Ep. 56 Deep Currents | Reviving Sacred Birth w. Michelle Palasia
Release Date: 08/29/2024
Ep 57. Adam Kavanagh: The Primal Switch
Deep Currents
Do you know who you are in the face of danger? Adam Kavanagh is an Australian survivalist who has dedicated much of the last decade to getting back to basics and living off the land in the remote areas of northern Australia. Initially triggered by a health crisis and then evolving into a way he chose to live, his deep connection to nature has profoundly shaped his understanding of bushcraft and survival skills. Adam was invited to learn and hang out with the Indigenous communities of Doomagee, where he spent nearly five years living solo, aside from the times he spent with the locals....
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Ep. 56 Deep Currents | Reviving Sacred Birth w. Michelle Palasia
Deep Currents
Michelle Palasia is the first guest on Deep Currents for a very good reason. Deep Currents is all about the stories that connect us and the wisdom that helps us remember who we are and what we are. From my 12 years immersed in Rites of Passage work, I know how babies are born—including the mother’s state, the birth itself, and the care of both mother and baby in the early years—shapes the rest of their lives. In the creation of life, the connection to the core of our Spirit is either nurtured or fractured. This connection is key to our capacity for wholeness, intimacy, relationships,...
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Ep. 55 Deep Currents with Amber Hawken
Deep Currents
After a three-year break from this podcast, it's back. It has a different name, a more refined intention, and is still connected to the art of storytelling. I touch on how currents, vibrations, and resonance are the cause and effect of life itself, taking you on a short journey from the beginning of time. I speak to the power of story and how it has shaped history and our culture. I also discuss how currents, connections, and stories can support us in returning to a deep place of belonging. I share a little about my journey of being smashed into a million pieces by Motherhood and what...
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54 | Adam Kavanagh | The Primal Approach | The Amber Hawken Podcast
Deep Currents
Adam Kavanagh lives like a caveman in outback Australia. He shares how he healed hyperthyroidism, depression and panic attacks when he began living paleo, stipping things back and striping back to the basics. He shares his experience of being on Naked and Afraid (the US reality show) where he was dropped in the middle of Africa with a woman he had never met and had to survive for three weeks.
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53 | Laura Corcoran | Contradictions of Psychology and Giving The Power Back To The Person
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This episode is vast in its topic and while it begins with the contradictions around some of the principles of psychology, we weave in and out of rabbit holes that most people can relate to including repressed trauma emerging in the *stressful* now of life and toxic bonds in passion relationships.
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52 | Amber Hawken | Is It Worth It? The Ceremony of Life | The Amber Hawken Podcast
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This is a solo session with a four-step self-assessment of your entire life. How often are we sacrificing happiness, joy, spaciousness, peace, love and orgasms for a cost we will pay 10 x time, at least, sometime in the future? Let's see.
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51 | Sammi Jane | Awakening Womb Wisdom | The Amber Hawken Podcast
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Sammi Jane is a deliciously wise woman who brings light to the consciousness of the womb and its wisdom. And no, you don't need a physical womb in order for this to make sense, matter or tap into the flow of life's infinite energy.
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50 | Dr Jeremy Goldberg | Creative Integrity And How To Have Hard And Life Changing Conversations | The Amber Hawken Podcast
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Creative integrity is all about being self-aware, knowing that intention is far more important than productivity and how it is possible to have hard conversations that better your relationships and change your life.
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49 | Jamie Rea | The Power Of Vulgar Expression & Healing The Over/Under Functioner Within | The Amber Hawken Podcast
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One of the most misunderstood types of expressive writing is that of the vulgar kind.
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48 | Scott Reardon | Why Presence Trumps Skill | The Amber Hawken Podcast
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From an amputee to a 4-time Paralympic gold medalist; Mindfulness Techniques for gold medals, finding fulfillment beyond achievement.
info_outlineMichelle Palasia is the first guest on Deep Currents for a very good reason.
Deep Currents is all about the stories that connect us and the wisdom that helps us remember who we are and what we are.
From my 12 years immersed in Rites of Passage work, I know how babies are born—including the mother’s state, the birth itself, and the care of both mother and baby in the early years—shapes the rest of their lives. In the creation of life, the connection to the core of our Spirit is either nurtured or fractured. This connection is key to our capacity for wholeness, intimacy, relationships, joy, pleasure, and a sense of belonging.
The wounds we see in our hearts and humanity often stem from power structures that put self-interest above communal well-being. These structures are driven by those who seek personal gain at any cost. As an expression of this mindset, colonisation has caused deep fractures in our societies and cultures. When cultures are destroyed by invasion, theft, manipulation, and dominance, the sacred rites, traditions, and values that connect us to ourselves, each other, the natural world, and Life’s greater intelligence are lost. As a result, people become disoriented and disconnected. The tradition of birth is one of those that has been lost.
In many Indigenous cultures, birth is a ceremony central to the mother’s innate wisdom and her natural ability to bring her baby into the world, listen to her baby, and be the authority over her own body and birth. It represents a transition of death and rebirth, where the maiden is left behind, and a deep sense of power is activated. Growing a human without outsourcing decisions, having well-being and authority outside of herself, and birthing her baby undisturbed initiates the mother into this activation.
In This Episode We Talk About:
✹ The energetics and patterns of abusers, on a micro and macro level, in relationships, communities, cultures and countries.
✹ Michelle’s path from the shadows of abuse in a relationship with her two children.
✹ How she left one day with her beautiful sons, a bag of clothes prompted by a deep knowing that it was time.
✹ The reality of how incredibly challenging it is to leave a relationship where abuse is present, particularly if it has slowly increased over time.
✹ The birth of Michelle’s sons, how she was silenced, and how she moved through this in menopause.
✹ Why Michelle chose to step away from supporting Birth in hospitals.
✹ The statistics of intervention in Birth and the consequence on Baby, Mother and family.
✹ Specific examples of disrespect, abuse, coercion and neglect of Mothers, partners and babies in the hospital system.
✹ Some reflection on colonisation and its role in systemic control of Mothers and women and the ripple effect on a person's capacity for wholeness.
✹ Freebirth and why Michelle chooses this path in her work with Birth.
✹ Michelle as a guest at Alchemy Rites October 3rd-6th 2024
Support for Women experiencing abuse:
⟶ International Helpline for Domestic Violence
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Website: DomesticShelters.org
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Description: While not a single global helpline, this resource provides a directory of domestic violence services worldwide, including crisis hotlines and support services in various countries.
⟶ The Global Network of Women's Shelters (GNWS)
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Website: GNWS.org
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Description: A network connecting various women's shelters and support services around the world. They provide information and resources on how to find help in different countries.
In Australia
⟶ 1800RESPECT
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Website: 1800RESPECT.org.au
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Phone: 1800 737 732
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Description: Provides 24/7 support, information, and resources for people impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence.
⟶ Lifeline Australia
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Website: Lifeline.org.au
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Phone: 13 11 14
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Description: Offers crisis support and suicide prevention services, including help for those experiencing domestic violence.
⟶ Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre
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Website: safesteps.org.au
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Phone: 1800 015 188
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Description: Provides 24/7 crisis support, emergency accommodation, and practical support for women and children experiencing family violence.