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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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!