My experience in the Maiden to Mother rite of passage My first pregnancy & birth was a beautiful, challenging, and transformative rite of passage & spiritual experience. At times I felt frustrated + alone searching for advice. But not just any run-of-the-mill unsolicited advice or projections people so freely give to pregnant women….ick. So I became my own Wise Woman … Read More
Abortion debate is a waste of time and energy
Regardless of what abortion laws the feds pass, pregnancy is many things. It’s a gift from God, a co creation, a wild ride, a choice that is ultimately in a woman’s hands/body. Have you ever noticed roe v wade is and the debate has always been a mind bender? That’s because it’s a psy-op to trick you out of your … Read More
How to enter the flow state of life
At many times in my adult life, I have tried to live according to my own desires rather than what I had been taught by society or familiar patterns. For example, when I graduated from college, I had every intention of owning my own business and freelancing, but without a mentor to help me, I was lost and baffled on … Read More
What is alignment and how do you get it?
Wise women know that we have to go to great lengths to stay healthy in this dis-eased world: -Buying water filters -Going out of our way to buy organic and unprocessed food -Making what we can from scratch And it’s not easy to live this way. It is part of our work. Our water has fluoride in it. Conventional agriculture … Read More
What is a Mystery School?
Since ancient times Mystery Schools have called forth those who are following a sacred path. That path leads to self knowing and knowing of the other world. A Mystery School is a university for the soul, a Path of self mastery where we can learn to awaken dormant DNA and develop ourselves as spiritual beings. It means devotion to educating ourselves … Read More
How I arrived on the Medicine Path
I arrived on the Medicine Path in 2011 after I was raped. I was twenty-three and was consequently blindsided by confusion, shame, depression, somatic dissociation, and disconnection from my intuition. Thankfully, Great Spirit guided me to find my way to a group of sisters. They were willing to help me pick myself up by my bootstraps and begin my healing. … Read More
Episode 27: Hoop Teachings with Sweet Medicine
Today Sweet Medicine Nation is joining us to share about the Hoop Teachings of her lineage. Haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-collective-podcast/id1252328415
Wise women choose alternative paths
It’s a rare person who is not conditioned by society. Most internalize what we are told throughout our lives: We are not good enough. We need makeup to be pretty. We need a certain face, a certain body, a certain job, a certain amount of money in the bank to be good enough. There’s nothing wrong with any of those … Read More
Why I chose home birth
I’ve been meaning to share more about my experience becoming a mama because it’s been a huge turning point in my identity and in my life. Here’s one aspect of it—how and why I chose home birth. I’ve been a birth doula since 2016, so I have lots of experience supporting women through pregnancy and birth. For me, my own … Read More
Five ways to own your feminine nature
Some people hear the words “goal setting” and assume that the Life Design Method is rigid and fixed. They might ask, “what is particularly ‘magical’ or ‘feminine’ about this?” Actually, it is based in the feminine nature. My answer is that this goal setting process is feminine because it rests on the rhythms of the feminine. That is, the rhythms … Read More