What if the biggest obstacle to conceiving isn't your age or your hormones, but a digestive fire that's been quietly out of balance for years? Manju Kolli spent 15 years as a clinical pharmacist watching Western medicine treat the body in parts before she returned to her roots in Ayurveda, the 5,000 year old system that treats fertility as a whole-body, whole-life practice. In this conversation, she walks us through the three phases of a woman+'s reproductive life: fertility,

An Ancient Path Back to Sacred Connection Most of us learned sex the way we learned to run for a bus: fast, goal-oriented, no time to feel our feet on the ground. We rushed toward the finish line before we ever asked our bodies what pace they actually wanted. Culture told us sexuality was either shameful or a performance, and rarely both tender and true. Nadin van der Rest believes there is an older, slower way, one that was mapped out by the Taoists 2,500 years ago and is on

What happens when we stop treating the pelvic floor as a mechanical problem and start listening to it as a source of wisdom? Most of us were never taught that our pelvic area is a home. We were taught it's a container for babies, for periods, for problems. Nobody told us it holds our creativity, our sexuality, our emotional memory, or the deep feminine knowing that lives at the very center of who we are. In this Umaversity Podcast conversation, Jo Sarah, Umaversity founder, s

Sexual trauma is one of the most silenced experiences women+ carry and yet it shapes everything. Body coach and sexological bodyworker Danique opens up about her own journey, and offers a powerful roadmap back to yourself. Sexuality is one of the most tender, complex, and misunderstood territories a woman+ can navigate. Society either oversimplifies it, shames it, or ignores its full weight, especially when trauma is part of the story. But what happens when we slow down, turn

It’s about listening without judgment, offering empathy, and helping mothers reconnect with themselves.

your body is on your side.Your period isn’t punishment. It’s communication.When you listen, you’ll find your body isn’t broken — it’s brilliant.

when we try to unlearn, we often fight our old selves. Healing doesn’t happen through war. It happens through acceptance.

Monogamy is actually quite new. For most of human history, we lived in small tribes without emotional or sexual exclusivity.

Growing up mixed, I often navigated a world that demanded I define myself in halves—half this, half that—without truly understanding the history or weight behind those words. From experiencing fetishization and stereotypes in Europe to reflecting on colonial roots of terms like 'half-caste,' this piece explores the complexities of mixed identity, the challenges of belonging, and the importance of honest conversations about race, heritage, and self-definition.