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 David Allen Tracy, 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 David Allen Tracy: https://www.davidallentracy.com/
Episodes
79 episodes
Rooted Everywhere: Perspectives from Third Culture Journeys | vicki abadesco! & David Allen Tracy
What does it mean to belong when you’ve grown up everywhere—and nowhere—all at once?In this expansive and deeply resonant conversation, we’re joined by Vicki Abadesco, a visionary entrepreneur, nonprofit leader, speaker, coach, an...
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Episode 79
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31:08
Chiropractic Spinal Care as a Preservation for the Nervous System | Dr. Brad Wolf
What if the spine isn’t just structural—but central to how the body heals, adapts, and thrives?In this episode of Rooted & Wild, we sit down with Dr. Brad Wolf to explore how chiropractic spinal care can serve as a powerful ...
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Episode 78
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23:08
The Brain Science Behind Lasting & Permanent Happiness | Valerie Alexander
What if happiness wasn’t a personality trait—or a fleeting emotional high—but a skill your brain can actually learn?In this episode of Rooted & Wild, we explore the neuroscience, psychology, and cultural conditioning behind ...
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Episode 77
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25:14
Sound Healing as a Channel for Tender, Loving Care | Jessica Maria Garcia
What if healing didn’t require force—only presence?In this episode of Rooted & Wild, we explore sound healing as a channel for tenderness, attunement, and genuine care. Rather than approaching healing as something to fix or ...
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Episode 76
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25:24
Where Self-Care Meets Planetary Care | Sachi Singh
What if the same choice that supports your hormones could also help heal the planet?In this episode, I sit down with Sachi Singh, founder of Rootless, to explore the powerful intersection of personal health and environmenta...
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Episode 75
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19:50
Showing Up Sober: Why Authenticity Is the Manifestation Portal | Anneka Reece
What if manifestation isn’t about visualization, vibration, or forcing outcomes—but about radical honesty with yourself?In this episode, Showing Up Sober: Why Authenticity Is the Manifestation Portal, we’re joined by Anneka Ree...
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Episode 74
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23:28
The Days After the Journey: Integration Following Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy | Garet Free
The medicine journey may be profound—but what happens after is where real transformation is either embodied… or lost.In this episode of Rooted & Wild, I’m joined by executive transformation coach, bestselling author...
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Episode 73
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22:29
Setting Health Goals for the New Year That You Can Actually Sustain | Dr. Melanie Gray
As the New Year begins, many people feel motivated to set health goals—but often struggle to maintain them beyond the first few weeks. In this episode, we explore a more realistic and sustainable approach to health goal-setting—one that honors ...
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Episode 72
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21:10
Stress Chemistry & Hormonal Imbalance | Eva Angeloff
What happens when chronic stress quietly rewires our hormones—and we’re told to just “push through it”?In this episode of Rooted & Wild, we’re joined by Eva Angeloff, founder of Women’s Lib, for a candid conver...
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Episode 71
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19:51
Laughter: The Best Medicine | Rachel Burr
What if laughter isn’t a distraction from healing—but a doorway into it?In this episode of Rooted & Wild, I’m joined by executive coach, leadership consultant, speaker, and author Rachel Burrfor a conversation that’s ...
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Episode 70
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29:18
Rolfing & Structural Integration: Unwinding the Body’s Architecture | Aline Wachsmuth
What if chronic pain, limited mobility, or persistent tension weren’t just muscular issues—but expressions of how your body has adapted to life?In this episode, we explore the art and science of Rolfing® Structural Integration with Al...
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Episode 69
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23:48
Transformational Story-Work: Beyond Narrative, Toward Healing | Michael Kass
What if your story isn’t something to fix—but something to listen to?In this episode of Rooted & Wild, we explore transformational story-work as a living, embodied practice for healing, leadership, and reconn...
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Episode 68
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31:24
Rewiring Fear Into Flow | Laurie Clemans
Rewiring Fear Into Flow is a conversation about what happens when we stop trying to outrun fear—and instead learn how to work with it.In this episode, we connect with Laurie Clemans, a Certified Life & Leadership Coach ...
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Episode 67
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20:40
How Astrology Can Help with Unresolved Health Issues | Leslie McGuirk
What if unresolved health issues weren’t random—but part of a deeper energetic pattern you were born with?In this episode of Rooted & Wild, I’m joined by Leslie McGuirk, an internationally acclaimed astrologer, author...
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Episode 66
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31:16
Using Reflexology as a Pain Relief Alternative to Medication | Njideka N. Olatunde, ND, PhD, MSW, CRI
What if pain relief didn’t have to come in the form of pills, dependency, or lifelong side effects?In this episode of Rooted & Wild, we explore reflexology as a powerful, evidence-informed alternative to medication-based pai...
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Episode 65
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25:00
Boundaries and Burnout: Learning To Say No From The Body | Hollie Rottman
Burnout doesn’t begin in the mind — it begins in the body.In this episode of Rooted & Wild, we explore what it really means to set boundaries that don’t come from force, guilt, or intellectual resolve, but from embodied awar...
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Episode 64
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24:46
Walking the Valley of Despair Without Numbing: Sobriety, Trust, and Transformation | Anneka Reece
What happens when you stop numbing… and choose to stay present in the hardest moments?In this deeply honest and compassionate conversation, we explore what Anneka Reece calls the Valley of Despair—that tender, uncomfortable spac...
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Episode 63
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22:56
The Wolf Moon: Hunger, Howling, and the Deep Winter Night | David Allen Tracy
The Wolf Moon rises tonight.This January full moon—also a supermoon—has long been known as the Wolf Moon, named for the deep winter nights when wolves were heard howling across frozen land, calling to their pack in a season where surviva...
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Episode 62
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9:20
Silent Bridges: Men, Intimacy, and Emotional Isolation | Mark Grayson
Silent Bridges: Men, Intimacy, and Emotional Isolation is a raw and thoughtful conversation with Mark Grayson, exploring the quiet distances many men carry within themselves—and the bridges required to cross them.Mark’s lif...
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Episode 61
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20:26
The New Year Shift: Shedding Old Identities | David Allen Tracy
What if the New Year isn’t asking you to become someone new — but to let go of who you no longer are?In this solo episode, The New Year Shift: Shedding Old Identities, we explore the quieter side of manifestation: release. Letti...
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Episode 60
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10:48
Iodine Intake: Happy Thyroid. Happy You. | Sachi Singh
What if one of the most overlooked nutrients for thyroid and hormonal health was also one of the most regenerative foods on the planet?In this episode, we’re joined by Sachi Singh, founder of Rootless, for a deep dive into ...
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Episode 59
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16:45
The Inner Child’s Guide to Conflict & Connection | vicki abadesco!
In this deeply human and illuminating conversation, we sit down with vicki abadesco!, a visionary entrepreneur, nonprofit leader, speaker, coach, and mentor whose life’s work centers on cultivating leadership from the inside out.vicki! s...
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Episode 58
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25:54
Why Sex Matters to Health and How Modern Medicine Can Help Make Sex Infection Free | Dr. Jay K. Varma
Sex is more than pleasure—it’s connection, communication, and a vital part of human health. In this episode, we explore why sex matters to physical health, mental well-being, and social connection, and how modern medicine is transforming...
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Episode 57
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23:03
Men in Circle: The Missing Technology of Modern Masculinity | Mikaal Bates
Modern men are not broken—but we are often disconnected.- Disconnected from each other.- Disconnected from embodied wisdom.- Disconnected from the kind of community that once taught boys how to become men.In this epi...
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Episode 56
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24:24
A Practical Introduction to Ayurveda | Elizabeth Swamy
A Practical Introduction to Āyurveda invites listeners into one of the world’s oldest and most enduring systems of healing—Āyurveda, often translated as “the science of life.” Originating in India over 5,000 years ago, Āyurveda ...
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Episode 55
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