Ancestral Wisdom: Food, Herbs, and Healing Across Women’s Lifecycles with Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz

In this episode Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz, known as the Kitchen Curandera, and I explore the profound role of ancestral wisdom in women’s health. Felicia shares her journey of carrying forward her great-grandmother’s curanderismo practices and how food, plants, and rituals can transform the way we heal and care for ourselves across life’s stages.

From pregnancy to postpartum to the wisdom years of menopause, this episode is filled with insights on using food and herbs as medicine, as well as creating nourishing rituals that reconnect us to our roots.

Whether you're on a hormone healing journey, a new mama, or navigating perimenopausal or menopausal changes, or simply curious about ancestral healing, this episode offers practical wisdom to guide you.

What You'll Learn

• How ancestral wisdom shapes the way we approach women’s health
• Food as medicine: how nourishing traditions support healing in postpartum and beyond
• Herbs every woman should know for pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause
• Creating rituals and honoring transitions in women’s life cycles
• Why connecting to your roots matters for holistic healing

Links and Resources

• Learn more and register for Herbal Academy's FREE 2025 Virtual Herbalism Conference
• Learn more about Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz and her book Earth Medicines at her website, Kitchen Curandera
• Study herbal medicine with Aviva as a student in her Herbal Medicine for Women course

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