In this first episode, Diane Adams sits down with therapist, writer, and soulful thinker Jess Conner — a woman she met in a wild women’s wellness circle in Missoula.

What follows is a long-form, heart-forward conversation about what it really takes to build community, heal deeply, and belong without self-abandonment.

Together, they explore:

• The ache for village in a nuclear-family world

• Sobriety and nervous system healing

• Embodiment, grief, and the act of receiving

• Friendship between grown women — without small talk

• Existential kink, mushrooms, and honoring our WTF moments

This isn’t a how-to. It’s a holy wandering. If you’re a woman who feels deeply, thinks critically, and longs for connection that doesn’t require performance — this is your fire circle.

Pull up a chair. Breathe out longer than you breathe in. Welcome to Soft Signals from the Grove (formerly Women Who Dare).

Reference from this episode: Jess Conner's Private Practice: The Feeling & Healing Center Counseling

In this first episode, Diane Adams sits down with therapist, writer, and soulful thinker Jess Conner — a woman she met in a wild women’s wellness circle in Missoula.

What follows is a long-form, heart-forward conversation about what it really takes to build community, heal deeply, and belong without self-abandonment.

Together, they explore:

• The ache for village in a nuclear-family world

• Sobriety and nervous system healing

• Embodiment, grief, and the act of receiving

• Friendship between grown women — without small talk

• Existential kink, mushrooms, and honoring our WTF moments

This isn’t a how-to. It’s a holy wandering. If you’re a woman who feels deeply, thinks critically, and longs for connection that doesn’t require performance — this is your fire circle.

Pull up a chair. Breathe out longer than you breathe in. Welcome to Women Who Dare.

Reference from this episode: Jess Conner's Private Practice: The Feeling & Healing Center Counseling