380 Jennifer Mulak’s “Heroine’s Journey”

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 partner, Ariel, and their two rescue pups.

As she continues to strip away years of programming and societal and familial conditioning, the plants support her every step of the way. She continues to deepen into connection with Nature and the energy around her, and her own internal guidance.

We get to hear about Jennifer’s life through the lens of the stages of the Heroine’s Journey, from her early separation from the feminine and identification with the masculine to experiencing the boon of success in finance. Jennifer’s life on Wall Street started out fun and rewarding, but several years into it, she began feeling its emptiness and yearned for something more. Her intuition and a series of life events led her to plants and a life coach who helped her build a plan that allowed her to begin manifesting her heart and souls dreams. Things haven’t always gone as planned. She’s had to watch our for patriarchal programming to keep it at bay, but she’s quick to catch it and works to keep herself and her life in a healthy balance between the masculine and the feminine.

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379 Stephanie Wilson Medlock “An Improbable Companion”

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 School, where during her long career she developed the well-known Publishing Program, the Medical Writing and Editing Certificate, the Translation Certificate, and the National Museum Publishing Seminar.

Our conversation begins with her early start as a writer and a reader and her love of fairytales. She pivots in college to pursue a more practical career and finds herself in journalism fighting her way through a man’s world clad in her miniskirt as was the fashion in the 70’s. She does what’s expected of her, marriage, daughter, but manages to carve a meaningful career out of her interests and talents finally getting her first book published in 2013 with her second to follow earlier this year which she’ll be reading from at the Elting Library in New Paltz, July 9th at 7pm and in October in Catskill.

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378 “There is Another Way” with Marcina Hale of Reconsider

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 Women about how to change the world in which we are living. Marcina’s vision is to catalyze the creation of experiences that evoke thought and conversations that both challenge and inspire new ways of relating to ourselves and to life itself.

There Is Another Way tells the story of a group of visionaries who refuse to surrender to violence and injustice, and in doing so show that another path is possible – for them, for us, for all of humanity. As we are all faced with essential questions about who we are, will we choose collective liberation, where the needs, rights, and safety of all are prioritized – in which our humanity comes first, knowing that no one is free until everyone is free.

Combatants for Peace, nominated for two Nobel Peace Prizes, is an extraordinary bi-national group of former enemy combatants -Israelis and Palestinians – working together during an ongoing armed conflict. Faced with the devastation and escalating violence of October 7th and the war in Gaza, the very core of the movement must face great challenges and show that there is another way. The first question they have to face is their own belief… Is this possible?

Reconsider is hosting a virtual screening of the film this Thursday, June 12th and an in person screening at the Rosendale Theater on July 25th.

Our conversation inspires some deep reflection on what we believe is possible, and what we’re doing to hold that vision for peace.

Marielena shares info about the upcoming “Voices Unbound,” Art Exhibit from incarcerated women at Unison following their Art Spark Program. June 21st opening from 1-5pm. The show will run through July. We talked about Art Spark last month on Spirituality and Politics.

Here’s your Full Moon Report!

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377 Cornelia Murr “Run to the Center”

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 as “hypnotic pop.”  She’s playing Tubby’s in Kingston this Friday, June 6th!

Today, Cornelia shares about her start as a musician and songwriter and gives us a glimpse into how she birthed her music and the meaning behind select songs that we listen to together. Serendipity and flow seem to guide her through life whether it’s her musical collaborations or the rebuilding of an historic home in Red Cloud, Nebraska — the teeny but famous hometown of Willa Cather. Cornelia keeps the conversation real by touching on the burden and fleeting nature of female beauty, the lessons in her romantic misses, and her enthusiastic relationship to astrology. It was a truly lovely conversation that I hope you enjoy!

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376 Theresa’s Heroine’s Journey

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 passionate about. She talks about the struggles to leave the various patriarchal settings, the status and the financial success of that world, and how her journey to become a mother really rooted her in a reclaiming of the feminine and a return to wholeness. Do you have a story that relates to the Heroine’s Journey? Let us know how it resonates for you.

Happy New Moon! Here’s an essay from Cory Nakasue on Saturn’s Entrance into Aries.

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375 The Heroine’s Journey

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!

  1. HEROINE SEPARATES FROM THE FEMININE. The “feminine” is often a mother/mentor figure or a societally prescribed feminine/marginalized/outsider role.
  2. IDENTIFICATION WITH THE MASCULINE & GATHERING OF ALLIES. The heroine embraces a new way of life. This often involves choosing a path that is different than the heroine’s prescribed societal role, gearing up to “fight” an organization/role/group that is limiting the heroine’s life options, or entering some masculine/dominant-identity defined sphere.
  3. ROAD/TRIALS AND MEETING OGRES & DRAGONS. The heroine encounters trials and meets people who try to dissuade the heroine from pursuing their chosen path, or who try to destroy the heroine.
  4. EXPERIENCING THE BOON OF SUCCESS. The heroine overcomes the obstacles in their way. (This is typically where the hero’s journey ends.)
  5. HEROINE AWAKENS TO FEELINGS OF SPIRITUAL ARIDITY/DEATH. The heroine’s new way of life (attempting the masculine/dominant identity) is too limited. Their success in this new way of life is either temporary, illusory, shallow, or requires a betrayal of self over time.
  6. INITIATION & DESCENT TO THE GODDESS. The heroine faces a crisis of some sort in which the new way of life is insufficient, and the heroine falls into despair. All of the masculine/dominant-group strategies have failed them.
  7. HEROINE URGENTLY YEARNS TO RECONNECT WITH THE FEMININE. The heroine wants to, but is unable to return to their initial limited state/position.
  8. HEROINE HEALS THE MOTHER/DAUGHTER SPLIT. The heroine reclaims some of their initial values, skills, or attributes (or those of others like them) but now views these traits from a new perspective.
  9. HEROINE HEALS THE WOUNDED MASCULINE WITHIN. The heroine makes peace with the “masculine” approach to the world as it applies to them.
  10.  HEROINE INTEGRATES THE MASCULINE & FEMININE. In order to face the world/future with a new understanding of themselves and the world/life, the heroine integrates the “masculine” and “feminine” qualities/perspectives. This permits the heroine to see through binaries and to interact with a complex world that includes the heroine but is also larger than their personal lifetime or their geographical/cultural milieu.

We heard music from Cornelia Murr who will be joining me in the studio on June 2nd and playing Tubby’s on June 6th.

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374 Life Visioning with Marielena Ferrer

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.)

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373 Sovereignty

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 Martin will receive an award. Related to land and water conservancy, I read again from Sharon Blackie’s book about the story of the voices of the wells.

In other good news, Utopia Upstate from Lucia Cote utopia@utopiaupstate.com, a new communal work space and gallery has one remaining studio space available.

Hot tips…

Becca Piastrelli’s “Belonging” podcast is lovely.

Ana’s Callahan is teaching her Venus Day Class at The Bridge in Kingston.

And shout out to Rita Vanacore who was recognized yesterday for all she’s done for community.

We heard music from Jayla Kai, Rebecca Martin, Callie Mackenzie, and Jill Sobule.

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FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcastI 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 Martin will receive an award. Related to land and water conservancy, I read again from Sharon Blackie’s book about the story of the voices of the wells.

In other good news, Utopia Upstate from Lucia Cote utopia@utopiaupstate.com, a new communal work space and gallery has one remaining studio space available.

Hot tips…

Becca Piastrelli’s “Belonging” podcast is lovely.

Ana’s Callahan is teaching her Venus Day Class at The Bridge in Kingston.

And shout out to Rita Vanacore who was recognized yesterday for all she’s done for community.

We heard music from Jayla Kai, Rebecca Martin, Callie Mackenzie, and Jill Sobule.

Today’s show was engineered by Ian Seda from Radiokingston.org.

Our show music is from Shana Falana!

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372 Gargie Verma “Dhrupad, Vedic Music Medicine”

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 landscape, Gargie expresses her artistry through multiple powerful identities — each a portal to a different world of sound and spirit. As Halo Reminiscence, she unveils sensual, mystical pop infused with poetry and emotion. With Mama India Music, she offers sacred sound journeys rooted in Dhrupad, Nada Yoga, and rare Vedic traditions, awakening healing and presence through voice. And in her electrifying act Forbidden Lovers, Gargie fuses ancient Indian folk, Sufi, and classical melodies with English hip-hop, EDM, and modern dance music — delivering cinematic, high-energy performances that ignite the senses and turn every stage into a realm of story, rhythm, and rebellion. Forbidden Lovers is not just a show — it’s a dazzling fusion experience that turns the lamp on in the dark.

Having made her mark in Mumbai through Bollywood music and live performances, Gargie has since worked in films, cross-genre music projects, and global festivals, crafting a body of work that’s emotionally raw, spiritually charged, and artistically fearless.

Today, she is deeply rooted in the Dhrupad tradition and committed to preserving and reviving ancient, endangered musical forms from around the world. With every breath and every note, she bridges past and future, earth and cosmos.

Gargie Verma is not just an artist — she is a bridge between worlds, a living symphony of soul, story, and sound.

We talk about Gargie’s life journey, her family, finding Dhrupad, her musical projects, freedom, fearlessness, and love.  She shares some live music, and we listen to Jugni a song she recorded about the free goddess. She has a sound bath on May 9th, Forbidden Lovers is performing at the Colony on July 11th, and she holds Dhrupad classes on Thursdays and Sundays in Woodstock. You can find all that on her Instagram Accounts MamaIndia, HaloForbidden Lovers, and on Facebook.

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371 The Feminine Frequency with Jennifer Mulak

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 show, we share the inspiration for The Feminine Frequency, how it came into its initial shape, some currently relevant feminine practices including pulling a card from Dr. Blackie’s Rooted Woman Tarot Deck, and what we hope to explore together and with you in future shows. During our embodiment practice for this show, Jennifer shares some ways the Spring plants can be supportive to you, and I share a little of the New Moon forecast for this Sunday by way of Tanaaz at Forever Conscious. “This New Moon wants us, as much as possible, to focus our attention on the outcome we are after, rather than the problems we are navigating.” This is exactly what The Feminine Frequency is about, what do we want our world to look like as we rebalance the feminine with the masculine, and how do we align with that vision.

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