Podcasts about Soulfire

Not 10 pounds from now. Not when you finally look the way you think you should. Right now, exactly as you are — you are enough. In this courageous, tender, and ultimately liberating episode of SoulFire Sisters, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar go somewhere most podcasts won't: into the heart of the system that has been quietly stealing women's power for generations. They call it the appearance trap — the relentless, culturally engineered message that a woman's worth is tied to the shape of her body, the age of her face, and the degree to which she meets a standard she never got to choose. And they want to be clear from the start: this is not a beauty episode. This is a spiritual one. Drawing from earth-based wisdom traditions where elder women and their wrinkles are considered sacred, Mary reframes aging as power — not diminishment. Dawn shares one of the most surprising and personal stories of the season: her time working as a Playboy Bunny at 18, how she earned more than her father at the height of her tenure, and what she said — without hesitation — when a manager told her she was getting too wide in the hips. Mary shares the childhood memory that was seared into her from a Sunday in church — a mother's misguided comment about weight that wasn't even accurate — and how it illuminates exactly how early and how arbitrarily the trap is set. Together they explore the insidious cost of the appearance trap: the mental energy, the time, the creative power diverted away from building a vision and toward standing in front of a mirror wondering if we're enough. They offer tools for unhooking — energetic cord-cutting, ancestral healing, reclaiming the inner gaze — and close with one of the most tender and radical invitations of the season. This week's SoulFire Spark: Stand in front of a mirror — just once this week. Instead of looking for what needs to be fixed, say thank you out loud to your body. Your hands, for what they make and hold. Your feet, for carrying you through every day. Your heart, for feeling as deeply as it does. One thing. Out loud. And mean it. You are not your reflection. You are the life living inside it. And that life is worthy — fully, already, as it is.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com   Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com   Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

This is your permission slip. Consider it signed, sealed, and delivered. In this luminous, laughter-filled episode of SoulFire Sisters, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar make the case — explicitly, joyfully, and without apology — that joy is not a reward you earn after the suffering is done. Joy is not a break from spiritual practice. Joy is spiritual practice. And the sooner we stop treating delight as something frivolous, the sooner we remember what we were actually made for. Drawing from shamanic wisdom, Dawn's 21 days of silent study with enlightened monks in India (who turned out to be hilariously funny), Dr. Sue Morter's teaching that a beautiful life comes down to being loving, joyful, and playful, and the healing science of laughter — this episode is part permission slip, part love letter, and part gentle revolution. They get a little righteous about it too, because they should: the conditioning that keeps women from joy is not accidental. A woman full of her own joy is not available to manage everyone else's discomfort. Which means reclaiming joy isn't just good for you — it's a radical act. Mary reminds us that our spirit guides have a sense of humor. Dawn reminds us that joy is a frequency, not a feeling — something you can cultivate and return to even on the hard days. And together they remind us that chronic seriousness is not depth. It's a stuck frequency. And joy moves stuck energy faster than just about anything else. This week's SoulFire Spark: Do one thing this week purely because it delights you. Blow bubbles. Dance in your kitchen. Call the friend who makes you snort-laugh. Watch a ridiculous movie. And when that voice shows up — the one that says you should be doing something more productive — say this out loud: My joy is my medicine. Because it is.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

You don't need a special collection. You don't need to spend a lot of money. You just need a stone, a little curiosity, and a willingness to remember something your ancestors never forgot. In this warm, grounding, and genuinely fascinating episode of SoulFire Sisters, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar explore one of humanity's oldest relationships — the one between us and the living earth beneath our feet. Crystals, stones, and earth medicine aren't fringe practices or "woo-woo" novelties. They're ancient technologies that have persisted through every culture and every attempt to dismiss them, for one very simple reason: they work. Drawing from Mary's shamanic and animist worldview — in which everything, including stones, carries consciousness and frequency — and Dawn's personal practice of weaving crystals into her home, her work, and even the making of Radiant Face 18, this episode offers both the why and the how of working with earth medicine. They explore the science hiding in plain sight (your phone runs on quartz crystal — think about that), the difference between a tool and a talisman, and why placing a sacred stone on your desk isn't superstition. It's intentional design of your energetic space. It's power within. They also address the two extremes with characteristic honesty and care: the skeptic who needs proof before feeling, and the believer who thinks a crystal will fix everything. The truth, as always, lives in relationship — the willingness to simply pick up a stone, hold it with curiosity, and begin to notice. This week's SoulFire Spark: Go outside, or look around wherever you are. Find one stone — ordinary is perfectly fine — that catches your attention. Hold it. Feel it. Ask it, silently or aloud, what it has to offer you. Then notice. Carry it for a few days. Journal what shifts. You don't need to understand it fully to begin. You just need to be willing to go ancient.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com   Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com   Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

That voice inside your head — the one that's been with you your whole life — whose voice is it, really? In this crackle-with-electricity episode of SoulFire Sisters, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar venture into the invisible architecture that shapes everything: the stories, spells, and self-curses that were handed to us long before we were old enough to question them. And the radical, liberating truth at the heart of this conversation? Most of what you believe about yourself — what you deserve, what's possible for you, who you are — was never really yours to begin with. Drawing from shamanic wisdom, ancestral healing, and the kind of practical spiritual clarity that actually moves things, Mary and Dawn unpack what a spell really is: words repeated so many times, and absorbed so deeply, that they stop being descriptions and become declarations. You're too sensitive. Women like us don't do things like that. I'm not enough. I'm too much. Said by others first, then handed off to the inner critic to carry forward — becoming load-bearing walls in the architecture of identity. They go further, tracing how these spells travel through generational lineage, how the very calendar we live inside was designed as an instrument of power, and why some of the most binding stories we carry were never about us at all — they were just the pan that was too short for the loaf. And then, with characteristic warmth and no-nonsense shamanic wisdom, they offer a way out: a five-minute fire ceremony ritual — something your nervous system can actually feel — to name the spell, speak it aloud, release it to the elements, and plant one true sentence of a new story in its place. This week's SoulFire Spark: Write down one story that has been binding you. Speak these words out loud: "This was never mine to carry. I release it now. I choose a new story." Then burn it, bury it, dissolve it. Give it back to the earth. And write one sentence — just one — of who you actually are. Your story was never finished. It was just waiting for you to pick up the pen.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

What if the parts of you that you've spent a lifetime hiding are actually the doorway to your greatest power? In this tender, brave, and ultimately liberating episode of SoulFire Sisters, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar venture somewhere most of us have been taught to avoid: the shadow. Not the darkness — the wholeness waiting to be integrated. Drawing from Carl Jung's foundational concept of the shadow self, Mary's shamanic wisdom, and Dr. Sue Morter's work on the protective personality, the sisters demystify what the shadow actually is — the anger we were told wasn't ladylike, the ambition we learned to shrink, the grief we swallowed, the light we dimmed because shining felt unsafe. These aren't the worst parts of us. They're the hidden parts of us, and there's a profound difference. They explore the shadow's sneaky ways of showing up — in our triggers, our projections, and in the qualities we admire or resent in others — and why the most irritating person in the room might just be holding up a mirror. They also introduce the concept of the golden shadow: the gifts we've projected onto others because we haven't yet dared to claim them in ourselves. Dawn shares a deeply vulnerable personal story of a time she used alcohol to manage emotions she couldn't yet face — and the healing that came when she finally let herself feel them. Mary reflects on her own lifelong dance with impatience, and the grace she's learned to offer herself when the shadow shows up uninvited. This week's SoulFire Spark: write a letter to one quality you've judged or hidden — and end it with four words that could change everything: I'm ready to know you. Your shadow isn't your enemy. It's the part of you that's still waiting to come home.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

Join the  Uplift Community App TODAY!  Have you ever quietly wondered if the way you hear from God or connect with him is somehow wrong? Maybe it feels too loud, too unconventional, or too far outside the quiet time Bible journal template you think real Christians are supposed to follow. Hosanna Wong surveyed more than 1,000 people around the world and asked them two simple questions about their relationship with God. What she discovered will genuinely surprise you, and it might finally give you permission to stop chasing a spiritual standard that God never asked you to meet. Hosanna is a bestselling author, international speaker, and spoken word artist. Her newest book, Uncomplicated, is one of the most freeing and clarifying books on faith I have read in years. She is back on the show because so many of you asked for her, and I will be honest, I took notes. There is a story about a woman in Florida and a bird that I will never forget. You will know it when you get there.   What You Will Learn in This Episode The six roadblocks almost all of us face in our relationship with God (busyness, distraction, shame, grief, silence, and expectations) and why expectations may be the umbrella over all of them Why the standard you have been trying to reach in your prayer life and spiritual growth likely did not come from God The seven worship personalities, or as Hosanna calls them, praise‑onalities, and how to identify yours so you can stop forcing yourself into someone else's spiritual rhythm Why it is not only okay but actually biblical to worship God through movement, beauty, outward expression, tradition, solitude, intellectual curiosity, or community What my confession about loud worship services and roller coasters reveals about how God meets us exactly where we are wired One of the most beautiful stories about a woman, a bird, and her grandfather that will change the way you think about how God pursues each of us   Timestamps: (00:25) – What Hosanna's 1,000+ interviews were really trying to discover (01:21) – The two questions she asked every single person (01:30) – The 6 roadblocks almost all of us share (and why that's actually comforting) (03:27) – Why expectations may be the umbrella over every other roadblock (04:53) – The lie the enemy uses against the people who want to please God most (05:49) – Why so many women said "I know this is weird" about the way they connect with God (09:12) – The second question: what unique way have you found to encounter God? (09:30) – Introducing the 7 worship personalities: the "praise-onalities" (10:54) – Praise-onality #1: The Recreationalist (11:08) – Praise-onality #2: The Beholder of Beauty (11:16) – Praise-onality #3: The Soul Fire (12:18) – Praise-onality #4: The Sacred Space Seeker (13:09) – Praise-onality #5: The Interior Expert (13:38) – Praise-onality #6: The Thoughtsmith (14:07) – Praise-onality #7: The Artist of People (26:23) – The bird story. You need to hear the bird story. (31:26) – Why God made us all so wonderfully and uniquely, and what that means for how he pursues us (38:41) – The product Hosanna texted all her friends about (40:43) – Where to find Hosanna and why you need Uncomplicated   About Hosanna Wong Hosanna Wong is an international speaker, bestselling author, and spoken-word artist helping everyday people experience God for real. Widely known for her spoken word piece, “I Have a New Name,” Hosanna shares in churches, conferences, prisons, and other events around the world, reaching across various denominations, backgrounds, and cultures. Born and raised in an urban ministry on the streets of San Francisco, Hosanna later packed her life into suitcases and traveled to churches and other ministries throughout the United States to share about Jesus through spoken-word poetry. During those years without a permanent home, she began speaking and creating resources to serve the local and global church. Hosanna currently travels and speaks year-round and serves on teaching teams at churches throughout the United States. She and her husband, Guy, serve together in various ministries equipping people to experience and share God's love in their real lives. Hosanna is the bestselling author of How (Not) to Save the World, You Are More Than You've Been Told, and What God Says About You.   Links to great things we discussed:  Uncomplicate It Free 6-video Bible study Follow Hosanna on Instagram Hosanna's Song Recommendation: Space Jam Theme Song Hosanna's TV & Movie Recommendations: The Office & Titanic Hosanna's Product Recommendation: Invisalign  Function Health Uplift App Wise Woman Era Alli on YouTube   If your home could use a little more beauty and a gentle reminder of God's steady love, this tea towel is such a lovely place to start. The O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go hymn tea towel from Little Things Studio brings truth and comfort right into the heart of your kitchen. It feels like a quiet breath of peace in the middle of the everyday. Little Things Studio has a way of turning beloved hymns into art you actually use, and this one is especially meaningful.   I'm grateful to co-own Little Things Studio, a joyful, woman‑owned small business in Nashville, TN. Every piece is designed with intention and crafted with care. We hope you feel the heart behind it. Whether you visit our shop or browse from home, you'll find American-made goods created with love to bring beauty into daily life. Come visit us or shop online today to bring a piece of joy home!   I hope you loved this episode!

What if letting go isn't a loss — but the most creative act there is? In this tender and transformative episode of SoulFire Sisters, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar explore the sacred, often misunderstood practice of releasing — the old stories, the draining relationships, the version of yourself you've quietly outgrown, the job you've stayed in too long, the wound you've carried so far it started to feel like identity. And they want you to know right from the start: this is not about pretending things didn't matter. It's not about bypassing grief or rushing your healing. Letting go is holy work. It deserves real attention — and real ceremony. Drawing from Mary's shamanic wisdom and earth-based spiritual traditions, and Dawn's deeply personal stories of releasing a beloved home, a cherished friendship, and a business identity that no longer fit, this episode offers both the why and the how of release. They explore what gets stuck in the body when we hold on too long, how nature's cycles mirror our own need to shed and renew, and why releasing the old is the very thing that creates space for the new. This week's SoulFire Spark: a Release Letter — a simple, ten-minute practice of writing to what you're ready to let go of, thanking it for what it taught you, and telling it, gently but clearly: it's time. You are always in the process of becoming. Trust the letting go. It knows the way.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com   Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

What if letting go isn't a loss — but the most creative act there is? In this tender and transformative episode of SoulFire Sisters, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar explore the sacred, often misunderstood practice of releasing — the old stories, the draining relationships, the version of yourself you've quietly outgrown, the job you've stayed in too long, the wound you've carried so far it started to feel like identity. And they want you to know right from the start: this is not about pretending things didn't matter. It's not about bypassing grief or rushing your healing. Letting go is holy work. It deserves real attention — and real ceremony. Drawing from Mary's shamanic wisdom and earth-based spiritual traditions, and Dawn's deeply personal stories of releasing a beloved home, a cherished friendship, and a business identity that no longer fit, this episode offers both the why and the how of release. They explore what gets stuck in the body when we hold on too long, how nature's cycles mirror our own need to shed and renew, and why releasing the old is the very thing that creates space for the new. This week's SoulFire Spark: a Release Letter — a simple, ten-minute practice of writing to what you're ready to let go of, thanking it for what it taught you, and telling it, gently but clearly: it's time. You are always in the process of becoming. Trust the letting go. It knows the way.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com   Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

You don't have to choose between being open and being protected. You can be both. In this grounding and liberating episode of SoulFire Sisters, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar dive deep into one of the most misunderstood concepts in the spiritual and personal growth world: energetic boundaries. Not walls. Not armor. Not closing yourself off — but learning to tend your energy field the way a gardener tends sacred ground: pulling the weeds, watering what you want to grow, and never cementing over the soil. Drawing from Mary's shamanic and earth-based healing wisdom and Dawn's years of coaching women to build their lives and businesses from the inside out, this episode is especially for the woman who feels everything — the helper, the fixer, the empath who gives endlessly and wonders why she's always exhausted. Together, the sisters unpack what energy really means (beyond the buzzword), why sensitive women often developed their gift in the soil of trauma, and why protecting your energy isn't selfish — it's the work. They share personal stories, practical tools, and a simple but powerful practice called the Energy Audit to help you begin noticing — without judgment — where your energy flows freely and where it's being drained. You are allowed to take up space in your own energy field. All of it. It belongs to you.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com   Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

You are not doing this alone. You never were. In this illuminating episode of SoulFire Sisters, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar pull back the veil on one of the most profound — and profoundly relieving — truths of the spiritual path: you have a whole team working with you, for you, and through you, right now. Drawing from Mary's decades of shamanic practice and Dawn's visionary wisdom, the sisters explore the rich landscape of spirit guides, power animals, ancestral guides, and spiritual allies — who they are, how they show up, and why most of us were simply never told they exist. Mary shares her own extraordinary story of meeting her spirit guide Zenith in 1982, and how that relationship has shaped everything since. But this episode goes deeper than belief — it's about discernment. How do you tell the difference between real guidance and wishful thinking? Between divine nudge and self-deception? Dawn and Mary offer grounded, practical wisdom for learning to trust what you've always, on some level, already known. If you've ever had an unexplained knowing, a dream that felt like a visitation, or a moment where you simply didn't feel alone — this episode is your invitation to stop wondering and start listening. Your soul team is already assembled. It's time to get acquainted.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com   Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

Season 2 begins with a remembering. In this opening conversation, the SoulFire Sisters invite you back into the sacred space of your own becoming—where truth lives beneath the noise, and your inner knowing is ready to rise again. This episode is a gentle reawakening… a return to presence, to connection, and to the quiet power of your own soul's voice. Together, we explore what it means to begin again—with intention, with honesty, and with heart. Because this isn't just a new season of a podcast… It's a new season within you.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com Produced by New World Women   New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

Who taught you how to be “good”? And at what cost? In this rebroadcast of the tender, illuminating episode #10 of SoulFire Sisters, Dawn Morningstar and Dr. Mary Newstrom lovingly unpack the Good Girl conditioning many women have carried for generations — the quiet rules, unspoken expectations, and inherited beliefs that shaped who we learned to be in order to be accepted, safe, and loved. Together, they explore where the Good Girl archetype came from, how it lives in our bodies and choices, and how it may be silently limiting our joy, voice, power, and authenticity. With compassion, humor, and deep spiritual wisdom, this conversation invites you to gently question what you've been taught — and to reclaim the parts of you that are ready to rise, speak, and live more freely. This is an episode for every woman who has ever felt the pull between being “good” and being true. Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com   Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

What beautiful dream has been whispering to you… and what foundations are you laying beneath it? In this rebroadcast of the heart-centered episode, Dawn Morningstar and Dr. Mary Newstrom explore the sacred dance between vision and grounded action. Through earth-based spirituality, soulful wisdom, and real-life stories, they reveal why your dreams need both imagination and roots—why “castle building” requires intention, devotion, consistency, and loving follow-through. You'll be invited to tend your dreams like seeds, protect your visions from doubt, choose supportive environments, and take joyful, practical steps toward what is calling you. A gentle guided grounding ritual helps you plant your dream in fertile ground—so it can grow, flourish, and become real. This episode is a reminder that your vision matters, your presence is sacred, and your dreams are meant to be lived—one beautiful, grounded step at a time. ✨ May your dreams soar high and your roots grow deep.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com   Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

In this rebroadcast of the uplifting episode of SoulFire Sisters, Dawn Morningstar and Dr. Mary Newstrom explore the radiant truth that heaviness doesn't have to cling to your spirit. Through wisdom, humor, and grounded spiritual practices, they share how to release old energy, reclaim scattered soul essence, and strengthen your sacred boundaries. You'll learn simple ways to clear what isn't yours, soothe your nervous system, rewire emotional patterns, and reconnect to your inner light. With rituals, breathwork, and powerful reframes, Dawn and Mary remind you that storms pass, energy moves, and you have the power to choose what nourishes you—and let the rest roll off like water on duck feathers.   A gentle, empowering guide to becoming unshakeable, sovereign, and brilliantly you.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together.

Have you ever ended the week wondering what you actually moved forward in your business?You worked. You posted. You answered messages. You handled life.But when Sunday rolls around, you're not fully clear on what matters most next.That lack of clarity is what creates overwhelm.That mental spinning is what drains your energy.And that's exactly why I created Soulfire Sunday.In this episode of The Spiritual CEO Podcast, I'm walking you through the 8-step weekly reset I use inside my coaching program to help spiritual entrepreneurs think clearly, make aligned decisions, and lead their businesses from a higher level.If you're a coach, healer, intuitive, or purpose-driven entrepreneur who wants to:✨ Strengthen your decision-making✨ Stop reacting and start leading✨ Reduce stress through intentional reflection✨ Build CEO-level confidence✨ Create weekly momentum — even when life feels fullThis episode is your blueprint.I'll also share the research behind why weekly reflection increases clarity and goal achievement — and how creating sacred space on Sunday changes the way you experience your business all week long.Soulfire Sunday isn't another task.It's your weekly meeting with yourself.It's where strategy meets soul.It's how expansion becomes intentional.If you're ready to build a business that feels aligned, powerful, and clear — start here.Learn more about Soul School and coaching opportunities at:

In this rebroadcast of this lively and thought-provoking conversation, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar explore how the “edgy” and the “sacred” beautifully coexist within us and the world around us. From questioning old beliefs to redefining what's holy, they invite listeners to embrace authenticity as a spiritual act. With stories, laughter, and deep wisdom, they uncover how breaking out of societal boxes—and honoring both shadow and light—raises our vibration and helps us live in harmony with our true essence.   SoulFire Sisters is where spirited women, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar, ignite women's inner fire, share soulful stories, and explore self-discovery, intuition, and spiritual growth. Listen in—your soul showed up for a reason.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com Produced by New World Women   New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to heal, rise and nurture a loving new world… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

This bonus episode is a spark between seasons — a reminder that soul work doesn't pause just because a season ends. In this intimate and heartfelt discussion, we share New World Women's first Book-Inspired Circle on Meggan Watterson's book, Mary Magdalene Revealed. For centuries, Mary Magdalene's voice was silenced. Her story distorted. Her power diminished. What if the truth of who she was… mirrors the truth of who you are?   In Mary Magdalene Revealed, Meggan Watterson uncovers the hidden Gospel of Mary — a sacred text that restores Magdalene not as sinner, but as spiritual leader, beloved companion, and embodied wisdom teacher.   This 7-week Book-Inspired Circle is an invitation to: Remember your power Reclaim your worth Rise into your spiritual authority Together, we will explore the text not just intellectually — but personally, emotionally, and spiritually. Because this is not just about Mary. It's about you.   Join us for six more soulful Circles - https://www.newworldwomen.com/events/mary-magdalene-revealed-book-circle   Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com   Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

Danielle Peláez of Soul Fire Farm discusses seed keeping with NATURE Lab Co-Director Ellie Irons in advance of the Sanctuary's annual seed swap.

This episode is a sacred exhale — a pause to reflect, integrate, and remember who you truly are. As Dawn Morningstar and Dr. Mary Newstrom close out Season One, they revisit the themes that shaped the journey: authenticity, intuition, sovereignty, joy as medicine, and our deep belonging with nature. This isn't about learning something new — it's about remembering what's always lived inside you. Through reflection, laughter, and a gentle embodied ritual, you're invited to reclaim your truth, release what was never yours to carry, and return to your soul fire — brighter, freer, and more alive than before. A beautiful closing blessing… and an opening into what's next.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com   Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

What did you learn about God, goodness, and yourself… and how has it shaped the woman you've become? In this brave and compassionate episode, Dawn Morningstar and Dr. Mary Newstrom gently unpack the lasting imprint of religious upbringing — the blessings, the burdens, the beauty, and the wounds. With honesty, humor, and deep spiritual insight, they explore how early teachings about sin, obedience, worthiness, fear, love, and forgiveness live on in our nervous systems, relationships, and spiritual identities. You'll be invited to reflect on what truly nourished you, what quietly limited you, and what may be ready to be released. This conversation offers space to reclaim your sovereignty, redefine your relationship with the Divine, and remember that spirituality can be rooted in love, freedom, and truth — not fear. A powerful invitation to heal your spiritual story… and write a new one that honors your soul.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com   Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com   Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

Who taught you how to be “good”? And at what cost? In this tender, illuminating episode, Dawn Morningstar and Dr. Mary Newstrom lovingly unpack the Good Girl conditioning many women have carried for generations — the quiet rules, unspoken expectations, and inherited beliefs that shaped who we learned to be in order to be accepted, safe, and loved. Together, they explore where the Good Girl archetype came from, how it lives in our bodies and choices, and how it may be silently limiting our joy, voice, power, and authenticity. With compassion, humor, and deep spiritual wisdom, this conversation invites you to gently question what you've been taught — and to reclaim the parts of you that are ready to rise, speak, and live more freely. This is an episode for every woman who has ever felt the pull between being “good” and being true.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

Show Notes:Tune into 'Turn Left at the Cactus' for the latest social swirl in San Felipe! Discover hidden gems, from quirky events to noble causes. Embrace Baja life with community shout outs, art fairs, and snip clinics. Now that you've heard about it, be part of it!Key Points:• Feb 1: Valentine's Arts & Crafts• Valentine's dinners & snip clinics• Carnival & Soul Fire tunes• Wellness to Chili Cookoffs in March• Nighttime walk/run thru Valley of the Giants & Wing Shack pizza!

What beautiful dream has been whispering to you… and what foundations are you laying beneath it? In this heart-centered episode, Dawn Morningstar and Dr. Mary Newstrom explore the sacred dance between vision and grounded action. Through earth-based spirituality, soulful wisdom, and real-life stories, they reveal why your dreams need both imagination and roots—why “castle building” requires intention, devotion, consistency, and loving follow-through. You'll be invited to tend your dreams like seeds, protect your visions from doubt, choose supportive environments, and take joyful, practical steps toward what is calling you. A gentle guided grounding ritual helps you plant your dream in fertile ground—so it can grow, flourish, and become real. This episode is a reminder that your vision matters, your presence is sacred, and your dreams are meant to be lived—one beautiful, grounded step at a time. ✨ May your dreams soar high and your roots grow deep.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

This is a sacred pause. A place to breathe, to feel, and to remember your humanity. In this deeply moving episode, Dawn Morningstar and Dr. Mary Newstrom open space to honor grief, speak truth, and tend our nervous systems during a time of collective shock, injustice, and uncertainty. Speaking from lived experience in Minnesota, they explore how fear, trauma, and heartbreak land in our bodies — and why feeling is not weakness, but wisdom. You'll be gently guided to stay grounded, connected, and resourced, while also honoring rage, sorrow, and love. This episode offers spiritual tools, reflective questions, and practical ways to care for yourself and your community — reminding us that joy is not denial, grief is not failure, and love is not weak. A powerful invitation to stay human, stay connected, and let your soul fire light the way.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com   Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com   Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

In this episode, I'm sharing the real story behind why I wrote Soulfire, what Spirit asked of me, what it took to birth it, and why this book feels bigger than anything I've ever created.   If you've ever felt called to something more… If you know you're here for a soul mission but traditional paths don't fit… If you've tried following the “right” strategies and still felt misaligned… This conversation is for you.   In this session, I open up about my journey as a spiritual entrepreneur, the gaps I saw in the business world for light leaders, and why Soulfire was co-created as a coded activation, not just a book. This work bridges spirituality and business, soul and strategy, inner alignment and outer success.   You'll hear how Spirit led every step, why fifth-dimensional business follows different rules, and how soul alignment, not hustle, became the foundation of everything I built.   This is an invitation to lead differently. To build differently. To remember why you came here. If Soulfire is calling you, trust that nudge.  

In this illuminating episode, Dawn Morningstar and Dr. Mary Newstrom dive deep into the essence of energy—what it truly is, how it moves through all of life, and how understanding it can transform the way we live. Through wisdom from earth-based spirituality and lived experience, they reveal how our thoughts, words, food, emotions, and environments all carry vibration—and how becoming aware of our frequency is the first step toward healing and harmony. You'll learn practical ways to raise your vibration, clear what doesn't belong to you, ask for energetic support, and tend to your “energetic hygiene” with loving intention. Dawn and Mary share rituals, grounding practices, salt-clearing techniques, self-healing exercises, and an empowering affirmation to help you reconnect to your radiance. At its heart, this episode is an invitation to remember your innate healing power—to walk as light, to tend your frequency with care, and to let your very presence uplift the world. Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

In this illuminating episode, Dawn Morningstar and Dr. Mary Newstrom unravel the truth about manifesting—what it really is and how to co-create with the natural world in a way that feels grounded, authentic, and powerful. Through humor, deep wisdom, and nature-based spiritual teachings, they explore how frequency, emotion, trust, and aligned action shape what we call in. You'll learn why rushing blocks your miracles, how clarity and belief open new pathways, and why grounding yourself in Mother Earth is essential for bringing dreams into form. With practical guidance, soulful reframes, and a beautiful affirmation practice, this episode invites you to stop chasing, start aligning, and let your energy call in what is already yours. A gentle, empowering reminder that manifesting isn't about forcing outcomes—it's about becoming the version of you who can receive them.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

In this uplifting episode of SoulFire Sisters, Dawn Morningstar and Dr. Mary Newstrom explore the radiant truth that heaviness doesn't have to cling to your spirit. Through wisdom, humor, and grounded spiritual practices, they share how to release old energy, reclaim scattered soul essence, and strengthen your sacred boundaries. You'll learn simple ways to clear what isn't yours, soothe your nervous system, rewire emotional patterns, and reconnect to your inner light. With rituals, breathwork, and powerful reframes, Dawn and Mary remind you that storms pass, energy moves, and you have the power to choose what nourishes you—and let the rest roll off like water on duck feathers. A gentle, empowering guide to becoming unshakeable, sovereign, and brilliantly you.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com   Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

In this beautiful and grounding episode, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar explore the essence of nature-based spirituality and what it means to live in harmony with the Earth and all living beings. Mary shares wisdom from her shamanic teachings about the sacred interconnectedness of life—the web of light that unites us with the elements, plants, animals, and the spirit of the land. Together, the SoulFire Sisters invite you to remember your oneness with nature and to honor the cycles, seasons, and spirit that flow through us all.  SoulFire Sisters is where spirited women, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar, ignite women's inner fire, share soulful stories, and explore self-discovery, intuition, and spiritual growth. Listen in—your soul showed up for a reason.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com Produced by New World Women   New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to heal, rise and nurture a loving new world… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

In this illuminating episode, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar explore what it truly means to be conscious—beyond simply being awake. They unpack the shift from me consciousness (fear, scarcity, and separation) to we consciousness (love, abundance, and unity), inviting listeners to move from survival mode to soul mode. With warmth and insight, Mary and Dawn share stories of awareness, empowerment, and what it looks like to live in higher consciousness together. SoulFire Sisters is where spirited women, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar, ignite women's inner fire, share soulful stories, and explore self-discovery, intuition, and spiritual growth. Listen in—your soul showed up for a reason.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com Produced by New World Women   New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to heal, rise and nurture a loving new world… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

In this lively and thought-provoking conversation, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar explore how the “edgy” and the “sacred” beautifully coexist within us and the world around us. From questioning old beliefs to redefining what's holy, they invite listeners to embrace authenticity as a spiritual act. With stories, laughter, and deep wisdom, they uncover how breaking out of societal boxes—and honoring both shadow and light—raises our vibration and helps us live in harmony with our true essence. SoulFire Sisters is where spirited women, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar, ignite women's inner fire, share soulful stories, and explore self-discovery, intuition, and spiritual growth. Listen in—your soul showed up for a reason.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com Produced by New World Women   New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to heal, rise and nurture a loving new world… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

In their debut episode, SoulFire Sisters hosts Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar dive into what it means to live authentically and trust yourself in a world that often asks women to stay small. With warmth, wisdom, and humor, they explore how self-confidence and self-trust are not just personal strengths—but sacred acts of spirituality. Through honest conversation and soul-centered reflection, Mary and Dawn invite you to step outside the box, embrace your inner truth, and connect with your authentic self.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com   Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to heal, rise and nurture a loving new world… together.  Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

New Q&A: How would you change Soul Fire to make it more unique from normal fire?One Block Challenge!THEME: Water!Email me your idea or leave it on the Discord. Only give me one idea. Provide the name of the block and any function it has. Keep your descriptions simple and to the point. The winners will be announced in a future episode.Trident episode mentioned:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dig-straight-down-a-minecraft-podcast/id1495999565?i=1000657053091LinksDiscord: https://discord.gg/jcTmQteGBsEmail: digstraightdowncast@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/RebelJC_92YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/RebelJCMusic: Above and Beyond, MilesRocksAlotSoulscraft: https://rebeljc.itch.io/soulscraft

In this powerful episode of Healthy Living with Yoga Anita, I sit down with the inspiring Michelle Turner Young—a certified chakra and color therapy practitioner, fitness professional, and trailblazing dancer from Dorchester, MA. With over 18 years in dance and fitness, Michelle made history as the first American International Dance Hall Queen.But her path hasn't been easy. Michelle bravely shares how she overcame unthinkable challenges—including rape, homelessness, and suicide attempts—to rise as a healer, entrepreneur, and founder of Soul Fire Movement, her own dance and wellness studio.We talk about the healing power of movement, chakras, color therapy, and how Michelle uses her story to empower others through dance and spiritual alignment. This girl is on fire!

What if true leadership isn't about chasing success—but about embracing surrender? In this episode, Rev. Dr. Nicole Massie Martin—founder and executive director of Soulfire International Ministries, COO of Christianity Today, and author of Nailing It: Why Successful Leadership Demands Suffering and Surrender—challenges today's leadership norms with a deeply biblical vision of influence shaped by suffering, rooted identity in Christ, and the call to carry the cross. Find full show notes here: https://bit.ly/443drnicolemartin Share the love. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate it on Apple Podcasts and write a brief review. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-flourishing-culture-podcast/id1060724960?mt=2   By doing so, you will help spread our podcast to more listeners, and thereby help more Christian workplaces learn to build flourishing cultures. | Follow our Host, Al Lopus, on X https://twitter.com/allopus  | Follow our Host, Al Lopus, on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/allopus/ | Email our host at al@workplaces.org  

18th Anniversary Dub Selecta... with tracks by...Manwel T, Ky-mani Marley, Jah Works Promotion, Switchy Dub, Bass Culture Players, Pitch Black, Ondubground, OttoMani, Dubussy, Selecta Waynazz, Awoga, Monkey, Subset, DuBoLoGy, Mykal Rose, Subatomic Sound System, Hollie Cook, The Business, Wu.D'Sound, Jodie, Khoe Wa, Le Faune Stepper, Kandee, Marshall Neeko, PTC Vienna, Soul Fire, Lion Script, Shanti-K, [...] The post TDZ#285… 18th Anniversary Dub Selecta… appeared first on Pete Cogle's Podcast Factory.

Dub Bubble... with tracks by...Dubblestandart, Rabajåh, Soul Fire, Lion Script, Professor Skank, Dubmatix, Richie Phoe, Manwel T, Dubussy, The Hempolics   Dubblestandart - Peace Dub [RDX Promo]  [Echo Beach]   Rabajåh - Midsommar [ODG]   Soul Fire (feat. Lion Script) - Wi A Strong (Professor Skank mix) [Explorations In Dub]  [...] The post TDZ#284… Dub Bubble… appeared first on Pete Cogle's Podcast Factory.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, First, Willie Terry brings us coverage from Troy L.O.O.K.'s "Black History Month Youth Breakfast" Then, Eve Oathout and A'Livija Mullins-Richard talk to White Feather Farm about their upcoming event on March 8th Later on, Lovonia Mallory brings us another Reclaiming History segment, where she interviews Mr. Blue Ivey of Ivey Electric LLC. After that, Khin Naing interviews local artist Jade Warrick about the CREATE Community Studios center Finally, we get the scoop on Soul Fire in the City which is seeking applications until Monday, Feb 24 Co-hosts: Jacob Boston & Richard Sleeper Engineer: Jalaya Reid

Soul Fire in the City is a program out of Soul Fire Farm which provides raised bed gardens to community members and groups in the 518. The application deadline to be a part of this next season was extended until Feb 24, 2025. Richard Sleeper and Jacob Boston spoke with Danielle Peláez, who manages this program, about who should apply, why this program is successful, and how it changes people's relationships to what they eat. Learn more: https://www.soulfirefarm.org/programs/soul-fire-in-the-city/

David McConville is a transdisciplinary artist and researcher who explores how technology shapes our perspectives of Earth—from local places to our cosmic context. Our conversation examines how worldviews influence infrastructure, using Los Angeles as a case study. We explore the paradigm of "living infrastructure," discussing how David's studio Spherical collaborates with communities and organizations to develop mapping and co-design tools. Even if you're not in LA, this episode offers valuable insights into how communities can work together to create resilient infrastructure systems that honor their unique cultural needs and local environments.Links:Spherical StudioSpherical LabsLiving Infrastructure Field Kit David McConville : When Utopia is OblivionBio:David McConville is co-founder and lead cosmographer of Spherical, a strategic design and integrative research studio based in xučyun / Oakland, CA. His PhD in Art and Media from Plymouth University examined how cosmological perspectives shape cultural imaginaries and ecological practices.Look out for meditations, poems, readings, and other snippets of inspiration in between episodes.Music: Electric Ethnicity by Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock & Ellie Kidd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this interview Leah Penniman tells us why and how she started Soul Fire Farm, along with what she would do differently for those starting out or starting over. She discusses her most recent book, Black Earth Wisdom, and the recent adaptation of her first book, Farming While Black, into a documentary movie of the same title. She discusses how, in 1910, about 14% of farms in the United States were Black-owned, compared with about 2% today, and how her books are an effort to help Black farmers reconnect with their agricultural heritage and reclaim it from racism, discrimination and dispossession.In the conversation with host April Parms Jones, they explore land access, soil health, seed keeping, and the cultural connections to farming, emphasizing the importance of community and resilience in the face of challenges. Leah's insights provide an understanding of the historical and spiritual ties that Black communities have with the land, and the ongoing efforts to reclaim and nurture these connections through sustainable practices. Connect With Guest:Website: www.soulfirefarm.orgInstagram: @leahpenniman@soulfirefarm Podcast Sponsors:Huge thanks to our podcast sponsors as they make this podcast FREE to everyone with their generous support:BCS two-wheel tractors are designed and built in Italy where small-scale farming has been a way of life for generations. Discover the beauty of BCS on your farm with PTO-driven implements for soil-working, shredding cover crops, spreading compost, mowing under fences, clearing snow, and more – all powered by a single, gear-driven machine that's tailored to the size and scale of your operation. To learn more, view sale pricing, or locate your nearest dealer, visit BCS America. There are a lot of farm sales platforms out there, but there's only one that's cooperatively owned by farmers. That's GrownBy — your all-in-one solution to simplify farm sales. From start-up market farms to complex and scaled-up CSAs, GrownBy makes online farm sales easy and affordable; setting up your shop is free, and you only pay when you sell. Join over 900 farms who have already signed up for GrownBy, and you're eligible to join the co-op and become a member-owner after your first sale. Visit grownby.com to get started. Tilth Soil makes living soils for organic growers. The base for all our mixes is NOP-compliant compost, made from the 4,000 tons of food scraps we divert from landfills each year. And the results speak for themselves. Get excellent germination, strong transplants, and help us turn these resources back into food. Try a free bag, and check our 2025 seed starter pre-sale for the best prices of the season at tilthsoil.com/gfm. Farmhand is the only ready-to-ride assistant made by and for farmers. Through a simple text or email to Farmhand, you can offload admin tasks, automate your CSA, update your website, and sell more to your customers. Learn more and take one of our many time-saving tasks for a test drive to see firsthand how Farmhand can help you earn more, and work less at farmhand.partners/gfm. Bootstrap Farmer offers a complete range of growing supplies including heat mats, ground cover, frost blankets, silage tarps, irrigation, and trellising. They also make all-metal, all-inclusive greenhouse kits, constructed of steel made in the USA and fabricated in Texas. Their heavy-duty, Midwest-made propagation and microgreens trays will last for years and are available in a full spectrum of colors. For all that plus experienced support for everything they sell, check out Bootstrap Farmer at bootstrapfarmer.com.  Subscribe To Our Magazine -all new subscriptions include a FREE 28-Day Trial

The plight of Black farmers in America has a dark history. The trauma of stolen lands and exploited labor may explain why there are now relatively few Black and Indigenous people in farming, agriculture, or even within environmental activism.  Leah Penniman is one farmer fighting to change that. Penniman explains that there’s a rising generation of Black and brown farmers reexamining their relationship to the land and reclaiming the farming and agricultural practices once held by their ancestors.   Penniman, who is the co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, says that “Black farmers had already declined from 14% of the nation's farmers in the early 1900s to just about 1% today.”  As a result of racism and discrimination Penniman says, “millions of acres of land were lost out of the Black community, and with that so much intergenerational wealth and knowledge.”  Penniman says her mission with Soul Fire Farms was to help end racism and injustice in the food system and explore and embrace of her own ancestral heritage to the land and agriculture; “nature as a source of spiritual connection permeates African diasporic thinking and very much informs the way we [operate] at Soul Fire, but also [how] the broader rising generation are conceptualizing our relationship to the land.”   “The food system pertains to all of us. All of us eat, so all of us are connected. All of us are complicit, but also all of us have these immense opportunities to contribute to change as consumers in the food system.” For over 20 years the Reverend Lennox Yearwood has also been fighting for racial and environmental justice. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Rev. Yearwood has always had a strong affinity for music; “all music, particularly hip-hop and jazz. R&B, the Blues… for me, music was really more a pathway to the soul, just a way to escape. Music is so uplifting, it's so encouraging, it's just so beautiful — particularly with instruments and singing.”   Rev. Yearwood is President and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus — a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which began in 2004 and leverages hip-hop culture to encourage young people to vote and participate in the democratic process. Rev. Yearwood’s passion for music ties into his environmental activism and his work on human rights issues in the Gulf Coast region after Hurricane Katrina.  “Hip-hop’s roots are based in people who have been put in sometimes very difficult situations. They're using their cultural expression to shape their political experience. They’re talking about what they're going through, and they're trying to use music and culture to explain and sometimes bring light to situations.”   “Chuck D said that [hip-hop] ‘became the CNN for those communities.’ And so … listening to that, hearing that music, and hearing the power behind it definitely drew me into wanting to be a part of it.”  More: Chuck D on creating ‘naphic grovels,’ embracing mistakes (Press Play, 2023) Rev. Yearwood is actively involved in seeking environmental justice.  He continually highlights racial disparities and heightens awareness of the social and economic issues that negatively impact Black people.  The Hip Hop Caucus’ short film Underwater Projects sheds light on the coastal urban flooding happening in Norfolk, Virginia — including its effects on a historically Black public housing community.   Eternally hopeful and with a strong sense of faith, Rev. Yearwood is optimistic that things can be done to make life better: “When we come together, we do well. That's my prayer, that's what keeps me excited, motivated, and lets me know that at some point in time… That the power of humanity is just an amazing, beautiful thing.”  Delve deeper into life, philosophy, and what makes us human by joining the Life Examined discussion group on Facebook.

Clara AgborTabi, Alumni Coordinator at Soul Fire Farm, is one of the panelists speaking after the screening of "Farming While Black" on October 25, at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Clara spoke about learning collectively, building a relationship with the earth, and shifting the paradigm around land cultivation. Clara spoke with Sina Basila Hickey for Hudson Mohawk Magazine. Learn more about the screening of "Farming While Black": https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/farming-while-black-screening-discussion/

Tsehaya Smith a community engagement partner of Soul Fire in the City and the owner of Artpartners-Tsehaya & Co Inc., a dance company in Albany. This partnership allowed her to provide her youth participants with access to a garden and it transformed her own relationship to farming. She spoke with Sina Basila Hickey about her relationship with food and gardening. Tsehaya Smith will be a panelists after the screening of "Farming While Black," screening at The Sanctuary for Independent Media on Oct 25 at 7pm. Learn more and register at https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/farming-while-black-screening-discussion/

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, First, we hear about a climate protest against Congressmember Marc Molinaro Then, for our peace segment, we about Veterans for Peace supporting Israeli reservists who refuse to participate in genocide. Later on, Armao on the Brink talks about the fate of the state's proposed equal rights amendment with the League of Women Voters. After that, we have a report on this weekend's Renaissance Black Film Fest Finally, we hear from a community engagement partner of Soul Fire in the City who will be on the panel discussion Friday, October 25th after the screening of “Farming While Black” at the Sanctuary

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Send us a Text Message.Hi everyone! This week on the Soul Fire podcast, I am joined with two of my closest friends Elle Hahn and Coco Grunden and we answer your question you sent in about the Lord and all things about a life of following Jesus.Look out for part 2 in two weeks! :) instagram: @anna_richardsssstik tok: @annarichardsss

Food insecurity is an issue that is rife in our country, and one which disproportionately impacts BIPOC communities; under 2% of farms are owned by Black farmers. Soul Fire Farm is an organization dedicated to eradicating racism in our food system, and equipping BIPOC communities with the knowledge and skills to be farmers and food justice leaders. For full show notes, visit: https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/cheryl-whilbySend us a Text Message.EARLY BIRD SALE: Save 20% when you register for our fall cohort of The Next Economy MBA before July 29th. Learn more: https://lifteconomy.com/mbaSupport the Show.

CommonWealth Herbs is hosting their semi-annual 20% off sale! Use coupon code LAVENDER at checkout to get 20% off ANY OF THEIR COURSES for the entire month of July. LEARN MORE & REGISTER | CommonWealthHerbs.com In this episode of The Herbalist Hour I'm joined by Danielle Peláez and Brooke Bridges. They are both on the team at Soul Fire Farm, a community farm committed to ending racism and injustice in the food system  Danielle is their Farm Education Manager, and Brooke is the CSA /Solidarity Share Assistant Manager. We chat about their food sovereignty program, the mission of Soul Fire Farm, the many projects they're up to, how we can support their work and a whole lot more. A huge THANK YOU to Danielle and Brooke for taking the time with us, and thanks to you, dear listener, for tunin' in! See you in the next episode,  ~Mason  *LINKS & RESOURCES*  Soul Fire Farm | SoulFireFarm.org Take it Home Doc | GET THE DOC 3D Skill Shares | LEARN MORE Liberation on Land Video Series | LEARN MORE Farming While Black IG LIVE | LEARN MORE Uprooting Racism in the Food System | LEARN MORE Virtual Keynotes | LEARN MORE Youth Program | LEARN MORE Soul Fire Farm Calendar | LEARN MORE Soul Fire Farm Newsletter | LEARN MORE