Warrior Goddess Revolution

What if the biggest obstacle to your healing isn't that you're doing the work wrong... but that you're turning the work itself into another impossible standard?In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, HeatherAsh Amara welcomes longtime friend and bestselling author Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. for an honest exploration of conditional love, personal freedom, and what it really means to practice the Toltec teachings.Together they unpack the surprising difference between The Four Agreements and what Miguel calls the Four Conditions—those moments when we use spiritual teachings to judge ourselves instead of set ourselves free.They also dive into the Five Levels of Attachment, why we cling to identities and beliefs, and how reclaiming our ability to choose is at the heart of genuine healing.Whether you're new to these teachings or have practiced them for years, this conversation offers a compassionate invitation to loosen your grip on perfection and return to yourself.In This EpisodeWhy we unconsciously turn spiritual teachings into another form of self-judgmentThe difference betweenThe Four Agreementsand the "Four Conditions"How conditional love shapes the way we relate to ourselves and othersThe Five Levels of Attachment and how beliefs become identitiesWhy personal freedom begins with reclaiming your ability to chooseHow to course-correct with compassion instead of punishmentThe role of unconditional love in healing and transformationMentioned in This EpisodeThe Four Agreementsby Don Miguel RuizThe Five Levels of Attachmentby don Miguel Ruiz Jr.Living a Life of Awarenessby don Miguel Ruiz Jr.The Mastery of Selfby don Miguel Ruiz Jr.About Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Jr. is a Toltec Master of Transformation, speaker, and author of The Mastery of Self, The Five Levels of Attachment, co-author of The Seven Secrets to Healthy, Happy Relationships, and The Mastery of Life.Raised in the Toltec lineage by his father, don Miguel Ruiz, and grandmother, Sarita, Miguel Jr. has spent his life integrating the deep spiritual teachings of his ancestors with practical tools for awakening.He speaks around the world, helping people break free of illusion and live from the heart.

During this bite-size interview with Warrior Goddesses, Mel and Sarina, we explore how these two humans met at a Warrior Goddess event, fell in love over months of courting, and then learned how to navigate a whole new river of Life together.This is Part 1 of a series we'll be doing on how they co-parent, partner intimately, and jump naked into the River of Life together. We talk about the wild way they handle challenging decisions when they're both decision-fatigued, the willingness to show up in conflict resolution together, and the wise ways of being in community together and feel wholeheartedly supported.

During this episode, my long-time friend and ministerial apprentice Hope Ruiz regales us with the story of how our lives collided, stepping into a group of 40 Warrior Goddesses from around the world in Teotihuacan, and how we started dismantling systems of oppression within ourselves and our communities.We share about how the loner identity cracked through her work in Warrior Goddess and how she came to feel held within a community where we celebrate people exactly where they are and where they are going.Hope is a lifelong writer and spiritual seeker. She is also an intentional mother, a passionate teacher, and an eternal student. You can learn more about Hope here: www.esperanzarenace.com

During this dynamic conversation with Diane Dempster, we talk all things coaching, spending time as a closeted Methodist, finding her way to woo, co-parenting with someone with different religious beliefs, and how to navigate the intersections of neurodiversity in these overwhelming times.We explore what it means to raise "complex kids" right now and learn to shift your perspective over and over again while being at choice in every moment from a balanced Warrior Goddess place.Meet DianeDiane Dempster, MHSA, CPC, PCC is a professional coach, speaker, author, and educator with 20 years of corporate leadership experience. Diane is the co-Founder of ImpactParents.com, a coaching & training organization for parenting neurodiverse kids, and co-host of the Parenting with Impact Podcast. Through her work with ImpactParents, she teaches a relationship-first - neurodiversity informed - coach approach to parents and professionals, blending behavior management with change management, so that concerned adults can empower kids, teens & young adults to become independent and successful. An experienced leader, spiritual wanderer, change agent and all-around life-sherpa, Diane helps clients create deep, inside-out, sustainable change.www.ImpactParents.com

In this episode of Warrior Goddess Revolution, HeatherAsh Amara talks with movement teacher and community-builder Kyle Fincham about what it means to break rules, embrace uncertainty, and live with wild willingness. Together they explore creativity, play, and the courage it takes to step outside the lines in order to find freedom, authenticity, and joy. If you’ve ever felt confined by expectations or curious about how to bring more aliveness into your daily life, this conversation will inspire you to spark your own wild, willing way of being.Meet KyleMisfit. Tinkerer. Infinite Player. Kyle Fincham is the creator of Infinite Play, a movement workshop that explores playfulness by reconnecting us with our creative, adaptive, and cooperative potential. Infinite Play workshops are accessible to all misfits, wildlings, and nonconformists. Kyle also hosts Behind the Movement, a weekly podcast where he speaks with movement makers of all types about their stories, thoughts, and philosophies. He also regularly writes articles expressing his ideas and wonderings for his blog. Kyle aims to share and explore this passion for playfulness through all areas of his life, teaching, and art. Kyle is a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, is deeply influenced by both Tom Weksler and the Fighting Monkey Practice, and was a student of Ido Portal from 2015-2020. Kyle reads often and travels near and far to attend workshops and seminars, expanding his experience of different movement tools, approaches, and philosophies.  Warrior Goddess Revolution Podcast music and production by Kevin Braheny Fortune

During this lively discussion of two old friends who found their way back to each other, I speak with Oceana about elderhood, initiations, and the gifts of aging with pleasure, presence, play, and excitement. Oceana shares about the intersection of sensuality, liberation, elderhood, and ecowomanism.Meet OceanaOceana Sawyer is an ecowomanism activist, liberation and elderhood advocate, and overall wise woman. She has decades of experience working with death and dying, intentional community, and sensuality.Oceana is crossing the terrain of grief out in the borderlands of one world ending and a new emerging. She can be found wandering around at the crossroads of grieving, sensuality, deep ecology, deep time, spirituality, and liberation.https://oceana.substack.com/

A special conversation on exploring our bodies, playing with spaciousness and edges, and celebrating all bodies. Erica and Ash met through the Forrest Yoga community where they fell in love with each other as changemakers dedicated to getting more free. During this intimate conversation, they play with how we can reclaim our bodies, face our fears courageously, and saying YES to what we need--not what the world thinks we need or should be.Meet EricaErica Mather, MA, E-RYT, began teaching yoga at age 17 and now studies pedagogy through education, learning, and leadership. She created the Adore Your Body System, which addresses body-image challenges, and the Yoga Clinic, a place where students, teachers, and health professionals can learn about empowered self-care. Erica is a Forrest Yoga Guardian, personally selected by Ana Forrest to become one of a handful of senior teachers in the Forrest Yoga tribe. She teaches at PURE Yoga in New York City, and maintains a full schedule of Yoga Clinic clients and Yoga Clinic teacher trainings.https://www.instagram.com/erica_mather/https://kripalu.org/resources/kripalu-perspectives-learning-adore-your-body-erica-mather