S6E04 - How The Feminine Can Hurt: 5 Ways The Divine Feminine Can Damage

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.


 


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.


 


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Books mentioned on 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 mentioned in this podcast:


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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