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I had an epiphany last week; it was about my religion.
Although I was raised Catholic I never strongly resonated with the traditions or stories of this faith. Instead, I’ve been drawn to a faith that’s harder to name, that’s more aligned to nature and its pulsing creative aliveness.
Last week, I realized & reconciled my faith is feminine.
As I write this, I guess it’s not that shocking, but it kind of shocked me….
Because the feminine also makes me cringe.
There are so many people who ‘do’ the feminine in ways that feel inauthentic and harmful. The new-age-spirituality movement (which I am, loosely, begrudgingly, associated with) does some really messy things with the feminine.
Over the years I’ve kept tabs on the ways the ‘feminine’ can do damage… That is the way that some people’s version of the feminine can do harm.
Not because the feminine is harmful.
But because many of us (myself included) with good intentions can leave an impact of harm.
I really don’t want that for the feminine. It’s been such medicine, and magic for me.
So today on the podcast we’re exploring 5 ways the feminine can cause harm, to ourselves and to others. This will be useful for the practitioners, and the humans who are practicing more feminine-based living.
Specifically, we’re exploring:
- How I first got introduced to the feminine
- What the feminine means to me & why I don’t love concrete definitions of it
- The role of tracing your ancestral feminine history (& some reading recommendations from mine)
- Five ways I see the feminine doing harm & how that’s played out in my own work, and in the way I parent
- What I’m doing differently as a result of these insights
Would love to hear what lands once you’ve tuned in! Drop me a note here.
Resources
Books Mentioned In This Podcast:
- Way of the Superior Man by David Deida
- Masculine & Feminine by Gareth S Hill (don’t really recommend this one)
- The Radiance Sutras, translated by Lorin Roche
- Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven’t Tried Yet by Meggan Watterson
- If Women Rose Rooted, A life-changing journey to authenticity and belonging by Sharon Blackie
Resources from the School of Embodied Arts:
- Primal Feminine Flow – An at-home, feminine embodiment movement practice to resensitize the body
- Feminine Embodiment Coaching – an emotional embodiment & vulnerability-based professional training for coaches
- School of Embodied Arts
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