Welcome back to the Wild Heart Podcast with Willow Brook where we explore divinity in daily life with themes of love, mysticism, grief as a spiritual path, and sensual embodiment.

In this episode, trauma specialist, art therapist and soul medicine guide Monika Denise Burkholder explores themes of belonging, the intersection of grief and trauma, and ways to expand our capacity to be with big human experiences. Monika shares her insights on trauma integration, the role of witnessing in emotional processing, and she and Willow investigate the significance of embodiment and pleasure in the context of grief. Their deep conversation dives into cyclical living, nature's influence on our emotional states, and the concept of soul medicine as a pathway to authenticity. 

Monika Denise is a medicine woman of the soul—an art therapist, trauma therapist, somatic practitioner, grief tender and songcatcher at the intersections of stone and river. With her basket of intuitive wisdom and practical skills, Monika Denise founded Four Moons Howl LLC where she offers Soul Medicine for the Souljourner. Women who are navigating inner and outer life transitions, overwhelmed with grief, or experiencing the impact of trauma are drawn to her grounded presence and empowering, transformative medicine as an ally on their journey. She offers 1:1 sessions and group workshops as well as collaborates on community offerings with other soulful practitioners. Monika Denise has tended the community for Wild Heart since its inception and co-facilitates embodied grief rituals and retreats as co-founder of Medicine For Our Times. As an artist, Monika Denise sells art for ritual, including pottery, earrings, and My&Moon, a lunar calendar for cyclical living. Twice a year, Monika Denise can be found co-guiding soulful canoe trips on the Green River in UT for The River’s Path. Throughout every thread of her offerings, Monika Denise is in service to living with access to the authentic self—empowered and free. 

Learn more at: www.fourmoons.earth

@fourmoonshowl

If this conversation opened your wild heart, we invite you to join an upcoming event with our community at ⁠wildheart.space⁠

Holy Lament: The Transformative Path of Loss & Longing with Mirabai Starr

A spiritual container for those ready to turn toward loss and reclaim it as something sacred in a community of companionship, creativity, and soul-deep transformation. Through the alchemy of reflective writing, poetry, shared witnessing and sacred song, we invite you to explore the healing landscape of grief in a circle of loving presence. 

Learn more at wildheart.space/holylament

Links:

Connect with Monika: www.fourmoons.earth

IG:  @fourmoonshowl

Connect with Wild Heart: ⁠wildheart.space⁠

IG: ⁠@wildheartspace⁠

Connect with Willow for 50% off 1:1 sessions before 2026: ⁠willowbrook.love 

IG ⁠@willow__brook⁠

Connect with Mirabai: ⁠mirabaistarr.com⁠

IG: ⁠@mirabaistarr⁠

Thank you to the amazing Manny Fassihi for editing the Wild Heart Podcast!

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