Matriarchal Medicine

The Underbelly of the Village: Subtle Sabotage & the Sister Wound

Throughout this season of Matriarchal Medicine, we’ve talked a lot about community — sisterhood, collaboration, and the village so many women are longing for as mothers and entrepreneurs. But in this finale, Audrey goes to the place most conversations avoid: the underbelly of the village. The subtle sabotage. The quiet competition. The relationships that smile on the surface but can’t actually hold your expansion. This episode is a grounded, honest exploration of the shadow side of sisterhood — why not everyone in your circle wants you to win, how this pattern traces back through history and the witch hunts, and what it asks of us now as women reclaiming matriarchal leadership. Rather than blaming or bypassing, Audrey invites radical responsibility: to look at where we’ve stayed small to belong, where we’ve tolerated relationships that drain us, and how we begin choosing community that can celebrate us out loud. This is not a call to isolation it’s a call to discernment, integrity, and embodied belonging. IN THIS EPISODE, WE EXPLORE * Why community can feel painful even when everyone is “doing the work” * The nervous-system cost of expanding in spaces that can’t truly hold you * Subtle sabotage, comparison, and polite withdrawal — and how to name them without gaslighting yourself * How historical trauma fractured women’s trust in one another * The unconscious payoff of staying small or tolerated * Why resentment is a signal, not a moral failure * What mature, matriarchal sisterhood actually requires * How to build community rooted in reciprocity, honesty, and safety, not fantasy A PLACE TO LAND If this episode resonated, if you’re craving community that doesn’t require you to shrink, perform, or over-explain yourself... you’re invited to My Kitchen Table. [https://members.audreythorp.com/communities/groups/my-kitchen-table/home?invite=693c6c29decdf33166f2a6ec] My Kitchen Table [https://members.audreythorp.com/communities/groups/my-kitchen-table/home?invite=693c6c29decdf33166f2a6ec] is a monthly community for female holistic entrepreneurs who get it — a place to be resourced, witnessed, and supported in the season you’re actually in. ✨ My Kitchen Table – $37/month – Includes Align Your Business With Your Cycle mini-course ($47 value) – Ongoing community + mentorship The village we’re longing for isn’t behind us. It has to be built — slowly, consciously, woman by woman.

Initiated by Fire: Teenage Motherhood, Medicine Womanhood & the Dark Era of Becoming with Victoria Gyore

In this conversation, Audrey sits down with one of the most requested women in her community: Victoria Goyre, a woman whose entire life has been marked by initiations — birth, death, motherhood, shamanic apprenticeship, Western medicine, scar tissue remediation, and two years of GAPS that cracked open the doors to her intuition and lineage. Victoria shares the raw and unfiltered story of becoming a mother at sixteen and hiding her pregnancy for six months… the night her mother found out… the health scare that forced her into a decision she never felt ready for… and the moment she realized she wanted to live. That initiation carried her into 25 years of nursing — pediatric oncology, ICU, ER, bone setting, watching children cross over, learning to communicate with the unseen, and becoming a medicine woman “in captivity,” as she puts it. And then her life split open again: through postpartum, through spontaneous healing, through Stream scar tissue work, and through GAPS — the new initiation that rewired her physiology, her intuition, her boundaries, and her motherhood. This episode is a masterclass in slow growth, sacred self-belonging, lineage repair, and creating a business that honors the seasons of a woman’s body. ✨ IN THIS EPISODE WE COVER: • TEENAGE MOTHERHOOD AS A PORTAL INTO PURPOSE Her first initiation at sixteen and the moment she chose life. • NURSING AS A 25-YEAR APPRENTICESHIP IN DEATH, DEVOTION & SPIRIT COMMUNICATION Bone-setting, ICU ethics, oncology patients, and intuitive encounters she tried to shut down. • THE TRANSFORMATIVE SESSION THAT CHANGED HER ENTIRE TRAJECTORY Her first scar tissue remediation appointment with Ellen — and the spontaneous healing that followed. • GAPS AS AN INITIATION, NOT A DIET Rebuilding her physiology from infant → toddler → maiden → mother, reliving stored memories, and reclaiming intuition. • MOTHERHOOD, BUSINESS, AND THE MYTH OF BALANCE Why she refuses to sprint and is designing a life she can sustain for decades. • BELONGING TO YOURSELF BEFORE YOU BELONG TO ANYONE ELSE Her three core truths discovered “at the bottom of the soup bowl.” • SLOW BUSINESS AS SPIRITUAL INTEGRITY Why she keeps openings in her schedule and refuses the bro-marketing “scale fast” culture. • LINEAGE REPAIR THROUGH FEEDING HER SON GAPS as the medicine that shifted her son’s reading, attention, emotional regulation, and confidence. ✨ Connect with Victoria Gyore www.VictoriaGyore.com [https://www.victoriagyore.com/] - GAPS support online and in-person, stream scar tissue remediation (Orange County) ✨ Connect with Audrey If this episode stirred something in you — the desire to walk this path with women who understand the overlapping threads of motherhood, medicine, healing, and business — join My Kitchen Table [https://members.audreythorp.com/communities/groups/my-kitchen-table/home?invite=692cd3e2a885765cb489edc5], Audrey’s community for holistic female entrepreneurs. A story like this isn’t linear — it’s a spiral, and Victoria shows exactly what it looks like to walk the spiral with devotion, slowness, and a deep reverence for the body as the first teacher.

Raised in the Wild: How the Lodge Made Us Resourceful Mothers & Entrepreneurs with Cortney Teed

In this intimate sister-to-sister episode, Audrey and her sister Cortney revisit the unconventional childhood that shaped them — spending half their lives in a remote fly-in lodge deep in the Canadian wilderness. They talk about what that upbringing gave them: resourcefulness, work ethic, entrepreneurial instinct, and the ability to create something out of nothing. And what it cost them: dysregulation, pressure, unpredictability, and the emotional labor of growing up inside a family business. Together they reflect on how those early patterns show up in their motherhood, their businesses, their nervous systems, and the way they now choose to raise their own children with more presence and gentleness than they ever received. This episode is both nostalgic and revealing — a story of breaking generational patterns, honoring what served, releasing what didn’t, and learning to mother in a way that heals the girl you used to be. TOPICS WE COVER ✨ Growing up in the middle of nowhere Lessons from lodge life, isolation, and working from childhood. ✨ What the wild imprinted in us Resourcefulness, problem-solving, improvisation — and chronic dysregulation. ✨ Parents as entrepreneurs What we absorbed by watching our parents run businesses: the good, the messy, and the “we’re not repeating that.” ✨ From survival to choice How adult nervous system work changed the way we create, mother, and lead. ✨ Doing motherhood differently Breaking urgency culture, choosing presence, protecting home as sacred, and raising kids who don’t have to earn belonging. ✨ How our childhood shaped our businesses ADHD tendencies, grit, creativity, and our ability to build unconventional work that supports our families. About Cortney: Cortney is a stay-at-home mom of two and the owner of two small businesses that reflect both her creativity and her love for community. She owns The TÜK Boutique, a custom gift boutique where she laser engraves and designs personalized pieces ranging from earrings to Christmas ornaments and everything in between. She is also the owner of Cortney’s Pawperty, a warm and trusted home-based doggy daycare and boarding service. Balancing motherhood with entrepreneurship, Cortney has built a life centered on family, passion, and the joy of creating meaningful connections, whether through a handcrafted gift or caring for someone’s four-legged family member. Shop at The TÜK Boutique [https://thetukboutique.com/] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thetukboutique] and Cortney's Pawperty [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576596458725] JOIN MY WORLD ✨ My Kitchen Table [https://members.audreythorp.com/communities/groups/my-kitchen-table/home?invite=6922641a42bf62ffb297d0f8] — A community for holistic female entrepreneurs who want to build in alignment with their motherhood, physiology, and true capacity. ✩✩✩✩✩ a 5 Star Review helps other women find this medicine as well (and is much appreciated!) Be sure to subscribe to keep up with new episodes! For more information on my offerings checkout www.audreythorp.com [https://www.audreythorp.com/] Follow along behind the scenes on social media @thenoblematriarch [https://www.instagram.com/thenoblematriarch]

ADHD, Entrepreneurship, and Doing Life Your Own Way with Cortney Teed

In this intimate sister-to-sister conversation, Audrey sits down with her younger sister Cortney — a multi-business mother navigating ADHD, homeschooling, creative entrepreneurship, and the art of being deeply resourceful. Together they explore what it actually looks like to build a life around your values, your kids, your capacity, and your creativity… even when the path makes zero logical sense on paper. This episode is a grounded, real-life look at matriarchal leadership inside the home and inside business — full of laughter, honesty, and practical wisdom. WHAT WE TALK ABOUT ✨ How Cortney built multiple income streams — organically and intuitively From custom laser engraving to dog boarding to bookkeeping to becoming a travel agent, Cortney shares how she followed simple threads, trusted her creativity, and built a life that works for her family. ✨ ADHD, creativity, and why some mothers thrive with more, not less Cortney explains how her brain works and why having multiple projects actually regulates her instead of overwhelms her. ✨ Homeschool rhythms & being present with your children Her simple, beautiful morning routine with the girls — including undivided eye contact — and why flexibility matters more than perfect structure. ✨ Pricing, worthiness, and learning not to undercharge Cortney shares how she raised her prices, stopped discounting her work, and began attracting clients who value her time — because every moment away from her kids has to be worth it. ✨ Redirecting devotion back to yourself A powerful segment on shifting from overgiving to self-resourcing, and how this year became her first true season of choosing herself. ✨ Music, mindset, and the energetics of calling things in From “the monkey song” to manifestation playlists — the surprisingly sweet conversation on how sound shapes your subconscious and your business. About Cortney Cortney is a stay-at-home mom of two and the owner of two small businesses that reflect both her creativity and her love for community. She owns The TÜK Boutique [https://thetukboutique.com/], a custom gift boutique where she laser engraves and designs personalized pieces ranging from earrings to Christmas ornaments and everything in between. She is also the owner of Cortney’s Pawperty [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576596458725], a warm and trusted home-based doggy daycare and boarding service. Balancing motherhood with entrepreneurship, Cortney has built a life centered on family, passion, and the joy of creating meaningful connections, whether through a handcrafted gift or caring for someone’s four-legged family member. Shop at The TÜK Boutique [https://thetukboutique.com/] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thetukboutique] and Cortney's Pawperty [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576596458725] ✨ Sit with Audrey inside My Kitchen Table [https://members.audreythorp.com/communities/groups/my-kitchen-table/home?invite=6922436a42bf62ffb265cfe9], a community for female holistic entrepreneurs who get it — a place to be resourced, nourished, and witnessed in the season you’re in. ✩✩✩✩✩ a 5 Star Review helps other women find this medicine as well (and is much appreciated!) Be sure to subscribe to keep up with new episodes! For more information on my offerings checkout

Raising Kids by the Moon, Re-Parenting Yourself by the Stars with Tara Vogel

In this episode, Tara Vogel — professional astrologer, coach, and founder of The Luminary Community — joins me to explore how astrology can illuminate the invisible threads between our childhood imprinting, nervous system patterns, and the way we parent our own children. Tara shares the story of how her daughter’s chart became her entryway into astrology — transforming her from a mother searching for answers into a guide helping others align their parenting with the rhythms of the moon. We talk about how the first seven years of life set the tone for our nervous system, why our children mirror the parts of us that most need re-parenting, and how understanding the lunar and eclipse cycles can help us regulate, reconnect, and rewrite generational patterns. Whether you’re new to astrology or already live by the stars, this conversation will help you ground cosmic wisdom into daily mothering — with grace, humor, and a deep respect for the body. ✨ Follow @luminaryparenting [https://www.instagram.com/luminaryparenting] on Instagram for daily insights and to join The Luminary Community, where Tara shares voice-note forecasts and teaches her signature Parenting Astrology School. ✨ Sit with me inside My Kitchen Table [https://members.audreythorp.com/communities/groups/my-kitchen-table/home?invite=68fff6e3377dc477205b24db], a community for female holistic entrepreneurs who get it — a place to be resourced, nourished, and witnessed in the season you’re in. About Tara Vogel: Tara is a certified professional astrologer and coach who is passionate about helping people stay connected to themselves and their soul’s path via the cosmos. She loves to dive deeply with her clients and believes that understanding your astrological natal chart is one of the greatest tools we have for developing our consciousness while we’re here on planet Earth. Tara reports daily on how to use the celestial bodies to support you in your everyday life in an easy-to-understand and practical way. She posts everyday on Instagram and gives further insights to her Astrology Community -The Luminary Community. Tara believes in a holistic approach to living and weaves her knowledge of nutrition, herbal medicine, the PolyVagal theory of working with the nervous system and The Internal Family Systems method of psychotherapy into her work. Being a mom of three, living astrology daily and ecstatic dance have been her greatest avenues for healing and wholeness. Connect with Tara Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/luminaryparenting] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/luminaryparenting/?hl=en] LuminaryParenting.com [https://www.luminaryparenting.com/]