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Rooted Exchange

Rooted Exchange

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Rooted Exchange is a reflective storytelling podcast for women navigating identity, motherhood, partnership, ambition, healing, and the quiet inner work of becoming. Hosted by communications strategist and mother Rachael Adair, the show creates space for the conversations many women carry privately — the ones that live beneath the roles, expectations, and mental load of everyday life.


Each episode invites listeners into honest, living-room-style dialogue with women, practitioners, and thoughtful advocates who are exploring what it means to live awake in their bodies, relationships, and choices. Through intimate interviews and solo reflections, Rooted Exchange examines topics like reparenting ourselves while raising children, embodiment and mental health, body autonomy, grief and transition, career shifts, partnership, and the invisible labor women perform every day.


This is not a podcast about fixing yourself. It’s a place to name what feels heavy, to set down what you’ve been carrying, and to remember that you are not alone.


Rooted Exchange is rooted in the belief that healing and clarity grow through shared language and mutual care, that when women speak honestly, something opens. Listeners are invited not just to consume stories, but to participate in a growing community grounded in reflection, compassion, and collective support.


Whether you’re in a season of transition, questioning who you’re becoming, or simply craving deeper conversation, Rooted Exchange offers a steady place to pause, listen, and return to yourself.

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Episodes
  • Rooted in Your Body: Pelvic Floor Health (Leaks, Pain, Pressure) & Why Common Doesnt Mean Normal

    Rooted in Your Body: Pelvic Floor Health (Leaks, Pain, Pressure) & Why Common Doesnt Mean Normal
    Jan 10 2026

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    Common doesn’t mean normal.

    If you’re navigating postpartum recovery—leaking, pain, pressure, or feeling disconnected from your body—this episode is for you.

    Rachael talks with Dr. Jessica Hund (pelvic floor PT, founder of The Floor PDX) about why the 6-week clearance isn’t a real healing plan, why Kegels aren’t always the answer, and how to advocate for pelvic floor care that feels safe and trauma-informed.

    🎧 Full episode coming soon on Rooted Exchange.
    💬 What's one postpartum symptom you wish someone warned you about?

    If any part of this resonated with you, come be part of the community. Follow + Subscribe so you don’t miss the next Rooted Exchange.

    🎧 Listen + subscribe: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rooted-exchange/id1865243283 | 📺 YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/@RootedExchange | 📲 Instagram: @Rooted_Exchange
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    1 min
  • The Invisible Load: Why Motherhood Feels Like "Eating Soup with a Fork"

    The Invisible Load: Why Motherhood Feels Like "Eating Soup with a Fork"
    Jan 6 2026

    So much of motherhood isn’t loud.
    It doesn’t show up on to-do lists.
    And it rarely gets named out loud.

    In this episode of Rooted Exchange, Rachael sits down with Whitney Mayer for a candid, lived-experience conversation about the invisible load — the constant mental tracking, anticipating, remembering, and emotional labor that so many women carry quietly every day.

    Together, they unpack how the invisible load shows up in real life: in grocery lists and appointment scheduling, in solo parenting and uneven rhythms, in identity shifts, guilt, and the pressure to “do it all” without dropping the ball.

    This isn’t a conversation about blame or fixing partners. It’s about naming the work, understanding its weight, and offering ourselves more grace in the middle of it. In this episode, we explore:

    • What the “invisible load” actually looks like day to day
    • How motherhood reshapes identity — often quietly and unevenly
    • The difference between being productive and feeling productive
    • The double bind of stay-at-home vs. working motherhood
    • Why comparison and perfectionism make the load heavier
    • Letting go of control, lowering expectations, and choosing presence
    • Why exhaustion isn’t always something sleep can fix

    This conversation is for the mom who feels tired in a way that’s hard to explain. For the one carrying the household in her head. For anyone who has ever thought, “Why does this feel so heavy?”

    You’re not imagining it. And you’re not alone.
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    45 mins
  • Stop Numbing Out: How to Actually Inhabit Your Body

    Stop Numbing Out: How to Actually Inhabit Your Body
    Jan 5 2026

    We are taught to seek healing in products and distractions, but true peace may require stripping everything away to face the silence we fear most. We are exploring the difference between "faking it" and the deep alchemy required to actually become it. Find out what happens when you stop running from the discomfort and realize that you are your own medicine.
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    2 mins
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