On this episode, I am thrilled to speak with Rachel Roberts! Rachel is the author of LUPA, Wolf and Pantheon-The Romans, as well as a sacred dance teacher, Priestess, and the founder and creatrix of Wolf Woman Rising, a wisdom school where she empowers you to embody your wisdom, reclaim your authentic, wild, courageous self and create a life lived on purpose. Through online community, courses and training, as well as in-person retreats and workshops she initiates all in embodied mythology, nature alchemy & divine connection.

Rachel grew up Christian looking for the feminine face of religion but only found Mary Magedeline , Mary and even some female saints as representation. Later as she grew up she looked into her Welsh mythology and heritage. There she found Welsh Goddesses and deities. But her first real experience with the Goddess was with the Roman Goddess Minerva. She was drawn to Roman mythology. She got a degree in History and Religious Studies in college. She got her Master’s Degree in Heritage Management. There she learned how we interpret history and was very interested in how to bridge the gap between people knowing history and then interpreting it. Thus is part of her teachings now.

We chat about what Wolves or the Wolf symbol means to Rachel. She remembers Red Riding Hood the story when she was young and how she felt sorry for the Wolf rather than little Red Riding Hood. She was curious and a little scared of the Wolf. They represent the wild and undomesticated side of all of us she feels. That side of us that is free of limitations, conditions, judgements and shame which is our pure essence. We are all a bit scared of that side of ourselves and Rachel wanted to explore this further.

The Goddess LUPA of Rome has been her primary Wolf guide which is about the paradox about the predator yet the protective, caring mother Wolf. Rachel said LUPA appeared to her at a time in her life when she was laid off from her dream job and she was searching for meaning and purpose in her life. She was reading some ancient Roman text about the foundations of Rome when she came upon Lupa who was a pivotal character in early Rome. This story of Lupa resonated with Rachel and eventually she wrote her first book about LUPA- the She -Wolf of Rome.

We chat about her newest book Wolf: Untamed. Courageous. Empowered. An Inspirational Guide to Embodying Your Inner Wolf which is all aboutwolf wisdom, deities, mythology, ways to work with wolf spirit guides and how you can involve them on your spiritual path. Women especially when expectations, conditions are placed on us that we never get to access our wild powerful primal nature and reclaim it, embrace it and run with that wildness. It takes courage to do this for ourselves and we need the Wolf spirit to guide us. Even if we are or have to become the lone Wolf to discover ourselves and what our life’s purpose and path is - at any stage of life. But its equally important to find our pack- our community to find where we are valued. There are Wolf Goddess Spirits that we can explore and find wisdom from too.

Rachel founded/created Wolf WomanRising an online school where Rachel teaches online workshops and classes with her three pillars: courage, trust and authenticity. It weaves Wolf Wisdom from her books, nature magic and embodying Goddess energy.

Rachel takes us on a short guided meditation journey into the cav

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