Radically Alive Women

In this episode of Radically Alive Women Edgecast, Julia Neumann welcomes back Patrizia Patz, a trainer and coach based in Germany. Patrizia shares her journey of self-discovery and transition, detailed by her unconventional role as an 'evolutionary crust blaster.' She explains how this archetypal purpose influences her work with individuals and companies, helping them find their purpose and navig...

In this episode of Radically Alive Women, we welcome Sally Gepp, a New Zealand barrister and King's Counsel specialising in environmental and resource management law. This interview is conducted by Julia Neumann. Sally looks back at a fulfilling legal career of 25 years. In this episode, she shares authentically and vulnerably about her journey, her motivations, and how her personal experiences sh...

In this episode of Radically Alive Women, Joydah Mae Bernardo shares her journey as a mother, voice artist, and heart-led leader in a conversation with Julia Neumann. Joydah was born in the Philippines and raised in a village by her grandmother. The conversation covers her powerful presence in music, her story of moving to New Zealand at the age of 17, and the motivations that drive how she shows...

Ana Norambuena⁠ is (and not limited to) a Woman, Mother, Trainer and Coach. In this conversation with ⁠Hannah Abouzahrah⁠, she brings the gold she has to offer on the topic of childraising on the bridge from modern culture to ⁠Archiarchy⁠ (an emerging culture). This is a starting conversation that touches on a broad range of themes including:- Moving from holding space for a child's survival into...

In this episode, Business Rebirth Guide Leela Black returns to Radically Alive Women Edgecast to speak with Julia Neumann on the topic of “Women and Money”. Leela shares about the importance of the life-death-rebirth cycle, the significance of women claiming financial sovereignty, and practical ways to cultivate a healthier relationship with money. Emphasising the ancestral impact of women not hav...

Jay Bennett, Leonhard Geupel and Martin Šalanda joined this conversation with Julia Neumann to share of their experience in creating the "Gaian Men's Bridgehouse" at the center of New Zealand's North Island in December 2024/January 2025.It is an unusual topic for "Radically Alive Women" to broadcast about Men's culture. We chose to do it anyway because we care about the radical aliveness of men ju...

Bishop Reid is a somatic based business coach and trauma informed breathwork & mindfulness certified facilitator, working worldwide. In this episode, she shares about reclaiming aliveness, transforming self-doubt, and redefining selfishness. Bishop speaks of her personal journey with reclaiming her inner fire, constantly going to the edge with her online business, and navigating the cycles of self...

Margaret McCallum is a Soul Midwife and Death Doula. In this episode she shares the freedom and aliveness of Death becoming part of everyday life. She suggest that by opening to the challenges and nudges from life in the current moment and choosing to die the little deaths life becomes fuller & richer and the big death in the end can become an easeful space of surrender. In that place the inner kn...

This is an excerpt from a work-talk (some talking, some workshop elements) delivered by Julia Neumann in 2021. It explores the sovereign birth right of omen to tsan din their sovereignty, and the strategies women may employ to stay Princesses and avoid being in their power. The emphasis of this first part is on conscious joy as a resource to make a radical shift from waiting for "the prince on a w...

In this episode, Annika Korsten speaks with Anna Groves, a CNVC Nonviolent Communication Trainer and Somatic Practitioner based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Anna’s presence is captivating in its simplicity and humility, creating a space where the nervous system can relax and shift toward a more compassionate orientation toward oneself and life. While acknowledging the pain that exists in every human e...

James Samuel is the originator of Growing Radicles, a project to explore syntropic food and social systems, welcoming density and diversity in ecosystems and human systems. In this episode, James shares about his passion for Regeneration and our human role as stewards for nature, being part of nature, in radical collaboration across humans of all genders. He also shares about his process of growin...

In this episode of Radically Alive Women, Yana Kirakovskaya, founder of Auckland-based "Papaya Stories" shares her inspiring journey as a global citizen, creative, and mother. Papaya Stories brings people together through unique storytelling experiences like Silent Disco City walks and other audio tours, such as Māori historical tours. These are uniquely tailored experiences, fostering connection,...

Melody Mortiaux is a naturopath / medical herbalist, and has a wealth of knowledge around women’s health, women’s cycles, menstruation and menopause. In this RAW episode she shares generously about: the menstrual cycle perimenopause menopause symptoms of perimenopause estrogen and progesterone as well as other hormones and their role in a Woman’s moon and life cycle the liver’s sacred role and how...

Sybille Biedert is the founder of Embodied Freedom and co-originator of Radically Alive Women. With Embodied Freedom, Sybille joins her background as an Open Floor teacher and years of immersion into 5-Rhythms with distinctions from Possibility Management to empower humans to come fully into their bodies. In this episode, Sybille returns to RAW Edgecast with her research on conscious dance and Fee...

Claire Eccleston is a midwife of life. Amongst many hats she wears, she is a mother and a grandmother and takes a radical stand in the birth space. She advocates the reverence for a Woman's body and bringing back the knowledge and wisdom through its inherent physiology.  In this conversation with Annika Korsten, she takes a leap into where birth stands today in many Western cultures, including aim...

In this episode, Alice Belz and Julia Neumann proudly present to you the first ever Radically Alive Women publication: Their co-authored Workbook for Women "Her Conscious Anger". In the first half of the conversation, Alice and Julia speak to the context of the book, giving some background why it matters to them to make conscious Anger accessible to Women across the globe. In the second half, from...

Oonagh Browne is the Founder of The Cacao Ambassador. Her true service is for Humans to remember the greatness of who we are. Having read this, you may already sense how this episode is a massive invitation to come home to yourself and into the Greatness of who you are. In this conversation with Julia Neumann, Oonagh shares of her extraordinay life path from Ireland to New Zealand, from the corpor...

Yaki Wo⁠ is the Mother of two, a forest therapy guide, and a regenerative practitioner. Besides being a Mother, her main work is introducing people to regenerative development and practice for future positive leadership. She is originally from Hong Kong and today lives in Australia. In this episode, Yaki shares how she got to develop Future Positive, or “Future+”, a programme she birthed in collab...

This episode is a conversation amongst the three main spaceholders of RAW Edgecast. Hannah Abouzahrah holds space for Annika Korsten and Julia Neumann to speak about their One-Year-Long Journey, travelling and living largely together and partly separately, as Women committed to honesty and inhabiting their own culture. In November 2023, Annika and Julia co-created and lived in the first Women’s Br...

Listen in for this conversation amongst 3 Women about shifting from Modern Culture child raising and family systems to a different culture. Annika Korsten holds space for mothers of young children, Hannah Abouzahrah and Ewa Sczepaniak, to speak about their visions and bold experiment of combining their families on the edge of creating something different. * You can show your appreciation for this...

In this episode, we are honoured to host Clare Dubois at RAW Edgecast once again. Clare is the founder of Treesisters.org, a global women's organisation for reforestation. She left Treesisters in October 2022, with burnout and mould poisoning, coupled with her transitioning through menopause. Since leaving the organisation, Clare has been facing her trauma work and surrendering to the death of her...

I was so thirsty to get to the nitty gritty of the fascinating topic of Fear with Jördis that I forgot to pause and introduce her. Jördis Tielsch trained in Medicine and worked as a Gynecologist. She now works with medical students at the University of Basel. She also has extensive experience in a variety of other bodies of work including, Alexander Technique, Eye body method, Possibility Manageme...

Fear Response Physiology and Holding Space for Fear: Janet Redmond and Christine Ploschenz (Fear Series, Part 1) This episode is the first in a series on Fear (Fear, Magic and Women, collected by Millicent Haughey).  It goes deep very quickly, so be ready to listen at your own pace, move your body before playing the recording, pause it often and take plenty of notes. To get the most out of this ep...

Clare Dubois is the founder of ⁠Treesisters.org⁠, a global women's organisation for reforestation which as of June 2024 had planted more than 28 million trees. Clare left Treesisters in October 2022 with burnout and has since focused on her Healing journey.   In this interview, she shares her personal experience with her recovery and trauma work, and also its relevance for the "bigger picture". Wi...

In this episode we bring you the voice of Julia Butterfly Hill. Between 1997 and 1999, Julia sat for over two years in a 1,000 year old Redwood tree („Luna“), taking a stand to protect this tree and the ancient forest from clearing. She and her team succeeded. This interview goes beyond this remarkable event. Julia speaks with immense Clarity about what it takes to be a person who is able to be au...