The Goddess School

What if your shadow holds the keys to deeper healing and connection? Mary Mueller Shutan, author and spiritual teacher, joins Lisa to explore animism, shamanism, and shadow work as pathways into embodiment and wholeness. They discuss how disconnection in our culture fuels spiritual sickness, how reconnecting with the natural world restores balance, and why shadow work reveals the unconscious patte...

Life will bring fire, but it can also be the spark of transformation. Spiritual teacher and retreat leader Britt B Steele shares her powerful story of facing breast cancer, navigating menopause, and embracing the fires of life as opportunities for growth and healing. Through Ayurveda, yoga, plant medicine, and community, she reveals how women can cultivate resilience, intuition, and radical respon...

Your deepest desires already hold the key to transformation when your inner king and queen work together. Through myth, fairy tales, Jungian psychology, and Romantasy, Lisa reveals how the anima and animus, the inner feminine and masculine, shape our lives. She explores the symbolic map of archetypes, showing how discipline, boundaries, and imagination weave into the sacred union of your inner kin...

Have you ever felt a wild, ancient spark inside you - a longing to stir healing potions, whisper to the moon, or listen to the wisdom of the animals around you?  The witch archetype holds a timeless power that invites women to reclaim their magic, resilience, and creative force. Through mythic storytelling, feminine wisdom traditions, and practical rituals, Lisa explores how embodying the wit...

Fear doesn’t disappear; it becomes the doorway to your greatest potential. Through personal stories of both business and relationships, Lisa Marie Rankin shares how fear, self-doubt, and the ever-present inner critic can keep women from pursuing their dreams. She reveals how awareness, curiosity, and intentional action can shift hesitation into courage, guiding women toward the confidence and clar...

What if you’re not a problem to solve, but a powerful presence to embody? Lisa returns with a timely reminder about the hidden harm in the self-help and coaching world’s obsession with fixing, healing, and labeling. With heartfelt candor, she shares how constantly searching for what's wrong—often encouraged by social media and marketing tactics—can disconnect us from our innate wisdom and joy. Thi...

Your nervous system might be the very thing sabotaging your dreams of success, love, and abundance, even when your conscious mind desperately wants these things. Lisa Marie Rankin speaks with somatic business mentor Brianna Rose about the fascinating connection between our nervous system and our capacity for success. Rose explains how our bodies perceive new levels of achievement as threats, causi...

What if your life’s most difficult moments were actually divine invitations to become whole? Today, Lisa explores the High Lady archetype, a powerful embodiment of feminine sovereignty, sacred responsibility, and self-authority. Through the lens of romantic fantasy heroines like Feyre, Nesta, and Aelin, she shares how their journeys reflect our own path to inner transformation when we stop giving...

What if you could spark change in others not by force but through your energetic presence and belief in their potential? Lisa unpacks how to become an inciter : someone who influences transformation by embodying trust, congruence, and mythic vision. She explores the Pygmalion effect, the psychological roots of the Galatea myth, and the power of shifting your energy rather than micromanaging others...

Villains aren’t just obstacles; they’re invitations to deeper self-awareness and power. Lisa Marie Rankin explores how the antagonists in our lives can be mirrors, energy vampires, or initiators, offering powerful lessons in shadow work, boundaries, and feminine sovereignty. Drawing from Jungian psychology, mythic frameworks, and romantasy archetypes, she guides listeners to stop reacting and star...

What if your shadow was the source of your superpower? This conversation reimagines the dragon not as a beast to conquer, but as a powerful ally in feminine transformation. Lisa explores how modern romantasy heroines like Daenerys Targaryen and Violet Sorrengail bond with their dragons to awaken hidden gifts, access shadow magic, and claim sacred feminine power. Drawing on Jungian psychology, myth...

What if your creativity wasn’t something to monetize, but a sacred part of your healing and joy? Lisa Marie Rankin is joined by multi-passionate artist Anastasia Forrest—author, musician, seamstress, and mother—for a soul-stirring conversation on following your bliss, making peace with the inner critic, and protecting your creative spark in a noisy world. Together they explore the muse archetype,...

Your body isn’t betraying you—it’s inviting you into a deeper relationship with yourself. Ayurvedic teacher and menopause guide Mary Thompson returns for part two of this soulful, practical conversation with Lisa Marie Rankin to explore the real root causes of hot flashes, low libido, weight gain, and stress in midlife. With deep reverence for the body’s wisdom and clear insights from Ayurveda, Ma...

You’re never too old to begin again—and Tara Stoughtenborough is living proof. At 83, Tara shares her incredible journey of launching a PR firm at 49, publishing over 60 romance novels in her 60s, and enrolling in Ayurveda school at 80. She embodies the sacred archetypes of maiden, mother, and crone with enthusiasm, wisdom, and an ever-curious heart. Lisa Marie Rankin and Tara explore feminine mag...

What if healing didn’t have to be hard—but could be hot, playful, and full of fantasy? Lisa Marie Rankin and intimacy coach Amy Everhart dive deep into the deconstruction of purity culture, how people pleasing becomes a subtle form of control, and the unexpected power of romantasy and smut to open new portals of healing. With humor, wisdom, and unapologetic joy, Amy shares how embracing desire, sh...

What if your next chapter began with letting go of everything you thought you were supposed to be? Emily Reuschel  joins Lisa Marie Rankin to explore what it truly means to reclaim your power, pivot from burnout, and awaken your soul’s calling. Through honest storytelling and deep wisdom, they discuss how self-help culture can both empower and mislead, why embracing play and creativity throug...

Menopause isn’t a decline—it’s an initiation into your most powerful self. Mary Thompson joins Lisa Marie Rankin to share Ayurvedic perspectives on the forest dweller phase, perimenopause, and the deeper psychospiritual invitations of midlife. With decades of experience, Mary offers empowering insight into how symptoms like hot flashes, insomnia, and anxiety aren’t problems to fix but sacred messe...

From NBC newsrooms to sacred ceremony, Elizabeth Brett shares her powerful journey of awakening as a modern-day priestess. In this soulful conversation, Elizabeth Brett reveals how leaving a high-profile career led her to uncover deep spiritual truths and sacred feminine wisdom. Through practices rooted in divine feminine archetypes, embodiment, and inner alchemy, she now guides women to remember...

What if being the villain is exactly what your soul has been craving? When women deny their darker impulses—rage, desire, ruthlessness—they often lose access to their deepest power. This episode invites you to reclaim the “dark queen” archetype, shedding the mask of the pleasing princess and exploring myths, modern stories, and lived experience to illuminate what happens when we unlock the full sp...

Can a trauma therapist become a witch and still help people heal? Jodi Spencer proves that not only is it possible—it might be the missing piece. Psychotherapist turned crossroads witch, Jodi Spencer blends Southern folk magic, shadow work, and ancestral reverence into a potent healing path rooted in divine feminine mysticism. She shares her journey of leaving traditional therapy behind to answer...

What if the most powerful spiritual teachers aren’t the ones in the spotlight—but the ones quietly embodying their truth? Author and poet Arundhati Subramaniam joins Lisa to explore the wisdom woven through her book Women Who Wear Only Themselves . Together, they reflect on stories of four Indian women walking unique spiritual paths—unconcerned with fame, documentation, or performative gestures. T...

Your jealousy, fear, and judgment aren’t flaws—they’re secret pathways to your power. Discover how leaning into the parts of yourself you’ve been taught to suppress can unlock your creativity, authenticity, and feminine magic.   Lisa explores the concept of the shadow, offering a fresh perspective on recognizing and animating these hidden aspects through playful expression and self-awareness....

What if you’re not broken, but simply human ? Lisa is offering a powerful and honest reflection on the shadow side of self-help and coaching culture. Challenging the idea that we are all in need of fixing.  Through personal stories and examples, she exposes how our obsession with healing and self-diagnosis—often fueled by social media and coaching industry marketing—can keep us trapped in a c...

 What if the secret to true abundance wasn’t found in chasing more, but in embracing what already exists within you? Through the lens of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi, this episode explores the four aims of a meaningful life—material wealth (Artha), pleasure (Kama), purpose (Dharma), and spiritual freedom (Moksha). Listen in as Lisa guides us through how cultivating inner abundance, pleasure, pur...

What if your obsession with dark, dominant heroes in romantic fantasy novels is more than just escapism—what if it’s revealing something profound about your own psyche? Lisa explores the allure of the "shadow daddy" archetype in romantasy literature, delving into Jungian psychology to uncover why women are so captivated by these powerful, morally ambiguous figures. She unpacks how these stories co...