What if the very reason you feel stuck, silenced, or afraid to take up space… didn’t start with you? What if the resistance in your body, the self-doubt in your voice, and the fear of being seen are actually ancient echoes of a system built to keep women small?

In this first half of a powerful two-part series, I’m joined by my business coach and spiritual mentor Katy Stuart for a conversation that will live in your bones. We explore the forgotten history of the sacred divine feminine—and the systemic erasure that has shaped the way women live, lead, mother, and show up in the world today. From priestess temples and womb-shaped stone altars to the violent silencing of women through witch hunts and religious colonization, we trace the long lineage of how women’s power was intentionally suppressed… and how those wounds are still alive in our nervous systems, families, and leadership.

Drawing from the deep well of Katy’s course HER, we illuminate the hidden narratives most of us never learned: the rise of the patriarchal church, the rewriting of spiritual history, the distortion of feminine wisdom, and the roots of the witch wound—both literal and energetic. This isn’t just a historical conversation; it’s an unflinching look at how centuries of systemic spiritual disempowerment still show up in modern-day business, motherhood, and personal identity.

Whether you’re spiritual or skeptical, religious or deconstructing, new to this conversation or knee-deep in the remembering, this episode will meet you where you are. It’s for the woman who has always felt like there was more. The one who’s starting to question what she was taught. The one who’s waking up and realizing: I was never broken—I was just disconnected from the truth of who I am.

Together, we name the invisible forces that have shaped us for generations—and we begin to unravel the lies. Because when you understand where the fear of being “too much” or “not enough” really comes from, you finally have the power to choose a different path.

This episode is the remembering. Part two is the becoming.

In this episode, we explore:

• The systemic erasure of the divine feminine and how it impacts modern women’s voices, visibility, and self-worth
• The spiritual lineage of the priestesses, shamans, druids, and oracles—and how their power was intentionally suppressed
• The historical rise of patriarchal religion, the dismantling of goddess-centered cultures, and the suppression of feminine power
• The impact of Christian colonization, witch hunts, and the demonization of feminine spirituality
• Why women’s natural connection to the earth, moon cycles, intuition, and womb wisdom was once revered—and how reclaiming it is an act of healing
• The psychological and somatic effects of this erasure—including internalized shame, people-pleasing, self-silencing, and fear of spiritual exploration
• The difference between matriarchal societies and modern feminism—and how ancient feminine leadership was rooted in reciprocity, reverence, and embodiment

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• HER Course by Katy Stuart Join HER
• Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven't Tried Yet by Meggan Watterson  Order here
• When God Was a Woman by Merlin Stone  Order here
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