Women Waken: Spiritual Healing for Trauma in Relationships to Shift from Codependency to Divine Feminine

Whew...this eclipse energy must be getting to me. If you made it through the episode, I apologize for all the F bombs! It is an intense topic though & I got pretty fired up. Trauma responses. What are they? Trauma responses are described as survival mechanism to help us react quickly to life-threatening situations. They arise as a result of early life exposure to these events creating an almost auto pilot mode that individuals enter into under great distress or upset.

On this Identify & Heal solo episode, I put my therapist hat and and share with a spiritual lens what the 4 trauma responses are, how they develop and present in individuals, and how we can begin to identify them when they show up. I then describe how we can begin to shift to a more Divine Feminine healthy and balanced response. I offer examples as well as personal examples of trauma responses and share encouragment for how to navigate them.

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It can be very fun to work with our gifts. To explore how we can recognize our ability to see, hear, feel, taste, and smell things that bring information that should be unexplainable. Yet it distinctly tells us a story. My guest this week, Eboni Banks,  discovered a very rare psychic ability when she found that when she laid hands on people in her work as a healer, she could pick up on various experiences, information, & impressions. Eboni's main spiritual gift is called Clairtangency, which means clear touch. As a trauma survivor, Eboni has learned to use her wealth of inner spiritual resources to thrive on her own healing journey and is now inspired to teach people how to do the same. To access their intuition to heal the stuck parts of their lives that prevent them from living their desired life.

On this guest episode, Eboni shares with us about how she came into realizing she had the unique gift of clairtangency and offers an overall review of the Clair senses. She also talks about how they relate to the multiple levels of intuition and the benefits of using intuition overall as well as her family history of healers & how she carried on the ancestral abilities.

Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, Eboni Banks is an Intuitive Healer and Author who has been aware of her intuition since childhood. She is from a lineage of healers and wellness practitioners on both sides of her family. Eboni's maternal great-grandmother read palms for a living in the 1940s. Her late father was a social worker and hypnotherapist who owned and operated a private practice mental health clinic. Eboni's inspiration to serve others began as a child while spending time in
her dad's office and observing his healing work.

She is passionate about charitable work and has worked with nonprofit charities for the past 13 years as a development consultant, targeting social justice, pediatric healthcare, and equitable education. In 2016 Eboni received the Osborn Elliott Award for Outstanding Community Service for a volunteer-led organization she founded, which taught people living in Brownsville, Brooklyn, about the importance of
incorporating plant-based eating into their diet. Eboni considers herself a mystic and enjoys exploring the balance of physical and non-physical life. She practices yoga, meditates, and listens to mantras in her spare time. Eboni currently lives in New York City, where she shares her thriving spiritual practices with clients.

You can learn more about Eboni & her work here:

www.ebonibanks.me

IG: @intuitiveeboniwrites

TikTok: @intuitiveeboniwrites

Substack: https://lickinglifesfingers.substack.com/

Happy Full Moon Lunar Eclipse In Libra! It is officially Eclipse season and it is bound to pack a punch for many of us. This Lunar Eclipse today (if you're watching on this episode's release date, Monday March 25th) is trined by Pluto at 1 degree. I'm no astrologer yet I understand it means that this Moon is asking us to look at the things we don't want to see in regards to our relationships and desires. Often what we want the most is what we have the deepest fears around. Sometimes unbeknownst to us. We can keep our fears hidden in the shadows of our subconscious, and Pluto is known to bring us face to face with our fears and shadow side. If we can understand how these fears are our blocks, we can finally make break throughs to our greatest dreams.

On this Divine Feminine solo episode, I share insights about this Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, gathered from some of my favorite astrologers (links below) and delve in to ways to embrace these energies and opportunities for major breakthroughs and expansion of conscious & Universal wisdom.

Molly McCord, https://www.youtube.com/@MollyMcCordAstrology
Stacie Dread, https://www.youtube.com/@galacticambassadorastrology

Moonology Oracle Cards: https://www.yasminboland.com/books/moonology-cards/

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Happy Friday! And welcome to Aries Season! It's time to celebrate because we've escaped the 8 Swords of Self Entrapment, hurray! And now we begin the work of navigating the World being mindful of how we're responding to our environments, situations & people. And also beginning to choose what we will & will not tolerate in terms of the jobs, living situations, relationships, friendships, colleagues and otherwise in our life that are proving to be unhealthy for us.

On this Identify & Heal solo episode, I offer some thoughts on the difference between the things that can heal us versus hurt us when it comes to recovering from past traumas and beliefs. The difference being that when people or experiences are reminiscent of past trauma (echoes) yet are not actually harmful, it can aid us in releasing stored energy & emotions. When a person or situation is in fact hurtful and re-opening a wound and adding more trauma-based emotions and energy it is important to align with our Divine Feminine self love and steer clear to continue on our journey to unconditional love and regard for ourselves.

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My guest this week, Raven Scott, has been a wonderful friend & fantastic mentor to me for over a year. Raven is a is a podcaster, author and Trauma informed Human Design Reader. We connected while working with the wonderful Podcasting coaches at Get More Listeners and she a pivotal guide in helping me find my audience with Women Waken. Raven saw her own phenomenal success with the podcast, The Empath & The Narcissist. Raven bravely started this podcast to speak about her experience of being in an abusive narcissistic relationshio for over a decade

On this guest episode Raven opens up about her perspective on the Empath & Narcissist dynamic, why so many of us find ourselves in abusive relationships & don't know how to leave, and how we can find the strength within us to reclaim our value and get out. Raven also touches on her work with Human Design and her fabulous new book, Empath's Guide to Rising Strong. 

Raven Scott shares messages about Spiritual healing from Narcissistic abuse with human design on Empath and the Narcissist podcast because she believes The Karmic experiences awaken you to your authentic Soul you just need the guide to call your power back. ❤️‍🩹 

You can learn more about Raven and her work here:

Free Human Design Reading link: https://ravenscott.aweb.page/healing-from-abuse

Ig - @empathandthenarcissistpodcast

YouTube Empath Rising with Raven 

Website: https://ravenscott.show ( under construction)

Spring has arrived! (In the Northern Hemisphere) Or Fall for my lovely Southern Hemisphere folks. Either way, we have come to the time of equal hours of daylight and night. Balance. New life, emergence, blossoming, sunshine, awakening are all themes of Spring yet lets not forget the significance of honoring balance at the time of the sacred Equinox. Stepping into the bright, longer days of Spring can be energizing yet we want to be mindful not to race in too quickly. The theme from this episode definitely came to be; gently emerging into the light.

On this Divine Feminine solo episode, I offer my take and insights on the Spring Equinox of 2024 which also brings with it Aries season, Eclipse season, & a Mercury Retrograde among other things. So how may we best ready ourselves for these heightened energies and work with the extended hours of sunlight and productivity? How may we take time on the Equinox to honor cycles and commune with Nature? Observing the life that is emerging from the hibernation of Winter; animals, plants, flowers, blooming trees. Taking time to take it all in and celebrate this season of New Life. 

The Natures Whispers Oracle Deck; https://fairyglen.com/products/natures-whispers-oracle-deck

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We did it ya'll! Made it to the final 8th Sword of the 8 Swords of Self Entrapment. I feel pretty excited about it. What did everyone think of this series, would you like to see more like it? I enjoyed it and the opportunity it provided to hit on what I feel is so pivotal to this year of 2024, BREAKING FREE & Reclamation. Now is the time to move out of doubt, old patterns, & and stories and it all begins with releasing the Past.

On this Identify & Heal solo episode I'm pulling that final 8th Sword from the stone setting us free from all these fears. And truly the 8th Sword of The Past contains within it all the other swords. Because most of our constraints and bondage comes from beliefs, fears, and experiences born from our personal history AKA, The Past. Telling ourselves the same stories, playing small, holding back, not taking chances, lacking faith that love, success, & happiness can be ours. All fueled by experiences and messages from our Past. It's time to put it behind us once and for all and claim the remarkable, Divine Feminine life that is rightfully ours.

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It often takes diving head first into all the sticky, messy, & unhealthy means of coping in life to gain spiritual understandings & reach a state of enlightenment. How else would you realize how backwards it is to harm yourself in order to feel better? And if it's backwards, then what would it be to live in a forward manner? This is all to say that life can lead us to bizarre and unthinkable circumstances before we find our peace. My guest this week, Rae Leonard, shares the most delightfully raw, honest, and light hearted account of descending into the depths of addiction and darkness to then rise up again into the light to discover all her glorious intuitive, Divine Feminine gifts.

On this guest episode, Rae and I have a lovely conversation comparing stories of addiction, recovery, and uncovering the treasures found in the watery intuition of a Woman's heart and mind. Rae's unique regale of life growing up in the 70's, partying like a rockstar, and then nearly drowning in housewife drug addiction. We laugh and marvel at how much more enjoyable life is when we're treating ourselves kindly and consuming healthy products. Rae shares her unique insights into the claresenses and understanding of master cleansing. 

Rae Leonard is an author, intuitive guide and coach. Her latest book is titled, High Sobriety: A trip out of the bottle into your intuition. As a Transformationalist, Rae draws on her expertise in Jivamukti Yoga, VortexHealing®, performing arts, Conscious Language, and
master cleansing to help people who are ready for Post Traumatic Growth. She assists in dissipating subconscious triggers to allow people to become the frequency of their designs. One of her guiding principles is, “Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. This is not philosophy. It is physics.” - Albert Einstein

You can find Rae's book & learn more about her here: 
https://raeleonard.me/
IG: @iamraeleonard

Happy Super New Moon in Pisces! I know, it happened on the 10th yet I'm recording this on the day of the Moon and feeling into that Pisces energy as well as the end of the year/wrapping things up energy. We do find ourselves at this Moon in the last sign of the Zodiac year. Pisces allows some space for swimming in the potential and exploring possibilities before we head into fired up Aries season ready to take charge and make moves as we leap into Spring and the new Zodiac year.

On this Divine Feminine solo episode I share my take on the energies of this final New Moon of the year, a Super New Moon in Pisces. I offer some ways to embrace these last days of Pisces season and the 2023/24 Zodiac year and allow some free flowing, swimming in the void as we wrap things up and consider what the next year will bring. I also provide a little guided mediation and pull a Moonology card which are always timeless whenever you hear it.

Moonology Oracle Cards: https://www.yasminboland.com/books/moonology-cards/

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We've made it to the 7th Sword of Self Entrapment and NO, it's not a repeat. The 1st Sword was Self Doubt, the down trodden cousin of today's Sword, the Sword of Self Criticism. While Self Doubt may feel like an eeyore, woe-is-me mentality, Self Criticism feels like a cruel & unkind commentator who's only purposing is to scare you into believing you're not enough. Where does this voice come from and why is it such a prominent affliction for Humanity?

On today's Identify & Heal solo episode, I answer these questions and share my thoughts on the nature of self criticism. How at its source it can be trying to protect us yet it is up to us to stand up to that inner critic or negative commentary running through our head to say THANKS yet no thanks. Stating that we appreciate the input yet we're good, that we know our worth & value is not determinant on external factors and choose peace & acceptance over fear. Realizing that the pain of staying hidden away because we may not be good enough or accepted far outweighs the risk of letting ourselves be seen.

Resources:

https://edrcsv.org/, Eating Disorder Resource Center

https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/get-help/

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Feel free to reach out to me to see how we can work together and send your questions, feedback, and requests for future solo episodes here: 
Whitney Walker, LMFT
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