The Vital Goddess
153 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWelcome to The Vital Goddess Podcast! Hi, I'm Dianne Shepherd, certified holistic sexuality coach with a specialty in the Taoist Jade Egg Practice. In this show we explore an empowering reframe on women, menopause, midlife and beyond. I call midlife and menopause the Passion Portal; a sexual and spiritual rebirth into the richest, most creative, and sexiest chapter of a woman's life. I offer a body/mind/spirit and trauma-informed perspective on Taoist and Tantric practices, somatic sensual healing, and desire-based living. Here we explore all things that support you in reclaiming your pleasure, nourishing your libido naturally, tapping into the power of your Sacred Femme and rebirthing your life at midlife. Your sexual energy is not just about sex. It's the foundation of everything. And midlife is the perfect time to cultivate it.
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Reclaim Your Inner Goddess/Level-Up Your Life
April 19, 2024 13:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBIs it time to level up? It must be in the air. Or maybe it’s the current astrology. (Eclipse season anyone?) It seems everyone I speak to these days,( including myself btw), is down for a level-up of some kind. Whether it’s moving across the globe, a break up (lovers, friends, biz partners etc), a career change, a re-brand, a home makeover, a style makeover, a detox a fitness or nutritional challenge, changes are happening! And that’s a beautiful thing. Life never lets us stay stagnant...
Love Bombing vs Embodied Love
April 12, 2024 13:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBA woman embodying her essence is a sight to behold. It’s inspiring and uplifting just to be in her presence. I feel so grateful that I get to witness such splendor pretty much on the daily. At a first glance the work of sensual reclamation and desire-based living can seem a bit indulgent, selfish, dangerous even. Some would even say that all of this focus on receiving pleasure and desire clarity would lead a woman into misusing or abusing her power. I guess perhaps it could, but I’ve...
Higher Love/ How to Rock the Solar Eclipse Like a Queen
April 05, 2024 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MB“Bring me a higher love.” If there’s a mantra for this eclipse season (and for these times in general), I think it’s gotta be that. On the collective level we’re yearning for a deeper (and higher) experience in all things romance and eros. And that yearning is gathering momentum. Can you feel it? Love is in the air and it’s in the sea. It’s trembling in the earth, and burning passionately within the chambers of our own wild hearts. This may be the medicine we've been missing. We ar...
The Ultimate People Pleasing Cure
March 29, 2024 13:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBPeople pleasing is a hot topic isn't it? We've been hearing a lot about ways that we can get in our own way by getting stuck in patterns of sacrificing ourselves in service to others. We can find ourselves habitually attempting to please others at our own expense in order to keep the peace; not rock the boat, to be liked or approved of. The cost of these patterns add up. Chronic people pleasing tanks us. It cuts us off from our true desires, pleasure, creative expression, and joy. It mak...
Wild Abundance/A Solo Sex Magic Manifestation Ritual
March 22, 2024 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBAre you curious about manifestation and the Law of Attraction? Do want to create your life more by design? Maybe you’ve dabbled a bit in manifestation practices but you’re a bit frustrated with your lack of results. Maybe you’ve heard of sex magic and you’re wondering… What the heck is that? And how can it help me live a more abundant life? Then this episode is for you, love! I want to offer you a simple solo sex magic ritual that can change everything. Do you need a partner? Nope...
Emotional Alchemy/ Moving From Overwhelm & Numbness to Erotic Empowerment & Alignment
March 15, 2024 17:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBAre your emotions taking you for a ride? Like a raging storm crashing on the Cliffs of Moher? Leaving you in a state of perpetual drama and overwhelm? Perhaps with a heavy dose of shame hangover on the side? Or maybe you feel numb. Stuck in the doldrums of the sea of boredom. You find yourself moving from task to task in a semi-conscious robotic trance. You go through the motions of your day cut off from your passion, joy, creativity and pizazz. And find yourself zoned out, exhausted, d...
Healing Trauma With The Jade Egg Practice
March 08, 2024 14:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBOur bodies store our traumatic experiences ( big T and little t ) until we process them, integrate them and release them. In the words of trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk, MD: "The Body Keeps the Score." When we have stored trauma in our bodies it can show up in many different ways. Here are just a few: emotional and physical blocks/numbness pelvic pain/painful sex pelvic floor issues blocks to intimacy and connection confusion about our desires lack of body confidence feeling cu...
The Radiant Yoni Meditation/A Sensual Meditation to Awaken Your Pleasure & Your Sacred Femme
March 01, 2024 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBDo you feel cut off from your pleasure? I get it! Most women do. And it makes sense. Why do so many women feel numb and cut off from their sensual pleasure? So many reasons... The broad stroke is that we live in a pleasure-negative world that pretty much demands a disconnect from our sensuality and the creative life force power of our sexual energy. It hasn't felt safe for most of us to inhabit our sensual selves. If that’s been your experience I want you to know that it’s not your faul...
A Simple Sensual Embodiment Practice to Process Grief
February 23, 2024 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBGrief is a part of the human experience. No doubt about that. Grief is something that (in general) modern society is really bad at. But I think we’re getting better. New awareness and ways of supporting people in the grief process is growing rapidly and that’s very encouraging. Being supported, heard and witnessed by caring humans while in a deep grief process is so important. In addition to skilled counseling, kindness and compassion from others (and giving ourselves spaciousness and ...
Reclaiming the Mystical Feminine
February 16, 2024 14:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBSome people call it “Woo.” I call it my feminine. Reclaiming the mystical part of me has been (and continues to be) a deep process. Giving myself permission to let this part of me out has been a healing journey; a spiral path for sure. Like many, I was taught very young that this non-logical, magical, daydreamy, intuitive part of me was wrong. Dangerous even. And like we always do with any part of us that has been deemed “unacceptable” I learned to hide it, ignore it and essentially ...
4 Ways to Level Up Your Love Life
February 09, 2024 14:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBMost women I know, myself included, find romantic relationships to be one of the most challenging areas of life. It’s an ongoing adventure isn’t? Sometimes there’s connection, ease, flow, passion and fun. And then the winds shift (sometimes very quickly) and we find ourselves moving into frustration, resentment, anger and that awful gnawing feeling of not feeling met, seen or fulfilled. Even worse, we sometimes blame ourselves for not knowing what went wrong, not “doing it right” and not...
3 Ways to Reclaim Your Dark Feminine
February 02, 2024 14:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBThe feminine is a force of nature. Society doesn’t make it easy to embody and express that. And yet it’s absolutely key. My own journey of reclaiming my feminine didn’t begin with sunshine, rainbows, love and light. It began in the dark. It began when I decided to step on the path of befriending my wild, unpredictable, untamable, stormy Dark Femme and invite her to the party. I used to be terrified of this part of me, but what I’ve found to be true is that She’s my die or ride, my bff...
3 Ways to Heal Your Relationship With the Masculine
January 26, 2024 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBIf you struggle with your intimate relationships with the masculine, you’re so not alone! Intimacy dynamics and romance are a major pain points for so many powerful women. We can be super confident and fulfilled in so many areas of our lives; career, family, friends, but when it comes to our romantic life? Things can go into a confusing, destabilizing and downright infuriating downward spiral fast. I get it. And I’ve definitely been there. Although we may crave a deeply loving, con...
3 Steps to Awaken Your Inner Goddess of Love
January 19, 2024 14:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBThe power within you is immense. It truly is. When you align with all of who you really are, you're in your flow, things line up, magic happens, you feel radiant, magnetic, amazing and you feel so deeply grateful. It feels like falling in love. If you've experienced that state, you've experienced your Inner Venus. Isn't She lovely? Don't you want more of Her? This vibrational elixir of the Goddess of Love lives in all of us and yet most women, most of time feel cut off from it. If th...
3 Ways Sensual Breathwork Can Awaken Your Sacred Feminine
January 12, 2024 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBBreathwork has gone viral. How cool is that? There are so many fabulous schools, teachers and coaches out there to learn from and experience the multitude of powerful benefits breathwork can provide. After studying a variety breathwork techniques with some stellar teachers I realized that what I was truly craving was a breathwork practice that could drop me into my feminine. I wanted a breathwork practice that was rooted in feminine principle and sensuality; a practice that could help me...
5 Ways to Strengthen Your Feminine Essence
January 05, 2024 14:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBHappy New Year! It’s that time of year where we hear a lot about setting goals, slaying the day and making it all happen. I want to share a different perspective. Let’s talk about how to strengthen not our will power but our magnetic power. The radiant, creative power of your Sacred Feminine. To do that we need to basically do the opposite of what culture says. We need to drop into Yin; to connect with our inner wisdom and pleasure. We need to make space for creativity, space to daydr...
3 Ways to Rock Your Radiance in 2024
December 29, 2023 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBHeading into a New Year is always an exciting time, isn't it? A fresh start. The musings and soulful conversations we have with our inner wisdom; our higher selves are just so full of truth, love and light. Getting more into alignment with who we really are and why we're here. The new commitments that we make to ourselves. So much potential. So much anticipation. So much desire brewing. I love it! It's a great reminder of how powerful we truly are. A reminder of how we really do, to a lar...
The Law of Attraction & The Feminine Art of Receiving
December 22, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBAre you interested in creating your life more aligned with your desires? This one’s for you! Here I dive into the practice of manifestation and using the Law of Attraction to create the life you want to live and the world you want to live and thrive in. Did you know that activating your sensual pleasure and opening the body to receive and hold the frequency of our desires are powerful (and key) skills to becoming masterful at manifesting? This is something that Courtesans through the age...
Sensual Pleasure is the Ultimate Libido Tonic
December 15, 2023 14:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBHey Beautiful! If you’re a woman who wants to truly glow from the inside out and feel amazing, (and if you’re here, I know you are!). A woman who wants to be free to be all of who she fully is and live in alignment with her passion, desires and core values, (again, I’m pretty sure you are!), then you want to take your pleasure seriously. Truly. This is a non-negotiable my friend! I know that when life gets rocking and rolling (cue Holiday Season), it’s so easy to put our pleasure last. ...
Your Sacred Libido/Claiming the Keys to Your Queendom
December 08, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBHey Beautiful! We commonly hear libido described as “sex drive” or “the urge to have sexual intercourse” but there’s sooo much more to the story of turn on. Libido is your creative life force energy; your zest for life. And a thriving libido is central to your wellbeing whether you’re interested in having sexual partners or not. In Chinese medicine libido is called Jing and it’s considered to be one of the three treasures of life. In TCM when your Jing is depleted it’s a red flag. Deplet...
Real Talk on Libido & Pleasure With Intimacy Coach Belinda Wiley
December 01, 2023 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBHey Beautiful! This week on the pod I'm in conversation with the illustrious Belinda Wiley! We dive deep into the female libido, the importance of pleasure, the essentials of true intimacy and chocolate meditation:) Belinda is a New Zealand based intimacy coach who helps couples reignite the passion in their relationships. Her warmth, humor and heart centered approach to this work (and to life) is beautiful and so unique. I hope you have as much fun tuning into this conversation as we di...
How to Cultivate a Thriving Libido And Why You Might Want To
November 24, 2023 14:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBToday I want to riff a bit on a topic that I know so many women are curious about and maybe even frustrated and confused by; the female libido. One of the chief complaints heard in doctors offices and in couples counseling from women of all ages is that of low libido. There’s a lot there. And there is no short answer or quick fix. I feel we need a holistic approach when tending to the female libido. This is a crucial wellness issue that we need to talk more about. Your vitality and...
Stay in Your Feminine Flow During the Holidays/ The Vital Goddess Radiant Holiday Bundle
November 17, 2023 14:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBHey Beautiful! I know things can get a bit hectic this time of year in general and on top of that we’ve got a lot going on in the world right now. I wanted to put a little something together to support you staying in your feminine flow this holiday season. So this episode is all about The Vital Goddess Radiant Holiday Bundle. Here I break down three simple practices that will really help you stay cool, calm and embodied in your flow. Don’t forget to download your PDF guide with live li...
Healing Pelvic Pain With the Taoist Jade Egg Practice
November 10, 2023 14:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBHey Beautiful! In today’s episode I dive into a topic that so many women are familiar with; pelvic pain. There are many different types of pelvic pain, some requiring medical attention, but for women seeking a holistic approach, The Taoist Jade Egg Practice may be the solution you’ve been looking for. Pelvic pain was a big wake up call for me. It was my own journey with pelvic pain and other issues that kicked me onto the pleasure path over 20 years ago. My quest to heal led me on a journ...
The Rise of the Feminine & The New Paradigm of Wellness
November 03, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBHey Beautiful! As the feminine energy rises on the planet, “the times they are a- changing”. Never before have we had such a mass interest in holistic healing and wellbeing. We’re waking up to our true nature and potential. We’re expanding. And we’re craving more depth. While super foods, power smoothies, fitness, Yoga and meditation are always going to be foundational to well being, a new take on what it truly means to thrive is emerging. We’re moving beyond a simplistic mechanica...
Unleash Your Inner Goddess/ A 3-Part Activation to Embody Your Sacred Feminine
October 27, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBHey Beautiful! If you've been around me for bit, you probably know that I'm part mystic and part tips and tools/nuts and bolts kind of gal. I love tripping out in the bliss realms where body meets spirit, Rumi poetry, the joy and ecstasy of the heart, full body O etc... And I really like precision. I love systems that work (former Pilates teacher over here)! This episode is a good illustration of that:) For me both are important. I wanted to devote a full episode to a free, 3-part Sa...
How to Release Control & Reclaim Your Feminine
October 20, 2023 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBHey Beautiful! This is an episode about control. And I used to have lots of it. And it didn’t feel so good. While I love that old Janet Jackson song, too much control can be really problematic. As a former (and at times still recovering) control freak, I know this terrain well and I feel it’s something worth exploring. There’s a lot here. I mean, who doesn’t like a little control? It can feel so good,. Until it doesn’t. Of course having some control in our lives is essential but in t...
How to Navigate Eclipse Season Like a Goddess
October 13, 2023 13:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBHey Beautiful! Another Eclipse season is upon us! Even if you know nothing about astrology, just like when Mercury spins retro, it can be useful to know that things are not operating in "regularly scheduled program" mode. Eclipse season happens about every 6 months and offer us powerful invitations to make a quantum shifts. I like to call these cauldrons of transformation as the opportunities for self awareness, healing and inner alchemy are heightened. Things can feel intense, emotions ...
How to Build Embodied Self Trust by Tapping into Your Feminine Flow
October 06, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBHey Gorgeous! I’m so excited to share today’s episode with you. It’s all about tuning in to your feminine genius. And trusting it. Self trust is tricky isn’t it? It can seem so “fly by night.” One minute you can feel so sure of something, the next, not so much. We know that trusting ourselves is essential to living a full, authentic life. And we all crave more of the peace, clarity and presence that trusting ourselves can generate, but truly trusting our gut on knowing what’s best fo...
The Secret to Building a Radiant & Powerful Core/3 Things Most Women are Missing
September 29, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBHey beautiful! Today I want to share a bit of what I've learned about true core power after years of teaching Pilates, Power Yoga & Barre and The Jade Egg. One thing's for sure, it's not about abs of steel! While I love movement and I'm all about having a toned, well functioning core, being armored up in the core can actually do a lot of harm. Chronically sucking in the belly messes with our breathing, keeps us in stress mode, cuts us off from our deepest power source and can exaspera...
How to Truly Heal Your Pelvic Floor & Never Kegel Again
September 22, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBHey there Gorgeous! How do you feel about Kegel exercises? Do you love them? Do you hate them? Do you do them? To be honest, I've never been a fan. Most of the women I know feel similarly. Although the big K is still the standard advice for pelvic floor care, and can definitely deliver some tangible results, so many women I've met through my work over the years have had a hunch that there's more to explore. If that's you, I applaud you! You're spot on, love. There IS more. So much m...
3 Feminine Embodiment Practices to Stress Less & Flow More
September 15, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBHey there Gorgeous! Today I want to share a bit on something we all encounter pretty much on the daily; stress. Stress is a fact of life, but unless we have the right tools to navigate it, it can wreak havoc on us body, mind and soul. It saps our vitality, ages us prematurely, cause all kinds of mental and physical aliments, and tanks our libido. When we store unprocessed stress and the emotions connected to it in our bodies, it blocks our life force, natural radiance, creativity and jo...
How to Create Boundaries That Feel Good/ My 3 Step Formula
September 08, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBHey there Gorgeous! As the soulful, heart-centered women you are, you're constantly looking for new and better ways to bring more joy, love, peace and harmony into the world, am I right? I love that about you! (And thank you, btw!) And because of that I'm sure that there are lots of people drawn to your light and clamoring for your precious time, energy & essence. Yes? And let's be honest, spending time with some of those people inspires and fuels you and others? Well, they can leave you...
Mid Life Crisis? How Astrology Can Help
September 01, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBHey Gorgeous! Today I want to get a little cosmic with you. Are you game? I want to talk about astrology and how it can work for you. Hear me out:) At first glance astrology can seem kinda woo, I get it. But I’m here to say while on the one hand, yes it’s magical and I love that. And on the other hand it’s super practical and I love that too. What I love so much about astrology is that it can give context and meaning to the sometime crazy shit that we go through as spiritual beings h...
Falling in Love With the Dark Goddess/Rage, Passion & Desire
August 25, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MB"Rage is passion without a place to play." A teacher dropped that truth bomb on me when I was navigating probably the most emotionally charged season of my life. I was deeply immersed in my menopause journey, and for me it was a wild ride. There was a lot going on. On so many levels. I was completely overwhelmed by the tsunami of emotions, (mostly anger and resentment), that were surging through me. I didn't know it at the time but this was a wake up call and an invitation into the deep...
Sacred Union/Romancing the Sacred Masculine Within
August 18, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBHey Goddess, I know you’re rocking it in so many areas of your life, (but, yes, I'm daring to ask), how’s your love life? Are you like so many women on the planet..frustrated (to say the least) in the love department? Like “let’s not even go there?” Maybe you’re done with the whole mess and decided to focus on all of the other things in life that give you joy? I hear you! And I've been there. And I'm here to say that you, my dear, can be having a hell of a lot more fun when it comes to...
3 Simple Practices to Own Your True Beauty & Rock Your Natural Radiance
August 11, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBBeauty is a loaded topic. I get it. The word alone can trigger a lot of emotion. That makes sense. It's been distorted, commercialized and youth-focused to such an extreme degree that we've pretty much lost the plot on beauty. Maybe we've even thrown in the towel. Again, I get it. Beauty has been distorted almost beyond recognition. It's been hijacked and infused with ridiculous, artificial, racist and ageist standards that instill fear, doubt and comparison; leading women to spend gazil...
Reclaiming Aphrodite/Best Practices
August 04, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBTo reclaim Aphrodite is to choose love over fear. It's a bold move. To claim your life force, shine unapologetically in the world, gift your gifts from a place of joy and pleasure and create your life from desire is your birthright. And it terrifies most women. While the fear is understandable, (thousands of years of patriarchy.) We can't let it stop us if we truly want to live the life we came here to live. We can feel the fear and alchemize it into power. We can strengthen our innate f...
How Astrology Can Help You Embody Your Feminine Energy
July 28, 2023 13:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBYour feminine energy is as unique as your fingerprint. And so is every other part of you! We are such beautifully complex beings and not one of us is alike. One of the things I love most about astrology is that it maps that out for us. I started studying astrology around the same time I started to study Tantra and Taoist Sexual Yoga. In hindsight it all makes sense. It's all connected. I now use astrology as a tool for Tantric embodiment. As a tool to support us in bringing spirit into m...
3 Super Common Habits That Block Our Feminine Energy & How to Turn Them Around
July 21, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBOur daily habits and mindset can support us or sabotage us. We've all accumulated a certain degree of negative believes and unhealthy habits when it comes to the feminine. No blame or shame here, but it's something we really need to take a look at if we want to truly embody our feminine power. Cultural conditioning and the push towards external validation has reached a crisis point. And it's created some really unhealthy habits. I call this internalized patriarchy. Once we see and nam...
The 5 Sacred Feminine Codes of Venus and How to Activate Them
July 14, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBBeauty. Abundance. Passion. Ecstasy aka Orgasm. Love. I call these the 5 Sacred Codes of Venus. These are things that most women are craving and yet we've been massively led astray. We've been led in the exact opposite direction of where we need to go. We've been taught to look outside of ourselves, fed the toxic mimic of these things which creates a hungry ghost in our feminine soul leaving us wondering what we're missing. Our bodies have had the answer all along. When we turn toward...
Sex Magic and Feminine Power With Julia Lally
July 07, 2023 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBI’m just chomping at the bit to share this episode with you! Today I’m in conversation with Julia Lally. Julia is a poet, witch and mentor who loves helping women reclaim their juice and feminine power through a practice called sex magic. At this time of great change and shifting paradigms Julia is a voice of grounded spirituality, true feminine empowerment, magic, mystery and ancient and modern wisdom. Her knowledge and lived experience of the feminine mysteries is vast and deep. A...
5 Ways to Unleash Your Wild Feminine This Summer
June 30, 2023 13:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBWhat or who is the Wild Feminine within? There's a lot in the online space these days about unleashing the wild feminine or re-wilding the feminine. While I think that's awesome, I think some of the marketing out there can be misleading. I've seen a lot of messaging that implies that for a woman to reclaim her wild she needs to be overtly sexual and/or she needs to go through some kind of deep dark messy cathartic process that will totally disrupt her life. While that may be some women'...
12 Summer Self-Care Ideas to Nourish Your Feminine Energy
June 23, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBSummer can be such a great time of year to deepen your connection to your feminine energy. The seasons we're moving into astrologically; Cancer, Leo and Virgo each have their own unique gifts and invitations into deeper embodiment, pleasure and self love. Cancer's focus on self care, nourishment, safety and belonging, Leo's focus on radiant self love, creativity and play, and Virgo's focus on sacred ritual and practice all can be wonderful support on your journey. In this episode I share 1...
Start a Summer Love Affair Between Your Inner Masculine & Feminine
June 16, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBAre you ready for a summer romance? I love it! What if I told you that the hottest romance in town starts from within? In this episode I share some some thoughts on what I found to be true about the sacred union between our inner masculine and feminine energies and how we can cultivate more love, trust and harmony from within and set the stage for living in love regardless of our relationship status or the state of our current relationship. I riff on: How to address limiting beliefs ab...
Zen Pleasure: How I Got Out of My Head in Bed (and in Life)
June 09, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBThis week I want to share about how I started to get Zen with pleasure with a practice called Orgasmic Meditation. When I started to bring a deeper quality of mindfulness into my pleasure practice things started to root a new and more profound way. We have so many distractions when it comes to our sensuality and sensuality. Things can get complicated and confusing fast. I found that when I learned to let go of goal setting in the bedroom, and embraced flow, connection and presence it p...
The Tantric Truth That Turned My Marriage Around
June 02, 2023 13:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBIn this episode I want to get a little personal. Because I feel it may be of service. About 20 years ago my marriage was on the rocks. And I had no clue what to do about it. Hell, I was so resentful that I wasn't even sure I wanted to do anything about it. At that time I was lucky enough to find teachers who were living in a very different paradigm when it came to men and relationships. Teachers who were teaching some ancient truths that brought a whole new perspective. Trigger warning....
No Time for Pleasure? Let's Talk About It!
May 26, 2023 13:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBYour time is such a precious resource and for most women it seems like it's in short supply. If you feel like your days are packed and you barely have time to take a deep breath, you're in good company. The pace of life can definitely create a strong narrative that we have no time for pleasure, creativity, joy and all the good things in life. I get that. I feel that way at times as well. And I want to challenge that. Creating spaciousness in our lives is essential for tapping into our p...
How Your Pleasure Serves the World
May 19, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBIs pleasure selfish? I used to think so. What I've found to be true is the opposite. The deeper I've gone into my sensual embodiment practices over the last 15 years or so, the more I see the effect it continues to have not just on me but on everyone in my life. As within, so without. And I see similar effects with my clients. There are a number of things I've observed over the years that can happen when a woman commits to her pleasure I'll list just a few. When we reclaim our pleasur...
Sensual Healing & Feminine Embodiment/Two Essentials for Success
May 12, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBOne of the silver lining gifts of the challenging pandemic years was the rise of the home practice. During global lockdown folks got busy creating home gyms, meditation spaces, yoga spaces and more. By carving out physical space in their homes, people went deeper with whatever practice they were engaging with. That's empowerment! When it comes to mindful sensuality practice, Tantric and Taoist practices, contrary to popular belief, you don't need to go to Bali, or Thailand or Tulum. I've...