Goddess Stories and Trauma Resilience

Goddess Stories and Trauma Resilience

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Goddess Stories and Trauma Resilience episodes

  • P’eng Chinese Fish Bird
    Join Jennifer on a mythical winding journey of falling upward with the Chinese Fish Bird known as the P'eng. Swim deeper and deeper through the waters of suffering, one breath at a time, gaining the strength with each breath to burst forth into flight and ride the wind.
    "If the wind is not piled up deep enough, it won't have the strength to bear up great wings. Therefore when the P'eng rises ninety thousand li, he must have the wind under him like that. Only then can he mount on the back of the wind, shoulder the blue sky, and nothing can hinder or block him. Only then can he set his eyes to the southern darkness."
    1 hr 2 min
  • Danu, the Earth
    "Here is the story of Danu's filling the world with her rhythm that she might surge always in the blood tides of our bodies and hearts. How sweet to carry menstruation from a medicalized sanitation to a tender sanctification." Storyteller, Carolyn McVickar Edwards, reads her mythical story, "The Gift of Rhythm and Blood," honoring the primordial Celtic goddess, Danu. The ancient tuatha de Danaan named the earth goddess as the very source of their lives. This story comes from Carolyn's collection, "The Storyteller's Goddess, Tales of the Goddess and Her Wisdom from Around the World."
    44 min
  • Brigit
    For thousands of years Brigit has been known as the Great Bear Mother. She is also known as the Celtic Goddess of the Four Flames and Saint Brigid of Ireland. She was originally the Goddess of the Bear Clans from over 4000 years ago and her flame has been tended almost continuously for hundreds of years at the Abbey in Kildare, Ireland. In the Winter months, she goes on a journey into the underworld and returns on January 31st, known as Imbolc, to celebrate the survival of another year of winter and bring forth the energy of new birth for the coming Spring.
    51 min
  • Medusa
    Medusa’s story has been known to be frightening and confusing. Her glassy-eyed stare has paralyzed those who come upon her with fear. What if Medusa has something to offer us in our journey of healing and resilience? What if we can hear the story in a new way that actually may connect us deeply with our own experience?
    Discover how together, we can create mythologies that support the healing of women, our bodies, and our relationship to nature from ancient wisdom passed down for generations.
    Rise Sister Rise Cover by Fire Song. Written by Rebeca Campbell and Amy Firth
    52 min
  • Tatterhood
    At our deepest roots, we are story-tellers. Women have overcome many adversities through the centuries sharing deep archetypal stories together. The fairytale "Tatterhood" comes from Norway and Iceland. This story offers an invitation to experience your "wild twin" and learn how to reconnect with her as a means to reconnecting to the wild, regal natural state of our earth.
    Discover how together, we can create mythologies that support the healing of women, our bodies, and our relationship to nature from ancient wisdom passed down for generations.
    52 min
  • Coyote Steals Her Light
    At our deepest roots, we are story-tellers. Women have overcome many adversities through the centuries sharing deep archetypal stories together. The mythological story of Coyote Stealing Her Light comes from the Northern Californian Coastal People (Native American). This story offers insights into how we as women can steal back and embody our light, the light the world so desperately needs to heal.
    Discover how together, we can create mythologies that support the healing of women, our bodies, and our relationship to nature from ancient wisdom passed down for generations.
    Music Cover: "Here Comes the Sun," by George Harrison
    46 min
  • Amaterasu
    A story based on Japanese mythology. 
    At our deepest roots, we are story-tellers. Our ancestors overcame adversities throughout the centuries sharing deep archetypal stories together. The mythological story of Amaterasu invites us to open to the light each one of us carries and come out of the cave to shine your light.
    47 min
  • Demeter, Persephone, and Hecate
    Throughout history, countless cultures have recognized the importance of balancing feminine and masculine energies (the yin and yang) that move within and around us. Flowing into and transforming the other, these aspects naturally complement each other. Harmony between these energies inspires a beautiful healing connection to our higher selves, one another, and our world.
    At our deepest roots, we are story-tellers. Our ancestors overcame adversities throughout the centuries sharing deep archetypal stories together. The mythological story of Demeter, Persephone and Hecate offers insights into the strength and tenacity of women when we come together in the face of life’s challenges.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Centering Prayer with Rich Lewis

    Awareness Houston, Episode 8: Rich Lewis joins Jennifer in a conversation about how to begin a Centering Prayer Practice. Rich discusses baby steps that ease us gradually into a practice of sitting in silence with God. Rich also talks about how his personal practice impacted his work and family life.

    Rich Lewis is an author, speaker and coach who focuses on centering prayer as a means of inner transformation. He teaches centering prayer in both his local and virtual community and offers one-on-one coaching. Rich’s newest book is titled, Sitting with God: A Journey To Your True Self Through Centering Prayer.

    Rich has been a daily practitioner of centering prayer since June 1, 2014. Centering prayer has been so life-giving and life-changing that he feels compelled to share his journey with others who wish to learn more. Rich resides with his family in Ambler, Pennsylvania. Learn more about him at www.SilenceTeaches.com.

     

    43 min
  • Enneagram and Transformation with Sandy Wilder

    Awareness Houston, Episode 7: Sandy Wilder, founder of Educare Unlearning Institute, joins Jennifer in a conversation about the Enneagram. How can the Enneagram be used as a tool for transformation and growth? Where is a good starting place when using the Enneagram?

    After a 35 year career consulting, training and coaching educators and business leaders to be more effective personally, interpersonally, on teams, and in the cultures they create, in 2009 Sandy left the corporate world. He formed the Educare Unlearning Institute which uses tools like the Enneagram to help people unlearn that which blocks their potential so they can live freely and authentically from their deepest truth.

    He offers programs, retreats, vision quests, fireside chats, individual coaching, daily unlearning insights and a dynamic supportive community for you if you would like to:

    • Uncover, express and develop your innate, natural strengths
  • Question stressful thoughts and beliefs, and experience transformation through unlearning
  • Learn to listen in a way that naturally enriches relationships and encourages authenticity
    • 1 hr

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At our deepest roots, we are story-tellers. Women have overcome adversities throughout history by sharing innate archetypal stories. We are the “ancestors” of the age to come, weaving new mythologies…