A Wave Away with Waverly Davis

Charlotte Duerr James (she/her) is an educator and medicine woman of Afro-Caribbean and Germanic lineage. She works to create a world in which everyone is able to live in fearless pursuit of their radical transformation. She uses her skills as an educator, therapeutic coach, and ceremonial facilitator to build and engage a community focused on pursuing collective liberation. She is also the founder of the Psychedelic Liberation Training. In this episode, Charlotte and I discuss: - Her background and what brought her to her work with decolonization and collective liberation today - What decolonization means to her - We dive deep into the complex relationship so many of us have with our bodies, how we oppress our bodies, and why so many of us have this experience - Charlotte shares practices that have helped her navigate her relationship with her body, including mirror work, affirmations, community, and more - We discuss the Psychedelic Liberation Training (which I was a student in last summer!) and why she and co-creator Sara Reed started it, its mission, etc. The book mentioned in this conversation is “Fearing the Black Body” by Sabrina Strings CONNECT WITH CHARLOTTE Psychedelic Liberation Training website liberation.training and IG @liberation.training Charlotte's IG @createdby.charlotte CONNECT WITH WAVERLY Website waverlydavis.com IG @heywaverlydavis I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Charlotte and I loved having it! If you love this episode, if it nourishes you, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and/or share it with a friend, thank you!

Chauna Bryant (she/her) is a Breathwork facilitator, small business mentor, Pilates and Gyrotonic instructor, and founder of the Breath Liberation Society. In this episode, Chauna and I discuss: - Chauna’s background and what led her to breathwork - Breath Liberation Society breathwork facilitator training, why Chauna created it, and what gaps she saw in other breathwork facilitator trainings - What Chauna sees as the future of "wellness" and healing especially in relation to the white-washed toxic wellness culture of today - We close with Chauna guiding us through a short breath practice You can find Chauna’s work at chaunabryant.com and Breath Liberation Society at breathliberationsociety.com You can connect with Chauna on IG at @chunabryant You can find Waverly's work at waverlydavis.com and on IG @heywaverlydavis I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Chauna and I loved having it! If you love this episode, if it nourishes you, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and/or share it with a friend, thank you!

It feels important to be sharing this beautiful and wise conversation I had with indigenous medicine woman, Asha Frost, during the week of the Thanksgiving holiday and Native American Heritage Day. I hope that if you are celebrating Thanksgiving this Thursday I hope you will consider the implications of colonization on indigenous people around the world and will also celebrate Native American Heritage Day and learn about the indigenous people’s land you are living on. You can find that information through Native Land at native-land.ca Asha Frost (she/her) is an Indigenous (Ojibwe) Medicine Woman, author, and member of the Cape Croker First Nation. She is the best-selling author of You are the Medicine and The Sacred Medicine Oracle, and has guided thousands of people through profound and lasting transformation. In this episode, Asha and I discuss: - Asha’s background and lineage and what brought her to her work today - Generational trauma and ancestral healing and how Asha has and is moving through the journey of healing generational trauma in her lineage - What she sees for the future of "wellness" and healing, especially in regards to how we move past the rampant cultural appropriation happening in today's toxic and white-washed wellness world - Asha’s beliefs about the future of capitalism and other dominant systems of today - We close with Asha pulling three cards from her gorgeous oracle deck, The Sacred Medicine Oracle, and sharing the card’s wisdom with us Connect with Asha’s work including her book, You are the Medicine, and her oracle deck, The Sacred Medicine Oracle, at ashafrost.com and on IG @asha.frost Connect with Waverly's work, including her sound baths, rituals, retreats, and coaching at waverlydavis.com and on IG @heywaverlydavis I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Asha and I loved having it! If you love this episode, if it nourishes you, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and/or share it with a friend, thank you!

Yvonne Chung’s (she/her) work guides heart-led, soul-missioned leaders in overcoming self-doubt, mastering their energy, and unlocking the unique medicine they are here to share with the world. Weaving together Human Design, Positive Psychology, mysticism, and practical neuroscience, Yvonne bridges the gap between the intellect and intuition—the research and the woo—to help people approach their life and soul’s work from a place of integrity, self-trust, and energetic alignment. In this episode, Yvonne and I discuss: - Yvonne’s background and what led her to the work she does with human design and positive psychology today - How traveling around the world and leaving her corporate job led Yvonne to follow her heart and purpose - How she sees Human Design as a tool/support system for helping us become more ourselves - How she helps people see the shadow parts of their Human Design charts as teachers and medicine You can find Yvonne’s work, including her free Human Design masterclasses we discussed in this episode on IG at @yvonnechung.co You can connect with Waverly's work, including her sound baths, rituals, retreats, and coaching at waverlydavis.com and on IG at @heywaverlydavis I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Yvonne and I loved having it! If you love this episode, if it nourishes you, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and/or share it with a friend, thank you!

Aimée Lapeyre (she/her) is a spiritual and pleasure-based coach. She has studied with the Q'eros Nation of Peru, learning the Andean Cosmovision with Master Don Nicolás Pauccar and also with The Three Doors contemplative study program led by two of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche's first students. She is passionate about working with women to awaken their original erotic nature, expand their consciousness, and live the experience on Earth with bliss and love. Disclaimer: this episode discusses sexuality In this episode, Aimée and I discuss: - Aimée’s journey studying with the Q'eros Nation of Peru with Master Don Nicolás Pauccar and also with The Three Doors contemplative study program led by two of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche's first students and how this journey led her to her work with sexuality and spirituality today - How she feels sexual energy and sexual expression can help us bring our desires and intentions into being - If someone is feeling blocked sexually, Aimée shares where she recommends they start with exploring their sexuality - She shares about how we can have healthy conversations about sex with our children - Aimée gives her perspective on the difference between masturbation and self-pleasure and why this is important You can find Aimée’s work on her website aimee-lapeyre.com/en and on IG at @aimee.lapeyre.trueessence and @aimee.lapeyre Join Waverly's substack newsletter, Rabbit Rabbit, and learn more about her sound baths and rituals. I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Aimée and I loved having it! If you love this episode, if it nourishes you, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and/or share it with a friend, thank you!

Madison Abdallah (she/they) has been a somatic practitioner for nearly a decade and coaches individuals and groups in resolving trauma, divesting from colonized/capitalist shame, and reconnecting with their true wholeness & value. In this episode, Madison and I discuss: - A bit about her background and what led her to somatic work - What embodiment and somatics means to her - Breaking generational patterns and healing through intergenerational trauma and how Madison guides folks in this process - Madison’s work with mindful lifestyle and how subtle shifts in lifestyle can make a huge difference in our mental wellness - What these subtle shifts can look like and some examples of how we can do this in our lives - We close with Madison’s advice for when we feel disconnected from our bodies and Madison shares a practice for starting to find connection again. You can find Madison’s work on their website radiantsomatics.com and on IG at @radiantsomatics Learn more about Waverly’s new ritual offering, waverlydavis.com/rituals and connect with her on IG @heywaverlydavis I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Madison and I loved having it! If you love this episode, if it nourishes you somehow, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and share it with a friend, thank you!

Brook van der Linde (she/her) is a mom, writer, and widow. She went from working with criminal defense attorneys to documenting the lives of those living on the farthest margins of society. She is currently working as a full-time copywriter, piecing together a memoir, creating a writing program for people experiencing incarceration, and carrying a baby for some friends. *disclaimer — this episode discusses addiction and death* In this episode, Brook and I discuss: - Brook’s background and what led her to writing and storytelling - Brook shares about the curriculum she’s developing for incarcerated people, including what inspired this work and its mission - The heartbreaking loss of Brook’s partner Kyle to addiction and what this experience taught her - What held Brook in the grief of losing Kyle - Brook’s recent journey with surrogacy, what inspired her to become a surrogate and what has this experience been like for her - Birth and death as sacred portals and liminal spaces and the similarities between these universal experiences You can find Brook’s work on her website brookvanderlinde.com and on IG at @brookvanderlinde You can find my work, including my sound baths, retreats + journeys, substack newsletter, and more on waverlydavis.com and on IG at @heywaverlydavis I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Brook and I loved having it! If you love this episode, if it nourishes you somehow, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and share it with a friend, thank you!

denise chang (they/them) is a somatic trauma resolution practitioner, erotic movement arts facilitator, and intuitive energy healer. They are a genderfluid, solo-polyamorous, immigrant of taoist Malaysian Chinese ancestry whose work focuses on the cultivation of erotic power and the healing of intergenerational trauma through the school of consensual culture and body ecology. In this episode, denise and I discuss: - denise’s background and what brought them to somatic work - denise’s experience of embodiment and what it means to them - Consensual culture (the framework denise developed in 2020) and their work with relational somatics - Cultivating erotic power - The future of connection and belonging You can find denise’s work on their website denisehuiming.com and on IG at @denisehuiming You can find my work, including my sound baths, retreats + journeys, substack newsletter, and more on waverlydavis.com and on IG at @heywaverlydavis I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as denise and I loved having it! If you do love this episode, if it nourishes you in some way, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and share it with a friend, thank you!

Vivien Vilela (she/her) was born and raised in Brazil and has been initiated in ancient healing traditions by indigenous elders from South, Central, and North America. She dedicates her life to her spiritual studies and the preservation of indigenous culture. Vivien is the co-founder of Aniwa and The Boa Foundation. Vivien is someone I’ve personally looked up to for years so sitting with her in conversation was a huge honor and gift. In this episode, Vivien and I discuss: - Vivien’s background and what brought her to her work with indigenous elders - Why she feels indigenous wisdom is important for the times we’re living in today - Some of the major challenges Vivien has faced while following her intuition and dream of creating The Boa Foundation and Aniwa and how she moved through them - Colonization, reciprocity, and ancestral/generational healing - Motherhood and how Vivien balances motherhood and spiritual practice - The spiritual and healing practices that have been most supportive to Vivien on her motherhood journey You can find Vivien’s work with Aniwa, including the upcoming Aniwa Gathering happening from June 8th to June 11th in Big Bear CA, at aniwagathering.com, at aniwa.co, and on IG @aniwa.co and @vivilela You can find Vivien’s work with The Boa Foundation at theboafoundation.org and on IG @theboafoundation I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Vivien and I loved having it! If you do love this episode, if it nourishes you in some way, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and share it with a friend, thank you! Connect with Waverly and her work, including her sound baths, coaching, substack, and retreats + journeys on her website waverlydavis.com and on IG @heywaverlydavis Learn more about sponsoring the podcast

Molly Caro May (she/her) is an author of two books, teacher, and holder of space. For 13+ years, she has facilitated personal story workshops for more than hundreds of people across the globe. She is trained in Somatic Experiencing and focuses on where language/voice and the animal body meet each other. Her mission is to democratize expression and explore, in good company, the healing alchemy between story and nervous system. This interview was a huge one for me as Molly is someone I look up to in so many ways and her book, Body Full of Stars, completely changed my life when I became a new mother of twins. In this episode, Molly and I discuss: - Molly’s background and what brought her to writing, somatic work, and space-holding - Her experience with sharing so openly and honestly in her book, Body Full of Stars, and how she navigated sharing vulnerably and truthfully and the impacts it had on those she shared about. - Molly shares her work with expression that goes beyond the act and leads to metabolizing any narrative that has kept you stuck and how this process is experienced in her work. - We also explore triggered moments, overwhelm, and urgency, and Molly offers several super helpful somatic practices for being in your body and regulating your nervous system. - We close with the alchemy between story and nervous system and how we can explore the intersection of story and nervous system within ourselves. You can find all of Molly’s work, including her books, membership, Story Mammal course, and newsletter on her website mollycaromay.com and you can connect with her on IG at @mollycaromay. I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Molly and I loved having it! If you do love this episode, if it nourishes you in some way, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and share it with a friend, thank you! Connect with Waverly and her work on her website waverlydavis.com and on IG @heywaverlydavis Learn more about sponsoring the podcast

Tanmeet Sethi, MD (she/her) is an Integrative Family Medicine physician who has devoted her career to caring for the most vulnerable and spent the last 25 years on the frontlines practicing primary care, global trauma, and community activism. Her first book, Joy Is My Justice (Hachette, 5/2/23) is a radical push on the cultivation of Joy in a whitewashed wellness world as a revolutionary healing practice and human right accessible to all. In this episode, Tanmeet and I discuss: - Tanmeet’s background and what brought her to her work with joy and justice - What joy actually is and how to know when we're experiencing it - Today’s toxic white-washed wellness industry and the harmful impacts it’s having on people of color and marginalized communities - How is joy a pathway to liberation - Ancestral and generational trauma and how we heal our lineages - Resilience and what it actually means to be resilient - Tanmeet shares two of her practices for finding and experiencing joy You can find Tanmeet’s book, Joy Is My Justice, wherever you buy books and learn more on her website tanmeetsethimd.com You can connect with Tanmeet on IG at @tanmeetsethimd We’d love to hear your biggest takeaway from our conversation, what landed in your heart? Share it on IG stories/posts and tag @tanmeetsethimd and I and we will randomly choose two people to get a free hardcover copy of the book! I hope you love this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Tanmeet and I do! If you do love this episode, if it nourishes you in some way, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and share it with a friend, thank you! Join my upcoming virtual sound bath series, 2001: A Sound Odyssey, beginning THIS FRIDAY, May 5: waverlydavis.com/2001 Sponsor the podcast

Ashley Stinson (she/her) is a guide for energetic embodiment and the creator of Energy Archaeology®, an energy healing modality that prioritizes whole-self integration through open and honest communication at every level of your body: bone, muscle, fluid, organ, nervous system, and DNA. She has supported hundreds of clients to energetically listen to their bodies through her signature Embodied Realms Programs, and with the five-star rated oracle deck, the Energy Archaeology Oracle. Ashley is also one of my closest soul sisters and our closeness and connection make this episode extra beautiful! In this episode, Ashley and I discuss: - A bit about Ashley’s background and what led her to the work she’s doing today, specifically about creating her own modality - How there is so much talk about embodiment today and how people see it in many different ways, Ashley explains what embodiment means to her and why she feels it’s important - She gives us a deep dive into The Realms of Embodiment and what each realm teaches us about ourselves - She shares three of her favorite practices for getting back into the body when we feel disconnected and distracted or are experiencing anxiety and fear around our bodies You can find all of Ashley’s work on her website ashleystinson.com and on IG at @theashleystinson Get 50% off Ashley’s Body Language Workshop using the code “talktome” ashleystinson.com/bodylanguage Register for Ashley’s Embodying Potential Futures Virtual Retreat on May 7, full of incredible speakers and workshops as well as a virtual sound bath with me waverly--ashleystinson.thrivecart.com/epfretreat/ Join my upcoming virtual sound bath series, 2001: A Sound Odyssey, beginning on May 5 waverlydavis.com/2001 I hope you love this beautiful, wise, and soul-filling conversation as much as Ashley and I do! If you do love this episode, if it nourishes you in some way, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and share it with a friend, thank you! Sponsor the podcast

Ting Ting Guan (she/her) is a movement specialist born in China and of Mongolian descent. She has dedicated her life to exploring the healing benefits of movement and imagination. Having spent over a decade in the wellness industry, she firmly believes that we are all capable of repairing the mind, body, & spirit through cultivating life force energy. You can find her offering online courses and classes as well as hosting retreats throughout the world. She is always developing new movements for her movement modality, the GuanJing Method, in tropical jungles and landscapes rich with natural life force energy across the earth. In this episode, Ting Ting and I discuss: - A bit about Ting Ting’s background, growing up in China and moving to the States at age five, and the journey that led her to create her movement modality, the GuanJing Method - How Ting Ting has come to feel safe being seen and confident in sharing authentic and powerful images and videos of her work and dance - How she moves through negativity from others regarding her work and what she shares - We dive deep into life force energy, how it moves through us, what keeps it from flowing, and much more - Ting Ting shares practices for reconnecting with movement when we feel stuck and stagnant You can find Ting Ting’s work — her book, retreats, membership, and more on her website guanjingmethod.com and on IG @@one.with.soul and @guanjingmethod I hope you love this beautiful, wise, and soul-filling conversation as much as Ting Ting and I do! If you do love this episode, if it nourishes you in some way, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and share it with a friend, thank you! Join 2001: A Sound Odyssey — a virtual sound bath series with Waverly, starting May 5th Sponsor the A Wave Away podcast

Linda Pappa (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary creative who is pulled by a desire to explore the primordial energy residing in all living things. She is deeply inspired by the Element of Earth - which has been her Mother, and main guide and teacher, leading her to work with many different mediums of expression on a devoted artistic research journey where she seeks to unearth ancestral wisdom, using the sensorial materials the Earth provides. This has led her to create things like divinatory art, using natural pigments, and ritual vessels, made with clay she has foraged in the mountains around her. Everything she learns and embodies on this journey, she feels called to share with others. She has written publications and resources on Elemental connection and enjoys guiding others into the healing process of co-creation with Earth, to share the fundamental understanding that our inner and outer worlds are one. In this episode, Linda and I discuss: - Linda’s background and what led her to become an artist and form a deep relationship with the Earth - Linda’s creative process as a whole and also her process for gathering the Earth-based materials she works with and what role intuition plays - Linda shares some practices she works with for connecting with the Earth - How Linda and her partner, David, work together creatively and how this journey began for them - How they move through creative challenges and clashes together and how they use their strengths to support one another creatively You can find Linda’s art, writing, book, and online membership/community/library on her website and on IG @linda___pappa You can find Linda and David’s creative studio on their website and on IG @artofeuphoria___ I hope you love this beautiful, wise, and soul-filling conversation as much as Linda and I do! If you do love this episode, if it nourishes you in some way, please leave a review and rating on Apple Podcast, five stars on Spotify, and share it with a loved one, thank you! Sponsor the podcast Learn more about Waverly's work

Ellen Wong (she/her) is a breathwork and medicine journey guide based in Los Angeles. She is a resident facilitator for DoubleBlind Magazine. Her journey work offerings blend breathwork, music and sound healing, guided visualization, and Transpersonal Energy Healing. Through this work, her clients reconnect to the wisdom of their bodies and reparent their inner children and adolescents. By opening the portal to their subconscious and traveling to quantum imaginal spaces, Ellen empowers them to tap into their own healing abilities, facing and releasing blocks from unresolved developmental traumas. In this episode, we discuss: - Ellen’s background and what brought her to journey work with plant and fungi medicines, breathwork, energy work, and inner child healing - The impact Ellen feels the rise of plant medicine in mainstream culture is having on the plants and indigenous medicine carriers - What reciprocity means to Ellen and how she practices it in her life and work - A message Ellen feels the fungi have for humanity right now - Ellen’s breathwork and inner child healing work and the unique and potent ways in which she weaves them together You can find all of Ellen’s incredible work, including her upcoming retreat in Costa Rica, on her website tripwithellen.com and on her IG @tripwithellen I hope you love this episode as much as Ellen and I do. If you do love this episode, if it nourishes you in some way, please leave a review and rating on Apple Podcast, five stars on Spotify, and share it with a loved one, thank you! Become a subscriber of my new Substack, CARBS CHOLESTEROL CHAOS Sponsor the A Wave Away podcast Learn more about my work

Hello and welcome to a solo episode! In this episode, I discuss: - My new Substack, CARBS CHOLESTEROL CHAOS — a living memoir of my journey with my body — the chaos, the calm, and everything in between - The healing journey I’ve been on with my body since November (well for my whole life, of course, but in a new + deeper way since Nov.) and why it’s finally feeling right and resonant to start sharing it with you - The themes I’ll be sharing on the Substack: body positivity, self-love and compassion, safety, shame, ancestral healing, weight loss (and specifically lowering my cholesterol without medication), and more - What paid subscribes of the Substack will regularly receive: authentic, deep, sometimes serious, sometimes humorous shares about my process, insights, and what I’ve learned, guided somatic practices and rituals to connect with your body, occasional audio transmissions/essays, a community for connecting + sharing, playlists, and much more Become a subscriber of my new Substack, CARBS CHOLESTEROL CHAOS Sponsor the podcast Learn more about my work

Moun D’Simone (she/her) is a spiritual mentor, meditation guide, and artist. She is a devoted Tibetan Buddhist practitioner, trained in contemplative psychotherapy, known for her big sister's warmth and real-talk style she is everyone's Spiritual Godmother. Her profound and practical methods were created by integrating her lived experiences from immigrant house cleaner to modeling photo editor in NYC with extended time in retreats in India, Nepal, Thailand, and Indonesia. Moun has studied with esteemed masters like His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Ven Karin Valham, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Ven Robina Courtin, and the oracle Khadro-la. She’s known for her renowned Practice Club group programs, where connection, compassion, and play make up the home for healing and expression. Dedicated to helping people forgive, feel at home in their bodies, and have agency in their own lives through classic wisdom teachings made modern, combined with trauma-informed somatic techniques. She mentors clients privately, teaches retreats internationally, and leads group programs. In this episode, we discuss: - Moun’s story and upbringing and what brought her to her spiritual path and purpose - Moun’s beliefs about the importance of devotion to a daily practice - Moun’s work with the Buddhist Dakini - How the Dakini can show us our inner artist and teach us how all of life is art, all of life is the practice - Moun shares some gems of wisdom from her recent 3-month Buddhist retreat in Nepal, specifically around regret and the power of forgiveness You can find Moun’s work, including her 1:1 mentorship, group programs, and retreats on her website moundisome.com and connect with her on IG @moundisome I hope you love this episode as much as Moun and I do. If you do love this episode, if it nourishes you in some way, please leave a review on Apple Podcast, five stars on Spotify, and share it with a loved one, thank you! Learn more about Waverly’s sound baths and retreats + journeys on her website waverlydavis.com Connect with Waverly on IG @heywaverlydavis Learn more about sponsoring A Wave Away

Ellen Vora, MD (she/her) is a board-certified psychiatrist, acupuncturist, and yoga teacher, and she is the author of the bestselling book The Anatomy of Anxiety. She takes a functional medicine approach to mental health—considering the whole person and addressing imbalance at the root. Dr. Vora received her B.A. from Yale University and her M.D. from Columbia University. We both get real and share openly about our personal experiences with anxiety. We dive deep into the relationships between anxiety and food, parenting, and psychedelics. We cover SO much together, it is truly brimming with wisdom. In this episode, we discuss: - Ellen’s background and what brought her to her work with anxiety - Ellen’s groundbreaking work around true and false anxiety, what each of those is, and how we can start listening to what our anxiety is telling us - Food and anxiety and how we can navigate cravings, nourish ourselves, and move through the shame and guilt we so often feel around food and body image - Parenting and anxiety and how we can give our children permission to be who they are and preparation for who society tells them to be - Psychedelics and anxiety and how psychedelics and plant medicine can support healing from anxiety You can find Ellen’s book, The Anatomy of Anxiety, and her work on her website ellenvora.com, and connect with her on IG @ellenvoramd The inspiration toolkit I mention in this episode was shared with me by Maria Minnis, in Episode 26 of A Wave Away. I hope you love this episode as much as Ellen and I do. If you do love this episode, if it nourishes you in some way, please leave a review on Apple Podcast, five stars on Spotify, and share it with a loved one, thank you! Learn more about sponsoring A Wave Away Learn more about working with Waverly

Welcome to the end of the first season of A Wave Away. I launched this podcast in April 2022 and she’ll be a year old this coming spring! It’s time to take a break this winter, to rest, relax, and make space for new visions. I will be back in February 2023 with many great episodes and interviews. In this episode, I discuss: - The new shame that has cropped up in my life around a health challenge - Self-compassion and how we can lean into treating ourselves better - Negative self-talk how we can change the narrative of how we speak to ourselves - Slowing down, finding simple self-care, and learning to care for ourselves in the same way we care for those we love - The practice of setting super small goals — goals is a loaded word for me, so I’m redefining what goals means for me and focusing on setting super small, doable goals - Prayer as a practice for connection with the divine not just for manifesting our desires If you’d like to stay in touch while I take my podcast break, find me on Instagram and join my newsletter Check out my Sound Bath Sale, happening in December only, and all the other ways to work with me. Check out the Back to Basics Mini-Series

Michelle Gomez (she/her) is a spiritual life coach with a specialty in healing the Latina Mother Wound. She has endured the painful process of healing the wounds left by traumatic experiences from her childhood. Michelle understands what it takes to heal those experiences through her eleven-year journey to healing herself, and has learned how to alchemize pain and use it to rebirth ourselves as empowered womxn. This episode filled me up with so much wisdom that I’m still digesting and processing. There is so much to explore here! In this episode, Michelle and I discuss: - Michelle’s upbringing and what brought her to mother wound healing work - What the mother wound is and why Michelle feels it's so prevalent today, especially in Latin families - How as mothers can we stop generational trauma and cycles of harm and some tools and practices to support us in doing so - Inner child healing, reparenting, and some ways we can care for our inner child - How to find and claim your own identity I cannot recommend Michelle’s work enough. You can find her work on her website michellemgomez.com and on Instagram at @mgwarriorwoman You can also access her wonderful online offerings with the links below: FREE e-book to join our mailing list michellemgomez.com/latina-mother-wound-ebook Healing Hija Accelerator (launch into your healing path) michellemgomez.com/hh-accelerator-sales-page Reclaim Your Inner Hija (inner child healing guide) michellemgomez.com/RYIHguidebooksalespage Work with me privately Join my email list/newsletter Find me on Instagram Visit my website Donate to or sponsor the A Wave Away podcast