Rooted & Wild
Rooted & Wild is a daily podcast for those seeking alternative answers about wellness, the body, the mind, and the multifaceted components that shape our health.
Hosted by Henry Hawk, certified ThetaHealing® practitioner, herbalist, chef, and behavioral consultant, each 30-minute episode blends grounded wisdom with soul-deep reflection. You'll explore themes like nervous system regulation, Chinese medicine, alternative medicine, herbalism, breathwork, emotional healing, and spiritual resilience—all through the lens of holistic wellness and trauma-informed care.
Whether it’s solo reflections or rich interviews with wellness experts, every episode helps you reconnect with your intuition, regulate your body, and remember your place in the natural world. If you're drawn to holistic healing, functional medicine, somatic practices, or the intersection of science and spirituality, Rooted & Wild is your sanctuary.
Press play and return to your roots. There’s wild wisdom waiting.
Learn more about Henry Hawk: https://www.henry-hawk.com/
Episodes
109 episodes
Growing From Loss: How Grief Awakens Spirituality, Meaning, and Purpose | Stacy Parker
What happens when grief changes not only the life we are living, but the way we understand life itself?In this episode of Rooted & Wild, I welcome back Stacy Parker, grief educator and author of Grief As a ...
Foundations in Biofield Tuning | Jessica Maria Garcia
What if sound could help us better understand the relationship between our emotions, nervous system, and the energetic patterns we carry?In this episode of Rooted & Wild, I’m joined by Jessica Maria Garcia, Adv...
The Angel, the Devil & the Dinner Plate: Navigating Our Humanity in Food Choices | Sherry Strong
Why is it so easy to know what we “should” eat and still choose something completely different?In this episode of Rooted & Wild, I welcome back Sherry Strong, food philosopher, chef, nutritionist, certified Liv...
Slow Spaces for a Fast World: Somatic Sanctuary in the Age of Acceleration | Amy Rogg
What if our exhaustion isn’t simply a personal problem, but a natural response to a culture that has forgotten how to slow down?In this episode of Rooted & Wild, I’m joined by Amy Rogg, creator and facilitator ...
Building Family Culture Intentionally | Elisabeth Stitt
Every family has a culture. The question is: are we creating it intentionally, or simply inheriting it?In this episode of Rooted & Wild, I welcome back Elisabeth Stitt, author, award-winning parent educator, ce...
Re-Membering the Sacred as a Way of Meeting the Times | Michael Kass
What if the challenges of our time aren’t only asking us to do more, solve more, or move faster, but to remember something we’ve lost?In this episode of Rooted & Wild, I welcome back Michael Kass, founder of St...
The Medicine in the Cards Channeling Energy Through Oracle Reading | Kari Balderston
What if an oracle card isn’t simply something we interpret, but a doorway into what we’re already being invited to see?In this episode of Rooted & Wild, I sit down with Kari Balderston, mystic, healer, medicine...
Risking It All (On Purpose) How We Build the Life We Actually Want | Rachel Burr
What if the life you actually want is waiting on the other side of a risk you’ve been afraid to take?In this episode of Rooted & Wild, I’m joined by executive coach, leadership consultant, speaker, and author Rache...
Food Philosophy: How We Are Meant To Eat As A Human Species | Sherry Strong
What if eating well became simpler when we stopped asking what the latest diet tells us to eat—and started asking how the human species was actually designed to eat?In this episode, I welcome back Sherry Strong, food philos...
What Does It Actually Mean to Be Well? - Reflections After 100 Episodes | Henry Hawk
After 100 conversations about health, healing, spirituality, the body, relationships, identity, and what it means to live a meaningful life, one question keeps rising to the surface: What does it actually mean to be well?In this s...
Why The Strongest Women Age The Best | Jody Florman
What if aging well has less to do with trying to stay young—and more to do with becoming stronger?In this episode, I sit down with Jody Florman, Certified Wellness Coach and living proof that vitality doesn’t have an expira...
Tapping Into Your Inner Physician | Christal Geier D.O.M.P, CAT(C), B.Kin
What if healing isn't only something that happens to us—but something our bodies already know how to participate in?In this episode, I welcome back Christal Geier, founder of Take Flight Osteopathic Wellness, for a deeper e...
Discovering Romantic Compatibility Through Astrology | Corrie Cooperman
What can astrology reveal about the way we love, connect, communicate, and experience relationships?In this episode, I sit down with astrologer, AstroCartoGraphy practitioner, shamanic healer, and registered nurse Corrie Cooperman...
Using the Power of Touchology To Heal Emotional Trauma | Njideka N. Olatunde, ND, PhD, MSW, CRI
What if touch could become a language for understanding pain—not only in the body, but in the emotional experiences we carry with us?In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Njideka N. Olatunde, ND, PhD, MSW, CRI, founder of th...
Choosing Aliveness: A Somatic Path to Resilience and Renewal | Hollie Rottman
What if resilience isn't about pushing through—but learning how to come back into relationship with yourself?In this episode, I sit down with Hollie Rottman, Executive Coach and Leadership Consultant, to explore what it mea...
Precision Healing P-DTR (Proprioceptive Deep Tendon Reflex) | Aline Wachsmuth
What if pain, tension, and dysfunction aren't simply problems in the tissues—but responses being organized by the nervous system?In this episode, I sit down with Aline Wachsmuth, a longtime Rolfer, movement practitioner, an...
Parenting as a Second Language | Elisabeth Stitt
What if being a good parent isn't something you're supposed to instinctively know how to do—but a language you can actually learn?In this episode, I sit down with Elisabeth Stitt, award-winning parent educator, author of
Healing the Lineage: Releasing Ancestral Wounds, Receiving Ancestral Gifts | Kari Balderston
What if some of what you're carrying didn't begin with you? And what if your ancestry holds not only wounds to be healed, but gifts waiting to be reclaimed?In this episode, I sit down with Kari Balderston, mystic, healer, m...
Transmuting Trauma into Transformation | David Brower
What if the experiences that wounded us could also become the raw material for who we are meant to become?In this episode, I sit down with David Brower for a deeply personal conversation about identity, emotional healing, s...
Reclaiming Wholeness: The New Language of Masculinity | Mark Grayson
What if masculinity isn't something men need to abandon—but something they're being called to expand?In this episode, I sit down with Mark Grayson to explore what it means to be a man in a culture where many of the old defi...
Ayurvedic Postpartum Care Rest, Food, and Recovery | Elizabeth Swamy
What if postpartum recovery wasn't something to rush through—but a sacred period of rest, nourishment, and rebuilding?In this episode, I sit down with Elizabeth Swamy, Ayurvedic Doctor, Ayurvedic Doula, yoga teacher, and fo...
How to Think about Holistic Wellness at Work - Part 3: Administration | Whitney Shinkle
Administration might not sound like wellness—but what if the systems behind our work have everything to do with how well we actually feel at work?In Part 3 of my three-part conversation with Whitney Shinkle, we explo...
How to Think about Holistic Wellness at Work - Part 2: Culture | Whitney Shinkle
What creates a truly healthy workplace?It's not ping-pong tables, wellness perks, or mission statements hanging on the wall.It's culture.In Part 2 of this three-part series on Holistic Wellness at Wo...
How to Think about Holistic Wellness at Work - Part 1: The Work | Whitney Shinkle
What does holistic wellness at work actually look like?In Part 1 of this special three-part series, I sit down with Whitney Shinkle to explore one of the most overlooked aspects of well-being: our work.Many of...
The Philosophy of Osteopathy | Christal Geier D.O.M.P, CAT(C), B.Kin
What if pain isn't your body's enemy—but one of its greatest teachers?In this fascinating episode of Rooted & Wild, I sit down with Christal Geier, D.O.M.P., CAT(C), B.Kin, to explore the philosophy of osteopathy...
