• Why exhaustion is often a sign of Yang depletion, not failure
• How seasons of Yin are the sacred soil from which vitality grows
• The role of ovulation, summer, and the full moon in energy restoration
• How to work with foods, joy, and connection to gently rekindle your inner fire
• Why it’s safe to step back into life, pleasure, and passion — in your own rhythm

• Why coping behaviors (like sugar, coffee, skin picking, and even alcohol) are survival strategies
• What it really means to feel emotionally safe — and how that changes everything
• The hidden grief of identity shifts (especially postpartum)
• How Hana came back to herself through friendship, nourishment, sacred plant medicine, and time
• A simple nervous system–based question to pause self-sabotage in real time
• What healing actually requires — and why you don’t have to do it alone

• Why most skincare routines disconnect us from ourselves
• The link between emotional transitions and skin flare-ups
• How the skin is a spiritual organ tied to the Metal element
• What true beauty feels like (vs. looks like)
• Simple practices to return to self-love, slowly
  
  

• How disconnection from your element can feel like procrastination, anxiety, or burnout
• The emotional and physical language of each of the 5 elements
• Hana’s personal story of rediscovering her Fire element
• Why knowing your blueprint is the key to aligned healing

• Reclaiming your cycle through emotional and spiritual integration
• How Kelis fell back in love with surfing — without pressure or performance
• The signs your nervous system needs rest (and how to respond with care)
• Moving from masculine striving to feminine flow
• The role of intuition, ancestral connection, and body wisdom in true healing
• What Chinese Medicine teaches us about integration and becoming

• Why burnout often signals a deeper soul transformation
• The Yin invitation: stillness, silence, and sacred pause
• The spiritual cost of overdoing — and how to begin healing
• How to rebuild rhythm, identity, and vitality from within
• Simple, nourishing rituals to restore trust in your body

• How Cacey’s healing journey began with chronic illness — and turned into a soul awakening
• Why he chose to step away from detox coaching after 7 years
• The role of confusion, money fear, and losing clients in his spiritual redirection
• What it means to cultivate deep safety in your body during flare-ups
• How parenthood can become the ultimate mirror
• Why true healing asks us to evolve, not just recover

I waited six months to tell this story.

Not because I didn’t want to — but because I wasn’t ready.

What began as a planned home birth became a multi-layered emergency:

a transfer to the hospital, a C-section under general anesthesia, and the beginning of the most sacred unraveling of my life.

Yes — it was traumatic. But not in the way we usually think of trauma.

It wasn’t just medical. It was spiritual.

It was a death of identity and the slow, sacred rebirth that followed.

What saved me wasn’t a tool or a technique.

It was the 40-day portal of Zuo Yue Zi — a practice rooted in ancestral wisdom that gave me stillness when I had nothing left.

This is not just a birth story.

It’s an offering for any woman walking through fire — and finding her way back to herself.

In this episode, I share:

• My 14-hour home labor and the moment everything changed.

• The surrender of an unexpected hospital transfer and emergency C-section.

• The spiritual shock of postpartum — and why no one prepares you for it.

• Why I chose to honor Zuo Yue Zi, the 40-day cocoon of ancestral stillness.

• How Chinese Medicine held me when nothing else could.

• What I’ve learned about trauma, identity rupture, and true recovery.

If you’ve ever felt lost, broken open, or unsure how to come back — this episode is a hand held out in the dark.