Dianne Shepherd
The Vital Goddess
The Vital Goddess Podcast is a sensual, soulful space for midlife women who feel the call to come home to their bodies. Through embodiment practices, sacred feminine wisdom, Taoist and Tantric teachings, and intimate reflections, each episode invites you out of the thinking mind and into the living intelligence of your body. This is a place to soften, remember your pleasure, reclaim your power, and explore what it truly means to live from embodied love, radiance, and desire—on your own terms.
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Dianne Shepherd
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Latest episode
Nov 3, 2026
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Episodes
The Feminine Face of Tantra 28.03.2025 24:46
If feeling irritated, wired and tired is your normal, you're not alone. If accessing your sensual pleasure and feminine flow state has been a struggle, again, you're in good company. We live in a world that makes feeling good in your skin a major challenge. Many women feel depleted, exhausted and done by the time they hit midlife. (Men too btw). Things are massively out of balance and it...
How Perfectionism Kills Our Pleasure & How to Turn it Around 21.03.2025 30:07
Perfectionism is sneaky thing. It's usually creeps in during childhood as an attempt to feel safer in a world that didn't actually feel that safe. In response to a confusing and overwhelming world (even if our parents did a great job), our young selves can easily feel uneasy and take on a belief that if we do things perfectly, we'll get our needs met. We'll feel safe. We'...
Yin Power/Living From the Inside Out 14.03.2025 31:04
If you're anything like most women in my world, you want to change the world. You know deep in your heart that there's got to be a better way. A way to create more harmony, beauty & love in the world. A way for all of us to feel more joyful, blissful, ecstatic even as we explore this human experience. You came here to this garden planet to fully live the magical adventure you signed...
Falling in Love With the Dark Goddess/ Desire Clarity & Boundaries That Feel Good 07.03.2025 22:51
These are no ordinary times. And you are no ordinary woman. If you’ve been in my world for a while, I’m sure you’re interested in harnessing the power of the sacred feminine. That creative, sacred essence that lives inside of you. The energy that creates worlds and at the same time is uniquely yours. And I’m sure you’re down for exploring ways to tap into more of that power. And live your life mor...
Midlife, Menopause & Beyond/ The Call of the Wild 28.02.2025 27:10
I'm sure you've noticed: We're bombarded daily with toxic, disempowering narratives on what it means to age as a woman. Constant attacks designed to leave us feeling invisible and "put out to pasture.” Fear mongering and "it's the beginning of the end" story? It can really mess with you. On a bad day, you may even start to believe all the bs. We've been tra...
Revive Your Libido With The Taoist Jade Egg Practice 21.02.2025 28:27
The Taoist Jade Egg practice is one of the most curative and empowering practices on the planet for the female libido. So many women (of all ages) are struggling with low libido, unfulfilling sex lives; feeling numb, bored, exhausted or experiencing pain in their intimate lives. Some women give up on sex entirely. Some grin and bear it and get really good at faking. Many end up blaming themselves...
Living in Love/Some Tantric Truth on Romance 14.02.2025 26:21
Happy Valentine's Day! 🌹🎉💘 A day when many people celebrate love. All kinds of love, but especially romantic love. Romantic love is a powerhouse isn't it? And so layered. It's one of the most compelling experiences a human can have. I think most people would agree; to swoon is divine. We see the world differently in that rose-colored state. Our mood soars. We're tapped into...
Releasing Stuck Emotions & Reclaiming Vitality With Health Detective Beth Mielbrecht 08.02.2025 45:20
The evidence on the impact our emotions have on our quality of life is impossible to refute. Our emotions play a huge role on how we feel in our bodies. Our health and vitality are greatly effected by our emotional state. Not to mention our pleasure, sensuality and intimacy. Emotions are a part of our human experience but how we process them (or not) is intrinsic to our wellbeing. We focus a lot...
How to Stay Aligned With Your Goddess Vision Everyday 31.01.2025 27:18
It's so important to have a big picture, North Star, Goddess Avatar vision. But showing up in alignment with that vision on a daily basis? Doing all of the daily things? That's a challenge! No pressure but...we are emitting a frequency in every waking moment whether we realize it or not. And the quality of that frequency determines much of our life experience. Short term and long term. U...
Your Intuition is Gold How to Tap into it & Dial it Up 24.01.2025 22:51
These are wild times we're living in. So much going on. So much uncertainty. So many things clamoring for our attention & concern. It's huge. It's heartbreaking. And It can be so easy to collapse into overwhelm, fear and doubt. Have you found yourself in that dead end space of trying to make sense of all? Trying to figure it out? I hear you! We've been trained to rely on an...
3 Common Manifestation Blocks and How to Handle Them 17.01.2025 32:50
Sometimes our biggest obstacles are hiding in plain sight. If you’ve ever felt stuck or stalled in manifesting the life of your dreams you’re in good company. And it’s not your fault. We’re always manifesting. And we all carry unconscious & semi-conscious blocks that keep us in cycles of drawing in what we don’t actually want. We can recite positive affirmations on wealth, health & love a...
The Art of Receiving/Activating the Venus Codes 10.01.2025 24:39
Here's a Tantric truth bomb for you: As a woman, receiving is your spiritual superpower. Getting good at it will awaken your feminine consciousness. And change your life. Why? Here's my take on it. Pleasure is the portal into activating your The Venus Codes. Your innate, intrinsic energetic signatures for Beauty, Abundance, Passion, Ecstasy & Love. When you're able to truly rece...
Hang Back, Refine Your Desire & Stay in Your Vibe This Holiday Season 13.12.2024 25:54
I don’t know who needs to hear this but… So cliche, I know, but really. (Actually, I need to hear it too, so here goes)... Have you been in overdrive? Trying too hard to make things happen? Racking your brain to figure it out? (Whatever your “it” of the moment is) to the point of exhaustion & exasperation? Head in a beehive? Way too much going on? Take a deep breath with me. Let out a huge sig...
Your Eat Pray Love Adventure Begins in Your Own Backyard 06.12.2024 29:44
When the book Eat, Pray Love came out I was worlds away from grabbing my passport and hopping on a flight to find myself. I love the book (and love travel) and I think Elizabeth Gilbert is amazing, but the adventure she so beautifully describes; one woman's search for everything, wasn't happening for this woman. Not then. At the time EPL hit the stands I was hitting the gas on my Mom T...
Get Real With Your Desire in 2025 29.11.2024 26:07
Most people have a complicated relationship with desire. So many are running on an outdated, disempowering script on desire that's simply not serving them. We've been conditioned to be skeptical of desire, to short change, to shun it and even shame it. It doesn't have to be that way. We can live into a new enlivening and empowering script on desire. And set it free from choke hold o...
Own Your Venus Magic/ A Journey Through the Signs 22.11.2024 52:49
Do you believe in magic? Do you believe in your magic? That's the real question. It's no secret that modern life can feel anything but magical. We can so easily find ourselves wired, tired, high and dry. Desperately craving the spark, juice, the aliveness and inspo that we know in our hearts is possible. Well, I'm here to tell you that the magic is in you. And you can make the bold...
Wild Love & Radical Radiance in the Age of Aquarius 15.11.2024 19:40
Things are shifting... We're about to experience a powerful astrological transit that we'll all be feeling over the next 19 years. After cleaning house and working its shamanic death and rebirth medicine on systems of all kinds in Capricorn since 2008, on November 19th Pluto will move into freedom-loving Aquarius. Shifting the focus of transformation and healing from shining the light o...
When a Woman Inhabits Her Sensuality...Welcome to the Pleasure Zone 08.11.2024 28:32
What does sustainable pleasure look like? What would be possible if you had better access to more of your calm, ease, flow & wisdom more of the time? No matter what's going on. What happens when a woman truly inhabits her sensuality? We live in wild times, no doubt. In the chaos and confusion of the world it's so easy to lose connection to who you are. To be cut off from your inner...
Tantra & Astrology/ Embodying Love in an Uncertain World 01.11.2024 31:51
These are no ordinary times. And you are no ordinary woman. In times like these it can be easy to forget that you were born for this. But you've got what it takes. It's not a mistake that you're here. All you seek is inside of you. And your Astrological natal chart can help you remember. Astrology gives language to the beauty, magic and power of your soul. To the nuances of you. The...
Nourish Your Libido/Reclaiming Your Erotic Innocence 25.10.2024 24:49
Low libido is often described as one of the things that “just happens” when a woman reaches a certain age or begins her journey into Menopause. If you’ve been handed the “it’s the beginning of the end” script, you know how disempowering and even infuriating that can feel. But low libido and vaginal dryness is not just an “older woman” thing. These days many women in their 20s and 30s are showin...
Healing the Witch Wound & Owning Our Divine Worth with Jennifer Whitaker 18.10.2024 43:28
“Is it really possible to be in alignment with my deepest values and enjoy wealth and success in my business/career?” “Can I truly have more ease, flow, joy, love and pleasure in my life while doing work that I’m passionate about?” “Can I live my purpose sans the burnout? And have the time and energy for a thriving personal life?” As the world is changing sooo fast and old ways of doing things ju...
How to Reignite Intimacy in Relationships With Belinda Wiley 11.10.2024 51:10
Relationships are always a hot topic aren't they? How do we actually thrive in a long term partnership? How do we rekindle the flame that drew us in in the first place? 🔥 How do we keep love alive? 💗 And spicy? 🌶️ With all of the shifting dynamics over the past couple of months (hello eclipse season)! I thought it would be the perfect time to bring in one of my favorite experts on the topi...
Sacred Sensual Movement Move Like a Stripper/Heal Your Pelvic Floor 04.10.2024 17:51
Struggling with pelvic floor issues? Kegel not working for you? I hear you! It’s so hard to feel your best when your pelvis is screaming for attention. And so frustrating when what people keep telling you to do just ain’t working! What if there was a simple, fun and sassy solution? There is! But you have to be bold enough to give it a try. Let's dive in! Sign up for the free masterclass! ht...
The Secret to Gourmet Sex 27.09.2024 24:26
There's a commonly held belief that women are not as interested in sex as men are. It's time to bust that myth. I think what we often confuse as "not interested" is really "not interested in what's on the menu". It all boils down to the initiation we never got. Most of us have never been initiated into the sacred power of our bodies, our sensuality and sexuality...
A Journey into Yin, Pleasure & Desire With Womb Healer & Trailblazer Ariele Myers 20.09.2024 1:01:42
I love a juicy tale of a woman diving deep and reclaiming herself. Don't you? When I witness another woman, sharing her story of feminine reclamation there's magic in the air. ✨✨✨ It enlivens, inspires and ignites me in a way that's hard to express in words. I guess that makes sense. Words can only capture a part of what's going on here. It's a vibe. It's felt. A r...
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