Deep Rooted Healing Podcast with Emma Freeman – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode of the Deep Rooted Healing Podcast, Emma Freeman reflects on the new year, celebrating four years of sobriety and sharing insights from her personal journey. She discusses the growth of her intuitive gifts through her Reiki practice, the importance of navigating life without alcohol, and the practicality of spirituality in everyday life. Emma also shares her excitement for upcoming podcast episodes, creative classes and new Reiki offerings.

Takeaways:

-Celebrating four years of sobriety is a big milestone for me this month. Sobriety has deepened and expanded my sensitivity and awareness in incredible ways.

-Navigating social situations without alcohol can be challenging but incredibly rewarding.

-Intuitive gifts can be opened and enhanced through practices like Reiki.

-Spirituality can be practical and impactful in daily life.

-Everyone has access to their spiritual side.

-Writing down intuitive messages can be a helpful practice.

-The connection between Reiki and intuitive guidance is powerful.

-Life transitions often bring people to seek Reiki and spiritual support.

Chapters:

00:00 New Year Reflections and Celebrations

01:50 Four Years of Sobriety: A Personal Journey

06:07 Navigating Life Without Alcohol

07:34 Intuitive Growth Through Reiki Practice

12:12 The Practicality of Spirituality

16:56 Looking Ahead: Podcast and Reiki Offerings

Emma Freeman is an Heart-Led Artist, Soul Writer, Reiki Master, Teacher and Intuitive Medium. She is based in Wisconsin in the United States and offers Reiki sessions, spiritual guidance, art and creative classes to a global community with opportunities to learn and connect with her in-person and online.

Deep Rooted Healing Website:

www.deep-rooted-healing.com

Emma Freeman's Creative On-Demand and In-Person Classes and Retreats:

http://www.deep-rooted-healing.com/classes

Follow Emma on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/deeprootedhealing

Deep Rooted Healing You Tube Channel:

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Today, on the Deep Rooted Healing podcast, I'm sharing a beautiful poem that I read this morning called, "The Most Important Thing" by Julia Fehrenbacher. It touched my heart and I felt inspired to share it with you today.

Deep Rooted Healing Podcast is hosted by Emma Freeman, an artist, writer, Reiki Master, Massage Therapist and teacher in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. She is sober, a Highly Sensitive Person and part of the LGBTQIA community.

-You can learn more about Emma Freeman and what she creates and offers at ⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com⁠.

-View Emma's library of on-demand creative and writing classes and retreats focused on intuitive and emotional expression, slowing down, mindfulness and meditation : ⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com/classes⁠.

In this episode of The Deep Rooted Healing Podcast, I talk with the amazing Chantal Wolf, a Canadian poet, painter and author of the new book called "Painted Words: Poetry, Art & Parkinson's. We talk about her creative journey and her healing journey, being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and how that shifted her art journey, how poetry arrived in her life and how it has been healing for her and she reads some of her beautiful poems. 

You can buy a copy of the book here: https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000256078679

Her website is www.chantalwolf.com

She is in Instagram at www.instagram.com/chantalwolf.art.

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Emma Freeman is an artist, writer, Licensed Massage Therapist and Reiki Practitioner. She teaches online art and writing classes at www.deep-rooted-healing.com. She is a sober and a highly sensitive person. She lives in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. 

Online creative classes: ⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com/classes⁠

Website: ⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/deeprootedhealing⁠

Facebook: ⁠www.facebook.com/deeprootedhealings⁠

YouTube: ⁠www.youtube.com/@deeprootedhealing⁠

In this episode of the Deep Rooted Healing podcast, I interview Alana Garrigues, She is an artist, poet and community leader and space holder. She runs Within, a beautiful, deep online community for artists and makers that Daphne Cohn began. In this conversation, we explore what holding space means to each of us, what goes into it, and the magic that can emerge from being held by our art and by being held in spaces with other creatives. 

You can see Alana's artwork and writing on her website: www.alanagarrigues.com

Find her on Instagram : www.instagram.com/alanaofloveandlight

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Emma Freeman is an artist, writer, Licensed Massage Therapist and Reiki Practitioner. She teaches online art and writing classes at www.deep-rooted-healing.com. She is a sober and a highly sensitive person. She lives in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. 

Online creative classes: ⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com/classes⁠

Website: ⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/deeprootedhealing⁠

Facebook: ⁠www.facebook.com/deeprootedhealings⁠

YouTube: ⁠www.youtube.com/@deeprootedhealing⁠

In this episode of the Deep Rooted Healing podcast, I talk with the amazing artist, Zak Foster who is an improv quilter, textile artist, community builder and deep, wonderfully insightful and wise human. We go on a journey together to explore what holding space means to each of us in this moment as artists and creative community leaders. 

You can find Zak's online community, The Quilty Nook here: www.zakfoster.com/quiltynook

Zak's website with his incredible burial quilts, memory quilts and other work can be seen here: www.zakfoster.com.

And find Zak on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/zakfoster.quilts/

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Emma Freeman is an artist, writer, Licensed Massage Therapist and Reiki Practitioner. She teaches online art and writing classes at www.deep-rooted-healing.com. She is a sober and a highly sensitive person. She lives in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. 

Online creative classes: ⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com/classes⁠

Website: ⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/deeprootedhealing⁠

Facebook: ⁠www.facebook.com/deeprootedhealings⁠

YouTube: ⁠www.youtube.com/@deeprootedhealing⁠

In this episode of the Deep Rooted Healing podcast, I share a poem I wrote called, "The Light Keeper" in the hope that it will be healing or inspiring to someone out there. 

Poetry has become medicine to me, both writing it and reading it. I hope to share some of that medicine with more people. 

You can read the poem here: https://deep-rooted-healing.com/poetry.

Emma Freeman is an artist, writer, Licensed Massage Therapist and Reiki Practitioner. She teaches online art and writing classes at www.deep-rooted-healing.com. She is a sober and a highly sensitive person. She lives in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. 

Online creative classes: ⁠⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com/classes⁠⁠

Website: ⁠⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠www.instagram.com/deeprootedhealing⁠⁠

Facebook: ⁠⁠www.facebook.com/deeprootedhealings⁠⁠

YouTube: ⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@deeprootedhealing⁠

In this episode of the Deep Rooted Healing podcast, I share my love of the Japanese wabi sabi aesthetic philosophy, what it is, the history of it within Japanese Zen Buddhism, what some of the beautiful aspects or qualities of it are and how I explore them within my art making. I hope it inspires you to invite more simplicity, spaciousness, silence, stillness, spontaneity, presence, wonder and beauty into your creativity and art making. 

This is about creating art as a meditation practice and as a spiritual practice, which to me just means turning inward, getting quiet and going deep to find a soul connection within the natural world that we can collaborate with to create art that is personal, healing, interconnecting and beautiful. 

I have a new on-demand art class available called Make Wabi Sabi Mixed Media Books where we explore mixed media book making techniques with paper and textiles, slow, intuitive hand stitching, printmaking and mark making with found nature, dripping beeswax, burying books, poetry, scent and more. You can learn more and sign up for instant access at www.deep-rooted-healing.com/classes.

Emma Freeman is an artist, writer, Licensed Massage Therapist and Reiki Practitioner. She teaches online art and writing classes at www.deep-rooted-healing.com. She is a sober and a highly sensitive person. She lives in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. 

Online creative classes: ⁠⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com/classes⁠⁠

Website: ⁠⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠www.instagram.com/deeprootedhealing⁠⁠

Facebook: ⁠⁠www.facebook.com/deeprootedhealings⁠⁠

YouTube: ⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@deeprootedhealing⁠

In this episode of the Deep Rooted Healing podcast, I read a few poems I have gathered about darkness and light, offer prompts and reflect on what the solstice has meant to me this year. I started a new collaborative art project called The Buried Earth Book Project that is free for anyone in the world to join, which you can learn more about on my website: www.deep-rooted-healing.com. 

Happy Solstice to you!

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Emma Freeman is an artist, writer, Licensed Massage Therapist and Reiki Practitioner. She teaches online art and writing classes at www.deep-rooted-healing.com. She is a sober and a highly sensitive person. She lives in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. 

Online creative classes: ⁠⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com/classes⁠⁠

Website: ⁠⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠www.instagram.com/deeprootedhealing⁠⁠

Facebook: ⁠⁠www.facebook.com/deeprootedhealings⁠⁠

YouTube: ⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@deeprootedhealing⁠

In this episode of the Deep Rooted Healing podcast, I talk about my the spiritual and deeply healing process of writing poetry over the last year, what I am learning from it, and share some of my deeply personal poems with prompts so you can write with them if you want to. 

Writing poetry has become a deep listening practice in silence and slowness and not knowing. It is mysterious and fascinating to me, how the words collect and assemble themselves into something that speaks so profoundly to what I have experienced in a way that I cannot touch in normal conversation. It is truly a magical and mystical process. 

I mention an amazing book by Kim Rosen called, "Saved by a Poem: The Transformative Power of Words." 

I love this quote by Pablo Neruda from his poem, "Poetry" that reads, “Poetry arrived in search of me."

You can learn more about my upcoming art and writing workshops on my website: www.deep-rooted-healing.com/classes.  

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Emma Freeman is an artist, writer, Licensed Massage Therapist and Reiki Practitioner. She teaches online art and writing classes at www.deep-rooted-healing.com. She is a sober and a highly sensitive person. She lives in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. 

Online creative classes: ⁠⁠⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com/classes⁠⁠⁠

Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com⁠⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/deeprootedhealing⁠⁠⁠

Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/deeprootedhealings⁠⁠⁠

YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@deeprootedhealing⁠

In this episode of the Deep Rooted Healing podcast, I talk about my new writing practice that has become a writing as meditation practice and is incredible healing and powerful for me. I share some reflections on my relationship to writing throughout my life and how it has been opening and expanding lately. 

I also talk about the gift of prompts to open the doorway to our imaginations and how I have been living that through different workshops I have been part of and that I have lead. 

Then, I read a poem by Mary Oliver called, "It Was Early" from her book called, Devotions, then offer prompts for you to write with if you want to. I share what emerged for me when I wrote with one of the prompts. 

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Emma Freeman is an artist, writer, Licensed Massage Therapist and Reiki Practitioner. She teaches online art and writing classes at www.deep-rooted-healing.com. She is a sober and a highly sensitive person. She lives in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. 

Online creative classes: ⁠⁠⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com/classes⁠⁠⁠

Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.deep-rooted-healing.com⁠⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/deeprootedhealing⁠⁠⁠

Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/deeprootedhealings⁠⁠⁠

YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@deeprootedhealing⁠