Episodes 268
Avg. Duration 43m
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Apple Rating 4.9 (445)
Since Jan 2019
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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I come from women who survived by shrinking. I tried that too—made my life neat, made my voice polite, made my longing a private hobby. It didn’t hold. I was raised by an alcoholic Lakota runaway and discipled by a cult that told me holiness was obedience. My body knew better. It kept humming: there is a wilder, kinder way. These days I practice a daily liturgy of listening—intuitive, erotic, embarrassingly tender. I mother four bright beings and the girl inside me who wanted to be free. I teach self-worth as sacrament, boundaries as mercy, and desire as a compass you can trust. My God is love. My work is remembering. My offering is a rebel’s theology of transformation—usable, embodied, just dangerous enough to set you honest.

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Considering the Mental Load

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Felicia reflects on the question, “Why did you get divorced?” and traces an answer through embodied pleasure, the deadness she refused, and the ways women’s sexuality is outsourced and commodified.…

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Halloween, divorce, and the everyday test of wills. In this tender solo, Felicia invites us into the messy middle—the school parade you weren’t ready for, the “you’re so strong” comments that land…

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258// Can Eroticism and Safety Co- Exist? With Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

Oct 31, 2023 46m

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257//Magic Moment Are You Over Identifying With Your Role As Mother?

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In this mini episode Felica helps us think about how we take on our role as mother. It is a blessing for all the women we have been and a challenge to shed our over identification with our labels.…

256 // Our Favorite Value Aligning Techniques for Intentional Parenting {Best of}

Oct 24, 2023 1h 1m

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255// Facing Our Fear {Best of}

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254// Creating Roots Through Family Traditions {Best Of}

Oct 10, 2023 46m

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