Happy New Year’s Eve, dear friends. In the final Cosmic Co-Op episode of 2024, I had the immense pleasure and privilege to sit down and chat with Siobhan Diores of Soft Power to unpack the messy and liberating path of people emerging as radical leaders. Along the way, we get into some big questions, like what does it mean to be a student of change? Not just the comfortable, Instagrammable kind that gets you pats on the back, but uncomfortable, unpopular, deeply activating change?
We also explore how creativity serves as both a balm and a battering ram by carving out space for authenticity and community in a system that thrives on disconnection. Siobhan shares her journey from witchy birth doula to co-founder of a church rooted in care, creativity, connection, and change. Along the way, we talk about portals, spirit babies, and the nuanced realities of reproductive choices, radical leadership, and interpersonal accountability.
The new moon in Capricorn is a tender chapter-marker as we close out another calendar year and are inevitably pulled to personal reflection and forward thinking, and this episode is as much about the personal as it is about the collective. It’s about how we make decisions when the stakes feel impossibly high, and how we can shift the narrative of what it means to live intentionally within a system that asks us to choose survival over selfhood.
And because this podcast thrives on community, I’m also weaving in a listener submission that asks a beautifully tender question about moving between safety and risk, stability and growth:
“I am torn between two goals, it seems. On one hand I want to move somewhere that is a bit more queer friendly with great public transport, so that at least my and my family's quality of life can be improved. However, I feel that this move could draw me away from nature and from my craft which is herbalism based in many ways. I don't know how I would relate to nature in a bigger city, but on the other hand, I am so weary of living where I grew up in a suburban hellscape that is only traversable by car. When I speak to my family about wanting to move to Chicago, they feel it comes out of nowhere and doesn't fit my personality, but I am starting to wonder if I have just been self isolating my true desires out of a need to feel stable or secure in my relationships and maybe being a bit afraid of such a huge change? Anyway, I wonder how one prepares financially and spirituality for such a big change when they are still feeling unsure of its wisdom and alignment?”
Take care of yourself as you listen—this episode touches on themes of abortion and interpersonal abuse.
Friends of the pod (mentioned in the episode):
* Cornerstone Doula Trainings
* Sam Scharrer, Vibe Caster
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