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Totally Not Appropriate
Welcome to Totally Not Appropriate, where medicine meets mystery—and healing finally becomes whole.
Hosted by Taylor Sappington, a medical astrologer and herbalist blending 15 years of Western and Eastern practice, and Adrienne Irizarry, HWH, a reproductive rebel, cycle alchemist and East Asian medicine practitioner rewriting the story of women’s health, this podcast is a sanctuary for the witches in the broom closet, the healers in hiding, and the ones who walk between worlds but have been told it’s safer to stay silent.
We don’t buy into quick fixes or cookie-cutter care. We bring together the science of the body, the wisdom of the Earth, and the patterns written in the sky. We’re here to challenge the systems that left us unseen, to honor the ancient ways that still work, and to show you that the most powerful medicine is always rooted in who you are.
Each week, we’ll dive into raw, real conversations about healing, identity, and reclamation. From sage to SSRIs, acupuncture to astrology, herbal remedies to holy revelations—we hold space for it all. Because clinical isn’t enough.
This is your reminder, your permission, your initiation: the safest thing you can be is yourself.
Totally Not Appropriate
Becoming Her: Transits, Thresholds, and the Wisdom Years
What if the symptoms you’re blaming on “getting older” or “bad labs” aren’t the real problem at all?
If you’ve been told your bloodwork looks normal—but you still feel inflamed, disconnected, exhausted, emotional, or “not like yourself”—you’re not imagining it. And you’re not broken.
In this episode, we dig into the massive blind spots in how women’s health, hormones, and perimenopause are talked about (and mistreated). From soul fragmentation to endocrine dysfunction, from bad hormone prescriptions to why perimenopause is not a disease, this conversation pulls apart the oversimplified narratives and replaces them with context, nuance, and truth. The solution isn’t another quick fix—it’s understanding the full system: body, hormones, nervous system, relationships, and purpose.
BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU’LL DISCOVER:
- Why “my labs are fine but I don’t feel fine” is one of the biggest red flags in women’s health
- The critical difference between perimenopause, menopause, and post menopause—and why mixing up the terms causes harm
- How hormones are a byproduct of overall health, not something to blindly replace or suppress
- Why stress, relationships, and unprocessed trauma show up as cycle issues, inflammation, and emotional dysregulation
This episode is an invitation to stop gaslighting yourself, ask better questions, and see your body—not as broken—but as communicating.
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