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This discussion was inspired by an email that came into our Warrior Goddess inbox and was recorded over the Summer Solstice 2022 while we were in Teotihuacan, Mexico. The question: “How are you relating to fire now that you have had the wildfire?” During this candid chat with my student and apprentice, Sarina, we talk about being firewalk instructors, aligning with wildfire destruction, and grounding into our being while navigating loss.  Meet Sarina Sarina Harz is a Certified Sundoor Firewalk Instructor, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Community Magic Maker. Sarina has spent the last decade serving clients with chronic medical conditions, facilitating trauma-informed care, and assisting people in getting free in their lives. They work as a mental and behavioral health therapist, ritualist, and wilderness rites of passage guide. They can be found dancing around the fire, playing in the woods, conjuring magic, and disrupting the status quo.

After coming down with COVID-19, I started realizing how exhausted and depressed I felt. I dropped into my being and waited for some inner wisdom. Once there, I found my old friend, grief. In this intimate talk, I share about my own tenderness and how to open beyond where our attention is fixed in any particular moment. In these places, we can dream bigger than this moment through curiosity and openness.

During this talk, I sit down with Acharya about how to roar when the patriarchy is trying to silence us and how to become a modern-day goddess by owning the underworld of our inner landscape. We explore her upcoming book, Roar Like a Goddess, and how to open to our own reverence and devotion. Meet Acharya Acharya Shunya is a truth-teller who facilitates authenticity, self-remembrance, and divine feminine pathways to awakening within. The first female head of her 2,000- year-old Indian spiritual lineage, Shunya reinterprets and re- contextualizes ancient teachings for modern times, empowering people everywhere to lead fearless, fulfilled and enlightened lives. She is president of Awakened Self Foundation and founder of Vedika Global, Inc. in California and is the author of bestselling books Ayurveda Lifestyle Wisdom and Sovereign Self.  www.AcharyaShunya.com

During this episode with my dear and long-time friend, Satya, we dive into what it means to love ourselves fully, explore our bodies where they are now, and how love can heal in curious and adventurous ways. Also... pussy tours. Come on a journey with us to our past and also into our present and see how two wild women have danced and deepened with all Life has brought us. Meet Satya Satya has been studying, practicing, and teaching sacred sexuality and Tantra for over 30 years. She's had around 15,000 client sessions, led hundreds of workshops all over the USA and in Japan, and countless people have told her that she changed their life. Something changes when you are in extended orgasm frequently. It opens a gateway to divine energy. Satya's life began to flow more easily and joyfully. She attracted wonderful lovers who would say to her (regarding either sexual energy or emotions), “Is there more?” instead of “You’re too much.” She learned to trust in her connection with the universe, and this has taken her to unimaginable realms of ecstasy. To work with Satya more, check this out.

On today's episode, Heather Archer and I talk about family dynamics, perfectionism contorting, and detoxing from grind culture. We deconstruct the images of perfection we fit ourselves into and the unraveling of our domestication. We also talk about the rebellion of setting boundaries, being worthy of care and attention, and becoming steadfast in our resistance to grind culture. In this session, we help get back to our center and what is truly supportive to us. Get to know Heather Heather Archer is a well-being consultant, sound healer, writer and speaker who has 15 years of experience of cultivating healing centered approaches for institutions geared towards social good. Her work incorporates somatic and growth mindset strategies for recovering perfectionists to thrive at work. Her healing practice includes a mixture of sound healing, reiki, reflective journaling, mindfulness and chakra alignment. Her first book, tentatively titled, The Grind Culture Detox: Heal from Capitalism, Thrive at Work will be released by Hierophant Publishing in June 2022. Heather is also the Co-Creator of Black Healers Connect, an organization that connects healers across the African diaspora to share ancestral wisdom to restore ourselves and our communities. https://www.thrivingwithheather.com/

Meet my Scottish soul brother, Stephen Mulhearn. In this episode, we talk about our mutual love of shamanic practices, the power of belonging, following our inspiration, and the importance of bringing compassionate conversations to hard topics. Listen to this 30-minute episode for insights into Celtic shamanism, community, and to learn about Stephen's newest film project, Highland Brave. If you are moved by this episode please watch the trailer for Highland Brave and consider donating to Stephen's Indiegogo campaign to raise money to produce the film. When I watched the trailer for the movie I wept at the beauty of what he is creating, and I just donated to help his vision become reality. Highland Brave trailer: https://highlandbrave.com/ Indiegogo Fund: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/highland-brave More about Stephen: https://lendricklodge.com/teacher/stephen-mulhearn/

On this episode of the Warrior Goddess Revolution, I speak with my fellow ritualist and teacher, Linda Starwolf. We share our love for nature and the interconnectedness of the land we steward and being in deep relationship with the power of nature--wherever we are. How do we listen more deeply, ask curious questions, and get a clearer perception through being with the sacred in the wildness? Meet Star Wolf Linda Star Wolf has been a vision­ary teacher and shamanic guide to thou­sands of people over the last 35 years. Starting out as a therapist in the mental health and addictions fields in the 1980s, Star Wolf is a nationally certified alcohol and drug counselor who draws from her personal experience of recovery from addiction. The author of several books, she is the creator of Shamanic Breathwork®, the co-creator of the Shamanic Healing Initiatory Process (SHIP), and the Founder of Venus Rising Association for Transformation, a non-profit organization, and Founder and President of Venus Rising University for Shamanic Psychospiritual Studies. Star Wolf is also the co-founder of the Shamanic Mystery Tours and takes spiritual seekers all over the world to explore sacred shamanic sites. You can connect with her and her team through https://www.shamanicbreathwork.org/

Join me and my friend, Hemalayaa, as we talk about weaving cultures together, navigating confusion, honoring differences, letting go, and finding belonging. Come dance and play with us on this revolutionary podcast episode. Meet Hemalayaa Hemalayaa mentors visionary women to step into creating their spiritual businesses, being in their embodied leadership and magnetize their clients with ease. HEMALAYAA'S SPECIALTY? Musing and mentoring badass women in upleveling their work, relationships and purpose to make a massive positive impact in the world!  Hemalayaa’s magnetic energy leads all into a liberated state of being: empowered in true self-acceptance and a passion for life. She has been featured in numerous publications such as NY Times, Origin, Yoga Journal, LA Times, and Shape, as well as on the talk shows Ellen, and The Today Show.

During this chat with one of my dear friends, Matthew, we talk about being weird, living embodied in the trauma of the Western world, and metabolizing grief in our bodies. We also explore how to be with our pleasure, direct our sexual energy, and hold the grief as well as the joy with tenderness. Meet Matthew Stillman Matt Stillman has made a long career out of using his inherently inquisitive and exploratory nature to find creative, sustainable solutions to complex problems. He has worked for years in diverse arenas to create and discover deeper connections with both the people he interacts with and the community in which he resides. As a former Food Network executive, Matt brought such groundbreaking shows as Iron Chef and Good Eats (and many others) to American audiences. Matt has been inspired and influenced by the Paleo and Primal philosophy and diet since 2004, and began doing Crossfit in 2008. Fascinated by ancestral health, reclaiming old food and health pathways, Matt has a deep relationship with the small-scale farmers from which he gets most of his food. https://primalderma.com/

On any given day Kriste can be found running / hiking in the wilds of Colorado or sharing her passion for mindfulness and meditation. As an ambassador for both movement and mindfulness, Kriste encourages women, and especially women of color, to stretch beyond the known and familiar. “I am at this intersection of running or hiking and being in nature and wonder. Returning to a sense of beginner's mind and rightsizing myself in the world.” I met Kriste at Sounds True where I was part of a summit she was producing. Since then I've been blessed to get to know her as a friend, and to marvel at her stamina, smile, and sass on and off the trail. (Join her IG and follow along on her adventures.) In this episode we talk about belonging, being inspired by others to go beyond old boundaries and limitations, being brave, and the beauty all around how how to tune back in. https://kristepeoples.com https://www.instagram.com/kristepeoples http://blackwomensalliance.com “You know, sometimes we might think that our issues are the only show in town, but you know, when we take a moment to stand under a a hundred year old tree or to feel the breeze blowing over us and really feel the impact of what that is and what that means and how we're part of a vast ecosystem... by the time we come back home, well, we can come home to ourselves in those moments." Kriste Peoples is a runner, writer, and meditation teacher, and when she's not out adventuring along the trails of Colorado’s Front Range, she's likely writing about it (or recovering with carbs in a local eatery). She can also be spotted offering talks about engagement in nature, gently nudging others to take up the cause of fun in the outdoors. Warrior Goddess Revolution Podcast music and production by Kevin Braheny Fortune

Celebrate, Surrender, Support. Where do you get stuck and where to do soar? Here's a simple method to come back home to yourself and figure out next steps. And here is also where you are probably getting sucked into unhelpful patterns and struggles. During this live podcast I share the course correct for pretending we are "fine." Let's step into the unknown without bypassing by stabilizing opening into what is. Warrior Goddess Revolution Podcast music and production by Kevin Braheny Fortune

A live broadcast with Day Schildkret, one of my most favorite people, to celebrate the release of his new book, Hello, Goodbye.: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration and Change. Many of us don’t do change well. We fight it, power-through it, ignore it, fear it, dissociate from it. We haven’t been given the skills to make it meaningful — to make it matter. Day's purpose is to empower individuals, communities and companies to learn the power and potential of ritual to mark moments of endings and beginnings. This leads to resilience. As we continue to go through massive cultural and global transitions, we need a pathfinder through all the change. Day shows us how ritual is our most essential tool. https://www.dayschildkret.com Hello, Goodbye.: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration and Change. http://www.morningaltars.com

The ongoing journey with two main aspects of our selves: the judge who tends to punish, compare, and look for faults, and the victim who feels like it is not fair, I don't know how to do this, I'm scared... Often we find the victim energy distasteful, and the judge mean, but both have healed, more mature versions. The judge can be shifted into discernment, the victim can be shifted into honest vulnerability. Today we explore how to support ourselves in growing up with love and fierce compassion. Warrior Goddess Revolution Podcast music and production by Kevin Braheny Fortune

During this episode of Warrior Goddess Revolution, I talk with Tanya Lynn about leading in creative ways, the bizarre obstacles that take our lives into creative places, and doing our own piece in the grand scheme of Life. About Tanya Tanya Lynn is the founder of Sistership Circle and author of two books Open Your Heart: How to be a New Generation Feminine Leader and How to Lead Circle. After developing a proven curriculum for circle, Tanya has been training women around the world how to create and lead their own circles. She is known as a tribe builder and web weaver, with a special talent to create communities wherever she goes. She is passionate about truth-telling and vulnerability and teaches people how to come into alignment with their true selves. Warrior Goddess Revolution Podcast music and production by Kevin Braheny Fortune

Several years ago I put out a request on Facebook: "Hey, anybody want to pick my up at the Los Angeles airport and drive me to Ojai for an event? I'll pay for gas and a meal..." I was beyond delighted when friend of a friend Betsy Chasse volunteered, and we got to spend the day together. In this episode we talk about Betsy's journey to writing her latest book, Killing Buddha, which is loosely based on the waves of her life coming together and then spectacularly falling apart after her success with What the Bleep do We Know?! There is lots of laughter and heart and depth in this conversation. The subject of Killing Buddha? "What happens when the least spiritual person on the planet gets hired to make a movie about spirituality? You’re about to find out."About Betsy Award winning Film maker, Best Selling Author, Change-Maker, Mom. Best known as the Co-Writer, Director and Producer of the hit film What The Bleep Do We Know?!. Her new book out March 2021 is Killing Buddha! She has also produced the award winning Song of The New Earth, Pregnant In America, Radical Dating and The Empty Womb. She has authored multiple books, including; The Documentary Filmmaking Master Class, Tipping Sacred Cows, and What The Bleep Do We Know?!, Discovering The Endless Possibilities to Altering Your Everyday Reality. In addition to several Best-Selling Self help Compilation books.. She also enjoys consulting with multiple clients to develop multi-media content for world-wide distribution. https://betsychasse.net Killing Buddha

I don't have time to integrate! I / you / they / the world must make sense! Oh, little mind, you need rest. You need emptiness. You need no-thing. And you need to let in the no-sense and stop trying to make meaning of everything. Because it is in the gaps: the long walks, while sudsing up in the shower, or while petting your purring cat that your brilliance will burst forth. And it is in the chaos and the disorder that something new will be born. So let's do nothing for no reason and see what arises. Warrior Goddess Revolution Podcast music and production by Kevin Braheny Fortune

During this session, Kelly and I talk about her journey to discover her voice, truthtelling even when it's messy, and listening deeply to our intuition. We talk about how to let go of guilt, cheerlead ourselves, be in the Mystery, and how to be honest with ourselves even when it's challenging. As we re-emerge from this cacoon of quarantine life, how can we take those lessons back out into the world with mindfulness, ease, and courage? A little bit about Kelly Throughout Kelly's life, she's worn lots of different hats. She's worked in boardrooms and ashrams. She's blended two families and six children. She's brought women from more than 50 countries together in my passion for truthtelling and uplifting women’s voices. She's a devoted mom, wife, friend, mentor, bestselling author, and businesswoman who knows that putting on your own oxygen mask is the best way you can model what it means to take care of yourself and others. These experiences are all a part of her—the good, the bad, and everything in between. She's messy, genuine, and perfectly imperfect. Find out more at her website: www.womenforone.com

For the past thirty years plus I’ve been creating separation. On purpose. Because separation is a path of healing and reconciliation. We all have trauma, and hurt, and healing to do. Creating mindful separation is not a form of denial or something that is creating more destruction. My intent always always always is to speak truth, learn from past mistakes, name where we have been so we can choose where we are going. This 30-minute musing explores how to create good, healing, potent, magical separation.

During this episode of the Warrior Goddess Revolution, I talk with one of our first Warrior Goddess Level 1 facilitators, Serena Hicks. This conversation opens us up to letting go of scarcity, power and privilege, being biracial, trauma, and unpacking race and wealth together. About Serena Serena Hicks is a biracial Biz Coach who believes that money-making, especially for womxn and people of color, is a revolutionary act of reclamation and radical self-acceptance. She is a native Texan currently living in Austin after a 10-year stint as a TV producer and event planner for MTV in NYC. Serena believes that “everyday people” can, will, and are already changing the world. SerenaHicks.com

How to embody steadiness and self-awareness while claiming your sovereignty, sass, and stillness. A thirty minute musing of love from my heart to yours.