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Today, I’m joined by my dear friend Portia for a conversation about naming and embodying the sacred roles that shape our work.We explore the challenge of finding words that honor what we do without diminishing it.Then we trace the paths of the teacher, priestess, jester, and more — slowly weaving the webs that hold us in the world. Healing work is essentially facilitating space in which people can meet the part of them that knows, and can touch the part of them that’s already whole. That’s all I’m ever trying to do. — grace allerdice Portia is a London based filmmaker and coach. She works from a holistic perspective with flower essences to support anyone wanting to recalibrate emotional issues. She specialises in supporting freelancers, those navigating the creative industries and anyone moving into creative work. All her services can be found at www.newwoo.ukwe discuss —What it means to be a teacherLearning through presenceComparing sacred work to the role of the jesterVenusian venerationHow grace stepped into the role of PriestessAlchemical clarity + severity  LINKSIf you enjoyed the episode, check out —the Mother in the Dark w— Clark Stranderotic devotion for modern mysticsMore about our guest —NewWoo.ukFree Resources —Receive the 3 keys that unlocked every major Initiation in my life. Get 3 Keys for the Soul here for FREE. 🗝️Stay Connected —Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens.grace’s websitesubscribe to grace's newsletterwork with graceThis podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨Send us a message! 💫thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

Clark Strand was a Zen Buddhist monk. Now he writes books of love poetry to Kali Ma and manifestos to the Dark.In this conversation, we trace his spiritual path from childhood Protestantism through monasticism and massage school — ultimately leading him into deep devotion to the Divine Mother.Listen in, as we step into the Dark together. When She appeared to me, it made sense of everything all of a sudden. It really changed me. I stopped thinking the way I used to think. My understanding of the natural world, myself, my family, my relationships, Devotion, Beauty, Time itself. — Clark Strand  Clark Strand has been studying the world’s spiritual traditions for more than thirty years. The author of several books including Waking the Buddha, Meditation Without Gurus, Waking Up to the Dark and Now is the Hour of Her Return, Strand has written for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and the Washington Post/Newsweek “On Faith” blog. He is the founder of Way of the Rose, a growing nonsectarian rosary fellowship open to people of any spiritual background, with members around the world. He lives on a dark road with no streetlights in the southern Catskill Mountains.we discuss —the many paths of spiritual devotionthe patriarchal traditions of many world religionshow Clark encountered the Divine Motherfeeling safe in the darkwhy Now is the hourhuman civilization vs human culturethe power of simple-hearted devotionwriting poems for Kaliremembering our birdsong  LINKSIf you enjoyed the episode, check out —Many Mothers + Many Lifetimes: Ancestral Connection w–Perdita FinnMore about our guest —The Way of the Rose.orgWaking Up to the Dark, book by Clark StrandNow is the Hour of Her Return, book by Clark StrandMentioned in the episode—The Gospel of Sri RamakrishnaThe Gospel According to the DarkFree Resources —Receive the 3 keys that unlocked every major Initiation in my life. Get 3 Keys for the Soul here for FREE. 🗝️Stay Connected —Subscribe to the home—body podcastgrace’s websiteThis podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨Send us a message! 💫thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

a soft, simple guided practice to interrupt you, re-center you, into the flickering flame of your Heart.peace.be well.Join the waitlist for MA (our red hot devotional membership)🌹Text grace a question 💬Free Resources —Receive the 3 keys that unlocked every major Initiation in my life. Get 3 Keys for the Soul here for FREE. 🗝️Stay Connected —Subscribe to the home—body podcastgrace’s websitejoin the newsletter 💌Send us a message! 💫Send us a message! 💫thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

Intimate relationships are a magnifying glass and a mirror for how we meet life itself, but most relationship advice focuses on behavior control rather than the deeper spiritual transformation that devotional partnership requires. Listen in, as I break down the most common patterns I see blocking authentic intimacy and why becoming a lover is the big spiritual work."With enough devotion, ANY THING and ANY MOMENT and ANY CHAPTER of your relationship can become a sacred site." — grace allerdicewe discuss —The perfect partner fantasy and how comparing your relationship to an imaginary ideal perpetuates unworthiness and punishment cyclesWhy commitment alone doesn't make relationships rewarding and why time alone doesn't heal themThe independence and self love trap that blocks true intimacyHow projecting cultural narratives onto your partner recreates toxic dynamicsYour partner can read your energy, I promiseBeing vs. doing: the energetic work that transforms relationships from the inside outWhy radical acceptance is ground zeroIf you enjoyed the episode, check out —RIP Good Girl 🪦from Judgement to Mystery 🌀Love & Stories w— Michael J MorrisMentioned in the episode—Join the waitlist for MA (our red hot devotional membership)🌹Text grace a question 💬Free Resources —Receive the 3 keys that unlocked every major Initiation in my life. Get 3 Keys for the Soul here for FREE. 🗝️Stay Connected —Subscribe to the home—body podcastgrace’s websitejoin the newsletter 💌Send us a message! 💫thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

Mentioned in the episode—Join the waitlist for MA (our red hot devotional membership)🌹Text grace a question 💬join the newsletter 💌grace’s offerings ❤️‍🔥Dive deeper —finding your true giftInitiation Deficit Part 1Send us a message! 💫thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

In this episode, grace traces her journey over the past six years — from ego death to erotic devotion and shares more about the driving forces behind her work these days.If you’re curious about: embodying paradox, touching Life as your full Self, and the path of the alchemical Feminine, this episode is for you.Thank you for listening.  All of your contradictions are welcome, because they are the essential ingredient. They are not to be avoided or bypassed. You are called to be a poetic, embodied paradox. — grace allerdice we explore —How an epic failure and ego death led grace to start home—bodyEmbracing the position of priestessReclaiming your spiritual imaginationEroticism and relational wholenessExisting at the edges and intersectionsMary Magdalene and Freedom as an inside jobSpiritual bypassing versus being okay with uncertaintyFinding the hologram at the center of your Center If you enjoyed the episode, check out —finding your true GiftNOW is Grace : Love the World. 🌎❤️‍🔥 Mentioned in the episode—Join the waitlist for MA 🌹Text grace a question 💬grace’s offerings 🐍Widening Circles, Joanna Macy’s memoirActive Hope, Joanna MacyRilke’s Book of Hours, translated by Anita Barrows & Joanna MacyGospel of Mary Magdalene, translation and commentary by Jean-Yves Leloup Free Resources —Receive the 3 keys that unlocked every major Initiation in my life. Get 3 Keys for the Soul here for FREE. 🗝️Stay Connected —Subscribe to the home—body podcastgrace’s websitejoin the newsletter 💌This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨Send us a message! 💫thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

What were you born to give? And how do you live into your fullest expression?In this episode, grace guides you down the path and offers some clues for recognizing your life’s work. She explains why a career counselor probably can’t be your guide for this, and she gently reflects that this isn’t about saving the world.If you’re ready to refine how you relate to your life’s work and move more exquisitely into your life’s Beauty, this episode is for you."Do flowers have a mission? Maybe they do. But it’s not a statement they write about or defend. It is intricately and unspeakably woven into how and who they be. They are exquisitely and precisely expressed in their full beauty, their full temporality at the right time and the exact right place." — grace allerdicewe discuss —Reframing your life’s work as what you were born to giveThe overarching economy of unfulfilled gettingLessons from the fully expressed flowerDetoxing the word “mission”Why saving the world isn’t your callingReleasing the fear of Death as fuel for your workWhat masks as Compassion + how to more authentically be withWhy your connection to Beauty is more than enough LINKSIf you enjoyed the episode, check out —Beauty is EverythingTransform your GuiltThe Initiation Deficit : Part 1Mentioned in the episode—Join the waitlist for MA 🌹Text grace a question 💬The Initiation Deficit : Part 1 Free Resources —Receive the 3 keys that unlocked every major Initiation in my life. Get 3 Keys for the Soul here for FREE. 🗝️Stay Connected —Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens.grace’s websitejoin the newsletter 💌This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨Send us a message! 💫thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

Too often we think of the truth as an objective reality we find outside ourselves. But what if it’s actually a story we tell together?Today we welcome Michael J Morris back to home—body for a soulful conversation about the stories we tell and how we tell them. We explore the nature of Beauty, Life and Time as we weave astrology, mysticism, physics and myth together.What shifts for us in our day-to-day lives if we understand that what’s happening right now is part of countless cyclical stories unfolding at the same time? How then do we take action differently? — Michael J. MorrisGuest bio: Michael J. Morris is an astrologer, tarot reader, dance artist, writer, and educator. They began their consulting practice Co Witchcraft Offerings in 2019, through which they offer astrology and tarot consultations, movement-based rituals, and workshops to support people in cultivating personal and collective healing and liberation. They hold a PhD in Dance Studies from The Ohio State University, and they were a Visiting Assistant Professor at Denison University from 2015-2021. Michael’s work has been presented in galleries, universities, community spaces, theaters, bars and nightclubs, films, and domestic spaces.we discuss —Telling stories about the “end” of the worldHow story situates us within TimeWhat truth is + isn’tAstrology as an artistic practiceStories of Beauty, Love + GodHow the qualities of our lives tell a storyResonance + dissonanceLoving the world exactly as it isWhat breathing has to teach us about lovingDeath as a story of LifeIf you enjoyed the episode, check out —Pleasure + Staying with the Trouble w— Michael J MorrisNOW is the Seed for Next 🌱from Judgement to MysteryBeauty is EverythingMore about our guest —Michael’s websiteMichael’s IGMentioned in the episode—The FountainStaying with the Trouble by Donna J. HarawayM Archive: After the End of the World by Alexis Pauline Gumbs78 Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel PollackWhen No Thing Works by Norma WongNorma Wong on How to Survive the End of the World podcastAll About Love: New Visions by bell hooksJune JordanFree Resources —the 3 keys that unlocked every major transformation in my life. Get 3 Keys for the Soul here for FREE. 🗝️Stay Connected —Subscribe to the home—body podcastgrace’s websiteThis podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨Send us a message! 💫thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

explore why magical thinking is not escaping into fantasy (quite the opposite) and why spiritual practice, energetic mastery and magic are what this new era of leadership asks of you.Mentioned in the episode—Join the waitlist for MA 🌹Text grace a question 💬join the newsletter 💌work with grace 1:1 ❤️‍🔥Dive deeper —Transform your GuiltSend us a message! 💫thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

a great question for a Full Moon in Scorpio : why the "whore," tho?  can’t it be something more tame, g-rated, family friendly?i know the word “whore” brings up a lot for people.so what do i mean by using it?Mentioned in the episode—✨join MA. Whore & Holy Woman starts Friday, May 16.✨Join the waitlist for MA 🌹Text grace a question 💬grace’s websitejoin the newsletter 💌Dive deeper —beyond Good & Bad : a Tantric perspectiveNOW is Grace. Love the World.Send us a message! 💫thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏