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The Vital Goddess

The Vital Goddess

Dianne Shepherd 254 episodes Nov 6, 2026

The Vital Goddess Podcast is a sensual, soulful space for midlife women who feel the call to come home to their bodies. Through embodiment practices, sacred feminine wisdom, Taoist and Tantric teachings, and intimate reflections, each episode invites you out of the thinking mind and into the living intelligence of your body. This is a place to soften, remember your pleasure, reclaim your power, and explore what it truly means to live from embodied love, radiance, and desire—on your own terms.

Episodes

Breathing Into a  New Way of Being  Under the Scorpio New Moon
Breathing Into a New Way of Being Under the Scorpio New Moon Nov 6, 2026 17:42 What if the next chapter of your life doesn't require you to push harder, strive more, or reinvent yourself?What if you could breathe your way into a whole new way of being?Under the powerful Scorpio New Moon on November 9, we're being invited into the fertile darkness of possibility. A time to release old patterns, reclaim our inner authority, and plant new seeds for a more authentic, h
Falling in Love With the Dark Goddess—Rage, Desire & the Wild Feminine
Falling in Love With the Dark Goddess—Rage, Desire & the Wild Feminine Nov 3, 2026 20:02 What if the parts of yourself you've been taught to fear are actually holding the keys to your deepest pleasure, power, and freedom?'Tis the season of the witch, my love! And what better time to get intimate with one of our most powerful feminine allies…the Dark Goddess.She's fierce. She's wild. She's unapologetic.And she's not particularly interested in keeping the p
Ritual Is My Love Language — Reclaiming Sensual Sovereignty at Midlife
Ritual Is My Love Language — Reclaiming Sensual Sovereignty at Midlife Oct 23, 2026 29:07 What if self-love wasn't something you had to figure out…but something you could actually feel in your body?In this episode of the Vital Goddess Podcast, we're exploring the transformational power of ritual, the art of embodied self-love, and the beautiful invitation to reclaim our sensual sovereignty at midlife.Because here's something I've come to know deeply:Ritual is how se
Letting Yourself Be Held—Awakening the Sacred Masculine Within
Letting Yourself Be Held—Awakening the Sacred Masculine Within Oct 16, 2026 29:08 What if you didn't have to be the one holding everything together all the time?So many of us women have become extraordinarily good at being strong, capable, independent, and productive. We've learned to push through, override our body's rhythms, and keep everything moving.But somewhere along the way, have we forgotten how to soften? How to receive? How to let ourselves be held?In t
The Reclamation of the Feminine—Venus Retrograde • Embodied Power • Libra New Moon
The Reclamation of the Feminine—Venus Retrograde • Embodied Power • Libra New Moon Oct 9, 2026 26:44 As the Libra New Moon arrives amid a powerful Venus retrograde in Scorpio, we're being invited into a deeper conversation about love, beauty, desire, justice, and our relationship with power.And perhaps most importantly, what it means to reclaim the feminine—not simply as an idea or ideal, but as a living, embodied experience.In this episode of the Vital Goddess Podcast, we explore the shadow
Reclaiming Aphrodite at Midlife—Venus Favors the Bold
Reclaiming Aphrodite at Midlife—Venus Favors the Bold Sep 25, 2026 17:32 What if midlife isn’t the fading of our Venusian nature—but an initiation into its deepest, truest and freest expression?In this solo episode, Dianne explores Reclaiming Aphrodite at Midlife, inspired by the current astrology: the Venusian threshold of the Libra Equinox, a bold and fiery Aries Full Moon, Neptune’s invitation into surrender and embodied Love, and Venus moving through the passionate
The House of Becoming — Beauty, Home & the Sacred with Paula Agudelo
The House of Becoming — Beauty, Home & the Sacred with Paula Agudelo Sep 18, 2026 46:05 What if your home wasn't simply the place where you lived…but a living reflection of who you are—and who you are becoming?In this beautiful conversation, I’m joined by sacred interior designer, spiritual business mentor, and self-described “house therapist” Paula Agudelo for an exploration of the soul of our spaces—and the profound ways our homes can support our healing, pleasure, creativity
The Lost Art of Self-Devotion — Pleasure, Nourishment & the Initiation of Midlife with Jenny Glick
The Lost Art of Self-Devotion — Pleasure, Nourishment & the Initiation of Midlife with Jenny Glick Sep 11, 2026 41:57 What if caring for yourself wasn’t another thing to accomplish…but an act of devotion?This week on the Vital Goddess Podcast, I’m joined by the magnificent Jenny Glick for a rich and delicious conversation about pleasure, nourishment, marriage, midlife—and the lost art of becoming deeply devoted to ourselves.Jenny has spent more than 25 years guiding women and couples toward richer, more resonant
Pearl Wisdom & Devotional Bliss Under the Pisces Eclipse
Pearl Wisdom & Devotional Bliss Under the Pisces Eclipse Aug 21, 2026 20:46 There is a powerful Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Pisces inviting us to release the mind from having to know the way—and surrender into a deeper kind of intelligence.Bliss intelligence.With the Sun, Mercury and South Node gathered in Virgo and Uranus in Gemini creating an electric tension around this eclipse, we’re being invited to loosen our grip on overthinking, overanalyzing and the compulsion to
Romancing the Sacred Masculine—The Cosmic Love Affair Within
Romancing the Sacred Masculine—The Cosmic Love Affair Within Aug 14, 2026 32:01 Have you ever wondered if you're too much in your masculine?Maybe you’ve tried to soften more, receive more, slow down more… or somehow find that elusive “perfect balance” between your feminine and masculine energies.But what if balance was never the goal?What if these energies were meant to be in relationship?In this episode of The Vital Goddess Podcast, we explore the feminine and masculine
The Body Temple...Pleasure, Breath &  a Venusian Way of Manifestation
The Body Temple...Pleasure, Breath & a Venusian Way of Manifestation Aug 7, 2026 28:23 The world has taught us to treat the body as a project to perfect, a problem to solve, or a tool for getting what we want.But what if the body is something far more sacred?In this episode of the Vital Goddess Podcast, we're exploring a Venusian way of remembering the body as temple, the breath as the sacred bridge between mind and heart, and pleasure as our natural expression when resistance
The Wisdom of Sacred Pilgrimage: Coming Home to Yourself
The Wisdom of Sacred Pilgrimage: Coming Home to Yourself Jul 31, 2026 46:43 A conversation with Katie DugganSome places don't simply ask us to visit...They ask us to remember.In this beautiful conversation, Katie Duggan and I explore the magic of sacred pilgrimage, the mystery of Avalon, and why stepping into a sacred landscape has the power to awaken something ancient within us.Together we explore why pilgrimage is so much more than travel.It is an inner journey.A r

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