying to fit in, that lead to connecting to her authenticity -The grit has to happen for the pearl to exist -Gentle self-talk as a resource when meeting Imposter Syndrome-Experiencing a difficult childhood and taking on a parents critical voice -Holding healing space for our Inner Child and Inner Teenager -Ho’oponopono - Hawaiian practice of forgiveness-Validating our Inner Wild-Teen Spirit & processing shame-Being afraid to ask for help as a survival mechanism-Being so cool with not knowing & the freedom of not having to know-How the inspiration for Kathleen's art emerges through her-Comparison is the thief of joy & keeping your eyes on your own canvas-The treasure of Vulva Art-Kathleen's guidance for getting started in Art-Paint for you, play, be curious, & don't be afraid to paint over itPlease follow along and if you loved consider giving a 5-star review -- thank you for your support!Connect with Kathleen here:www.KathleenHassanArt.com Sign up to receive a FREE meditation called "Manifesting the Muse." Follow Kathleen at @kathleenhassan on Instagram And Kathleen’s Podcast Art Junkie @artjunkiepodcast Connect with Teresa here: www.portal4perimenopause.com✨New WorkBook✨:Alchemizing Imposter Syndrome - Transform Self-Doubt to Reveal Your most Authentic Self⁠https://portal4perimenopause.com/store

In this episode, Teresa Biggs, DOM, board-certified Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Biologist, & advanced Yoga teacher, sits down with our first guest, Sophie Jane Hardy as part of the Imposter Syndrome Series. Sophie-Jane Hardy is a nature and cycle-inspired business coach, writer and podcast host. Her happy place is walking along the Rivelin river in Sheffield, UK where she lives with her husband, son, and Frodo the dog. Her work has evolved over 15 years in the fields of not-for-profit communications, documentary filmmaking, women's leadership and environmental activism. She is the host of the Red School Menstruality Podcast and the creator of the Your Cyclical Business online programme helping purpose-led creatives and changemakers to channel the wisdom of their menstrual cycles to create thriving businesses.Sophie shares so many gold-nuggets to resource and support us when meeting w/ Imposter Syndrome.  Here are some highlights:-No matter where we are at or whatever professional or life arc we are on, imposter syndrome can sneak in.-Sophie names Imposter Syndrome as: experiencing some kind of version of: “I’m not good enough”, “feeling like a fraud”, “I’m not sure I have what it takes”, “who do I think I am to be here”.-Sophie generously & vulnerably shares her journey of meeting with Imposter Syndrome within her cycle phases, her life, and the first time she met with Imposter Syndrome (also when she was first shining the brightest).-Can we please have more parties celebrating the Vulva w/ 9 foot Vagina’s?!?! -Shame as one of the core drivers and roots of Imposter Syndrome.-The only way out is through.-In Sophie’s experience in working with hundreds of women, How many have met with Imposters Syndrome?….the answer REALLY SURPRISED ME!!!-How living in a patriarchal, capitalistic, white supremacist society is designed to make us feel like we are wrong and alone in feeling like an Imposter.-Naming how women especially experience Imposter Syndrome, because we are inside a culture made for men by men.  Women have been conditioned with messages of “Stay quiet, this is your place, this is not your place”.-How Sophie resources herself when meeting with Imposter Syndrome.-It is not what we do, it is Who We Are.-Meeting the Inner Critic as a voice of Imposter Syndrome.-When the Inner Critic Voice is loudest in our Cycle + what we do when we meet the Inner Critic.-How boundaries are important when meeting with our Inner Critic.-How we can prepare to meet with the Inner Critic in the Autumn phase of our Cycle.-Sophie’s creation of Your Cyclical Business and what I love most about it.-How to meet with the people who doubt your calling and add to Imposter Syndrome.-Creating our Wolf-Pack as a buffering to edge-walking, when meeting people who judge, shame, or criticize us.-Bean-dipping as a boundary.Sophie, as my business coach, has been the guide I needed to align my work with my cyclical nature AND my calling.  I would whole-heartedly recommend working with Sophie.  Connect w/ Sophie Jane Hardy:You can get in touch with her directly to work one-to-one by DM-ing her on Instagram at:  @sophie.jane.hardyConnect with Teresa here: www.portal4perimenopause.com✨New WorkBook✨:Alchemizing Imposter Syndrome - Transform Self-Doubt to Reveal Your most Authentic Self⁠https://www.portal4perimenopause.com/store