Certified embodiment coach, Priscilla Rodgers, helps her clients release childhood trauma and live a more sensual life through her guided treatments, which incorporate self-massage and breathwork. She joins us today to teach us how to tap into our sensate body to heal ourselves and to experience our sensuality. We wished we had these tools our whole life. She also shares all about her new course focused on racial trauma, oppression and the body.

 

Topics We Discuss: 

• Trauma
• Sensuality
• Proprioception

 

In the Episode, We Learn:

• About the internal senses and what happens when they are suppressed.
• Why trauma stays in your body when you are a child if you were not taught how to release it. 
• She uses a combination of breathwork and massage in her trauma release treatments.
• Techniques that help you tap into our senses.
• How we can use our internal felt senses and proprioception to find presence.
• About the power centers of the body that she focuses on when releasing trauma.
• What a trauma release treatment with her is like.
• About the barriers to sensuous living.
• About her upcoming course on racial trauma, oppression and the body in October.
• How staying in your head can be a defense mechanism to prevent you from processing trauma.

 

Resources:

• You can work with Priscilla by DMing her on IG @TheLavenderJunkie
• Benshen Course (The Art of the Radiant Woman) for Kundalini Yoga with Desirée Pais
• My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
• Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma by Gail Parker, Ph.D
• Trauma and The Unbound Body by Dr. Judith Blackstone, Ph.D
• The Holy Wild by Danielle Dulsky
• Coaches Rising Podcast

Leaving a great job and changing your whole life in favor of leading a life with purpose can be daunting. Our dear friend, Devonne Badelt, now COO of The Mayfair Group, shares how her huge leap of faith to leave a very “comfortable” job to pursue a life closer to family brought her more fulfillment and purpose than she ever imagined. She also generously shares one of the biggest losses in her life and how it shaped her. Thank you for your vulnerability, Devonne.

 

Topics We Discuss: 

• Career Development
• Self-Expression
• Grief

 

In the Episode, We Learn:

• How seeing her single mom build her own business inspired her strong work ethic. 
• How her sister inspired her to do things that no one has done before and express herself in a unique way.
• Once she realized how disconnected and stagnant she felt, she knew she had to make a huge life change.
• Why she took a huge leap of faith to leave what she thought was her dream job to seek a career that truly fulfilled her.
• How she manifested her actual dream job as C.O.O. of The Mayfair Group.
• She has always had faith that as long as she worked her a$$ off, things would work out.
• The importance of creative self-expression.
• What advice she has for women asking for a raise or a specific salary.
• She experienced an incredibly painful loss at a young age that instilled in her the idea that life is short, so lead with kindness and make people smile if you can.

 

Resources:

• Devonne’s IG @DevonneBadelt
• Devonne’s email: [email protected]
• Lisa Warman @LisaMWarman
• Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
• The Purple Cow by Seth Godin
• How I Built This with Guy Raz Podcast
• Skinny Confidential Podcast

When we came across Birjiwan Kaur, we were completely in awe of the Feminine Arts practices she teaches and how powerful our own bodies can be in transmuting trauma. As a Kundalini Yoga & Tao Tantra Feminine Arts teacher, she has opened our eyes to the practices of internal alchemy and other sensual rituals. We have also fallen in love with her transformational music, Sunniai. Birjiwan has inspired us to explore what it means to live life as a sensual being. Let the journey begin.

 

Topics We Discuss: 

• Tao Tantric Feminine Arts
• Kundalini Yoga
• Sexuality
• Internal Alchemy

 

In the Episode, We Learn:

• What her childhood was like growing up in France.
• How her personal experience with abuse led her to the work that she does today with Kundalini Yoga and Tao Tantra Feminine Arts.
• Our bodies are an extension of our spirits.
• Why our bodies might hold trauma and how to release it.
• About embodiment techniques that you can use to release stagnant energy.
• The philosophies of Tao and Tantra.
• How the Tao Tantra Feminine Arts came to be.
• Tantra is not only about sex, it is about merging the polarities within us.
• About her first experiences with Kundalini Yoga and emotional releases.
• What awakening the Kundalini within you means.
• About the different seasons of our menstrual cycle.
• How to cultivate our sexual energy.
• About the hormonal and nurturing benefits of breast massage.
• About the benefits of yoni eggs.
• The specific uplifting vibrations she works with in her music, Sunniai.

 

Resources:

• Birjiwan’s IG @birjiwankaur_
• Birjiwan’s music IG @sunniaimusic 
• Listen to Sunniai on Spotify
• Benshen Course (The Art of the Radiant Woman) for Kundalini Yoga with Desirée Pais
• Books:
• Code Red by Lisa Lister
• Love Your Lady Landscape by Lisa Lister
• The Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche
• The Multi-Orgasmic Woman: Sexual Secrets Every Woman Should Know by Mantak Chia & Rachel Carlton Abrams
• The Multi-Orgasmic Woman: Sexual Secrets Every Couple Should Know by Mantak Chia, Maneewan Chia, Douglas Abrams & Rachel Carlton Abrams
• Natural Cycles Ovulation App 
• Ra Ma TV

With entrepreneurship on so many of our minds, we thought it was a perfect time to discuss the importance of building a business with sustainability at the forefront. Where do we start? Katie Price, founder of The Sunshine Series, shares what led her to transition from a career as a fashion designer to starting her own beautiful brand that focuses on creating swaps for more sustainable living. Quality over quantity has never been more real.  Topics We Discuss:  Sustainability Entrepreneurship Single-use Plastic In the Episode, We Learn: Katie knew what she wanted to do and started sewing at a young age. How she made the leap to create a brand focused on reducing single-use plastic after years of working as a designer in the fashion industry. As a sustainable brand, it’s important to create products that last, because if your customers are still buying a ton of products, then you’re not creating change. Katie chose to make hemp a key fabric for her products, because it is one of the most sustainable fabrics out there. The Sunshine Series offers reusable produce bags (replace plastic produce bags), hemp market bags (one bag to replace grocery bags, store your yoga mat, and other items), tea towels (replace paper towels), and glass straws (replace plastic straws) About the enemy that is single-use plastic. We eat a credit card size of plastic a week. About nano-plastic and how it can enter the brain. Resources:   Follow account. Great books: by Paul Hawken by Lalah Delia Self-care: Lacy Phillips’ Deep Imagings (DIs) on Lacy Phillips Expanded Podcast meditations Other Sustainable brands Katie loves:

So many listeners have reached out to ask us questions about Human Design, so we decided to have Giana give us all a little introduction into Human Design. We discuss the five energy types, the corresponding strategy and not-self themes, and also quickly go into authority. We love geeking out on this topic!

 

Topics We Discuss: 

• Human Design
• Energy Types and Their Strategies
• Human Design Authorities

 

In the Episode, We Learn:

• What Human Design is.
• About the five energy types: Manifestors, Generators, Manifesting-Generators, Projectors, and Reflectors.
• Every energy type has a strategy that helps them exchange energy with the world correctly and stay on their path.
• How knowing your child’s human design can help you raise your child to embrace their uniqueness and their purpose.
• Common conditioning that can happen to each energy type.
• Deconditioning tips for each energy type.
• The different authorities.
• The not-self themes for each energy type.
• About compatibility and Human Design.

 

Resources:

• Find out your human design or learn more on Jenna Zoe’s website: https://www.myhumandesign.com/ 
• Another place to find your chart is https://www.mybodygraph.com/ 
• Giana’s IG @gianacalifano
• Human Design expert, Jenna Zoe’s IG @jennazoe 

Holistic business coach and operations expert, Celia Arias, teaches us everything we need to know about starting a business...and how to make it sexy. We absolutely love how she embraces her feminine power while helping people around the world build the business of their dreams. Embracing her feminine flow did not come easy to her at first, and we were so inspired by her story. She is a badass. Period. Calling all aspiring entrepreneurs. It’s a must-listen.

 

Topics We Discuss: 

• Money
• Entrepreneurship
• Women in Business
• Self-empowerment

 

In the Episode, We Learn:

• How being Argentinian and growing up in the states influenced her life. 
• Growing up she was a dancer and gymnast.
• She has four degrees: BFA in Modern Dance, BA in Fashion Design, MBA in Global Management, and Masters in Theology.
• About her Smooth Operator Program.
• Her belief that business is sexy.
• She started her first business when she was 11.
• She was a professional dancer.
• Hero tango dancing experience she had when she realized she had taken on all masculine traits to be a leader all the time and didn’t use her feminine traits at all.
• The differences between men and women when it comes to business.
• Math is a creative language. 
• The importance of being able to talk to every part of your business which includes all of the numbers and finances. 
• One of the biggest mistakes women do when they start business is not paying themselves.
• You are not your business.
• If you don’t separate yourself from your business, your business becomes the baby who never grows up and is dependent on you completely. 
• How to create a budget for your business so that you can determine your break-even point, selling price, margin, and really understand what you need to do to reach your business and financial goals. 
• What Celi’s spiritual practice looks like. 
• The importance of personality tests.

 

Resources:

• Work with Celi: https://celiarias.com/
• Follow Celi on IG, twitter, and FB @celilivesnyc
• Vintner's Daughter face oil
• Books:
• Books by Richard Rohr
• Books by Rob Bell
• The Great CEO Within
• Wired to Create
• Antifragile
• Mary Magdalen Manuscript
• Atomic Habits
• Personality Tests:
• Strengths Finder
• Birkman Method
• Human Design

Before Alex Hudgens became a life coach and author, she had to get clear on what she really wanted to do in life. For her, that meant becoming an Emmy-nominated journalist on Access Hollywood before she was 27. Then she realized that what she thought was her life-long dream actually stemmed from a need for external validation. She helps her clients not only get clear on what they desire, but provides the tools to help make those dreams a reality. Let’s get real - dream big & make sh*t happen.

 

Topics We Discuss: 

• Self-empowerment
• Social Media
• Anti-racism
• Entrepreneurship

 

In the Episode, We Learn:

• How growing up bi-racial influenced her.
• Why and how she created her anti-racist guide.
• The importance journaling has in your ability to process your feelings.
• All about the book she wrote on social media.
• The negative effects of social media including “compare and despair.”
• We are not supposed to know what everyone is doing at all times.
• How she left what she thought was her dream job to do something that fulfills her -- life coaching.
• How grateful she was to make it onto a National TV show after only 2 years, because it made her realize that her true passions lie in life-coaching.
• How she teaches her clients to build integrity dollars.
• The difference between coaching and therapy.
• How she trains herself to be courageous.
• The importance of hiring perspective and investing in yourself.
• That keeping your word helps you build integrity and trust in yourself so you can make your dreams reality.

 

Resources:

• Follow Alex on IG, Facebook, and Twitter @a_hudge
• Anti-racist guide
• To learn about coaching opportunities with Alex: Spurr Social
• Books:
• Everything is Figureoutable 
• Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
• Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People
• You’re a Badass at Making Money
• Alex’s production company: Hybrid House Productions

Lindsey Wilson, founder of Owl Venice, gives us the download on how to reset your gut and promote overall immune wellness with bone broth. Lindsey is living proof that you can turn your passions into a business. We also love her tips on how she stays committed to protecting the environment and sustainability.

 

Topics We Discuss: 

• Health & Wellness
• Bone Broth
• Gut Health
• Sustainability
• Female Entrepreneurship

 

In the Episode, We Learn:

• Lindsey started making her own bone broth out of her need to heal herself and her desire to create a bone broth that was palatable, organic, and made with ethically sourced products.
• Lindsey founded Owl Venice in 2016 and started with skincare products before developing her organic bone broth recipes.
• Bone broth has been around for centuries - every culture has its own version (ramen, phu, grandma's chicken noodle soup, etc.).
• Bone broth includes gelatin, glucosamine, and collagen. These are beneficial for your gut health, joints, hair, skin, brain function, sleep, and overall immunity.
• Bone broth mimics the lining of the gut wall, helping to repair any damage that has been done to the gut.
• Owl Venice offers organic vegan bone broth that is still great for immunity and gut health.
• How Lindsey does her part to live a sustainable life.
• Lindsey’s self-care routines, rituals, and her favorite conscious brands and products.
• Owl also offers organic skincare, health coaching and catering.

 

Resources:

• Connect with Lindsey on Instagram @Lindseyowl
• Owl Venice:
• Follow on Instagram @OwlVenice
• Owl Venice website
• Owl Gut Reset Program
• Owl Vegan Reset Program
• Owl Skincare
• Buy Ranch Direct
• Compostable LA
• Brands Lindsey loves:
• Mate the Label
• Jung Maven
• It is Well
• Christy Dawn
• How I Built This Podcast
• A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
• 101 Cider House
• Simples Tonics

Why did your soul choose to come here? What are we meant to learn? What is our purpose in this lifetime? We have been asking ourselves these questions a lot the past few years. Tackling these on your own can be overwhelming. Enter Deirdre Morgan into our lives. As an intuitive healer, numerologist, hypnotherapist and psychic, Deirdre does not just give you the answers. She creates a space for you to dive deeper into your soul’s contract, empower yourself, lead with your Heart and trust your intuition.

 

Topics We Discuss:

• Numerology
• Intuition
• Female Empowerment
• New Feminine/Matriarchal Paradigm

 

In the Episode, We Learn:

• About Giana, Jessi and Lindsay’s life path numbers and personal year numbers from Numerology.
• She went on to receive her ministerial papers in Interpersonal Counseling and Alternative Healing from the Kairos Institute for Metaphysical Parapsychological Studies.
• The difference between an Intuitive and a Psychic.
• About the new 4th Dimensional, Matriarchal, Feminine Paradigm and what we can do to support this new Paradigm.
• Feminine energy brings in the winds of change - it’s creative, inspirational, intuitive, and playful.
• She was 13 when she realized she was an Intuitive.
• Numerology is the Divine Science of Number. The numbers take on qualities, characteristics, and talents. Their energy expresses the divinity of man.
• What a soul contract is.
• How to use Numerology to gain insight into who you are and what you came to be here on Earth. 
• The importance of understanding whether you receive communication from your heart/soul through your clairvoyance, clairsentient, or clairaudient gifts.
• About her empowerment program and other offerings.

 

Resources:

• Book a reading with Deirdre: https://www.deirdresinsights.com/ 
• Check out Deirdre’s book, Heart Speak, guided meditations and spiritual recordings

Shah Granville, actress and founder of Sweet Curly Beauty, joins us to share how she moved away from the pursuit of perfectionism and into honoring herself for all that she is. We loved listening to her journey of finally betting on herself as she built a career and started a beauty business. 

 

Topics We Discuss:

• Betting on Yourself
• Entrepreneurship
• The Arts & Acting
• Spirituality & Faith

 

In the Episode, We Learn:

• Growing up, she was inspired by the work of Shakespeare and other masters of the arts.
• How she handled people telling her that she was not going to get into Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) to study acting.
• How she manifested her acceptance to train at RADA and the lessons she learned while there.
• To stop commenting on yourself and stop watching yourself. You don’t need anyone’s validation.
• She has consciously moved away from living a results-driven lifestyle in favor of enjoying the process.
• She was raised with faith and the belief that there was something greater than herself, which started her spiritual journey.
• How her business, Sweet Curly Beauty, was born and all of the limiting beliefs she overcame around starting a beauty business.
• How she cultivates self-love.
• The importance of taking care of your physical body and cultivating a spiritual practice that ebbs and flows as you do.

 

Resources:

• Follow Shah’s journey on IG: @shahgranville
• Sweet Curly Beauty website: Sweet Curly Beauty
• Sweet Curly Beauty IG: @sweetcurlybeauty
• Sweet Curly Beauty 10% off discount code: REAL10
• Podcasts:
• The Agenda with Julie Adenuga
• Run For Your Life Podcast
• Books:
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life by Gary John Bishop 
• The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
• The Artists Way by Julia Cameron
• Products:
• Prayer and Plans silk pajamas
• Koh Gen Do sheet mask
• Laneige water sleeping mask and lip mask
• Narciso Rodriguez perfume
• Red Crystal Tibetan Incense