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i want what SHE has
Hosted by Theresa Lyn Widmann · EN
"I want what SHE has" w/ Theresa Lyn Widmann (and formerly Shana Falana) is a weekly live radio show at Radio Kingston in Kingston NY and PODCAST, amplifying women's voices and their stories. We share interviews of women (female identifying humans), seeking to flip the narrative on envy and celebrating the strengths and accomplishments of women we look up to. Women are so often the unsung heroines of a community’s overall health and wellbeing. These women have gifts to share and stories to tell. It's time to listen.
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Duncan Rich "Men's Spaces and Modern Masculinity"
3w ago01:39:21Tap to summarizeToday we are joined by Duncan Rich, a father, a husband, an artist, a facilitator of somatic men's work, and a co-founder of MELD, a men's wellness company. Duncan shares some personal background and what brought him to working with men and holding space for them. He provides insight into the importance of men's spaces and having male voices in wellness spaces. Together we explore some of the deeper questions and challenges men face today - how to reach men who have been culturally shaped to disconnect from their emotions, what the manosphere is and how it's being co-opted by a wounded masculine archetype, the challenges of defining masculinity, navigating aspirational masculinity, and reclaiming the Noble Father. You can learn more about Duncan and the work of MELD here: https://meld.community/ We referred to the writing of Elayne Kalilia, https://elaynekalila.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-the-world-is-fatherless Like, Subscribe! Watch us on Youtube / @dancingwithwaterpodcast Find us on Instagram / dancingwithwaterpodcast Support us at Patreon / dancingwithwater Find archive conversation from I want what SHE has https://iwantwhatshehas.org/ Learn more about Theresa and her offerings at https://www.anahatakingston.com/ Learn more about Jennifer and her offerings at https://www.cosmicmotherlove.com/
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S.1 E.3 Dancing With Water - Perdita Finn "Mothers of Magic"
May 101:23:34Tap to summarizePerdita 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. To find out more about her devotion to “ecology not theology” visit wayoftherose.org 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 Psychic. Perdita Finn now teaches popular workshops on Getting to Know the Dead. Participants are empowered to activate the miracles in their own lives with the help of their ancestors and recover their own intuitive magic. Her book Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World is an intimate journey through her recovery of these lost ways. She speaks widely on how to collaborate with those on the other side, on the urgent necessity of a new romantic animism, and on the sobriety that emerges when we claim the long story of our souls. Her next book is Mothers of Magic: Summoning the Wisdom of Our Ancestors, to be released on May 5th, 2026. Perdita begins by talking about the idea of redefining Mothering beyond gender, something that feels so important in today's world where Mothering has been sidelined by the patriarchy. She offers some strong guidance to men about the role of Grandmothers which helps us move towards collective Mothering. So much of Perdita's work and book centers on a calling upon the dead. As such we get to hear how this connects with Mothering, how to speak with the dead, and viewing our worries or fretting as an act of prayer calling out for help from the unseen. You can connect with all of Perdita's work at https://takebackthemagic.com/ Like, Subscribe! Watch us on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@dancingwithwaterpodcast Find us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dancingwithwaterpodcast Support us at Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dancingwithwater Find archive conversation from I want what SHE has https://iwantwhatshehas.org/ Learn more about Theresa and her offerings at https://www.anahatakingston.com/ Learn more about Jennifer and her offerings at https://www.cosmicmotherlove.com/
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S. 1 E. 2 Dancing with Water with Dr. Catherine Svehla
Apr 1701:34:50Tap to summarizeToday on the show we are in conversation with Catherine Svehla, PhD, an independent scholar, storyteller, and mentor in the mythic life. She works with artists on their projects and process, and guides people through work/life transitions by connecting them with their inner wisdom. She is the creator of the Myth Matters podcast (part of the Joseph Campbell Foundation’s MythMaker℠ Podcast Network) and also shares the transformative power of myths and fairytales through story-based workshops and events. Catherine holds a PhD in mythology and depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and has been working the liminal fields of myth, creativity, and consciousness for 30 years. Learn more at mythicmojo.com Today we explore "the feminine" archetype beginning with Dr. Svehla's understanding of Jung's "feminine" and why she advises finding different methods of achieving our shared goal of shifting the power dynamic of the patriarchy. We learn about the philosophy of post Jungian Feminists who offer better working models for us and why Catherine believes it's important to avoid the Essentialist perspective of fixed gender qualities. So how does gender play a role in all of this? Let us know your thoughts in this ongoing collaborative conversation. Dr. Svehla will be in the Hudson Valley next week as a part of Kelli Scar's Lesser Mysteries happenings. She will be holding a talk about "The Problem of the Return" on April 29th, 2026 at the Art Society of Kingston. Here's our previous conversation with Dr. Svehla from September 2025. Like, Subscribe! Find us on Instagram Find us on Youtube Support us at Patreon Find archive conversation from I want what SHE has Learn more about Theresa and her offerings at https://www.anahatakingston.com/ Learn more about Jennifer and her offerings at https://www.cosmicmotherlove.com/
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S.1 E.1 Dancing with Water with Lorís Simón Salum
Apr 101:35:57Tap to summarizeLorís Simón Salum is a Jungian psychotherapist whose work lives at the intersection of psyche, body, and symbol. Based in Houston, she works with dreams, sandtray, and LENS neurofeedback. Her path is deeply influenced by the Marion Woodman tradition, and she is currently a training candidate at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zürich. Alongside her clinical work, she is developing a documentary project on the relationship between symbol and embodied transformation. In 2013 she released her documentary film Ensoulment, A Diverse Analysis of the Feminine in Western Culture, portraying a road to self discovery through the tangles of Jungian theory, cultural narratives and personal intuition. An internationally award-winning film that screened across multiple countries and numerous cities. Our conversation weaves through topics on "the feminine," how gender is related to and separate from feminine and masculine embodiment, the role women play in patriarchy and moving beyond it, the inner lives of men, and finding balance amongst it all. You can learn more about Lorís's work at lorissimon.com, and follow her on Instagram. Like, Subscribe! Watch us on Youtube Find us on https://www.instagram.com/dancingwithwaterpodcast. Support us at http://patreon.com/dancingwithwater Find archive conversation from I want what SHE has https://iwantwhatshehas.org/ Learn more about Theresa and her offerings at https://www.anahatakingston.com/ Learn more about Jennifer and her offerings at https://www.cosmicmotherlove.com/
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Introducing Dancing With Water
Mar 1800:31:20Tap to summarizeWelcome to Dancing With Water, conversations about embodying the feminine. Where we explore surrendering to natural rhythms, listening within, moving in harmony with others, and what's revealed in the darkness. We're your hosts, Theresa Lyn Widmann, sound practitioner, lifestyle architect and mother, and Jennifer Mulak, herbalist, earth steward, energy practitioner, and founder of Cosmic Mother. Enjoy our inaugural episode! Find us on Instagram Support us at Patreon I want what SHE has archive
Transcribe →415 Shana Falana and The Goddess
Feb 2401:38:06Tap to summarizeIt's my last radio show, and I am overjoyed and grateful that I get to spend it the way it began, with my friend and show co-founder Shana Falana. To formally reintroduce you, she is a songwriter, performer, and community architect originally from San Francisco, based in the Hudson Valley since 2008. For over 25 years, Shana has merged music and public service—bringing 12-step meetings into jails and institutions throughout Ulster County, helping coordinate the early years of O+ Festival, and co-founding the I Want What SHE Has radio show on Radio Kingston. She is the founder and creative force behind The Goddess Party, a performance collective uplifting women through music, ritual, and radical joy, with sold-out shows at Opus 40, Old Dutch Church, and Basilica Hudson. Her artistic and social practice centers on amplifying women in their perimenopausal and menopausal years, increasing the visibility of aging women on stage and reshaping cultural narratives about power, beauty, and relevance after fifty. She is the creator and showrunner of a scripted television series inspired by The Goddess Party, expanding its story from live performance into narrative television. Shana is someone who as a friend I've witnessed move through the life cycle of different projects and life experiences with apparent ease. I'm someone who struggles to let go and perhaps holds on a bit too long, but she talks about what endings are like for her and how she navigates them. We get to hear about the beginning and evolution of The Goddess Party, the challenges, highlights, and what's to come. As much of her current work relates to thriving in an older woman's body, Shana shares her experience of navigating illness and perimenopause and offers many resources that have supported her along the way, always following her intuition. Here are the books Shana mentioned - Wise Power, Hagitude, Mother Hunger And the doctor she recommended. You can find her here ->> instagram / spotify / apple music / And stay tuned to The Goddess Party's Instagram account for more details about the upcoming March 27th benefit concert they are participating in at Levon Helm Studios. My previous show on The Goddess Party can be found here! 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.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2 SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCA Follow: INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/ FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast
Transcribe →414 Bryn Roshong "Solid Ground Farm and Food Access"
Feb 1701:43:09Tap to summarizeToday's guest on The Feminine Frequency is Bryn Roshong. She lives on her family's farm in Lomontville with her husband, Wes Hannah, and two kids. She has spent the last 15 years working in and up against the food system as a farmer, farmer policy advocate, and in industrial-scale food manufacturing. She is co-owner with Wes of Solid Ground Farm, a four-season diversified organic veggie farm in Marbletown, stewarding 25 acres and employing 6 full-time farm staff. At the farm, she serves in roles outside the fields, supporting the farm's bookkeeping, mission, and communications. Since 2021, after eight years working in operations at a former food processing facility called The Farm Bridge, Bryn has been working with a great team at Community Food Works, building community-focused food processing infrastructure in Kingston to strengthen the local agricultural economy and make local food accessible to as many community members as possible. She enjoys hanging out with her family at home and in the woods, and volunteering with a few local organizations: the Kingston farmers market board, Marbletown's Community Preservation Advisory Board, advisory committee for Growing Homes, and political advocacy working group of the HV Young Farmers Coalition.We get to hear about how Bryn (and Wes) went from labor organizing to farm working to running their own farm supported by a team of dedicated farmers. We learn about the work Bryn has done and is doing to create a more self sustaining food system in the Hudson Valley which includes a deeper understanding of how food banks and food pantries work. I had no idea! Bryn is also well versed in the inherent racism in the farming industry and sheds light on how the Federal Government's efforts to reverse DEI has impacted beneficial food programs that were bringing more equality to farming and food access. How does she do it all while also being a mom to two young children? She's starting to find ways to receive help despite the personal challenges and perspectives that created the "I can and must do it all" attitude. Who else can relate??? (We do.) More on that, but for now, we hope you enjoy our conversation with Bryn.You can learn more about the Farm and their CSA program here.Here's your New Moon Solar Eclipse astrology. Happy Year of the Fire Horse!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 IThttp://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcastITUNES | SPOTIFYITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCAFollow:INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast
Transcribe →413 "Miracles and Love" with Marielena Ferrer
Feb 1001:39:08Tap to summarizeIt's my last on air show with Marielena Ferrer! We started this monthly conversation about Spirituality and Politics, the art of living and the art of living together, nearly 5 years ago in April 2021. It's been a wonderful and expansive exploration of subjects that are near and dear to my heart and my sense of curiosity. We chose to end our run with a conversation about Miracles. We'd given ourselves homework to explore A Course in Miracles, but I had a hard time digesting it, even Marianne Williamson's interpretation of it. But that didn't stop us for working through some of the meaning of the text and overall, what miracles are and how they relate to the art of living.Related to the conversation is the concept of Love which you might say is the art of living together. Perhaps from a scientific perspective, it is the glue that holds us together. We'll be continuing our conversation at Unison Arts beginning on March 6, 2026 and in the podcast once my radio show sunsets. Stay tuned for more!Some resources:Perceiving Reality through Kabbalah.Heart Coherence and the Vibration of Love from Annie BondOpening the Akashic Records of agape by Kat Hunt.Follow Me by Aly-UsToday’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 IThttp://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcastITUNES | SPOTIFYITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCAFollow:INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast
Transcribe →412 Artist and Educator Koyoltzintli "Flowing Into Her Path"
Feb 301:42:57Tap to summarizeToday on the show I get to spend time with Koyoltzintli. She is an interdisciplinary artist and educator living in Ulster County, New York. She was raised on the Pacific coast and in the Andean mountains of Ecuador. Her work revolves around sound, ancestral technologies, ritual, and storytelling, blending collaborative processes with personal narratives. Nominated for the Prix Pictet in 2019 and 2023, her work has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, the United Nations, the Parrish Art Museum, Princeton University, the Aperture Foundation in NYC, and Paris Photo. She has had two solo shows at Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery and a solo show at Leila Greiche in 2023. Koyoltzintli has taught at CalArts, SVA, ICP, and CUNY. She has received multiple awards and fellowships, including at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, NYFA, We Women, the Latinx Artist Fellowship by the US Latinx Art Forum (USLAF), and most recently, the Anonymous Was a Woman award. Her first monograph, Other Stories, was published in 2017 by Autograph ABP. Her work was featured in the Native issue of Aperture Magazine (no. 240) and included in the book Latinx Photography in the United States by Elizabeth Ferrer, former chief curator at BRIC. She is part of Flow States – LA TRIENAL 2024, El Museo del Barrio’s second large-scale survey of Latinx contemporary art.Koyoltzintli has performed at venues such as the Whitney Museum, Wave Hill, Socrates Park, Brooklyn Museum, and Queens Museum. Recently, she performed at Performance Space in NYC, curated by Guadalupe Maravilla, at Dia Chelsea for the closing event of Delcy Morelos' El Abrazo, and at Ann Street Gallery in Newburgh, NY.During our conversation, Koyo shares about her family, her childhood, how her travels with her father and the rooting into her ancestral lands with her mother helped to shape who she is today. We learn about her dear elders who she both photographed and studied with, and how they played a role in the work she does today with clay and indigenous sounds. While Koyo shares some of the stories of her days as a photojournalist, it would seem that we barely scratched the surface of all that flows from and through her. You can follow along with her offerings and creations by way of her website and social media. Stay tuned for details of an upcoming show in April! Here's the info on her Egg Cleansing Ritual at Spiral Mirror on February 16th.Here are your Full Moon vibes.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 IThttp://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcastITUNES | SPOTIFYITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCAFollow:INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast
Transcribe →411 The Feminine Frequency "The Year of the Fire Horse: Community, Care, Love and Nonviolence"
Jan 2701:45:57Tap to summarizeToday, Theresa and Jennifer are discussing the Year of the Fire Horse and what that might mean for how we move through the year. First, what are we hearing and feeling about the Fire Horse? High-energy, sometimes chaotic, transformation, bold changes, breaking old patterns... It's an excellent time for self care and community care and maybe incorporating some white or blue into your life to balance the fiery red.How may we choose to show up in a big collective community care way? Protesting, activism, nonviolence. Erica Chenoweth is someone Theresa refers to when thinking about countering the violence with non-violence. We discuss what makes a successful nonviolent movement: 1. the ability to organize large scale participation and build momentum, 2. ability to illicit loyaltyships in key pillars of support. 3. maintain resilience even under violence. 4. innovate beyond street demonstrations.Playbook of every successful non-violent struggle.Jennifer think about the different roles we might play when engaged in a movement as outlined in the Social Change Ecosystem Map. And is inspired by the wisdom shared by Valerie Kaur and her philosophy on Revolutionary Love: Three Different Tenets to it. Loving Self, Love for Others, Love for your Opponents.Want some inspiration for taking Anti-ICE action:https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/ice-businesses-boycott-campaign/From Pat Ryan's Office: Please complete his quick survey here to tell him your thoughts about stopping ICE from opening a new detention facility in our home of the Hudson Valley.Anyone thinking Tax Strike? Here are some resources. https://nwtrcc.org/ https://taxstrike.info/We conclude the show with some Divine Feminine divination from Lakshmi.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 IThttp://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcastITUNES | SPOTIFYITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCAFollow:INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast
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