“Motherhood is the true hero’s journey―which is to say that it can be as harrowing as it is joyful, and enlightening as it is exhausting. For Jungian psychoanalyst Lisa Marchiano, this journey is not just an adventure of diaper bags and parent-teacher conferences, but one of intense self-discovery.”Drawing on Jungian analysis, fairy tales, myths, folklore, client case studies and personal stories, each chapter takes us on an inner journey of self-discovery that is sure to change the way you feel about your own mothering journey.We invite you to settle down with a cup of tea and your journal as we take a deep dive into the journey of descent and initiation that is motherhood. For each book club episode we’ll be exploring a chapter from Lisa Marchiano’s deeply compassionate and insightful book Motherhood: Facing and Finding yourself.We’d like to express our deep gratitude to Lisa Marchiano for allowing us to explore her book in this format. Connect with us:mothersatmidnight@gmail.comCheck out our Patreon page

Welcome to all you wonderful listeners that are on this journey with us. In June 2023 we will be returning to share some rich and powerful conversations..here is what is to come: - Motherhood Facing & Finding Yourself  ~ with Lisa Marchiano- Burning Out to Burn Through ~ with Indigo & Rose - Death is Necessary ~ with Nat Roset- Transition the Messy Middle ~ with Indigo & Rose - Facing the Challenges of Our Time ~ with Jane Gilmer- Sailing the Partner-SHIP through Parenthood ~ with Indigo & Rose Connect with us:mothersatmidnight@gmail.comCheck out our Patreon page

Do you believe you matter? How might your life change if you truly valued yourself?Today’s guest wears many hats. Katie Feder is holistic psychotherapist, retreat facilitator, mentor, blossoming author and mother to two beautiful children. Katie brings a joyful authenticity to all these roles, and an unshakeable belief that she matters.Yet Katie hasn’t always felt this way, it’s been a long journey learning to reclaim “I matter”, one which she shares with openness and honesty. Join us as we chat about the ups and downs of motherhood and marriage, divorce, heartbreak, endings, grief and ultimately committing to the most important relationship you will have in this life - the one you have with yourself. This is a special episode, one we got to record in person at Katie’s beautiful home as we shared tea, cake and lots of laughter. We invite you to pour a cup of tea or a glass of wine and settle in as Katie shares her story and her wisdom.We chat about:How what Katie thought was her lowest parenting moment was actually a moment of joy for her childrenWhy our internal emotional state is more important than what we doHow being a “good girl” leads to abandoning ourselvesBeing a perfect parent vs being an authentic parentWhy it’s important to be the leading lady in your own lifeLearning to connect in with our needsBreaking the habit of people pleasingNavigating guilt and shame when putting ourselves firstMothering ourselves as well as our childrenAnd so much more!Connect with Katie:https://www.katiefeder.com/Katie is running a course called Empowered! Sunday May 7th - Sunday June 11th, 2023 in Mittagong NSW. Email hello@katiefeder.com to find out more.Ways to connect with us:Email mothersatmidnight@gmail.comCheck out our Patreon pageJoin us for a Vital Journey!A Vital Journey is the creation of Alicia Melrose, a wildly talented and experienced medical herbalist, Indigo’s talented mamma and past podcast guest. Alicia has been offering this program for over 30 years, first in the UK and now in New Zealand and is now delighted to offer it fully online so you can experience the benefits of a holistic health retreat from the comfort of your own home. We support the mental wellness aspect of the program through guided inner work exercises.To find our more, email us: mothersatmidnight@gmail.com

How your Earth Spot will support you..How do you cope when you’re feeling anxious, depressed or overwhelmed? What if there was a place you could go to whenever you needed support or guidance? A place that allows you to experience a feeling of well-being and a connection to a deeper, more sentient wisdom. The good news is that this place does exist and is available to you at any time. It’s called an earth spot and you don’t necessarily need to leave the house to go there. This week, we’d like to share a favourite meditation for nourishing ourselves. An earth spot is a special place (real or imagined) that you feel drawn to and which gives you a sense of well-being, where you feel safe and held.Before completing the following exercise, we recommend you take some time to unwind and connect with yourself more deeply. You might like to take a walk, soak in a relaxing bath or sit quietly and sip a cup of your favourite herbal tea. When you’re ready, grab a pen and your journal or some paper and we’ll begin. Ways to connect with us:Email mothersatmidnight@gmail.comCheck out our Patreon pageJoin us for a Vital Journey!A Vital Journey is the creation of Alicia Melrose, a wildly talented and experienced medical herbalist, Indigo’s talented mamma and past podcast guest. Alicia has been offering this program for over 30 years, first in the UK and now in New Zealand and is now delighted to offer it fully online so you can experience the benefits of a holistic health retreat from the comfort of your own home. We support the mental wellness aspect of the program through guided inner work exercises.To find our more, email us: mothersatmidnight@gmail.com

What do you know about your birth? Was your mother supported? What was her experience? Our birth stories are also origin stories and they can offer you powerful insights into your life and the stories and patterns you carry with you. Likewise, our experience of giving birth can reveal things about ourselves that were previously hidden. As Jane Hardwicke Collings says, “We have the births we need to have to teach us what we need to know about ourselves, to take us to the next place on our life journey, our journey to wholeness”. This is a huge topic, we’ll explore our own stories as well as the wisdom others bring to this topic. We invite you to pour a cup of tea or a glass of wine and settle in as we explore the topic of birth.We chat about:Our own birth stories and how they reflect the way in which we show up in the worldOur experience of giving birth to our children Birthing creative projectsBirth as a rite of passage that teaches us something we need to know about ourselvesChallenging births And so much more!ResourcesSchool of Shamanic Womancraft Ways to connect with us:Email mothersatmidnight@gmail.comCheck out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/mothersatmidnight Join us for a Vital Journey! A Vital Journey is a 12 week online program to support you to transform your health and experience true vitality now and into the future, naturally. A Vital Journey is the creation of Alicia Melrose, a wildly talented and experienced medical herbalist, Indigo’s talenta mamma and past podcast guest. Alicia has been offering this program for over 30 years, first in the UK and now in New Zealand and is now delighted to offer it fully online so you can experience the benefits of a holistic health retreat from the comfort of your own home. We will be supporting the mental wellness aspect of the program through supported groups and guided inner work exercises.To find our more, check out our website or email usUse code MIDNIGHT2O at checkout to receive 20%

This inner work exercise is adapted from an exercise known as the Freeze Frame from the HeartMath institute. The core of the HeartMath philosophy is that the heart, physically and metaphorically, is the key to tapping into an intelligence that can provide us with fulfilment. Science has shown that the heart communicates with the body and brain on various different levels.Research has found that the heart communicates on a biochemical level, releasing atrial peptide, a hormone that inhibits the release of other stress hormones. Connecting with our hearts reduces stress and provides us with an inner resource we can access at any time. Before completing the following exercise, we recommend you take some time to unwind and connect with yourself more deeply. You might like to take a walk, soak in a relaxing bath or sit quietly and sip a cup of your favourite herbal tea. When you’re ready, grab a pen and your journal or some paper and we’ll begin. Listen to our guided exercise to connect with your heart...Ways to connect with us:Email mothersatmidnight@gmail.comCheck out our Patreon page:Join us for a Vital Journey!Starting February 24th, a Vital Journey is a 12 week online program to support you to transform your health and experience true vitality now and into the future, naturally.A Vital Journey is the creation of Alicia Melrose, a wildly talented and experienced medical herbalist, Indigo’s talented mamma and past podcast guest. Alicia has been offering this program for over 30 years, first in the UK and now in New Zealand and is now delighted to offer it fully online so you can experience the benefits of a holistic health retreat from the comfort of your own home. We support the mental wellness aspect of the program through guided inner work exercises.To find our more, check out our website or email us: mothersatmidnight@gmail.com

“Matrescence”—a term coined by the anthropologist Dana Raphael— is defined as the process of becoming a mother. It's a word used to describe the physical, psychological, and emotional changes people go through during the monumental transformation that is motherhood. Join us for an intimate chat about this intense, life-changing rite of passage with the lovely Elise Clement. Elise is a coach dedicated to supporting women's wellbeing and personal evolution through motherhood and matrescence. Elise is passionate about this topic and brings a depth of knowledge to this conversation as well as so much care and compassion. In addition to being a certified coach and wellbeing consultant, Elise is also a certified Mama Rising facilitator and a student of The School of Shamanic Womancraft. She is also currently completing her postgraduate training in holistic counselling and psychotherapy. We invite you to pour a cup of tea or a glass of wine and settle in as Elise shares her story and her wisdom.We chat about:How becoming a mother is a process, not an event that happens when we give birth Birthing a child, birthing a motherHow to listen to ourselves and trust our own motherhood journeyThe impact of our cultural context: how the maternal mandate, the myths of the Good Mother and the Successful Woman are shaping our beliefs/expectations about motherhoodHow to reclaim the power of this season of our life through self-kindness, redefining strength, getting to know ourselves and what matters to usAnd so much more!ResourcesMama Rising by Amy Taylor-KabbazSchool of Shamanic Womancraft Download Elise’s free matrescence reading list here Ways to connect with us:Email mothersatmidnight@gmail.comCheck out our Patreon pageConnect with Elise:www.eliseclement.comJoin us for a Vital Journey! A Vital Journey is a 12 week online program to support you to transform your health and experience true vitality now and into the future, naturally. A Vital Journey is the creation of Alicia Melrose, a wildly talented and experienced medical herbalist, Indigo’s talenta mamma and past podcast guest. Alicia has been offering this program for over 30 years, first in the UK and now in New Zealand and is now delighted to offer it fully online so you can experience the benefits of a holistic health retreat from the comfort of your own home. We will be supporting the mental wellness aspect of the program through supported groups and guided inner work exercises.To find our more, check out our website or email usUse code MIDNIGHT2O at checkout to receive 20%

The inner critic usually manifests as an inner voice and is often accompanied by a sense of anxiety, shame, low self-esteem, worthlessness or guilt.The inner critic can act as a “guardian of the threshold”, appearing when we’re at an edge or moving towards something outside of the boundaries of our familiar, everyday identity. The inner critic has all sorts of ideas and opinions about how things should be and about how we should think, feel and behave. We often give the inner critic authority by accepting what it says as truth.How this exercise will support you The following exercise invites you to get curious about the inner critic’s role in your life. We invite you to open to the idea that the inner critic is trying to protect you and has positive intentions. Psychotherapist Matt Licata refers to it as “a protective part in an unhealthy role.” By becoming curious about our Inner Critic, we can learn what it wants for us, and maybe even befriend this part of ourselves. Before completing the following exercise, we recommend you take some time to unwind and connect with yourself more deeply. You might like to take a walk, soak in a relaxing bath or sit quietly and sip a cup of your favourite herbal tea. When you’re ready, grab a pen and your journal or some paper and we’ll begin.Listen to our guided exercise to meet your inner critic..Ways to connect with us:Email mothersatmidnight@gmail.comCheck out our Patreon page: Mothers at Midnight Join us for a Vital Journey!Starting February 24th, a Vital Journey is a 12 week online program to support you to transform your health and experience true vitality now and into the future, naturally.A Vital Journey is the creation of Alicia Melrose, a wildly talented and experienced medical herbalist, Indigo’s talented mamma and past podcast guest. Alicia has been offering this program for over 30 years, first in the UK and now in New Zealand and is now delighted to offer it fully online so you can experience the benefits of a holistic health retreat from the comfort of your own home. We will be supporting the mental wellness aspect of the program through supported groups and guided inner work exercises.To find our more, check out our website or email usUse code MIDNIGHT2O at checkout to receive 20%

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How this exercise will support youWe will be focussing on releasing any habits that aren’t aligned with our intentions. Many spiritual traditions hold the view that self-reflection and awareness of our patterns is the first step in breaking habits that are no longer serving our highest intentions. Rather than thinking of habits as “bad” or “good” we invite you to reflect on which habits are serving you and which are no longer serving you. Before completing the following exercise, we recommend you take some time to unwind and connect with yourself more deeply. You might like to take a walk, soak in a relaxing bath or sit quietly and sip a cup of your favourite herbal tea. When you’re ready, grab a pen and your journal or some paper and we’ll begin.Listen to our guided exercise to release habits that no longer support you..Ways to connect with us:Email mothersatmidnight@gmail.comCheck out our Patreon page: Mothers at MidnightJoin us for a Vital Journey!Starting February 24th, a Vital Journey is a 12 week online program to support you to transform your health and experience true vitality now and into the future, naturally.A Vital Journey is the creation of Alicia Melrose, a wildly talented and experienced medical herbalist, Indigo’s talented mamma and past podcast guest. Alicia has been offering this program for over 30 years, first in the UK and now in New Zealand and is now delighted to offer it fully online so you can experience the benefits of a holistic health retreat from the comfort of your own home. We will be supporting the mental wellness aspect of the program through supported groups and guided inner work exercises.To find our more, check out our website or email usUse code MIDNIGHT2O at checkout to receive 20%

Join us as we connect with our dear friend and fellow psychotherapist Tina Bramley to explore the creative energy of the mother archetype. In this episode we explore how to enliven our creative fire, connect with our inner artist and how to channel our creative energy into the world.Tina is a multi-talented being - a poet, psychotherapist and organisational development consultant who brings depth, soul and creativity to everything she does.We invite you to pour a cup of tea or a glass of wine and settle in as we flow with Tina’s creative spirit, sharing ideas, stories, wisdom and laughter.We chat about:Creativity as an expression of soulHow to tend the creative fireThe mother archetype as a creative forceThe role of ego in the creative processTapping into authentic creativity and full self-expressionAnd so much more!ResourcesCreative Fire by Clarissa Pinkola Estes The Journey of Soul Initiation by Bill Plotkin Ways to connect with us:Email mothersatmidnight@gmail.comCheck out our Patreon page: Join us for a Vital Journey!Starting February 24th, a Vital Journey is a 12 week online program to support you to transform your health and experience true vitality now and into the future, naturally.A Vital Journey is the creation of Alicia Melrose, a wildly talented and experienced medical herbalist, Indigo’s talenta mamma and past podcast guest. Alicia has been offering this program for over 30 years, first in the UK and now in New Zealand and is now delighted to offer it fully online so you can experience the benefits of a holistic health retreat from the comfort of your own home. We will be supporting the mental wellness aspect of the program through supported groups and guided inner work exercises.To find our more, check out our website or email usUse code MIDNIGHT2O at checkout to receive 20%

We love creating spaces that feel nourishing. During our time together we will be creating a space for exploration of our inner life. Part of this is getting to know what you are seeking. In other words WHY you are here. How this exercise will support youThis exercise will support you to set meaningful intentions for your Vital Journey. Intentions are guiding principles for how we want to feel, behave and show up in the world. Intention setting is different from goal setting, although intentions can support us to achieve our goals. Unlike goals, which express a desired outcome or accomplishment, intentions reflect a greater aim or purpose and allow us to align our actions with our highest truth. Whereas goal setting is more future oriented and directed towards outward achievements, intentions can guide us moment to moment and support us to become clear on how we want to feel and BE in the present.Before completing the following exercise, we recommend you take some time to unwind and connect with yourself more deeply. You might like to take a walk, soak in a relaxing bath or sit quietly and sip a cup of your favourite herbal tea. When you’re ready, grab a pen and your journal or some paper and we’ll begin.Listen to our guided exercise to set your intention..Ways to connect with us:Email mothersatmidnight@gmail.comCheck out our Patreon page: Mothers at MidnightJoin us for a Vital Journey!Starting February 24th, a Vital Journey is a 12 week online program to support you to transform your health and experience true vitality now and into the future, naturally.A Vital Journey is the creation of Alicia Melrose, a wildly talented and experienced medical herbalist, Indigo’s talented mamma and past podcast guest. Alicia has been offering this program for over 30 years, first in the UK and now in New Zealand and is now delighted to offer it fully online so you can experience the benefits of a holistic health retreat from the comfort of your own home. We will be supporting the mental wellness aspect of the program through supported groups and guided inner work exercises.To find our more, check out our website or email usUse code MIDNIGHT2O at checkout to receive 20%

In today’s episode we explore the importance of incubation (or gestation) in the creative process. In creating Mothers at Midnight we’ve found that we needed space and time to allow our ideas to form, when we tried to push things along we inevitably ran into more challenges and things just didn’t feel right. Learning to slow down, follow the creative process and allow it to take shape in a way that feels authentic for us has been a big learning curve. We sat down together (well, actually we huddled by the heater with a glass of wine) to reflect on the process of creating a new project and why it’s necessary to embrace periods of gestation in all aspects of our lives.We chat about:Letting go of needing to control the creative processLearning to tune into what feels genuine and authentic and bringing our full selves to the process The link between gestation and how we birth creative projects The gifts and challenges of learning to balance being and doing and why being overly productive can hinder the creative processLetting go of perfectionism and embracing vulnerabilityTuning into the higher self and allowing it to guide the processHow to know its the right time to share our creations with othersWays to connect with us:Email mothersatmidnight@gmail.comCheck out our Patreon pageJoin us for a Vital Journey!Starting February 24th, a Vital Journey is a 12 week online program to support you to transform your health and experience true vitality now and into the future, naturally.A Vital Journey is the creation of Alicia Melrose, a wildly talented and experienced medical herbalist, Indigo’s talented mamma and past podcast guest. Alicia has been offering this program for over 30 years, first in the UK and now in New Zealand and is now delighted to offer it fully online so you can experience the benefits of a holistic health retreat from the comfort of your own home. We will be supporting the mental wellness aspect of the program through supported groups and guided inner work exercises.To find our more, check out our website or email usUse code MIDNIGHT2O at checkout to receive 20%

Welcome back!It’s been a while since we released an episode. We appreciate your support and patience as we’ve been in the process of transforming our much loved podcast Therapeia into Mothers at Midnight. Our new creation grew out of the final episode of season 3 of Therapeia - “ Meeting the Dark Mother”. In this welcome episode we share a little about the journey we’ve been on, why we’re now called Mothers at Midnight and what we have in store for you in this season. Mothers at Midnight was created with the intention of sharing challenging, vulnerable and sometimes uncomfortable conversations about motherhood and the mother archetype in all its forms. This is a space for you to connect in and get to know yourself more deeply. We look forward to sharing the journey with you and sharing soulful conversations to open your mind and heart.A lot of love has gone into this season and we are so grateful for all the support we’ve received and to our wonderful guests for sharing their stories and wisdom with us.Ways to connect with us:Email: mothersatmidnight@gmail.comCheck out our Patreon pageYou can find out more about our other offering, A Vital Journey here or email us with any questions. Use code MIDNIGHT20 for 20% off The Vital Inner Circle option

For our final Season 3 episode we invite you to make a cup of tea or pour a glass of wine and join us - the co-creators of Mothers at Midnight aka Therapeía - for an intimate, vulnerable and sometimes uncomfortable chat about motherhood. This conversation arose out of a desire to speak more openly about the difficult, confronting and challenging aspects of motherhood. We noticed that when these topics start to arise we often find ourselves changing the topic, making light of it or adding how much we love our kids. We feel the pressure to be perfect, to be good mothers, and this requires us to marginalise other parts of who we are. We wanted to drop the facade, set aside the idea of the “good” mother and bring the our wild, messy, and complex selves more fully into the conversation. Our hope is that in speaking to these experiences you too might feel less alone, less pressured and less self-critical in your experience of mothering. We also invite you to consider your own experience of being mothered and to consider your own mother in a new light.We chat about: (05:48) Encountering the dark mother(19:00) What needs to be marginalised in order to be a “good” mother(21:20) Navigating identity shifts in motherhood(28:00) Learning to embrace the marginalised parts of ourselves without feeling like “bad” mothers(37:00) The good mother archetype(40:00) How our experience of being mothered shapes the way we mother(44:00) The too nice mother(47:00) The ice queen(51:45) The dragon lady(56:20) The sick mother(60:00) Grief in motherhood(1:10:00) How to work with your own inner dark motherAnd so much more…Contact usmothersatmidnight@gmail.comEpisode ResourcesMeeting the Madwoman by Linda Schierse Leonard THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! If you enjoyed this episode please leave us a 5-star review.Questions? Comments? We’d love to connect with you! Send us an email mothersatmidnight@gmail.com

Today we welcome a very special guest to the show. Christina Nielson is the founder and director of Metavision Institute, a vibrant community for holistic education where we undertook our psychotherapy training (and where the idea for this podcast first began to take shape). The Metavision Institute has grown out of the need to heal the effects of living in a fragmented world. The Metavision ethos is to see the universe as sacred, with laws that govern and connect everything. To see the human being through the lens of eco-spirituality, soul and body awareness and as a part of a sacred universe helps to heal despair, depression, isolation and alienation. Christina has led an extraordinary life and in today’s episode we explore how following her soul’s calling led her to weave her training and practice in Social Work, Chinese Medicine, Anthroposophy and Process Oriented Psychology into a holistic model of counselling and psychotherapy as taught at Metavision today. Through her journey, we’ll explore the deep mysteries of Life and discuss how we can all learn to listen to and follow our own soul’s calling.We chat about:The wisdom of the Prayer of Surrender by Rudolf Steiner and its relevance to our current times (1:30)The incredible story of what prompted Christina to found Metavion (4:00)How to develop awareness of the signals in our life that point towards our soul’s calling (8:00)The universal impulse wanting to come through us all (13:00)How to know if we’re following the right path (14:30)How to navigate the challenges we encounter on our path (16:40)How the threads of our calling are present even in early childhood (22:00)The soul's calling as being deeper than a single goal or purpose (30:00)Working with our biography and Life Myth as a way of making sense of where we’ve come from and where we’re going (35:00)An exercise to support you to apply the lessons and wisdom of today’s topic (42:30)And so much more!Contact ChristinaEpisode ResourcesMetavision Institute The Prayer of Surrender by Rudolf Steiner Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert The Way it Is by William StaffordThe Quantum Mind and Healing by Arnold Mindell THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! If you enjoyed this episode of  THERAPEÍA we would be so grateful if you could take the time to share this episode or leave us a 5-star review.Questions? Comments? We’d love to connect with you! Follow us on Instagram @therapeia_podcast or send us an email  therapeia.podcast@gmail.com

Today we welcome Jamie-Lee Jones to the show. Jamie is a holistic counsellor, psychotherapist, youth worker and energy healer who has been on her own profound healing journey. Jamie believes that the healing journey is one that can put us on our true path in life.Today, we’ll be talking about the challenges and difficulties that we encounter on a healing journey as well as the gifts, wisdom and insights that can arise.We chat about:Jamie’s personal healing journey  (2:50)How we’re always supported even in the midst of difficult experiences (8:55)How deep connection to the physical body is the gateway to healing (11:30)Defining moments that alter our path and redirect us towards our true purpose (17:00)The art of surrender and why its an important part of the healing journey (22:40)How ritual and ceremony can support us on our healing journey (32:00)The different layers and levels of healing (37:00)The importance of not attaching ourselves to our illnesses (45:00)Energy healing (52:00) And so much more! Contact Jamiehttps://www.jamieleejones.com.auEpisode ResourcesThe Surrender Experiment by Michael SingerA Return to Love by Marianne Williamson  THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! If you enjoyed this episode of  THERAPEÍA we would be so grateful if you could take the time to share this episode or leave us a 5-star review.Questions? Comments? We’d love to connect with you! Follow us on Instagram @therapeia_podcast or send us an email  therapeia.podcast@gmail.com.

Today we welcome Louise Largier, our dear friend, colleague and fellow psychotherapist. Lou is a deeply insightful person who has spent many years exploring the mind body connection.In addition to being a psychotherapist, Lou has studied human bioscience, Ayurveda, herbalism, aromatherapy and yoga in her quest to gain a more holistic understanding of the human being and the connection between mind, body, and spirit. Today, Lou invites us to explore the mind and mental wellness from a new perspective... We chat aboutThe mind as a subtle organ with its own process of digestion (3:35)Why “difficult” emotions play a vital role in mental wellbeing (8:50)The importance of understanding how we as individual experience emotions (13:40)The value of slowing down and allowing our minds to rest and digest (17:30)How inner work can support our wellbeing (21:30)How therapy can support our mental wellbeing (31:00)Lou’s experience of using inner work to understand and work with back pain (40:00)And so much more!Episode Resources https://www.amazon.com.au/Ayurveda-Mind-Pb-David-Frawley/dp/0914955365https://www.amazon.com.au/Living-Joy-Personal-Spiritual-Transformation/dp/1932073515https://www.amazon.com.au/Nature-Personal-Reality-Practical-Techniques-ebook/dp/B005SJQT8ATHANK YOU FOR LISTENING! If you enjoyed this episode of  THERAPEÍA we would be so grateful if you could take the time to share this episode or leave us a 5-star review.Questions? Comments? We’d love to connect with you! Follow us on Instagram @therapeia_podcast or send us an email  therapeia.podcast@gmail.com

Polly Greeks is a practitioner of Non-Violent Communication who aims to create a lifestyle that is harmonious with the earth. After numerous offshore adventures, Polly Greeks, her husband James and their children Vita and Zendo chose to put down roots in an isolated forest in New Zealand where they are slowly building a mortgage-free, off-grid home and discovering an entirely new way of life. Non-Violent Communication (NVC), or conscious communication as Polly prefers to call it, has played an integral role in their journey. In today’s episode we talk about  the principles of conscious communication and explore how it can support us to live more connected lives in harmony with ourselves, others and the Earth. This discussion will invite you to be curious about how to better connect with yourself, others and the land. Compassionate communication is more than just a tool, it will revolutionise your relationships.We chat about:Polly’s story and how she came across Conscious Communication (3:00)The key principles of Conscious Communication (5:00)The importance of curiosity and presence in connecting others (10:36)How to get back in tune with our feelings and deeper needs (17:00)How focusing on the qualities of our the needs shows us the pathway to getting those needs met (21:50)Using conscious communication to connect with the land (26:00)Conscious communication with our bodies (32:00)Navigating conflict in polarising times (36:00)The importance of taking responsibility for our feelings (43:00)The wheel of choice and the power of choosing how we respond (47:00)And so much more!Contact PollyEpisode ResourcesNonviolent Communication by Marshall RosenbernA New Earth by Eckhart TolleTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING!If you enjoyed this episode of  THERAPEÍA we would be so grateful if you could take the time to share this episode or leave us a 5-star review.Questions? Comments? We’d love to connect with you! Follow us on Instagram @therapeia_podcast or send us an email  therapeia.podcast@gmail.com

Join us as we explore the magic, mystery and wisdom of psychological alchemy with Jane Gilmer. Jane is a Transformational Guide, theatre artist and author whose work with psyche (or soul), is a deeply alchemical process influenced by the depth psychological work of Dr Carl. G Jung, and the spiritual scientific work of Dr Rudolf Steiner. Her work with alchemical theatre and the creative word has evolved from her training with Mechthild Harkness in NSW Australia in the 1980s. Jane has written a book called 'The Alchemical Actor' on how practising alchemical theatre can support self-transformation and developing consciousness, particularly at this time. We connected with Jane to explore her book 'The Alchemical Actor' and alchemy as a psychospiritual path of initiation. We invite you to listen to today’s episode with an open heart and mind as we explore the mystery of soul.We chat about:What alchemy is and Jung’s exploration of psychospiritual alchemy (3:18)The story of Jane’s journey with alchemy  (7:30)How alchemy can support us to transform individually and collectively and become co creative with life(16:00)The four stages of alchemy and wisdom of Gaia Sophia (21:00)How to work with alchemy on a personal level (25:00)How we’re in a collective nigredo experience (30:00)Imagination as the key to freedom (33:00)The four elements and the four temperaments (38:00)Alchemy as a path of initiation (46:00)The significance of the ouroboros (snake eating its own tail) (52:00)The dark night of the soul (101:00)And so much more!Contact Janehttps://www.janegilmer.com/Episode ResourcesKnowledge of the Higher Worlds and its Attainment by Rudolf SteinerThe Seers Handbook: A Guide to Higher Perception by Dennis KlocekThe Journey of  Soul Initiation: A Field Guide for Visionaries, Evolutionaries and Revolutionaries by Bill Plotkin'The Alchemical Actor' by Jane GilmerSitting in the Fire by Arnold Mindell THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!If you enjoyed this episode of  THERAPEÍA we would be so grateful if you could take the time to share this episode or leave us a 5-star review.Questions? Comments? We’d love to connect with you! Follow us on Instagram @therapeia_podcast or send us an email  therapeia.podcast@gmail.com