#GRATITUDE RAISING GOING OUT TO WRITERS. In my current entrepreneurial pursuit I’m constantly reminded that the ability to convey feeling with the agonizingly limited communication of WORDS is nothing short of magic. THANK YOU for trying and often time succeeding!
I have a really beautiful Spirit. {Enter voice telling me that's bitchly selfish}
I'm very kind, I want people to feel welcome, I actually 100% certified do love to laugh, I'm understanding {Enter voice saying, “Hell Yea, all that is true. But what about how you.....”)
STOP. I'm saying right here and right now that I'm no longer going discount myself just to say something nice about myself.
My friend recently sent me a picture of a plus sized model. I’m sitting in a moment right now where I have decided to view my thoughts upon looking at this picture. I’m noticing how DRASTICALLY different my true feelings and my old thoughts on someone’s body are.
I just spent a week of expansion and healing with one of my closest friends, spirit sister and long time creative project partner. We spent time talking deeply and openly, partaking in a few plant medicine ceremonies and in meditation in San Diego, Palm Desert and Joshua Tree. WE ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PEOPLE than when we started the week.
It doesn't take a Google search to conclude that thanksgiving and ceremony before mealtime has fallen by the wayside. In our attempts to maximize our day, we tend to pair the time to nourish our bodies with email checking, driving or getting a pedicure (I've seen it!). Imagine a meal where you paused before your first bite instead of digging right in...seems almost revolutionary.
Over the last few weeks, Semi-Woo host Heather Ace Adams went through the toughest 10 days of her life. She attended a 10-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat and feels like a completely new person.
Today's podcast is interesting, inspiring and very eye-opening. What does it mean to be a sex worker in the world today? We sit down with Family in Woo and long time friend J. Leigh to discuss sex worker rights and the fight for fair representation in the current atmosphere of human rights advocacy on a broader scope. Laugh, back us up with an amen and expand in this rousing Semi-Woo episode (we promise this ain't your grandmas podcast!)
You're a Feminist and you want to work to further the cause and keep food on table, but how? Enter Feminist Camp. In this week's episode we sit down with activist, photographer and all-around super woman Carly Romeo. As Director of Feminist Camp her work empowers feminists to find their place and build their skills, "translating theory into action."
You won’t want to miss this week’s existential and psychedelic melting of the minds! Podcaster and science-loving comedian Shane Mauss joins hosts Heather and Amanda on the ‘Woo. If you’ve ever wondered what 100 DMT trips will do to your mind and your waking life, Shane is your go-to dude. He’s spent the last few years touring the world with his psychedelic comedy show which is “part stand-up, part funny stories of experiences, and part TED Talk.”
Another classic "Heather and Amanda" episode of Semi-Woo featuring Heather's recent relationship and a plant-medicine-induced breakup. What happens when you mix powerful weed oil into a nice, warm soup? Well, it may just give you insight into your relationship, your job, where your money is being spent and how to heal all of these areas of your life. Tune in to hear all of the insights on this week's episode.
Semi-Woo is broadcasting from Gaia Sagrada Plant Medicine Retreat Center in southern Ecuador. Amanda sits down in the Goddess Temple with one of her fellow work exchangers, Manuel Bourget. Manuel started his journey with Ayahuasca 3 years ago in Costa Rica. Since his first ceremony, he has learned what it means to have an open heart, how to grow in confidence and understanding the energy force that drives all life. If you've ever wondered what the workers and helpers do at an Ayahuasca and San Pedro retreat, you'll want to get into this awesome episode of Semi-Woo!
This week Heather and Amanda are joined by best friend Sarah Perry for a stimulating round table discussion on online dating. We share our different juicy stories, perspectives, cautionary tales and hopes for the future of responsible, conscious relationships in this rousing episode you won't want to miss!
Amanda and Heather are back with Season 2 of Semi-Woo! In this first of two episodes Amanda reveals amazing stories from her two months of travel to Mexico & Jamaica for major woo-woo action. Jump into our signature banter and joking with tales of visions quests, drum circles, dancing and life-changing magical mushroom ceremonies. The Women of Woo welcome you back into their adventures in this setup for a fabulous new season!
Heather swiped right on Tinder and scored a 3-Way interview on Semi-Woo with Sprout Love Martin and Yani Kramer of Intimacy Unleashed (true story)! We discuss Tantra, boundaries, online dating and authentic connection. These two host awesome events that center around Tantric tools like effective communication, connecting with your true potential and expanding and allowing pleasure. Yes, Yes, YEEEESS!!!
This week continues a Semi-Woo trifecta of amazing healers and practitioners. Suzanne Ragan Lentz is an energetic healer with an incredible herbal line called Botany of the Soul. She can also communicate with babies before they're born! We discuss herbs, chakras, other realms and waking up to the signs the universe provides us in this utmost of woo-woo episodes. We also discuss accepting our pasts while moving forward with our soul contract, our purpose. Buckle up and enjoy the ride!
Heather sits down with Vanessa Ainslie of Madrona House Apothecary + Healing Arts to discuss running a conscious business (and turning a profit from it). Vanessa has been sure of her path from the first inklings toward woo-woo; in childhood through massage school and on to becoming founder of one of Seattle's foremost healing arts collectives. That doesn't mean her journey to Now hasn't come without it's share of hard work, struggles and cautionary tales! Sit back and laugh with us as we discuss the moment where you get the call and the lifetime of moments spent answering it!
Venture back to when the Semi-Woo girls were Mini-Woo chubsters. Heather & Amanda grew up separately, but both as the fat kid in class. They quickly learned to laugh, joke and tap-dance away the hardships of being different. Remember when broccoli and a Bowflex were the answer? When anal leakage was the price you'd pay to fit into your skort? We do! Even if you’ve never been hopelessly stuck at the bottom of a teeter-totter, you understand the pangs of feeling like the odd man out.
This week Semi-Woo is proud to interview the High Priestess of fashion/rock&roll/yoga, Natasha Lady Krishna! She joins us in the studio for one wild ride of an interview. From a double-dare into joining the first Jivamukti Yoga Class in the NYC of the 80's to Willem Dafoe's advances and her weekly meditation classes in Seattle, Lady Krishna is an endless fount of incredible stories!
Semi-Woo special guest Rhiannon Trozzi Andreini joins us to discuss her unique work in the mental health field. She blossomed from her “angry kid” youth as a triple felon at 15 to an incredibly smart, successful, well-read holistic counselor. Rhiannon is deeply involved in changing mental health care in this country.
What do I bring? Where do I stay? Heather & Amanda have both traveled extensively and learned a ton along the way. Part 1 of this 2 part episode gets into some hot tips on long term travel: How to avoid bringing too much, items you won't find abroad, hostel-hotel-airbnb-oh my! Most importantly, we'll tell you how to enjoy the finer things on a traveler's budget!
