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
The War Over Frequency
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Have you ever noticed that you get sick right before—or during—your period and wondered if your body is trying to tell you something?
Maybe you wait until symptoms hit before you start taking supplements, sleeping more, or finally slowing down. Maybe you assume it’s just bad luck, the weather, or “germs from school.” But what if the issue isn’t the illness itself—it’s that your system was already under-resourced?
In this episode, we unpack why your “defense shield” may drop around menstruation, why postpartum can be another vulnerable window, and why you can’t supplement your way out of depletion at the last minute. From immune resilience and vitamin D deficiency to stress, gut absorption (especially with celiac disease), and menstrual dysfunction, this conversation challenges the idea that sickness is random.
We also zoom out—into environmental stress, media overload, frequency shifts, the Schumann resonance, and how modern life may be dysregulating us at levels we don’t fully understand yet. If your body has been whispering (or screaming) for attention, this episode connects the dots between physical symptoms, emotional processing, energetic regulation, and long-term resilience.
Because sometimes short-term discomfort—like acupuncture when you’re sick—isn’t punishment. It's an adaptation.
BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU’LL DISCOVER:
- Why you’re more susceptible to illness around your period—and what it means to “resource” your immune system before symptoms start
- How chronic depletion, stress, and nutrient deficiencies (including vitamin D) impact menstrual health and resilience
- What the Schumann resonance is and why nature, sunlight, and nervous system regulation matter more than ever
- The difference between feelings and intuitive knowing—and how to regulate emotional spikes in under 90 seconds
This episode is a deep dive into immune strength, energetic hygiene, and what it really means to support your body in a rapidly changing world—so you’re not just surviving each cycle, but adapting and thriving.
Mentioned in This Episode:
00:00- Sick on the Mic: Period + ‘Campus Plague’ Update
01:58- Why Your Immune System Dips on Your Period (Chinese Medicine ‘Shield’ Explained)
05:49- Cold & Flu Season as an ‘Upgrade’ + Smarter Symptom Support
09:39- Acupuncture, ‘Temporary Discomfort’ & Why You Can’t Start Supplements at Symptom Onset
11:11- Being ‘Well-Resourced’: Vitamin D, Sleep, Stress & the Reproductive System Tradeoff
16:02- Celiac, Absorption Issues & Why Some People Get Hit Harder
17:09- The Modern World Is Shifting: Subtle Bodies, Frequency & What’s Coming Next
28:07- Direct Spectrum Frequency Medicine: Morphogenetic Fields, Kidneys & Hormone Patterns
31:05- Schumann Resonance 101: Earth’s Heartbeat, Brainwaves & Collective Dysregulation
33:18- Grounding, Earth’s Rhythm & Why Tech/Wi‑Fi Can Dysregulate You
34:31- Schumann Resonance Spikes: What They Are & Why They Feel ‘Unnatural’
35:11- Manipulation Theories: Weather Engineering, 5G & Control Through ‘Scrambling’
36:51- NASA Data + Common Spike Symptoms (Fatigue, Anxiety, Brain Fog, Dreams)
38:34- You’re a Bioelectrical Being: Sunlight, Mitochondria & Nervous System Recalibration
40:37- Not Alone in the Room: Intuition, ‘Spidey Senses’ & the Aliens Conversation
42:36- Parasites as a Mirror: Humanity, Ecosystems & Cultural Conditioning
45:58- Systems, ‘Grids’ & Why People Cling to the Familiar
47:19- Functional Medicine vs Frequency Medicine: Trunk, Branches & the Mycelium Network
51:47- Emotional Body as the Bridge: Trauma, Ancestry & Why Symptoms Return
59:28- Energy Harvesting & Monsters, Inc.: Fear vs Joy a
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