A Wave Away

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 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 my Mending the Mother Wound work 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 the A Wave Away podcast

Rima Staines is an artist whose work straddles myth, magical realism, and the folk arts. She works predominantly as a painter, but also with music, writing, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, theatre, puppetry, animation, and book arts. In 2018 she was a finalist in the 'Best Artist' category of the World Fantasy awards. Rima has a long-held fascination with the idea of the liminal — that which lies at the edge of culture and society as well as the literal boundaries between one place and another, both metaphorical and real — and with the power of art that comes from that liminal place. I have Rima's “The Old Song” and “Maiden, Mother, Crone” paintings hanging above my desk, they offer me daily inspiration. In this episode, Rima and I discuss: - Rima's creative process and where she draws creative inspiration from - Art as alchemy  - The weaving of many art mediums and Rima's experience with not only fine art and painting, but also bookbinding, publishing, puppetry, and music - Mothering and what it has taught and is teaching Rima - How Rima balances motherhood and art making - The grief of mothering without a village - Living with epilepsy and what it has taught and is teaching Rima I cannot encourage you enough to look at (and purchase!) Rima's incredible paintings, they are so unique and speak deeply to the liminal spaces of life. You can find Rima's work on her website rimastaines.com and on IG at @tilsamka   Donate to the A Wave Away podcast Join my email list/newsletter Find me on Instagram Visit my website

Dominoe Farris is a female artist born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. Her artistic pursuits include film photography, hand tinted photography, stained glass, and textile art. She is never one to shy away from learning a new art form, as all mediums have something new to teach and inspire. All of them are tied together by a thread of light and color. She dabbles in all things rainbow. In this episode, we discuss: - Dominoe's upbringing and the story of how and when she started identifying as an artist - How and where Dominoe draws creative inspiration - How she moves through creative blocks and imposter syndrome - Embracing the imperfections in art making - Moving through perfectionism and finding spaces and creative projects where protectionism can express itself - The idea of “living contrast” and how Dominoe embodies and balances perfectionism and the wildness of creativity - Dominoe also shares some beautiful advice for fellow artists and creative people You can find and follow all of Dominoe's incredible work on her: website: www.dominoefarris.com/see Instagram: @dominoefarris @triplefloral @yummmyglass   Donate to the A Wave Away podcast Join my email list/newsletter Find me on Instagram Visit my website

Becca Piastrelli writes about her life experiences, facilitates women's gatherings virtually and in person, and is the host of the Belonging podcast. She teaches and speaks on the nature of belonging and runs retreats to help women reconnect with their rooted sense of self. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area (soon to be Hudson Valley, NY) with her husband, child, two cats, and five chickens, where she gardens, cooks, mothers, and gathers with the ebb and flow of the seasons. I am so inspired by and deeply love Becca's work. This conversation is full of wisdom and nourishment for the times that we find ourselves in today. In this episode, we discuss: - Seasonal, earth-based living and how Becca lives seasonally in her everyday life and work - Rites of passage and the 3 phases that make up a rite of passage - Becca gives us practices and rituals to honor rites of passage in our lives - Belonging and community care and how Becca see them existing (and not existing) in today's world - Motherhood, specifically some pivotal points in Becca's mothering journey and some wisdom she has gleaned from recently becoming a mother Becca and I discuss and reference episode 96 of her podcast, Belonging, with Ariella Daly and Megan McGuire, to listen to this episode visit beccapiastrelli.com/ancestral-mothering You can find Becca's incredible work with the links below: Website Root and Ritual book Belonging podcast Rooted Magic January 2023 retreat  Instagram @beccapiastrelli   Donate to the A Wave Away podcast Join my email list/newsletter Find me on Instagram Visit my website

Maria Minnis is an unapologetically Black writer, artist, ritual facilitator, and tarot reader who teaches people about blending their spirituality with liberation work. She has creatively worked with tarot for over 20 years and considers herself an eternal student of life, and thus the tarot. Her work is inspired by her belief that the end result of all magic should be to cultivate a more equitable and empathetic planet. Maria enthusiastically drinks from the flowing firehose of life and wouldn't have it any other way. Maria is one of my favorite artists (and humans) of all time! Her work inspires me deeply and it was such a huge honor and gift to share this conversation. In this episode, we discuss: - Maria's journey with becoming an artist and writer and her experience with identifying as such - Her experience with imposter syndrome and how she moves through it - Incredibly helpful tips from Maria on how we can move through imposter syndrome and a process for self-defining ourselves as artists and creators - Maria's process for creative inspiration, how she receives creative inspiration, and how she moves through creative blocks - More incredibly helpful tips on receiving inspiration including creating an inspiration tool kit  - Art making as ritual, magic, and alchemy and how Maria experiences this in her creativity and everyday life Find Maria's amazing work and art on her: Website: mariaminnis.com Instagram: @feminnis   Donate to the A Wave Away podcast Join my email list/newsletter Follow me on Instagram Visit my website

Xochitl (So-chil) Kusikuy Ashe has been a teacher and guide in one-and-one mentorships, workshops, and ceremonies both in the U.S and internationally for the last 25 years. At age 16 she became the first female of five generations of men to be initiated into the healing traditions of her Peruvian ancestral lineage. She is a Medicine Woman in the Peruvian Andean tradition and has worked with sacred plant medicines since the time of her initiation. For the past 23 years she apprenticed under her Godfather, a Mazatec Medicine Man of the ancient tradition of healing with the "Nti-si tho" "Santitos" or Psilocybin mushrooms. She is a professionally trained herbalist and specializes in the ceremonial use of Cacao and Psilocybin Mushrooms. In her practice, Xochitl focuses on the healing of generational trauma and the ways in which that trauma impairs our ability to thrive, create wealth, and have a positive impact on the world. Xochitl's is the founder of Magical Medicine Journeys, an Indigenous women-owned retreat company, that offers legal Mazatec Psilocybin Mushroom Retreats in Mexico. Her mission is to honor the traditional indigenous knowledge and ceremony of sacred plant medicine and provide the most authentic and powerful life-changing experiences. In this episode, we discuss: - Xochitl's initiation into becoming a medicine carrier at age 16 and what it was like to become the first female in 5 generations of men to be initiated as a medicine carrier - The messages the mushrooms have to share with humanity today - How mushrooms can support us in ancestral healing and processing generational trauma - The impact that capitalism, colonialism, and white supremacy is having on plant medicine and indigenous medicine carriers - How white westerners can work with plant medicines with respect and reciprocity and without causing more harm and oppression You can find Xochitl's amazing work, including her upcoming mushroom medicine retreats in Mexico on her: Website xochitlashe.com Instagram @xochitlashe   Donate to the A Wave Away podcast Join my email list/newsletter Follow me on Instagram Visit my website

Sylvia V.  Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, and student of ancient history. She is the author of the short story collection Our Lady of the Dark Country, two novels for young readers, The Wild Folk and The Wild Folk Rising, and the folktale cycle Tatterdemalion with painter Rima Staines. Her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay, and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area. She is currently working on a novel set in pre-historic Crete, and has a collection of short stories and poems called The Venus Year forthcoming this December. Sylvia is one of my favorite writers of all time and this conversation is truly one of the great gifts of my life. In this episode, we discuss: - Sylvia's process for approaching creativity and her creative practice as ritual - Sylvia's experience with surrendering to her creative voice - How Sylvia receives inspiration for her writing and how she moves through creative blocks - How Sylvia carries out her incredibly extensive research process, how this process brings Sylvia great joy but can also be a distraction from and roadblock to her writing - Sylvia's experience with listening to her body's sensations to find guidance and trust within - Sylvia also shares a super exciting announcement for the first time publicly in this conversation about new writing she is releasing this winter! You can find Sylvia's work on her: website sylviavictorlinsteadt.com Substack The Pollen Basket Instagram @sylivavlinsteadt   Donate to the A Wave Away podcast Join my email list/newsletter Find me on Instagram

Slowing down is truly an art form and one that many of us haven't practiced much. So much can change and shift for the better when we take a slower approach. In this episode, I discuss: - How and why I'm slowing down in my work, including a VERY exciting announcement! - Ways you can support yourself in slowing down, including some questions and prompts to journal and meditate on - How I'm moving through resistance to slowing down - How I will be sharing my experiences and work moving forward from this slower approach Donate to the A Wave Away podcast Join my email list/newsletter Find me on Instagram Contact me

Dr. Erica Matluck is a modern medicine woman and the creator of Seven Senses, a holistic framework for healing and transformation. She is trained as a naturopathic doctor, family nurse practitioner, Reiki Master, and multidisciplinary yoga instructor. Combining over a decade of experience working in conventional and alternative medicine, she brings a truly holistic lens to wellbeing, addressing the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of health. Ancient wisdom and Eastern philosophy thread through all of her work, which has been featured in Harpers Bazaar, Mindbodygreen, Well and Good, Vogue, and Women's Health.  Erica is someone I look up to and am inspired by in many ways. She is a dear friend and I couldn't be more grateful to have her in my life. I'm over the moon excited to share this nourishing and wise conversation with you. In this episode, we discuss:  - What led Erica to her work with holistic healing - Erica's holistic self framework and the 4 quadrants that form the holistic self - How Erica guides her clients through the holistic self framework  - How we can determine which of the quadrants in the holistic self framework needs the most tending and where we can begin? - The biggest lessons and wisdom Erica had gleamed from her mothering journey  Seven Senses website Seven Senses on Instagram Visit the episode website to see an image of Erica's holistic self framework Donate to the A Wave Away podcast Join my email list/newsletter Find me on Instagram

They say the only constant in life is change. And I think we can all agree that change is hard for most of us. So let's dive into all things change and transition. In this episode, I discuss:  - The most important thing when moving through change and transition, having self-compassion and self-acceptance - The importance of slowing down, making eye contact, and having conscious, uninterrupted conversations about the change and transition you're experiencing  - Being ok with making mistakes and messing up, transitions take time, this is inevitable and bound to happen, it's part of the process  - Tending to the anxiety related to transitions. I give tools and practices for doing so - Creating ritual out of transitions and change, or as I like to call it, making the mundane magical Donate to the A Wave Away podcast Episode website Join my email list/newsletter Contact me Connect with me on Instagram A Wave Away episode 13 featuring a guided grounding practice

Sidney Hall is a contemplative baker, living into the wisdom traditions of Tantra and Vedanta. She uses her baking practice as a sacred container for the cultivation of joy, creative flow, and service in making nutrient-dense baked goods. When she is not inhabiting the duties of kitchen witch, she is delighting in the sacred union of marriage with her husband and momming two bright wild beings, as well as serving as a functional health coach. Sidney is one of my favorite humans and our sisterhood is one of my most cherished. This conversation is reminiscent of one of our riverside chats. In this episode, we discuss: - What brought Sidney to baking as a contemplative practice and how she arrived at naming her business Moon Maiden's Delights - What baking as a contemplative practice looks and feels like for Sidney - Food as prayer, how Sidney sees cooking and nourishing herself, her family, friends, and clients as prayer, and what this looks like in her life and work - How eating healthy is a privilege and what we can do to nourish ourselves with the resources we have - Sidney shares with us what her last meal on earth would be, painting the scene and really taking us there - Sidney also reads several beautiful pieces of poetry and prayer during this episode Sidney's website Sidney's Instagram Sidney's functional health coaching work and her partner Ryan's functional, evolutionary medicine Kim Kran's new Alchemy Deck Donate to the A Wave Away podcast Join my email list/newsletter My website My Instagram Episode website

Kat Gordon is a plant spirit guide, herbalist, and founder of the Yarrow Resilience Institute. She is originally from California but now spends most of her time living and working in the Sacred Valley of Peru. She leads workshops, retreats, and transformational guidance centered on connecting people with skills for resilient and holistic living. Yarrow Resilience Institute grew out of years of working with the land, food systems, herbalism, and humans in many capacities. *Disclaimer: this episode briefly discusses abortion healing* In the episode, we discuss: - What brought Kat to herbalism and working with the plants as teachers and healers - Womb healing and why it's essential to connect with our wombs - Our wombs as our temple within and ways to tend to our temple - Kat's favorite practices and plants for womb healing - The one herb Kat would give to all of humanity for the times we're living in today You can find Kat's incredible work at her website: yarrowri.org and on Instagram: @katgordon_ You can also download Kat's free Womb Connection Resource which includes plant allies for moon cycle thriving and womb nourishment on Kat's website: yarrowri.org/womb-connection-resource   If you'd like to support this totally independent podcast you can do so on my website. I am so grateful for your support! Donate securely online: waverlydavis.com/podcast If you're interested in booking a Singing The Womb Session or a sound bath you can learn more on my website: waverlydavis.com Follow along on IG: @heywaverlydavis For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website

Patry Cortes and Laura Hoyos are a mother-daughter duo from Columbia. Patry is a doula, acupuncturist, Chinese medicine practitioner, and mother of four. Laura is a psychologist, yoga instructor, and mother of two. Together with Laura's husband Alex, they lead Ancestral Knowledge, which combines the power of indigenous wisdom and ancient ceremonies with grounded and easy-to-learn tools that help people radically harmonize their lives and live with more clarity and wellbeing. In this episode, we discuss: - What brought Laura and Patry to womb wisdom and healing and how they got started on this path - Why it's vital that women (and people) understand womb wisdom and healing today - The ways Laura and Patry have seen plant medicine support people on their healing journeys and spiritual awakenings - The impact that capitalism and white supremacy have had and are still having on plant medicine - How white westerns can work with plant medicine with reciprocity, in a respectful way that honors indigenous medicine carriers and their lineages You can find Laura and Patry's incredible work on their website: ancestralknowledge.co and on Instagram: @ancestralknowledge.co   I am now inviting folks who are benefiting from this podcast to donate if you feel called. I would be so grateful for your support. Anything you are able to give helps me to continue to share these conversations, thank you! Donate securely online: waverlydavis.com/podcast   If you're interested in booking a Singing The Womb Session, you can do so on my website: waverlydavis.com/singing-the-womb   For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis

*Disclaimer: this episode of A Wave Away discusses abortion and personal experience with abortion* Many ancient cultures knew that the womb is the seat of a woman's power and intuition. Today, unfortunately, many women have forgotten this truth and live disconnected from their wombs. This disconnection often leads to not only discomfort but disease. In light of Roe v. Wade being overturned, my experiences with motherhood and abortion (having twins in 2015 and an abortion in early 2022), and navigating through a complex motherline and ancestral healing journey — coupled with the profound healing I've witnessed in myself and my clients from connecting with the womb — I am called now more than ever to share my story and to guide women into the wisdom of their wombs. In this episode, I discuss: - my abortion story and what I've learned — including the sacred no and how to embody presence in an even deeper way - how I supported myself through my abortion journey and the ways in which I received support - how I'm feeling today as I reflect on my abortion journey and the state of the world - how you can get involved in supporting reproductive rights for women - my newest offering to walk women back home to their wombs, Singing the Womb sessions Learn more about and book a Singing the Womb session with this link: waverlydavis.com/singing-the-womb For full show notes, links, resources, and photos of the rituals I created during my abortion journey, visit the episode website Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis

Sydney Batson is a clinical herbalist, reiki practitioner, and amazing human. Her journey to herbalism and energy work is filled with wisdom we can all learn from. She truly walks the talk and I'm so excited to share this conversation with you. In this episode, we discuss: - Sydney's story and what brought her to herbalism and energy work - How herbalism is so much more than just finding herbal alternatives for western medicine and pharmaceuticals  - Living in reciprocity with the earth - Some of the ways Sydney connects with nature  - Embodied resilience and what health means for Sydney - Where to begin if you are new to or overwhelmed by herbalism and energy work - The one herb Sydney would give to all of humanity for the times we're living in today Learn more about Sydney and her work on her website www.sydneybatson.com and on IG @sydney.batson    Book a Presence + Pleasure private session with me: calendly.com/waverly-davis/presence-pleasure-private-session Learn more about and join the 6-month Presence + Pleasure journey beginning in July: waverlydavis.com/presenceandpleasure   For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis

Pleasure is complex, layered, and complicated. It can be evasive and many of us live our lives desiring more pleasure. So what gets in the way of accessing our pleasure? We'll unpack this here, in the THIRD Back to Basics Mini-Series microdose! In this episode, I discuss: - What gets in the way of us accessing pleasure - How disconnection and distraction keep us from experiencing pleasure - The importance of growing self-awareness and building capacity for coming back to connection and presence and how this makes space for experiencing more pleasure - I lead you in a guided practice and journaling exercise for exploring your experience with pleasure   Adrienne Maree Brown's phenomenal book I reference in this episode is called Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good.   Book a Presence + Pleasure private session with me: calendly.com/waverly-davis/presence-pleasure-private-session Learn more about and join the 6-month Presence + Pleasure journey beginning in July: waverlydavis.com/presenceandpleasure Learn more about the Back to Basics Mini-Series: waverlydavis.com/backtobasics   For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis

Many say our bodies are our greatest teachers. There is so much power and healing available to us when we learn the language of our bodies. Welcome to the second Back to Basics Mini-Series MICRODOSE! In this episode I discuss: - Feeling your feelings — turning towards instead of away from all feelings, including challenging feelings, the guilt and shame that can come with feeling “good, positive, pleasurable” feelings, and the practice of noticing what sensations are connected to what feelings - Completing the stress cycle — I discuss Emily and Amelia Nagoski's phenomenal work and research about the stress cycle and how to complete it - Sensation as intuition — your body knows the answers to all of your questions, here we cover the practice of listening to your body and knowing what it is communicating to you - I lead you through a guided somatic and orienting practice to feel your feelings and sensations - I also introduce my newest 6-month group journey, Presence + Pleasure, beginning in early July   Learn more about Presence + Pleasure: waverlydavis.com/presenceandpleasure Learn more about the Back to Basics Mini-Series: waverlydavis.com/backtobasics Join my email list for more mini-series microdoses   For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis

Welcome to the Back to Basics Mini-Series! So, why do we need to go back to the basics?  Because humans make life (and healing) so complicated. We feel we have to always be DOING — meditating in the morning, keeping up with an embodied dance practice or running/walking routine, sitting at our altar at night, doing shadow work, gratitude practices, journaling, dreamwork, ritual, and on and on it goes. Don't get me wrong, I love all of these practices (and teach many of them to my clients), but in today's fast-paced, overwhelming world we can get so caught up in all the DOING that we forget about BEING — we forget how to live with presence + pleasure. I have seen time and time again (in my own life and in my client's lives) that the longest-lasting transformation and healing comes from the BEING not DOING, from KEEPING IT SIMPLE and going BACK TO THE BASICS. And so here we are – the Back to Basics mini-series where I'll be dropping podcast + email microdoses that strip back the unnecessary and simplify the basics of living with presence + pleasure.   Welcome to the first MICRODOSE! We're going to be talking about nourishment + grounding. In this episode I discuss: - Nourishment, what it means to me, and simple and doable ways I nourish myself - Pleasure and pain and the understanding that disconnection, not pain, is the opposite of pleasure - Grounding as a practice to bring us back into connection with ourselves and the earth - And to close I guide you in a grounding practice!   Learn more about the Back to Basics Mini-Series: waverlydavis.com/backtobasics Join my email list for more mini-series microdoses Learn more about my new program, Presence + Pleasure, beginning in July: waverlydavis.com/presenceandpleasure Have any take-aways or aha moments from this episode? If so, email me - waverly@waverlydavis.com I'd love to hear from you!

Ilana Khin is an astrologer, writer, copywriter, and coach. Astrology found Ilana when she was looking for answers. Since then she has been growing and expanding upon her unique approach to astrology which centers self-empowerment. In this episode we discuss: - How astrology and our natal charts can help us find more self-awareness, self-compassion, and self-love - The ways in which Ilana helps her clients see and experience the “darker”, “shadow” parts of their natal charts as teachers and medicine - How we can look to astrology to help us understand collective happenings - The idea that time is not an illusion and how astrology is a beautiful mirror for experiencing the concept of time   You can find Ilana and her incredible work on her website celestialcues.com and on IG @celestialcues   Join me for my FREE mini-series, Back to Basics, where I'll be dropping podcast + email microdoes to help you live with presence + pleasure: waverlydavis.com/backtobasics   For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website Have any take-aways or aha moments from this episode? If so, email me - waverly@waverlydavis.com I'd love to hear from you! Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis

Alicia Henry is a mother, poet, and tea priestess. She has had a deep and profound relationship with tea since birth. As one of her greatest teachers, tea helps Alicia connect to herself and nature. In this episode we discuss: - How Alicia's relationship with tea began at birth - Her journey with starting and running an organic, hand-crafted tea blend company and with facilitating Cha Dao tea ceremony - How motherhood led her to reassess and change her relationship with tea - Her poetry and its impact on her life - she also shares some of her poetry with us! - The importance of tea being a practice for everyone and how we can all make any experience with tea a sacred + intentional one   You can find Alicia on her website: aliciahenry.com and on instagram: @alicia__henry If you want to join Alicia and I for our in-person Springtime Tea + Sound Retreat THIS Saturday, May 14, register on my website.   For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website Have any take-aways or aha moments from this episode? If so, email me - waverly@waverlydavis.com I'd love to hear from you! Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis

Prayer is a huge part of my life. It wasn't always and there was a lot I had to let go of to find a practice with prayer that felt right and resonant for me. In this episode I cover: - How to let go of any negative connotations you associate with prayer (stemming from organized, conventional religion) and how you can redefine what prayer means for you - How I practice prayer in my everyday life - How to figure out who to pray to, my journey with this, and who I pray to today - Reflections on being in business full-time for ONE YEAR and what I've learned from this journey   If you want to join me for my in-person Springtime Tea + Sound Retreat on May 14, register on my website. If you want to learn more about my upcoming Back to Basics mini-series, visit my website.   For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website   Have any take-aways or aha moments from this episode? If so, email me - waverly@waverlydavis.com I'd love to hear from you! Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis

Allie Redshaw is a mother, chef, yoga teacher, and paraclimber. While working as a chef she had a terrible unexpected accident that led to her having her right hand amputated. She was also pregnant with her second daughter when this accident happened. Allie's story of learning to love her body again after such a huge and life-changing experience is nothing short of incredible! She is an inspiration to so many, a true light in the world, spreading love and sunshine everywhere she goes. In this episode we cover: Allie's story of losing her hand while pregnant and what that journey was like for her and her family How Allie redefined and reclaimed her identity after her accident and learned to embrace difference What loving her body means for Allie and how she has learned to love her body again after her accident Practices and tips Allies works with and loves for embodiment//coming back to her body Connect with Allie on Instagram — @allie_redshaw If you want to join me for my in-person Springtime Tea + Sound Retreat on May 14, register on my website. For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis

Accept it or fix it? Accept it or fix it? This was a question I used to ask myself time and time again at the beginning of my journey to loving my body. Our relationships with our bodies are so complex. This episode is the first of many that will dive into the question of - how do we begin to love our bodies? In this episode I cover: - Why toxic systems like the patriarchy and white supremacy coupled with programming we receive from the cultures and families we belong to can make it so difficult to love our bodies - Three amazing practices that help me and many of my clients love our bodies, 1. including getting to know your inner critic/creating avatars, 2. finding role models, and 3. mirror practice If you want to join me for my in-person Springtime Tea + Sound Retreat on May 14, register on my website.   For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website Have any take-aways or aha moments from this episode? If so, email me - waverly@waverlydavis.com I'd love to hear from you! Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis

How do I make space to feel my uncomfortable and challenging feelings as well as also make space to feel abundance and ease during challenging experiences? In this episode I cover just that and more: - how to feel uncomfortable, challenging feelings **note if you haven't yet listened to episode 3, check out that episode for more on this** - why it's important to also make space to feel abundance and ease during challenging life experiences - some ways to make space for feeling abundance and ease during challenging life experiences - more on why this all matters and personal experiences from my life For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website Have any take-aways or aha moments from this episode? If so, email me - waverly@waverlydavis.com I'd love to hear from you! Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis

Self-love is a huge part of my life and it's been an ever-evolving and changing journey for me. In this mini-episode I cover: - some of the things I do for self-love and that are nourishing me these days - an exciting announcement! I hope these acts of self-love are helpful. I hope you'll give some of them a try or reflect on and create some of your own. You're always worthy of alllll the self-love baby! Have any take-aways or aha moments from this episode? If so, email me - waverly@waverlydavis.com I'd love to hear from you! For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis

The intersection of parenthood and plant medicine/psychedelics is a complex one. There is SO much to explore and discuss about this topic. This episode is just the beginning. In this episode I cover: - The impact capitalism is having on plant medicine and psychedelics becoming more mainstream and the importance of reciprocity with indigenous communities  - The benefits and healing I've experienced from working with plant medicine as a parent - The journey of moving through both conscious and unconscious shame associated with being a parent who works with plant medicine For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website  Disclaimer: A Wave Away podcast and Waverly Davis LLC do not promote the use of illegal substances or provide information on where to find them.  Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis

Including my children in my sacred space and spiritual practice has been an incredibly healing part of my mothering journey. In this episode I cover: - Both simple and elaborate ways to include your children in sacred space + spiritual practice, including gratitude practices, rituals, offerings, altars, and more - Where to begin if this is new for you - Some lessons learned from my experience Have any take-aways or aha moments from this episode? If so, email me - waverly@waverlydavis.com I'd love to hear from you! For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis

Have you ever tried to wait for a convenient time to feel a feeling? Yeah, I have to, and almost every time the unfelt feeling comes up down the road in destructive and harmful ways. I've learned time and time again that we've got to feel the feelings whenever and wherever they arise! In this episode, I cover: - What it means to feel your feelings, even in the most inconvenient of times - The benefits of feeling our feelings whenever and wherever they arise - How I make this a practice in my life and how I guide my clients in this process Have any take-aways or aha moments from this episode? If so, email me - waverly@waverlydavis.com I'd love to hear from you! For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis

Healing doesn't have to be hard - yes, read that again! In this episode, I cover: - How and why so often in healing work people get hyper-focused on pain, trauma, and suffering, and leave little to no space for healing through pleasure, joy, and celebration. - The importance and benefits of healing through pleasure, joy, and celebration. - My approach to healing - why we should never bypass pain, trauma, and suffering and why it is essential to make space for pleasure, joy, and celebration. - How you can begin giving yourself permission to experience healing through pleasure, joy, and celebration. Have any take-aways or aha moments from this episode? If so, email me - waverly@waverlydavis.com I'd love to hear from you! For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis

Welcome, welcome, welcome, I am so glad you're here! This episode introduces you to A Wave Away and all that we'll be diving into on this journey. Is there anything specific that you'd like to hear me explore on A Wave Away? If so, email me - waverly@waverlydavis.com and let me know, I'd love to hear from you! For full show notes, links, and resources, visit the episode website Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis