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Ancient Soul Modern MindThe Great Transformation toward an Ancient Future with Ra MaIn this episode, Erica interviews Ra Ma, creator of EarthSeed Temple Arts. Erica and Ra Ma discuss Ra Ma’s experiences in the Great Pyramid, pilgrimages to sacred places on the Earth, and Ra Ma’s unique way of weaving star (astrology) and stone (Earth and bone) wisdom into her many sacred offerings. This is an episode of medicinal story telling you don’t want to miss! From Ra Ma’s website: EarthSeed Temple Arts offers astrological divination, a mystery school, and global pilgrimages to activate your starseed wisdom through educational and mystical experiences. Ra Ma, the pi...2023-01-101h 52
Leaning into TherapyEricaThibodeaux.com on the Edginess of MindfulnessErica Thibodeaux, LPCC discusses the edginess of mindfulness, trauma, and biology with KD Holmes, LPC and how it can be used with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Anxiety Disorders and in Exposure Response Prevention. Therapists can check out KD Holmes, MS, LPC CE presentation The Anatomy of OCD and ERP on January 27, 2023. 2022-12-1428 minAncient Soul Modern MindFacing Disappointment and Other Difficult Emotions with Fierce CompassionIn this episode, Erica shares about facing disappointment and feeling difficult emotions. Topics she mentions are: compassion, suffering, love, acceptance, rejection, disappointment, accepting “no”, showing up for ourselves and others through the experience of feelings, helping children feel their feelings, and breaking up with pity. She also mentions the ancestral and cultural traumas of the last 110 years and how these generational wounds led us away from allowing the natural state of emotions to exist. Erica muses about the Dagara (and perhaps many other indigenous peoples) being the past and the future of human exist on Earth. This episode is raw a...2022-12-0843 minAncient Soul Modern MindMeditation: WaterIn this episode, Erica shares a water meditation that connects the listener to the waters of their body, the waters near their home, and a favorite body of water allowing for blessings to flow back and forth. This meditation was recorded last winter while teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). This winter she is releasing a series of elemental meditations as an offering of service to others. May these recordings be a balm for anyone who needs restoration and connection to the healing wisdom of the elements. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing, subscribing, an...2022-12-0532 minAncient Soul Modern MindMeditation: Earth, Fire, TreeIn this episode, Erica shares a nature meditation that connects the listener to the earth, the fire within, and to a guardian tree. This meditation was recorded last winter while teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). This winter she is releasing a series of nature meditations as an offering of service to others. May these recordings be a balm for anyone who needs restoration and connection to the healing wisdom of the elements. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing, subscribing, and leaving a review on iTunes Podcast. Stay Connected Er...2022-11-3032 minAncient Soul Modern MindBoundaries Allow Us to Be Ourselves with Keisha Holmes, LPCIn this episode, Erica interviews her dear friend, Keisha Holmes, licensed professional counselor (LPC). The talk about boundaries- what they are, how to figure out when we need them, and the questions we have to ask ourselves in order to create them. They also discuss how to find and strengthen a sense of self, which is ultimately what we’re doing when we create boundaries. Keisha Holmes, LPC, owns a therapy clinic in Lafayette, La, that specializes in therapy & counseling for anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, depression, trauma, obsessions, and compulsions for teens, adults, and couples / rel...2022-11-2349 min
Ancient Soul Modern MindWho Would You Be if You Were Free?When the Mountain Speaks, The River Cries is a special segment of Ancient Soul, Modern Mind podcast offering a mixture of personal and folk story telling medicine. In this episode, Erica shares about finding healing in nature on a solo camping experience. Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on iTunes. Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientsoul_modernmind_podcast/ Music Credits: Intro and Outro music: Liberty Kohn, https://instagram.com/libertykohn/ and...2022-10-1429 minAncient Soul Modern MindThe Treasures of Grief (When Grief Flows, Peace Grows)When the Mountain Speaks, The River Cries is a special segment of this podcast offering a mixture of personal and folk story telling medicine. In this episode, Erica shares about her experiences of sorrow and grief and how when grief flows, peace grows. Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on iTunes. Resources Mentioned Video from Elder Malidoma Somé’s Burkina Faso funeral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=relsnFj5HLg Songs from Elder Malidoma’s Asheville funeral (Youtube playlist): https://youtube.com/play...2022-10-0630 minAncient Soul Modern MindMagical Support from the Tiniest CreaturesWhen the Mountain Speaks, The River Cries is a special segment of this podcast offering a mixture of personal and folk story telling medicine. In this episode, Erica shares about support from the tiniest creatures and how magic lies inside our ability to eschew doubt and choose to believe. Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on iTunes. Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientsoul_modernmind_podcast/ Music Credits: Intro and Outro music: Liberty Kohn...2022-09-0943 minAncient Soul Modern Mind[Solo Sesh] Becoming— What “It Takes a Village” Is Really Asking of UsErica offers storytelling medicine about a young girl name Rita who gathers with her village to initiate a new member into her clan. She also shares poetry and commentary about mutual support and the invitation to care for and tend to Life. Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on iTunes. Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientsoul_modernmind_podcast/ Music Credits: Intro and Outro music: Liberty Kohn, https://instagram.com/libertykohn/ and Erica Thi...2022-07-2933 minAncient Soul Modern MindTrailer: new Solo Segment - When the Mountain Speaks, the River CriesErica introduces a new solo storytelling segment called When the Mountain Speaks, the River Cries. In this new solo segment, Erica creates and shares stories from her personal life and co-creates stories with the help of the Otherworld. Join her as she embarks on a new journey of using her voice as medicine. Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on iTunes. Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientsoul_modernmind_podcast/ Music Credits: Intro and O...2022-07-2703 minAncient Soul Modern MindAnnouncement - We are Shapeshifting with Life’s Ebb and FlowErica announces that Genevieve will be on a sabbatical from the pod that could be temporary or permanent, depending on how life shapes and shifts. Erica will be introducing a new solo storytelling segment called “When the Mountain Speaks, the River Cries”. Stay tuned for the trailer and the new segment. Thanks for being along for the ride with us! Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on iTunes. Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientsoul_modernmind_podcast/ Music C...2022-07-2601 minAncient Soul Modern MindEarth Medicine— Trusting What You Can't SeeIn this episode, Erica and Genevieve discuss the practice of what Genevieve calls “being resourced”— trusting that what you need will arrive when you need it. (And how often it feels like it’s at the last minute after and after you’ve been forced to surrender.) They also discuss the importance of where you resource from when you are filling yourself up. Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on iTunes. Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Genevieve Folkedahl, Folklore Energy Website: folkloreenerg...2022-07-0541 min
The Voices of WisdomReclaiming Our Moon Time w/ Mariam, Erica, & EsperanzaThis is an episode you do not want to miss!!! Join Erica Thibodeaux, Mariam Mouna Guessous, Esperanza Spalding, and myself, as we discuss each of our individual journeys reclaiming our moon time. This conversation is special on many levels for me. On the one hand, I learned SO much from these three brilliant individuals and have found myself with a new & deep desire to really understand my blood, my womb and the powers that are innate to my female body. Secondly, I feel very excited about the “Bridging the Gap” series where each month, I releas...2022-07-051h 19Ancient Soul Modern MindBeyond Defenses— Getting to the Roots of Our FeelingsSeason 3 is here! In this episode, Erica and Genevieve discuss the practice of moving beyond self protection and defensiveness into feeling what we need to feel in any given moment. Shame, blame, judgement, and criticism are all about protection, whether we are protecting ourselves or someone else. This episode is packed with personal healing stories and directions for facing, rather than avoiding, our own feelings. Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on iTunes. Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Genevieve Folkedahl, Folklore Energy Website: f...2022-06-281h 00Ancient Soul Modern MindHealing the Inability to ReceiveIn this episode, Erica and Genevieve discuss the difficulty that so many of us experience receiving and how that is mirrored in our bodies when we won’t receive nourishment, support, or even love. They also discuss the importance of following nudges and saying yes when Life presents opportunities even if you aren’t sure where it will lead you. Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on iTunes. Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Genevieve Folkedahl, Folklore Energy Website: folkloreenergy.com Instagram: https...2022-05-0343 minAncient Soul Modern MindHanging on to HopeIn this episode, Erica and Genevieve discuss the intensity of these times and how important it is to follow the inner urge to explore, play, be curious, and to grab ahold and hang on to hope when it flies near us. Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on iTunes. Stay Connected Erica Thibodeaux, MS, LPC Website: ericathibodeaux.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/we_are_the_medicine/ Genevieve Folkedahl, Folklore Energy Website: folkloreenergy.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/folklore_energy/ ...2022-04-2727 min
The Other Way008: Reconnecting w/ your lineage for ancestral healing, Genevieve Folkedahl of Folklore EnergyTrigger warning: this episode touches on topics such as suicide.
Genevieve is a healer, Reflector, and a metaphorical “breaker of chains”. This modern meets mystic ancestral healer and psychic medium is on a mission to help give the voiceless a voice; helping others find their suppressed inner truth, heal their lineage, and get in touch with their innate history. As a seer, she’s always walked between two worlds: that of the past and the present - guided by the medicine of her own lineage. That gift has enabled her to clearly see, within every individual, the “misaligne...2022-03-2848 min