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Snake Priestess PodcastEpisode 16: Snake Medicine in Systems: Sovereignty, Ancestry & Sacred Power with Elsa AlegriaIn this deeply grounded and heart-opening episode of the Snake Priestess Podcast, your host Rebecca Cavender is joined by sacred feminine guide, spiritual mentor, and modern-day priestess Elsa Alegria. Elsa brings her powerful voice and wisdom to a soul-filled conversation on how we navigate power, family dynamics, systems of dominance, and reconnection with the land through the lens of snake medicine.  🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favorite platform.  Together, we explore: How snake medicine helps us shift and dissolve internalized patriarchy The importance of re-rooting into land...2025-05-0753 minSnake Priestess PodcastEpisode 15: The Serpent’s Wisdom: Grief, Death & Sacred Endings with Damascena TanisWelcome back to the Snake Priestess Podcast, where we meet with serpentine wisdom keepers to explore the deeper mysteries of snake medicine. In this episode, I sit down with the deeply soulful astrologer, priestess, and oracle Damascena Tanis. Together, we weave a powerful conversation around grief, endings, snake medicine, Venus cycles, and the ancient oracular path. Damascena shares her personal story of loss and the profound teachings that emerged through her journey as a mother, astrologer, and spiritual guide.  🎧 Listen Now to Discover How Snake Medicine Can Help You With Grief, Deat...2025-04-231h 01Snake Priestess PodcastEpisode 14: From Abuse to Liberation: The Power of Snake Medicine in Healing the Body with Rebecca CavenderIn this raw and transformative episode, Rebecca Cavender shares her powerful journey of overcoming abuse, reclaiming her body, and discovering the healing power of "snake medicine." From enduring psychological and physical control in a past relationship to undergoing weight loss surgery under coercion (which she eventually got reversed), Rebecca reveals how body shaming and manipulation shaped her life—only to realize the true issue was the systematic control over her mind, body, and spirit. 🎧 Listen Now to Discover How Snake Medicine Can Help You Reclaim Your Power and Heal From Within! Through vivid dream...2025-04-0944 minSnake Priestess PodcastEpisode 13: Paradox of Life, Death, and the Snake Medicine with Devaiya RaIn this deeply reflective episode, Rebecca Cavender and Devaiya Ra explore the two undeniable truths of life: birth and death. From there, they delve into the paradoxes that define human existence—our constant cycle of living, dying, and being reborn with each breath we take. They discuss the role of the nervous system in navigating this constant transformation and how we can learn to honor it rather than fear it. Devaiya introduces the concept of "snake medicine," which symbolizes the power of digestion and transformation—how we can "consume" life’s challenges (like the "rat race"), extract wisdom...2025-03-2653 minSnake Priestess PodcastEpisode 12: Shedding Shame - Embrace Your Body with Rebecca CavenderWelcome back back! This is our third episode of season 2. Let's talk about our bodies. There's nothing more personal than this relationship. While for most of us, there's a complex process in embracing our bodies as they are, this is where we can come to a sense of freedom. In this episode, I share deeply personal stories about being a fat woman and overcoming body image/body shame that was mostly internalized messaging from others' projections--including society! (You also get to hear a story about a boudoir photography session I had last year & so...2025-03-1236 minSnake Priestess PodcastEpisode 11: The Sacred Balance of Snake Medicine with Autumn Skye In this deeply reflective, timely, and enriching conversation, artist and intuitive Autumn Skye, joins host Rebecca Cavender of the Snake Priestess Podcast to explore the profound wisdom of snake medicine and its relevance in today’s world. They discuss themes of trust, discernment, sensitivity, and the transformative power of the snake, diving into its symbolism and how it informs both personal and creative journeys. Through their dialogue, Autumn shares her insights on balancing the feminine's light and dark aspects, the earth's and animal spirits' lessons, and how staying attuned to subtle energies can guide...2025-02-2652 minSnake Priestess PodcastEpisode 10: Humble Heart & Land Connection with Rebecca CavenderIn this powerful episode of The Snake & The Land, Rebecca Cavender takes us on a journey into the intimate, spiritual relationship we can cultivate with the Earth and its elements. She shares reflections on the deep wisdom of nature, exploring how we can learn from the land, animals, and plants around us. From embracing animism and recognizing the life force in all things to finding community with the land and our ancestors, Rebecca inspires us to slow down, listen, and reconnect with the natural world. Key Highlights: The Humble Heart: Rebecca discusses the importance of...2025-02-1234 minSnake Priestess PodcastEpisode 9: Returning the Soul to the Wild with Ellie ClearyI’m excited for you to connect with Ellie Cleary today—an amazing intuitive astrologer, embodiment priestess, and coach who lives half the time in England, and half the time in India. We delve into the connection between snake and astrology—specifically, astro-cartology— which is a type of astrology that looks at geographical places connected to your birth chart. This leads us into a discussion around movement, around travel—and Ellie shares how we must leave home to find out who we are. There’s a quest, a rite of passage. And yet, we can look acr...2024-08-271h 01Snake Priestess PodcastEpisode 8: Instinctual Discernment with Phoenix AmaraWelcome to another powerful episode of the Snake Priestess Podcast. Today, you’re connecting with the fabulous Phoenix Amara—Author, Artist, Sacred Sexuality Teacher, and steward of a gorgeous white ball python, Stella. My experience of Phoenix is as a Divine feminine leader, priestess, and tantrika devoted to bringing union into the world. You’re going to love this joyous conversation, filled with lots of giggles since we had an extra surprise guest live with us: Stella! We start off the episode with the fascinating synchronicities that brought snake, and specifically Stella, i...2024-08-131h 11Snake Priestess PodcastEpisode 7: Healing the Split of Disembodiment with Eva Weaver Welcome to another powerful episode of the Snake Priestess Podcast. Today, you’re connecting with Eva Weaver, who is a snake priestess, sex coach, and author. Eva hails from Germany but has been living in England for a long time. You’re going to love her unique perspective on snake medicine because not only has she been doing this work for a long time, she also stewards a gorgeous snake, Syd. Eva shares how snake first began coming to her and the visceral experience she had when she first saw the image...2024-07-301h 00Snake Priestess PodcastEpisode 6: Hips Don't Lie & God is a Woman with Emerant MaireadWelcome to another powerful episode of the Snake Priestess Podcast. Today, you’re blessed by the presence of Emerant Mairead, a social change navigator, sensual embodiment coach, and snake medicine keeper extraordinaire. You’ll love this lively conversation where we dip deep into multiple topics like… The patriarchy Dualistic notions that shame pleasure experiences in the body How to navigate our inner wilderness Standing in our truth  We widely explore the wisdom that inherently lives in our bodies, including our instinctual discernment that shows us how to na...2024-07-0944 minSnake Priestess PodcastEpisode 5: Belly to the Earth with Tami BrunkWelcome to another powerful episode where Tami Brunk and I delve into the world of snake medicine. We start off with Tami’s snake origin story, where she shares alluring experiences being a budding naturalist as a child and her wonderment of snakes, growing up on a farm in Missouri. Together, we explore mythic connections of bird/snake, snake/tree, and poison/medicine. Weaving stories and dreams, Tami shares the importance of the living sky, astrology, and the motifs we all experience of snake as a primal symbol of power, awakening, and medicine. 2024-06-241h 08
Snake Priestess PodcastEPISODE 4: All Our Relations with Jenny Šâwnohk, Red Stone Snake WomanI'm honored to join the very special Jenny Šâwnohk, Red Stone Snake Woman, who is an Indigenous (Cree) Healer, psychotherapist, and truth and reconciliation specialist. She wears many hats, including that as a motivational speaker, consultant, mom of three boys. Today, you're in for an incredible gift. This is the type of episode that you'd want to listen to multiple times because it is so rich with medicine. It’s a true privilege to be with Jenny in this powerful dialogue. Jenny shares, right off the top, that if we don't begin l...2024-06-1150 min
Snake Priestess PodcastEPISODE 3: Shedding Skins with Rev. Noel TendickIn today’s episode, I am honored to be joined by Rev. Noel Tendick, an interfaith minister, martial artist, poet … and so much more.  Noel and I have been connected for many years and I admire his brilliance and poetic heart—so it was really special to sit with him about snake medicine.  We go wide and deep discussing: Belonging Concept of “ownership” & how this is the antithesis of snake medicine Intimate connection with land & all beings Cycles of creation & destruction What actually...2024-05-2845 min
Snake Priestess PodcastEPISODE 2: Awakening Our Snake Power Featuring Dawn Baumann BrunkeIn today’s episode, I am honored to be joined by Dawn Baumann Brunke, an author, animal communicator, and dreamer. She has written an incredible book, “Awakening the Ancient Power of Snake,” which I recommend to all of the snake priestesses I train. We discuss the surprising way in which snake medicine began coming to her, how dreams are connected to this work, the symbolism of snake in nature, myths, the fear many people have of snakes, and what snake teaches us. I know you will love this powerful episode … so let’s dive in!...2024-05-1454 min
Snake Priestess PodcastEPISODE 1: Animism & Snake Featuring Jade MoonIn today’s episode, I am honored to be joined by Jade Moon, an artist, performance poet, and guide. We are diving deep into Snake Medicine and what it truly is and what its intimacy means to us. You'll hear all about the wisdom of snake, of Jade's experience having a snake bite, sensuality, animism… …AND, you get an incredible treat because she shares spoken word poetry that made me cry! I know you are going to adore this enlivening episode … so let’s dive in!  Connect With Rebecca...2024-04-2955 min
Autism StoriesAutism Stories: Rebecca Cavender"Snakes are so instinctual. I mean, all animals are, but snakes...they're elegant and magnificent. They know when to take time for themselves. They're not pack animals. I think as autistic people, we can probably identify with them too. We're very instinctive and a lot of us feel the environment around us acutely", says Rebecca Lavender. Rebecca joins this episode  to discuss snake medicine and how autistic people can draw strength and wisdom from this on their journey of self-discovery and personal growth. To learn more about Rebecca visit www.rebeccacavender.com. You can also learn more about snake medi...2024-02-0224 min
The Garden of VoicesWalpurgisnachtWalpurgis Nacht. In Germany, it is remembered as the night when witches and demons gather to celebrate their terrible mysteries. At midnight, the Queen of May appears to drive the cold winter away and bring in the summer. And here and there, even now, little groups of old women gather to think about the seasons of their lives and—-since they have lived through another winter—-to welcome the hope of another summer.
Written by Mary F.C. Pratt
Directed by Rebecca Klein
Sound Design by Lila Woodbridge
Starring:
Bren...2022-05-211h 04
Big Soy NaturalsThe Only 2022 Trend Analysis You Will Ever Need Part 3: Technology and The InternetKendall and Ceres are back from their Non-Denominational Holiday Hiatus to bring you THE only trend analysis of 2022, the only one, no one else has done this or done it properly. In part 3, they predict the downfall of YouTube; the future of TikTok's ultimate reign; the implications of January 6th and the Metaverse on data privacy; the future of cancellation as a radical act; and much much more.Patreon: patreon.com/bigsoynaturalsTwitter: https://twitter.com/BigSoyNaturalsWebsite: https://bigsoyuniverse.neocities.org/Works Cited and Further Reading:Young Trumpies...2022-02-051h 56
The Garden of VoicesBill & Mary's PandemicSlice of life. A comedy based on the playwright's lived experiences, this play provides us with several brief snapshots into the lives of a married couple, Bill and Mary" as they adjust to what life is like in the midst the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Written by Kathleen Cahill
Directed by Matt Engle
Featuring Sal Catalano as Bill and Catherine Cavender as Mary
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Evidence Based Birth®EBB 143 - Birthing in a World with Reproductive Justice with Ihotu Ali, Daniela Montoya-Barthelemy, and Shayla WalkerIn this episode, the Minnesota Healing Justice Network is taking over the podcast! In this very important episode, our guest speakers are Ihotu Ali, Daniela Montoya-Barthelemy, and Shayla Walker. **Content warning** this podcast includes discussion of racial violence and racial health disparities. Ihotu Jennifer Ali, MPH, LMT (she/her), is an integrative medicine doctor in training and doula with a decade of experience in public health and traditional practices around emotional support, pregnancy, and family and healthy reproductive cycles. Ihotu offers abdominal and craniosacral therapy, herbs and nutrition, birth and postpartum care, with plans to open a healing justice...2020-09-031h 00Evidence Based Birth®EBB 141 - Birthing and Disparities in Minnesota with Rhonda Fellows and Dr. Jennifer AlmanzaToday is a special day, as we are starting a 3-day podcast focus on the amazing work being done by the Minnesota Healing Justice Network! In today's episode, I am joined by EBB instructor, Rhonda Fellows and Dr. Jennifer Almanza to talk about birthing and disparities in Minnesota. **TRIGGER WARNING: In this episode, we talk about racial violence and Black and Indigenous maternal health disparities.** Rhonda Fellows is a Certified Birth Doula and Evidence Based Birth® Instructor who has 20 years of working with youth and families in the nonprofit world as an after-school pro...2020-09-0157 minAutism StoriesAutism Stories: Rebecca CavenderIntuition changes everything for Autistic people says Rebecca Cavender . Listen to this episode of Autism Stories as Rebecca explains why intutition is so important to access and some of the first steps you can go about doing just that. Autism Stories connects you with amazing people who are helping Autistic adults and teens become more successful.
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Audible Autism - Interesting Questions and Interesting FactsEpisode 20 - Dealing with IsolationFormer guests Rebecca Cavender, Ted Rogers - and one of our own listeners Maegan Snell - talk about their experiences dealing with social isolation as autistic adults. We would like to thank the guests for having the confidence and willingness to talk about what is usually a difficult subject and for putting out their time to contribute to this episode.2019-12-1045 min
Porter OSOBChapter 13: Thanks but No ThanksRead by Mrs. Cavender2019-11-1808 min
Audible Autism - Interesting Questions and Interesting FactsEpisode 18 - Rebecca CavenderSarah interviews Rebecca Cavender, an intuitive writer, guide, and advocate from the Pacific Northwest, USA. She helps others remember they belong so they can catalyse and honour their true self-expression. Rebecca does this through professional writing services, coaching, and sharing her prose, poetry, and advocacy.2019-08-0155 min