It's time for The Feminine Frequency! This month, co-host Jennifer Mulak shares with us her own Heroine's Journey. Jennifer is the founder, alchemist and earth steward behind Cosmic Mother - where she offers a line of botanical skincare, herbal potions, and energy work. She is a healer, a problem solver, an herbalist, flower practitioner and energy worker, a writer, a recovering rule follower, and a curious student of spiritual teachings. She is delighted to make her home in Shokan, NY with her ...
Jun 24, 2025•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 380
Stephanie Wilson Medlock is the author of two magical realism novels, An Improbable Companion, released by Dorrance Publishing in 2025, and The Lives of Things, published 2013. She is the co-founder of the San Miguel International Storytelling Festival, and arranges storytelling events annually in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. A storyteller herself, Medlock performs regularly in the United States and Mexico. She is also the co-founder of the Writer's Studio at the University of Chicago Graham S...
Jun 17, 2025•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 379
It's our monthly conversation about Spirituality and Politics. Joining Marielena and me in the first half of the show today is Marcina Hale , Program Director at Reconsider. She was on the show back in 2019. (Check out show #52 to hear her story). She is an Executive Producer of Fantastic Fungi , Producer of Disturbing the Peace and There is Another Way , and a facilitator for Reconsider's work ”play” shop experiences, which have been held in the U.S. and internationally. Marcina spoke at TEDxKC...
Jun 10, 2025•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 378
Cornelia Murr is a British-American singer-songwriter. She released her debut album, Lake Tear of the Clouds , in 2018, followed by the EP Corridor in 2022. Her music blends elements of folk, dream-pop, and psychedelic pop, often characterized by ethereal vocals and introspective lyrics. In February 2025, Cornelia released her second full-length album, Run to the Center . The album was produced by singer-songwriter Luke Temple and marked a shift toward a more expansive, confident sound described...
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 377
Today on the show, Jennifer Mulak interviews Theresa as she shares much of her life story through the lens of the Heroine's Journey. Growing up as a "father's daugher" and identifying with career over motherhood, Theresa assimilated with the masculine, finding masculine allies and often being the sole female member of various "boys clubs." When her planned wedding was canceled, it woke her up to the choices she was making in life and how she had drifted far from the things she was truly passiona...
May 27, 2025•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 376
I had a last minute change in plans due to a health emergency with my planned guest, but I took that as an opportunity to dig a little deeper into the Heroine's Journey which Jennifer and I will be folding into our conversations on The Feminine Frequency (next week). Here's a rough outline from The Heroine's Journey Project . Let me know if you relate! HEROINE SEPARATES FROM THE FEMININE. The “feminine” is often a mother/mentor figure or a societally prescribed feminine/marginalized/outsider rol...
May 20, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 375
Happy Birthday Marielena! In honor of the Full Moon and Marielena's Birthday, she offers us a Life Project workshop to reshape and connect with our vision for life by identifying what we like about ourselves, what we like doing, what we want our life to look like, and how to align ourselves with that vision. Here's your Full Moon report ! AND, Marielena pulls a Kim Krans Archetype Card... The Vision! (We did not stage that.) Today’s show was engineered by Ian Seda from Radiokingston.org . Our sh...
May 13, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 374
I had a last minute shift in plans for today's show, so I took the opportunity to talk about the subject of Sovereignty starting with a history of cinco de mayo and then shared from Sharon Blackie's, If Women Rose Rooted, where she shares about the Goddess Sovereignty. As mentioned on the show, here's Katherine Franke's Instagram account if you want a primer on the legal issues that are being raised on the regular. Here's the info on the fundraiser for Woodstock Land Conservancy where Rebecca Ma...
May 06, 2025•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 373
Gargie Verma is an award-winning, genre-defying artist whose voice carries the soul of centuries and the spark of modern fire. Gargie’s journey began in a traditional Vedic Hindu family in India, where she was immersed in ancient devotional music from birth. But her destiny was far from conventional. Drawn to the sounds of the world, she has traveled to over 17 countries, absorbing and collaborating across cultures, evolving into a singular voice in global music. A rare force in today’s musical ...
Apr 29, 2025•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 372
Today I start an exciting new monthly conversation with Jennifer Mulak , titled The Feminine Frequency which is a reweaving of the feminine ways of being into ourselves, our relations, and the containers and systems that support life in community. Inspired by our own lived experiences and supported by Dr. Sharon Blackie's work and book, If Women Rose Rooted (amongst other wisdom keepers) we hope to explore the undoing of the patriarchal programming that we are all immersed in. On this inaugural ...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 371
It's the 4th anniversary of Spirituality and Politics with Marielena! We start off talking about getting off social media, simplifying life, conflict resolution, and post-patriarchal living. She was recently talking about Leading with Artivism with Poet Gold, and she shared the differences between activist and advocate and why she considers herself an advocate. Inspired by that conversation, we talk about why people are so eager to believe or follow a "leader" or "waiting for superman." Closing ...
Apr 15, 2025•2 hr•Ep. 370
Kelli Scarr is an American singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Kingston, NY. She is also the founder of Vera Jean Music, a pioneering record label dedicated to championing the talents of women artists over the age of 40. On May 12, 2025, she unveils Greater Mysteries, an immersive album and performance experience inspired by the ancient myth of Inanna. Born from a 2022 artist residency in Crete, and recorded in Iceland, the album invites listeners to connect with their own cycle...
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 369
Today on the show I get to sit down with Galen Joseph-Hunter . She has served as Executive Director of Wave Farm since 2002. Wave Farm is an international transmission arts organization driven by experimentation with the electromagnetic spectrum. Wave Farm cultivates creative practices in radio and supports artists and nonprofits in their cultural endeavors. Based in New York’s Upper Hudson Valley, Wave Farm is a media arts center, arts service organization, and media outlet operating WGXC 90.7-...
Apr 01, 2025•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 368
Perdita Finn is the co-founder, with her husband Clark Strand, of the feral fellowship The Way of the Rose , which inspired their book The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary . They are currently at work on their next book together Circles Not Lines: Spiritual Community Beyond Patriarchy. In addition to extensive study with Zen masters, priests, spirit workers, and healers, she apprenticed with the psychic Susan Saxman, with whom she wrote The Reluctant ...
Mar 25, 2025•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 367
Today on the show... Nandini Natasha Austin As a former Director of Global Sales with over 20 years blending her passions for luxury hospitality and wellness, Nandini curates Deliciously Radiant Corporate Retreats and Experiences. Specializing in high-value collaborations with corporations and retreat leaders, her career spans top-tier properties in New York and London, high-profile event curation, programming and corporate wellness initiatives. Beyond hospitality, Nandini is a Certified Ayurved...
Mar 18, 2025•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 366
It's another episode with Marielena Ferrer and she's talking about breaking things up, Destroy to Create, at Unison , March 15th at 4pm, and revisiting resilience during COVID for an upcoming art show at Unison. Tea Talks was moved to May 31st! We remember COVID and reflect on how that's prepared us for today's time. We also talk about what if anything we should be doing locally to create or build where the Federal government is shutting down. Let us know what you think! And here's your Full Moo...
Mar 12, 2025•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 365
Fukiko Ostensen is a Steam Therapist and Founder of Poca Poca . She is an herbalist born and raised in the Japanese countryside, now based in the Catskill region nestled within pristine nature. Ever since she arrived in this region in 2018, she has been learning about medicinal properties of various plants through the Hudson Valley herbal community and earning her herbalist certification from Ecoversity. After studying and earning a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Environmental Science in th...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 364
Sara Jecko is a musician, mom, performer, educator, and ecopsychologist in the Hudson Valley. Her work focuses on inviting our wildly creative nature to re-establish authentic and flourishing relationships with ourselves, and with the rest of life on Earth. Sara's private practice --> small organization, Inviting Wildness , runs workshops and events that cultivate wildlife advocacy through arts-based and ecopsychological education for all ages. One of these events, "Wilder", is coming up in M...
Feb 25, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 363
Joining me in the first hour of the show is Barbara Bravo, CCE Master Gardener Volunteer and Garden Day Coordinator to talk about “ Garden with Confidence ” happening on April 5th at SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge, New York. The Master Gardeners of Cornell Cooperative Extension are delighted to unveil Garden Day 2025 class offerings that are designed to inspire and equip both novices and experienced gardeners. This year’s range of classes will provide hands on learning experiences, expert guidance, an...
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 362
It's another installment of Spirituality and Politics with Marielena Ferrer. Joining us today is... Lexa Walsh an artist, cultural worker and experience maker. Her upbringing as the only bad athlete in a family of fifteen in the Philadelphia suburbs, and coming of age in the Bay Area post punk cultural scene of the 1990’s informs her interest in alternative lifestyles, economies and communities. With a background in both sculpture and social practice, Walsh makes site specific projects, exhibiti...
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 361
Today I get to speak with Shauna Cummins, a certified Clinical Hypnosis Practitioner with a private practice in New York, author of Wishcraft (2021), holder of ceremonies, multi-disciplinary artist and founder of Divine Feminine School of Hypnosis and MindMassageHotline. She is the resident event hypnotist at The Four Seasons Hotel New York Downton and regularly teaches workshops and conducts ceremonies in NYC and abroad. She also creates hypnotic sound art and installations and her work has bee...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 360
Today on the show, I get to chat with Anastasia Wasko, a writer, editor, and psychospiritual guide from the NYC area who calls the Deep South her adopted home. She has a BA in Transpersonal Psychology from Sofia University (former Institute of Transpersonal Psychology) in Palo Alto, California and an MA in Psychosynthesis Psychology from The Institute of Psychosynthesis in London, England. Anastasia manages Planet Dust Enterprises, a visionary book publisher that produces multidimensional, co-cr...
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 359
Originally from Cape Town, South Africa and now living in upstate NY, Debbie Lan is a Musician, Singer, Choral Director, vocal arranger and award winning songwriter. Debbie has entertained audiences as a solo artist, with various bands and Playback Theater companies, written 2 musicals which premiered at The Rosendale Theater in Rosendale New York, and has taught music and singing to children 18 months through 8th grade. Now in its 17th year, Debbie founded, directs and arranges songs for Bloom,...
Jan 21, 2025•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 358
Today I begin the show with some reflection and honoring of my friend Jeanne Brooks who recently passed. She and I collaborated in community events, and she was a guest several years back . If you'd like to support her daughter's financial future or her families Meal Train please let me know. Then I look forward to some of the conversations I am interested in having this year, including a consideration of how we can support an UPSWING in our community and beyond. Today is a Full Moon so I share ...
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 357
Marielena Ferrer is driving solo today while Theresa returns from Wisconsin. In this show, she sits down with artist Tona Wilson. http://www.tonawilson.com/ Today’s show was engineered by Ian Seda from Radiokingston.org . Our show music is from Shana Falana ! Feel free to email me, say hello: she@iwantwhatshehas.org ** Please: SUBSCRIBE to the pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND IT http://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcast ITUNES | SPOTIFY ITUNES: https://itunes...
Jan 07, 2025•2 hr•Ep. 356
Kris Journey , a writer, editor, and astrologer, is certified as a professional astrologer with the Organization for Professional Astrology and serves on the editorial board for its magazine, The Evolving Astrologer . Originally from New England, she is delighted to be a new homeowner in Kingston after eight years upstate. Today Kris entertains my curiosities about her foray into Astrology via some deep personal research for years at https://www.astro.com/horoscope and through other astrologers ...
Dec 31, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 355
Today on the show, I am celebrating the Winter Solstice, Darkness and Capricorn Season with a little help from astrology, Kim Kran's Poet archetype and music. Sun enters Capricorn from Bill Attride . I read this article on Darkness . Here are your Capricorn Season horoscopes. The Telepathy Tapes podcast. Let me know if you want to discuss this! Here's the playlist from today. Today’s show was engineered by Ian Seda from Radiokingston.org . Our show music is from Shana Falana ! Feel free to email...
Dec 23, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 354
Today I get to chat with Alanna Medlock about CURIOUS, her magazine & gift shop in Kingston, and all the other creative things she's been up to. She was born in New Haven, CT and raised in Chicago, IL. She studied English lit at the University of Pennsylvania and later received an MFA in Acting from Columbia University. She moved to the Hudson Valley in 2011 after 15 years in NYC working as a theater actor along with various day jobs in tech and educational publishing. Alanna has experience ...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 353
It's our final show of the year where Marielena Ferrer and I dive into wandering conversations related to politics and spirituality. We reflect on our year and think about how politics could be done more collaboratively, more feminine shall we say, and then muddle our way through an imagining of what living in a more feminine, collaborative and compassionate way would look like. Full Moon this Sunday! Today’s show was engineered by Ian Seda from Radiokingston.org . Our show music is from Shana F...
Dec 10, 2024•2 hr•Ep. 352
Today I spend some time sharing my thoughts about the divine feminine. Sparked by a contradiction that I observed during the most recent presidential election, I wanted to share what I believe to be the divine feminine, how it shows up in our lives, and how we can cultivate it for ourselves and in our community. If you have thoughts about this and want to talk or brainstorm please reach out! Today’s show was engineered by Ian Seda from Radiokingston.org . Our show music is from Shana Falana ! Fe...
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 351
