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This episode was originally shared on the Mindful Pause Podcast with Audrey Sutton Mills. These ancestral wounds, deeply rooted in our DNA, often show up as fears, insecurities, and blocks that hold us back from our true power. Enrollment for Way of the Priestess is Open! We begin March 13, 2025 Click here to book a call to learn more Priestess: a space-holder, leader of a movement, of highest service to the greater collective, a vessel for the divine, a living embodiment of love Initiation: a series of ceremonies or rituals marking entrance into a new way of being ...The Lineage of the Rose... The teachings in this program date back to the mystery schools in Egypt. We will be working with archetypal energies and ascended master guides such as Isis, Hathor, Sekhmet, Mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Yeshua among others. Download the Program Guide Stay in Touch: Website Instagram

Have you ever felt judged by someone? Can you remember that pain of feeling misunderstood? Cast out? And separate? Usually the people in judgement don't know the whole story. They don't know the truth of who we are or what we've been through. And usually the people who judge, are themselves in some kind of pain. I imagine you can relate to that truly awful feeling, especially if you identify as highly sensitive. It's enough to make one want to attack back, or worse, go into hiding or shame. I've been thinking of Mary Magdalene this week, as her Feast day approaches. Eight years ago Pope Francis declared July 22 as a Feast Day for Mary Magdalene, honoring her role in Jesus' life as "The Apostle of the Apostles." Many of you may know of her as she was named by the Catholic Church long ago - as a prostitute or whore. She was judged, and as what happened to many powerful women, her name was dragged through the mud. But the truth is she was an absolute equal to Jesus in his ministry. There came a time, in the first few centuries that the Bible was changed, and stories of powerful women were taken out of it. And the Church didn't want people to think that Jesus was human - that he had a beloved, instead they wanted to portray him as this divine being that could only be accessed through the Church. That way they could keep the power. So any stories depicting Jesus as a partner, a beloved, a lover and husband to Mary, were removed. Powerful women were seen as a threat in her time. Women were mysterious - they carried the gifts of new life inside their bodies, it was something men were not capable of, or even fully understood. When women joined together the men felt even more threatened (what is more powerful than a coven of women woven together by the same beliefs?) So whether it was conscious/intentional or not, the women were systematically shamed. First they shut down their power center - their womb - by shaming their sexuality. Then their menstrual cycle was seen as dirty, a burden or a curse. Bearing children, and giving birth was seen as a punishment. The women were deemed inferior. A woman was confined to the home. And sadly, when a woman shuts down in her womb center, she often shuts down her voice. I believe Mary knew one day though that her name would be restored, that one day thousands of women would awaken and carry on her legacy, of being powerful and embracing that power, as teachers, guides, healers and claiming their place as part of a larger movement. I believe she knew one day these women would reclaim the power of their menstrual cycle… The holiness of conception, pregnancy and birth… And through healing, would find their voice. But not only that, I believe that she also holds the codes of forgiveness. She reminds us to feel all the pain of the past, and to release judgement of others, even when we feel judged. To remember that those who are causing pain are also in deep pain themselves. I believe she had compassion for those who shamed her, dragged her name through the mud, even for those who wanted to persecute and kill her. There's so much we can learn from Mary, and her embodiment. I wanted to share one of the audio lessons in my program, The Way of the Priestess about her. This weekend, let's honor Mary, her sacred teachings and all she embodied. Listen to this recording to learn more about the practice of feeling our pain, a forgiveness process, seeing sexuality as sacred, our bodies as temples and how to embody a consciousness of abundance. Learn more about these practices in Mercedes Kirkel's channeled book, Mary Magdalene Beckons. Below I'm including some of the podcasts we devoted to spreading her truth and message as well as information regarding the 2024-2025 Way of the Priestess Initiation Program. With love, Meredith --- 016 | Mysteries of Mary Magdalene with Faye Wylder Listen here 046 | Channeling Mary Magdalene with Mercedes Kirkel Listen here 059 | In Honor of Mary Magdalene with Meredith Rom Listen here 056 | Angel Guides, Motherhood and the Modern Magdalene with Lisa Devine Listen here --- You're invited to… The Rising Women Leaders 2024-2025 Way of the Priestess Initiation Program Begins September 13, 2024 (September 2024 - September 2025) MYSTERY SCHOOL + WOMEN'S CIRCLE FACILITATION TRAINING Online Program for Women Rising on the Priestess Path Calling all Healers, Wisdom-Keepers, Teachers, Earth Protectors, and Highly Sensitive Women Ready to Live and Serve at their Highest Potential JOIN US ON A PATH OF DEVOTION, BEAUTY, AND SERVICE ...The Lineage of the Rose... Join us as we explore Core Values of: Femininity, Devotion, Wildness, Compassion, Boundaries, Prosperity, Service, Love, Leadership & Vision Each month in the program includes: + an initiation gateway+ priestess practices+ facilitation skills+ goddess guides recording+ new and full moon rituals Plus throughout the program you will also receive:+ 7 guest mentor videos+ 21 live sisterhood video calls+ a virtual closing retreat + vows ceremony+ access to our priestess curriculum+ private whatsapp group+ accountability sister (optional)+ 6 private 1:1 healing sessions (optional) To Learn More about the Program Curriculum, Call Dates, and Payment Options View the Program Guide STEP INTO YOUR EMBODIMENT AS PRIESTESS We will join together to reveal a deeper meaning of existence, and anchor into our living as an embodiment of love to serve our planet and future generations. If you feel a resonance in your heart I invite you to book a free 30 minute call with me... This is an opportunity to gain clarity on your intentions for the next year, identify where you feel held back on your path of service, and I'll be able to share resources + support for your next steps. We'll also have the chance to explore if this program could be a good fit for you to join us this year. CLAIM YOUR POWER AND VOICE "Speaking to strangers has been one of my greatest fears that would often shut off my ability to be fully present and prevent me from making new connections with people. I dedicated a good portion of my life trying to overcome this fear by intentionally seeking out experiences that triggered this fear and this process was extremely difficult and the progress felt extremely slow. After a few sessions with Meredith on healing my voice and the fears associated with that, I now find myself effortlessly interacting with strangers, making new connections and to my greatest surprise I am starting to enjoy mingling in large corporate settings, which would previously terrify me." ~Alina Daunyte Book a 1:1 Call with Meredith Blessed Be!

Special Announcement: Doors are now open to our 5-week Money Mastery Study Group where Lindsey will be a guest teacher about Personal Finance 101 I was drawn to invite financial advisor Lindsey Woodward to the podcast after participating in a retreat together with founder of Abacus Wealth, Spencer Sherman. I found it so refreshing to meet a fellow socially responsible woman in the field of investing, and I was excited to share her wisdom with our community at Rising Women Leaders. In this episode we discussed: How Lindsey was drawn to working in money & business What it was like working in a male-dominated field at her first firm, and the journey of finding her voice even when she was often the only woman in the room How she was able to shift to investments that align with her values at Abacus Wealth The intersection of values and money, and how to be intentional with spending, saving, investing, giving, and passing money on to future generations intentionally How to discover your values and align them with your investments Investing basics, compound interest, how to get started and why we do it Some basic steps to get started with financial literacy and empowerment Lindsey's advice for when you're having trouble saving or giving May 31 is the last day to get the discount on our :: 5-Week Money Mastery Study Group :: This 5-week online zoom group meets every Monday for 5 consecutive weeks: June 3 to July 1, 2024 Each week has a different focus: Key Principles of Wealth + A Deep Dive into The Luminous Method Bank Account Awareness (Systems + Tracking) Ancestral Healing + Tapping into the Belief Systems Recently added Bonus: Personal Finance 101 with Wealth Advisor Lindsey Woodward All classes are recorded even if you can't make it live... We'll walk you step by step through the changes we have made in our lives to become conscious creators when it comes to money. PLUS you'll receive Jessica's digital course to learn THE LUMINOUS METHOD ($300 value) PLUS you'll receive a one-on-one 75 min Money healing EFT session with me ($300 value) and 5 weeks of live zoom study group calls with us ($500 value) That's a $1100 total value. But, right now we're taking off more than 50% for you, available today only, May 31. Sign up today for one payment of $444 or 3 payments of $150. Our intention is to make this fun, easy and digestible, to take the stress out of our relationship to money and open to the abundance of financial miracles... We believe in empowering others to heal inherited limiting beliefs and grow beyond what we thought was possible for our lives. We know when more of us are feeling capable and empowered when it comes to money, it's going to ripple out and expand our capacity to give and serve at our highest. Read more about it right here. Class begins on Monday, June 3 and classes are recorded if you can't make it live. Stay in Touch with Lindsey: Linked In Abacus Wealth Email: lindsey@abacuswealth.com Other Links in this Episode: Ellevest Manisha Thakor's books Vanguard Stay in Touch with Rising Women Leaders: Website Instagram Make a donation on Patreon Lindsey serves as the Co-Chief Investment Officer at Abacus Wealth Partners, a firm that provides fee-only, comprehensive financial advice to help individuals, families and foundations. Lindsey is dedicated to helping the people and organizations she works with align their money with their goals and values. She is a proud member of WISE (Women Investing for a Sustainable Economy). Lindsey loves exploring new places with her husband and their pups. Her favorite evenings are spent catching up with family and friends over a great meal.

After developing a condition where she began to have an allergic reaction to almost everything she ate, Sena knew something had to change. She had been living a health-focused lifestyle for years after leaving a job at Google and finding the heart medicine of cacao. But years later she would discover her days of drinking cacao, using plant medicines and eating a more vegetarian diet were no longer supporting her body's needs. By chance, she won an instagram contest for a Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis and learned she was very depleted in certain key minerals our bodies need to thrive. Through changing her diet and supplementing with minerals, Sena began to see all the ways her current life were not supporting her true needs. She bravely left her fiancee, and soon moved from Northern California to her home town in St. Paul, Minnesota. I love watching my friends evolve and grow, and after witnessing Sena's transformation to become radiantly nourished, I knew I wanted to hear the whole story. It turns out what may have worked in our 20's is not always sustainable into our 30's and beyond… In this episode we discussed: What is hair tissue mineral analysis? What does it tell us about key minerals we may be missing? The industrialization of our food system and why so many of us have food sensitivities that our grandparents didn't Why Sena's health started deteriorating and how HTMA got her back on track to living radiantly nourished Why Sena left her relationship, moved home to Minnesota and started over in life The vulnerability of choosing to be single at 35 and also having the desire to start a family Sena's shift from using cacao daily to microdosing with mushrooms to letting go of both of them as a regular routine To learn more about Sena's evolution, listen to our previous episode here Stay in Touch with Sena: Website Instagram Stay in Touch with Rising Women Leaders: Website Instagram Make a donation on Patreon Sena Maria supports women to embrace a nourished, resilient and radiantly healthy state. She uses Mineral Nutritional Balancing to rebuild our mineral heritage and get to the root of our health issues. She believes that we are only as healthy as our cells and by supporting our bodies ability to create energy and eliminate toxins efficiently, we can return to the simple, natural joy of being alive. Sena's degree in Psychology, career at Google and her subsequent studies of yoga, energy healing, shamanism, plant medicine, tools for building emotional capacity and integration, and Mineral Nutritional Balancing have led her to sit with many questions about what humanity may need at this time to heal from trauma + toxins, strengthen our families and create mineral-rich generations to come. She offers a woman-centric approach to healing with Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis utilizing it as a tool for deepening connection with one's self.

Announcement: Enrollment is now open for the next cohort of the Way of the Priestess. Richard will be one of our guest teachers When I first discovered that when everyone is talking about "Full moon in Leo" the actual moon in the sky is most often in the constellation of Cancer my mouth dropped! How could this be? Ever since I was a kid I loved looking at the stars and astronomy was one of my favorite subjects in school. I've always asked questions like, "Why are we here? Where did we come from, and what's the point of all of this?" So many of these questions have begun to be answered through my study of Vedic Astrology, the ancient form of astrology from India. In Vedic astrology, our chart is a printout of our karma, the lessons our soul came to experience in this life. We bring with us our beneficial and challenging karmas to be lived out and worked through. Our soul has different reasons for incarnating - for example Dharma, Artha (Money, and how we earn it), Kama (Passion, desire) and Moksha (liberation). I've been wowed again and again by the accuracy of Vedic Astrology, to predict dates and beneficial phases. Richard has helped me choose dates to buy a car, beneficial times to marry, has predicted certain moves I've had, and so much more. This episode has been a long time coming! I've been referencing what I've learned in Vedic astrology more and more in the episodes, so I wanted to sit down with guest expert, Vedic Astrologer Richard Powell. Richard has been a dear friend and teacher of mine since I began studying with him during the beginning of the pandemic. In this episode we discussed: The differences between Western and Eastern or "Vedic" astrology The "Four Aims of Life" (Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha) and why our souls choose to incarnate The 12 constellations, what planets they are ruled by and what are their unique energies Each of the planets and their energies Phases of life ruled by the planets and how to find out what phase of life you are in The nodes of the moon: Ketu and Rahu: And our experiences from these life phases Links in this Episode: View your unique chart: https://deva.guru/ - exact birth time does make a difference so be sure to check your birth certificate Your "sign" in vedic astrology will be the number in the top center diamond (1-12) in the chart Your "phase of life" will be the planet listed in the "Viṁśottarī Daśā" section underneath the chart Stay in Touch with Richard: Richard's Vedic Astrology Course Begins February 19th Website - Book 1-1 Vedic readings Instagram Stay in Touch with Rising Women Leaders: Website Instagram Make a donation on Patreon -- Richard is a NAMA-certified Doctor of Āyurveda. He is a graduate of the Āyurvedic Institute and has studied extensively under Dr. Vasant Lad in the US and India. He furthered his Ayurveda and Vedic philosophy studies under Dr. Ashwin Shastry of Arogya Niketana in Karnataka, India. Upon returning to the United States, Richard pursued advanced classical Ayurvedic studies in a clinical setting at the Arogya Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, under Kashyapa Fisher for an additional four years. Since 2018, he has been employed at the Ayurvedic Center of Vermont where he gives consultations, teaches, and gives treatments. Complimenting his extensive education in Āyurveda, Richard has been studying and teaching yoga for over 20 years and is an ERYT-500. He is an avid student of Sanskrit, Jyotisha (Vedic Astrology), and Vedic philosophy. After a chance meeting with Hart DeFouw he decided to study in that lineage, most prominently under Penny Farrow, with whom he still studies. In addition to his studies in the Vedic sciences, Richard is a Reiki Master and is an avid practitioner of Aikido, the Japanese martial art. His passion for earth healing meets his devoted studies in physical, mental, and spiritual health as he was formerly a permaculture designer and educator and founded the nonprofit Orlando Permaculture in Orlando, Florida. Richard believes that by aligning with nature and the Divine we will find not only our own optimal health but also greater peace and balance in the world. He brings his comprehensive experiences and education into his consultations with his clients to empower them to find fulfillment, peace, and healing.

This Fall I participated in a weekly new parent-baby group in Sebastopol, CA with Kerry Ingram. I met Kerry years ago when she found one of my self-care guide downloads and invited me to be a wise woman to visit her mom and baby groups. I remember thinking I would love to join something like that to meet other mothers and babies if I ever had a child one day… and about six years later it happened! Kerry has been supporting new mothers, babies and families for the past decade in CA and now is sharing her curriculum to create a ripple effect of sharing more of these nourishing postpartum groups around the world. Care for the next generation really does start with the mother, and the more we can surround families with support in early postpartum the easier it will be to interrupt harmful narratives and create networks of love, care and support when we need it most. In this episode we discussed: Kerry's experience postpartum: the surprises, challenges and ways she found the support she needed How community support impacts early parenting and is culture-making by creating space to see and interrupt harmful narratives How to be a village tender and step into leadership for new parents in your community The "Early Parenting Villains" and how these systems, for example, 'consumerism' 'diet culture' or 'patriarchy' come up so often in new motherhood, how to identify them and ways to shift our relationship with them Self-care in postpartum, asking for help and building community Links in this episode: Kerry's Course: Village Tenders Postpartum Community Care Course Stay in Touch with Kerry: IG: @villagetenders FB: Community Supported Postpartum Stay in Touch with Rising Women Leaders: Website Instagram Patreon Kerry Ingram is the founder of Community Supported Postpartum whose mission is to build ecosystems of care one community at a time. She contributes to this vision by teaching folks all over the world how to step into the role of Village Tender by creating local parent and baby groups that get parents out of isolation and into a web of support and care. Kerry is a parent (both biological and foster), an early childhood educator (20 years), a postpartum doula, with additional education in women and gender studies (SUNY Oswego), and maternal mental health care (PSI). She has been facilitating local parent and baby groups for over 10 years and teaches others around the world to step into leadership with her Village Tenders Postpartum Community Care course, curriculum and business framework.

Enrollment is now open for the Way of the Priestess Training Program with Meredith Rom. Download the program guide at risingwomenleaders.com and book a call to learn more. It's an honor to have Renee Linnell back on Rising Women Leaders! In Renee's latest book, Still on Fire, she shares stories of magic, miracles, travel and romance… from traveling over 50 countries, love affairs with men half her age, being rescued by angels, getting stranded at 22,000 feet in the Himalayas, Renee takes us on a wild adventure in her book, sharing soul-soothing wisdom she gained along the way. Where her first book, The Burn Zone was an exploration of what happens when we don't listen to our Inner Guidance, Still on Fire is an exposition of what happens when we do. May this conversation support you to remember who you truly are and reignite a passion for being alive on Earth at this time. "Freedom, I have discovered, is letting go and jumping into the stream of life. Being willing to be uncomfortable and trusting that divine choreography will a​l​ways lead us to the next right unfolding. It is looking for the good in everything we gaze upon or stumble upon… finding the miracles in each moment instead of the grievances." In this episode we discussed: How Renee shifted her mindset from victim to warrior What is soul sickness? and how to realign with your soul's truth How to survive as a sensitive being on this planet Renee's wild and powerful stories of magic, travel, romance and miracles Why we need to shine our light and how to navigate losing people in our life who can't resonate at the same frequency How to let go of people pleasing and caring so much of what others think of us What finding our power really means Listening to our intuition - and tips to realign with love and freedom when fear or self-doubt appears Links in this episode: Renee's previous Rising Women Leaders episode 068: Your Difference is Your Destiny Buy the book: Still on Fire or The Burn Zone Stay in Touch with Renee: Website Facebook Stay in Touch with Rising Women Leaders: Website Instagram Patreon Renee Linnell is a serial entrepreneur who has founded or cofounded five companies and has an MBA from New York University; before that she was a model and professional dancer. Having an unorthodox childhood and being surrounded by death at a young age led her on a spiritual quest that took her all over the world, culminating in her ordination as a Buddhist monk (by a bi-polar guru with delusions of grandeur so she's not 100% sure the ordination counts.) What began as writing for catharsis in 2013—as she struggled to regain her sanity after being brainwashed in a Buddhist cult—turned into her first memoir, The Burn Zone: A Memoir (She Writes Press, 2018). Still on Fire is the sequel. Her mission is to remind people Who They Truly Are and to reignite their passion for being alive. For more information, please visit https://reneelinnell.com