In this episode of Goddess in Training, I’m joined by Mónica Fernandes, writer of The Goddess Journal and creator of The Goddess Method, a framework for women rebuilding after divorce. We talk about heartbreak recovery, identity loss, nervous system “noise,” and why healing can’t be rushed—only honored. Monica shares her concept of a healing ladder (baby steps), why self-care isn’t selfish—it’s strategy, and how reclaiming your relationship with money can become one of the most liberating parts of the journey.

In this conversation, we explore:

* Why divorce can feel like a loss of identity (and why that’s normal)

* The “bathroom floor” moments—and how to meet them with compassion

* Mónica’s healing ladder: small steps that rebuild the self without overwhelm

* Aphrodite, the divine feminine, and self-care as a strategic act of devotion

* Loneliness, stigma, and why people don’t always know how to show up

* The financial aftershocks of divorce—and the empowerment on the other side

* Why time is your friend (even when you want a fast-forward button)

* The role of sisterhood: soul sisters, therapy, and finding support that holds you

Connect with Mónica:

* Substack: The Goddess Journal

* Waitlist for The Goddess Method

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🌐 And as always, visit www.goddessintraining.online for more tools to support your intuitive journey.

Guest: Cynthia Abulafia — yoga therapist, educator, and author of Embodying the Goddess: How to Awaken Curiosity and Reverence on the Spiritual Path (out January 20, 2026)

Connect with Cynthia: Website | Substack | Instagram | YouTube

What we cover

* Why Cynthia believes “transcendence bias” is one of the core spiritual issues of our time

* Kundalini as spiritual reorientation (and why it can feel intense, disruptive, and physical)

* A simple, clarifying map: expand, contract, pause

* The “four layers of reality” (and how getting stuck in any layer creates imbalance)

* What Cynthia calls the divine feminine: the capacity to hold the whole symphony without preference

* Why the goal isn’t “enlightenment” but process, reverence, and integration

* Devotion as a path that includes the full range of human emotion—without beige-washing reality

* Why Cynthia names the Goddess in plain English as curiosity + reverence

🎵 Music credit:Intro and outro music: Madre Ayahuasca by ArkawaUsed with permission. More at arkawamusic.com

🌐 And as always, visit www.goddessintraining.online for more tools to support your intuitive journey.

Favorite moments / timestamps (approx.)

* 00:50 Cynthia’s origin story: yoga, goddess traditions, and lifelong kundalini awakenings

* 02:15 “This is the core spiritual question of our time” — embodiment, Earth, and disconnection

* 04:31 Expand / contract / pause — and why most traditions fixate on the pause

* 07:37 The four layers: matter → thought/emotion → intuition → void

* 15:47 Kundalini defined (and why the billboard version doesn’t tell the whole story)

* 20:45 My psilocybin “river of consciousness” story + the post-opening sensitivity

* 23:31 The “transcendence hangover” and what helps

* 24:10 Tantra’s frame story: the Goddess as love moving into form and limitation

* 46:14 Devotion, reverence, and the full range of emotions

* 54:28 Cynthia’s book release date + why “curiosity and reverence” matters

Guest: Kim Stevenson — Spanish teacher + Iyengar yoga instructor + lifelong mirror

Connect with Kim: Website | Substack | YouTube | Instagram

What we cover:

* Why our lives have aligned through shared “anchor moments” (marriage, kids, divorce)

* Relationships as mirrors and repeating childhood patterns

* Listening to intuition—and how it grows louder with trust

* Iyengar yoga as a practical, embodied spiritual path

* Parenting teens as whole humans (not projects)

* Worthiness, perfectionism, and releasing lack mindset

* Healing family lines and choosing trust over scrambling

Show Notes

Episode: Princess Rara on Pink Kink, Play, and the Sacred Skill of Listening to Your Gut

Guest: Princess Rara (co-host of Pink Kink)

What we explore: kink as play and chosen family • informed consent • dungeon culture + Dungeon 101 • safety words and plain language • aftercare + integration • fear, trust, and intuition • tops/bottoms + divine masculine/feminine energy • redefining success • education as empowerment

Links + resources mentioned:

* Pink Kink podcast + “Pink Hub” resources (including a free BDSM checklist): pinkkinkpodcast.com

* BDSM checklist (mentioned as downloadable): Pink Hub on the website above

* Locations/events referenced: Crucible (DC), Dungeon 101 nights, Dark Odyssey / Winter Fire (teaching events)

🎵 Music credit:Intro and outro music: Madre Ayahuasca by ArkawaUsed with permission. More at arkawamusic.com

🌐 And as always, visit www.goddessintraining.online for more tools to support your intuitive journey.

Time-stamped moments (approx.):

* 00:00–02:05 How Pink Kink began + platonic dungeon friend-group kink

* 02:05–04:40 Identity evolution (sub → bottom → switch → dom who loves to bottom) + favorite play

* 04:40–07:30 Why kink: trust + connection + “runner’s high” + challenge

* 07:30–11:30 Chosen family, belonging, freedom, and diversity in the scene

* 11:30–18:20 Informed consent, safewords, limits, dungeon monitors, etiquette

* 18:20–27:20 Aftercare + debriefing + cathartic scenes + integration

* 27:20–33:30 Reading energy + intuition as a top + communicating with newbies

* 33:30–38:50 Redefining success + joy + teaching + podcast impact

* 38:50–46:55 2026 intentions + new tagline “Empowerment through education” + books + virtual BDSM 101

* 46:55–end Best advice: start with education + munches + trust your gut

Show Notes

Guest: Agne – Wild Priestess, Wild Woman Mentor, founder of The Wild Medeina

Find Agne here:

* 🌲 Website: thewildmedeina.com

* 📝 Substack: Wild Medeina

* 📖 Untamed – guided journal for wild women (available on Amazon)

* 🔥 Upcoming ritual book (January release): Lithuanian goddess mythology & seasonal rituals

* 🌑 Co-authored book forthcoming: walking through the dark times with both science and wild priestess wisdom

In this episode, we talk about:

* Growing up in Lithuania, one of the last pagan lands of Europe, where myth still lives in the forest

* Who the Lithuanian forest goddess Medeina is, and how her shapeshifting, huntress energy moves through modern women

* Agne’s Saturn return and the day she found herself crying on the lab floor in academia… and knew something had to change

* What it really means to be wild and untamed (hint: it doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s wild)

* Dormant vs. active wild woman — and how fear becomes an initiator instead of a jailer

* Simple, accessible rituals: cacao, hair-brushing, tiny acts of devotion that bring us back into our bodies

* Agne’s burning rituals (and why she buries the ashes back into the earth)

* Meeting Gabija, the Lithuanian fire goddess of the hearth, and learning the difference between destructive fire and warm, glowing fire

* The medicine of the Year of the Snake (shedding skins) and our hopes for the Year of the Horse (moving forward with heart and power)

* How goddess archetypes and intuition give us the next step, not the whole map

🎵 Music credit:Intro and outro music: Madre Ayahuasca by ArkawaUsed with permission. More at arkawamusic.com

🌐 And as always, visit www.goddessintraining.online for more tools to support your intuitive journey.

Show Notes

Guest:🜁 Alexandra Klaudia — mystic, oracle, guide & creator of Empress Reclaimed

Connect with Alexandra:Substack | Instagram | YouTube | Tiktok | Website

In This Episode, We Talk About:• How Alexandra’s dark night of the soul and divorce became the catalyst for a complete life reorientation• The feminine collective “soul school” of 2025 — accelerated lessons, deep shedding, and the unexpected glow-up on the other side• What the Akashic Records really are (beyond the “cosmic library” metaphor) and how Alexandra uses them as a roadmap for soul purpose• The difference between simply surviving a life and consciously choosing the highest available timeline• Divine union: inner union, “buffer relationships,” and the feeling of a true counterpart arriving as purpose, safety, and mission• Why so many women feel “boy crazy” right before meeting a sacred partner — and what might actually be happening energetically• Sexual energy, womb space, and why casual intimacy can quietly drain your power• Surrender, control, and what it means to co-create your life with the divine instead of forcing outcomes• Being present to the everyday magic: synchronicities, signs, and conversations that confirm you’re on the right path• The frequency of 2026: soul connections, seeds finally sprouting, and letting yourself be surprised by what’s coming

🎵 Music credit:Intro and outro music: Madre Ayahuasca by ArkawaUsed with permission. More at arkawamusic.com

🌐 And as always, visit www.goddessintraining.online for more tools to support your intuitive journey.

Show Notes

Guest: Shellie Enteen — Author, Astrologer, Aromatherapist, Interfaith Reverend, Energy Healer & Educator

Connect with Shellie:Website | Substack | Facebook

Revealing the Druid Legacy (three book series) available on Amazon

Topics we cover:

* How a random chart wheel on a PR desk in 1970s New York quietly set Shellie on her astrology path

* The “zap of knowing” that defines a true download — and how it differs from Mercury-style analysis

* Being guided by a waterfall to move to the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains

* Stone circles as “libraries” of crystalline memory — and what happens when you touch every single one

* The inspired origins of Shellie’s Druid priestess trilogy and how ancestral memory can live in bones and blood

* Destiny, free will, and the “web of life” that leads us to key intersections and people

* What we’ve been moving through in 2025 as a “9 year” of completion

* The shift into 2026 as a “1 year” and what Saturn, Neptune, and Jupiter are asking of us

* Why slowing down our knee-jerk reactions is a spiritual practice

* How to stay connected to your own essence in a world of AI, deep fakes, and constant change

🎵 Music credit:Intro and outro music: Madre Ayahuasca by ArkawaUsed with permission. More at arkawamusic.com

🌐 And as always, visit www.goddessintraining.online for more tools to support your intuitive journey.

Show Notes

Guest: Amy Untamed — writer, truth-teller, and creator exploring feminine power, emotional depth, celibacy, self-responsibility, and the untamed woman within.

Find Amy on Substack: Search “Amy Untamed” and subscribe to her powerful writing.

Topics We Cover:

* What it really means to live untamed

* Chronic illness, nervous system regulation & subconscious reprogramming

* Celibacy as devotion and raising your standards in love

* Radical self-responsibility in relationships

* Reclaiming creativity and self-expression

* Money, glow ups & stepping into the frequency of “future you”

* Closure, intuition & letting doors stay closed

* Expression as the antidote to depression

🎵 Music credit:Intro and outro music: Madre Ayahuasca by ArkawaUsed with permission. More at arkawamusic.com

🌐 And as always, visit www.goddessintraining.online for more tools to support your intuitive journey.