Wildfire & Flowers

Love is one of the biggest mysteries of life that makes up a huge part of our human experience.  As two young ladies in our mid-late 20’s, our thoughts on romance and intimacy have drastically changed from when we were little girls to where we are now. V & P also note how these nuances of love that we are conditioned with, become engrained into our mindset and the way we accept or choose to experience intimacy. There is so much to deep dive into when it comes to attachment styles, eye contact, self awareness and meeting your own needs.

Your co-hostesses get intimate on the topics of intimacy and romance in this episode, and although it can be a little scary and vulnerable to open up on the reality of these feelings, it's very healthy to do so when you feel safe - 10/10 recommend!

Mentioned in this episode:

Paula's Fountain Tarot Deck where she pulled the Lovers card

Mama Gena’s book Pussy A Reclamation mentioned by Paula

Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel S.F Heller mentioned by Paula

Megumi Fujita Embodiment Coach mentioned by Vanessa as she attended her Intimacy Workshop

Jack Harlow (the eye gazing king) 

Home is a safe space, It's a feeling, a place of real estate where your precious belongings reside, a place to rest your head and a physical representation of what makes you, you.  In this episode, P & V discuss the emotionality of a home vs. a house, and how through this pandemic, many of us have discovered the ways we express our true nature in our homes.  During this time where we are being asked to stay at home, it has caused folks to re-evaluate what makes a house a home, and re-define what they want to come ‘home’ to.  In this sweet sixteen episode, the co-hostesses chat about the importance of taking care of your home, your mind, body, and the earth, and the relativeness of all these nurturing elements.  

Topics around the impermanence of beauty, resisting attachment, and conscious awareness are brought to the table as well.

When we  take care of our home, our home takes care of us.

As mentioned in the episode:

Dr. Cyndi Gilbert's book on Forest Bathing

Online Platform; Corals and Bees - promoting environmentalism and climate change

As a global collective, we are undergoing huge waves of pandemic trauma.  In previous episodes, P & V have talked about where they stand mentally during the podcast check-ins and steps they've taken to support their mental wellbeing.  With the level of uncertainty in our lives, we don't necessarily have the correct structures or systems in place, and that can be very frustrating.  What we do have power over, is creating systems and structures in our lives and implement them within our family, community and individual units, to support our realities.  In this week's episode, we cover the weight that our bodies are holding and how we can release it, ways that you can find your inner grounding via stories shared, and highlighting the pockets of pleasurable moments in your day.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022!  As we immerse ourselves into the new year, set our resolutions, and wave farewell to 2021, it's important to take a moment of reflection as we tie up loose ends and make way for the future we are manifesting.  When preparing for the new year, (or even a new week or day) it's so important to make sure you are setting goals that are fun, desirable, and aligned to YOUR truth.  Sometimes it's not always about emerging into a new you, but simply changing your perspective and mentality on life.  Expectations are tough and can put so much pressure on us; so in this episode, P & V remind you to allow your childlike wonder to shine through as that is your personal awareness and authenticity showing when setting goals for the new year.  The co-hostesses share their latest interactions with social media and how it's affected their new year goals, as well as the spiritual deaths and emotional grief we feel as a collective when stepping into the new and saying goodbye to the old.

smart goals: https://www.nytimes.com/guides/smarterliving/resolution-ideas

Everything stems from the power within and the love that encompasses our communal truth.  This concept of self love and how we can be the ultimate giver and receiver to heal ourselves is ultimate power.  This is not done solely through the individual, as P & V explore how self love is rich through the guidance of community.  The other concepts explored in this episode is showing up for yourself, love languages, and how self worth is a strong driver of your life choices and life force.

This episode is dedicated to the power and honor of the late Bell Hooks.  May she rest in peace.

Love language quiz: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/love-language 

The word manifest has been thrown around left right and centre in the past few years, and as wonderful (or overused) as it is, P & V take you through a deep dive into what manifesting REALLY is and how you can do it. The concept of manifesting is so powerful, as it’s the union of prayer and personal desires coming together with goals and the abundance of the universe in perfect alignment. This harmony can be achieved but it takes effort, practice & patience. Fear and the subconscious are huge factors that play a role, and aren’t often talked about enough with the glamorization of manifesting, so your favourite co-hostesses take the liberty of guiding you through some of their own personal journeys as they traverse the human experience. As always, this episode is filled with love, giggles and all the good vibes.

Inspiring light-workers/brands/companies mentioned in this week’s episode:

Manifestation and goal setting can be so wonderful and really help you attune into the reality you want to create for yourself. But have you ever found yourself in a space where you’re hitting a wall and noticing that your manifestation is all wrong, wonky, and not going as planned? In this week’s episode, Paula & Vanessa share their current experience of having to release and let go of a shared dream, because it’s simply not meant to be. It’s okay if things don’t show up the way we intend for them to, we are merely the co-creators of our life. Let the universe work it’s magic as well, it’s okay to let it go.

And when in doubt… get down on it! (& by ‘it’, we mean your intuition!)

In deep moments of despair, the first thing we do is begin to self sabotage by neglecting our self care routine and immersing into all the feelings of anxiousness, helplessness and ick.  Paula and Vanessa hear you, and see you, and have their own fair share of experiences as such.  As important as it is to allow the body to process the negative feels fully and complete their cycle, when it's time to get out of this stage, we want to immediately be happy again.  The reality is, this moment too shall pass, but it's all a part of this journey that we call life!  In Episode 10, we discuss and recognize that it may seem close to impossible to remain grateful in these darker cloudy moments, but this practice of stating your gratitude in all the good, bad, and in-between moments, raises your vibration and can help you through and out of the moment of despair.  Tune in to the frequency to hear how the co-hostesses have recently experienced chaos, and how acknowledging their gratefulness helped them through the dark clouds.

Those uneasy sensations, such as restlessly waiting for test results, waiting for that paycheck to come through, waiting for that heated argument you had with your friend last week to cool down, waiting for that approval... oh goddess gracious me!  It's so time consuming to worry about the results when we are attached to a desired outcome.  We understand how being patient when it comes to the expectations we have is not a desirable sensation and all the different ways restlessness shows up in the body *insert all the foot taps and pacing up and down*.  Through explorative shared experiences, lots of giggles, and deep breaths, P & V chat about some tools they've learnt along the way when faced with the anxiousness that comes with wanting to be in the state of knowing when we yearn for an aligned outcome.  

We have become so dissociated as a collective, from our intuitive nature of our bodies, and the way our individual body is constantly communicating with us.  We ignore the signals to prioritize other aspects of life, and we put ourselves last.  In this episode, V & P talk about how you can re-sensitize yourself to get more in touch with your physical being in the healthiest way possible.   We must care for these vessels that do so much for us. Honor your body, it can show you the way.  And remember..."Butterflies in your stomach?  That is your ancestors telling you to run away!"