Softening the Sisterhood Wounds & Embodied Leadership

In today's fast paced world of nervous system dysregulation and highly charged reactivity, it's rare to slow down, take a breath, and recognise when we are being hijaked by our emotions.When we feel triggered, charged, angry, or hurt - we tend to react impulsively. And hey - we all do it! Certain emotions take the wheel and we can end up spitting venom at the person we deem 'at fault' for this. We are in a state of fight-or-flight and the impulse is to react with whatever is alive for us.  In that moment, our perceptions of the situation are greatly altered. The emotional charge prevents us from seeing the situation for what it is. We are seeing the situation through a distorted lens, one that is based on our own wounding and pain. At this point, there is no listening going on anymore. Our emotions and defence mechanisms are driving our behaviours, doing what they can to keep us 'safe'.In today's episode, Demi Lee and Anna-Maria share the power in being able to slow down, cultivate radical self-awareness and truly take responsibility for what we are feeling. The speak to the power of Parts Work, recognising which part of you is taking the wheel so you can slowly give that part love and find out where it's not yet free.This episode is for anyone who struggles with emotional reactivity and finds themselves going around in circles navigating conflict with the people they love. They offer a few tools and resources that can help you become radically accountable for your nervous system, for your wounding, and for where you are placing unfair assumptions or expectations on the people in your life. Our upcoming Perth and Byron Bay intensives has a few spaces available. Join us and claim one of the last few spaces here 

Ancestral work is soul work. It is a pathway of resilience and the remembrance that we are the product of hundreds of thousands of years of knowledge, wisdom, patterning and trauma. Beyond our blood and relative ancestors, we are descendants of Mother Earth. Each of us holds an innate connection with her ecosystem. This connects us to an infinite spiral of wisdom, remembering, and a deep sense of belonging within the web of life.In today's episode, we unpack the power of connecting and reconciling with our lineage and family tree as well as deepening in relationship with plants, animals and elements as elders, teachers and ancient allies. This conversation is a passage of returning to our innate capacity to vibrate in harmony with the forces that have birthed us is to being, and permitted us to thrive here on earth for eons. This episode also explores the importance of understanding the impact we have on the generations to come and the responsibility we each hold to break free of lineage patterns that keep humanity bound, disconnected and unwell.Our 2024 Tour is open for enrolment now. Join Us: https://www.eclecticahub.com/eclectica-tour

In a world obsessed with material possessions and financial status, the concept of being "rich" has been narrowly defined by the numbers in our bank account or in the material items we possess.Today's episode is a broadening and expansion of what wealth actually is - understanding that true richness transcends mere numbers and assets. In today's conversation, Demi Lee and Anna-Maria speak about the importance of embracing an abundant mindset, and remembering that true wealth lies within the richness of our energy, spirit, and relationship to life. They speak about the power of community and collaboration - and how they believe that having access to a supportive and colourful community is the highest currency.They look beyond the confines of our collective bank accounts and speak to importance of embracing the abundance that surrounds us - especially for those of us that have the privilege of having access to community, clean soil, clean water, a flourishing ecosystem, and the thriving of the elements. Wealth lies in the cultivation of gratitude and positivity - for it is in our gratitude and appreciation for life that true wealth blossoms.Sign up for our Berlin Immersion: https://eclecticahub.squarespace.com/the-wild-within-berlinSign up for our Eclectica 2024 Tour here: https://www.eclecticahub.com/eclectica-tour

Can we stop bashing men and calling it ‘feminism’? Can we stop projecting the wounds we hold around some men, onto all men? Can we stop normalising or enabling blatant misandry?In today’s episode, Demi Lee and Anna-Maria dive deep into their journey of healing wounds with the masculine, and what it took for them to come into a space of deeply appreciating and bowing down to the brothers in their life.They share how their wounds with the masculine created distortion and impacted the lens they saw all men through. They speak to the ways this created separation, division, blame, and expectation.This episode speaks to how integral it is for both men and women to take responsibility for their own wounding, and understand how our wounds can create a distorted lens which can contribute to us to seeing the other through the lens of vilification, resentment, pain, and blame.From pioneering what was once a female-only empire, to now - having brothers in the Eclectica Container - they discuss the journey they embarked on to get to that place and how Women are not the only victims of ‘patriarchy’.Men have also had the life force beaten out of them by the same system.They have come from generations that were sent to war, and forced to come home and provide for their families with zero to minimal opportunity for integration or healing surrounding the trauma they experienced. It's time to dissolve of the walls of separation and the need to conquer or come out ‘on top’. Men play a pivotal and integral role in the healthy functioning of our society, and so this episode is a celebration of the brothers. We see you, we honour you, and we bow our heads in appreciation to you.Our Berlin Immersion has only three spaces left. Book your space here: https://eclecticahub.squarespace.com/the-wild-within-berlinTo join our 2024 tour: https://eclecticahub.squarespace.com/eclectica-tour

Let's speak about Cancel Culture.  This cultural phenomenon where individuals deemed to have acted or spoken in an unacceptable manner are ostracised, boycotted, shunned, fired, shamed, or exiled from the tribe.During today's episode, Demi Lee and Anna-Maria unpack the nuances of cancel culture and the ways in which shaming and cancelling people out often doesn't leave much room or encouragement for healthy dialogue, growth, respite, or reflection. Moreover, cancelling people instead of engaging with them in meaningful conversation prevents us from engaging with different perspectives which could potentially offer valuable insights into our own views — a crucial part of growing both as individuals as well as societies at large. When we engage in cancel culture we are sending the message that punishment trumps progress; that silencing someone is better than engaging with them constructively.People deserve space to evolve. To make mistakes. To behave from their wounding and to be 'wrong' from time to time. This is an intrinsic part of how we emotionally evolve as humans. However we can only do this when there is safety, an opening, and a calling people 'in' instead of 'out'.In this conversation, Demi Lee and Annamaria discuss how we can hold people accountable without cancelling them out. They discuss the importance of revillaging and what it means to offer spaces where people can unpack the nuances of their behavior without feeling shamed or punished for it through fear, bullying, intimidation, or publicly ostracising.Only 4 spaces left for our Berlin Immersion. Join us here: https://eclecticahub.squarespace.com/the-wild-within-berlinIf you would like to enrol in our 2025 Melbourne-based Visionary Dance School, click here: https://eclecticahub.squarespace.com/melbourne2025semester

What does it mean to cultivate Embodied Eldership? What does it mean to transcend individualism and explore the realms of service and leadership through integrating loss and reparenting the younger parts of our psyche? In today’s episode, Anna-Maria and Demi Lee discuss the ‘elder’ as an archetype we can call upon. The emotionally wise part of ourselves who is universally valued as integral for the emotional and spiritual thriving of all ecosystems. An elder is someone we turn to for deep insight, wisdom, and awareness when we’re confronted with new challenges and need help. Not just someone who can zoom out of life like the eagle and gain perspective on the bigger picture, but someone who grasps it so well that they can help us make sense of it.  In this episode, recorded outside on the Murray River in Bundalong amongst the elements and the birds, Demi Lee and Anna-Maria speak about the importance of integrating the seasons of self - from inner child, to teenager, to young adult. They discuss the value of reparenting these younger parts of ourselves in order to start embodying our inner sage or inner wise one, alongside the value in integrating grief and death as formative rites of passage.Want to train with Eclectica Hub? Join our 2024 Tour: https://www.eclecticahub.com/eclectica-tour

The Medicine Woman is an archetype within us all, yearning to be awakened. She calls us into radical responsibility and discernment, and reminds us to connect to the innate medicine that has always been woven into the cells of our bodies. The spark. The illumination. The power.  The service.It’s all there - waiting to be seen, felt and claimed.During this episode, Demi Lee and Annamaria speak about the multidimensional force of the medicine woman archetype and how she often introduces herself to us after we have gone through huge, transformational passages of death and rebirth. The Medicine Woman tethers us to Spirit, widens the way we see the world, and calls us into deeper service, integrity, and space holding. In this conversation, Demi Lee and Annamaria touch on both the light and the dark that we begin to see with our entire body when connecting to the subtle realms of existence.They also share about the pathway of psychic sensitisation, the ON and OFF switch, the importance of energetic sovereignty, and what kind of boundaries and protocols are actually required to hold safer spaces  - especially when working with shamanic energy.This episode is sponsored by Eclectica Hub's When Women Were Wolves Bali Retreat that will be held in Ubud, Bali in July 2024. Find out more here.

This episode is a deep and insightful window into the complex and delicate journey of healing from sexual trauma. Together we will unpack the nuances and difficulties one may meet with when facing sexual trauma - shared through the lens of our own personal experiences. In this session, we unpack our very vulnerable and complex journeys of reclamation and share about the deep impact this type of trauma can have on one’s personal agency, sense of self, and sense of safety within their bodies. In the rawness and vulnerability of this episode we hope that we can be a voice for those who have suffered at the hands of violation. We deeply feel the importance of raising this conversation in the public sphere and cultivating safe spaces of solidarity.  If you have personally journeyed with a violation or you know someone who has - this transmission can offer you some resources for navigating and supporting the process of healing. Please be aware that this episode contains some sensitive and potentially triggering themes. Please tune into your capacity and feel into whether or not this content is digestable for you at this stage in your healing journey. Today's Episode is sponsored by Eclectica Hub's Latest Offering 'Sacred Business Foundations'. You can find our more here: https://www.eclecticahub.com/sacredbusinessfoundationsResources:Books:- Vagina by Naomi Wolf- The Body Keeps Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk - Call of the Wild by Kimberly Anne Johnson

At some stage in our lives we are bound to be thrown into the trenches of unimaginable loss, pain, heartache, and hardship. And it is through these confronting life challenges, that we often get to meet ourselves the most deeply. And that is where we find it. The gift of rupture. The gift of being bought to our knees and having our hearts cracked wide open.During this episode, Annamaria and Demi Lee share the importance of experiencing fractures or hardship in your life, and how it is through these initiations that you get to explore your pain as a teacher and emerge out the other side with more wisdom, depth, and medicine to share with the world. They share stories of some of their own personal ruptures, and speak to the importance of choosing to fully welcome in the tears of your devastation and surrender to the full breadth of your discomfort. Because after all - it you’re not willing to lean in and experience the full spectrum of pain, then how can you possibly expect to experience the full spectrum of pleasure?Today’s episode is bought to you by Eclectica School of WombCraft and Visionary Dance. Enrol for Level One here: https://eclecticahub.squarespace.com/level-one-enrolment

What does it mean to wholeheartedly embody your expression, your truth, and your sense of self in this world - and truly back yourself?What does it mean to value authenticity over your need to be liked? What does it mean to refuse to shrink yourself, to stand strong in who you are, to fully inhabit your spine, and essentially become unfuckwithable? During this episode Demi Lee and Annamaria speak about what it means to know yourself so deeply that other peoples energetic daggers or negative thought forms can’t touch you.  They speak about the importance of becoming more and more comfortable with feeling disliked, with holding other peoples resentment or judgement, and how that is often a clue that you are living in alignment with your own principles, rather than other peoples.They offer insight into what it means to cultivate flexible yet sturdy boundaries, remaining receptive to other peoples experience of you, while ensuring you don’t compromise on your own inner knowing or self worth in the process.This episode is bought to you by Wilderness Within. You can find out more about their offerings at www.wildernesswithinofferings.com and can find them on Instagram here.