We're in the threshold—between Winter Solstice and Chinese New Year, still in the Year of the Snake. And the Snake's final teaching is the shed.

In this raw bonus episode, I'm naming what I've been afraid to say: I'm a therapist (MA, LPCC) AND a priestess. For too long, I've kept these split into two separate identities, two separate businesses—not because they're contradictory, but because I was afraid. Afraid of the licensing board. Afraid of being too clinical for spiritual people, too woo for therapy people. Afraid of being rejected by both worlds.

What we explore:

• How the matrix fragments us: body = doctors, mind = therapists, spirit = churches
• Why healers who work with the WHOLE person (body-mind-spirit integrated) are so powerful
• My decision to eliminate all one-on-one spiritual guidance through The Goddess Coven
• What it means to be a credentialed priestess who teaches psychology alongside goddess wisdom
• The Snake's teaching: shedding happens when you stop asking permission

This isn't abstract "breaking the matrix" talk. This is real risk in the real world. This is walking out of the cage—even when there's no path, even when you're the first one through.

If you're a helping professional who's been hiding part of yourself, or if you're ready to shed your own old skin in these final dark nights before the Fire Horse year—this episode is your permission slip.

Free resources: www.the-goddess-coven.com
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This podcast offers spiritual and psychological education and priestess wisdom. This is not therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment.