Dianne Shepherd

The Vital Goddess

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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.

Author

Dianne Shepherd

Category

Health

Podcast website

www.shakticore.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

The Venusian Summer Series/ 7 Free Masterclasses to Embody Your Inner Goddess of Love 07.06.2024

Are you ready for an epic summer of love? I've created something special for you! Today's episode is an invitation to join me on a Venusian journey this summer. Introducing The Venusian Summer Series/7 Free Masterclasses to Embody Your Inner Goddess of Love. I know She's in there! And I wanted to create a space and share some tools and practices so that you can connect with your Inn...

Sweeter Dreams/Sensual Tips for Better Sleep 31.05.2024

We all know how important sleep is. And there are times when it's just not happening. I've been hearing from many women in my world that sleep issues are on the rise. With all that's going on astrologically and in the world at large, that makes sense. We're all going through massive shifts on many levels, so it's not surprising that we find ourselves up in the middle of th...

Awakening Your Multi-Orgasmic Powers 24.05.2024

What does it mean to be multi-orgasmic? From my perspective this is a wellness conversation. Multi-orgasmic is a term that stems from the Taoist Sexual Yoga practices where the healthy flow of sexual energy is considered to be the foundation of mental and physical wellbeing. And while sex, solo or partnered, can be a wonderful part of that, there's so much more. Being multi-orgasmic is not an...

5 Simple Tips to Revive Your Vibe When You Feel Blocked 17.05.2024

How do we know when we're cut off from our source energy? It's so important to know our red flags. And to have a plan for when they show up. We all know that feeling of feeling how we don't want to feel. Those moments are inevitable. And valuable. When we experience what we don't want we have a great opportunity to fine tune our desires and to get into alignment with who we kno...

Healing Your Inner Child The Feminine Way 10.05.2024

Happy Mother's Day to all the mamas out there! I hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day weekend. I'm all about celebrating the mamas! Heck, I'm one myself. Yes to that and ...I thought this would be a good time to dive into the topic of re-parenting ourselves. Something that comes up for every woman I've met (me too) on the feminine embodiment journey is the awareness at s...

Vaginal Weightlifting; A Sassy, Sexy Jade Egg Practice 03.05.2024

Have you heard of Vaginal Weightlifting?  Yes, you’ve got it right, we’re talking about lifting weights with your vagina. If that sounds bizarre, I get it. When I first heard about this practice I thought so too. And yet, I was intrigued. Now it’s a regular part of my self care routine.  Vaginal Weightlifting or Yoni Weightlifting is a simple but advanced Jade Egg practice that can provide amazing...

3 Simple Ways to Build Solid Self Trust 26.04.2024

What does it mean to truly trust ourselves? It's a big question isn't it? And one that I feel deserves more attention than it gets.   Our level of self trust has an enormous impact on how we feel on the daily. Mind, body and spirit. It influences how fully we show up in every area of our lives. When we're not trusting ourselves (and we all experience that from time to time) it'...

Reclaim Your Inner Goddess/Level-Up Your Life 19.04.2024

Is it time to level up? It must be in the air. Or maybe it’s the current astrology. (Eclipse season anyone?) It seems everyone I speak to these days,( including myself btw), is down for a level-up of some kind. Whether it’s moving across the globe, a break up (lovers, friends, biz partners etc), a career change, a re-brand, a home makeover, a style makeover, a detox a fitness or nutritional challe...

Love Bombing vs Embodied Love 12.04.2024

A woman embodying her essence is a sight to behold. It’s inspiring and uplifting just to be in her presence.  I feel so grateful that I get to witness such splendor pretty much on the daily.  At a first glance the work of sensual reclamation and desire-based living can seem a bit indulgent, selfish, dangerous even. Some would even say that all of this focus on receiving pleasure and desire clarity...

Higher Love/ How to Rock the Solar Eclipse Like a Queen 05.04.2024

“Bring me a higher love.”  If there’s a mantra for this eclipse season (and for these times in general), I think it’s gotta be that. On the collective level we’re yearning for a deeper (and higher) experience in all things romance and eros.  And that yearning is gathering momentum. Can you feel it? Love is in the air and it’s in the sea. It’s trembling in the earth, and burning passionately within...

The Ultimate People Pleasing Cure 29.03.2024

People pleasing is a hot topic isn't it? We've been hearing a lot about ways that we can get in our own way by getting stuck in patterns of sacrificing ourselves in service to others. We can find ourselves habitually attempting to please others at our own expense in order to keep the peace; not rock the boat, to be liked or approved of. The cost of these patterns add up. Chronic people p...

Wild Abundance/A Solo Sex Magic Manifestation Ritual 22.03.2024

Are you curious about manifestation and the Law of Attraction? Do want to create your life more by design? Maybe you’ve dabbled a bit in manifestation practices but you’re a bit frustrated with your lack of results. Maybe you’ve heard of sex magic and you’re wondering… What the heck is that?  And how can it help me live a more abundant life? Then this episode is for you, love!  I want to offer you...

Emotional Alchemy/ Moving From Overwhelm & Numbness to Erotic Empowerment & Alignment 15.03.2024

Are your emotions taking you for a ride? Like a raging storm crashing on the Cliffs of Moher? Leaving you in a state of perpetual drama and overwhelm? Perhaps with a heavy dose of shame hangover on the side? Or maybe you feel numb. Stuck in the doldrums of the sea of boredom. You find yourself moving from task to task in a semi-conscious robotic trance.   You go through the motions of your day cut...

Healing Trauma With The Jade Egg Practice 08.03.2024

Our bodies store our traumatic experiences ( big T and little t ) until we process them, integrate them and release them. In the words of trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk, MD: " The Body Keeps the Score ." When we have stored trauma in our bodies it can show up in many different ways. Here are just a few: emotional and physical blocks/numbness pelvic pain/painful sex pelvic floor issues...

The Radiant Yoni Meditation/A Sensual Meditation to Awaken Your Pleasure & Your Sacred Femme 01.03.2024

Do you feel cut off from your pleasure? I get it! Most women do. And it makes sense. Why do so many women feel numb and cut off from their sensual pleasure? So many reasons... The broad stroke is that we live in a pleasure-negative world that pretty much demands a disconnect from our sensuality and the creative life force power of our sexual energy. It hasn't felt safe for most of us to inhab...

A Simple Sensual Embodiment Practice to Process Grief 23.02.2024

Grief is a part of the human experience. No doubt about that. Grief is something that (in general) modern society is really bad at. But I think we’re getting better. New awareness and ways of supporting people in the grief process is growing rapidly and that’s very encouraging. Being supported, heard and witnessed by caring humans while in a deep grief process is so important. In addition to skill...

Reclaiming the Mystical Feminine 16.02.2024

Some people call it “Woo.”  I call it my feminine.  Reclaiming the mystical part of me has been (and continues to be) a deep process. Giving myself permission to let this part of me out has been a healing journey; a spiral path for sure. Like many, I was taught very young that this non-logical, magical, daydreamy, intuitive part of me was wrong. Dangerous even. And like we always do with any part...

4 Ways to Level Up Your Love Life 09.02.2024

Most women I know, myself included, find romantic relationships to be one of the most challenging areas of life. It’s an ongoing adventure isn’t? Sometimes there’s connection, ease, flow, passion and fun. And then the winds shift (sometimes very quickly) and we find ourselves moving into frustration, resentment, anger and that awful gnawing feeling of not feeling met, seen or fulfilled.  Even wors...

3 Ways to Reclaim Your Dark Feminine 02.02.2024

The feminine is a force of nature.  Society doesn’t make it easy to embody and express that. And yet it’s absolutely key. My own journey of reclaiming my feminine didn’t begin with sunshine, rainbows, love and light. It began in the dark. It began when I decided to step on the path of befriending my wild, unpredictable, untamable, stormy Dark Femme and invite her to the party. I used to be terrifi...

3 Ways to Heal Your Relationship With the Masculine 26.01.2024

If you struggle with your intimate relationships with the masculine,  you’re so not alone!  Intimacy dynamics and romance are a major pain points for so many powerful women. We can be super confident and fulfilled in so many areas of our lives; career, family, friends, but when it comes to our romantic life?  Things can go into a confusing, destabilizing  and downright infuriating downward spiral...

3 Steps to Awaken Your Inner Goddess of Love 19.01.2024

The power within you is immense. It truly is. When you align with all of who you really are,  you're in your flow, things line up, magic happens, you feel radiant, magnetic, amazing and you feel so deeply grateful. It feels like falling in love. If you've experienced that state, you've experienced your Inner Venus. Isn't She lovely? Don't you want more of Her? This vibrati...

3 Ways Sensual Breathwork Can Awaken Your Sacred Feminine 12.01.2024

Breathwork has gone viral. How cool is that? There are so many fabulous schools, teachers and coaches out there to learn from and experience the multitude of powerful benefits breathwork can provide. After studying a variety breathwork techniques with some stellar teachers I realized that what I was truly craving was a breathwork practice that could drop me into my feminine. I wanted a breathwork...

5 Ways to Strengthen Your Feminine Essence 05.01.2024

Happy New Year!  It’s that time of year where we hear a lot about setting goals, slaying the day and making it all happen. I want to share a different perspective. Let’s talk about how to strengthen not our will power but our magnetic power. The radiant, creative power of your Sacred Feminine. To do that we need to basically do the opposite of what culture says. We need to drop into Yin; to connec...

3 Ways to Rock Your Radiance in 2024 29.12.2023

Heading into a New Year is always an exciting time, isn't it? A fresh start. The musings and soulful conversations we have with our inner wisdom; our higher selves are just so full of truth, love and light. Getting more into alignment with who we really are and why we're here. The new commitments that we make to ourselves. So much potential. So much anticipation.  So much desire brewing....

The Law of Attraction & The Feminine Art of Receiving 22.12.2023

Are you interested in creating your life more aligned with your desires? This one’s for you! Here I dive into the practice of manifestation and using the Law of Attraction to create the life you want to live and the world you want to live and thrive in. Did you know that activating your sensual pleasure and opening the body to receive and hold the frequency of our desires are powerful (and key) sk...

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