Warrior Goddess Revolution

HeatherAsh Amara

Let's get free. Free of shame. Free of fear. Free of limitations. Free to choose. Free to be the brightest, most audacious, brilliant, creative, present, connected, spacious warrior goddess you can be. Join HeatherAsh Amara, author of the bestselling book Warrior Goddess Training, and be inspired to claim your freedom... The freedom to make mistakes without punishing yourself endlessly. The freedom to laugh when you take something personally. The freedom to embody the patience you need to rewire your thinking. The freedom to do your best, without judgment. The freedom to find stillness in the chaos. The freedom to love yourself fully. The freedom to soar. Let the inner revolution begin. Let's get free and give back.

  1. How to Let Your Heart Heal You: Awakening the Wise Woman Within

    EPISODE 51

    How to Let Your Heart Heal You: Awakening the Wise Woman Within

    In this powerful and soul-nourishing conversation, HeatherAsh welcomes beloved teacher, osteopath, and shamanic guide, Cissi Williams, to the podcast. Together, they explore the profound teachings behind Cissi’s new book Your Heart Knows How to Heal You. Cissi shares the deeply personal story of her spiritual awakening after a heart attack, and how it led her into the mythic, embodied landscape of healing through the feminine. From witnessing ancestral wounding in the chambers of her heart to receiving fierce guidance from the Norse goddesses, Cissi offers a brave and beautiful roadmap for transforming pain into power. This episode is an invitation to stop trying to “fix” yourself—and instead begin listening with humility, reverence, and curiosity to the wisdom that already lives inside you. Key Themes Shamanic healing through the heartAncestral wisdom in the bodyFeminine descent & rebirthMyth as a guide for transformationListening to the soul, not fixing the selfAwakening the Wise Woman withinSurrender as spiritual practice About Cissi Cissi Williams is a Swedish-born Osteopath, Naturopath, and Shamanic Practitioner who bridges science and spirit through her work in energy medicine, mysticism, and Norse shamanic healing. Initiated as a Priestess of Freyja and Tradition Keeper of the Völva, she weaves together grounded bodywork, NLP, hypnosis, and soul-deep wisdom.  With over 25,000 healing sessions and a widely loved podcast and body of written work, Cissi has guided hundreds of thousands to connect with their inner knowing. Her ancestral roots span the Sami people of Lapland, the Vikings, and the ancient Celts. She now lives with her husband and two daughters in a small village in the Cotswolds, England. Her new book, Your Heart Knows How to Heal You: The Sacred Medicine of the Four Chambers of the Heart, is available now. Connect with Cissi Get Cissi’s book: Your Heart Knows How to Heal YouLearn more about Cissi: www.cissiwilliams.com

    52 min
  2. Untraining the Ego: Animals, Emotion, and Relational Healing

    EPISODE 53

    Untraining the Ego: Animals, Emotion, and Relational Healing

    In this episode of the Warrior Goddess Revolution, HeatherAsh Amara is joined by animal behavior expert, Jane Gerard, for a deeply moving conversation about trust, trauma, and transforming how we relate to animals—and ourselves. Jane shares her journey from surviving childhood violence to training dolphins and working with difficult dogs and horses, all through the lens of presence and positive reinforcement. Together, they explore how traditional dominance-based training mirrors patriarchal conditioning, and why shifting to curiosity, creativity, and consent not only supports animals but rewires us, too. If you’ve ever questioned the way we train animals—or lead our lives—this episode invites you to slow down, listen deeper, and co-create a new way forward. Episode Highlights: How childhood trauma shaped Jane’s rejection of dominance-based animal trainingThe difference between positive reinforcement and obedience-based methodsWhy your dog’s “bad behavior” isn’t defiance—it’s communicationHow training animals helps us unlearn control and reconnect with presenceWhat circle training is and why it’s a game-changer for reactive dogs Resources & Links: About Jane Gerard: Growing up in the Bahamas, Jane developed a lifelong passion for animals through experiences like swimming in the ocean and riding horses. This early connection to animals inspired her journey to becoming a certified dog trainer, which took her from the Bahamas to the UK, where she studied horse training and stable management with the British Horse Society. Jane has spent over 40 years honing her expertise as a certified dog trainer and master animal trainer on the global stage. Her professional certifications and practical experience make her one of the most qualified dog trainers in the region. Learn more: https://www.janetrains.com/

    1h 14m
  3. Relating, Not “Relationship”: Healing in Community with Michael Stone

    EPISODE 54

    Relating, Not “Relationship”: Healing in Community with Michael Stone

    HeatherAsh sits down with author and teacher, Michael Stone, to explore a compassionate, practical approach to trauma healing. Michael shares raw pieces of his story, from early childhood and family rupture to profound loss, and how those experiences became medicine for personal and collective awakening. We talk somatic work, ancestral repair, why “relating” matters more than “relationship,” and how community circles become engines of healing. If you’ve ever wondered where to start (or start again), this conversation offers a grounded path: soften, slow down, and let the body lead. Episode Highlights: Trauma is intelligence, not pathology. It’s the nervous system’s adaptive way of keeping us safe, and healing means gently feeling what was once too overwhelming.The body leads the way. Somatic practices, not talk alone, open the door to repair and integration.Healing thrives in relationship. Circles and community dissolve shame, reveal “me too” moments, and accelerate growth.We inherit more than eye color. Ancestral and collective trauma live in us too, and healing them shifts the larger field.Start simple. Softening and slowing down through meditation, nature, or gentle embodiment, are powerful first steps. Resources & Links: Michael's Website:https://www.welloflight.comTraumatized: A Love Story(book mentioned)Pocket Project / Social Witnessing (concept referenced by Michael)Family Constellations (Bert Hellinger; modality referenced)FiveRhythms / Gabrielle Roth (somatic movement lineage referenced)Contact Michael: Michael@welloflight.com

    44 min
  4. The Power of Not Knowing: Liminal Space, Devotion, and Inner Revolution

    EPISODE 55

    The Power of Not Knowing: Liminal Space, Devotion, and Inner Revolution

    In times of uncertainty, many of us feel disoriented — unsure of our roles, our medicine, or even what to call ourselves anymore. In this heartfelt, unscripted conversation, HeatherAsh sits down with longtime friend and teacher, Sarah Marshank, to explore what it means to live, lead, and practice in truly liminal times. Together, they reflect on devotion and boredom, grief and meditation, and the courage it takes to stay present in the unknown. Rather than trying to fix what’s broken, they invite us into a deeper relationship with prayer, presence, and the timeless web of life that connects us all. This episode is a gentle but powerful reminder that real transformation doesn’t come from control or certainty — it comes from listening, slowing down, and remembering who we are beneath our strategies. If you’re feeling exhausted or unsure, this conversation offers a grounded, compassionate place to rest and re-orient. Episode Highlights: Why so many helping professionals are in an identity crisis right nowThe difference between fixing and listeningLiminal times as an invitation, not a problem to solveHow boredom, grief, and stillness restore inner energyDevotion as conversation, not obligationWhy practice is a long-haul path, not a quick fixLetting go of specialness and discovering true uniquenessLearning to walk in the dark together without needing answers Resources & Links: Learn more about Sarah:https://selfistry.com/meet-sarah/Michael Meade's Podcast Episode: Bringing Back the LightJoanna Macy— Referenced for her teachings onThe Great Turning/ the “fourth turning,” which frame collapse and emergence as simultaneous processes within both individuals and collective systems. Meet Sarah Sarah Marshank is a spiritual cartographer for the modern human — a mystic with a map. Rooted in ancient wisdom and sharpened by lived experience, she weaves the sacred and the practical into a system (Selfistry) that helps humans not just wake up — but show up. She's part monk, part mentor, part philosopher-poet, guiding high-achieving seekers to peel back the layers of identity, embrace the non-dual, and meet life with an integrated and embodied presence. Whether leading retreats internationally, sparking inquiry in her clients, tending to her local community, or officiating weddings with reverence and wisdom, Sarah walks her talk. She’s not selling transformation — she’s offering a path to wholeness that doesn’t skip the mess.

    46 min
  5. EPISODE 56

    From Asking for Help to Changing Lives: Simone Gordon on Community and Survival

    Simone Gordon was a young single mother with a nonverbal autistic son and no job when she turned to Facebook and asked a simple question: can anyone help? Four women answered. One called a hospital. One paid off a community college debt. One showed up with a Chromebook. That small, improbable circle of women became the seed of the Black Fairy Godmother Foundation, and Simone has been building on it ever since. In this conversation, HeatherAsh and Simone talk about what it really took to go from desperate to determined, why the structure of giving matters as much as the giving itself, and how Simone learned — after a chronic illness, two volunteer deaths, and a public breakdown — that you cannot sustain a movement by running yourself into the ground. This one is worth sitting with. Simone's voice is steady and real, and there's a lot of truth in it about what women carry, what we're afraid to ask for, and what becomes possible when someone finally says: I see you. I care. Episode Highlights: How a Facebook post in 2016 started what would become a 10-year nonprofitWhy Medicaid puts children with disabilities to the bottom of hospital waitlists — and what Simone did about itThe thinking behind the wish list, the Christmas Angel program, and why dignity drives every program designWhat makes marginalized women say "no, thank you" to free help — and what that tells us about shameSimone's chronic illness, losing two close volunteers, and the moment she stopped being a people pleaserThe new rebrand: named programs, rest days, and giving flowers to the women who built it with herWhy three minutes of conversation can genuinely change someone's life Resources & Links: Learn more about Simone and the Black Fairy Godmother Foundation:theblackfairygodmother.orgFollow Simone on Instagram:@theblackfairygodmotherofficial Meet Simone Gordon Simone Gordon is the founder of the Black Fairy Godmother Foundation, a New Jersey-based 501(c)(3) that has distributed over $250,000 directly to families in need and served thousands of women since 2015. She has appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Good Morning America, and The Daily Blast LIVE. She is also a nursing student, a domestic violence survivor, and a mother — and she will tell you, without flinching, that none of those things are separate from each other.

    31 min
  6. Come Alive Out There: Jessie Krebs on Women, Wilderness, and What We Were Never Taught

    EPISODE 57

    Come Alive Out There: Jessie Krebs on Women, Wilderness, and What We Were Never Taught

    Jessie Krebs spent her early life escaping into the wilderness — not for adventure, but for safety. Childhood abuse, a body that didn't feel safe around people, a military career that taught her everything except how to trust herself. What the outdoors gave her was the one thing she couldn't find anywhere else: the feeling of just being a creature on the planet. In this conversation, HeatherAsh and Jessie talk about what really happens when women step into the wild — and why it's so much less about survival skills and so much more about remembering who they are. Jessie is a SERE instructor, wilderness therapy veteran, and Alone Season 9 contestant who has spent decades watching women walk into her programs with their eyes on the ground and walk out standing tall. They get into why women have been trained to see nature as dangerous, how patriarchy and fear of wilderness are the same story, what bow drill fire has to do with your emotional patterns, and why Jessie's three rules for surviving any emergency apply just as well to your life at home. Episode Highlights: How childhood sexual abuse sent Jessie outside — and why the wilderness was the only place that felt safeThe military, SERE training, and the unlikely path from introvert to instructorWhat wilderness therapy actually looks like — and what 11 years of it taught Jessie about masks, patterns, and healingWhy women arrive in Jessie's programs feeling incapable and what happens when someone puts a rope in their handsThe statistics nobody talks about: why the bear isn't what you should be afraid ofJessie's 46 days on Alone Season 9 and the TV show Braver for teensThe three survival rules that work in the backcountry and in your office: relax, signal, insulate Resources & Links: Learn more about Jessie and her courses:https://www.owlsskills.com/Follow Jessie on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/owls.skills/ Meet Jessie Krebs Jessie Krebs has spent her life finding her way back to the wild. What began as a child's escape from abuse became a calling — through 11 years as a wilderness therapy field guide, a career as an Air Force SERE instructor, and now as the founder of O.W.L.S. Skills (Outdoorsy Women Learning Survival), where she teaches women and underrepresented communities how to handle real emergencies in real wilderness. She has appeared on History's Alone Season 9 and National Geographic's Mygrations, taught on MasterClass, and leads everything from single-day courses to multi-week expeditions. Her guiding conviction: the wilderness doesn't judge — and in that freedom, people heal things they didn't even know needed healing.

    53 min
4.8
out of 5
28 Ratings

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Let's get free. Free of shame. Free of fear. Free of limitations. Free to choose. Free to be the brightest, most audacious, brilliant, creative, present, connected, spacious warrior goddess you can be. Join HeatherAsh Amara, author of the bestselling book Warrior Goddess Training, and be inspired to claim your freedom... The freedom to make mistakes without punishing yourself endlessly. The freedom to laugh when you take something personally. The freedom to embody the patience you need to rewire your thinking. The freedom to do your best, without judgment. The freedom to find stillness in the chaos. The freedom to love yourself fully. The freedom to soar. Let the inner revolution begin. Let's get free and give back.