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In this extraordinarily intimate and revealing episode of The Red Podcast, Elayne Kalila welcomes her beloved friend, author, and relationship coach LiYana Silver into a conversation that ventures far beyond the usual narratives of menopause.

Together, they explore the profound intersection of perimenopause, the Dark Night of the Soul, the wounds of girlhood, and the radical reclamation of the feminine body.

In this episode:

Why perimenopause can feel like an underworld descent, and how to recognize the deeper soul initiation unfolding alongside the physical changes

The powerful relationship between puberty and menopause, and why midlife may call us back to reclaim the innocence, desires, instincts, and embodied knowing of our younger selves

The relationship between cultural conditioning, perfectionism, bodily control, and health struggles later in life

How the same fierce determination once used to override and punish the body can be transformed into a sacred commitment to nourish, honor, and love ourselves

Why forgiveness does not mean pretending the past was acceptable

The ways women internalize cultural misogyny and turn it against themselves

How choosing self-love becomes an act of personal and collective liberation.

How to dissolve and grow at the very same time

Share this episode with a woman who may be navigating her own dark night. Sometimes the greatest medicine is simply knowing that we are not walking through the darkness alone.

Emily Fletcher arrives to the RED temple carrying the full paradox of her path: a former Broadway showgirl turned corporate meditation teacher turned full-blown pleasure priestess, who now holds a vision of 13,000 people gathered at the Pyramids of Egypt to pray with their pleasure. This episode shows what becomes possible when two women sit together in fierce tenderness, radical honesty, and genuine love for this world.

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If you've been waiting for permission to take your pleasure seriously, to take your power seriously, to take yourself seriously, let this be it.

KC Baker and Elayne Kalila first found each other in 2016 on a pilgrimage to the sacred lands of Avalon, gathered in a circle of sisters through the Magdalene line. Elayne has returned to lead that pilgrimage every year since, and KC has never been far from her heart. So when Elayne recently joined KC's Sleep Sluttiness offering — because, as many of you know, sleep has been one of her greatest challenges through perimenopause — and she felt what feminine Qigong did in her body, she knew immediately: her community needs to know about this.

KC Baker is the founder of Women Speak and Velvet Flow, a mother, an entrepreneur, a woman who has walked through her own fire — burnout, sleeplessness, the overwhelm of holding everything — and found her way back to vitality through one of the oldest healing practices on earth. Qigong is over 5,000 years old, and was born in the bodies of wild women communing with nature, moonlight, and the deep intelligence of their own bodies. In this episode, it will awaken something in yours.

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This episode offers a completely new understanding of what perimenopause is doing in your body, and why the exhaustion you feel is not a failure but a signal.

In this intimate, wide-ranging, and deeply grounded conversation, Elayne Kalila is joined by her longtime friend, artist, and cultural visionary Shiloh Sophia to explore one of the central initiations of our time: how to remain sovereign, embodied, and creatively alive inside a collapsing paradigm—without bypassing grief, rage, or responsibility.

Together, they speak into the lived experience of stepping out of the dominant patriarchal zeitgeist while still witnessing it clearly; the ways nervous system regulation, embodiment, creativity, and feminine coherence become acts of quiet revolution, and why this moment is asking us not for reaction, but for conscious curation of our inner world.

In this episode:

The Riddle of the Mother Tongue and why our current crisis is ultimately a crisis of story, language, and frequency

How the dominant paradigm creates enforced scarcity—and why it is not reality

What cannot be destroyed: earth, body, breath, love, creation

Feminine embodiment as a stabilizing force in times of collective dysregulation

Leaving the “building” of toxic narratives without bypassing grief or responsibility

Art, ritual, and creativity as technologies of consciousness

Coherence, resonance, and regulated presence as quietly revolutionary

Reclaiming sovereignty over attention in an age of engineered distraction

This episode is both conversation and transmission, inviting listeners to slow down, breathe, and feel what is actually real beneath the manufactured chaos of modern life.

In this luminous, fiery, and deeply intimate conversation, Elayne Kalila welcomes beloved mystic, theologian, and prolific author Andrew Harvey to speak about his timely new book, The Magdalene Revolution: a reclamation of the “greatest story never told,” the sacred partnership of Mary Magdalene and Jesus, and the radical implications of their love for our time.

Andrew shares the origin moment that initiated this work—an extraordinary vision in Mary Magdalene country in the South of France—and the four-year initiation that followed, including the shattering fire that burned his home and the mystical grace that poured in afterward. 

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This episode is for anyone who feels the pulse of the Magdalene in their bones, and knows her return is not a trend. It is a Pentecost.

In this deeply human and illuminating conversation, Elayne Kalila welcomes longtime sister-priestess, teacher, and author Elana Auerbach to speak about her newly released book, The Sure Thing — a radically simple, devotion-based weekly pleasure practice designed to restore intimacy, trust, and connection in long-term relationships and within the self.

Woven through this episode is an honest exploration of menopause, mismatched desire, nervous system overwhelm, and the quiet grief many couples carry when intimacy becomes fraught or uncertain.

Rather than offering another “fix” or technique, The Sure Thing reframes pleasure as a relational sanctuary — one rooted in safety, presence, responsiveness, and mutual devotion.

This episode speaks tenderly to those navigating long partnerships, midlife transitions, and the deep longing to feel alive, desired, and at home in the body again.

In this episode:

A compassionate reframe of desire and intimacy

Language to talk about pleasure without pressure

A practical, gentle ritual that calms the nervous system

Permission to begin where you are — without fixing or forcing

A lived example of intimacy restored through devotion, not effort

Free Gift from Elana

Elana is offering listeners a beautiful guided audio journey:

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A somatic, imaginative journey to reconnect with the part of you that knows exactly what you want — even if she’s been quiet for a while.

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After a year-long hiatus, Elayne Kalila returns to The Red Podcast with a deeply personal and collective initiation story—marking the opening of Season 8.

In this episode, Elayne shares the underworld journey that took her through menopause completion, severe inflammation and debilitation, surrender, healing, and a profound reorientation of leadership. 

Woven through her story is a powerful transmission on humility, being fully human, and why this moment in history is calling forth the Watchtower Women—modern-day Magdalene leaders choosing love over fear in a collective Dark Night of the Soul.

Welcome back to Season 8. Welcome back to Red.

In this episode:

The return of The Red Podcast and the intention for Season 8

Humility, humanity, and being brought “close to the earth”

Menopause as an initiatory passage and reckoning

Illness, surrender, and the miracle that arrived in the dark night

The Magdalene path and leading through vulnerability

Synarchy leadership and the living temple model

Watchtower Women and choosing love over fear in uncertain times

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of sitting down with the amazing Layla Martin of This Tantric Life Podcast + the VITA Coaching method. I met Layla many years ago when she was a coaching client of mine when she was just starting out her amazing sacred business, sharing ancient Tantric teachings in a modern context. 

This is a deep conversation about the nature of Tantra and how it serves us as modern-day priestesses to more deeply understand the ancient roots of this lineage of self-realization. What I loved about this conversation was the humor and humility that we got to share as women who are on our own journeys of continual awakening.  

We dive deeply into the nuances between spiritual experience and the path of enlightenment, the power of sacred sexuality, and the power of healing from sexual trauma.

Some of what we explore: 

Grab a cuppa and have a good laugh with us about all the ways we are still learning to walk as love in the world and how often we fail!

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This week’s conversation explores the nature of love, the interconnectedness of body and soul, and the role of plant medicine and sacred practices. 

I’m joined by my dear sister heart Allison Conte, as we discuss our spiritual paths, the divine feminine, and the challenges of living with love and humility in difficult times. We dive into why we need to bring our feminine spirituality into leadership now.

We also share personal stories of transformation, surrender, and the importance of self-love and self-care.

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In this episode, I sat down with the exquisite artists Sedona Swan Soulfire and Marya Stark to discuss their collaborative project "She Rose," a sacred offering to the rising Divine Feminine.

The profound symbolism of the rose is at the heart of this work. For both Swan and Marya, the rose has been a deeply personal and spiritual ally on their journeys of self-reclamation and embodiment of the Goddess. 

Since childhood, Swan has associated the rose with the fragrance, power, and cyclical nature of the feminine. Her womb healing journey led her to the rose as a symbol of recovery, innocence, and the monthly initiations of her cycle. 

Marya describes the rose as a "crown jewel," an archetypal representation of the different aspects of the Goddess that she has befriended on her path.

Together, the rose is seen as a "dream labyrinth," holding the intelligence and mysteries of the feminine experience. It symbolizes the blossoming, ripening, and shedding of the petals, mirroring the ages, stages, and evolutions of womanhood. 

The rose is also connected to sacred lineages, the rose gamos (sacred marriage), and the celestial remembrances of the priestess archetypes.

At the core of the "She Rose" offering is a deep understanding of the transformative power of initiatory performance and ritual theater. Ultimately, "She Rose" is an artistic homage to the reclamation of the Divine Feminine that is already unfolding in the world. 

This work is a way to amplify and celebrate the rise of the Goddess through their creative offerings. By weaving together music, dance, ritual, and myth, they hope to touch the hearts and souls of all who experience it. The art becomes a vibrational transmission, a catalyst for catharsis, and a reflection of the interconnectedness we all share as human beings on a journey of awakening.

We cover: 

The inspiration and message behind "She Rose" 

The significance of the rose symbolism and the "path of the rose" 

The importance of ceremonial initiation and the concept of the "initiated body" in their work

The challenges and growth experienced through their collaborative creative process

Details on the upcoming "She Rose" performance tour dates and locations

Insights from the Magdalene Rose Oracle on the Sapphire Blue Frequency as an ally for their work

Guests:

Sedona Swan Soulfire - Dancer and sacred weaver of tantric magic

Marya Stark - Songwriter, chantress and lyricist of the Goddess

Resources Mentioned:

Temple of the Muse website: www.templeofthemuse.com

She Rose Collective community: www.templeofthemuse.com/100-for-100-she-rose

Be sure to check out the tour dates for the "She Rose" performance and connect with Swan and Marya online to experience their powerful offerings. Enjoy this deep dive into the rise of the Divine Feminine!