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Awakening Inner Guidance & Divine Support for Parenting w—Christine Eck

Episode 218

jeudi 19 février 2026 • Duration 50:04

Today I welcome Christine Eck back to the podcast to explore the subtle yet profound keys to caring for ourselves and our families.

We discuss the complex, beautiful dance of transformation—especially from the lens of Ayurveda, holistic healing, and the universal mother principles Christine weaves throughout her work.

Whether you’re a parent, caregiver, or simply curious about deepening your self-care practices, this episode is full of wisdom, warmth, and practical insight.

For me, the ease and joy of parenting has really unfolded as I’ve allowed the divine presence to come in. When I am tuned in to that Source, everything else feels different. All my relationships are different. — Christine Eck

we discuss —

why we can’t heal for anyone else
the sacred lessons of parenting
how ayurveda understands health holistically
the sacred window of the postpartum period
practicing love over judgment
helping your kids learn to make sovereign choices

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the Mother in the Dark w— Clark Strand

Episode 209

jeudi 2 octobre 2025 • Duration 56:07

Clark Strand was a Zen Buddhist monk. Now he writes books of love poetry to Kali Ma and manifestos to the Dark.

In this conversation, we trace his spiritual path from childhood Protestantism through monasticism and massage school — ultimately leading him into deep devotion to the Divine Mother.

Listen in, as we step into the Dark together.

When She appeared to me, it made sense of everything all of a sudden. It really changed me. I stopped thinking the way I used to think. My understanding of the natural world, myself, my family, my relationships, Devotion, Beauty, Time itself. — Clark Strand

Clark Strand has been studying the world’s spiritual traditions for more than thirty years. The author of several books including Waking the Buddha, Meditation Without Gurus, Waking Up to the Dark and Now is the Hour of Her Return, Strand has written for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and the Washington Post/Newsweek “On Faith” blog. He is the founder of Way of the Rose, a growing nonsectarian rosary fellowship open to people of any spiritual background, with members around the world. He lives on a dark road with no streetlights in the southern Catskill Mountains.

we discuss —

the many paths of spiritual devotion
the patriarchal traditions of many world religions
how Clark encountered the Divine Mother
feeling safe in the dark
why Now is the hour
human civilization vs human culture
the power of simple-hearted devotion
writing poems for Kali
remembering our birdsong

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Many Mothers + Many Lifetimes: Ancestral Connection w–Perdita Finn

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The Way of the Rose.org
Waking Up to the Dark, book by Clark Strand
Now is the Hour of Her Return, book by Clark Strand

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Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius — Astrology + Energy Forecast December 2021

Season 3 · Episode 119

jeudi 2 décembre 2021 • Duration 53:22

This episode is a map to the major astrological transits for this last month of 2021, including : the upcoming eclipse in Sagittarius, Venus stationing retrograde, the final Saturn-Uranus square and Jupiter returning to Pisces. So much movement happening this month! But this episode walks you through the major themes in a way that gives you context without confusion so you can move mindfully through your holiday season.

Underworlds are not punishments. The Underworld is an initiation and a transition.

This episode is brought to you by Tracee Stanley's bestselling book Radiant Rest. Radiant Rest is a comprehensive and exquisite guide to the ancient, accessible practice of yoga nidra — a deep relaxation technique that allows you to rest in spacious awareness while you connect to your innate power and wisdom. Order your copies at RadiantRest.com and learn more about Tracee's work on her website www.traceeyoga.com and on Instagram @tracee_stanley.

we discuss —

Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius
Venus conjunct Pluto
Venus stationing retrograde
the landscape of the Underworld + how it shapes us
the Sun's entrance into Capricorn
Saturn square Uranus
Jupiter entering Pisces

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Blog Post on Venus Retrograde
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"Did It Ever Occur to you That Maybe You're Falling in Love?", poem by Ailish Hopper
"Truth Serum," poem by Naomi Shihab Nye
"Do Not be Ashamed," poem by Wendell Berry
Underland, book by Robert MacFarlane

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a free guide to the 12 Houses

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Step Into Your Ancestral Work — Felicia Ruiz

Season 3 · Episode 118

jeudi 25 novembre 2021 • Duration 01:01:51

In this episode, curandera + indigenous foods activist Felicia Ruiz shares with us the importance of connecting to your ancestry and how to begin working with your ancestors. She shares with us what holds people back from connecting to their roots and what belonging + transformation can unfold when we undertake this healing invitation.

Felicia is a curandera, indigenous foods activist, and natural foods chef whose work is deeply rooted in the healing properties of all earth medicines. Her business name came to be after friends lovingly called her "the kitchen curandera", as she was often creating healing foods and remedies in her tiny adobe kitchen.

Her work has been featured in Food & Wine, Spirituality & Health, and on "Padma Lakshmi's Taste The Nation" among many other platforms. Felicia lives in the Sonoran Desert with her husband, and she has a book coming out this month called Earth Medicines. We have a link below where you can order or pre-order your copy.

It is with great honor, that with permission from her elders and earning the title of Curandera in ceremony, Felicia carries on the lineage of natural healing ways through private consultations, medicine workshops, and ceremony.

we discuss —

The perspective of plants + plant memory
Centralizing ancestral relationships in both everyday life + ceremony
The importance of connecting to your own medicine from your own land first
The harm of appropriating and capitalizing on Native culture
The healing she witnesses when people connect to their own ancestry
How to begin your own ancestral healing journey
How our individual healing is our responsibility and our gift
What often holds people back from ancestral work
Why shadow work is an important, valuable component to a spiritual path
How food can help us reconnect to our heritage
Personal insights + boundaries learned from her daily ancestor practice

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Felicia's website
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Resma Menakem on On Being podcast

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free class — the Moon in your Natal Chart

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Honoring Our Death Seasons — mary grace allerdice

Season 3 · Episode 117

jeudi 18 novembre 2021 • Duration 18:08

An out-loud contemplation, or riff, on death seasons. These times, like Autumn, ask us to shed, to pull in, to move closer towards the center which knows our discomfort. How can we honor the irritations, the chafing? How can we set the table, prepare a meal and offer nourishment to our fears?

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Feeding Your Demons, Tsultrim Allione

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Lunar Eclipse in Taurus — Astrology + Energy Forecast for November 2021

Season 3 · Episode 116

jeudi 11 novembre 2021 • Duration 21:42

Walk through the astrological weather for the second half of November including the Lunar Eclipse in Taurus and the Sun + Mercury entering Sagittarius. Get a sense of the dynamics and energies to expect and lean into the closing poems that bring us from a place of burning to one of shining.

Around me the trees stir in their leaves and call out, “Stay awhile.” — Mary Oliver

we discuss —

Mercury opposite Uranus
Mars opposite Uranus
Lunar Eclipse in Taurus
Sun entering Sagittarius
Mercury entering Sagittarius
A poem prescription for intense times

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Episode on the New Moon in Scorpio

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Figuring, book by Maria Popova
Medusa, sculpture by Harriet Hosmer
"A Small Story about the Sky," poem by Alberto Ríos
"Kinship," poem by Ursula K. LeGuin
"When I am Among the Trees," poem by Mary Oliver

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Burn-out, Joy + Accountability to the Soul — Langston Kahn

Season 3 · Episode 115

jeudi 4 novembre 2021 • Duration 01:00:10

Langston Kahn weaves us through our mutual accountabilities to our constellation of selves + collective healing. Join us as we talk about the difference between happiness + joy, the spiritual roots of burn-out and how we can re-frame triggers as gifts towards our healing.

"There's a certain joy that arises out of a fierce accountability to the soul."

LANGSTON KAHN is a Black, Queer teacher and shamanic practitioner who specializes in radical human transformation, ancestral healing, and restoring an authentic relationship with our emotions.

He stands firmly at the crossroads; his practice informed by somatic modalities, contemporary shamanic traditions, initiations into traditions of the African diaspora, and his helping spirits and ancestors weaving it all together.

Langston gives workshops and lectures internationally, in person and online. He is a senior teacher in the Cycle of Transformation and has served for 5 years in the Last Mask Community, a collective of people striving to live in alignment with ancient shamanic principles in service of personal and collective liberation.

For more information you can visit his website LangstonKahn.com.

we discuss —

The difference between joy + happiness
How we can cultivate coherence between our different layers of self + expression
What it looks like to be accountable to the soul
Contextualizing our spirituality as part of the whole cultural context
Moving in and out of collective and individual healing
What accountability can look like as it relates to burn-out, over-giving, codependence and perfectionism
How to make more coherent choices by recognizing our multiplicity of selves
The value of being triggered + how we can use triggers as gifts
Collaborating with apocalypse instead of being victims of it

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Langston's website
Langston's IG
Deep Liberation, book by Langston Kahn
Langston's Energy Body Mastery Course

Mentioned in the episode—

Kimberlé Crenshaw's TEDtalk on intersectionality
Focusing, book by Eugene Gendlin
Inner Relationship Focusing, Ann Weiser Cornell
The Invisibles, book series by Grant Morrison

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New Moon in Scorpio — Astrology + Energy Forecast November 2021

Season 3 · Episode 114

jeudi 28 octobre 2021 • Duration 38:26

This episode guides you through the New Moon in Scorpio as well as the astrology for the first half of November 2021, including : Venus entering Capricorn, Mercury entering Scorpio and Mars square Saturn. You'll also find an energetic forecast to help you navigate November's cosmological with care, awareness + magic.

What is the vision that stretches you towards becoming who you Know you already are?

we discuss —

New Moon in Scorpio
Venus enters Capricorn (for a long time!)
Mercury enters Scorpio
Mercury conjunct Mars + square Saturn
Mars square Saturn
a divination + energetic forecast for the month of November 2021

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Lizzo on My Next Guest Needs No Introduction w— David Letterman
Big Fish, movie by Tim Burton
Lord of the Rings

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Episode on the 3 Landscapes of Purpose
Episode on the Aries Full Moon

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Wild Hospitality for the Self + the Call — mary grace allerdice

Season 3 · Episode 113

jeudi 21 octobre 2021 • Duration 26:10

We often bring the cult of the “Individual” to our business practices which boxes us into myopic perspectives that stay within our niche borders. How could we reframe our approach to business more towards that of a Creatrix — where we center the Call that we hear, become a vessel for the Gift + open our arms with wild hospitality?

we discuss

Going against the grain + listening to your Call
The problem with niche and the cult of the exceptional individual
Re-thinking the paradigm of marketing towards hospitality
Creating businesses more like art where we offer gifts
Leaving space for Spirit to come through

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