Eclectica Hub's Rooted In Remembrance Podcast

In this this episode, Demi Lee and Annamaria sit down with Alana Ward for a conversation about death - and, perhaps more importantly, about what death asks of the living.No one is getting out of here alive. Everything we love will change. Every season will end. Every body will eventually return to the earth. And rather than making life meaningless, what if remembering this is precisely what makes it sacred?Together, we explore what happens when we stop keeping death at arm’s length and begin building a relationship with our own mortality - how the awareness of impermanence can bring us into deeper humility, courage, presence and reverence for the ordinary moments of our lives.Demi Lee shares the story of being falsely diagnosed with cancer, and the threshold that diagnosis took her across. Faced suddenly with the possibility of her own death, she was forced to confront an uncomfortable question: if my life ended sooner than I imagined, have I actually lived it the way I wanted to?What followed was a reckoning with the places she was still withholding herself from life. The offerings not yet birthed. The words not yet spoken. The risks not yet taken. The strange liberation of realising that, when your time comes, you are the one who will die your own death - and therefore you hold the sacred responsibility to live a life that is actually yours.We speak about legacy, creative courage, using your voice, and the ways remembering death can strip away some of the performance and trivialities that consume us.We also enter the more difficult territory of suicide and suicidal ideation, bringing a conversation often relegated to the shadows into the light. Not romanticising death, nor reducing the complexity of suicide, but asking what it might mean to help someone find a life they can remain in relationship with.This is a conversation about death. But really, it is a conversation about life.About remembering that the breath moving through you right now is temporary. That the people you love are temporary. That this particular incarnation of your life will never happen again.And perhaps there is no greater invitation to live than remembering that one day, we will die.Join us in Body As Altar in Northern NSW from October 1st - October 4th, 2026. Book Now using the Discount Code RETURN for $150 discount. Today's Episode is sponsored by Dreamy Moons Tarot, offering Tarot Card Decks for those seeking deeper connection, guidance and clarity. Offering Guided Journals - keepers of your deepest dreams and musings. Purchase now using the Discount Code: ECLECTICA

In this episode, Demi Lee and Anna-Maria step into the raw terrain of leadership - the arena where projection, expectation, and responsibility collide. Together, they explore what it really takes to stand in visibility: to carry the weight of others’ needs, to remain rooted in your own backbone and authority, and at the same time - stay humble, receptive, and willing to see the blind spots that inevitably arise.But this conversation is not just for “leaders” in the traditional sense. It is for anyone navigating the initiatory path of life. Because whether you hold space for others or not, you will face the same call: to know yourself, to meet your wounds with honesty, and to recognise how those wounds shape your choices. This conversation explores how triggers are not there to punish us or keep us suffering - they are teachers, mirrors that reveal where healing and responsibility still live within us.From people-pleasing tendencies that quietly dictate decisions, to the online storms of projection and pressure, they speak to the arduous yet liberating process of self-responsibility. Leadership, and life itself, asks us to dance between strength and tenderness: to hold authority without armouring the heart, and to remain open without abandoning truth.This is an invitation to anyone ready to walk with more awareness, to see every person who unsettles you as a guide, and to embrace the wild, unglamorous, and deeply human work of being in the arena.- Sign Up for Feminine Wealth Alliance Here - Sign Up for Way of The WombKeeper Byron Bay Here.- Sign Up for The Reclamation 2.0 (Way of The WombKeeper Addition) in Sydney HerePodcast Song: Elders by Vero Coya

What does it mean to be in your spine - not just in posture, but in truth?In this episode, Anna-Maria and Demi Lee unpack the sacred architecture of sisterhood: the kind that doesn’t flinch at your bigness, but bows to it. The kind that recognises your success and everything you have achieved in your life as a mirror and a call.We speak to the clearings and contractions that come when jealousy arises - and how it can be a compass. We explore how to dismantle the internalised patterns of tall poppy syndrome, performative humility, and quiet competition - and ask: what if celebration is the most radical act of all?This is a conversation about self-responsibility, staying in integrity when ruptures arise, and learning to hold each other - and ourselves - without collapsing or avoiding.It’s about walking with women who don’t see your connection as dispensable and forging a sisterhood that trades in truth over comfort.Sign up to our upcoming offerings:The Reclamation 2.0 Sydney (WombKeeper Addition)The Way of The WombKeeper Byron BayThe Reclamation New Zealand

Just as a tree needs deep roots to grow tall and steady, relationships require a strong foundation to thrive over time. In today's episode, we invite our first ever Podcast Guest Speaker to join us - Joshua Payne, who happens to be Demi Lee's Husband!Demi Lee and Joshua have been woven into the depths of their romantic connection over the past 7 years, and through both working extensively in the field of Sacred Women's Work and Sacred Men's Work, alongside both being devoted to Parts Work, they have discovered some nuggets of wisdom that deeply support them within the realms of long-term relating.In today's episode, Anna-Maria, Demi Lee, and Joshua explore the deeper pillars that support lasting and meaningful relationships. They dive into the importance of taking full responsibility for our emotions and nervous system, what it truly means to have "two feet in" a relationship, and how to courageously step into the often uncomfortable space of conflict, staying present with your partner until resolution is found.They discuss the sacred nature of trust, and what it means to trust your partner all the way down, without reservation. While also sharing the power of understanding your own core wounding and imprints, and how these hidden influences shape the dynamics of your connection. Whether you're in a long-term relationship or seeking to cultivate one, this episode offers insights to help you build a foundation that is both grounded and expansive.Join us in Embodied Eldership next year, a Container Joshua will also be facilitating: https://www.eclecticahub.com/embodiedeldershipTo work with Josh 1:1 or find our more about his containers, you can find him here: https://www.yourwindow.life/

In today's fast paced world of nervous system dysregulation and highly charged reactivity, it's rare to slow down, take a breath, and recognise when we are being hijaked by our emotions.When we feel triggered, charged, angry, or hurt - we tend to react impulsively. And hey - we all do it! Certain emotions take the wheel and we can end up spitting venom at the person we deem 'at fault' for this. We are in a state of fight-or-flight and the impulse is to react with whatever is alive for us. In that moment, our perceptions of the situation are greatly altered. The emotional charge prevents us from seeing the situation for what it is. We are seeing the situation through a distorted lens, one that is based on our own wounding and pain. At this point, there is no listening going on anymore. Our emotions and defence mechanisms are driving our behaviours, doing what they can to keep us 'safe'.In today's episode, Demi Lee and Anna-Maria share the power in being able to slow down, cultivate radical self-awareness and truly take responsibility for what we are feeling. The speak to the power of Parts Work, recognising which part of you is taking the wheel so you can slowly give that part love and find out where it's not yet free.This episode is for anyone who struggles with emotional reactivity and finds themselves going around in circles navigating conflict with the people they love. They offer a few tools and resources that can help you become radically accountable for your nervous system, for your wounding, and for where you are placing unfair assumptions or expectations on the people in your life. Our upcoming Perth and Byron Bay intensives has a few spaces available. Join us and claim one of the last few spaces here

In a world obsessed with material possessions and financial status, the concept of being "rich" has been narrowly defined by the numbers in our bank account or in the material items we possess.Today's episode is a broadening and expansion of what wealth actually is - understanding that true richness transcends mere numbers and assets. In today's conversation, Demi Lee and Anna-Maria speak about the importance of embracing an abundant mindset, and remembering that true wealth lies within the richness of our energy, spirit, and relationship to life. They speak about the power of community and collaboration - and how they believe that having access to a supportive and colourful community is the highest currency.They look beyond the confines of our collective bank accounts and speak to importance of embracing the abundance that surrounds us - especially for those of us that have the privilege of having access to community, clean soil, clean water, a flourishing ecosystem, and the thriving of the elements. Wealth lies in the cultivation of gratitude and positivity - for it is in our gratitude and appreciation for life that true wealth blossoms.Sign up for our Berlin Immersion: https://eclecticahub.squarespace.com/the-wild-within-berlinSign up for our Eclectica 2024 Tour here: https://www.eclecticahub.com/eclectica-tour

Let's speak about Cancel Culture. This cultural phenomenon where individuals deemed to have acted or spoken in an unacceptable manner are ostracised, boycotted, shunned, fired, shamed, or exiled from the tribe.During today's episode, Demi Lee and Anna-Maria unpack the nuances of cancel culture and the ways in which shaming and cancelling people out often doesn't leave much room or encouragement for healthy dialogue, growth, respite, or reflection. Moreover, cancelling people instead of engaging with them in meaningful conversation prevents us from engaging with different perspectives which could potentially offer valuable insights into our own views — a crucial part of growing both as individuals as well as societies at large. When we engage in cancel culture we are sending the message that punishment trumps progress; that silencing someone is better than engaging with them constructively.People deserve space to evolve. To make mistakes. To behave from their wounding and to be 'wrong' from time to time. This is an intrinsic part of how we emotionally evolve as humans. However we can only do this when there is safety, an opening, and a calling people 'in' instead of 'out'.In this conversation, Demi Lee and Annamaria discuss how we can hold people accountable without cancelling them out. They discuss the importance of revillaging and what it means to offer spaces where people can unpack the nuances of their behavior without feeling shamed or punished for it through fear, bullying, intimidation, or publicly ostracising.Only 4 spaces left for our Berlin Immersion. Join us here: https://eclecticahub.squarespace.com/the-wild-within-berlinIf you would like to enrol in our 2025 Melbourne-based Visionary Dance School, click here: https://eclecticahub.squarespace.com/melbourne2025semester

The Medicine Woman is an archetype within us all, yearning to be awakened. She calls us into radical responsibility and discernment, and reminds us to connect to the innate medicine that has always been woven into the cells of our bodies. The spark. The illumination. The power. The service.It’s all there - waiting to be seen, felt and claimed.During this episode, Demi Lee and Annamaria speak about the multidimensional force of the medicine woman archetype and how she often introduces herself to us after we have gone through huge, transformational passages of death and rebirth. The Medicine Woman tethers us to Spirit, widens the way we see the world, and calls us into deeper service, integrity, and space holding. In this conversation, Demi Lee and Annamaria touch on both the light and the dark that we begin to see with our entire body when connecting to the subtle realms of existence.They also share about the pathway of psychic sensitisation, the ON and OFF switch, the importance of energetic sovereignty, and what kind of boundaries and protocols are actually required to hold safer spaces - especially when working with shamanic energy.This episode is sponsored by Eclectica Hub's When Women Were Wolves Bali Retreat that will be held in Ubud, Bali in July 2024. Find out more here.