Warrior Goddess Revolution

During this bite-size interview with Warrior Goddesses, Mel and Sarina, we explore how these two humans met at a Warrior Goddess event, fell in love over months of courting, and then learned how to navigate a whole new river of Life together.

This is Part 1 of a series we'll be doing on how they co-parent, partner intimately, and jump naked into the River of Life together. We talk about the wild way they handle challenging decisions when they're both decision-fatigued, the willingness to show up in conflict resolution together, and the wise ways of being in community together and feel wholeheartedly supported.

During this deep dialogue with Banafsheh Sayyad, we explore what it means to commune with the divine, free yourself from the inside out, and let go of the weight of the world's expectations. I ask her about her process of leading people through different forms of sacred dance and being in their bodies. We talk about attending to your body, moving your emotions out, and the transformation that can happen when you show up for yourself committed to all the parts of who you are.

Meet Banafsheh

Banafsheh is a master sacred dancer and living legend. She has dedicated her life to empowering people around the world to embody love.

Her students regard her as a highly accessible and profound spiritual teacher. An inspiring example of radiant embodiment, her teaching is considered life changing.

Audiences experience her as a Sufi priestess, bringing the presence and power of ancient priestesses to life through her dynamic performances.

You can join her next program here.

During this episode, my long-time friend and ministerial apprentice Hope Ruiz regales us with the story of how our lives collided, stepping into a group of 40 Warrior Goddesses from around the world in Teotihuacan, and how we started dismantling systems of oppression within ourselves and our communities.

We share about how the loner identity cracked through her work in Warrior Goddess and how she came to feel held within a community where we celebrate people exactly where they are and where they are going.

Hope is a lifelong writer and spiritual seeker. She is also an intentional mother, a passionate teacher, and an eternal student. You can learn more about Hope here: www.esperanzarenace.com

During this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing one of my apprentices and long-time students, Sue Reed, who used to guide folks down rivers. We had a lovely chat about how women river guides do things a bit differently, learning to read the river, and how we can align with the river of life in impeccable ways. Join us as we discuss how to navigate eddies, expect the unexpected, and unlearn old ways of being.

During this dynamic conversation with Diane Dempster, we talk all things coaching, spending time as a closeted Methodist, finding her way to woo, co-parenting with someone with different religious beliefs, and how to navigate the intersections of neurodiversity in these overwhelming times.

We explore what it means to raise "complex kids" right now and learn to shift your perspective over and over again while being at choice in every moment from a balanced Warrior Goddess place.

Meet Diane

Diane Dempster, MHSA, CPC, PCC is a professional coach, speaker, author, and educator with 20 years of corporate leadership experience. Diane is the co-Founder of ImpactParents.com, a coaching & training organization for parenting neurodiverse kids, and co-host of the Parenting with Impact Podcast. Through her work with ImpactParents, she teaches a relationship-first - neurodiversity informed - coach approach to parents and professionals, blending behavior management with change management, so that concerned adults can empower kids, teens & young adults to become independent and successful. An experienced leader, spiritual wanderer, change agent and all-around life-sherpa, Diane helps clients create deep, inside-out, sustainable change.

www.ImpactParents.com

On this episode of the WGR, I talk with visionary, facilitator, and CEO, Chantal Pierrat. During our conversation, we share how to lead others from a new paradigm in a world that it constantly changing. We explore what it means to collaborate, bring in the feminine, be relational, and cheerlead each other in a world that wants us to tear each other apart. We are interdependent. We need each other. And we need leaders who hold core values like creativity, compassion, connection, and community at the heart of leadership work.

Meet Chantal

Chantal Pierrat’s mission is to increase women’s leadership across the globe. She is the founder of Emerging Women, a global leadership and media platform. 

Her ultimate vision is to weave feminine leadership and authenticity into businesses, and to create a world where women have a strong voice in the shaping of our future.

https://emergingwomen.com

I met Kyle through a dear friend of mine, Matthew Stillman. Sarina and I took his Infinite Play workshop online and then the following weekend I took his in-person Roughhousing Workshop. They were so much fun, invited in courage, and really helped spark creativity to tend to my wild spirit!

In this episode we talk about doing daring things (like disobey and do things imperfectly), listening to Life in new ways, and creating space for more play and willingness.

Meet Kyle

Misfit. Tinkerer. Infinite Player. Kyle Fincham is the creator of Infinite Play, a movement workshop that explores playfulness by reconnecting us with our creative, adaptive, and cooperative potential. Infinite Play workshops are accessible to all misfits, wildlings, and nonconformists. Kyle also hosts Behind the Movement, a weekly podcast where he speaks with movement makers of all types about their stories, thoughts, and philosophies. He also regularly writes articles expressing his ideas and wonderings for his blog. Kyle aims to share and explore this passion for playfulness through all areas of his life, teaching, and art. 

Kyle is a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, is deeply influenced by both Tom Weksler and the Fighting Monkey Practice, and was a student of Ido Portal from 2015-2020. Kyle reads often and travels near and far to attend workshops and seminars, expanding his experience of different movement tools, approaches, and philosophies. 

Warrior Goddess Revolution Podcast music and production by Kevin Braheny Fortune

During this deep and delightful conversation with my new friend, Rhonda, we explore spirituality, writing, the "Celtic" Wheel of the Year, and many of the earth-based traditions in Europe, the UK, and the indigenous communities of those areas who were deeply connected to the land. We don't shy away from topics that break our hearts and unearth what has been hidden.

Meet Rhonda

Rhonda McCrimmon is a Celtic Seer & Shaman from Scotland focusing on creating shamanic pathways for those who have been disconnected from their animist lineage and heritage. She has created a safe, clear pathway for thousands of people to reconnect with their indigenous Celtic roots & find creative shamanic ways to restore a consciously connected spiritual life.

www.centreforshamanism.com

During this lively discussion of two old friends who found their way back to each other, I speak with Oceana about elderhood, initiations, and the gifts of aging with pleasure, presence, play, and excitement. Oceana shares about the intersection of sensuality, liberation, elderhood, and ecowomanism.

Meet Oceana

Oceana Sawyer is an ecowomanism activist, liberation and elderhood advocate, and overall wise woman. She has decades of experience working with death and dying, intentional community, and sensuality.

Oceana is crossing the terrain of grief out in the borderlands of one world ending and a new emerging. She can be found wandering around at the crossroads of grieving, sensuality, deep ecology, deep time, spirituality, and liberation.

https://oceana.substack.com/

In this episode, I meet Kristine Carlson, co-author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff. We chat about giving ourselves permission to grieve, relating to Life in new ways, and breaking ourselves open in incredible ways.

Meet Kristine

Kristine Carlson is a New York Timesbestselling author, best known for her work with her late husband, Dr. Richard Carlson in the Don’t Sweat the Small Stuffseries—with over 25 million books sold worldwide. She is a renowned speaker, inspiring podcast host, retreat leader and blogger. Her mission is to help women transform from heartbreak and loss to live their best lives with joy, gratitude, renewed passion and purpose.