Creating MotherCulture through Circle with Jessica Connolly

In this episode, Jessica Connolly and I dig into what it means to create MotherCulture and how the power of circle is the perfect vehicle. Jessica is the co-facilitator of MotherCircle designed by Kimberly Ann Johnson and helped to distill the work into the arc of the course. She has been leading with Kimberly this past year in both MotherCircle itself (an eight-week-long online course that takes the participant on a journey exploring much-needed discussion around areas such as myth, cycles, body, sex, money and so much more as well as co-teaching in the MotherCircle Facilitator training. I have participated in both and highly recommend you check out the resources provided if this speaks to you.

Jessica is a mother of four daughters, something we both agreed in this conversation is a calling unto itself. She describes how her transition into motherhood, shortly after grad school, took her into her own process of defining what womanhood meant to her and how she could guide her daughters on this path often left for a girl to figure out on her own without much of a roadmap. These explorations and having three more daughters led her into areas such as doula work, women's work, and creating and participating in circles that honor transitions and allow participants of all ages to give voice to the changes that are occurring.

Jessica offers a rich conversation that includes some of my favorite things including poetry, prayer, myth, and the tender and raw reflections that come from two mothers talking with a shared passion for motherhood as a soul journey. We talk about how mothers can be better served and honored in the rite of passage from maiden to mother and beyond.

I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed participating. Please share or leave a review - it really means so much. You can find me at www.soulmavenhood.com, but I mostly hang out on my new IG account @soulmavenhood

Resources:

Instagram

@mother.circle

@moon.daughters

@kimberly.ann.johnson

Website

mothercircle.com

Mother Blessing Checklist - Free Resource!

Poem Read by Jessica

Mary Magdalene’s Blessing by: Jan Richardson

If you liked this conversation and are curious about the archetypes, particularly the Maiden, Mother, VIRGIN, and Crone I encourage you to listen to episode 4 with Sil Reynolds who talks more about this and will also be guest teaching a class in this round of MotherCircle.