The (re)Sourced Woman Podcast
By Briony Montgomery
The (re)Sourced Woman PodcastJan 11, 2021
Healing Grief & Trauma with Carissa Rodgers
In episode 13 of the podcast, I talk with Carissa Rodgers, a heart-centred Somatic Psychotherapist, Counsellor, Stress & Trauma Therapist, and Self-Compassion Coach. She is also the Co-Founder & Director of Wide Bay Counselling & Psychotherapy. . In this rich and powerful conversation, we talk about embodiment and its importance in healing trauma and grief. This is an inspiring and thought-provoking conversation.
In this conversation we unpack
:: The journey of trauma work
:: Feelings and embodiment
:: Nervous system
:: Seeking meaning and purpose
:: Trauma as a sacred gateway
:: Finding our deepest gifts through our trauma
:: Deep inner longing
:: Holding space for others particularly in grief
:: Unpacking and finding a place for grief in life
:: Grief as an everyday transitional change
:: Reconnecting with community to process grief
:: Connecting with our grief blueprint
:: How to feel supported in grief
:: The mystery and treasures of grief
Carissa holds qualifications in community services and completed her Master's degree in Gestalt Psychotherapy. She is also a Somatic Experiencing and Somatic Practice (touch for trauma) practitioner. All these methods are based deeply on neuroscience and the science of the nervous system to heal and move toward wellbeing.
Before entering private practice, Carissa spent over 12 years as a Counsellor and Community Educator serving a diverse range of people in community services. Of particular note, she played an instrumental role in helping her community recover from the trauma of successive floods through the development of workshops and the creation of a workbook for women to support their recovery process.
Through Wide Bay Counselling & Psychotherapy Carissa supports workplaces and organisations with Employee Assistance Programs, critical incident response and supervision for counsellors and helping professionals. Her specialised contracts include providing counselling, supervising and training for the Queensland Ambulance and Queensland Fire services.
You can connect with Carissa at https://carissarodgers.com/
Inclusivity, Ancestors & Privilege with Louise O'Reilly
In Episode 12 of The (re)Sourced Woman Podcast I sat with Louise O'Reilly a 'Warrwa-Noongar Aboriginal woman who focuses on cultural inclusion, diversity and anti-racism work for individuals and businesses from the inside out.'
From personal and professional experience I believe that anti-racism and inclusivity is the self-growth work for our times and one of the greatest resources we can tap into within.
In this inspiring call, we unpack
:: How inclusivity begins within
:: Owning our Ancestors and their stories
:: How Inclusivity and Allyship is the self-growth work of our times
:: Inclusivity in Australia
:: How to teach our children inclusivity
She also offers some beautiful resources to create more inclusivity and allyship in and around your life.
This really is an episode not to be missed.
You can check out Louise's work at https://louiseoreilly.com.au/
You can also join her free Facebook group, The Inclusion & Diversity Creators Community
Music by Finn Holleman
Contact briony@brionymontgomery.com
https://www.brionymontgomery.com
The Death Mother Archetype
The Death Mother Archetype, which was first coined by Marion Woodman, can be confronting and debilitating. But when we move closer to this Archetype we dispel the idealised and idolised way that our culture, ancestors and familial landscape continue to feed and shape us from this Archetype. We can begin to bring healing, alchemy, self-compassion and acceptance to the human-ness of being a mother and woman.
Music by Finn Holleman
Contact briony@brionymontgomery.com
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Alignment & Unlocking the Potential Within with Kerry Rowett
Aligning with who you Are goes much deeper than aligning with what you want, it brings you into connection with the power of life itself. When we align with who we are and tap into this resource within and around us we unlock the potential within.
In episode 10 I talk with Kerry Rowett from Align and Attract we talk about all things alignment, trusting in the self, weaving business and motherhood together and being a Mama. Unlocking the Potential we all have within us when we are aligned and resourced within.
Kerry openly shares how she came to work as a Kinesiologist, to creating the successful Align and Attract program and how this has been refined since becoming a mama.
You can find Kerry's work & purchase her book at: https://www.alignandattract.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/kerryrowett/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/awakenkinesiology
Music composed: Finn Holleman
briony@brionymontgomery.com
Finding Joy through Grief
In our culture, we are taught to avoid grief, compartmentalizing its presence and placing expectations for this space to look, feel and be a certain way. Grief is a skill to be learnt and if embraced it can be a powerful portal into joy.
In this episode, I explore grief and how we can support this emotion in our day to day. Sharing through my own initiation into grief and how this passageway became a powerful time of reclamation and self-exploration. Believing that grief is an untapped resource within, where deep healing and transformation can take place.
Music Composed & Performed by Finn Holleman
Reference to Stephen Jenkinson's movie "GriefWalker'
The Alchemy of Waiting & Listening with Chameli Ardagh
In Episode 8 of The (re)Sourced Woman Podcast, I chat with Chameli Ardagh, my teacher and Founder of Awakening Women. We talk about feminine embodiment, why ancient mythology is so relevant for these times, resourcing yourself within, the power of storytelling, feelings as practise, Kali and the rhythm of Evolution.
There is so much nourishment for the soul in this not to be missed conversation.
You can find more information about Chameli, Awakening Women & the Wisdom School at https://awakeningwomen.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/awakeningwomen/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/AwakeningWomenInstitute
Music Composer: Finn Holleman
Contact: briony@brionymontgomery.com
Powerful and Transformational Healing with Feminine Embodiment Practise
In episode 7 I explore Embodiment practise particularly feminine in origin, the impact this 'in the body' practise has had on my clients and how it has powerfully healed and transformed my trauma, abuse, grief, loss and your connection to your power and body as well as supporting and deepening my other spiritual practices. Why moving your practice out of your head and into the body is the key to shifting cellular patterning and blockages from pain into joy. How to begin and continue your embodied practice journey and why it is still the most revolutionary and (re)Sourced spiritual practice that I still continue to use today.
Music is written and composed by Finn Holleman
For enquiries on this episode please email briony@brionymontgomery.com
Ancestral Healing through the MotherLine
Healing your MotherLine is so important in finding your (re)Sources within. Patterns, trauma, abuse and dis-ease can be passed through the Ancestral Line where they become your story instead of the story of your ancestors. In this episode, I talk openly about the significance our ancestral lineage play in our daily lives, how I have healed (and continue to) the dis-ease, trauma and abuse in my own MotherLine, particularly the pattern of cancer in my Motherline. And how you can heal and transform the patterns of your own MotherLine to heal not just yourself and your ancestors but free yourself of the ancestral patterns that negatively impact your life.
Yearning for the Mother: Healing the UnMothered & Motherless Mother
In episode 5 I delve into what the UnMothered Mother looks like and how this Archetype can inhibit connecting with yourself and your child. Sharing my own personal story with how I discovered and journeyed with this wound as a MotherLess Mother when I became a mother in 2007 and since then as a mother of 4 children. I share openly and candidly the ways in which you can heal this wound and how this wound is an opportunity to connect with your own self-compassion, love and power while discovering the mother within you.
Belonging & what it is to fully be YOU with Melanie Dewberry
In this episode, we talk Belonging, where anger fits in with what it is to be a spiritual woman and what it is to fully be YOU. In episode 4 of The (re)Sourced Womxn Podcast, I had the honour of sitting with Melanie Dewberry who is so very open, real and inspiring in her wisdom. In this episode, we talked about anger and spirituality, the common misconception that to be spiritual there is no place for anger. What it is to belong to self and source, to connect deeply within and how your intuition aka (re)Sourcing within is so important to who you as a womxn. And in today's climate what the term Indigenous means in a spiritual context.
Melanie is an Indigenous Ceremonialist, Seer, Speaker and author of the book ‘The Power of Naming. A journey towards your soul's Indigenous nature’ and a TEDx Speaker. She has described herself as a ‘Wordologist and in the business of troublemaking and wisdom’
This was an incredibly rich and beautiful conversation and I hope you enjoy where it takes you.
Check out Melanie's work at https://melaniedewberry.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/melaniedewberry_/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/melanie.dewberry1
Music composed by Finn Holleman
briony@brionymontgomery.com
The Motherwound and why the world right now is crying out for the Mother
In episode #3, Briony explains what the Mother wound is and why right now is the time to heal its debilitating and corrosive effects.
Briony Montgomery is a BodyWorker, Healer, Coach, Writer & Teacher and creator of The MotherWay a healing pathway for UnMothered Women.
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Music composed by Finn Holleman
Talking all things Feng Shui, Energy Healing & Geomancy
In episode 2 of The (re)Sourced Womxn, I talk with Renee Longworth about children and spirituality, Feng Shui, how your space within your home impacts your life around you (business and personal), geomancy, energy healing and even the current global climate (with my rooster making a rather loud appearance at the end)
Renée is a qualified Feng Shui consultant, Geomancer, Energetic Healing practitioner and meditation facilitator and has been assisting families and businesswomen to shift into positive change for over a decade. Renée is also the creator of Return Home – an online course that assists you to come back to you with Feng Shui and Home Harmony. She loves working with female entrepreneurs, helping them highlight ways they can enhance their spaces in order to support their business and creativity. And also works one-on-one with them to energetically clear sabotage patterns, making it easier to reach desired goals and dreams.
Renée is also honoured to be able to work with families who are going through transitions like blended families, settling in new locations and/or grief and trauma and assists with helping them heal as a unit and create a home they can all truly flourish in.
Renée loves nothing more than to witness and support people to connect with their sacred spaces, within and without.
You can check out her work at www.reneelongworth.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/renee_longworth_fengshuigal/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/reneellongworth
And all episodes in the series at www.brionymontgomery.com
Music by: Finn Holleman (contact through briony@brionymontgomery.com)
What is the (re)Sourced womxn?
Explore the (re)Sourced womxn with Briony Montgomery from The MotherWay. Learn how you can connect and tap into your power within so you can create what you desire around you. Part personal story, and collaborative conversation with spiritual leaders across the globe. We talk wisdom in what it is to heal the mother wound, (re)Source yourself within, activate your inner alchemy and root yourself powerfully in Belonging.
Subscribe at http://www.brionymontgomery.com
Music composed by Finn Holleman