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EPISODE · Apr 30, 2026 · 46 MIN

What If Growth Isn't About Getting Lighter? with The Wild Medeina

from Soft Power Project · host Sherry Fang

Agne was sitting in a spa, reading about the goddess Kali, when she asked the universe to bring something down. A couple of months later, everything started crumbling.   Sherry and Agne talk about what it means to descend. About the book she co-wrote with Ebonnie Shreve while they were both still in the darkness. About the dark times Agnes says she is still in right now.   This one is for anyone who has been told to stay in the light when something inside them knew they had to find their transformation in the darkness.   TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Becoming whole, not just light 2:24 - Why this book had to be written 5:36 - Crying on a 9-5 office floor 9:15 - The descent and what it means 11:05 - What falling apart feels like 14:23 - Acknowledge before you act 15:53 - Why spiritual bypass falls short 16:49 - Two voices, one book 19:55 - Invocation of the Wild Woman 23:32 - Women heal by sharing 26:24 - Compassion as the way to create 29:34 - Postponing for the right time 38:15 - Who she is now vs last year 39:46 - Defining soft power now 43:09 - Is the darkness still scary?   MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The Yin and Yang Within (book): https://www.amazon.com/Yin-Yang-Within-Journey-Balance-ebook/dp/B0G5BPBQZK Ebonnie Shreve (co-author): https://www.instagram.com/hearthealerink/ Episode 45 with The Wild Medeina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ngm-gH6xv0   ABOUT THE WILD MEDEINA: Agnes is the founder of Wild Women Empowerment and self-published co-author of The Yin and Yang Within with Ebonnie Shreve. Originally from Lithuania, now based in the UK. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewildmedeina/ Website: https://www.thewildmedeina.com/   #SoftPowerProject #SoftPower #WomenPodcast #PersonalGrowth #Healing #Vulnerability #SelfDiscovery #Reinvention Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm5etbvm00a1i01sl6k6h99de/comments Youtube Instagram Would you like to share your life stories? Please fill out this form. See you there~

Agne was sitting in a spa, reading about the goddess Kali, when she asked the universe to bring something down. A couple of months later, everything started crumbling.   Sherry and Agne talk about what it means to descend. About the book she co-wrote with Ebonnie Shreve while they were both still in the darkness. About the dark times Agnes says she is still in right now.   This one is for anyone who has been told to stay in the light when something inside them knew they had to find their transformation in the darkness.   TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Becoming whole, not just light 2:24 - Why this book had to be written 5:36 - Crying on a 9-5 office floor 9:15 - The descent and what it means 11:05 - What falling apart feels like 14:23 - Acknowledge before you act 15:53 - Why spiritual bypass falls short 16:49 - Two voices, one book 19:55 - Invocation of the Wild Woman 23:32 - Women heal by sharing 26:24 - Compassion as the way to create 29:34 - Postponing for the right time 38:15 - Who she is now vs last year 39:46 - Defining soft power now 43:09 - Is the darkness still scary?   MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The Yin and Yang Within (book): https://www.amazon.com/Yin-Yang-Within-Journey-Balance-ebook/dp/B0G5BPBQZK Ebonnie Shreve (co-author): https://www.instagram.com/hearthealerink/ Episode 45 with The Wild Medeina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ngm-gH6xv0   ABOUT THE WILD MEDEINA: Agnes is the founder of Wild Women Empowerment and self-published co-author of The Yin and Yang Within with Ebonnie Shreve. Originally from Lithuania, now based in the UK. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewildmedeina/ Website: https://www.thewildmedeina.com/   #SoftPowerProject #SoftPower #WomenPodcast #PersonalGrowth #Healing #Vulnerability #SelfDiscovery #Reinvention Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm5etbvm00a1i01sl6k6h99de/comments Youtube Instagram Would you like to share your life stories? Please fill out this form. See you there~

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