Cord cutting isn’t just a concept—it’s an embodied experience. In this episode, Kimberly and Vicki open up about the moments that pushed them toward releasing long-held attachments and how ceremony, symbolism, and mindful intention changed everything. Listeners walk away with clarity, compassion, and tools to begin their own release work.

Links referenced in this episode:

• emberwingcollective.com

We talk about ancestors in a way that’s close to the skin: the stories we know, the ones we’re still piecing together, and how those stories live in our bodies. Kim shares what it was like to face a hysterectomy and make meaning from a long line of women’s experiences; we look at adoption, belonging, and the mixed emotions that come with both. Together we explore simple ways to connect with where we come from—journaling family memories, visiting a gravesite, adding a photo to an altar, baking a recipe that carries someone’s love forward—and how to decide what we keep and what we gently lay down. This is an episode about healing through honesty, gratitude, and the quiet courage to start a new chapter for those who come after us.

On our very first Emberwing Collective episode, Kimberly and Vicki slip past the lipstick-and-lashes “confidence mask” to explore the deeper magic of who we are—and who we were told to be. Through stories that range from corporate “secretary voice” to small-town Halloweens, charm school, and the day a mother chose to cross over on Samhain, we talk candidly about the masks women wear: the wife costume, the confident woman mask, the heroine's cape we may not have asked for but picked up anyway. With a blend of mindfulness, Gestalt, and hypnotic “parts of self” work, we offer gentle ways to notice when a mask protects—and when it pinches.

We are a dynamic group of women exploring diverse avenues of personal and spiritual growth.