Let’s be honest: As a woman or menstruating person in this society, it isn’t exactly easy to grow up with a lot of reverence for your body, nor your cycle. In this spiritual-feminist podcast about menstrual wisdom and activism for our modern times, I share musings, reflections and conversations to make living as a cyclical being (ALL beings are cyclical, by the way!) in a world set up for linear progress more easeful for you. Let yourself be inspired to detox from the systems of oppression you’ve most probably internalised, so you can walk the spirals of your life with more confidence and trust in yourself and your gorgeous body and reclaim the superpower and ancient wisdom already stored in your bones! And no, you don’t need to have a uterus to benefit from this!
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I'm Lisa and I support women to get back in touch with their cycle, release trauma and live their life powerfully from within.
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Whether you still have a menstrual cycle or cycle with the moon (e.g. in post menopause), embodied cyclical living will help you prepare for the bigger and more challenging transitions in life!
2024-09-06
Rianne BeCraft and Lisa Jara continue the conversation about PMS & PMDD and speak about some ideas how you can support yourself or your loved ones in this experience.
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Join Rianne BeCraft and Lisa Jara for an intimate conversation about PMS & PMDD and how they might be showing up in your life or in the lives of those around you.
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Today's Soul-based Coaching example is for everyone who finds themselves using food to self-soothe when emotionally triggered. In just 20 minutes, my client realised how to support herself to go from mindlessly snacking to choosing what to eat and when.
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Join Camilla Lovegrove and Lisa Jara for a conversation about cycle awareness, pleasure and menstrual art as a portal to reclaiming personal power and self-sovereignty – welcoming the disgust, intrigue and intimacy that may come with this practice.
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Today's episode shares a powerful guided practice for you to anchor back into the peaceful place inside of yourself, reconnect with your (energetic) womb space and receive its wisdom and guidance for your life.
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Hayley Anderson and Lisa Jara dive deeper into the hardships and challenges mothers face – especially the patriarchal myth of the "perfect mother" – and how we unravel our own conditioning, loving ourselves in the process, biases and all.
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We have become so disconnected from our desires that we make pelvic health choices from an unhealthy place. Join Aurora Sunu & Lisa Jara in a juicy conversation about awakening your erotic power and sovereignty – or just befriending it as a first step.
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Learn how you may have internalized systems of oppression and how to recognise and unravel these patterns in yourself and your body, so you feel liberated in your own life AND contribute to living more harmoniously with each other and our environment.
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I've personally been burned by and broke with Christian religion as taught by the institution church long ago. But in recent years I've come across research and stories that helped me make peace with Christianity as Jesus and Mary taught it.
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Join Leslie Ellis and Lisa Jara for an open exploration that aims at unshame-ing the whole decision-making process around whether or not to take HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) and different angles to consider before making a choice.
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The only permanence in life is change – but some changes are more difficult to navigate than others. Join Corinne & me as we dive into the question of how to navigate the messy middle, so you come out the other side feeling stronger and more resilient.
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Today I share my story of how one book changed the course of my life forever and why understanding two fundamental principles of Life made me start a Quiet, yet powerful Revolution to bring people back in touch with their own body and cyclical nature.
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Join the powerful combination of a Menstrual & Menopausal Health Specialist and a Healthy Cooking Coach on a deep dive into all things nutrition, gut health and reducing toxins in your kitchen to nourish your body and soul for optimal female health.
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Join me today as I shine a deeper light on the crucial role the lymphatic system plays in addressing the deeper causes of menstrual and perimenopausal health issues, especially as it relates to nervous system regulation, hormonal balance & breast health.
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The lymphatic system is the most overlooked and underrated health-care system of your body, playing a major role in your immune function. Today, you'll learn simple tweaks to care for your lymphatic health and give your immune system a big boost.
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Today I show you 4 deeper practices that will not only help soothe your nervous system, reduce anxiety and increase energy levels, but also enhance lymph flow, blood flow and digestion, allowing your body to do its daily repair processes.
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Whether you suffer from challenges in your female menstrual or menopausal health, or you've got a relatively strong and healthy body – these 5 simple tweaks in your everyday life will go a long way in tending to your optimal (pelvic) health and vitality
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Hayley Anderson and Lisa Jara shed light on the hardships and challenges parents, especially mothers, face in our modern societies and the impact their normalization ("That's just how it is.") has on the individual person's nervous system and well-being.
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All beings are cyclical and whether you're pre-, peri- or post-menopause, you have a cycle. Today I share how you can learn to read it like a compass so it becomes your best friend and ally to navigate life.
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Winter is a time to rest and digest and allow the natural composting to happen – in Nature and in your psyche. But why does resting often feel like the hardest thing to do? Today I unravel societal and personal layers that prevent deep, delicious rest.
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Winter isn't a season for new beginnings, but very potent for setting intentions and planting the seeds for what you want to call into your life during this new cycle. Today I share why New Year's Resolutions often fail and what you can do instead.
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Let the story of Inanna's Descent into the Underworld serve as a powerful reminder that life is complex and paradoxical and that it's often in the darkest moments that you can recognise your brightest light.
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Today I explore the question of what it is about Christmas season that makes it feel special – so special that we collectively get into a festive mood regardless of our beliefs, and so special that it was honoured even at the front during WW I and II.
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The festive season can cause a lot of stress and anxiety, especially when gatherings, expectations and family traditions are involved. Amy Connor and I explore how you can navigate the holidays in a way that feels good for you and everyone involved.
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Find out where you keep yourself stuck in the Paradise lie, working, pushing and giving in the hope of a future reward – and how to remember your power of choice, using pleasure and celebration to build Paradise right here in your life.
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Find out where you keep yourself stuck in a fairy-tale lie, handing over your power to someone or something outside of you, and how to remember that you're in fact a powerful being that can create a life of their choosing right here, right now.
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This episode is your permission slip (if you needed any) to not be, feel or show up the same every day! You are constantly influenced by many different cycles inside/around you, so it's okay and ENOUGH to show up exactly as you are right here, right now!
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Piper Rose and I explore how perimenopause is a unique opportunity of self-inquiry for women, non-binary menstruators and menstruating men, in order to live a more authentic life and embrace their body and personal experience.
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Both the archetype of the Witch and the Hindu goddess of death, destruction and motherly love Kali hold valuable lessons for us to navigate the often challenging transitions of the pre-menstrual phase and the perimenopause transition.
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The Rite of the Womb was given to a lady shaman in the Amazon jungle from a lineage of women who freed themselves from suffering and who want us to remember that the womb space is not a place to store fear and pain, it's to create and give birth to life.
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Nobody likes the messy middle of change, that's why we hire coaches. And since as a coach I'm drawn to the places of transition, the crossroads, the life crises, I wonder why it's so much easier to hold others through their stuff, but not myself?
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In our society, (peri)menopause has a bit of a bad reputation and today I shine a light on the underlying dynamics for menopause-associated symptoms, so you can support yourself through the transition and make it as easeful as possible for you.
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Ixchel Lunar and I want to raise awareness about how the systems and structures we live in are heavily impacting our relationship to time and to the body, and how the pace of life is a social construct that works against us in so many different ways.
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Ixchel Lunar and I want to raise awareness about how the systems and structures we live in are heavily impacting our relationship to time and to the body, and how the pace of life is a social construct that works against us in so many different ways.
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Ixchel Lunar and I want to raise awareness about how the systems and structures we live in are heavily impacting our relationship to time and to the body, and how the pace of life is a social construct that works against us in so many different ways.
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Ixchel Lunar and I want to raise awareness about how the systems and structures we live in are heavily impacting our relationship to time and to the body, and how the pace of life is a social construct that works against us in so many different ways.
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Welcome to Part 4 of this 4-part series to help you get to know your cycle (menstrual or moon) better and make sense of your cyclical experience, so you can journey this monthly process of inner death and rebirth with more ease, calm and confidence.
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Welcome to Part 3 of this 4-part series to help you get to know your cycle (menstrual or moon) better and make sense of your cyclical experience, so you can journey this monthly process of inner death and rebirth with more ease, calm and confidence.
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Welcome to Part 2 of this 4-part series to help you get to know your cycle (menstrual or moon) better and make sense of your cyclical experience, so you can journey this monthly process of inner death and rebirth with more ease, calm and confidence.
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Welcome to Part 1 of this 4-part series to help you get to know your cycle (menstrual or moon) better and make sense of your cyclical experience, so you can journey this monthly process of inner death and rebirth with more ease, calm and confidence.
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Pain and symptoms are your body's last resort in getting your attention. Today I share how to start learning the language of your body so you can communicate with it effectively. Your body is always speaking to you – the question is, are you listening?
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I love when I recognise societal conditioning in myself – awareness is the first step to changing things! In this episode I share two shorter pieces of me uncovering and dismantling conscious biases in my own life.
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My guest and peer Teresa Hawkes bravely shares her own story of pre- and post-natal depression and postpartum psychosis with us, and how she moved through the darkest period of her life.
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From a young age we're taught that the body is a thing that needs to be controlled and to look for quick-fix solutions like a pill or surgery to get rid of uncomfortable symptoms. Today I share why your body isn't the enemy, and why we need to go deeper.
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This is just a little introduction for you to get to know me and what to expect, so you can decide if you want to stick around and hear more. Which, of course, I hope is the case, so don't forget to subscribe on your favourite podcasting platform!
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Especially as a woman or person who bleeds there are two distinct phases in your cycle when your inner critic is loudest. Roshnii Rose shares two exercises to help you start a relationship and set appropriate boundaries with it.
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When you hear the "menstrual cycle", do you think of your bleed only? Or maybe about ovulation, if you want to become pregnant (or explicitly DON'T)? I'm here to tell you that your menstrual cycle is so much more than just these two moments...
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When I travel to a new place, the first day I often experience a sense of unsettledness, like something's not quite right. This usually subsides after a night of sleep and I'll finally feel like all of me has arrived.
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The first bleed in the life of a menstruator is a powerful Rite of Passage and should be marked as such. Neutral at best, the experience is much more often associated with fear or even shame. This doesn’t exactly contribute to body positivity ...
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Do you know these moments when decision-fatigue, procrastination and second-guessing keep you stuck and simultaneously erode your self-trust? Learn how understanding your Human Design will help you make decisions that are true to you.
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It's only the beginning of 2023 and already I see so many people (me myself included) pushing and wanting to make things happen. The important question, though, is not "what do I want to accomplish?", but more so "who do I want to become in the process?"
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Your body is a living, breathing organism, not another "thing" to take care of. But how to build a relationship, when we're often so disconnected from our body we don't know how to listen for what it truly needs?
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In the western part of the world, Death is a scary thing, the end of something. Maybe our pain can be carried in a way that is infused with beauty, when we realise Nature works in cycles and we are able to experience a rebirth of something new.
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Winter Solstice (also called Yule) is one of the 8 festivals in the Wheel of the Year, and known as the longest night and shortest day of the year, usually taking place on December 21st in the Northern Hemisphere and June 21st in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Today, I take a little dip into the four big wounds women and people socialised as women often experience in our society. Because recognition, understanding and acknowledgment create space for compassion and forgiveness and, subsequently, healing.
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The Twelve Holy Nights are a mystical time „in-between the years“ to consciously close the old year before inviting in the new one. Today I share myths and rituals around this special magical-mystical winter tradition.
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December is the last month of the year and a beautiful time to look at what's in need of closure in our life, so we can release and let go, making room and preparing the soil for our dreams and longings to take root for next year.
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Endometriosis is not incurable and healing is possible when you know how to access the wisdom that already lives inside of your body! Listen to my guest Amy Connor and I speaking about why neither synthetic hormones nor a hysterectomy are the answer!
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Being "full of yourself" is usually used in a derogatory sense - but what if it's actually the key to long-lasting happiness? Listen on to find out why you will feel truly alive and fulfilled, once you start being full of yourself on all levels.
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I believe that we all have a natural season (in our personal cycle and in the outer seasons) we feel most at home, most comfortable in. Listen on to find out which could be "yours" and how it will help you bring more ease into your cycle experience.
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Bringing cycle awareness into your daily life will help you move through difficult situations with more ease and compassion for yourself. Because you realise you're a cyclical being and don't have to be, show up or perform the same every day! A relief!
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Every time you experience a change, you experience a death. But change doesn’t always mean your whole life is going to be turned upside down, sometimes all that’s needed are a few tweaks and you’re good to go and navigate the transition on your own.
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Working in the realm of empowerment, we have to navigate a fine line between our genuine wish to support people, having them feel like the powerful being they are, and perpetuating a world view that's heavily influenced by patriarchal-colonialist thinking
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For many, the concept of boundary setting feels like putting up a rigid wall, excluding or even taking away from others. Listen on to get to know my take on boundaries, which I see as a malleable process of taking care of your own needs and desires.
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How can our cyclical nature help us know ourselves better and develop the inner trust that we are amazing the way we are? Women and people who bleed walk this cycle every month and doing it more consciously will help us navigate bigger transitions, too.
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