Beyond Patriarchy. See the System. Come Back to Yourself.

In the last episode we talked about how patriarchy was not always the norm. Today we go deeper. In this episode - genetics, archaeology and history. Mitochondrial Eve. Female shamans 27,000 years old. The drum as the first spiritual instrument. Spirals on sacred stones. A cave shaped like a womb where once a year sunlight reaches the altar. And the story of the lunar calendar. Evidence and discove...

Patriarchy has always existed - or so we’ve been told. But what if history was more complex than we were taught? In this episode, I explore a question that has stayed with me for a long time: was patriarchy an inevitable part of human history - or did it emerge at a specific moment in the development of society? Drawing on data from archaeology, anthropology and genetics, we look at what science a...

In this first episode, I share how I ended up studying patriarchy, and why it matters for everyone, not just women. My path took me through positive psychotherapy, Jungian analysis, somatic practices and trauma work. I grew up in Ukraine, lived in Russia and Hungary, and now call Germany home. This multicultural journey taught me something important: the system doesn’t have a nationality. It just...