Women Waken: Spiritual Healing for Trauma in Relationships to Shift from Codependency to Divine Feminine

Every person is unique in how they've learned to connect with and attach to others in romantic relationships. Many would say that these attachment styles are developed early on in infancy & childhood and stick with us into later life. Attachment styles impact how we conduct ourselves in our human connections. Many theories have been developed around attachment styles with prominent thought pointing to 4 specific types of attachment, how they form, and how they present themselves.On this episode, I break down an over view of what attachment styles are and the different types. I then offer examples of each type and share insight into how exploring attachment styles is a helpful tool that sheds light on how we conduct ourselves in relationships . Gaining this greater understanding of our personal attachment style can help us move closer to a secure relationship free from codependency. Where we are able to honor our Divine Feminine self and not be ruled by fears and insecurities.Types of Attachment Styles:Secure/Healthy:AttunementTrustSafety Security Insecure:AnxiousAvoidantDisorganizedJoin the Women Waken Community on Instagram Here: https://tinyurl.com/522duz2c Feel free to reach out to me to see how we can work together and send your questions, feedback, and requests for future solo episodes here: Whitney Walker, LMFTLicense # 107082www.WomenWaken.comhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/[email protected]: @WomenwakenYoutube: @womenwaken

*This episode was originally released in January, 2024*Humanity has learned to keep itself very busy. Busy and distracted. To the point that It's becoming increasingly difficult for us to go even 15 seconds without some form of stimulation be it from our phones, computers, or other devices. The art of being still, present, and aware of our surroundings sadly seems to be slipping away from the human experience. Yet, not so fast. There are some very well intentioned people devoting themselves to helping people reconnect with the amazingness that is life. My guest this week, Jake Eagle, is one of those people. Jake is the author of the book The Power of Awe which is a testament to and guidebook for appreciating life. On this guest episode Jake shares with us in detail about how he developed the A.W.E method, how it works, what the research shows, and the future of his work with A.W.E and mindfulness. Jake also offers his view on what makes awe such a unique emotion and the three levels of consciousness. JAKE EAGLE, LPC, is a psychotherapist, mindfulness instructor, fellow member trainer of the International Association of NeuroLinguistic Programming, and cofounder of Live Conscious. After thirty years in private practice, Jake now works part time as a meta therapist, working with people who want to go beyond the bounds of traditional therapy. Together, he and his wife, Hannah, lead life changing small group retreats at awe-inspiring locations around the worldLearn more about Jake and the AWE method here:www.LiveConscious.comSUBSTACK/@JAKEEAGLEhttps://thepowerofawe.com/ 

It's a difficult realization when you see the places in your life where you have compromised, abandoned, and minimized yourself. Unfortunately, one of the most common realms where this occurs for Women is in dating. My guest this week, Maraya Karena, has created a vibrant business around her approach to this this phenomenon and sheds light on how to reclaim ourselves in the midst of Men. Maraya explains how most women have spent years— maybe DECADES —centering men without even realizing it: Their validation, their wants, their needs, their moods, their fantasies. This means somewhere along the way, we lost track of OURSELVES. We haven't had enough time to connect with: Our essence, our joy, our vision, our path, or our authentic self. In her work, Maraya guides Women to recognize how they center men & shares practices to return to their authentic self.On this guest episode Maraya and I have a fabulous time sharing varied accounts of past relationship triumphs and defeats, disappointments, heartbreaks, and just plain exhaustion from it all. Maraya shares her understanding of the deeper reasons WHY Women center men, the specific circumstances WHEN you get triggered into centering men, HOW you center men (your strategies + adaptive personas) and WHAT to do instead.BIO:MARAYA KARENA (aka Venus.In.Pisces)I’ve spent years working with women to unravel the patterns that keep them small, striving, lost, overgiving, hollowed out and disconnected from themselves. I help women reorient to their own essence through astrology, somatic work and psychospiritual frameworks.Links:tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yoni_bootcampyoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@Venus-in-Pisceswebsite: www.yonibootcamp.com

*This episode was originally released on July 10th, 2023. Enjoy!*How often do you take the time to slow down and really take in the beauty of everything around you? The beauty of a flower, a moment, a smile, a laugh, a feeling of love, the food on your plate, the water flowing through a creek. There is beauty everywhere all the time, it's only of matter of whether we choose to consciously take it in and appreciate it for the unique expression into the Universe that it is.On this Divine Feminine solo episode I offer insight into what it means to see the beauty in everything from nature, animals, people, community, emotions, experiences, cycles of life, the list is endless. I also share some tips on how to make a practice of beauty awareness to open yourself to a greater connection with the Divine around you and to begin seeing the beauty, light, and love in every being and everything that surrounds you. Join the Women Waken Community on Instagram Here: https://tinyurl.com/522duz2c Feel free to reach out to me to see how we can work together and send your questions, feedback, and requests for future solo episodes here: Whitney Walker, LMFTLicense # 107082www.WomenWaken.comhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/[email protected]: @WomenwakenYoutube: @womenwaken

* This Episode was originally released on July 28th, 2023. Enjoy!*Ok, hear me out here. I'm not making accusations, I just wanted to share some thoughts that came to me about being stuck in one dead end, dramatic relationship after the other. Intensity, passion, deceit, manipulation, confusion, ups & downs, on & on. I thought to record this episode when in a moment of nostalgia over an ex I realized that it's impossible to have an unhealthy or "toxic" relationship where only one person is the toxic person at fault. Why? Because an emotionally healthy person would never stay in an toxic relationship. Period. Leading to the realization that it takes TWO to TOXIC. On this Identify and Heal solo episode I further explain this concept of why entertaining situations or connections that are anything less than loving, honest, open, and healthy means being in a toxic relationship with yourself. Yes, I said it. And it's a hard reality to face yet we only tolerate from others what we would tolerate doing to ourselves.  I share my personal experience in needing to break out of the cycle of tumultuous, insecure connections and recognizing my own part in it. I also offer some guidance & insight into why we fall into these cycles and how to break out for good. Join the Women Waken Community on Instagram Here: https://tinyurl.com/522duz2c Feel free to reach out to me to see how we can work together and send your questions, feedback, and requests for future solo episodes here: Whitney Walker, LMFTLicense # 107082www.WomenWaken.comhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/[email protected]: @WomenwakenYoutube: @womenwaken