Indigenous Wisdom with Julia Carmen

Julia Carmen
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Indigenous Wisdom is about opening yourself up and getting to know yourself better as a Human being on this Earth. In this podcast, Julia shares messages, channeled wisdom, and more to support your wisdom journey.

  1. Sep 23

    Indigenous Wisdom Archetypes: The Seer and Their Peeps

    Some archetypes can be cultivated. The Seer cannot — they arrive this way already, walking with their peeps, and stay that way their whole life. Julia Carmen returns to the archetype series with the Seer and their Peeps: those born already balancing the physical and non-physical worlds, in a constant, ever-flowing motion that never looks for a point of reference — because in the physical there isn't one. "Peeps" is Julia's generic word for whatever your own tradition calls this crew: ancestors, guides, angels, four-legged and winged ones — the group each Seer comes in with and walks beside for life. The Seer holds their past lives the way most of us can't: fully understood, never carried. They aren't leaders and they aren't followers, and their energy moves like a colorful, DNA-like spiral — unique to each person, the way no two snowflakes match. Unlike most archetypes in this series, the Seer can't be cultivated into. You either come in this way, or you don't. Their companion is Mother Dragonfly: inside of me is your life... you see, you are the mother — which Julia clarifies isn't literal parenthood, but the mother within yourself, the one doing the creating. If this isn't your archetype, look around — chances are good there's a Seer already in your life. Trust the quiet, still voice. That's how you'll know. Learn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides: Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul SelfEnroll in The Magical PapersListen to Mother Dragonfly's episodeExplore The School Without WallsProduction assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.

  2. Sep 16

    Indigenous Wisdom Conversations: Tending the Casita with Juliana Guerrero

    What is a casita, really — and what happens when it gets crowded with somebody else's stuff? Julia Carmen sits down again with her granddaughter Juliana Guerrero for another J&J, sparked by a question Juliana asked after their overculture conversation. A casita isn't a house — it's the place within each of us connected to the Soul Self of Being, what Julia has also called the little blue light since Juliana was small. It's a homing pigeon: wherever you go, it says, this is you. The two talk through what happens when a casita gets neglected or overrun with other people's stuff, and how Juliana found her way back to hers after a dark stretch in high school — asking herself what she actually wanted, rather than what she was told to want. Julia shares the question a friend once asked her that changed how she guards her own casita: if someone knocked at your door, would you just let them in? Boundaries, they agree, are a form of care, not withholding — and Julia is direct that if what you're carrying is more than a casita can hold on its own, get the professional support you need. Juliana offers her own tending practice — sun, a walk, a good cry, writing it down. Julia pulls a dragonfly card live on air with a message for anyone listening: rest in the sleep of yourself, and know that how will show itself in its own time. Links and resources: What is Soul Listening?Sleeping DragonflyPurple DragonflyLearn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides: Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul SelfEnroll in The Magical PapersExplore The School Without WallsProduction assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.

  3. Sep 2

    Indigenous Wisdom Archetypes: The Seeables

    What if the child in your life who doesn't quite fit the mold was never a mystery to solve, but an angel you were chosen to guide? Julia Carmen returns to the monthly archetype series with the Seeables — the new babies being born now, angels who have never taken human form before. They see without the veil: no past lives, no future to hold onto, only the Now, known within itself. They need guidance from the humans raising them, and the relationship runs both directions — as we help a Seeable learn to be human, they awaken us to the soul self, the alma of being. Julia shares something pointed for the parents, tías, tíos, and grandparents raising a Seeable while carrying their own ancestral wounds: these children did not come here to heal you. They came because they are love, unconditional love, here to walk beside you. The companion for this archetype is the Night Rainbow dragonfly, carried by Makua, the male healer: be not afraid of the night, because that is when the rainbow shows its truth. He hides from the all until we're ready to see him, and shows himself only to the brave who move into the night of self. Share this with someone raising a little one who sees. Learn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides: Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul SelfEnroll in The Magical PapersExplore The School Without WallsProduction assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.

  4. Aug 19

    Indigenous Wisdom Conversations: What the Body Knows with Catherine Gairard

    What happens to the parts of us that don't go away when someone we love leaves? This is Part Two of Julia Carmen's conversation with Catherine Gairard, harpist and musician carrying a lineage both French and Peruvian. Catherine's mother passed away earlier this year, and what she's experienced since isn't grief in the usual sense. Julia meets her here freshly grieving her own loss, and shares a moment of very human, unscripted grief of her own. Together, they explore knowing the truth of the soul self doesn't cancel out the body's need to feel its pain.Links & Resources: Catherine's music and work Learn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides: Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul SelfEnroll in The Magical PapersExplore The School Without WallsProduction assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.

  5. Aug 5

    Indigenous Wisdom Archetypes: The Bastards

    What if the thing that makes you feel like the odd one out is actually your royalty? In this month's archetype episode, Julia Carmen sits with the "Bastards" — and puts the name in quotes on purpose. The dictionary root simply means something of a different shape or size than usual for its kind. Different from the mold, and nothing more. The Bastards are solid and unmovable, like a warrior — the pillars who hold up the king and the queen, taking on the frequency and vibration of whoever they support. Julia shares a story from a retreat in Montana, where her granddaughter Juliana was identified as a lead Bastard and was, at first, genuinely upset by the word. Months later, working through what the archetype meant, she made changes in her life she never thought she'd make. The teaching underneath it: the Bastards think they're the outsiders, the ones set apart. That feeling is an illusion — they are from royalty. Discernment goes both ways, and the Bastard's work is turning it inward, toward their own worth. The companion for this episode is the Jasper dragonfly, a rascal, a coyote, the Trickster, whose message is simple: go ahead and chase me, you'll never catch me, but you can try. If you've ever felt like the different shape, the odd one out — the invitation is to see the royalty in you. The different shape was never a flaw. It's the blueprint. Learn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides: Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul SelfEnroll in The Magical PapersSchedule a free Cafecito y Chisme Call with JuliaExplore The School Without WallsProduction assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.

  6. Jul 29

    Indigenous Wisdom Conversations: The Soul Beneath the Overculture with Juliana Guererro

    Where did the word "overculture" come from — and why do we still need it? In this J&J conversation, Julia Carmen and her granddaughter Juliana Guerrero trace the word back to Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés (Women Who Run With the Wolves) and Dr. Magda Permut's essay "On Overculture." Together they define it: whatever dominant force runs a family, a classroom, or a country — the hierarchy everyone quietly agrees to without questioning. Juliana, a high school teacher, uses the word with her students to talk about colonization. Julia shares the overculture she grew up inside — one that dictated marrying young and starting a family early — and reads a poem she wrote, "The Me and the Others," about being a fair-skinned Mexicana whose own brown children have called her a "white Mexican." They close on what it costs to keep explaining yourself so others feel comfortable, and where that explaining should end. The overculture didn't invent us, and it doesn't get the last word — underneath it is the Indigenous soul, older than any grid placed over it. Learn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides: Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul SelfEnroll in The Magical PapersSchedule a free Cafecito y Chisme Call with JuliaExplore The School Without WallsProduction assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.

  7. Jul 22

    Indigenous Wisdom Archetypes: The Lovers

    What if the Lovers were never about who they see, but who they've forgotten to look at — themselves? In this month's archetype episode, Julia Carmen sits with the Lovers, and the first thing she does is set down the assumption — this archetype isn't about romance. It's about unconditional love, for self and for others. A Lover is always balanced, made up of a divine heart and a soul — an alma. They know how to self-soothe, and they know what they want, always. This love isn't something to obtain, Julia teaches — it's already inside. Archetypes come from the nonphysical realm of being, where there's no right or wrong, only frequency and vibration. Like fish that don't know they're in water, we often don't recognize we're already swimming in it. What stands in the way is judgment — the judgment we hold of ourselves. Soul work is remembrance, not reinvention. The companion for this episode is the Kissing dragonfly, and their message is playful, a little cheeky: Yes is the answer. Kiss me once, kiss me twice, then kiss me once again. It's been a long, long time since you did that. Kiss your own life again. Resources to explore: Louis Armstrong — "It's Been a Long, Long Time" — https://youtu.be/rGsRUZD2yQM Enroll in The Magical PapersLearn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides: Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul SelfSchedule a free Cafecito y Chisme Call with JuliaExplore The School Without WallsProduction assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.

  8. Jul 15

    Indigenous Wisdom Conversations: The Voice You Already Have with Julie Williams

    What does it take to trust a yes before the mind can explain it? Julie Williams — scientist, healer, educator, and founder of Consciousness Medicine — returns to the show. Along with their conversation today, Julie tells us about her new book, Om La La: The Power of Positivity Guidebook, a collaboration with twenty-four authors and featuring a forward from Julia. Julie and Julia talk about how Julie actually knows what's true for her — a kinesthetic yes that starts low in the belly — and about Gabe, Julie's dog of eighteen years, to whom the book is dedicated. Her chapter, "My Dog Is My Guru," traces a family constellation session where Gabe's presence, brought in as a resource, shifted the whole room. From there, the conversation widens: what women build with each other that's hard to build elsewhere, why "why" keeps you circling a problem while "what if" opens a door, and the four principles Julie calls the power of positivity — presence, perception, possibility, and practice. Connect with Julie: Website: www.consciousness-medicine.com Podcast: Healing Codes Instagram: @juliewilliamshealing Facebook: @consciousnessmedicine Episode 88 — Seeing the Divine and the Potential in Everyone with Julie Williams Learn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides: Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul SelfEnroll in The Magical PapersSchedule a free Cafecito y Chisme Call with JuliaExplore The School Without WallsProduction assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.

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