In this beautiful closing episode of Season 2, Karen and Rosy welcome circle sister and Rising Connected facilitator Amy Mullery — the very first Scottish voice on the podcast and a woman whose journey with circle work has touched both of our hearts deeply.

Together, we explore why Women's Circles are transforming lives, how the Rising Connected framework, and especially the 8 Agreements, creates profound emotional safety, and why being witnessed in authenticity is one of the most powerful catalysts for healing.

Amy shares:

• How becoming a Weleda Wellbeing Advisor connected her to Karen’s community
• How joining Joey’s online circles with babes in arms became a lifeline
• How circle work helped her rediscover her voice, leadership and balance

Season 2 threads — community, belonging, authenticity, emotional regulation, feminine wisdom and healing the sister wound — remind us:

We are stronger together.

Takeaways:

• Circle is a practice of showing up for yourself
• Being witnessed is healing
• The feminine way is rising
• Deep healing happens collectively
• The pause is where clarity arrives
• We are mending the sister wound together
• Circle wisdom is moving into workplaces
• Community is medicine

References Mentioned

• Rising Connected: Joey Walters
• The 8 Agreements (Authenticity, Awareness, Responsibility, Purpose, Wellbeing, Relatedness, Heartmind, Integrity)
• The Heart Seat process
• Broughton Hall & the Science and Consciousness Conference (WYRD)
• Dr Alan Watkins & emotional self-regulation
• The Japanese concept of ma — the sacred pause
• Jude Currivan — unified consciousness & interconnectedness
• The Healing Space to Blossom online program
• Weleda Wellbeing Advisor community

Chapters

• 00:00 — Welcoming Amy and the story of how we all met
• 02:30 — Discovering community through Weleda & the online circles
• 05:00 — Showing up imperfectly: babies, darkness, exhaustion
• 06:00 — The power of authenticity
• 08:30 — Facilitating safety in circle and the softening that follows
• 10:00 — Fun, joy and celebration in women’s circles
• 12:00 — Amy’s profound grief shift at Broughton
• 14:00 — Losing yourself in motherhood and finding yourself again
• 16:30 — The Japanese concept of ma: the magic in the pause
• 18:00 — Creativity, clarity and slowing down
• 20:00 — The science of witnessing and energy
• 23:00 — Feminine power and rising consciousness
• 26:00 — Heart Seats and the art of holding space
• 29:00 — Healing, belonging and reclaiming the feminine
• 31:00 — The sister wound: where it came from and how we heal it
• 36:00 — The call toward unity, connection and collective energy
• 38:00 — Women’s circles in the workplace
• 44:00 — Circles as catharsis: lightness after expression
• 48:00 — Amy’s vision for circle leadership and community
• 50:00 — Closing reflections: community as the golden thread of Season 2

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