Radically Alive Women

"I don’t say I found my truth, but I found my way." Ina Mehrfert is an elder and part of the Kiva ceremony for the Healing of the Earth, a ceremony taking place worldwide with elders from across the globe. (https://kiva.family) Ina grew up in the German Democratic Republic, Eastern Germany, which is now part of the Federal Republic of Germany. From early childhood, she sought the connection with n...

"I am very aware that this is not just about my personal stuff, this is much bigger. And I didn't come back in order to just live a more or less good life. There is more, and I am on my way to find out what that is." Dagmar Thürnagel is a Possibility Management Coach, and Trainer, Feelings PractitionerIllusion Slayer, Researcher and a Peaceful Warrioress, who speaks in this episode about Healing....

Marietta Schürholz is a Creative crafting her unique life path in a feminine way, letting it unfold and taking bold steps. She has gone some more conventional ways with a PhD in art history, and some time as a Quality Management Consultant. Her life to date is marked by changing course and inventing her own offers, such as going on a 1.5 year long global pilgrimage, including staying at a nunnery;...

A new facet of RAW Edgecast has emerged: RAW music! LISTEN, a song performed by Juliana Griese, originally by Meredith Buck. Juliana shared this song with the note that she learned about it through a workshop with Lydia Violet Harutoonian, who was a guest at RAW only recently. We are all connected, and the mycelium network amongst us is strong and growing.

"Do not doubt yourself a single second." This interview of Ingrid Schmithüsen by Hannah Abouzaharah and Annika Korsten is special in many ways: Ingrid was found to have ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, almost 2 years ago. Ingrid is dying from this disease, which is a neurodegenerative disorder that results in the progressive loss of both upper and lower motor neurons that normally control volun...

Patricia Anzini and Alexandra Lopes are speaking with Julia Neumann about their project to create a regenerative culture in Academia through conscious relating, communication, and integral learning. Coming from quite different backgrounds, these Women are taking a stand for:   - empowering students and step out of old hierarchies and modes of thinking and operating,  - shifting from teaching to sp...

Lydia Violet Farshid-Harutoonian is the founder of The School for the Great Turning, and as such she pledged her life to The Work That Reconnects by Joanna Macy. Beyond that, she stands for Love, Grace, Honesty, and Music. In this inter-view with Julia Neumann, Lydia Violet speaks about the stand that she is, about The Work That Reconnects, about her Love of being a Woman, her Yes to life and jump...

Julia Neumann was interviewed by Millicent Haughey⁠ for this episode, as a special journey is taking form for her. Julia speaks about her latest project of travelling, researching and documenting the indigeneity of Women: Indigenous Woman Documentary. It is a collective project emerging from Julia's Question of what it means to be indigenous as a Western Woman. Part of the journey is to radically...

RAW Voices brings you written words, read out loud by the author. This article is "Do not follow" by Millicent Haughey. "Do not follow her when you see her walking ahead. Do not think that you are walking there too. Do not follow. Like a dog lonely in the night. Then again do not stop walking because you are scared. Lean into that. Lean towards. Lean forward into. Do not give up. Do not give in. D...

In the late 1970s, at the age of 17, Olive Jones joined a communal living experiment in Nelson, living in a kind of Anarchy with each other and off the land. Later, that Community purchased a piece of land in Motueka Valley that came to be known as Graham Downs. There, they experimented radically with communal living: anybody could join whenever they wanted for as long as they wanted. They farmed...

Annika Möller-Nilsson opens a vast space to explore being Women. Annika Korsten takes this doorway with passion, courage and fierce Love. What follows is part transmission, part recount and part research fresh from Annika Korsten's discoveries of choosing to radically rely on Women for her Healing and Evolution. What emerges when Women choose to radically rely on each other? Well, a totally new cu...

Ana Norambuena held space for the Women of Earth Laboratory from 13-17 March 2024 in Kina, New Zealand. She speaks about what happened, the shifts that occurred, the Sisterhood that was awakened, the fierce Love that Women reclaimed for moving forward, the radical commitment to following impulses and the Nothingness required to hold space for the emergence of an Unfolding of Everything in chaos. S...

"I think the authority of us Women to authorize ourselves to be that fierceness, unpredictability of Everything is something that in our heart we are deeply longing for. And no one can give this authorization for us to be Everything." You may remember Gabriela Fagundes from one of our earlier episodes (Listen in here). * You can show your appreciation for this conversation and support the creation...

Josine Rolina is fresh out of the Women of Earth Laboratory, a 5 days transformatory space that took place in Kina, New Zealand from 13-17 March 2024. She shares fresh from her experience of being with Women in radical Sisterhood, how raging with Women woke her up, and how unknown intimacy became possible through Women owning their underworld. Josine takes a stand for your authentic No. Best to li...

Raj Dahiya was born in India and today lives in Motueka, New Zealand. He runs "BeetRoot Groceries" there, a store with a range of organic and gluten free foods and a large selection of refill - to reduce waste. We were curious about what he shared about the changes in Village life in India over the past 30 years, as it seems relevant also to what we witness in Western cultures. Listen in for clear...

Ana Norambuena is a Possibility Management Trainer and Trainer Trainer and the main spaceholder for Possibility Management in New Zealand. In this short epsiode, she shares what motivates her to hold spaces for Women, and for Women and Men, to collaborate, and in which ways she goes first. "I want Archiarchy to thrive." * You can show your appreciation for this conversation and support the creatio...

Habet Dahab Ogbamichael is clearly a messenger building bridges between BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) and Western cultures, and between patriarchy and Archirachy. Born in Eritrea and having lived in Germany for the past 45 years, Habet knows what it's like to be treated like an outsider, and what it's like to be angry at the state of the world. In this episode, she shares about he...

Birgit Baader is a mother, a dreamer, a visionary, a landdolphin, a writer, a filmmaker, a tree, and much more. The diversity of her Being reflects in her work, which weaving the grand and colourful, sacred web of life. Ever since she can remember, Birgit could hear the trees, the land, the animals speak. She shares here of her journey of learning to honour and reclaim this skill as she became a m...

This is a first in that for the first time we are broadcasting a girl's voice. We're bringing to you the refreshing Wisdom of 10-year-old Ella Hall, who speaks with immense Clarity and knowing. It is simple, really... Ella was visiting at The Haven, a co-created living space of adults in radical responsibility, being on each other's side to hold space for vacuum, so that Being becomes possible. El...

"Happy, healthy Women equals a happy, healthy world. Everything we are and we do shines outwards." Melody Mortiaux is a modern-day herbal witch, or naturopath medical herbalist by more conventional title. Based in Motueka, New Zealand, she offers herbal teas and tonics with a specialization in Women's health. "We are a finely tuned powerhouse." In this episode she speaks about the power of Women a...

The first episode of Radically Alive Women Podcast was published one year ago. Meanwhile, it transformed into an Edgecast and has seen 70 publications, broadcasted the voices of 50 Women and 2 Men, released RAW Voices - a format of female authors reading aloud - and Diving Deeper, the Membership platform. It's been and continues to be a co-creation of many Women and is supported by many Men. Speci...

In RAW Voices, Women read their writing out loud to you. Listen to wordsmith Millicent Haughey in this episode: "Dear all, remember to practice your Rage." " Don’t forget your keys, have you got your bag? Did you pack your lunch? and is the oven turned off? Is the dog feed and the washing in? Did you remember to wish her happy birthday? Are the plants watered? And do you have your phone charger? A...

Ariana Aomarere says about herself: "I am Māori and I am a Healer, so I guess you could call me a Māori Healer." She is an Energetic Healer and a Shaman. Ariana is a dangerous Woman because she says how things are. For this episode, Julia Neumann interviewed Ariana on her perspective on Women and their role in changing culture. Ariana shares with raw Clarity about the power of Women to choose and...

Rosemary Wyndham-Jones could be called a Horse Medicine Woman. She is the originator of "Dune Lakes Lodge", a horse-inspired learning centre an hour North of Auckland, New Zealand/Aotearoa, where her 12 horses roam freely and live naturally as a herd. These horses are not for riding, they are for learning spaceholding skills, especially on an energetic level. This interview was taken by Julia Neum...

Michaela Kaiser is a Feelings Practioner, which means she recognizes and uses the Feelings and Emotions to integrate and heal the physical body. In this episode, she speaks with Annika Korsten about the power of fully inhabiting her female body and occupying a space where healing happens. Listen closely in for the gift that the human body really is and the magic that unfolds when learning to sensi...