Root to Bloom

Pregnancy + Power: What My Spin Teacher Taught Me About Seasons of Waiting

EPISODE 21 🌸 Spoiler alert: I am not pregnant, but I recently hosted a mother blessing ceremony for a dear friend who is!  And, it's a perfect metaphor for my topic today - keeping ourselves well during seasons of waiting.  
 
Read More About Mother Blessings Here:
🤰https://thebirthhour.com/blessingway/
🤰 https://villageformama.com/mothers-blessing-ceremony/ 
 
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Other Resources I Mention:
🎙Corinna’s Episode on Waiting: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-digital-farmer-podcast/id1461141261?i=1000677622000 
📩 Tim Ferriss’s Newsletter: https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-1/ 
🎙 My Episode on Building A Mind Map*: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/root-to-bloom/id1756562911?i=1000671532566
*sample available on Patreon 
 
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Sourdough, Bacon, Ghee, and Garlic: Get a Taste of this Essential Marketing Tool

EPISODE 20 🌸 As a follow-up to my interview with Corinna Bench, I revisit a tool I put together for my business while participating in her Farm Marketing School - a sales funnel.  
What does it take for us to go from walking by a store on the street to entering it ?  
What gets us excited to jump in and become a paying customer?
What makes us want to keep coming back for more? 
Which businesses are your go-tos, your tried and true, and the ones that you promote to your friends... how did they make it to that supreme status?!
Become a member of the Bloom tier on Patreon to access my Sales Funnel template 💐 https://www.patreon.com/roottobloom_podcast 
 
Corinna's Resources:
🌱 Listen to our episode together:
🌱 Listen to her podcast! My Digital Farmer Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-digital-farmer-podcast/id1461141261 🌱 Sign up for her email list to get weekly marketing tips at www.mydigitalfarmer.com/subscribe  🌱 Subscribe to her online membership FMS (Farm  Marketing School) at www.mydigitalfarmer.com/fms – and get access to over 15 monthly “project builds” that help you to build the pieces of a farm sales funnel.🌱 Connect with her on Instagram at @mydigitalfarmer and @sharedlegacyfarms
 
Businesses + Entrepreneurs I Mention:
🍞 King Arthur Flour: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/ 
🌿 Farmer Cee Stanley: https://www.greenheffafarms.com/ 
🧃 Johnny’s Juice: https://www.facebook.com/JohnnysGardenjuicebar/ 
🧘‍♀️ Southern Bliss Yoga: ​​https://www.southernblissyoga.com/ 
🐮 Goddess Ghee: https://www.goddessghee.com/shop/p/venus 
 
SOWTH ☀️ the agriculture conference I'm attending while this episode launches: https://sowth.org/sowth-2025/ 
 
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🌸 @roottobloom_podcast 
🌸 @kweschtionsne1

Learning to Live in the Land of Fun with Corinna Bench: Snake Skin, Trust Falls, and Dancing with God

EPISODE 19 🌸 Join me on this milestone episode as I interview my marketing coach, Corinna Bench.  
In this conversation together we explore:
The core metaphor that she leans into when she comes to a crossroads 
The notion of whether or not you trust your future story/self 
How to dance with God 
Her season of waiting + identify transformation 
What does it mean to be [your name] if you can’t XYZ
Why the moment of surrender is a key piece to becoming a new version of yourself
The possibilities (and permission) that comes with relinquishing the sunken costs 
Her practices for getting through the most difficult season of life 
How she worked on healing her mind to heal her body 
The paradox of pain and progress 
How she Integrated an illness into other identified priorities 
What it was like to pass off or step aside in aspects of her business 
How she spent her time when she was younger and how that has manifested in her adult life  
What is the Land of Fun and why it’s important to spend time there 
How curiosity can impact our learning  
What lessons learned she’s taking into this next season 
The perspective she takes to feel more prepared to hold the reality of potential challenges to come
Corinna's Resources 
🌱 Listen to her podcast! My Digital Farmer Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-digital-farmer-podcast/id1461141261
🌱 Sign up for her email list to get weekly marketing tips at www.mydigitalfarmer.com/subscribe 
🌱 Subscribe to her online membership FMS (Farm  Marketing School) at www.mydigitalfarmer.com/fms – and get access to over 15 monthly “project builds” that help you to build the pieces of a farm sales funnel.
🌱 Connect with her on Instagram at @mydigitalfarmer and @sharedlegacyfarms
 
Resources We Mention
📕 Heal Your Body A-Z by Louise Hay: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/602728/heal-your-body-a-z-by-louise-hay/   
 
📕 The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143129252?psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp   
 
📕 Journey to the Heart by Melody Beattie: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/journey-to-the-heart-melody-beattie?variant=41227521064994
📕 Jesus Calling by Sarah Young: https://www.jesuscalling.com/
 
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Muse, Motivation, and Compassion: Reflections from My Journey with Grief

EPISODE 18 🌸 In this episode I share highlights from two of the most helpful and powerful books I read in the last year - both on grief.  It was through the work of these two authors that brought me closer to understanding what was going on in my heart + head, and how I could practice compassion during one of my hardest years to date.  
 
NOTE: I am NOT a professional therapist 😉
 
Books on Grief
📕 Brené Brown, Atlas of the Heart: https://brenebrown.com/book/atlas-of-the-heart/ 
📘 Mary-Frances O’Connor, The Grieving Brain: https://maryfrancesoconnor.org/books/the-grieving-brain 
📗 Plus the one I just started and am loving - The Wound Makes the Medicine by Pixie Lighthorse: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Wound-Makes-the-Medicine/Pixie-Lighthorse/9781955905435 
 
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A Year in Review: Key Takeaways from my BOLDest Year Yet

EPISODE 17 🌸 It's a new dawn, new day, and new year.  What are your achievements and challenges from 2024?  What mini-adventures will bring fun and excitement to 2025? 
Join me as I walk through some of my favorite exercises for the year's end while sharing some lessons learned.  Thank you for 1000+ downloads and your continued support on Patreon 💖 https://linktr.ee/roottobloom_podcast 
 
📚 Blessing - Everyday Spirit Book: https://www.everydayspirit.net/daybook
 
Tools for Reflecting, Celebrating, and Planning
🗓️ Jesse Itzler: https://jesseitzler.com/pages/jesses-system 
👣 Habit Farmer/Footprint Farm: https://www.habitfarmer.com/community.html 
🧭 Year Compass: https://yearcompass.com/ 
 
Register for the Clarify Your Vision Event - January 12th @ 2pm EST
🚀 https://angbarnard.thrivecart.com/clarify-your-vision-workshop-copy-2/ 
 
Oracle Decks
🎴 Soul Coaching by Denise Linn: https://deniselinnseminars.com/market/cards/
🎴 Starseed by Rebecca Campbell: https://starseedoracle.me/ 
 
Podcasts I Mention:
🎧 Mel Robbins: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7iNmYLOMhAcE258lCxshx3?si=9cdd0898417747e1&utm_campaign=Newsletter+Dec+19&utm_content=Newsletter+Dec+19&utm_medium=email_action&utm_source=customer.io&nd=1&dlsi=4f88695dd8fa4415 
🎧 Episode 9 on Synchronicity: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/root-to-bloom/id1756562911?i=1000669914372 
 
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🌸 @kweschtionsne1 -- check out my highlight reels for my various words of the year 
 
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The Power of Play, Curiosity, and Creativity with Aimee Cox-King: A Woman's Regard for Herself + Our Future

EPISODE 16 🌸 Join me for the last episode of 2024 where I interview my friend and the Founder of Cypress Adventures, Aimee Cox-King.  Located in Hartsville, South Carolina, Cypress Adventures provides experiences that inspire and empower middle and high-school-aged youth to create the lives they want for themselves. 
Aimee is a powerhouse who has not only created an organization the feeds her soul but also that offers her community the opportunity to support youth in a critical yet overlooked stage - adolescence.  She leads her team to provide group experiences that are centered on evidence-based social and emotional skill development. This includes an emphasis on relationship skills, community building, teamwork, problem-solving, conflict resolution, critical thinking, and communication.
Support her work + the youth of Hartsville - Be the Drop, Create the Ripple
In our conversation we discuss:
What it’s like to be a sensitive, deep feeling person
The revelation that having regard for herself was key to both her wellbeing and work
Her personal mission statement 
Regulating her nervous system 
What her “champion’s morning” looks like 
How she she approaches time blocking and routines
How age has solidified the importance of self care
How Jesse Itzler’s approach to planning a calendar can bring about joy and adventure 
Where we met (Land of Two Sands in Lugoff, SC)
Why she decided to start a non-profit in the southern town she grew up in 
Her impetus to imbue social justice into her work
How diverse cultures have influenced her understanding of what it means to belong 
How she combined her own experience with science to design meaningful, evidence-based positive youth development programs 
How she distinguishes Cypress Adventures from other after school programs
The diverse array of skills that her programming address to meet the unique social, emotional, and cognitive needs of adolescents  
The Power of Play, the Power of Curiosity, the Power of Creativity 
The learning, dynamism, iterations, and feedback that’s both innate part and required piece of creative ventures 
The epiphany she had around her gifts and passions as it relates to her position(s) within the organization 
How partnerships can help to ensure sustainability and the ability to replicate 
Her favorite practices to nurture herself and listen to her inner voice  
How she feels her way through discipline 
How she’s been able to steer away from comparison 
Her perspective on and stories of synchronicity 
Their end of the year campaign: Be the Drop, Create the Ripple  
Cypress Adventures 🏕
https://www.cypressadventures.org/
https://www.facebook.com/cypressadventures 
https://www.instagram.com/cypressadventures/ 
https://www.linkedin.com/company/15382248/ 
https://www.youtube.com/@cypressadventuresinc.1241 
 
Resources from Our Conversation:
The Phoenix Journal: https://www.thephoenixplanner.com/products/the-phoenix-journal?srsltid=AfmBOooN5tlWW0lrco22ds1ExXErt96TPlJOdbW9h86SWSVtjmYyFwBh 
Peak Mind: https://amishi.com/books/peak-mind
Land of Two Sands: https://www.facebook.com/LandOf2Sands/  
Our Sacred Space Yoga: https://blackcreekarts.org/products/signup-here 
Insight Meditation: https://www.dharma.org/ 
Chani Nicholas: https://chaninicholas.com/
Tough Titties Laura Belgray: https://www.talkingshrimp.com/book 
Asia Suler: https://asiasuler.com/ 
Business as a Spiritual Journal: https://asiasuler.com/businessasaspiritualjourney/
Mirrors in the Earth: https://asiasuler.com/mirrors-in-the-earth/  
 
A Song for Synchronicity 🎶 Tricia Yearwood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUFObCZtGWQ 

Adding a Business to Your Plate? Here’s the Recipe I Used To Organize + Digest My Ideas

EPISODE 15 🌸 Why write a business plan?  And, what might be useful to include in one?  
On the previous episode, I discussed initial considerations for starting a business.  Today I walk through the ‘recipe’ I’ve used to think through and organize these ingredients.  I also discuss the benefits of having a plan in writing. 
Here's to nourishing your creative heart and wafting your ventures out into the world.  
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✍️ Business Model Canvas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Model_Canvas#/media/File:Business_Model_Canvas.png 
 
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You're invited to the Cozy Celebration Circle ✨ an event I'll be hosting in collaboration with previous guests, Natalie Roling and Ang Barnard 
Episode with Ang 🧠 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/root-to-bloom/id1756562911?i=1000663518199 
Episode with Natalie 🌿 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/root-to-bloom/id1756562911?i=1000674981927 
Please join us❣️ REGISTER HERE: http://bit.ly/cozycelebration 
 
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The Evolution of An Entrepreneur: Key Characteristics + Steps I Took to Adopt This Identity

EPISODE 14 🌸 On this solo episode join me as I:
Walk through the creative process as described by James Clear
Discuss reflections from the conversations I had with other female entrepreneurs I’ve hosted on the show 
Emphasize an essential piece that often is left out of the planning process
Offer initial logistic steps to consider when starting a business
Share some insight and personal stories as came to navigate + adopt this identity
James Clear's Newsletter 3️⃣ 2️⃣ 1️⃣ https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1 
 
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Suck it Up and Put on Your Stretchy Clothes: A Conversation with My Tough Love Coach, Day Christensen

EPISODE 13 🌸 Everybody needs a Day!  Join me for an invigorating interview with Day Christensen, founder of the Day1Yoga Method.   
Day has taught so many people, myself included, about functional movement patterns and how to build a skill-based athletic practice.  As a long-time, internationally-known practitioner + teacher of yoga, Day is “putting [the strongest] rays of sunshine out into the world” through her online classes, workshops, and certification program.
In this conversation we discuss: 
Her journey as an athlete and how she became the person she needed 
Understanding the middle ground between mentors and customers 
How our business is affected by the way we feel about ourselves
Approaches to building skills and an athletic practice  
The importance of a legacy and her newfound idea of success 
The perspective shift from self employment to business owner 
How she defines her offerings to set herself apart 
The difference between flexibility and mobility 
The effectiveness of sprinting and the impact of intense-spent time 
How to accomplish insurmountable tasks 
What prioritizing oneself might look like 
Her definition of an entrepreneur, and her favorite parts + challenges of being one
Reasons/ways to connect with her and her community of practitioners  
Follow Day:
💪 https://day1yoga.com/
💪 https://www.instagram.com/day1yoga 
 
Books We Mentioned: 
📚 Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner
https://toko-pa.com/belonging-the-book-by-toko-pa/ 
📚 Indistractable: Nir Eyal
https://www.nirandfar.com/indistractable/
 
“Steve Jobs wasn’t making the iPhones in the factory”   - Day Christensen on entrepreneurship 

Rooted in Ritual with Natalie Roling: An Intimate Exploration of Friendship, Nature, and Entrepreneurship

EPISODE 12 🌸 Here’s to the rhythms of life, and to navigating it with friends who stick by you through silliness, hardship, and creativity.  Join me as I interview my dearest friend and fellow entrepreneur, Natalie Roling.  
Natalie is the owner of Taproot Apothecary, an herbal farm and apothecary whose mission is to bring the healing power of nature into people's’ lives through food, natural medicines, and nature connection. 
In this conversation we talk about:
Silly, uplifting, and intimate moments of our friendship
Pursuing joy and spreading that to others 
Dance as an outlet and approach to life 
Motherhood (including miscarriage) 
Coaching approaches and experiences that have supported us 
Our weekly Main Character Energy Mastermind and how we maintain our friendship through accountability, compassion, and celebration
Integrating, adopting, and navigating multiple identities
Cultivating worthiness and developing confidence
Grief   
Rituals, herbalism, and seasonal nourishment 
Tips for nervous and immune system support + herbal first aid
Reminders of goodness and worthiness 
Natalie’s beautiful herbal goodies (including a bonus code!)
Resources to support entrepreneurs affected by Hurricane Helene
Follow + Support Natalie ⬇️ 
🌿 IG: apothecary.taproot
🌿 Website: https://taprootapothecaries.square.site/ 
🌿 Winter Ritual Box: https://taprootapothecaries.square.site/product/winter-ritual-box/22?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false&mc_cid=3bfd683020&mc_eid=afcb07ca0f
 💃 plus her current Zumba playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7JGPgdbmcRQD6PhPhFCbXe?si=RYTXTJXvQVmVpIbQIDDDng&pi=u-MdEIrO2YTz6o 
 
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Additional Resources (Those marked with a * indicate Appalachian-based businesses to support in the wake of Hurricane Helene)
 
📚 Rituals for Life: https://islamacleod.com/rituals-for-life     
 
🌰 Juliet Blanketspoor*: https://www.gofundme.com/f/chestnut-school-herbal-relief-fund?utm_campaign=featured_banner_HerbalReliefforAppalachia&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio 
🌰 Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine: https://chestnutherbs.com/
🌰 The Healing Garden: https://healinggardengateway.com/   
 
🌹 Rosalee de la Foret: https://www.herbalremediesadvice.org/
🌹 Emily Hahn: https://emilyhan.com/about/ 
🌹 Kami McBride: https://kamimcbride.com/ 
 
🪞 Asia Suler*: https://asiasuler.com/product/hurricane-relief-donations/ 
🪞 Mirrors in the Earth: Reflections of Self Healing from the Living World 
🪞 Business as a Spiritual Journey 
 
🐮 Goddess Ghee*: https://www.goddessghee.com/ 
 
🔥 Wild Abundance*: https://www.wildabundance.net/  
 
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