Full Heart Free Voice Podcast: reading inspiring books, one chapter at a time

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Caitlin & Emma

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This is our Book Club episode where we discuss a chapter from our current book choice: Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. In this episode, we discuss chapter 4 “The Mate: Union with the Other”.

Podcast Episode Summary:

This chapter focuses on how to identify relationships in your life that are nourishing to your wild self, whether romantic or platonic.  This chapter is also about the internal spiritual journey and learning how to unite to and love your own wild woman self. In this chapter Dr Estes features the story of “Manawee”, which is about a marriage proposal made out of love for the wild nature. In this episode we share personal stories from our journeys of uniting with our wildish natures and finding relationships that honor and love that part of us too.

We want to acknowledge that this story is gendered, talking about a male seeking female partners, but know that in story medicine each part of the story really represents energies in the world and archetypes that live within each of us. We’re studying this story through the lens of how a masculine energy might unite with a feminine energy both within ourselves and externally in relationships of all kinds, romantic or in friendships, and regardless of anyone’s gender identity. But we do also really appreciate the extra work our non-binary listeners do when you are presented with gendered language, and know that we appreciate you. In our episode we do our best to respect the full spectrum of gender identification and relationships.

We would love to know:

• How does the theme of this chapter help you live with a full heart and a free voice?
• What is one quote from this chapter that stood out to you that you would like to explore more?
• What is one nugget you want to take away with you?

Other works mentioned in this episode:

• The Book of Runes By Ralph H. Blum
• Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck

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Let's Connect:

You can follow us on Instagram: @FullHeart_FreeVoice_Podcast 

How to Connect with Emma:

• Find out more about Emma at https://www.enchantedwriting.com/
• Download Emma's free guide: 3 Habits to Calm Your Fear and Get You Writing

How to Connect with Caitlin:

• Find out more about Caitlin and schedule a free consultation at: https://caitlinbosshart.com/
• Follow Caitlin on Instagram: @caitlin_bosshart 

Attributions:

Theme music: Wally Ingram, Stevie Blacke and Tom Freund. You heard portions of their tracks “Shine a Light” and “Udu ULove” from their record Spadé. 

Original cover art created by: Caitlin Bosshart

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This is our “Life School” episode where we take a theme from the chapter we are studying from our current book club selection, Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, and we share a tool, practice, or exercise for how to work with that theme. This month we are studying Chapter 3: “Nosing Out the Facts: The Retrieval of Intuition as Initiation”. In this episode we demonstrate how to use an exercise to help you trust your intuition.

With this exercise you will explore a situation from the past where you knew your intuition was telling you which choice to make, and you either affirmed or denied your intuition. You will explore your relationship to your knowing and the results of the choice you made. The purpose of this exercise is to help you get to know how your intuition communicates with you, so you can trust it when you hear your intuition again in the future.

Try this at home: 

With this episode’s exercise you will answer the following questions to learn how to trust your intuition:

• Describe a time in the past when you knew your intuition was speaking to you. This is an experience where you knew the choice to make, even if you couldn’t explain exactly how you knew.
• What was your intuition telling you?
• How did your body respond when you had this intuitive knowing? How did it feel?
• What thoughts did you have that either affirmed or denied your intuitive knowing?
• What did you do? Did you follow your intuition or did you make another choice?
• What was the result? What happened?
• If you did not follow your intuition, is there a more empowering thought you could have had that would have helped you affirm your knowing?
• How have these questions helped you with your relationship to your intuition?

Other Works Mentioned

• The Four Tendencies Quiz

Let's Connect:

Follow us on Instagram: @FullHeart_FreeVoice_Podcast

**If you loved this episode, please subscribe, share and leave us a review**. 

How to Connect with Emma:

• Find out more about Emma at https://www.enchantedwriting.com/
• Download Emma's free guide: 3 Habits to Calm Your Fear and Get You Writing

How to Connect with Caitlin:

• Find out more about Caitlin and schedule a free consultation at: https://caitlinbosshart.com/
• Follow Caitlin on Instagram: @caitlin_bosshart 

Attributions:

Theme music: A special thank you to these incredible artists, who created the music featured in our podcast: Wally Ingram, Stevie Blacke and Tom Freund. You heard portions of their tracks “Shine a Light” and “Udu ULove” from their record Spadé. 

Original cover art created by: Caitlin Bosshart

*Links to bookshop.org are affiliate links*

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This is our monthly Book Club episode, discussing a chapter from our current book choice: Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes.

In this episode, we discuss chapter 3 “Nosing Out the Facts: The Retrieval of Intuition as Initiation”.

You can follow us on Instagram: @FullHeart_FreeVoice_Podcast 

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Summary:

This chapter is for those of us who want to learn how to listen to our intuition and use it to make decisions in our lives. It’s for those of us who want to find fulfillment by being more of our True Selves, even if that goes against societal expectation.

In this chapter, Dr. Estes introduces us to an initiation about claiming a new understanding about our intuition, which you might also call your inner knowing. 

In Chapter 3 Dr. Estes shares the story, Vasalisa the Wise, who must complete 9 tasks to trust her own intuition. 

The tasks are:

#1 Allow the too good mother to die (Be willing to take risks and step into the unknown)

#2 Expose the crude shadow (See the tension between being yourself and appeasing external expectations)

#3 Navigate in the dark (Listen to your intuition to make decisions)

#4 Face the wild hag (See the power of your intuition and be able to stand both within the power and the non-ordinariness of it)

#5 Serve the non-rational (Do personal growth processes to cleanse the mind and clear it from anything blocking intuition)

#6 Separate this from that (Know what nourishment to bring into your life and what to let go of)

#7 Ask the mysteries (Seek wisdom from and about the numinous, and know what to ask about and what to let be a mystery)

#8 Stand on all fours (Claim the Soul Self; Claim the fire of your knowing)

#9 Recast the shadow (Let go of that which no longer serves)

We would love to know:

• How did this chapter help you live with a full heart and a free voice?
• What is one quote from this chapter that stood out to you that you would like to explore more?

***If you loved this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast player! ***

How to Connect with Emma:

• Find out more about Emma Veritas at https://www.enchantedwriting.com/
• Download Emma's free guide: 3 Habits to Calm Your Fear and Get You Writing

How to Connect with Caitlin:

• Find out more about Caitlin Bosshart and schedule a free consultation at: https://caitlinbosshart.com/
• Follow Caitlin on Instagram: @caitlin_bosshart 
• Follow Caitlin on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caitlinbosshartlifecoaching/

Attributions:

Theme music: Wally Ingram, Stevie Blacke and Tom Freund. You heard portions of their tracks “Shine a Light” and “Udu ULove” from their record Spadé. 

Original cover art: Caitlin Bosshart

Fairy tale music: "Fairytale Waltz" by Kevin MacLeod

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This is a special bonus episode that is the perfect compliment to the guided “Inner Hive Meditation for Embracing Stillness” in Episode 6! 

A few years ago we recorded a four part series on the wisdom the bees have to offer us each season. We love how these audios celebrate the life-death-life cycle, which Clarissa Pinkola Estes says is the essence of the Wild Woman. 

Having just celebrated the Vernal Equinox and the first day of spring for the northern Hemisphere, we want to share our conversation on what the bees have to teach us about the push and pull energy of spring. 

In this episode you will learn about bees, plants, intuition, and the importance of taking action on the thing you are called to do. 

In the episode Caitlin mentions the democratic voting process bees engage in while swarming and deciding where to make their new home. She researched this further and wrote about in her blog titled “Spring in the Hive: Wisdom from the Bees to Your Inner Hive”. If you’d like to learn more you can read the blog here: https://caitlinbosshart.com/spring-in-the-hive-wisdom-from-the-bees-to-your-inner-hive/

Try this at home: 

• Listen to the “Inner Hive Meditation for Embracing Stillness” in episode 6
• Choose one piece of wisdom from the bees that resonated with you and journal about it. 

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You can also follow us on Instagram at: @FullHeart_FreeVoice_Podcast

**If you loved this episode, please subscribe, share and leave us a review.** 

How to Connect with Emma:

• Find out more about Emma Veritas at https://www.enchantedwriting.com/
• Download Emma's free guide at: 3 Habits to Calm Your Fear and Get You Writing

How to Connect with Caitlin:

• Find out more about Caitlin Bosshart and schedule a free consultation at: https://caitlinbosshart.com/
• Follow Caitlin on Instagram: @caitlin_bosshart 

Follow Caitlin on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caitlinbosshartlifecoaching/

Attributions:

Theme music: A special thank you to these incredible artists, who created the music featured in our podcast: Wally Ingram, Stevie Blacke and Tom Freund. You heard portions of their tracks “Shine a Light” and “Udu ULove” from their record Spadé. 

Original cover art created by: Caitlin Bosshart

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We had originally recorded the life school episode for Chapter 2 of Women Who Run with the Wolves before the impact of the COVID 19 outbreak was felt in the vast majority of the world. In a matter of weeks and even days life for many of us has drastically changed.

We want you all to know our hearts are with you in this difficult time. We wish safety, health, and wellbeing to you, your loved ones, and your communities. 

Feeling the call to follow our own intuitions we have decided that instead of our original episode to offer you a guided meditation that Caitlin wrote several years ago inspired by her Honeybees called “The Inner Hive Meditation for Embracing Stillness”.

As a beekeeper the honeybee has been one of Caitlin’s greatest teachers and we felt that offering wisdom from nature’s ultimate Wild Woman Collective is the best medicine we can offer at this time. This meditation is all about embracing and preparing ourselves to thrive while in times of stillness just as the bees do in winter time in cold climates. This meditation is also about clearing out that which no longer serves us, so that we can connect more deeply with ourselves, our truth and our intuition, which is very much connected to the theme of chapter 2 “Stalking the Intruder: The Beginning Initiation”.

While you won’t hear Emma in this episode she is very much there in spirit and the creative genius behind the editing and sound of this and every episode!

Please know that regardless of whether you’ve had a chance to listen to the last episode or have read this chapter, this meditation is for everyone.

If you know someone who needs this meditation right now, we hope you’ll share it with them. 

Try this at home: Guided meditation

For this life school episode, there is nothing you need to do except find a comfortable space to sit, listen and receive. 

You can  follow us on Instagram: @FullHeart_FreeVoice_Podcast

**If you loved this episode, please subscribe, share and leave us a review**. 

How to Connect with Emma:

• Find out more about Emma Veritas at https://www.enchantedwriting.com/

How to Connect with Caitlin:

• Find out more about Caitlin Bosshart and schedule a free consultation at: https://caitlinbosshart.com/
• Follow Caitlin on Instagram: @caitlin_bosshart 

Follow Caitlin on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caitlinbosshartlifecoaching/

Attributions:

Theme music: A special thank you to these incredible artists, who created the music featured in our podcast: Wally Ingram, Stevie Blacke and Tom Freund. You heard portions of their tracks “Shine a Light” and “Udu ULove” from their record Spadé. 

Original cover art created by: Caitlin Bosshart

Support the show

This is our monthly Book Club episode where we discuss a chapter from our current book choice: Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes.

In this episode, we discuss chapter 2 “Stalking the Intruder: The Beginning Initiation”. We invite you to read along with us; however, each Book Club episode is designed so you can listen whether you’ve read the chapter or not.

You can follow us on Instagram: @FullHeart_FreeVoice_Podcast 

Episode Summary:

Content Warning: Chapter 2 features the story of “Blue Beard”, which involves both abuse and violence. We share a synopsis of the story as it’s essential to the theme of this chapter, which is all about the initiation process of learning to listen to one’s intuition. We also share personal stories that may be difficult for some to hear.

In this episode, we explore the ways the initiation process of trusting intuition has shown up in our own lives and how we’ve begun to understand the ways that connecting with intuition can offer a path to personal freedom. 

NEED HELP? If themes from this episode feel close to home, we have compiled a list of resources that have been impactful in our own lives, click here to access: Resources

We would love to know:

• What did you think of chapter 2?
• What is one quote from this chapter that stood out to you that you would like to explore more?
• What is one thing from the chapter you want to take away into your life?

Other works mentioned during this episode: 

• Leaving the Saints by Martha Beck
• Flowers of the Night Oracle by Cheralyn Darcey

***If you loved this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast player! ***

How to Connect with Emma:

• Find out more about Emma Veritas at https://www.enchantedwriting.com/

How to Connect with Caitlin:

• Find out more about Caitlin Bosshart and schedule a free consultation at: https://caitlinbosshart.com/
• Follow Caitlin on Instagram: @caitlin_bosshart 
• Follow Caitlin on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caitlinbosshartlifecoaching/

Attributions:

Theme music: Wally Ingram, Stevie Blacke and Tom Freund. You heard portions of their tracks “Shine a Light” and “Udu ULove” from their record Spadé. 

Original cover art: Caitlin Bosshart

Fairy tale music: "Fairytale Waltz" by Kevin MacLeod 

*Links to bookshop.org are affiliate links*

Support the show

This is our “Life School” episode where we take a theme from the chapter we are studying from our current book club selection, Women Who Run With the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, and we share a tool, practice, or exercise for how to work with that theme in a practical way. This month we are studying chapter 1: “The Howl: Resurrection of the Wild Woman”. 

In this episode we demonstrate how to use an adaptation of a Jungian dream interpretation technique as a more advanced form of “Story as Medicine” than what we presented in life school episode #2. We invite you to listen as we walk each other through this exercise and invite you to try the same exercise for yourself following the prompts below.

Try this at home: Dream Interpretation On Story

1. Open up your book to the story of “La Loba" in chapter 1 and simply plop your finger down on a random sentence on the page.
2. Pick out each of the objects in the sentence and for each object write down any personal associations you have with that object. Ask yourself:  What metaphorical significance does it hold for me? What images or memories arise?
3. Now write out the sentence and replace the subject in that sentence with your personal associations.
4. Read the sentence again and ask yourself: What motifs do you see in this sentence, and how is the motif showing up in your life or where does it *need* to show up in your life?

You can  follow us on Instagram: @FullHeart_FreeVoice_Podcast

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Clarissa Pinkola Estes's audio “Beginner’s Dream Interpretation” which can be purchased here.

If you loved this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast player! 

How to Connect with Emma:

• Find out more about Emma Veritas at https://www.enchantedwriting.com/

How to Connect with Caitlin:

• Find out more about Caitlin Bosshart and schedule a free consultation at: https://caitlinbosshart.com/
• Follow Caitlin on Instagram: @caitlin_bosshart 

Follow Caitlin on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caitlinbosshartlifecoaching/

Attributions:

Theme music: A special thank you to these incredible artists, who created the music featured in our podcast: Wally Ingram, Stevie Blacke and Tom Freund. You heard portions of their tracks “Shine a Light” and “Udu ULove” from their record Spadé. 

Original cover art created by: Caitlin Bosshart

*All links to bookshop.org are affiliate links*

Support the show

This is our monthly Book Club episode where we discuss a chapter from our current book choice: Women Who Run With the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes.

In this episode, we discuss chapter 1 “The Howl: Resurrection of the Wild Woman”. We invite you to read along with us. However, each Book Club episode is designed so that you can listen whether you’ve read the chapter or not.

You can follow us on Instagram: @FullHeart_FreeVoice_Podcast 

Podcast Episode Summary:

In chapter 1, we dive even deeper into the Wild Woman archetype. We talk about the function of this archetype and the type of work we can do to engage more with the Wild Woman in our lives, so that we can begin to collect and restore the pieces of ourselves that we’ve lost.

Timestamps:
0:39 - Chapter synopsis
8:54 - Collecting the indestructible pieces of ourselves
15:45 - The Life/Death/Life Cycle and creating a healthy relationship to anger
20:23 - Finding your soul's truth
24:00 - Understanding Wild Woman metaphors
28:57 - The trial & error mindset and personality types 
38:39 - The hope of the Wild Woman within
44:38 - The optimal attitude towards the spiritual journey

We would love to know:

• What did you think of chapter 1?
• What is one quote from the chapter that stood out to you?

Try this at home:

Take the quote that stood out to you and discuss with a friend or journal about what it brings up for you at this time in your life.

Other works mentioned during this episode: 

• The Art of Empathy by Karla McLaren 

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***If you loved this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast player! ***

How to Connect with Emma:

• Find out more about Emma Veritas at https://www.enchantedwriting.com/

How to Connect with Caitlin:

• Find out more about Caitlin Bosshart and schedule a free consultation at: https://caitlinbosshart.com/
• Follow Caitlin on Instagram: @caitlin_bosshart 
• Follow Caitlin on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caitlinbosshartlifecoaching/

Attributions:

Theme music: A special thank you to these incredible artists, who created the music featured in our podcast: Wally Ingram, Stevie Blacke and Tom Freund. You heard portions of their tracks “Shine a Light” and “Udu ULove” from their record Spadé. 

Original cover art created by: Caitlin Bosshart

Support the show

This is our “Life School” episode where we take a theme from the chapter we are studying from our current book club selection, Women Who Run With the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, and we share a tool, practice, or exercise for how to work with that theme in a practical way that helps us live with both a full heart and a free voice. This month we are studying the Introduction: “Singing Over the Bones”. 

In this episode we explore how the theme, “Story as Medicine”, can be applied to our own lives. We demonstrate an exercise where we use “story as medicine” for ourselves, and we invite you to do the same exercise for yourself. You can follow along with the prompts below.

You can also follow us on Instagram: @FullHeart_FreeVoice_Podcast

Try This At Home

"Story as medicine" prompts:

• What is a story you loved from your childhood?
• What was it about this story that spoke to you? 
• Looking back at the previous answer, where do you see this showing up in your life right now? 
• What action is this whole contemplation calling you to?

If you loved this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast player! 

In our next “Book Club” episode we will be studying chapter 2: “The Howl: Resurrection of the Wild Woman”.

Timestamps:

• 0:39 - About "Story as Medicine"
• 4:34 - Caitlin talks about "The Little Mermaid"
• 14:06 - Emma talks about "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis

How to Connect with Emma:

• Find out more about Emma Veritas at https://www.enchantedwriting.com/

How to Connect with Caitlin:

• Find out more about Caitlin Bosshart and schedule a free consultation at: https://caitlinbosshart.com/
• Follow Caitlin on Instagram: @caitlin_bosshart 
• Follow Caitlin on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caitlinbosshartlifecoaching/

Attributions:

Theme music: A special thank you to these incredible artists, who created the music featured in our podcast: Wally Ingram, Stevie Blacke and Tom Freund. You heard portions of their tracks “Shine a Light” and “Udu ULove” from their record Spadé. 

Original cover art created by: Caitlin Bosshart

*All links to bookshop.org are affiliate links*

Support the show