The Orisha Wisdom Podcast

After a spiritual reading, we don’t always walk away with just answers. We bring things in with us… and we leave things behind. In this episode, I talk about the part people don’t always think about, the emotional and energetic weight that gets placed on spiritual readers. Whether they are priests, espiritistas, tarot readers, or anyone holding space for others, there is an exchange happening. And...

In this episode, I’m revisiting past teachings and breaking down three things I no longer believe about Orisha traditions. These are lessons I once shared that no longer align with my experience today. This is about growth, accountability, and learning to move with clarity instead of confusion. Here is the link to episode 45.  Here is the link to the Live replay.  Here is the link to Dr. G. Wayne'...

Making that connection after setting up your Boveda has become a constant question.  Let's start with connecting with our spirits and recognizing how they communicate with us.  Getting started is one thing... but what to do after that is another entirely.  Find out some of the ways that the spirits can communicate with YOU.... even if you are starting all over again in connecting with them.   As p...

We've been going over the Boveda.  There are two basic camps.  Camp #1.  I love my boveda, I am so super duper connected to it... it's my spiritual haven.   AND #2.... Boveda what?  I don't feel anything.  Is this really necessary.   We've been going through the boveda in smaller doses... coming from a person who really has been on camp 2... and working towards the full camp 1.  We are all learnin...

The Boveda has been a topic of discussion, mandates, arguments, disagreements and more.  Much more, the issue is that many of us are not that developed to truly begin to understand its importance.  I do not nor will ever claim to know everything about the boveda, but I do know this... it is very important....  In this epidosde, we begin to learn about the boveda, and approach it from a story-telli...

This episode comes from decades of this ailment.  It is one thing to be right, and another thing... well listen to this episode to hear the rest.  And when you do... do you agree?  Disagree?  Have you seen this before?   Let’s keep in touch!  www.orishawisdom.com/ivon   If you have found value in The Orisha Wisdom Podcast and you can and would like to… support this podcast on Patreon www.patreon.c...

It is 2026, and it has been long overdue.... to have the Orisha Wisdom Podcast back.  Let's do this together.  To celebrate the Orisha Wisdom Podcast.... I bring you Episode 100... which is extremely special... to us all as a community.  Let’s keep in touch!  www.orishawisdom.com/ivon   If you have found value in The Orisha Wisdom Podcast and you can and would like to… support this podcast on Patr...

This episode continues the powerful conversation we began in Episode 98. Together, we look at the deeper red flags that show up in spiritual houses and communities: isolation from family, constant rule-changing, public shaming, rewards and punishments, and even the attempts by some leaders to control members’ personal lives. These behaviors don’t only happen in Lukumí. They happen across tradition...

🌟 Welcome to a special journey with the Orisha Wisdom Podcast. Episode 98, 'From Charm to Harm: How Can Charisma and Power Lead Astray - Part 1,' opens a two-part conversation that begins, unexpectedly, with a song—'The World's Greatest.' This melody leads us down a rabbit hole of reflections and crucial lessons about the allure and pitfalls of charisma and power. In this episode, we gently peel...

🌟 Welcome back to the Orisha Wisdom Podcast, shining brighter than ever in 2024! 🌅 We're kicking off this year with Episode 97, where we unwrap 'A Year Of Awareness: Reflecting on Ten Critical Lessons Of 2024.' It's not just another episode; it's a journey of enlightenment and discovery! 🚀 Join us as we dive deep into the insights that last year gifted us. These aren't just lessons; they're lif...

Thank you so much for tuning in to the Orisha Wisdom Podcast.  This is a follow up from An Ode to Mother and An Ode to Father.  Now we start having a difficult conversation and opening the conversations to learn --- and discuss.   Let’s keep in touch!  www.orishawisdom.com/ivon   If you have found value in The Orisha Wisdom Podcast and you can and would like to… support this podcast on Patreon www...

Thank you so much for listening to the Orisha Wisdom Podcast.  This episode is an Ode to Father.  There are good men in our lives... some of them do not the best thing... but sure as heck try.  Listen to this episode and find out about blessings for fathers... and Spiritual Goodness... as well... as an Ode to Father given authentically....  honestly.... and also... get ready to have a good time. ...

On Mother's Day.... Happy Mother's Day!  Are you in our traditions and want blessings?  Do you want to make your Eguns proud?  What about Orishas?  Do you want to avoid generational osogbo?  Listen to this episode and let's balance the world imbalance that is currently happening by straightening the imbalance that is currently plaguing our Mother Earth.  Enjoy! For show notes and to get ALL the in...

Thank you for listening to the Orisha Wisdom Podcast.  Question for you: How can you begin to get out of life's muck and become whole again?  Listen in for actionable steps physical, mental and spiritual steps you can begin today to get back on your road of wholeness. Yes!  You can start today! For show notes and to get ALL the info discussed in this episode, go to: www.orishawisdom.com /93   Let’...

Thank you for listening to the Orisha Wisdom Podcast. This episode we begin the discussion of when Woman goes against another Woman.  Listen in and weigh in.  The big questions are, if you were standing in front of YOUR elevated Eguns, or in front of Orisha or God Almighty --- would they be proud of you?   For show notes and to get ALL the info discussed in this episode, go to: www.orishawisdom.co...

Happy New Year 2023! Here are reflections and lessons learned of the past year 2022 and boy oh boy what a year that was.  Time to keep learning and to apply those lessons learned.  What are your lessons learned and reflections from last year? For show notes and to get ALL the info discussed in this episode, go to: www.orishawisdom.com/91   Let’s keep in touch!  www.orishawisdom.com/ivon   If you h...

Do you respect Mother?  Do you say that you love Orisha?  Hear how actions can bring osogbo if one disrespects mother.  Hear my story.   For show notes and to get ALL the info discussed in this episode, go to: www.orishawisdom.com/90   Let’s keep in touch!  www.orishawisdom.com/ivon   If you have found value in The Orisha Wisdom Podcast and you can and would like to… support this podcast on Patreo...

Thank you so much for listening the Orisha Wisdom Podcast.  Questions for you:  Should you go into business with your godparent?  What about purchasing a property together?  Should you invest money with a godparent?  Should you buy something with a godparent?  Listen to this episode and join in on the conversation about money boundaries.   For show notes and to get ALL the info discussed in this e...

Thank you for listening to the Orisha Wisdom Podcast.  This is a Real REAL episode where we begin to discuss... Boundaries with priests.  On this episode, we talk about whether or not talks about sex or in the reproductive arena are acceptable between client and priest, between godchild and godparent...  Listen in and weigh in.    For show notes and to get ALL the info discussed in this episode, g...

Thank you so much for listening to the Orisha Wisdom Podcast.   This is Part 2, of Trust But Verify.  What do you do when your relative is referring you to a priest?  What about if you hear a person speak in public?  What if you want to speak or be seen by an author?  Listen in to find out more ways to vet someone.   For show notes and to get ALL the info discussed in this episode, go to: www.oris...

Greetings to all of the Orisha Wisdom Podcast Family of the world.  As you know per this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbLvhkwBA6o&t=2s I am starting ALL over.  Yes... all over. Starting all over again has its regrets, such as hind sight is 20/20.   Begin this journey with me as we go back to see red flags, so that others do not go through what I went through.  Part 1. For show notes and...

Hello Orisha Wisdom Podcast family!  Here is a question that is sparking conversation among not only priests but non initiates as well.   What if you had to start all over in the Orisha Traditions?  What would you do?  What did you do that you would not do over again?      Listen in to a conversation with Olorisha Pedro Omo Oya... and join in with sharp listening ears to absorb from his years of e...

Welcome to Episode 84 of The Orisha Wisdom Podcast!  You hear Ori this and Ori that.  How can you align it, and what to do.    What if you could have dominion over your Ori?  Take a listen to find out more.  For show notes and to get ALL the info discussed in this episode, go to: www.orishawisdom.com/84   Let’s keep in touch!  www.orishawisdom.com/omileti   If you have found value in The Orisha Wi...

Listen to this Ask-A-Priest episode where a person is dealing with an overseas priest and is asking about being crowned via mail and making their own elekes.  Weigh in on the conversation.    For show notes and to get ALL the info discussed in this episode, go to: www.orishawisdom.com/83   Let’s keep in touch!  www.orishawisdom.com/omileti   If you have found value in The Orisha Wisdom Podcast and...

Listen to this conversation to learn how a poser in the Orisha Traditions was spotted and how priests reacted.  This episode dissects the poser behavior and begins the discussion on how the priests could have better responded to the situation.   For show notes and to get ALL the info discussed in this episode, go to: www.orishawisdom.com/82   Let’s keep in touch!  www.orishawisdom.com/omileti   If...