Charlotte Duerr James (she/her) is an educator and medicine woman of Afro-Caribbean and Germanic lineage. She works to create a world in which everyone is able to live in fearless pursuit of their radical transformation. She uses her skills as an educator, therapeutic coach, and ceremonial facilitator to build and engage a community focused on pursuing collective liberation. She is also the founder of the Psychedelic Liberation Training.

In this episode, Charlotte and I discuss:

- Her background and what brought her to her work with decolonization and collective liberation today

- What decolonization means to her

- We dive deep into the complex relationship so many of us have with our bodies, how we oppress our bodies, and why so many of us have this experience

- Charlotte shares practices that have helped her navigate her relationship with her body, including mirror work, affirmations, community, and more

- We discuss the Psychedelic Liberation Training (which I was a student in last summer!) and why she and co-creator Sara Reed started it, its mission, etc.

The book mentioned in this conversation is "Fearing the Black Body" by Sabrina Strings

CONNECT WITH CHARLOTTE

Psychedelic Liberation Training website liberation.training and IG @liberation.training

Charlotte's IG @createdby.charlotte

CONNECT WITH WAVERLY

Website waverlydavis.com

IG @heywaverlydavis

I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Charlotte and I loved having it! If you love this episode, if it nourishes you, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and/or share it with a friend, thank you!

Chauna Bryant (she/her) is a Breathwork facilitator, small business mentor, Pilates and Gyrotonic instructor, and founder of the Breath Liberation Society.

In this episode, Chauna and I discuss:

- Chauna's background and what led her to breathwork

- Breath Liberation Society breathwork facilitator training, why Chauna created it, and what gaps she saw in other breathwork facilitator trainings

- What Chauna sees as the future of "wellness" and healing especially in relation to the white-washed toxic wellness culture of today

- We close with Chauna guiding us through a short breath practice

You can find Chauna's work at chaunabryant.com and Breath Liberation Society at breathliberationsociety.com You can connect with Chauna on IG at @chunabryant

You can find Waverly's work at waverlydavis.com and on IG @heywaverlydavis

I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Chauna and I loved having it! If you love this episode, if it nourishes you, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and/or share it with a friend, thank you!

It feels important to be sharing this beautiful and wise conversation I had with indigenous medicine woman, Asha Frost, during the week of the Thanksgiving holiday and Native American Heritage Day. I hope that if you are celebrating Thanksgiving this Thursday I hope you will consider the implications of colonization on indigenous people around the world and will also celebrate Native American Heritage Day and learn about the indigenous people's land you are living on. You can find that information through Native Land at native-land.ca

Asha Frost (she/her) is an Indigenous (Ojibwe) Medicine Woman, author, and member of the Cape Croker First Nation. She is the best-selling author of You are the Medicine and The Sacred Medicine Oracle, and has guided thousands of people through profound and lasting transformation.

In this episode, Asha and I discuss:

- Asha's background and lineage and what brought her to her work today

- Generational trauma and ancestral healing and how Asha has and is moving through the journey of healing generational trauma in her lineage

- What she sees for the future of "wellness" and healing, especially in regards to how we move past the rampant cultural appropriation happening in today's toxic and white-washed wellness world

- Asha's beliefs about the future of capitalism and other dominant systems of today

- We close with Asha pulling three cards from her gorgeous oracle deck, The Sacred Medicine Oracle, and sharing the card's wisdom with us

Connect with Asha's work including her book, You are the Medicine, and her oracle deck, The Sacred Medicine Oracle, at ashafrost.com and on IG @asha.frost

Connect with Waverly's work, including her sound baths, rituals, retreats, and coaching at waverlydavis.com and on IG @heywaverlydavis

I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Asha and I loved having it! If you love this episode, if it nourishes you, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and/or share it with a friend, thank you!

Yvonne Chung's (she/her) work guides heart-led, soul-missioned leaders in overcoming self-doubt, mastering their energy, and unlocking the unique medicine they are here to share with the world. Weaving together Human Design, Positive Psychology, mysticism, and practical neuroscience, Yvonne bridges the gap between the intellect and intuition—the research and the woo—to help people approach their life and soul's work from a place of integrity, self-trust, and energetic alignment.

In this episode, Yvonne and I discuss:

- Yvonne's background and what led her to the work she does with human design and positive psychology today

- How traveling around the world and leaving her corporate job led Yvonne to follow her heart and purpose

- How she sees Human Design as a tool/support system for helping us become more ourselves

- How she helps people see the shadow parts of their Human Design charts as teachers and medicine

You can find Yvonne's work, including her free Human Design masterclasses we discussed in this episode on IG at @yvonnechung.co

You can connect with Waverly's work, including her sound baths, rituals, retreats, and coaching at waverlydavis.com and on IG at @heywaverlydavis

I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Yvonne and I loved having it! If you love this episode, if it nourishes you, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and/or share it with a friend, thank you!

Aimée Lapeyre (she/her) is a spiritual and pleasure-based coach. She has studied with the Q'eros Nation of Peru, learning the Andean Cosmovision with Master Don Nicolás Pauccar and also with The Three Doors contemplative study program led by two of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche's first students. She is passionate about working with women to awaken their original erotic nature, expand their consciousness, and live the experience on Earth with bliss and love.

Disclaimer: this episode discusses sexuality

In this episode, Aimée and I discuss:

- Aimée's journey studying with the Q'eros Nation of Peru with Master Don Nicolás Pauccar and also with The Three Doors contemplative study program led by two of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche's first students and how this journey led her to her work with sexuality and spirituality today

- How she feels sexual energy and sexual expression can help us bring our desires and intentions into being

- If someone is feeling blocked sexually, Aimée shares where she recommends they start with exploring their sexuality

- She shares about how we can have healthy conversations about sex with our children

- Aimée gives her perspective on the difference between masturbation and self-pleasure and why this is important

You can find Aimée's work on her website aimee-lapeyre.com/en and on IG at @aimee.lapeyre.trueessence and @aimee.lapeyre

Join Waverly's substack newsletter, Rabbit Rabbit, and learn more about her sound baths and rituals.

I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Aimée and I loved having it! If you love this episode, if it nourishes you, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and/or share it with a friend, thank you!

Madison Abdallah (she/they) has been a somatic practitioner for nearly a decade and coaches individuals and groups in resolving trauma, divesting from colonized/capitalist shame, and reconnecting with their true wholeness & value.

In this episode, Madison and I discuss:

- A bit about her background and what led her to somatic work

- What embodiment and somatics means to her

- Breaking generational patterns and healing through intergenerational trauma and how Madison guides folks in this process

- Madison's work with mindful lifestyle and how subtle shifts in lifestyle can make a huge difference in our mental wellness

- What these subtle shifts can look like and some examples of how we can do this in our lives

- We close with Madison's advice for when we feel disconnected from our bodies and Madison shares a practice for starting to find connection again.

You can find Madison's work on their website radiantsomatics.com and on IG at @radiantsomatics

Learn more about Waverly's new ritual offering, waverlydavis.com/rituals and connect with her on IG @heywaverlydavis

I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Madison and I loved having it! If you love this episode, if it nourishes you somehow, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and share it with a friend, thank you!

Brook van der Linde (she/her) is a mom, writer, and widow. She went from working with criminal defense attorneys to documenting the lives of those living on the farthest margins of society. She is currently working as a full-time copywriter, piecing together a memoir, creating a writing program for people experiencing incarceration, and carrying a baby for some friends.

*disclaimer — this episode discusses addiction and death*

In this episode, Brook and I discuss:

- Brook's background and what led her to writing and storytelling

- Brook shares about the curriculum she's developing for incarcerated people, including what inspired this work and its mission

- The heartbreaking loss of Brook's partner Kyle to addiction and what this experience taught her

- What held Brook in the grief of losing Kyle

- Brook's recent journey with surrogacy, what inspired her to become a surrogate and what has this experience been like for her

- Birth and death as sacred portals and liminal spaces and the similarities between these universal experiences

You can find Brook's work on her website brookvanderlinde.com and on IG at @brookvanderlinde

You can find my work, including my sound baths, retreats + journeys, substack newsletter, and more on waverlydavis.com and on IG at @heywaverlydavis

I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Brook and I loved having it! If you love this episode, if it nourishes you somehow, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and share it with a friend, thank you!

denise chang (they/them) is a somatic trauma resolution practitioner, erotic movement arts facilitator, and intuitive energy healer. They are a genderfluid, solo-polyamorous, immigrant of taoist Malaysian Chinese ancestry whose work focuses on the cultivation of erotic power and the healing of intergenerational trauma through the school of consensual culture and body ecology.

In this episode, denise and I discuss:

- denise's background and what brought them to somatic work

- denise's experience of embodiment and what it means to them

- Consensual culture (the framework denise developed in 2020) and their work with relational somatics

- Cultivating erotic power

- The future of connection and belonging

You can find denise's work on their website denisehuiming.com and on IG at @denisehuiming

You can find my work, including my sound baths, retreats + journeys, substack newsletter, and more on waverlydavis.com and on IG at @heywaverlydavis

I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as denise and I loved having it! If you do love this episode, if it nourishes you in some way, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and share it with a friend, thank you!

Vivien Vilela (she/her) was born and raised in Brazil and has been initiated in ancient healing traditions by indigenous elders from South, Central, and North America. She dedicates her life to her spiritual studies and the preservation of indigenous culture. Vivien is the co-founder of Aniwa and The Boa Foundation.

Vivien is someone I've personally looked up to for years so sitting with her in conversation was a huge honor and gift.

In this episode, Vivien and I discuss:

- Vivien's background and what brought her to her work with indigenous elders

- Why she feels indigenous wisdom is important for the times we're living in today

- Some of the major challenges Vivien has faced while following her intuition and dream of creating The Boa Foundation and Aniwa and how she moved through them

- Colonization, reciprocity, and ancestral/generational healing

- Motherhood and how Vivien balances motherhood and spiritual practice

- The spiritual and healing practices that have been most supportive to Vivien on her motherhood journey

You can find Vivien's work with Aniwa, including the upcoming Aniwa Gathering happening from June 8th to June 11th in Big Bear CA, at aniwagathering.com, at aniwa.co, and on IG @aniwa.co and @vivilela

You can find Vivien's work with The Boa Foundation at theboafoundation.org and on IG @theboafoundation

I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Vivien and I loved having it! If you do love this episode, if it nourishes you in some way, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and share it with a friend, thank you!

Connect with Waverly and her work, including her sound baths, coaching, substack, and retreats + journeys on her website waverlydavis.com and on IG @heywaverlydavis

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Molly Caro May (she/her) is an author of two books, teacher, and holder of space. For 13+ years, she has facilitated personal story workshops for more than hundreds of people across the globe. She is trained in Somatic Experiencing and focuses on where language/voice and the animal body meet each other. Her mission is to democratize expression and explore, in good company, the healing alchemy between story and nervous system.

This interview was a huge one for me as Molly is someone I look up to in so many ways and her book, Body Full of Stars, completely changed my life when I became a new mother of twins.

In this episode, Molly and I discuss:

- Molly's background and what brought her to writing, somatic work, and space-holding

- Her experience with sharing so openly and honestly in her book, Body Full of Stars, and how she navigated sharing vulnerably and truthfully and the impacts it had on those she shared about.

- Molly shares her work with expression that goes beyond the act and leads to metabolizing any narrative that has kept you stuck and how this process is experienced in her work.

- We also explore triggered moments, overwhelm, and urgency, and Molly offers several super helpful somatic practices for being in your body and regulating your nervous system.

- We close with the alchemy between story and nervous system and how we can explore the intersection of story and nervous system within ourselves.

You can find all of Molly's work, including her books, membership, Story Mammal course, and newsletter on her website mollycaromay.com and you can connect with her on IG at @mollycaromay.

I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Molly and I loved having it! If you do love this episode, if it nourishes you in some way, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and share it with a friend, thank you!

Connect with Waverly and her work on her website waverlydavis.com and on IG @heywaverlydavis

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