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  • 151. Why Isn’t Everyone Getting More Radiant? with Emily Fletcher

    151. Why Isn’t Everyone Getting More Radiant? with Emily Fletcher
    10 Nov 2026
    What if radiance starts long before the moisturizer goes on? In this special bonus episode, Emily Fletcher shares highlights from The Radiance Ritual, the live workshop she created for the Ziva Experience community after people kept asking what is on her face. At 47, one biological-age assessment estimated her biological age at 37 (her result, not a promise), and she is not chasing youth. She is chasing health. She starts with the whole body: meditation as her number one skincare routine, sleep before midnight, and pleasure as medicine. Then she gets practical, from meditating with red light to her honest take on Botox and facelifts, her water rules, sunshine before screens, and a live gua sha demo. If you have ever felt like you are wasting your money on products that do not work, this episode helps you sort what matters from what does not. In this episode, Emily explores: Why skincare is never separate from the whole body, mind, and spirit Why meditation is her number one skincare routine, and how stress ages us faster than nature designed Why sleep before midnight is more restful, according to Ayurveda Pleasure as medicine, and the practices that count How she meditates with a red light panel Her honest, no-judgment take on Botox, fillers, and facelifts Her water rules: clean water, no plastic, and added minerals Why she gets sunshine in her eyes before she checks her phone A live gua sha demo: eight strokes, the lymph, and morning bounces Key Moments: 00:00 – Welcome to a very special bonus episode 00:29 – Emily at 47, and why she chases health, not youth 01:07 – Why skincare is never separate from the whole body 02:31 – “We are a chemistry set” 03:27 – Her number one skincare routine: meditation 04:36 – Sleep before midnight 05:51 – Pleasure is medicine 07:37 – Meditating with red light 08:30 – Botox, fillers, and facelifts: no judgment 09:44 – Water, minerals, and no plastic 11:31 – Sunshine before screens 12:28 – Gua sha: eight strokes and the lymph 14:31 – The product she swears by Get The Radiance Ritual Masterclass → zivameditation.com/pages/radianceritual The full 45-minute masterclass walks you through Emily’s complete inside, body, and outside rituals. It includes The Radiance Ritual Guide, with every product she uses, her links, and available discount codes. Some links in the Guide are affiliate links. 🔗 MORE FROM EMILY & ZIVA: Learn Ziva Meditation: preview.zivameditation.com Free masterclass: learn.zivameditation.com Get 15% off with promo code WHYTHIS: whythis.zivameditation.com Follow us on Instagram: @zivameditation Emily is not a doctor, and nothing in this episode is medical advice. Talk with your healthcare provider before starting any supplement or treatment.
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  • 150. Why Isn’t Everyone Realizing Minerals Are the Building Blocks of Reality? with Barton Scott [SEASON FINALE]

    150. Why Isn’t Everyone Realizing Minerals Are the Building Blocks of Reality? with Barton Scott [SEASON FINALE]
    3 Nov 2026
    What if the missing link between your inner work and your energy is a handful of minerals? In this Season 5 finale, Emily Fletcher sits down with Barton Scott, a chemical engineer, nutritionist, and founder of Upgraded Formulas, who has spent his career studying the most overlooked building blocks of our biology. Emily and Barton meet in Colombia at Mindvalley’s A-Fest, where he hands her a glass of water with a heavily salted rim and changes how she thinks about hydration. Barton explains why he calls blood “us on our best behavior,” why he prefers hair tissue testing, and why even a clean diet can fall short, from soil to low stomach acid to what he calls chronic rushing. He shares his view that chronic stress burns through minerals like magnesium and potassium faster, and that meditation helps slow that burn. Emily connects it to manifesting: your state of consciousness lives in a physical body, and nourishing the 3D building blocks makes the road easier. Barton also opens up about the search to help his mother that sets him on this path and the book he is writing on how nutrition becomes personality. Emily closes the season by returning to the question this show was built on. In this episode, Barton explores: Why minerals are not boring, and why he calls them the building blocks of reality Why he calls blood “us on our best behavior,” and why he prefers hair tissue testing The checking-account and retirement-account metaphor for blood and bones Why a healthy diet can still miss: soil, low stomach acid, and chronic “rushing” How he says chronic stress speeds up the burn rate of magnesium and potassium, and how meditation helps slow it Why minerals are a daily practice, like meditation “Test, don’t guess,” and how often he suggests testing Why he says most supplements don’t absorb well How a mineral-first lens connects to sleep, mood, and what you attract Key Moments: 00:00 – Welcome, and who Barton Scott is 02:30 – How they meet: A-Fest, a shared cab, and a salted glass of water 05:00 – How Barton falls in love with minerals 10:15 – “Blood is us on our best behavior” 11:54 – The checking account and the retirement account 13:38 – The waterfall in Maui: fix the problem at the top 17:56 – How would you know you’re mineral deficient? 19:13 – Emily on magnesium and sleep 20:08 – Barton’s book: how nutrition becomes personality 23:36 – Why we’re deficient: soil, low stomach acid, and “chronic rushing” 24:50 – How meditation may slow the burn rate of magnesium and potassium 27:54 – Minerals are a daily practice, like meditation 31:03 – Where to start: “test, don’t guess” 34:00 – “Turn the electricity back on”: salt, cells, and mood 36:06 – Why Barton says most supplements don’t absorb 42:58 – Perimenopause, menopause, and hormones 52:39 – Why isn’t everyone realizing minerals are the building blocks of reality? 56:27 – Why Emily started this show 56:51 – Where to find Barton About Barton Scott Barton Scott is a chemical engineer, nutritionist, and the founder of Upgraded Formulas, a supplement company built around mineral testing and absorption. He uses hair tissue mineral analysis, teaches a course for practitioners, and has spoken at Mindvalley events. He is writing a book on how nutrition becomes personality, and what to do about it. Website: upgradedformulas.com Instagram: @askbarton and @upgradedformulas Take 20% off Upgraded Formulas: Emily’s desert island supplement is Upgraded Magnesium. Visit upgradedformulas.com/emily and use code EMILY for 20% off everything at UpgradedFormulas.com 🔗 MORE FROM EMILY & ZIVA: Learn Ziva Meditation: preview.zivameditation.com Free masterclass: learn.zivameditation.com Get 15% off with promo code WHYTHIS: whythis.zivameditation.com Follow us on Instagram: @zivameditation These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Products are not intended to, diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult your healthcare provider if pregnant/nursing, on medication, or have a medical condition.
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  • 149. Why Isn’t Everyone Building Regenerative Cities? with Tony Cho

    149. Why Isn’t Everyone Building Regenerative Cities? with Tony Cho
    20 Oct 2026
    What if sustainability only sustains the status quo, and the real goal is to leave everything more alive? In this episode, Emily Fletcher sits down with her dear friend Tony Cho, regenerative placemaker, founder of Future of Cities, and author of Generation Regeneration. Tony grows up in an ashram his grandmother founded, becomes a Miami nightclub promoter, helps transform the Wynwood Arts District, and now leads the Regenaissance, a movement to build places and communities that give back more than they take. Together they define regeneration in plain language, trace where the lie of scarcity begins, and look at why a cold plunge in your building means little when the street outside is unsafe. Tony shares what Chief Nixiwaka of the Yawanawá teaches about community and dying, and what the Phoenix Arts & Innovation District in Jacksonville is proving. Emily connects it to Ziva: a regenerative future starts with regenerative minds, and a nervous system that feels safe has more capacity to build solutions. Tony also opens up about grieving his late wife, Ximena, in public, the grandmother who threatens to cut him off when he moves to Argentina, and what a lifetime of ups and downs teaches him about manifestation, readiness, and self-love. In this episode, Tony explores: What regeneration means in plain language: giving more than you take, and drinking while you pour Why sustainability only sustains the status quo Where the lie of scarcity begins, and why Tony calls it a misallocation, not a shortage Why one green building, or one cold plunge, can’t make a place regenerative What Chief Nixiwaka of the Yawanawá says about aging, dying, and village life The 15-minute city, Copenhagen’s swimmable harbor, and Milan’s Bosco Verticale as proof points How an ashram kid becomes a nightclub promoter and a Wynwood developer, and why he says he stewards this work, he doesn’t own it What grieving his late wife in community gives him and the people around him His take on manifestation: purpose behind the call, no skipped steps, and what happens when he skips meditation Nature, community, and culture: the three pillars, and why the inner work comes first Key Moments: 00:00 – Welcome, and who Tony Cho is 02:49 – “Squeezing every last drop out of the bottle” 04:44 – Honoring Ximena, and thank you for grieving out loud 08:55 – Compost: how grief becomes fertile soil 10:18 – Giving more than you take: what regeneration means 12:52 – Why sustainability only sustains the status quo 14:43 – Where the lie of scarcity begins 16:20 – Why a cold plunge means little if the street outside is unsafe 17:19 – Chief Nixiwaka on dying alone and what a village does differently 23:54 – Tenzin Seldon, and gross domestic regeneration versus GDP 25:46 – Emily on why a regenerative future starts with regenerative minds 28:25 – The 15-minute city 36:29 – “I’m dropping out, and oh, by the way, I’m eating meat” 41:09 – Stewardship over ownership 44:13 – “What is the purpose of your manifestation?” 47:38 – What happens when a visionary skips meditation 54:22 – The three pillars: nature, community, and culture 1:00:02 – Buckminster Fuller and the “Reese Witherspoon plan” 1:06:06 – The Phoenix Arts & Innovation District 1:10:30 – “A misallocation of resources, not a scarcity of resources” About Tony Cho Tony Cho is a regenerative placemaker, impact entrepreneur, and founder of Future of Cities, a platform for regenerative development, advisory, and education. He grows up in his grandmother’s ashram, helps transform Miami’s Wynwood Arts District, and now leads projects including the Phoenix Arts & Innovation District in Jacksonville, the Climate & Innovation Hub in Miami, and ChoZen, a bioregional hub for regenerative living in Sebastian, Florida. His work has been featured in outlets including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and his mission is to positively impact the lives of a billion people. His debut book, Generation Regeneration: Codesigning the Future of Cities Through Regenerative Placemaking, is out now. Get the book: Generation Regeneration → Website: tony-cho.com Future of Cities: focities.com Instagram: @tonycho This episode is sponsored by Timeline. Support your mitochondrial health and get 20% off Mitopure at timeline.com/ziva. 🔗 MORE FROM EMILY & ZIVA: Learn Ziva Meditation: preview.zivameditation.com Free masterclass: learn.zivameditation.com Get 15% off with promo code WHYTHIS: whythis.zivameditation.com Follow us on Instagram: @zivameditation
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  • 148. Why Isn't Everyone Finding the Love They Desire? with Sabrina Zohar

    148. Why Isn't Everyone Finding the Love They Desire? with Sabrina Zohar
    13 Oct 2026
    What if your attachment style isn’t a label you’re stuck with, but a pattern you can rewrite? In this episode, Emily Fletcher sits down with Sabrina Zohar, a certified dating and relationship coach, entrepreneur, and host of The Sabrina Zohar Show. Her debut book, Why Am I Like This?, is out Oct 13. Sabrina is known for direct, practical advice on attachment, triggers, and self-worth, rooted in psychology and nervous system science. She explains why we keep choosing the same pattern, why you can earn your secure, and how to build the capacity to receive the love you say you want. She also gives two questions to ask in any trigger: how old do I feel, and who taught me this? Then Emily brings a real dating story from her own life, and Sabrina coaches her live on why little Emily took the wheel and what big Emily needs instead. Emily also connects the dots to Ziva: raise your threshold of tolerance, the space between a trigger and your response, and you get to choose who you want to be. In this episode, Sabrina explores: Why we think we know what we want but not what we need The salience network, and why your brain keeps finding the same pattern Wanting a healthy relationship versus having the capacity to hold one A one-word pattern interrupt for people-pleasers How to tell an old wound from a real red flag by the intensity of your body sensations Why attachment styles are not fixed, and why “people are not bumper stickers” Two questions for any trigger: “How old do I feel?” and “Who taught me this?” Why rejection closes the loop and ghosting keeps it open The difference between intellectualizing your patterns and embodying change What to do when a partner starts using you as their therapist Key Moments: 00:00 – Welcome, and who Sabrina Zohar is 03:14 – Why isn’t everyone finding the love they desire? 04:26 – The salience network: why your brain keeps finding the same pattern 05:31 – Wanting love versus having the capacity to hold it 07:47 – The one-word pattern interrupt for people-pleasers 12:11 – It is okay to want someone: needs versus wants 16:11 – Wound or red flag? How to tell an old trigger from a real signal 19:05 – The unanswered text, and what your body sensations reveal 20:16 – Attachment styles are not fixed 26:26 – “How old do I feel?” and “Who taught me this?” 27:04 – Emily connects the dots: the space between trigger and response 29:44 – Live coaching begins: Emily’s Burning Man story 34:59 – Rejection closes the loop, ghosting keeps it open 38:01 – “Little Emily was driving the car” 45:56 – The egg frequency: discernment and choosing 50:17 – Main character energy, without the entitlement 56:16 – From knowing to embodying 58:04 – “Your triggers are not my responsibility” 1:04:35 – When one partner grows spiritually and the other does not 1:08:08 – Get comfortable being uncomfortable About Sabrina Zohar Sabrina Zohar is a certified dating and relationship coach, entrepreneur, and the voice behind The Sabrina Zohar Show, a weekly podcast on dating, attachment, and self-worth that ranks in the top 0.05% of podcasts globally. She has coached more than 2,000 clients, and her work has been featured in Vogue, Glamour UK, the Los Angeles Times, and People, and on The Drew Barrymore Show. Her debut book, Why Am I Like This?, is out Oct 13. Get the book: Why Am I Like This? → sabrinazohar.com/book Website: sabrinazohar.com Instagram: @sabrina.zohar This episode is sponsored by Timeline. Support your mitochondrial health and get 20% off Mitopure at timeline.com/ziva. 🔗 MORE FROM EMILY & ZIVA: Learn Ziva Meditation: preview.zivameditation.com Free masterclass: learn.zivameditation.com Get 15% off with promo code WHYTHIS: whythis.zivameditation.com Follow us on Instagram: @zivameditation
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  • 147. Why Isn't Everyone Getting Unstuck from a Flat World? with Dr. Meenal Agarwal

    147. Why Isn't Everyone Getting Unstuck from a Flat World? with Dr. Meenal Agarwal
    6 Oct 2026
    What if vision is one of the missing pieces in the anxiety, brain fog, and overwhelm you have been blaming on yourself? In this episode, Emily Fletcher sits down with Dr. Meenal Agarwal, a board-certified optometrist, spatial awareness expert, and author of Stuck in a Flat World. Dr. Agarwal is a leading authority on the eye-brain connection and the person who coined the term spatial awareness processing disorder. Her work shows how a screen-heavy life disrupts the brain's ability to judge distance, track motion, and move through real-world space. Dr. Agarwal explains why the parietal lobe works like your brain's GPS, why a phone becomes a shield in crowded places, and why spatial awareness and empathy are more connected than most of us realize. She also shares her own story, from a confident cross-border driver to someone who feared parking lots, and what brought her back. Emily connects it all to Ziva: the way you use your eyes changes your brain, just as meditation changes its architecture. You leave with simple practices for before, during, and after screen time, including the 20-20-20 rule, a way to map a room before you enter it, and games that build spatial awareness in kids. In this episode, Dr. Agarwal explores: – Why "cut your screen time" misses the point, and what screens are stealing instead – The difference between near work and peripheral vision, and why the parietal lobe is your brain's GPS – Why you feel off balance after hours at a screen, and why so many kids get labeled instead of supported – The shift she recommends: prime your peripheral awareness before the screen, not after – The 20-20-20 rule, and Emily's eyes-open version of Come to Your Senses – Spatial empathy versus emotional empathy, and the Costco effect – Your brain's nightly recalibration, and how Emily uses promises and consequences with her own phone – What her year and a half of research taught her, and the baby steps that brought her back – Practices for kids: walk and talk, a daily audio phone call, the finger game, and the color walk – Why vision is about far more than 20/20, and what an eye exam can reveal about the brain and nervous system Key Moments: 00:00 – Welcome, and who Dr. Meenal Agarwal is 02:50 – What screens are stealing, and why "cut your screen time" misses the point 05:58 – The milestones we are missing: driving, biking, going out on our own 07:34 – Ventral and dorsal streams: what near work does to the brain's fear and balance centers 09:10 – Why you wobble after hours at a screen, and why we label clumsy kids 10:07 – The phone as a shield: a yoga studio story 15:21 – Prime before you scroll: the shift that works for adults and kids 18:27 – Come to Your Senses: Emily's eyes-open version of a Ziva practice 19:03 – Why your eyes are brain tissue, plus iridology and Drishti 23:10 – The 20-20-20 rule, and why looking away wakes up both streams 28:05 – The empathy study, and spatial empathy versus emotional empathy 32:04 – Map the room before you walk in: the Costco effect 33:46 – Emily connects the dots: the eyes, the nervous system, and the architecture of the brain 43:26 – Your brain's GPS needs a nightly recalibration, plus Emily's midnight promise 51:24 – The moment on the stairs that sent her searching for answers 55:56 – Library Saturdays, grocery aisles at night, and one friend at a time 58:44 – The finger game and the color walk: spatial awareness as play 1:06:30 – "If you don't know where you are in space, you won't know where you are in your own story" About Dr. Meenal Agarwal Dr. Meenal Agarwal is a board-certified optometrist (Doctor of Optometry, University of Waterloo), a spatial awareness expert, and a leading voice on the eye-brain connection. She owns three eye care practices in Ontario and hosts the podcast Uncover Your Eyes: The Truth About Health and Wellness. Her book, Stuck in a Flat World: How Screens Rewire Our Brains, Spatial Awareness, and Sense of Safety, is out Nov 2. Get the book: Stuck in a Flat World → drmeenal.com/stuck-in-a-flat-world Website: drmeenal.com Instagram: @drmeenalagarwal This episode is sponsored by Timeline. Support your mitochondrial health and get 20% off Mitopure at timeline.com/ziva. 🔗 MORE FROM EMILY & ZIVA: Learn Ziva Meditation: preview.zivameditation.com Free masterclass: learn.zivameditation.com Get 15% off with promo code WHYTHIS: whythis.zivameditation.com Follow us on Instagram: @zivameditation
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  • 146. Why Isn't Everyone Dancing Their Feelings? with Sah D’Simone

    146. Why Isn't Everyone Dancing Their Feelings? with Sah D’Simone
    29 Sep 2026
    What if ninety seconds on a dance floor could do what ten years of therapy couldn't? In this episode, Emily Fletcher sits down with Sah D'Simone, a spiritual teacher, humanitarian, and bestselling author whose approach to healing was forged through over 300 days of silent meditation, clinical spiritual care training at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, and years of direct service in the margins. Sah is the creator of the Somatic Activated Healing (SAH) Method and founder of the Somatic Dance Institute, and his work has drawn collaborations with Harvard, Columbia, and the UN. They trace Sah's path from meditation teacher to dance mystic: the night in Bali when a trance on the dance floor cracked him open into a full-body recognition of strangers dancing beside him, the year his mother died and everything he'd built around joy fell apart, and why he believes talking about trauma can trap you in a cycle of blame while dancing it moves the charge all the way through. They also get into how Christian missionaries turned the god of dance into the devil, the nuanced difference between chasing pleasure and finding it inside whatever is true, and why no feeling, however big, is the one that finally breaks you. In this episode, Sah explores: Why talking about your trauma can trap you in a cycle of blame, while dancing it moves the charge all the way through The night in Bali when a trance on the dance floor cracked him open into a full-body recognition of strangers he'd apparently known before How Christian missionaries turned Pan, the god of dance and revelry, into the image of the devil The difference between chasing pleasure as an escape and finding the ecstasy inside whatever is true, even rage or grief What his mother's death taught him about prayer, pain, and the limits of visualization A Vipassana retreat gone sideways, and the wave of full-body release that followed once he stopped resisting Opening for a DJ with five minutes' notice, and the closest he has come to a physical experience of the divine on a stage Why no feeling is too big to survive, and what actually makes people exhausted Key Moments: 00:00 – Emily's introduction: from meditation teacher to dance mystic, and why Harvard and Columbia came calling 03:02 – Why the most prestigious universities on the planet are studying his work 05:10 – His mother's death, and the six months of "sanctioned insanity" that followed 07:48 – The Osho line: why a woman dancing is closer to God than a man meditating 08:40 – Why talking about your trauma can trap you in a cycle of blame and victimhood 14:11 – How Christian missionaries turned Pan, the god of dance, into the devil 19:40 – The night in Bali when dance cracked him open into a past-life recognition on the floor 27:06 – 2020, and the moment "the goddess" rewired his entire career overnight 28:00 – "Part rave, part ritual": why the fastest, most industrial beats create the safest place to disappear 30:47 – His pushback on spiritual bypassing in ceremony culture, and Emily's response 40:34 – What his mother's death taught him about pain, prayer, and the edges of joy 42:27 – A Vipassana retreat, "princess and the pea," and the full-body release that followed 44:23 – The Iceland eclipse festival, and opening for a DJ with five minutes' notice 49:31 – The first-ever multi-day festival at the pyramids, and the Egypt eclipse he's building toward in 2027 51:16 – What he'd say to the exhausted parent of three who says they don't have time to dance 54:05 – His one request: dance to a single song, eyes closed 58:04 – A Lakota elder's line: all the suffering on the planet traces back to uncried tears About Sah D'Simone Sah D'Simone is a spiritual teacher, humanitarian, and bestselling author of Spiritually Sassy and Spiritually, We. He is the creator of the Somatic Activated Healing (SAH) Method and founder of the Somatic Dance Institute, where he has trained teachers and guided communities worldwide in trauma-informed, body-based practice. A chaplain intern in spiritual care at Cedars-Sinai Hospital and guest teacher at Columbia University, his work has been recognized with the City of Los Angeles CARE Award. He hosts the podcast Solving the Riddle of Being Human. Website: sahdsimone.com Instagram: @sahdsimone This episode is sponsored by Timeline. Support your mitochondrial health and get 20% off Mitopure at timeline.com/ziva. 🔗 MORE FROM EMILY & ZIVA: Learn Ziva Meditation: preview.zivameditation.com Free masterclass: learn.zivameditation.com Get 15% off with promo code WHYTHIS: whythis.zivameditation.com Follow us on Instagram: @zivameditation
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  • 145. Why Isn't Everyone Priestessing Themselves? with Elayne Kalila

    145. Why Isn't Everyone Priestessing Themselves? with Elayne Kalila
    22 Sep 2026
    What if the word apocalypse was never about the end of the world, but about what gets revealed once the veils come down? In this episode, Emily Fletcher sits down with Elayne Kalila, a psychotherapist turned priestess and the founder of the Priestess Presence Mystery School, for a conversation that travels 30,000 years back to trace the deliberate erasure of feminine spiritual authority. Elayne walks through the Venus of Willendorf, the moment agriculture and land ownership gave rise to patriarchy, and why the women burned as witches were so often the post-menopausal landowners, healers, and midwives, not young women at all. They also get into Freud's diagnosis of hysteria and its roots in the idea of a wandering womb, why 43 million American women between 45 and 65 are entering their power rather than their decline, and Elayne's own confronting practice for holding the men causing harm on an altar of healing instead of hatred. This is a conversation about rage as initiation, aging as beauty, and what it means to priestess yourself and everyone around you through change. In this episode, Elayne explores: Why the witch burnings targeted post-menopausal landowners, healers, and midwives, not young women How agriculture and land ownership seeded patriarchy 10,000 years ago Why "apocalypse" actually means the lifting of the veils Her altar practice: naming powerful men who've caused harm and calling them into their hearts Freud's diagnosis of hysteria and its roots in the idea of a wandering womb Why 43 million American women between 45 and 65 are entering their power, not their decline Isis and her twin sister Nephthys, and Inanna's seven gates as the oldest map for this transition Why rage in perimenopause is information, not dysfunction Key Moments: 00:00 – Emily's tribute to Elayne, and welcome to Why Isn't Everyone Priestessing Themselves 01:20 – Introducing Elayne Kalila: psychotherapist turned priestess 04:50 – Going back 30,000 years: the Venus of Willendorf and the first evidence of goddess worship 05:42 – How agriculture and land ownership seeded patriarchy 10,000 years ago 06:56 – The witch burnings: who was really targeted, and why 09:59 – The apocalypse, meaning the lifting of the veils 13:34 – The case for the feminine, made directly to the man who thinks this isn't for him 21:48 – Elayne's altar practice: naming powerful men who've caused harm and calling them home 35:42 – What it means to priestess yourself: navigating the unknown without a map 47:54 – Isis and her twin sister Nephthys, and the echo of Inanna and Ereshkigal 50:53 – Hysteria: how a wandering womb became a medical diagnosis for a woman's power 53:04 – 43 million American women are entering perimenopause, and why that's power, not decline 58:05 – Premenstrual rage as information, not dysfunction 1:00:45 – Inanna's seven gates as the oldest map we have for this transition 1:01:54 – Aging as beauty: the story of her partner and her white hair About Elayne Kalila Elayne Kalila Doughty, MA, MFT, is a psychotherapist turned priestess and the founder of the Priestess Presence Mystery School, where she has spent over a decade ordaining women into the Divine Feminine mysteries. She is the author of The Sacred Call of the Ancient Priestess and The Magdalene Rose Oracle, and hosts The Red Podcast. Website: elaynekalila.com Instagram: @elayne.kalila This episode is sponsored by Timeline. Support your mitochondrial health and get 20% off Mitopure at timeline.com/ziva 🔗 MORE FROM EMILY & ZIVA: Join Ziva Insiders: whythis.zivameditation.com Learn Ziva Meditation: preview.zivameditation.com Free masterclass: learn.zivameditation.com Follow us on Instagram: @zivameditation
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  • 144. Why Isn't Everyone Using Pleasure to Reclaim Their Power? with Regena Tomashauer

    144. Why Isn't Everyone Using Pleasure to Reclaim Their Power? with Regena Tomashauer
    15 Sep 2026
    What if the darkest season of your life isn't a punishment, but an initiation? In this episode, Emily Fletcher sits down with her friend and former roommate Regena Thomashauer, known around the world as Mama Gena, for a conversation about her new book, On Our Knees. Regena is the New York Times bestselling author of Pussy: A Reclamation and the founder of the School of Womanly Arts, and this book was written by hand, one card and one page at a time, over years of 5am mornings. Regena walks through the myth of Inanna's descent into the underworld, why she believes hell is a patriarchal invention built to keep women small while the underworld exists to make them whole, and what it costs a woman to keep playing “fine” instead of the full range of who she is. She also shares her own story: a goddess who visited her bedside at five years old, an acting class that told her she had no sensuality, and the years at what she calls “the Vatican of orgasm” that taught her pleasure is a biological miracle, not a luxury. The conversation closes with Regena reading live from the book's chapter on Kali, the goddess who arrives precisely when a life has grown too small to hold who you're becoming. Get the book: On Our Knees by Regena Thomashauer, available now → https://mamagenas.com/onourknees/ In this episode, Regena explores: Why hell is a patriarchal invention, and why the underworld belongs to the feminine instead The myth of Inanna, and why a throne can get a woman adored but never whole Her own childhood visits from an unnamed goddess, and years spent searching for her The acting class that sent her looking for orgasm instead of a callback Life inside what she calls “the Vatican of orgasm,” and the neurochemistry that let her heal Why pleasure regulates the nervous system in ways therapy and to-do lists cannot A live reading from On Our Knees: the Kali chapter Raising sons inside a goddess-centered household, without leaving them out of the story Key Moments: 00:00 – Welcome back Regena Thomashauer, and the poetry behind On Our Knees 03:11 – Why she's proudest of how vulnerable this book is: “Broken is the new shiny” 04:48 – The erotic as the doorway that opens both radiance and rupture 08:49 – Hell versus the underworld: two very different stories about the dark 12:02 – The myth of Inanna, and why the goddess runs an initiation, not a prison 14:45 – The 88 keys: why “I'm fine” is the smallest note women are allowed to play 19:47 – What the goddess says instead of “you're failing”: “You're mid initiation” 21:38 – Isis and her twin sister Nephthys, and Emily's own discovery of the unmanifest 22:45 – The goddess who visited Regena's bedside at five years old 25:02 – The acting class that sent her looking for orgasm instead of a callback 28:15 – Inside Lafayette Morehouse, “the Vatican of orgasm” 30:01 – The neurochemistry of pleasure: oxytocin, dopamine, endorphins, and prolactin 32:15 – For the exhausted single mother who thinks pleasure is a luxury she can't afford 38:02 – Why pleasure regulates the nervous system in ways nothing else does 41:56 – Live reading from On Our Knees: the chapter on Kali 46:35 – Why she wrote the book for every gender, but chooses to lead with the feminine 48:08 – Raising sons inside a goddess-centered household without leaving them out 53:59 – Regena's deepest hope for what this book changes About Regena Thomashauer Regena Thomashauer, known to millions as Mama Gena, is the New York Times bestselling author of Pussy: A Reclamation and the founder of the School of Womanly Arts, where she has spent almost three decades helping women reclaim their pleasure, power, and erotic aliveness. Her new book, On Our Knees: Loving Your Life Even When You Hate What's Happening, is available now. Website: mamagenas.com Instagram: @mamagena 🔗 MORE FROM EMILY & ZIVA: Learn Ziva Meditation: preview.zivameditation.com Free masterclass: learn.zivameditation.com Get 15% off with promo code WHYTHIS: whythis.zivameditation.com Follow us on Instagram: @zivameditation
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