Join host Julie Parker for a life and personal update and a ‘where to from here’ for The Priestess Podcast after 238 wonderful episodes. Thank you for being a part of this sacred journey thus far!

Forest bathing. Even just saying that feels so calming, soothing and grounding. And my amazing guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Sanaa Green - is here to share with us more about this beautiful practice and indeed her entire experience of earth based connection as a Priestess. Sanaa takes incredible comfort from nature which is something that I believe is undoubtedly available to all of us and likely medicine we can call upon from deep within ourselves and the natural world more to our own benefit. This is a beautiful conversation that will open up portals of earth love and connection for you to begin to deepen or explore for the very first time. 

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We are hearing a LOT right now about the nervous system - our nervous systems - and the role that they play in our healing, growth, spiritual development, capacity to hold space for ourselves and others and even just live with presence and reverence. And so yes - that makes these systems within us incredibly important. My guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Elisha Tichelle - is a true nervous system alchemist - especially for those of us who are heart centred entrepreneurs. What Elisha doesn’t know about the nervous system I’m not quite sure is worth knowing - THAT is how incredibly knowledgeable she is. I know you are going to revel in this episode ahead and will learn so much about the nervous system from a priestesses perspective that you might never have heard of before. 

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Claire Obeid is a truly special soul. Her incarnation in this lifetime I know is at least in part - to serve others on their spiritual path. In other words…she is a bonafide modern Priestess and space holder - with a particular love for the lineage and teachings of Mary Magdalene. In this episode Claire potently shares how she believes we are each our own medicine woman, healer and remedy. It is a sharing that is opening, empowering and sprinkled with more than a bit of Claire magick. Enjoy this beautiful episode ahead. 

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Let’s face it. When we are undergoing a spiritual awakening, transformation or personal discovery path of any kind, it’s not something that is always filled with flowers, dreamy meditations and heart-swelling moments of newness and innate confidence. It can in fact be a time that is dark, challenging and filled with stress. And I could not think of anyone more amazing to speak to our spiritual journeys and the role that stress may play in those than my guest today Karen Aird. Karen runs an incredibly successful wellness centre and has developed a signature method for supporting people to work with stress in their lives - which is something of course we all experience in varying ways. I hope you love this episode ahead. Something tells me that the practical support within it is going to be so helpful for you.

When I first heard the term Chat GPT I thought the person saying it to me had made a mistake and meant something else entirely. Clearly I was wrong and both Chat GPT and other forms of AI are now here with us - and look very much like staying. In a world that is now moving technologically in such rapid ways - where do we as spiritual, feeling, emotive human beings fit with that? And how can we learn to live with and even embrace these new forms of intelligence while also acknowledging and honouring the ancient intelligence that lives within all of us. My guest today Lara Maysa is a true revolutionary in that very thing. She has a passion for the wisdom and intelligence of Ancient Egypt - a part of her own heritage - and I know you are going to love how she brings that intelligence into our modern times, sharing with us ways we can both look and be inspired by the past, be grounded in the present and look to the future as well. 

My guest on The Priestess Podcast today Alexandra Wiatr knows a thing or two about pleasure and money. She is an incredibly successful business woman who is passionate about helping other women unlock their potential in a way that has soul, heart and depth at the forefront. Alexandra believes there is a core connection between our physical bodies and presence, our spiritual connection AND the abundance we are trying to call into our lives. In particular she believes this connection lies in our sacral energy centre and that it is a ‘secret’ place within us we can all unlock for greater abundance and personal connection and pleasure in our lives. Yes please and more to that ahead in this episode with Alexandra today.

One of the questions I often get asked is how can I uncondition, unlearn and unravel myself from the patriarchy. Well…that’s a big question for sure and there is of course no one size fits all answer. One way I am certain however that we can make inroads with such a desire is to embrace with much deeper reverence the fact we are cyclical beings and are surrounded by cycles in our lives all the time. The sun. The moon. The seasons. Life and death itself. I could go on and on. How is embracing our cyclical nature the antithesis of the patriarchy and also capitalism, disembodiment and more? Well our incredible guest today, international award winning menstrual educator and coach Charlotte Pointeaux, is here to share with us that very thing. And so much more. This is a deeply powerful and beautiful interview that has so much wisdom in that you can use to impact your daily life immediately. Here’s to that! 

The world of women’s friendships are often romanticised. Hollywood dreams of best friends forever and being there for each other through thick and thin are presented as the norm of what we all should have and be experiencing - but the reality can be far from that ideal. For many if not most of us, we carry a sister wound of some kind when it comes to our friendships and connections to other women, and that wound can vary in size and impact in our lives in so many ways. My beautiful guest on The Priestess Podcast today is Fionnuala Doherty, a life coach and yoga teacher, who has an emerging passion for helping women create soul aligned friendships and address their own inner worlds and woundings when it comes to their friendships and connection to their own version of sisterhood. Fionnuala herself has had deeply challenging experiences in this area in her own life and is now on a heart centred mission to support all of us who are craving the belonging that comes with true and reciprocal friendships in our lives.

We are talking all things business, and in particular spiritual business, on The Priestess Podcast today with my wonderful guest Bec Cuzzillo. Bec and I explore what a spiritual business actually is, the influence of Goddess Spirituality in her life and business, and what scaling your business actually means. We also talk about the vital importance as a business owner of knowing your foundational starting point as key to any dreams you have to scaling and growing what you do - AND not getting tangled in any belief that you can ever charge what you are worth - because you are priceless and beyond worth - but rather that charging for your products and services is a key undertaking in business growth.

Money is one of those topics that can bring up a lot of ‘stuff’ for us. And if you are a regular listener of The Priestess Podcast then you know we are not afraid to go into the ‘stuff’ of life and so we’re going to do that very thing today with my guest Tara Winters. Tara is a former corporate accountant turned life, spirituality and money coach and we are here to talk about money wisdom. There is a mention in here of cheap underwear and expensive cheese and so you know given that we have some fun too! In particular I loved Tara’s viewpoint on bridging the gap between the viewpoints that money is everything in life and the most important thing we can try to attain - and the rejection of it - especially at times by some people who deem it to not be ‘spiritual’ enough to desire. And you better believe within this that both Tara and I agree that money in the hands of more conscious people around the world - which I am sure is you beautiful listener - is a VERY good thing. 

What does someone's size have to do with spirituality? Well to be perfectly honest with you it shouldn’t have anything to do with it - but the world we live in that is steeped in sizest and fatphobic rhetoric and messaging - makes it so. My truly wonderful guest on The Priestess Podcast today is Andrea Westbrook, a life coach for fat, curvy and plus sized women. Andrea shares with us about the necessary reclaiming of the word fat, how exclusionary spiritual spaces can be of people who are fat and most importantly of all - what we can all do about such things to make a spiritual path of life exploration open to us all. I know you will find Andrea inspirational and heart opening in her messaging about this topic which is not just relevant in spiritual spaces and our work - but indeed in our lives in general.

You have likely heard me say more than once on The Priestess Podcast that our shadow, fears and ego self have so much to teach us as human beings and are not things to push away or deny. They only grow in ways that can make them even harder to face when we do that! And I speak from experience - which maybe you can relate to as well. Tracy Neely is here with us on the show today to speak to how our wounds - and in particular our emotional wounds - can be a pathway of transformation for us into wisdom we hold deeply within and is calling to be loved and integrated into our everyday life. Tracy has a beautifully spiritual and very grounded way of helping us look at the darker parts of ourselves and how we can honour them in such a way that they become teachers, guides and wayshowers in our lives. This is a special episode that shows us so deeply that all of our life experiences can have lessons within them that are waiting for us to become wiser through.

I know that many of you who listen to The Priestess Podcast own your own businesses or desire to. And for those of you who don’t - believe me when I tell you that this episode ahead still has deep relevance for you too because in truth, it’s about life just as much as well. Che Johnson is a sacred leader in the space of gentle and ‘soul-stainable’ business. Her heartfelt desire is to ensure all heart based entrepreneurs have businesses that are gentle, caring and reflective of their own energy and needs - which clearly is in wild opposition to the push and hustle and grind culture that we sometimes see present in the online world. Che’s loving nature and wise words ahead on how to create a business that truly serves YOU as well as your clients is food for our souls.

Potentially for the very first time, you are about to learn of the divine Sanskrit meaning of the word ‘Ananda’ - and in doing so your life may never be the same again. My guest on The Priestess Podcast today, Priya Lakhi, shares with us the meaning of this beautiful concept and what it has to do with our soul purpose, possibilities in life, embodiment of the present moment and awakening our own bliss. Priya does so in a way that does not bypass the messiness and sometimes challenges we all face in life, but in a way that is inspiring and hopeful. Listen ahead for the divine ‘field of possibility’ that can be your life and spiritual journey - your ‘Awakening Ananda!’

I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say that trauma and all its nuanced meanings for us as human beings is having a very spotlighted moment right now. And given we are all traversing a global pandemic that really shouldn’t come as a surprise to any of us. Do you actually know however what trauma is? And isn’t? And when someone says they are trauma informed - or you say you are trauma informed - what that actually means? And also ethically does not mean as well? My guest on The Priestess Podcast today, Katie Kurtz, is a rising thought leader on trauma informed practices and she is here with us to dive deeper into this vital topic. If you professionally hold space for people in any capacity - this episode is a must listen. And even if you do not do that - please know that you are still a space holder in your life for your family, friends, peers and more in so many ways. And being trauma informed as a human being, and not just a professional, is therefore vital for the humanity and brave connection for us all.

If you love animals, and in particular are walking through life with a pet or animal companion, then you are going to love this episode of The Priestess Podcast. I am joined by animal naturopath and pet nutritionist Ruth Hatten and we dive into the world of exploring are animals spiritual beings, the lessons they are here to teach us as humans, and what role our own health and wellbeing plays in their own. As a lover of animals all my life and the caretaker of two adopted, now older cats, and a fun and bubbly young dog, I honestly attribute them all to being a part of my business and life team in every possible way. They provide me with inspiration, support, fun, touch, connection and so much more. In fact, I would go so far as to say they make me a better human being and for that I am eternally indebted to them.

Get ready to be hit right in the heart and soul with the power and magick that is my guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Kute Blackson. Kute is a magnetic and divine communicator and he is here with us today to talk about surrender and how it can bring untold richness, freedom and purpose in your life. Kute also shares with us his insights on the ego and our relationship to it, and how with love and compassion we can have it become something that deeply serves us in our life and make the path of surrendering one whereby we connect with our soul and let go of false control and identities. Proceed with full heart caution everyone! This episode and Kute himself - is a life changer.

How connected are you to your body? Like, really? I know for me personally it is a personal relationship I have been working on for my entire life - and I know within myself will be one I continue with forever. My beautiful guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Christina Carlson - is an Embodiment Coach and they support people to become more deeply connected to and in right relation with their body, for the specific purpose of opening themselves up to their true divine nature and whole self. Being deeply embodied and connected is not something that Christina has experienced their entire life. They in fact grew up in circumstances where their body was something they were taught was not safe, or pleasurable, or to be trusted. Their journey to reclaiming their physical and divine self is inspirational and a guiding light to anyone who is searching for deeper connection to their physical realm.

I know that many of you who listen to The Priestess Podcast do work as space holders and may even consider yourself a healer or part of the healing spectrum of professions. And that means your relationship with yourself and your own healing path is of vital importance to everything you do. My guest today - the truly incredible Onyi Love - is devoted to helping other healers heal. Onyi’s perspective on perfectionism, precision, wholeness and loving and owning all of who we are is breathtakingly powerful. This episode for anyone who holds space for others, is a permission slip from the Universe for all you are right now and all you are becoming. Your present and future self and clients will thank you for listening and actioning this special transmission. 

My guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Amy Lea - is a beloved human design, astrology and energetics guide. You only have to see her Instagram account to know why this would be as you soak in her generosity, wisdom and service to her community on there. Amy is with us today to talk about business energetics as I know that many of you who listen to The Priestess Podcast own your own business or potentially desire to. Amy shares with such heart and soul about how our businesses have their own energetic blueprint and nature and how we can attune to that and our own inner world to create greater flow, connection and results in our service to the world.

Mental health and spirituality. What is the connection? Well…some may say that’s a silly question because for those of us attuned to our spiritual nature, we know that all of life is in some way connected to every part of that. And yes, that includes the parts of our lived experience that can be and are challenging, dark, sad, frustrating and require extensive help and healing. My guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Shannon Kaiser - is a world renowned best selling author and speaker and she has also lived extensively with depression and anxiety. Shannon shares openly in this episode her own journey with her mental health and how it coincided with her spiritual awakening. It is a raw, honest and illuminating conversation that opens up these two worlds and how they can be so deeply connected.

All of us are cycling through life in some way at every moment. We are born, we live, we die. And in between those moments we are reborn and also live and die in metaphorical ways over and over again. The times in our lives where we cross thresholds of bodily experience or living can be profound for our sense of self and connection to earth and others. Menstruation, birth, creative undertakings, illness, loss, gain, puberty, menopause and so much more. All are in their own separate, but interconnected ways rites of passage and can be honoured with beautiful and sacred ceremonies. My guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Andrea Arare - is a soulful, experienced and divine guide in the realm of rites of passage and her wisdom and passion for this area lies ahead as inspiration for you today.

Sometimes when we talk about the Goddess and her world I wonder if maybe she feels like a very far off entity and being and even feeling that is not very grounded or practical in our day to day lives. Given she has such ancient roots I can understand where this comes from but I truly believe the most powerful relationship we can develop with the Goddess - or a Goddess - is one where it shows us our full humanity and divinity and can help our lives be better in small but significant ways. My guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Nikki Tegg - has a beautiful way of relating to the Goddess and inspiring her connection with others too. Her first book ‘Goddess Rising’ is a true journey of feminine connection and beauty - and one that will awaken your inner creatrix and spiritual connection to self. 

I’m not kidding you when I say that my guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Jennifer Cameron - is a pioneer of the goddess spirituality movement in Australia. An historian and priestess of the Goddess for decades, Jennifer is wise, moving and heart devoted to Mother Earth which you will hear in her beautiful words ahead. Jennifer's latest book, Ancient Ways for Current Days, is a sacred balm to the patriarchal, oppressive and climate emergency laden issues we face as a collective right now. It brings to light the sacred power of matrifocal societies and how the ways of the old can be brought into these times for lasting impact and change. Get ready to be lit up and inspired into action as the sacred leader you already are with Jennifer by your side.