Dancer and teacher, Djamilla Samad moves through life with a vibrant energy, letting go of what no longer serves to make something new.  Djamilla’s life experiences have led her to create a unique form of devotional fitness, a somatic type dance to release tension, and embrace joy.

In this episode, Djamilla and Catherine discuss….

Djamilla was born, raised, and educated in Stockholm, Sweden, and was introduced to yoga as a 9-year-old. After graduating from the Royal Swedish Ballet School she toured the world as a professional ballerina. And later on in life, she developed her own style of movement, an ergonomic method on how to tap into the emotional richness our bodies contain. She teaches classes in Marin County and is available for private sessions online.

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Instagram: @Djamillascircle

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/djamillascircle?mibextid=ZbWKwL

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Annakalmia Traver (she/they) is a composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, visual artist, and poet. A student, interpreter and manifestor of sound, Annakalmia is tapped into the creative force through beautifully dynamic ways.

In this conversation, Annakalmia  and Catherine discuss…

Annakalmia has traveled the world offering her performances to happy crowds as front person and co-bandleader of the bands Rubblebucket and Kalbells. She's made appearances at venues such as The Filmore, Brooklyn Steel, Bonaroo, Jimmy Fallon & Jimmy Kimmel, Lincoln Center, BAM, and many more. She’s a sister, aunt, daughter, and granddaughter, and loves cooking, gardening, singing together, and staring at horizons.

Learn more about Annakalmia’s work:

@grassfedkal 

@rubblebucket 

@morekalbells

Kabells’ Hump the Beach (official music video)

Rubblebucket’s Geometry (official music video)

rubblebucket.com

kalbells.space

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Dedicated to living a life guided by her intuition, Janel Holiday is a San Francisco-based Interior Designer and yoga practitioner, and teacher who continues to transform her own creative frontier.

In this conversation, Janel and Catherine discuss…

Practices to come back to center when emotions take over

 Changing relationship between food and the body 

 When making decisions, ask,  ‘What will make me more honest?’

 Remembering each of us has something to offer 

 Finding ways of working that are nourishing 

 Asking yourself, ‘Can I be a work in progress and be okay with where I am now?’

 Running a business that meets your own evolving need

 Inspired by the ‘glittery’ and the ‘tragic’ 

 Importance of working with the dynamic energetics within a home 

 Making a space of self-acceptance for just you  

Janel Holiday is the Principal and Owner of Janel Holiday Interior Design, a full-service interior design studio that draws from over twenty years of experience in creating unique and individual environments. She realizes each project's specific needs and helps support ideas from dreams to reality while keeping within a client’s comfort zone, be it visual or budget. All family members, pets, and activities are taken into careful consideration to ensure that the finished design is not only beautiful and personal, but livable and practical as well. Janel believes that a thoughtful, curated environment can emotionally and physically enhance and change one's life. As a native “Cali Girl”, Janel pulls inspiration from the California lifestyle and surroundings with everything from the coastline, desert landscapes, mountain ranges, old Hollywood, redwoods, and Modernism. When not immersed in the world of design, Janel can be found spending time in museums and at art shows, hiking and getting out in nature as much as possible, practicing and teaching yoga, riding vintage Italian scooters, and spoiling her adopted chihuahua girl gang..

Learn more about Janel’s interior design work: 

http://www.janelholiday.com/

IG: janelholidayinteriordesign

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Feeling disconnected from her body after giving birth, pleasure activist and violist Meena Bhasin began a journey to reclaim her greatest source of pleasure - her body. Using movement and music, she helps others claim pleasure from their bodies.

In this conversation, Meena and Catherine explore…

Meena was born in New York to an Iranian Jewish mother and a Punjabi Sikh father, Meena’s identity has never fit neatly into a box, which has been both a source of pride and struggle.

At age 39, she is paving a new path forward in which radical self-love. She creates communities for women to stoke their inner fires, unleashing their fullest expression, and fueling our collective power.

Meena’s work can be found:

https://sensualreveler.com/

IG: @sensualreveler

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Carol Gamble passionately shares her insights on supporting and uplifting women in both their professional and personal journeys. Carol emphasizes the importance of intentional living and operating in alignment with one's values. 

In this episode, Catherine and Carol discuss…

You can get in contact with Carol, or learn more about her work here:

Connect with Carol on Instagram: @sushimomjd

Referenced book: Lessons In Chemistry

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Katie Chirgotis is a practicing florist, student of Nature and seeker of deeper knowing based on the Central Coast of California. As our collective society tilts into a time and experience unlike any other, it is her deep belief that we must look to Earth-based practices and ancestral teachings from those far wiser to call back our humanity, and return to center.

It is her daily effort to make work and act from a place of trust, co-creation, and heart-centered intention. Trying, failing, learning, and loving along the way.

In this conversation, Katie and Catherine explore…

The Magnolia connection

Connection to the elements

The magnolia as an archetype

Weird and WYRD

The great Mother as a cauldron

Katie’s mission finding the magical in the mundane

The animistic quality of others

Katie’s path to her current works

The courage to follow one’s soul and to follow the unknown

 Learn more about Katie and follow her:

Eothenfloral.com

Eothencircle.com

Depthstarot.com

@eothen_, 

@eothen_circle

@depthstarot

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Rhea Mistades, CHT, LMFT is a Psychotherapist and Healer of Filipino ethnic origin supports her clients to connect to their inner power and wholeness. 

In this episode, Rhea and Catherine discuss…

You can get in contact with Rhea, or learn more about her work here:

rheamistades.net

FB: https://www.facebook.com/rheamistades.psychotherapyandhealing

Referenced: The Feminine Face of God: The Unfolding of the Sacred in Women

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Intuitive Coach & author, Mara Glatzel explores what it feels like to identify, honor, and advocate for your own needs. Mara is the author of the book, Needy and host of the Needy podcast. 

Topics Mara and Catherine discuss include…

Mara shares, “... I am a queer, femme wife and mother of two, recovering control freak, and a human who deeply understands the impulse to relegate her needs to the bottom of a very long to-do list in an attempt to prove her worth. / I am not even slightly interested in one size fits all “self-care” that continually misses the mark. /  I am ecstatic about helping perfectionists, caregivers, and people pleasers take up space in their lives and reclaim their sovereignty through honoring and advocating for their needs.  /  It is time to rebuild the chasm in your relationship with yourself so that you can feel seen, heard, and adored, no matter what. This is the ultimate act of self-care. /  I believe you are allowed to start again whenever you need to -- mid-morning, mid-bite, or whenever the mood strikes. /  I am here for the fullest expression of everything you are.”

Purchase Mara’s book Needy and listen to her podcast here: 

maraglatzel.com

@MaraGlatzel

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Anh Oppenheimer, mental health advocate and entrepreneur, shares her real-time process of how she confronts her mental health challenges as well as helping others do the same.

Topics Anh and Catherine discuss…

Anh Oppenheimer is a mental health advocate and the creator of My Happier Mind Cue Cards: 71 Tips & Tricks to Better Mental Health. Anh is striving to remove the stigma of mental health issues by using her experience as a life-long sufferer of depression, anxiety, and social anxiety to shine a light for others.

As a mother of two young adult boys, she is particularly interested in doing this for teens and college-age kids. Her card deck of My Happier Mind Cue Cards is being used within school districts, in sorority houses, and is beginning to be sold in book and gift stores around the country. Before focusing on mental wellness, Anh worked in the world of documentaries producing Yakoana: The Voice of Indigenous Peoples, and two mini-documentaries about the Kirkwood Volunteer Fire Fighters. She is co-editor of an upcoming book Kirkwood: Stories from the First Fifty Years. When her boys were little, she designed warm, romantic, eco-friendly sleepwear to help her get through the foggy nights in San Francisco. She can be found on tiktok and instagram under the handle @MyHappierMind.

MyHappierMind.com

Link to purchase My Happier Mind’s Cue Cards: https://myhappiermind.com/product/cue-cards/

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In this Mother’s Day episode, Catherine explores the true power of mothering and what it really means to hold reverence for mothering. We examine this life-giving, life-sustaining, primordial power that needs restoring now. We envision a world where mothers are sovereign in their power, grandmothers are honored for their wisdom, and the earth is revered for all she offers. 

Topics explored include: 

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