Can you possibly imagine what it must be like to be engaged at the age of 11 - a soon to be child bride - and have your entire life mapped out for you with no choice or control over your own destiny? Maybe you have had that experience or a similar one as a child and know the sense of confusion and uncertainty it comes with, or maybe it is too far away from your own life to even contemplate. My guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Shar Moore - was engaged to be married as a child - and is with us to share her story and how she broke free of that to become the successful and thriving woman she is today. I know that all of us in some form or another have had feelings of deep uncertainty about our lives and spiritual paths. This is in fact for so many of us meant to be a part of our path. Hearing the lived experiences of other people like Shar supports us to know we are not alone, and even in the most dire of circumstances we can so often find light and a way forward to become who we truly long to be.
You can be forgiven for thinking that the term ‘Dark Night of the Soul’ is a new age one. I know I did. However it is in fact a life and spiritual experience that has been around since the 16th century and likely a long time before then as well. The Dark Night of the Soul is an intense spiritual awakening bought about by a disconnection from one’s own source of love and divinity. It can and often is frightening, difficult, isolating, lonely and come about with a deep experience of depression and anxiety as well. My guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Emily Ghosh Harris - has had a Dark Night of the Soul - as have I. Emily shares with us her journey and some beautiful tips on how if you are experiencing one too you can gently ease your way through it to greater connection and joy on the other side.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a map that you could refer to when it comes to finding your divine soul purpose in life and walking a truth path of empowerment and sovereignty. Well...my special guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Jacqueline Teej - has created one. It’s called The Soul Map and is the heart of her latest book ‘Master of One.’ You’re soon to find out that Jacqueline would be the last person to suggest that this map is a one size fits all approach to our spiritual journeys. There is of course no such thing. However her work in spiritual awakenings and journeys is filled with practical support for those of us on this sometimes beautiful, but also sometimes challenging and messy path. And let’s face it...sometimes we can do with all the help we can get right? Right!
My guest on The Priestess Podcast today, George Lizos, is SUCH a joy. An author, spiritual teacher, podcast host and Pagan Priest, George shares with us his passion for lightwork and lightworkers and his new book ‘Lightworkers Gotta Work.’ George also opens up about his journey to becoming a Pagan Priest and discovering he was gay, as well as his special affinity to the Isle of Avalon and Glastonbury and his Goddess experiences there. I am certain that George is going to touch your heart as he did mine in this special episode today.
My guest on The Priestess Podcast today is the extraordinarily special Indigenous Medicine Healer Asha Frost. Asha is a descendent of the Ojibwe people and was deeply initiated onto a healing path when she was diagnosed with a chronic illness in her teens. In this interview Asha shares with us her belief that we are all our own greatest healers, the important first step to take in finding your own healer within, and her thoughts on the future of Indigenous medicine and sacred ways throughout the world. She also shares with us the vital importance of non-Indigenous people not taking aspects of Indigenous culture and using them in healing ways without being committed to understanding the full culture, stories and impacts of colonisation and white supremacy as they do. This is a beautiful, powerful and reverent interview that touched my heart. I am sure it will yours too.
We are FINALLY starting to talk a great deal more openly about periods and menstruation. It’s not before time. For something that millions of people the world over experience regularly it is in fact...more than time. How do we take the simple talking about this realm however - beyond that - way beyond that - to a place where we can feel immersed, empowered and even emboldened by it? Which is a long way from maybe how generations before us experienced their flow. My guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Claire Baker - a period coach and author of ‘50 Things You Need to Know about Periods’ - takes us there. It’s something that Claire calls menstrual self-authority and if you don’t know what that is...it may just be about to change the way you think of periods and menstruation forever.
There are a lot of myths that influence how we think and even feel about witches. The patriarchy has an enormous impact on this and as you will have heard me say many times now it’s up to each of us to look at that within ourselves and how we can deconstruct it for our own sovereignty as modern beings. My guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Eryn Johnson - is a witch. In particular she is a very gentle, holistic, healing witch who you are about to find out has some both beautiful as well as challenging thoughts on the healing path that we are all walking as human beings. And a little heads up today about this episode...it doesn’t happen very often but it did occur on the day of this recording that we had some sound and tech issues. A combination of a wild storm as well as long distance make this one a little scratchy in places but in throwing out any pursuit of perfectionism, Eryn and I persisted to bring you this. We know you will still love it!
What is a lightworker? Are you one? Chances are if you’re listening to podcasts like this one you’re well and truly on your way there - if not one already. My guest on The Priestess Podcast today is the straight talking and deeply love and encouragement filled Tracey Spencer. Tracey shares with us her deep passion for lightworkers and why she thinks the world needs them so much right now, the bumps and hurdles that all lightworkers face and need to overcome to shine their full light, and the divine connection between creativity, lightwork and the creation of her debut book “Rock Your Light.”
What is your divine power? And how is it different to simply your personal power? My guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Hemma Haridin - is about to explain this to you in such a rich, beautiful and accessible way that your life might never quite be the same again. That’s a big call I know...but I’m standing by it. You’re about to hear Hemma’s magick as a healer, serial entrepreneur and master guide come forth in such a way that you will be deeply compelled to listen to her wisdom...as a direct portal to accessing your own.
We’re talking to a real life devoted priestess on The Priestess Podcast today in Meredith Rom. Meredith has been walking and living and serving as a priestess for many years now in her incredible work and Rising Women Leaders Podcast. In particular today we discuss some of the core wounds that Meredith sees in priestesses - many of which may have been with us ancestrally for life times. Meredith also shares some beautiful suggestions and practices on how we can heal these wounds within ourselves, and show up more fully in our personal priestess power.
I think it’s reasonably safe to say that all of us desire to have deep and beautifully connected relationships in our lives, especially in our intimate relationships. How much of our whole and true self however are we willing to bring to those relationships and see in someone else? How much are we willing to deeply open up to all areas of our heart and soul that requires work, love and attention so that we become aware of things such as when we are projecting our pain onto someone or desiring for them to save or fix us? My guest on The Priestess Podcast today Sarah Poet is here to talk to us about conscious relating with both ourselves and those we love most right now or will in the future. This is the sort of relationship class you most definitely do not get in school and requires total personal responsibility. In other words - it’s a must listen for us ALL.
For someone who was raised in a religion and way of life that was not related to the Goddess at all, you’re about to find yourself deeply inspired by my guest today and her now total devotion to Her. Syma Kharal joins me in this episode of The Priestess Podcast where she shares her journey of connecting to the Goddess in Her many forms and how She works with Her in her global business helping women rise and connect to their divinity. In particular, Syma shares with us how she feels the Goddess has helped her flourish as a woman and even though the two of us come from entirely different worlds, we find we have a shared love and connection to the same Goddess who was an early part of our Goddess journey. Get ready to have your heart captured by this extraordinary woman and Goddess devotee!
It seems like we’re talking about our minds and mindset a LOT these days - more so than I have ever known us to be. Is this because we have more mindset needs or is it due to us awakening to a knowing that possibly - just possibly - when it comes to the things we want to achieve in life and on our spiritual journeys - we - and the way we THINK - might be the biggest thing holding us back? I think that maybe both have a role, but it’s the second one I am seeing most often leap to the forefront in our lives right now. How can we harness our own inner power to cultivate a mindset that is supportive, nurturing and even loving? My guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Stephanie Kwong - is absolutely devoted both personally and professionally to finding that out and she is filled with soulful wisdom and practical steps in this episode you can take to embark upon your own version of mindset mastery.
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When you are named after the great gnostic Goddess Sofiah it’s a little bit of a given that you may embody some of Her qualities of wisdom and creativity throughout your life. And this is certainly the case for my guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Sofiah Thom. Sofiah is one of the few women I’ve met that has actually been deeply raised in a spiritual tradition that aligns with the world of the Goddess from a young age and it’s something that you are about to find permeates throughout everything she does as a global priestess and entrepreneur. In particular as a performing artist and temple arts dancer Sofiah is passionate about how we can embody the power of the Goddess deep within our bodies and she shares her insights on how we can all do that in an empowering and beautiful way.
Having conversations with beautiful fellow Priestesses about the world of the Goddess totally lights me up! It’s a shared language and passion and experience that I find so uplifting and so it was to be the same with my guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Tia Johnson. Tia is a serious goddess devotee and works with Her in all aspects of her business. And today we riff on numerous goddesses including Frejya, Aphrodite, Lilith, Kali, Bridget and more about how influential they have been in her life and the magick she continues to weave and co-create with them in her business and own podcast now. Get ready for a goddess half hour of power!
When we dive into the world of spirituality and all that can open up for our hearts and souls, it can be very easy to gloss into and over all the aspects of spirituality, religion and worship that may in fact not be that glossy at all. For some people, their experience within the realms of their spiritual choices and exploration is one that is filled with deep isolation, questioning, heavy expectations and even trauma. The journey from and through that, to not just a sense of, but a totally sovereign embodiment of, spiritual freedom, can be a rocky one. My guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Madison Morrigan - bravely shares her story of finding spiritual freedom from the oppressive religion she found herself in as a teen and young woman. It’s a journey filled with sadness, anger and frustration, but also hope, power and grace - all words that are fitting to describe Madison and the gifts she is bringing into the world now through her loving presence.
One of the things that constantly delights me about having conversations with incredible women on The Priestess Podcast is how many deep and beautiful parallels and connections can be drawn between our spiritual growth and every aspect of our lives. It truly helps me - and I hope helps you too - see that we really are so much more than the body we walk around in and that concept is truly bought home today by my guest Cara Cifelli. Cara shares with us today her journey of experiencing an eating disorder and the patriarchal, societal expectations she believed was prominent in that developing for her AND how connecting with her own spirit and divine light within - way beyond what she looks like or does for a living - helped her to heal. It’s an inspiring journey that now sees Cara healthy, vibrant and well AND supporting other women to be the same.
I have had the great pleasure of knowing Priestess Maree Eddings for a number of years now but I don’t mind admitting to you that in this interview ahead - she deeply surprised, challenged AND delighted me. And that’s a wonderful thing when you know someone! Maree is an amazingly magnetic leader of women and in this episode today she shares with us her thoughts on how to ignite your own personal influence, the spiritual meaning she believes that has and what true power really is. And believe me when I tell you that is likely NOT to be what you have been taught great leadership was in school, nor the examples of it we see in our white male dominated world today. Get ready to be ignited in this episode of The Priestess Podcast today!
When I first began a business as a life coach 18 years ago now, there was no such thing as spiritual life coaching or a spiritual life coach. My how times have changed! There are now many coaches supporting people around the globe to more deeply explore their spiritual paths and light in the world, which is a truly wonderful thing. I’m sure it’s not going to surprise you to hear me say that. My guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Amanda Johnson - is one of the many coaches doing this work and I know you are going to get so much out of this interview whether you are a coach or not. Amanda’s soulful and humble manner is at once both calming and inspirational and her work in helping people find their divine light within I know is just beginning.
Is there such a thing as a true path, higher calling or one soul’s purpose for all of us? My guest on The Priestess Podcast today - Britt Lynn - believes that there absolutely is. And that it is our greatest role in life as spiritual beings to find out what it is. Britt shares with us her thoughts around the concept of your own True North Path in this episode and in particular opens us up to the knowing that it is often our greatest wounds and shadows that can show us the way ahead and become our greatest teachers and light in doing so. Yep, all those pesky things that keep coming back around to us reminding us constantly that we are all beautiful works in progress and deserving of love and self-compassion as we walk through things together.
The rich and beautiful word of traditional Indigenous medicine and pathways is bought to life today on The Priestess Podcast by my guest Claudia Parada. Claudia comes from a deep lineage of peoples from the Mesoamerican region and she considers herself to be on a lifelong path of learning from her elders and ancestors in all that she does. Claudia will inspire you today with her humility and wisely gentle approach to her healing work and once again show us how magickally transformative it is to forge a path of connection with our own spiritual culture - no matter where we come from.
How do you manage yourself and your life when things don’t go your way or even just to plan? When things are a bit awry do you treat yourself and talk to yourself well and with kindness and compassion? Or does the way you respond to such times make the situation you are responding to even worse than it was to begin with? Phewww. Deep sigh out! I think we might have all been there. Our guest today on The Priestess Podcast, David Trotter, talks to us about the incredible practice of self-soothing and how we can better respond to the inevitably difficult times we will all experience on our life and spiritual journeys. You’re soon to learn that soothing is not just for babies and children. We need it as adults too.
Get ready to fall in love with Ash Johns. I certainly did after having her as a guest on The Priestess Podcast to talk all things conscious business which she does with us today. Even if you are not a business owner yourself, you are going to find so many golden gems and truths in what Ash shares today as a consumer of businesses. Ash speaks to the heart of what so many of us who are business owners desire - creating, nurturing and beautiful a business that makes a true impact and difference. A business and life that is a legacy of love, service and integrity. It’s a must listen from a must engage with guest and business maven.
I don’t often like to use or lean into the word should, however in this episode introduction today - I’m going to. I think it’s well and truly time we should get past any notion that you either can’t make an abundant living from being a spiritual entrepreneur OR that you shouldn’t do so because it’s just not ‘spiritual’ anyway. Holy Goddess no! That’s a blatant swipe of the patriarchy and spiritual speak gone terribly awry if ever I’ve heard it and a really great way to keep women in particular small and not believing they are deserving of financial freedom and wealth. Brigit Esselmont, my guest on The Priestess Podcast today, is a living embodiment of a truly successful and extraordinary spiritual entrepreneur who is running a million plus dollar a year business. As a tarot reader and teacher of the tarot. Yep. Cards. Divination. Spirit. And she’s as grounded and relatable as ever a person you could meet. Get ready for the worlds of money, spirit and the Divine to meet in this episode and show you what is truly possible for your own abundance as well.