In this fourth solo episode I share the details of the journey that I have been guiding women through for the past decade; it is the journey of moving from the mind into the heart, and living and loving from there. This is a journey that I call SOFTEN.

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"Until and unless we are able to exalt our our inner masculine, we will never be able to birth the fullness of our feminine, the fullness of our Shakti." This Erica Jade quote, along with David Deida's book "The Way of the Superior Man" were the inspiration for my personal journey of softening and opening as love. And my personal journey has inspired the full offering that I share now with my heart work.

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In this episode I share the details of this journey: the pre-requisite of inner masculine exploration and exalting (inspired by Jade's quote) and the three intimate circles of sisterhood that follow which give us the wisdom, the embodiment and the inspiration to soften and to open as the Love that we are.

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I could not be the woman that I am without my own precious teachers, and without the work and words of these teachers as living wisdom for what I practice, embody and teach. I am a forever student on this path of love and devotion.

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If this episode gives you a tingle, you can find all of the details of the SOFTEN Journey on my website here: www.patricia-russo.com, or please feel free to send me an email or comment on this episode: patricia@wholehealedholy.com.

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If you are listening, and you are on the SOFTEN Journey with me, thank you, thank you, thank you for being here with me and for the heart, love, medicine and texture that you bring into each circle and to this journey with me. If this journey has touched you, please comment below and/or share this episode with a sister that you love.

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About your host:

Patricia Russo is a Mystic, Muse and Spiritual Teacher guiding women into their hearts with a journey of Softening. She’s a published poet, a lover of hearts, and a forever student. . Find her work here: www.wholehealedholy.com Find her on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/wholehealedholy. Join her free monthly membership here: soften-sanctuary.mn.co . If you felt a tingle listening to this episode, please leave a comment. If you are enjoying the podcast, please leave a 5-star review. And, I would greatly appreciate your help sharing this podcast with other listeners who might enjoy it too. Thank you!

Join me for a tender but important conversation about death and dying, the conscious way. Today I'm joined by Carla, a Death Doula and Midwife who has helped to guide many people on this journey.

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Carla is the owner of A Venerated Death: End of Life. She is an End-of-Life Coach, Death Doula & Midwife, Home Funeral Guide and Funeral Celebrant. Carla received both of her End of Life Coaching & Death Doula certifications through her course work with the Conscious Dying Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Carla also studied under Olivia Bareham from Sacred Crossings in LA, where she was given the wisdom and tools to help advocate and support families wanting to give their loved ones the sacred art of home funerals and after body care. Carla also received her Funeral Celebrant Certificate through her course work with Olivia as well.

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Carla is a volunteer at Denver Hospice where she continues to learn and expand her understanding and experiences working with the dying. This work and the wisdom it holds is and will be a lifelong journey for Carla and she is always continuing to broaden her learning, education, and knowledge in the Death Doula field.

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Carla hosts a monthly Death Discussion and a Parent Loss Grief Circle for individuals like herself that have lost a parent in their 20's and 30's. She is passionate about normalizing the topic of death and dying in everyday conversations. Carla has sat bedside to many people in their final days and her hope is to help her community bring death back to its scared place through her End-of-Life Care Service offerings. Carla meets people within this part of life with a radical presence of non-judgment, support and a bold vulnerability.

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To deepen in with Carla Torres Davis you can find her on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/carla_thanadoula and here www.instagram.com/a_venerated_death and her work can be found online here: www.avenerateddeath.com . About your host:

Patricia Russo is a Mystic, Muse and Spiritual Teacher guiding women into their hearts with a journey of Softening. She’s a published poet, a lover of hearts, and a forever student. . Find her work here: www.wholehealedholy.com Find her on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/wholehealedholy. Join her free monthly membership here: soften-sanctuary.mn.co . If you felt a tingle listening to this episode, please leave a comment. If you are enjoying the podcast, please leave a 5-star review. And, I would greatly appreciate your help sharing this podcast with other listeners who might enjoy it too. Thank you!

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What a beautiful honor it was to host Jasmine for this conversation of the heart. We talk about her spiritual journey and her relationship with sacred blood as a medium for her art, and about the movement for this art that she is single-handedly leading.

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“I dream to experience in this lifetime the manifestation of millions of Gods and Goddesses on Earth.”

. Jasmine Alicia Carter is a Menstrual Artist, Woman Embodiment Mentor, Wife, Mother of 2 and founder of Sacred Woman: a world-class brand devoted to empowering and inspiring women to return to a state of holistic balance, supporting them in embodying their authentic feminine nature to live a healthy, womb-centered and meaningful life.

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Sacred Woman also has an online boutique that offers women's care products and sacred pleasure tools to awaken and celebrate the sacred sexual expression of the female body. Jasmine’s favorite way to share feminine wisdom is drawing with her menstrual blood, a sacred art that she's been spreading across the world since 2016. Her work, which has gone viral all over the world and has been featured on major news platforms, led to the creation of a non-profit organization called Menstrual Art Movement that counts thousands of women and bleeders world-wide who embraced their periods as a source of empowerment and healing.

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To deepen in with Jasmine Alicia Carter you can find her on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/jasminealiciacarter and here www.instagram.com/menstralartmovement and her work can be found online here: www.sacredwoman.com . About your host:

Patricia Russo is a Mystic, Muse and Spiritual Teacher guiding women into their hearts with a journey of Softening. She’s a published poet, a lover of hearts, and a forever student. . Find her work here: www.wholehealedholy.com Find her on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/wholehealedholy. Join her free monthly membership here: soften-sanctuary.mn.co . If you felt a tingle listening to this episode, please leave a comment. If you are enjoying the podcast, please leave a 5-star review. And, I would greatly appreciate your help sharing this podcast with other listeners who might enjoy it too. Thank you!