​So, I'm wondering, have you ever stopped & asked yourself what it is I'm truly seeking? And, why?

Or, what questions am I trying to answer?

Have you ever reflected on which needs you are trying to meet by reading a book or religious text, taking a course or attending this workshop or retreat, doing a particular practice, act or ritual, saying a specific prayer, affirmation or mantra, following a 'celebrity', 'influencer' or 'guru', going to a place of worship, community or group, and paying money, following a prescribed dogma, set of rules or worldview ....

Have you enquired about their origin & purpose or the background & motivation of the teacher, leader, belief system ...

What's your discernment process around choosing who or what to trust, listen to, follow?

Have you assessed the outcome of your search? What's your measure of success? 
I'm interested in your views before I share my research findings, professional & personal experiences below. 

So, before continuing to read think about journaling on these questions and then .... read on and/or watch the accompanying videos!

During this recorded event, you'll journey into the blue spectrum of Goddess – activating your voice and boundaries.

This 1.5 hour workshop will offer trauma-informed somatic and energy medicine practises that support you to anchor into your embodied Sacred Womanhood, alongside wellness education to support the cyclical nature of your body.

You will become ever more conscious of dismantling PATRIARCHY and power over dynamics that perpetuate harm for you, other humans, and the earth. As Goddess rises, shared power becomes the norm – a culture where everyone can live and speak from their own truth.
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To complete you will do a short Somatic Shamanism journey to soul retrieve your inner Wise Woman.
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The body – particularly the body of woman – remains firmly in the grip of the Patriarchy. Controlled, blamed, and ensnared in the narrative of The Fall, the fleshy encounter is deemed unholy and entirely separate from divinity.
 
Making Love with the Divine starts the process of unravelling and undoing this insidious and false programming, showcasing and story-telling the sacred, erotic, and ecstatic experiences of today’s ‘ordinary’ women, narrating and reflecting upon their accounts of day-to-day communion and union with the Divine. Inspired by their sharing, practises are offered in each section of the book for the reader to begin to forge their own unique and direct pathway of lovemaking with the Divine.
This book sanctifies the human mammal – our animal journey of ‘in and through’ and is an antidote to the poisonous lie that the Divine is ‘out and up’ and accessible only through religious or spiritual instruction. Making Love with the Divine bridges the schism of sacred and mundane and reinstates the extra-ordinary nature of everyday living and existence.
 
"Making Love with the Divine invites us to explore our experiences of the erotic current that animates our bodies and our lives. A current whose natural flow and vitality is often stifled, distorted and shamed within patriarchal culture. This book seeks to open up the conversation by asking us how we experience our own sexuality and eroticism, and how this flow of aliveness can be a portal to feeling the divinity inside of us, and beyond us. Based on her research and clear devotion to this path, Kay Louise Aldred has created a supportive year-long workbook that provides a practical framework for anyone who feels a call towards liberating their body and deepening relationship with their sacred erotic aliveness."
-Carly Mountain, Sex and Relationship Therapist and author of Descent & Rising.
 
This book is free on Kindle today as our (Girl God Books) Valentine's Day gift to you!
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Understanding trauma is liberating. Healing trauma is revolutionary. Speaking about trauma is political. Women and their bodies are no longer willing to be silent to or be the secret store of patriarchal abuse, control, and power. Goddess is showing the way, cell-by-cell, emotion-by-emotion, sensation-by-sensation. Healing trauma is a portal for freedom and a gateway to societal and collective change.

Re-Membering with Goddess is an anthology of women's experiences of trauma—trauma as a result of patriarchy; trauma perpetuated by patriarchy; and how through personal healing of trauma the Goddess is re-membered, re-embodied and resurrected.

As repeating loops of trauma restriction release--in the mind, body and nervous system—Goddess is re-embodied and rises... and the patriarchy falls.

"Gift this precious book to your friends, family, and colleagues and particularly your young adults both female and male. This needs to be discussed in our homes, streets, schools, and courts so that as a people we address this for once and for all. Enough!
​When we Re-Member that we have a voice. When we call out disrespectful behaviour. When we band together in solidarity then the sea change that is required can happen globally and in the major systems of our western world spreading out like the ripples in a pond to encompass everywhere."
-Dr. Karen Ward, Ph.D., Shamanic Therapist, Supervisor and Teacher. Co-founder of the Slí An Chroí School of Irish Celtic Shamanism and Author of Change a Little to Change a Lot.

Its Children’s Mental Health Week and here at The Acorn we are committed to supporting everyone on their journey.

Are you or is someone in your home experiencing extreme hopelessness, anxiety, depression, anger, meltdowns?
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Yes?  Try this Young People’s Mental Health SOS exercise, designed to bring the body, mind and nervous system into containment and a more manageable state.