The Girlfriend God – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Laura Hirch is an independent conscious filmmaker, journalist and artist. Her works center women, healing, spirituality, mysticism and art. She calls herself a spiritual feminist and an eco feminist, and both of these paths define her creative work. She has studied journalism in Munich, where she was born and raised, and documentary filmmaking in Los Angeles.

Laura is the creator of the independently produced 6-part docuseries FROM THE GODDESS which investigates the central role of the Great Goddess in early history and modern times and explores the concept of Her in many different aspects - from archaeology to social science, art and thealogy. Its aim is to show women that we have played an important role in earlier societies, having been not only worshipped as the creatrix of life but also the bearer of community and a source of sacredness.

The emergence of patriarchy 6000 years ago not only changed the role of women in society but also severed the connection to nature. Through the matriarchal worldview, which is still upheld by indigenous peoples today, we can learn to become better guardians of our Mother Earth once again.

SUPPORT: To support Laura’s work, purchase the docuseries From the Goddess on demand from Vimeo. vimeo.com/ondemand/fromthegoddessdocuseries

FOLLOW: You can find and follow Laura Hirch online on Instagram in English, Instagram in German, Facebook, and on her website at womenbodiment.com

Dawn Morningstar is an award-winning author, women’s self-empowerment coach, podcast host, educator, TEDx Speaker, former radio talk show host and devoted advocate for women’s self-empowerment. Dear to her heart is being co-founder of New World Women, a global women's self-empowerment sisterhood. She's also the creator of the amazing Facial Serum 18. Since her book “Venerable Women: Transform Ourselves, Transform the World” was published in 2016, Dawn has spoken to groups of women over 1,500 times. After coaching women for 37 years, Dawn founded Venerable Women in 2013 and then co-founded New World Women with Mecca Page and Shawn Vougeot in 2020.

SUPPORT: You can support Dawn’s work by purchasing a copy of her book, Venerable Women: Transform Ourselves, Transform the World, her product, Facial Serum 18, and by becoming a member of New World Women.

FOLLOW: You can find Dawn online at Facebook and Instagram @newworldwomen_sisterhood

LISTEN:  Listen to the New World Women podcast, Collaboration is Queen

Dale Allen has for 25 years shared the healing energy of the sacred feminine through her work: In Our Right Minds: Guiding Women to Their Strength as Leaders, Leading Men to Strength Without Armor. The piece was first a musical theater production, then a one-women multi-media dynamic presentation, then an award-winning film, now a forthcoming book and a next-level film production. In Our Right Minds has been widely acclaimed in all its forms. As successful live presentation, Dale presented to scores of audiences, touring universities, conferences, corporations, theaters, and expos across the US, Canada, from Kauai to Dubai, and twice to the UN Commission on the Status of Women. (Her encore was requested by the Vice President of the UN Commission, Ambassador Gonzales.) The film screened at the 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions Film Festival in Chicago. It has been named a Finalist, Official Selection and Semi-Finalist in 19 Independent Film Festivals worldwide.

In Our Right Minds is a sweeping journey covered efficiently and clearly, in short order - judiciously illuminating the history and relevance of the Goddess archetype, its impact on societies where this archetype is active, as well as its connection to our right-brain way of both attending to - and shaping - the world. In Our Right Minds garners praise for being “well-researched, organized, clear, level, balanced, without blame, and inclusive of all the human family.”

Carl Jung wrote in The Structure and Dynamic of the Psyche: “Archetypes, are the living system of reactions and aptitudes that determine the individual’s life in invisible ways. In Our Right Minds looks at the invisible yet powerful ways the Goddess archetype affects persons and cultures. When a society embraces the concept of a female creator, that society behaves differently than a society that embraces a male deity. As Anthropologist Peggy Reeves Sanday documented: there is a clear connection between Goddess veneration and: the honoring of nature, women’s role as officiators of sacred sacraments, connection to the land, and women’s power and social status. In Our Right Minds illuminates historical and current consequences of the suppression of the Goddess archetype, as well as the ways in which the Goddess archetype is being energized globally today. In Our Right Minds coherently and elegantly synthesizes psychology, history, myth, anthropology, sociology, art and poetry into an eye-opening and life-changing alternation of our perspective.

Dale Allen’s YouTube Channel is now featuring Women of the World’s Religions – the Women’s Task Force interview series from the Parliament of the World’s Religions. These can also be heard on “The Dale Allen Podcast” on all podcast platforms. Dale is also a contributing writer in several esteemed books, including international best-seller, Womb to Thrive. She’s a veteran of corporate, commercial and creative communications. Her extensive resume includes hundreds of voice-over, on-camera, theater and live presentation projects.

SUPPORT: You can support Dale’s work and the In Our Right Minds film at buymeacoffee.com/daleallen

FOLLOW: You can find Dale at her websites Dale Allen Productions and Women of the World’s Religions, the In Our Right Minds website, on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok

LISTEN:  You can listen to the Dale Allen Podcast - Women of the World’s Religions podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and most other popular pod streaming platforms.

Recognizing the need for women to find their voices and claim their power, Marilyn Nyborg began in the early ‘80’s to work through women’s circles and activities to bring feminine wisdom to bear on the world. In 2002 she became a co-founder of Gather the Women. Marilyn brought GTW home and created Gather the Women of Nevada County. In 2016 she co-founded Indivisible Women of Nevada County. and co-led Living Room Conversations for 3 years. She is the author of Woman’s Guide to Sacred Activism. Currently exploring the ancestral woundings carried in women from the burning times and the conditioning we have carried into the 21st century. Marilyn does presentations around the country focused on the major loss throughout civilization at the repression and degradation of women’s wisdom and contributions.

SUPPORT: To purchase a copy of A Woman’s Guide to Sacred Activism visit Amazon. FOLLOW: You can find Marilyn online at Facebook and the Sacred Feminine Network Facebook group.

Karen Tate. Thought leader, speaker, author and activist, Karen's work is at the crossroads of spirituality, personal transformation, and social justice.   She’s the host of the long-running Voices of the Sacred Feminine podcast, considered a treasure trove of wisdom for more than a dozen years.  A Caring Economy Conversation leader and Power of Partnership presenter with the Center for Partnership Studies, Karen also earned certification from Smith College in the Psychology of Political Activism:  Women Changing the World.  Karen can be seen in numerous YouTube videos and viewed in the award-winning documentary, Femme: Women Healing the World.  Named one of the Thirteen Most Influential Women in Goddess Spirituality and a Wisdom Keeper of the Women's Spirituality Movement, her body of work over the years, along with reviews of her books from students, peers and colleagues, speak to her extensive leadership, knowledge and expertise.

Her newest book, Normalizing Abuse: A Commentary on Our Pervasive Culture of Abuse was published in January 2023.  Her other book titles include Sacred Places of Goddess: 108 Destinations, Walking An Ancient Path: Rebirthing Goddess on Planet Earth, and Goddess Calling: Inspirational Messages & Meditations of Sacred Feminine Liberation Thealogy.  She's curated the "manifesting a new normal trilogy” which includes the anthologies, Voices of the Sacred Feminine: Conversations to Change Our World, Awakening the Feminine:  Dismantling Domination to Restore Balance on Mother Earth and Goddess 2.0: Advancing a New Path Forward.

Karen is also an inter-faith minister who leads sacred tours, public and private secular and spiritual rituals and gives talks to prestigious conferences and organizations such as the Joseph Campbell Foundation, Council for the Parliament of World Religions, California Institute for Integral Studies and the American Academy of Religion.  She received an "Honorary Doctorate of Ministry" for her many years of service to her community and she teaches the Unitarian Universalist curriculums Cakes for the Queen of Heaven and Rise Up and Call Her Name.  Karen lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of 35+ years and their feline daughters, Lilly, Luna and Freyja.

SUPPORT: To purchase a copy of any of Karen’s books, visit karentate.net/books. You can also book Karen for interviews, talks and workshops, sacred site tours, and rituals. To get a quote, visit karentate.net/services.

FOLLOW: You can find Karen online at her website karentate.net, on YouTube, Instagram @karentateauthor and Facebook.

LISTEN: You can listen to Karen’s podcast, Voices of the Divine Feminine, on Blog Talk Radio, iTunes, Spotify, and most other pod streaming platforms

Today I’m super excited to welcome Ronna Deitrick to the show! We’re going to be talking about Ronna’s latest book, Rewriting Eve: Rescuing Women's Stories from the Bible and Reclaiming Them as Our Own, which just came out this month. And, as always, we drift into numerous other topics.

Ronna Detrick left the church and its dogma nearly twenty years ago but took the stories of women with her. She combines her love of writing with a Master of Divinity degree and a career that has included coaching, spiritual direction, professional development training, corporate leadership, and entrepreneurship. She shocked and delighted her audience in a provocative TEDx presentation on an Eve who inspires and empowers women instead of shaming and silencing them. After living most of her life in the Pacific Northwest, she is now just minutes from the Atlantic Ocean inHampstead, NC, where she continues to write, drink strong coffee, have beautiful conversations with her clients, and cannot be dissuaded from the belief that her two daughters are the most amazing humans on the planet.

SUPPORT: To purchase a copy of Rewriting Eve: Rescuing Women’s Stories from the Bible and Reclaiming Them as Our Own visit ronnadetrick.com/rewriting-eve and choose the link for your favorite bookseller. To work one on one with Ronna you can set up a free initial consultation here:  ronnadetrick.com/work-with-me

FOLLOW: You can find Ronna online at her website ronnadetrick.com and @ronnadetrick on Instagram and Facebook.

Today I’m hosting another panel episode with three guests who’ve been on the show before; Dominique Bryant Williams, Community Coordinator at WomanSpirit Reclamation, Flora Ware, Marketing Mentor and founder of Earth Song Temple, Dr. Carla Ionescu, The Artemis Expert and host of the Goddess Project podcast. Together we look at the pros and cons of having an “official” Church of the Goddess and/or a Goddess religion.

Dominique Bryant Williams is the Community Coordinator at WomanSpirit Reclamation, where she supports women in their journey to self-sovereignty and embodiment. She studied Marine Biology and Environmental Science at the University of California Santa Barbara, and now she dives deep into the work of inner child reclamation and rest as resistance. She is currently at work on a project based on the untold aspects of US history, exploring the intersections between mental conditioning, spirituality, and restorative justice.

SUPPORT: To become a sustaining member and pay what you’re aligned with WomanSpirit Reclamation, visit jointhereclamation.com

FOLLOW: You can find Dominique on Instagram @queenqueetie and at the WomanSpirit website, jointhereclamation.com

Flora Ware Flora Ware to the show today! Flora Ware is a Paradigm Shifter, Goddess Guide, Priestess, Creatrix, Vocalist, and the Founder of EarthSong Temple. She serves a global community of women as a Ceremonial Priestess, Sacred Musician and Cyclic Living Teacher. Flora specializes in archetypal spirituality and embodiment, helping women hear their soul's voice, awaken the Goddess within, and align their life and work with their unique feminine power. Flora is deeply connected to her Celtic ancestral roots, having been on the path as a practicing Witch since her first full moon Women's Circle in 1993. She lives in Vernon, BC, Canada with her wife and young wizard-in-training.

SUPPORT: Purchase books, take classes or become a sustaining member of Earth Song Temple, or purchase Flora’s “Songs for the Wheel of the Year” album at floraware.ca

FOLLOW:  You can find Flora online at floraware.ca or at the Facebook group - Awaken the Goddess Within, or @flora_ware on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube

Carla Ionescu, Ph.D., better known as the Artemis Expert, is an author, speaker, professor, and the host of the popular The Goddess Project podcast. She’s the Founder and CEO of The Artemis Research Centre and the author of She Who Hunts: Artemis: the Goddess Who Changed the World.

Carla was born in Romania under the Communist Regime, and escaped with her family when she was 10 years old. As a kid, she loved getting lost in the world of myth and archaeology and turned it into her life's work as an adult.  Carla’s also an adrenaline junkie, an animal lover, and a natural born storyteller. She likes to ride motorcycles really fast and review archival documents very carefully. In the summers she scavenges new locations and cities worldwide, digging through the remains of grave sites, ruins, and abandoned buildings, trying to uncover the long-lost mystery that is Artemis, The Great Mother.

SUPPORT: Dr. Ionescu’s work on Patreon patreon.com/goddessproject or by purchasing a copy of She Who Hunts on Amazon or get a signed copy and Artemis swag from artemisresearchcentre.com/shop-online/

FOLLOW: You can find and follow Carla online at artemisresearchcentre.com and @artemisexpert on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook.

LISTEN: You can listen to The Goddess Project podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and most other popular pod streaming platforms. You canalso watch the episodes at The Goddess Project on YouTube

Today I’m happy to welcome Razena Unwin. Razena been following the Goddess path for many decades. She led a study group called “Within Every Woman is a Goddess” for several years, facilitating several Goddess retreats that focused on the descent into the Underworld. She also started a Tarot study group that morphed into a metaphysical study group. She is also a certified Chakradance instructor. For the past few years, she has stepped back from facilitating groups and focused more on her own inner path by using the cycle of Venus and its correlation to the Descent of Inanna myth that she discovered by listening to Gary Caton’s Goddess Astrology podcast in 2008. She is currently working on her tenth journey with Venus; each journey lasting approximately 19 months. Her way of working with the cycle has evolved over the years into her own unique process though staying within the guidelines of the original story of Inanna’s descent. SHOW NOTES: References Gary P. Caton – dreamastrologer.com – Hermetic Astrology Podcast Daniel Giamario – Shamanic Astrology Mystery School – mystaralchemy.com Cayelin Castell – venusalchemy.com Arielle Guttman – The Venus Starpoint – Sophiavenus.com Star Trek To Hawa-I’I by Clyde Hostetter The Circular Temple by John Sandback (symbols for astrological degrees) The info on Lilith as priestess of Inanna comes from Demetra George in her book, Mysteries of the Dark Moon.

Today I’m excited to welcome Kay Louise Aldred to the show! I’ve actually had my eye on Kate for some time so I was really glad when Monette Chilson made the introduction. Kay is an Educator, an Author, and a Mentor. She writes and edits for Girl God Books; Mentorship of Goddess: Growing Sacred Womanhood, Making Love with the Divine: Sacred, Ecstatic, Erotic Experiences, and Somatic Shamanism: Your Fleshy Knowing as The Tree of Life. Kay has degrees in Theology and post graduate certification in education plus pastoral leadership experience. As a lifelong learner and researcher, Kay has immersed herself in exploring and experiencing sacred and healing modalities and expanded her skillset, qualifying as a Wellbeing Coach, Yin Yoga Teacher, Somatic Educator, Trainer and Advanced Practitioner in Energy and Shamanic Medicine and Sacred Feminine Leader. Today, as a trauma-informed teacher and facilitator, Kay offers online and in-person courses, workshops and resources. I finally get to have an episode about spiritual ecstasy, a topic I’ve been wanting to cover since the podcast began. Buckle up and hold on to your hats listeners; this may be a difficult episode for some as we get raw and real about some subjects you may consider taboo.

Kay Louise Aldred has been teaching and working pastorally since 1996. She graduated from Durham University with a BA (hons) First-Class in Theology in 1995 and went on to study a PGCE at York St John the following year. She taught and held Pastoral and Curriculum Leadership positions in Education between 1996 and 2016, apart from during a short career break when she gave birth to three children and completed a Counselling qualification and MA in Theology.

Kay visions, speaks and writes. She is an activist and advocate for individual, institutional and collective evolution - through education, embodiment and creativity - marrying together metacognition, intuition and instinct. As a neurodivergent individual Kay is also passionate about both supporting and ensuring accessibility to her work for all neurotypes and is an Associate of Neurodiverse Connection UK.

SUPPORT:  You can purchase all of Kay’s workbooks directly through the Girl God Books website at thegirlgod.com/purchase_books, Amazon, and most other popular booksellers. You can also sign up to work with Kay one-on-one or enroll in one of her online courses at her website, kaylouisealdred.com

 FOLLOW: You can find Kay online @kaylouisealdred on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter

Today I’m hosting another panel episode with three guests who’ve been on the show before; Liz Kelly, author of Home to Her and host of the Home to Her podcast, Dr. Carla Ionescu, The Artemis Expert and host of the Goddess Project podcast, and D’vorah Grenn, our Kohenet Ruach from Episode 29. Today we’re talking about the disconnect of academic research knowledge between the scholars and the average spiritual seeker who is looking for solid info about the Goddess along their journey.

Liz Childs Kelly is a writer, award-winning researcher, educator, community builder, and host of the popular Home to Her podcast, which is dedicated to amplifying the voices of the Sacred Feminine. She is also the author of Home to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred Feminine. Her writing has been featured in a variety of online publications, including Forbes, Mashable, Rebelle Society, Human Parts (a Medium publication), and Braided Way, as well as the Girl God Books anthology Just As I Am: Hymns Affirming the Divine Female. An initiated priestess in the 13 Moons lineage, she also holds certifications in Reiki, as well as Vinyasa and Yin Yoga.

SUPPORT:  You can support Liz’s work by purchasing Home to Her on Amazon or direct from the publisher, WomanCraft Publishing (of course we’d prefer the latter) womancraftpublishing.com/product/home-to-her/

FOLLOW:   You can find Liz at her website, www.hometoher.com and on Facebook and Instagram @hometoher

LISTEN:  You can listen to the Home to Her podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and most other popular pod streaming platforms. You can also watch the episodes at Home to Her on YouTube

Carla Ionescu, Ph.D., better known as the Artemis Expert, is an author, speaker, professor, and the host of the popular The Goddess Project podcast. She’s the Founder and CEO of The Artemis Research Centre and the author of She Who Hunts: Artemis: the Goddess Who Changed the World. Carla’s also an adrenaline junkie, an animal lover, and a natural born storyteller.

SUPPORT: Dr. Ionescu’s work on Patreon patreon.com/goddessproject or by purchasing a copy of She Who Hunts on Amazon or get a signed copy and Artemis swag from artemisresearchcentre.com/shop-online/

FOLLOW: You can find and follow Carla online at artemisresearchcentre.com and @artemisexpert on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook.

LISTEN: You can listen to The Goddess Project podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and most other popular pod streaming platforms. You can also watch the episodes at The Goddess Project on YouTube

D'vorah Grenn, Ph.D., is an educator, writer and mashpi’ah ruchanit (spiritual guide.) She founded The Lilith Institute, A Center for Feminist Spirituality in 1997, Co-Directed the Women's Spirituality MA Program at ITP/Sofia University, and has taught many Humanities and Philosophy classes at Napa Valley College. Her writings include: Lilith’s Fire: Reclaiming Our Sacred Lifeforce; Talking to Goddess: Powerful Voices From many Traditions, a prayer/blessing anthology with sacred writings from 72 women in 25 spiritual traditions; "The Kohanot: Keepers of the Flame" in Stepping into Ourselves: An Anthology of Writing on Priestesses; Jewish priestess and Lilith entries in Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions and “Spiritual Brokenness and the Healing Presence of the Sacred Feminine” in FEMSPEC, an interdisciplinary feminist journal. She co-hosted 50 episodes of “Priestessing the Priestesses" and Tending Lilith’s Fire” broadcasts with Kohenet Annie Matan.

SUPPORT:  You can purchase D’vorah’s books and other merch at:

lilithinstitute.com/lilithwp/shop/ or you can purchase "What Would Lilith Do?" T-shirts and other merch at redbubble.com/shop/ap/84226530

FOLLOW: You can find D’vorah online at www.lilithinstitute.com  or @lilithinstitute on Instagram and Facebook, @ IDvorah on Twitter

LISTEN: Listen to the past recordings of Priestessing the Priestesses at youtube.com/@tendinglilithsfire