Confession: I've had a really significant mother wound for most of my life. And for a long time, I didn't fully understand it until I started to see that my mother's pain was connected to her mother's pain, and hers before that. I was part of a lineage of pain, and I made a decision to be the one to break it.

In this episode, I sit down with Nicole Casteel — medicine woman, sound healer, teacher, and one of my dear friends — and we talk honestly about all of it: about healing inherited trauma, reclaiming your connection to your own femininity, and the profound role that spirituality can play in the journey toward wholeness. Nicole shares how plant medicine has been part of her journey, and we talk about something I think gets overlooked a lot: how to help your body actually feel like a safe place for healing to happen.

We also talk about the power of ceremony and prayer, and how healing inherited trauma isn't just about releasing pain, but about stepping into the gifts that were always yours to reclaim.

This episode is very close to my heart and I hope it helps you in some way along your own journey. <3 Sending you love! - Dr. Victoria

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Nicole Casteel is a classically trained vocalist, transformational guide, and medicine musician. With a Master's in Opera Performance from Texas Tech University, Nicole spent years in classical voice before a profound awakening set her on a different path. Struggling with anxiety, depression, and disconnection, she began a decade-long journey into the healing arts—studying breathwork, sound healing, shamanic practice, and ceremonial traditions with teachers from around the world. She now helps women reconnect with their bodies, intuition, and inner knowing through sound ceremonies, breathwork, and one-on-one healing sessions. https://www.nicolecasteel.com/

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Episode Highlights

03:00 – Classical opera training & losing the joy of music

04:00 – Singing to her father through his death transition

08:00 – Saturn return, depression & disconnection from self

12:00 – First ayahuasca ceremony & the call to sound healing

13:00 – Healing as a spiral path, not a straight line

15:00 – What ayahuasca teaches: ancestral healing & the mother wound

21:00 – Receiving songs from ancestors & the gift of sound medicine

25:00 – Song from the land: "Heartbeat of the Mother"

28:00 – Reconnecting with the earth & animism

32:00 – Self-trust, intuition & how we get disconnected

37:00 – The power of listening & healing the mother wound

40:00 – Finding your inner voice & knowing when it's truth

45:00 – Pregnancy, intuition & the divine feminine awakening

47:00 – Embodiment: learning to feel your feelings

50:00 – Breathing into the pelvic floor & Tami Lynn Kent's work

53:00 – Healing from trauma & reclaiming your power

55:00 – Integrating the victim archetype

57:00 – The role of ritual & ceremony in healing

1:02:00 – The power of prayer & calling things forth

1:07:00 – How to start connecting with your spirituality

1:10:00 – Following an inner calling: Nicole's story of moving home

1:14:00 – Closing: walking your medicine path

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