Wider Circles Podcast

Mariah Raven | Singing Wolf

Join Mariah Raven (Singing Wolf)—healing mama, shamanic practitioner, holistic healer, and suicide-prevention advocate—as she explores holistic mental health, ancestral and nervous system healing, gender-inclusive womb work, spirituality, witchcraft, shadow integration, and the rising sacred feminine. Wider Circles offers truth, remembrance, community, and deep healing. Connect on IG: @widercircles_ @singingwolf_. Here we honor the messy, mystical, human journey and welcome you home to the circle.

  1. JAN 21

    We Were Never Meant to Heal Alone

    We Were Never Meant to Heal Alone Healing isn’t meant to be done in isolation. In this episode, we explore the quiet cost of carrying everything on our own — survival mode, being “the strong one,” and the loneliness that can keep old wounds alive long after the crisis has passed. This is a conversation about what changes when we are witnessed…when safety is felt in the body…when the nervous system softens…and when tenderness and softness are finally allowed to return. Inside this episode, we reflect on: Isolation culture and why it keeps us stuck Survival mode and the invisible exhaustion it creates The burden of always being “the strong one” How being witnessed allows real healing to begin Why healing happens in relationship, not perfection You’ll also hear about two sacred spaces created to support this work: ✨ Wider Circles Temple — an ongoing membership container for those longing for consistent support, reflection, and community while healing unfolds slowly and honestly. 🕯 Light Up the Darkness — a winter gathering and ceremony for anyone carrying heavy things, offering a space to come as you are and remember that light grows when it’s shared. 👐🏼 Sacred Inspirations Conscious Community — A sacred circle for soul-aligned beings of all genders to share wisdom, healing, art, and heart-centered inspiration. Here we honor intuitive expression, spiritual growth, ancestral connection, and community over competition. This is a gentle space to uplift, support, and witness each other’s unfolding journeys. ❤️‍🔥 Wider Circles- Hudson Valley Healing Circle — A trauma-informed, heart-led community for women and female-identifying souls. We gather in gentle, sacred circle to support ancestral healing, holistic womb wellness, and divine feminine restoration—including the sister wound, mother wound, and inherited patterns carried in the body. This is a space of safety, consent, compassion, and remembrance—where healing happens together, at your own pace. This episode closes with a short guided meditation inviting you to feel — not just know — the truth that you don’t have to do this alone. You are not broken for needing support.You are not weak for wanting to be held.And you were never meant to heal alone. ✨ Details for Wider Circles Temple will be coming up in next weeks episode. Until next week — I love you, for real.Now go take up space. 🖤

    25 min
  2. JAN 7

    Still Standing — From Survival to Sacred The Year Everything Changed: When Life Breaks You Open, What I Lost, What I Built Instead, and How I’m Rebuilding from the Ashes as a Mother, Mystic, and Human

    Last year, my life fell apart in ways I never could have planned for.I lost things I thought I would carry forever — and in the wreckage, I found myself. This episode isn’t about the details of what happened.It’s about what I built instead. It’s about rebuilding from the ashes as a mother, a mystic, and a human being.It’s about what happens when life breaks you open — and the quiet strength that grows in that space. If you’ve ever had to begin again with a shattered heart and trembling hands,if you’ve ever survived a year that changed everything,this conversation is for you. —————————————————————- If this episode resonated with you, I’d be so grateful if you’d take a moment to leave a review, share it with your friends, and help this message reach anyone who might need it right now. Every share truly matters. Healing is possible for you.You are not broken.You are worthy of the time, the effort, and the love it takes to rebuild. Be gentle with yourself.Don’t measure your journey against someone else’s timeline or version of success.Perfection isn’t relatable — but your truth is. Honor every part of you:the beautiful, the messy, the human, and the sacred. Until next week… I love you, for real.Now go take up space. —————————————————————- To work with me, go here: FeatherclawCreates.MyShopify.com My Instagram: Wider Circles ; FeatherclawCreates ; ComeUnityEventsNY Wider Circles Private Womens FB Group Sacred Inspirations Private FB Group —————————————————————- Intro / Outro Music- Wild Woman by Anna Diorio, Medusa the Gangsta Goddess, and Grandmother Kaariina. —————————————————————- If you or someone you know is in crisis, please text or call 988; chatline988lifeline.org. Help, hope, and healing are possible, and you are worth the effort. The world is a better place with you in it.

    41 min
  3. 01/06/2025

    Welcome 2025 + Announcements for January

    If you liked what you heard, please leave a like, review, and share with your frenz. This helps get the podcast out there for those who may need to hear this too!  And remember, there will be times when we feel like we've fallen back a few steps, or we feel like we're regressing in our healing, or our actions aren't aligned with our words 100% of the time. These things will come up. Situations arise to show us how we can meet ourselves with more compassion and give whatever version of ourselves that is hurting what it needs. No, you shouldn't give up. Yes, healing IS possible for you. No, you aren't broken. Yes, you are worth the effort. And another thing, it's perfectly okay to take a break from actively looking at and healing every little thing. Rest and integration are so important and, honestly, non-negotiable to our true healing journey. So be kind with yourself, don't compare yourself to someone else's journey and "success", and keep in mind that perfection isn't relatable. Be you. Honor all of your sides- the beautiful, the messy, the human, the sacred. Until next week, I love you forreal- now go take up space! —————————————————————- To work with me, go here: FeatherclawCreates.MyShopify.com My Instagram: FeatherclawCreates ; SingingWolf_ ; WiderCircles_ ⁠Wider Circles⁠ - private sacred sisterhood holistic healing community Join our January 2025 New Moon Circle here: New Moon in Aquarius & Lunar New Year Circle   —————————————————————- Beyond Clouds- HELP AUNTIE GET JUSTICE FOR MY COUSIN, MURIYD TWO CLOUDS WILLIAMS’ MURDER —————————————————————- Meditation Music- contained music from Hymn of Healing by Beautiful Chorus Intro / Outro Music- Wild Woman by Anna Diorio, Medusa the Gangsta Goddess, and Grandmother Kaariina. —————————————————————- If you or someone you know is in crisis, please text or call 988; chatline 988lifeline.org. Help, hope, and healing are possible, and you are worth the effort. The world is a better place with you in it. 3

    36 min
  4. 11/21/2024

    Seasonal Sadness, Support, & Self Care

    If you liked what you heard, please leave a like, review, and share with your frenz. This helps get the podcast out there for those who may need to hear this too! And remember, there will be times when we feel like we've fallen back a few steps, or we feel like we're regressing in our healing, or our actions aren't aligned with our words 100% of the time. These things will come up. Situations arise to show us how we can meet ourselves with more compassion and give whatever version of ourselves that is hurting what it needs. No, you shouldn't give up. Yes, healing IS possible for you. No, you aren't broken. Yes, you are worth the effort. And another thing, it's perfectly okay to take a break from actively looking at and healing every little thing. Rest and integration are so important and, honestly, non-negotiable to our true healing journey. So be kind with yourself, don't compare yourself to someone else's journey and "success", and keep in mind that perfection isn't relatable. Be you. Honor all of your sides- the beautiful, the messy, the human, the sacred. Until next week, I love you forreal- now go take up space! —————————————————————- To work with me, go here: FeatherclawCreates.MyShopify.com My Instagram: FeatherclawCreates ; SingingWolf_ ⁠Wider Circles⁠ - private sacred sisterhood holistic healing community Join our Virtual Sister Circle here: Live & Let Go ⁠Warwick Cares ⁠- Mental health crisis and suicide prevention initiative —————————————————————- Beyond Clouds- HELP AUNTIE GET JUSTICE FOR MY COUSIN, MURIYD TWO CLOUDS WILLIAMS —————————————————————- Intro / Outro Music- Wild Woman by Anna Diorio, Medusa the Gangsta Goddess, and Grandmother Kaariina. —————————————————————- If you or someone you know is in crisis, please text or call 988; chatline 988lifeline.org. Help, hope, and healing are possible, and you are worth the effort. The world is a better place with you in it.

    39 min
  5. 11/13/2024

    The Sister Wound & Sister Circles

    If you liked what you heard, please leave a like, review, and share with your frenz. This helps get the podcast out there for those who may need to hear this too!! And remember, there will be times when we feel like we've fallen back a few steps, or we feel like we're regressing in our healing, or our actions aren't aligned with our words 100% of the time. These things will come up. Situations arise to show us how we can meet ourselves with more compassion and give whatever version of ourselves that is hurting what it needs. No, you shouldn't give up. Yes, healing IS possible for you. No, you aren't broken. Yes, you are worth the effort. And another thing, it's perfectly okay to take a break from actively looking at and healing every little thing. Rest and integration are so important and, honestly, non-negotiable to our true healing journey. So be kind with yourself, don't compare yourself to someone else's journey and "success", and keep in mind that perfection isn't relatable. Be you. Honor all of your sides- the beautiful, the messy, the human, the sacred. Until next week, I love you forreal- now go take up space! —————————————————————- To work with me, go here: FeatherclawCreates.com My Instagram: FeatherclawCreates ; SingingWolf_ ⁠Wider Circles⁠ - private sacred sisterhood holistic healing community Join our Virtual Sister Circle here: Live & Let Go ⁠—————————————————————- Beyond Clouds- HELP AUNTIE GET JUSTICE FOR MY COUSIN, TWO CLOUDS WILLIAMS —————————————————————- Intro / Outro Music- Wild Woman by Anna Diorio, Medusa the Gangsta Goddess, and Grandmother Kaariina. —————————————————————- If you or someone you know is in crisis, please text or call 988; chatline 988lifeline.org. Help, hope, and healing are possible, and you are worth the effort. The world is a better place with you in it.

    21 min
  6. 11/03/2024

    Hummingbird

    If you liked what you heard, please leave a like, review, and share with your frenz. This helps get the podcast out there for those who may need to hear this too! Remember, there will be times when we feel like we've fallen back a few steps, or we feel like we're regressing in our healing, or our actions aren't aligned with our words 100% of the time. These things will come up. Situations arise to show us how we can meet ourselves with more compassion and give whatever version of ourselves that is hurting what it needs. No, you shouldn't give up. Yes, healing IS possible for you. No, you aren't broken. Yes, you are worth the effort. And another thing, it's perfectly okay to take a break from actively looking at and healing every little thing. Rest and integration are so important and, honestly, non-negotiable to our true healing journey. So be kind with yourself, don't compare yourself to someone else's journey and "success", and keep in mind that perfection isn't relatable. Be you. Honor all of your sides- the beautiful, the messy, the human, the sacred. Until next week, I love you forreal- now go take up space! —————————————————————- To work with me, go here: FeatherclawCreates.com My Instagram: FeatherclawCreates ; SingingWolf_ ; WiderCircles_ ⁠Wider Circles⁠ - private sacred sisterhood holistic healing community Join us in Magick 101 here: https://featherclawcreates.myshopify.com/products/magick-101-with-luna-willow-mariah-raven ⁠Warwick Cares ⁠- Mental health crisis and suicide prevention initiative —————————————————————- Beyond Clouds- HELP AUNTIE GET JUSTICE FOR MY COUSIN, MURIYD TWO CLOUDS WILLIAMS —————————————————————- Intro / Outro Music- Wild Woman by Anna Diorio, Medusa the Gangsta Goddess, and Grandmother Kaariina. —————————————————————- If you or someone you know is in crisis, please text or call 988; chatline 988lifeline.org. Help, hope, and healing are possible, and you are worth the effort. The world is a better place with you in it. 3

    27 min

Ratings & Reviews

5
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3 Ratings

About

Join Mariah Raven (Singing Wolf)—healing mama, shamanic practitioner, holistic healer, and suicide-prevention advocate—as she explores holistic mental health, ancestral and nervous system healing, gender-inclusive womb work, spirituality, witchcraft, shadow integration, and the rising sacred feminine. Wider Circles offers truth, remembrance, community, and deep healing. Connect on IG: @widercircles_ @singingwolf_. Here we honor the messy, mystical, human journey and welcome you home to the circle.