Functionally Feral

In this episode, we catch up on how AI is changing our day-to-day workflows and talk about Felicia Devine's affiliate marketing and clickbait. Then we recap Halloween: Natalie's costume party, a scary wake-up moment, and Kyle and Gator at Galena's Halloween parade. Natalie shares her Disney trip plans, Felicia compares notes on Vermont attractions and kids' ride restrictions, and Natalie gets a room ready for an intern. We finish with an honest conversation about Lyme treatment, wellness routines, and the search for answers. Come with us on another Functionally Feral journey!

Things are getting a little holy, a little spooky, and a whole lot feral this week.

Natalie's having a full-blown spiritual awakening, questioning everything from aliens and psychedelics to exorcisms, Halloween, and the battle between good and evil. Meanwhile, Felicia's just trying to get her ferritin above 8 and survive motherhood without completely frying her nervous system.

We're talking faith, surrendering control, iron infusions, acupuncture, nervous system regulation, and the never-ending search for the magic pill that will fix all our problems (spoiler alert: still haven't found it).

And just when you think this...

This week, apparently everybody has an ailment.

Felicia wakes up with vertigo for the first time in her life and immediately begins investigating everything from her upper cervical spine to the hair-washing bowl at the salon. Natalie, meanwhile, is finally admitting that maybe — just maybe — she’s stressed, as she navigates adrenal exhaustion, heart palpitations, family health issues, mold exposure, and the emotional toll of trying to help someone you love when you don’t have all the answers.

Then it’s time for Felicia’s long-awaited Function Health bloodwork, and the results are… humbling. Her blood volu...

Felicia and Natalie are back with another episode that somehow goes from vacation chaos to HYROX training to a terrifying healthcare story in record time.

Natalie recaps her trip to Utah, including a visit to Ballerina Farm, altitude-induced digestive adventures, a wedding, and the unfortunate realization that food poisoning does not care how nice your vacation is. Back home, the girls talk about being completely maxed out at work, Natalie casually puts out a podcast-wide help wanted ad for a chiropractor, and Felicia reveals that she and Dan officially signed up for HYROX—which means the training, fu...

We’re back from summer break — and apparently, while we were gone, Functionally Feral went international?! We open Season 2, Episode 17 with the slightly terrifying realization that people in Vietnam, Brazil, Australia, and beyond have been listening to us overshare on the internet. Love that for us.

Then it’s straight back into the usual chaos: Natalie has four Roombas and somehow still needs a vacuum, Wilma is officially starting her mold-detection-dog era, and we may or may not have committed ourselves to doing HYROX in Chicago on Valentine’s Day weekend.

Felicia recaps her first weekend...

This week starts off exactly how you'd expect from us—Natalie introduces everyone to Wilma, the newest (and sassiest) member of the family, Gene celebrates his fourth birthday, and a surprise birthday decoration goes hilariously wrong.

Then everything changes.

What began as a normal birthday quickly turned into one of the scariest days our family has ever experienced when Natalie's dad suddenly developed subtle neurological symptoms that were initially dismissed. We walk through the entire experience—from the first signs that something wasn't right, to navigating multiple ER visits, advocating for additional testing, and the emot...

In this episode of Functionally Feral, we cover everything from estate sale treasures and zebra hide rugs to the realities of running a chiropractic practice, hiring staff, and building strong community connections.

Natalie shares a hilarious estate sale adventure, while Felicia talks about hosting her son's first group ride and accidentally turning a homeopathy kit into a marketing strategy.

Then we wrap up the story we began in our last episode. Felicia shares what happened after her emergency D&C, the shocking pathology findings that finally explained why her miscarriage became a life-threatening medical emergency...

This week starts with hilarious toddler updates and ends with one of the most vulnerable conversations we've ever had.

Natalie shares stories about Gene's latest adventures—including his obsession with chatting up strangers, demanding answers from store managers, and making sure everyone compliments his curls. Felicia gives an update on Sepp's newest passion: Strider biking, a possible trip to the Strider World Championships, and the realization that she may have accidentally become a sports mom.

Then we shift into a deeply personal conversation as Felicia shares the reality of discovering a nonviable pregnancy and the em...

After an unexpected break, we're finally back with a life update episode—and a lot has happened.

Natalie shares a major update on her mold, Lyme, and Bartonella healing journey, including surprising improvements, new treatment protocols, and the clues that suggest these health challenges may have been present for much longer than she realized. We also talk about a relaxing adults-only trip to the Dominican Republic, why Natalie is somehow getting a fourth dog, and Kyle's newest adventure: training a mold-detection dog.

Meanwhile, Felicia recaps a beach vacation with a toddler who apparently no longer be...

After an accidental (but very necessary) spring break, we’re BACK—and catching you up on everything that went down while life was life-ing hard.

In this episode, we dive into:
✨ First trimester chaos: low blood pressure episodes, crawling up stairs, and the very real possibility of twins
✨ The most unhinged egg salad saga (feat. questionable pantry choices and Ruffles???)
✨ Natalie’s deep dive into mold, biotoxins, Lyme, parasites—and the wild protocol that’s already shifting things
✨ Why “doing everything right” still sometimes gets you nowhere (and what finally moved the needle)
✨ Supplements that...

Episode 11 is a full-blown life update with all the chaos, comedy, and plot twists you’d expect from us. We recap how weird it was to podcast in person, the brutal transition back into real life, chaotic travel days, nervous-system dysregulation, windy weather madness, St. Patrick’s Day plans, reptile show drama, and toddler interruptions galore. But the real headline of this episode is the big surprise: Felicia found out she’s pregnant while Natalie was still in town. We get into the full story of the positive test, Dan’s reaction, Natalie’s fairy-godmother pregnancy energy, and why this pregn...

Episode 10 is a very special in-person episode, which means it’s part podcast, part girls trip recap, part absolute chaos. We talk delayed flights, airport suffering, burgers, sushi, Whole Foods magic, shopping till we dropped, collagen face masks, whipped cream coffee foam, and the fact that we are still pretending this was a legitimate business trip. Basically, two feral besties in the same house trying to record before one of us has to catch a flight and go straight back to real life.

In this episode, we accidentally uncover our chiropractic origin stories — and somehow end up discussing boxing injuries, pregnancy Pilates drama, ethically raised cows, toddler sleep chaos, and full-moon parenting survival strategies.

Felicia shares how a concussion from a college boxing match changed the trajectory of her life (and career), while Natalie reflects on growing up adjusted from infancy and what lifelong chiropractic care actually looks like. Along the way, we debate corporate fitness culture, regenerative food sourcing, parasite protocols, potty-training negotiations, and why toddlers somehow always know when you’re trying to rest.

It’s equal...

This week we spiral (scientifically) from Olympic heartbreak and dirty chais into moon cycles, haunted closets, red light bathroom rituals, and the very real metabolic shift of the luteal phase.

We break down:
✨ Why you actually need ~200 extra calories before your period
✨ How hormonal birth control can shift attraction + desire
✨ Light pollution, circadian rhythm, and syncing to the moon
✨ The Inito fertility tracker experiment
✨ Reiki revelations, emotional bandwidth, and motherhood isolation

It’s hormones.
It’s haunted toddlers.
It’s high-functioning chaos.
It’s Functionally Feral.

Sarah...

In this wild episode, we spiral from warm lemon detox drinks straight into psychic Reiki downloads, frozen feet with emotional baggage, and the shocking revelation that there may be two more babies waiting in the cosmic queue.

Naturally, this leads us into:
✨ Vivid death-dream symbolism (casual)
✨ Korean skincare that feels like rubbing glass shards on your face
✨ Clean nails, sweaty childhood trauma, and healer hot hands
✨ A full conspiracy-theory birthday party featuring pyramids, chemtrails, Avril Lavigne clones… and the possibility that we never actually landed on the moon

Basically, nothing is real, ever...

Welcome back to Episode Six — where we immediately panic about the episode number, admit weekly podcasting might be mandatory, and then spiral into everything from hair MLM experiments to pregnancy preparation no one is actually talking about.

In this episode, we cover:

In this episode, we catch up on Natalie’s Banff fairytale (Instagram vs. reality, horse allergies included), January taking out an entire household with flu and GI chaos (yes, even the dog), babies learning to ski, and the shocking revelation that Kyle is… a literal rocket scientist. From there, we dive headfirst into astrology packets written at birth, Human Design revelations, and why the public school system fails kids who don’t fit the “average” box.

Then we get grounded (and crunchy) with a deep, practical conversation about fertility, hormones, and cycle health — the stuff most people are never ac...

This episode starts the only way it can: a surprise toddler interruption… and a reminder that real life does not pause for podcast recordings.

Then we get into it: the female hormone cycle — simplified, practical, and actually useful. We walk through what “day one” really means, what a healthy period should look like (and what’s a red flag), how to recognize your fertile window without blindly trusting an app, and why you usually feel like your hottest, most productive self around ovulation… followed by the infamous luteal phase crash.

We also cover why cycle education is...

New year, same us — but with a new brain (allegedly). We’re kicking off 2026 with running shoe rage (why are we inserting our own insoles??), the concept of “luxury hopping” (aka romanticizing your day with micro-luxuries every few hours), and the reality that sometimes your entire personality shift is just… a minor concussion.

Then we spiral (as we do): miswak sticks instead of toothpaste, EMF hot takes, parasite chatter, toddler stomach drama, DIY carnivore “meat bark”, and a surprisingly educational detour into what a functional cycle actually looks like.

And because it’s us, we end up at aliens...

Happy ho-ho-holidays, feral fam. We are not okay — we’re stretched thinner than a sad little hair tie and hanging on by a single scrap of wrapping paper. If your nervous system feels like Christmas lights that got tangled in storage and never emotionally recovered — same.

We’re unpacking all things holiday survival: gift giving as a love language (and also a personality flaw), wrapping paper moral dilemmas, what we’re actually buying for our toddlers this year, and why a poorly trained Grinch should never be allowed within finger-tickling distance of a baby in a bunting.

We al...

Season 2 is here, feral fam — and we’re opening with a truly unhinged recap of our Disney trip with three toddlers, thirteen humans, zero plans, and exactly one working brain cell between us.
In this episode, we cover:

✨ How every single plan we made derailed before we even left the airport
✨ The saga of Anita breaking her wrist staring at the possibly-fake Northern Lights
✨ Our hotel check-in disaster, where we found out we were staying in three different apartment complexes disguised as “condos”
✨ The spiritual awakening that was the Animal Kingdom bird show (we cried… within...

Grab your mug and let’s talk about why hydration got so complicated—and how to fix it without needing a $15 K filtration system. Peppermint tea, hot cocoa chemistry, and why “fancy hose water” isn’t hydrating you. We break down bottled vs. tap vs. well, RO and remineralizing, plastic pitfalls, travel electrolytes, kid bath filters, and the energetics/structure of water. Plus: easy ways to upgrade hydration at any budget and our upcoming in-person Disney water tasting (follow @dr.natalierichards + @dr.feliciadevine).

It’s the daylight-savings fever dream where our kids sleep in, our hatch clocks gaslight us, and our closets stage a revolt. We unpack Gen Z slang (six-seven, anyone?), why polyester makes our nervous systems hiss, the case for natural fibers (hi, cotton and cashmere), and how to build real-life mom-steez: streetwear silhouettes, practical shoes, and zero itch. Also on deck: chronotypes, prenatals that don’t make you gag, animal-based protein swaps, and Natalie volunteering as tribute to be Felicia’s doula. It’s chaotic. It’s crunchy. It’s comfy.

This week we lean into Halloween energy: toddlers materializing at your bedside like tiny ghosts, the sundown scaries, and why one eyelid-droop in the car nukes “sleep pressure.” We circle back to last week’s Emotion Code session with some jaw-dropping family confirmations and real-life aftereffects. We also chat light nootropic use (nicotine gum—strictly personal chat, not medical advice), diaper lore (pull-ups, blowouts, and brand wars), potty training in the trenches, sayings we’ve been mangling for decades (“bad rap,” not “bad rep”), and what it means to be a “red woman” who bleeds on the full moon—aka healer archetype vib...

In this raw catch-up, we start with the miracle of a baby finally sleeping through the night (and a mom who actually drank hot coffee), detour through ill-advised powdered prenatals and a popcorn-and-tequila date night, then dive into a live Emotion Code session focused on birth trauma. We trace “unworthy” back to teenage heartbreak, pick up newborn-age anxiety absorbed from mom, surface inherited heartache from a paternal grandmother, anger from a maternal grandfather, lack of control from dad—and even clear a tender strand of abandonment felt by baby after an early separation. Lightness lands. Repair begins. Generations exhale.

In this week’s Functionally Feral, we extend our “What Would We Do?” series into cold & flu season. We swap stories (including a truly unhinged TSA moment), then lay out what we actually keep on hand and how we use it: homeopathy first-aid kits (yes, the exact kinds), propolis and silver sprays, echinacea basics, zinc/Vit D timing, cell salts/bioplasma, plus when we add herbs or just wait it out. We also talk early-sign body awareness (the tingle! the tickle!), simple lifestyle moves that matter (nap > grind, grounding, red light, lymph love), and how we travel with a slimme...

New series, who dis? We’re kicking off What Would Felicia & Natalie Do?—aka the unsponsored tour of our actual medicine cabinets and the messy thought process behind them. This week’s hot topic: the internet spiral over acetaminophen in pregnancy and why “use the least amount necessary” somehow broke the timeline. We talk fevers (what they’re for, when we watch vs. intervene, why demeanor matters more than the number), safe ways we manage symptoms for moms-to-be and littles (think electrolytes, lukewarm baths, ABC homeopathy, saline, herbs), and practical pain alternatives from prenatal chiro to nettle tea to fixing your...

This week’s episode takes you on a wild ride—from Ayurvedic baby sleep hacks to navigating the depths of trapped emotions with the Emotion Code. We open up about intuition in practice, post-COVID reflections at Palmer Homecoming, and the healing (and tears) that surfaced along the way. Of course, no week is complete without a little chaos: one of us surprised our husband with the ultimate adrenaline gift—driving Ferraris and Lamborghinis on a racetrack (yes, Hoka shoes were involved). Between laughter, raw honesty, and a few unexpected stories (like the “dead brother under the house” parenting tactic), this episo...

From toddler leashes in airports to co-sleeping realities, we’re unpacking the parenting stuff people whisper about and actually living it out loud. We swap stories on safety vs. stigma (leashes, helmets, crowds), how we really slept those first months (chest-sleeping, co-sleeping, why couches are a no), and why “cry it out” short-circuited our nervous systems. Natalie introduces “Jam Jam,” the surprisingly effective monster for boundary-setting (thanks, Hunt, Gather, Parent), and we talk Montessori at home—tiny humans doing real jobs, everything in its place, and routines that build flexibility later. We also get into intuition (wild Reiki visions, pregnancy gu...

Insufficient brain cells, swan drama, and the great grape standoff—oh my. In this delightfully unhinged catch-up, we swap camping (okay, glamping) stories, reveal why Wyatt the Swan needed his own 23andMe, chat intrusive thoughts and postpartum anxiety, and troubleshoot toddler “hitting” with energy-redirect tricks (hi, clapping). We also recount Gene’s first full-body Target tantrum…over non-organic grapes (glyphosate girlies unite), wonder if food dyes can sneak into breastmilk, and confess the crunchy conversions of our formerly Red-Bull-vodka husbands—complete with “witch-doctor” pellets and Montessori floor beds. It’s cozy chaos, zero shame, maximum laughs.

Entrepreneurship and motherhood: the two hardest jobs we’ve ever signed up for. In this episode, we’re getting raw about what it actually looked like to return to work postpartum while exclusively nursing, bringing babies to the office, and juggling business with sleepless nights. We share what worked, what nearly broke us, and why sometimes survival means creating your own rules — whether that’s structuring work blocks around feeding schedules, building makeshift nurseries at the office, or even starting your own co-op. If you’ve ever wondered how moms make it all work (or don’t), this one’s for you.

This week, we spiral from ski trips and Uncrustables to why Banff hotels are suspiciously cheap, and somehow land on the sacred hills we’re willing to die on. Spoiler: straws are canceled, food dyes are evil, and public self-awareness might save your life (or at least your groceries). Between fur coats, ski joring fashion contests, toddler dye-induced possession, and Kyle’s K9 partner Gator scaring sense into grown men, this episode is chaotic in all the right ways. Come for the tangents, stay for the unsolicited life lessons.

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In episode six, we ditch the small talk and dive headfirst into a hilariously unfiltered game of rating postpartum and baby gear—complete with hot takes, strong opinions, and zero hesitation. From baby moccasins to doorway bouncers, lard-based beauty routines to the perils of straws, nothing is safe from our judgment (or our laughter). It’s equal parts chaos, camaraderie, and crunchy mom energy—the perfect mix of wit, honesty, and slightly unhinged storytelling that makes Functionally Feral feel like your fav...

In this unfiltered episode, we dive into Natalie's recollection of her home birth experience. From the unexpected twists and turns, the instincts, and the sacred (and sometimes hilarious) chaos of bringing babies earthside, we’re sharing raw reflections and real talk on birth, postpartum, and what it means to trust your body through it all. Come for the storytelling, stay for the crunchy mom vibes and candid moments you won’t hear anywhere else.

This week, we’re keeping it cozy and chaotic with a classic catch-up. Felicia spirals into a full-blown coffee identity crisis(is it saving her or betraying her?), while Natalie dives into her son’s latest growth projections. We’re talking pediatricians, Natalie’s lake life, and the wild art of just getting through the week with your sanity mostly intact. As always, raw, real, and functionally feral.

Felicia's Home Birth Story of Giuseppe - Midwives, Yard Sales & Banging on Hospital Doors In this raw and vivid episode, Felicia shares the full story of her pregnancy, birth plan, and the wildly memorable home birth of her son, Giuseppe. From finding her dream midwife to assembling a cord burning kit during early labor, and even a community yard sale the very same day - this episode is anything but ordinary. Felicia walks us through the intensity, the beauty, and the chaos of giving birth at home… and how she ended up pounding on the locked hospital doors in th...

This week on Functionally Feral, we’re diving into one of our favorite topics: detoxing - but make it functional, not fear-based.

From nicotine patches and gum (yep, we went there) to herbal tinctures, activated charcoal, vibe plates and infrared saunas - we’re covering what we’ve tried, what we love, and what we’ll never do again.

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Welcome to the very first episode of Functionally Feral - the podcast for women building businesses, raising free-thinking children, and choosing slow, strategic living over burnout and BS.

In this episode, we’re kicking things off with:
-What’s in our mugs today (yes, there’s coffee… no, it’s not basic)
-A peek into our lives as moms - raising wild, intentional, slightly anti-government babies
-Our backgrounds as chiropractors and the real story behind building two thriving practices
-Why we started this podcast, what “functionally feral” really means, and what you can expect in the...