Welcome to the thirteenth episode of Embodied Mother Podcast — a sacred number of the Goddess, honouring the thirteen moons and thirteen menstrual cycles in a lunar year.

In this powerful and deeply evocative episode, I read aloud Herstory by Jane Hardwicke Collings — a sweeping remembrance of the ancient feminine, from goddess-worshipping matriarchies to the centuries of persecution, suppression, and silencing that followed.

We journey through the myths and truths of women's wisdom traditions, blood mysteries, midwifery, sexuality, and the brutal dismantling of female power under patriarchal rule. I share my own initiation through my 13th postpartum bleed, and reflect on the collective trauma and memory encoded in our wombs, bones, and lineage.

This is not just history — it's Herstory. A remembering. A reclamation.

Link to the free Herstory eBook by Jane Hardwicke Collings here
Content warning: This episode includes references to historical violence, sexual trauma, and systemic oppression.