The Church Owes Women Real Recompense for Witch Genocide: Claire Standen Demands Justice & Payment

In this fierce and deeply moving conversation, Kait sits down with Claire Standen, the powerful woman demanding recompense for centuries of violence against women, to explore the bold campaign calling on the Church of Scotland to return a church to women as reparations for the Scottish witch trials.But this conversation goes far beyond history.Together they unravel the loss of feminine wisdom, the erasure of ceremony, the loneliness of modern motherhood, nervous system healing, restorative justice, power dynamics, and what happens when women stop shrinking themselves to survive.Claire shares the deeply personal journey that transformed her from a woman who felt unseen into someone making one of the boldest public asks imaginable. Through stories of motherhood, trauma healing, collective repair, and feminine leadership, this episode becomes an invitation to reclaim power not as domination, but as deep embodied truth.This is not just a conversation about witches. It is a conversation about what the world lost when women were silenced, and what becomes possible when they refuse to disappear any longer.About Claire StandenClaire Standen is a trauma-informed practitioner, coach, and founder of a growing movement calling for reparations for women persecuted during Scotland’s witch trials. Her work bridges nervous system healing, feminine leadership, restorative justice, and collective cultural repair. Through her advocacy, Claire is helping reimagine what feminine power, motherhood, and community could look like in a repaired world.Key TakeawaysWomen have historically been conditioned to disappear after rejection or silencingModern motherhood exposes how deeply unsupported women have become collectivelyTrue power is rooted in embodied self-trust, not domination or controlRestorative justice creates transformation where punishment alone cannotFeminine leadership requires women to stop shrinking themselves to fit existing systemsMemorable Quote“What we need is a place where women can collectively remember what was taken from us.”Connect with Claire StandenInstagram: @the_claire_standenhttps://www.ourreclamation.orghttps://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/reclaim-the-churchhttps://www.embodimentuk.comConnect with Kait + PhenXXKait on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaitlyntregenza/PhenXX: https://www.phenxx.comPhenXX on Instagram:@lovephenxxBecoming Flame Podcast on Instagram: @becomingflame.podYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lovephenxx.becomingflamepodSponsored by PhenXX.com — use promo code "podcast" for 10% off your first purchase.