Ancient Soul Modern Mind

In today's episode, we're sitting beside one of the oldest, most enduring teachers this world has ever known-  Water. Not only as a resource. Not only as a mirror. But as an Elder — one who has been here long before us and will remain long after. What does it mean to listen to Water as a living relative, a teacher, a carrier of memory? In this episode, we explore Water not only as a physical element but as an ancient presence — a witness to history, a carrier of stories, and a mirror for our emotional and spiritual landscapes. We'll reflect on how Water guides us, heals us, and invites us back into right relationship — with self, with Earth, and with time itself. So, bring your presence. Let's sit by the river's edge, or perhaps deep beneath the waves, and hear what Water has to share. As we explore how the language of how this elder  can guide the healing of both psyche and soul. Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on iTunes. Resources Mentioned Malidoma Patrice Somé Of Water and the Spirit The Healing Wisdom of Africa Ritual: Power, Healing, and Community   Sharon Blackie If Women Rose Rooted   Sophie Strand Make Me Good Soil Substack: https://sophiestrand.substack.com   Rosita Arvigo and Nadine Epstein  Spirital Bathing   Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPCC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientsoul_modernmind_podcast/   Insight timer: https://insig.ht/R9RzqgnwBGb      Music Credits: Sounds of Nature, Birds, and Water by Burgh Records https://www.edinburghrecords.com Tribal Joy by Alexander Nakarada, https://www.creatorchords.com   Ancient Soul, Modern Mind Podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and all other podcast listening platforms.    Ancient Soul Modern Mind is a place where we share ancient stories for modern times and give voice to the unseen world of the ancestors, and the animate world of water, earth, nature, and mineral. May their voices enter our lives and hearts and help you to fall back in love with the Earth.

Today we're stepping into a sacred dialogue… one that spans across generations, bloodlines, and worlds seen and unseen.  In today's episode we are Tending the Ancestral Fire —    We will reflect on the sacred, often forgotten relationship we have with those who came before us… not just biologically, but spiritually, cosmologically. We will bridge the deep wisdom of our ancestors with the nuanced awareness of the modern heart and psyche.    Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on iTunes.   Resources Mentioned Malidoma Patrice Somé Of Water and the Spirit The Healing Wisdom of Africa Ritual: Power, Healing, and Community   Sobonfu E. Somé Walking Spirit Home The Spirit of Intimacy   Orland Bishop The Seventh Shrine: Meditations on the African Spiritual Journey: From the Middle Passage to the Mountaintop   Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPCC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientsoul_modernmind_podcast/   Insight timer: https://insig.ht/R9RzqgnwBGb    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/ancientsoulmodernmind/membership  Music Credits: Fall Asleep by Alexander Nakarada, https://www.creatorchords.com  Nomadic Sunset by Alexander Nakarada, https://www.creatorchords.com  Tribal Joy by Alexander Nakarada, https://www.creatorchords.com   Ancient Soul, Modern Mind Podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and all other podcast listening platforms. 

Ancient soul modern mind podcast is returning! The podcast is coming back with a new season and to kick off this season I'm going to talk about the elements (fire, water, earth, nature, mineral) in preparation for in-person rituals that I'll be offering this summer.  This is actually the fourth year that I've offered Community-based Elemental Healing Rituals at Kinstone. Kinstone is an incredible megalith garden and sanctuary in the Driftless region of the Mississippi river valley near Fountain city, WI.    The community that has grown up around these donation-based rituals is incredible so I'm using this platform to help to prepare participants for the deep dive these rituals offer. The episodes aren't only for in-person participants. They are, in-part, to document so that each year, participants can revisit these preparatory episode. But they also are to inspire long distance listeners to get creative with their own ritual language. I hope that you are inspired to create ritual for yourself, your family, your community, so that we can continue to be together in sacred and heart-centered ways. I look forward to the new season. Stay tuned!

In this episode, Erica interviews Ra Ma, creator of EarthSeed Temple Arts.  Erica and Ra Ma discuss Ra Ma's experiences in the Great Pyramid, pilgrimages to sacred places on the Earth, and Ra Ma's unique way of weaving star (astrology) and stone (Earth and bone) wisdom into her many sacred offerings. This is an episode of medicinal story telling you don't want to miss!   From Ra Ma's website: EarthSeed Temple Arts offers astrological divination, a mystery school, and global pilgrimages to activate your starseed wisdom through educational and mystical experiences. Ra Ma, the pillar of EarthSeed Temple Arts is an artist, alchemical astrologer, cosmic high priestess, herbalist, gridkeeper, pilgrimage steward, yogic healer and the creatrix of the podcast Stars, Stones and Stories.    She has studied the art of starkeeping for over 28 years and holds a MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology with merit through The Sophia Centre. Her astrology practice is rooted in the wisdom of the elements and merges the foundations of ancient, traditional horary, and mundane western astrology with modern psychological, evolutionary and intuitive techniques. Ra Ma is dedicated to aligning the spiritual realms with academic intelligence.    Ra Ma leads annual pilgrimages to Egypt, Avalon and the South of France. She began teaching yoga in 2006 and weaves a blend of Kundalini and Kripalu technologies with mantra, deep meditation and sound healing. In addition, she offers Quantum Healing Hypnosis journeys as taught by Dolores Cannon as a means to dissolving blocks within previous incarnations to midwife your cosmic evolution.    If you enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing, subscribing, and leaving a review on iTunes Podcast.    Resources Ra Ma's offerings and sites: Website: https://www.earthseedtemplearts.com  Podcast: starsstonesandstories.com Instagram: @earthseedtemplearts or @starsstonesandstories Subscribe for weekly Venusian Love Notes: www.earthseedtemplearts.com Ma Magick, monthly Manifestation Council for Wisdomkeepers: https://mysterium.earthseedtemplearts.com/offers/YFrrh85e/checkout Astrology offerings: https://www.earthseedtemplearts.com/astrology Pilgrimage offerings: https://www.earthseedtemplearts.com/pilgrimage Monthly events in Asheville or virtual: https://www.earthseedtemplearts.com/events-1   Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@originsofthesoul929/videos  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/originsofthesoul  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientsoul_modernmind_podcast/     Music Credits: Intro and Outro music: Liberty Kohn, https://instagram.com/libertykohn/ and Erica Thibodeaux   Ancient Soul, Modern Mind Podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and all other podcast listening platforms. May these ancient stories return you to your ancestors, to the land, to the sacred fire, water, and minerals that we are all from.  And may this conversation help you to awaken to your true spirit. 

In this episode, Erica shares about facing disappointment and feeling difficult emotions. Topics she mentions are: compassion, suffering, love, acceptance, rejection, disappointment, accepting "no", showing up for ourselves and others through the experience of feelings, helping children feel their feelings, and breaking up with pity. She also mentions the ancestral and cultural traumas of the last 110 years and how these generational wounds led us away from allowing the natural state of emotions to exist. Erica muses about the Dagara (and perhaps many other indigenous peoples) being the past and the future of human exist on Earth. This episode is raw and personal and she drops several F bombs so wear headphones if you're listening around children.  If you enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing, subscribing, and leaving a review on iTunes Podcast.    Resources Brené Brown's Unlocking Us podcast Spotify  Chris Germer on The Near and Far Enemies of Fierce Compassion https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ZpT5ptugDKfec3R9VRiCW?si=ea57bd1404b84ab8  Dr. Marc Brackett on Permission to Feel https://open.spotify.com/episode/6fL2uT9nJRUsWcRqlKgXuS?si=FsFjmBTDSJOijzfMPBRiGg   Chris Germer's article Near and Far Enemies of Fierce Compassion https://mbsr.website/news/near-and-far-enemies-fierce-compassion  Marie Forleo Time Genius Program https://www.marieforleo.com/time-genius Images of the Dagara Tribe https://www.dagaralegacy.com    Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@originsofthesoul929/videos  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/originsofthesoul  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientsoul_modernmind_podcast/     Music Credits: Intro and Outro music: Liberty Kohn, https://instagram.com/libertykohn/ and Erica Thibodeaux   Ancient Soul, Modern Mind Podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and all other podcast listening platforms. May these ancient stories return you to your ancestors, to the land, to the sacred fire, water, and minerals that we are all from.  And may this conversation help you to awaken to your true spirit. 

In this episode, Erica shares a water meditation that connects the listener to the waters of their body, the waters near their home, and a favorite body of water allowing for blessings to flow back and forth. This meditation was recorded last winter while teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). This winter she is releasing a series of elemental meditations as an offering of service to others. May these recordings be a balm for anyone who needs restoration and connection to the healing wisdom of the elements.    If you enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing, subscribing, and leaving a review on iTunes Podcast.    Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@originsofthesoul929/videos  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/originsofthesoul  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientsoul_modernmind_podcast/     Music Credits: Intro and Outro music: Liberty Kohn, https://instagram.com/libertykohn/ and Erica Thibodeaux   Ancient Soul, Modern Mind Podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and all other podcast listening platforms. May these ancient stories return you to your ancestors, to the land, to the sacred fire, water, and minerals that we are all from.  And may this conversation help you to awaken to your true spirit. 

In this episode, Erica shares a nature meditation that connects the listener to the earth, the fire within, and to a guardian tree. This meditation was recorded last winter while teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). This winter she is releasing a series of nature meditations as an offering of service to others. May these recordings be a balm for anyone who needs restoration and connection to the healing wisdom of the elements.    If you enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing, subscribing, and leaving a review on iTunes Podcast.    Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@originsofthesoul929/videos  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/originsofthesoul  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientsoul_modernmind_podcast/     Music Credits: Intro and Outro music: Liberty Kohn, https://instagram.com/libertykohn/ and Erica Thibodeaux   Ancient Soul, Modern Mind Podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and all other podcast listening platforms. May these ancient stories return you to your ancestors, to the land, to the sacred fire, water, and minerals that we are all from.  And may this conversation help you to awaken to your true spirit. 

In this episode, Erica interviews her dear friend, Keisha Holmes, licensed professional counselor (LPC). The talk about boundaries- what they are, how to figure out when we need them, and the questions we have to ask ourselves in order to create them. They also discuss how to find and strengthen a sense of self, which is ultimately what we're doing when we create boundaries.   Keisha Holmes, LPC, owns a therapy clinic in Lafayette, La, that specializes in therapy & counseling for anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, depression, trauma, obsessions, and compulsions for teens, adults, and couples / relationships using evidence based approaches.    Keisha also offers professional trainings about obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and the most widely studied treatment for it, Exposure and Prevention Response (ERP) therapy. In 2023, Keisha is embarking on a new project where she will consult with therapists in private practice and provide trainings and consultation on all aspects of running a successful therapy business.    Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on iTunes.    Resources Keisha Holmes, LPC  Website: https://www.kdholmeslpc.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kdhcounseling/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kdholmeslpc/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4aBJyzDC4x7UomkTE8jc-Q/featured  Keisha's Podcast, Leaning Into Therapy: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leaning-into-therapy/id1636037401   Books mentioned: Mirrors in the Earth by Asia Suler Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy The Wild Edge of the Sorrow by Francis Weller   Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientsoul_modernmind_podcast/     Music Credits: Intro and Outro music: Liberty Kohn, https://instagram.com/libertykohn/   Ancient Soul, Modern Mind Podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and all other podcast listening platforms. May these ancient stories return you to your ancestors, to the land, to the sacred fire, water, and minerals that we are all from.  And may this conversation help you to awaken to your true spirit. 

When the Mountain Speaks, The River Cries is a special segment of Ancient Soul, Modern Mind podcast offering a mixture of personal and folk story telling medicine. In this episode, Erica shares about finding healing in nature on a solo camping experience.   Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on iTunes.   Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientsoul_modernmind_podcast/     Music Credits: Intro and Outro music: Liberty Kohn, https://instagram.com/libertykohn/ and Erica Thibodeaux   Ancient Soul, Modern Mind Podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and all other podcast listening platforms. May these ancient stories return you to your ancestors, to the land, to the sacred fire, water, and minerals that we are all from.  And may this conversation help you to awaken to your true spirit. 

When the Mountain Speaks, The River Cries is a special segment of this podcast offering a mixture of personal and folk story telling medicine. In this episode, Erica shares about her experiences of sorrow and grief and how when grief flows, peace grows. Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on iTunes.   Resources Mentioned Video from Elder Malidoma Somé's Burkina Faso funeral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=relsnFj5HLg    Songs from Elder Malidoma's Asheville funeral (Youtube playlist): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FBPwB2GX1mFb64LRmCpctooUJ5jHh6l    Work with Elder Theresa Sykes Brittany - http://ancestralevents.com/dr_malidoma_patrice_somé_asheville_dagara_inspired_village    Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientsoul_modernmind_podcast/     Music Credits: Intro and Outro music: Liberty Kohn, https://instagram.com/libertykohn/ and Erica Thibodeaux   Ancient Soul, Modern Mind Podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and all other podcast listening platforms. May these ancient stories return you to your ancestors, to the land, to the sacred fire, water, and minerals that we are all from.  And may this conversation help you to awaken to your true spirit.