A Woman's Blessing Podcast

The 2nd part of our beautiful series on how women make space for themselves!

Join Lynette Allen and 4 of the writers in our latest collab book When Women Need Space as we talk about why it's so important for women to take time for themselves - apply to write with them before end May '26 at www.gatherthewomenpublishing.com/whenwomenneedspace

Listen to Lynette Allen, Saoirse Connolly & Michelle Gardiner, three leading anthology publishers at the forefront of the women's anthology movement. Together, they guide hundreds of women into print, reshaping how women's stories reach the world. Discover why women's stories matter, the legacies they create, and the powerful energetic ripple they send into the world - PLUS practical tips for writing your own story and opportunities to join their upcoming projects!

Listen in to our Zoom call with guests Tara Paonessa, Heather Garbutt, Alexandra Duran, Rosi Withers, Jackie Weir & Gaynor Birkett, talk about manifestation, intuition & intention ahead of the new anthology book 'The Feminine Arts' - writers still wanted, we start in February 26! www.gatherthewomenpublishing.com/writerswanted

Join Sister Circle holders Lynette Allen & Casey Mauro...for an intimate chat about the sacred art of journaling, finding your own rhythm with words, morning routines that honour your soul, when and how to let your deepest voice emerge...and gathering the women in September!

Join mother & daughter Lynette Allen & Rosi Withers...for an intimate chat about the parts of ourselves that need nourishment, the nuances of gathering with women, waves of emotions, expectations of self, inner narratives...and gathering the women in September!

Celebrating the launch of anthology book 'Gathering Women - the Circle Keepers & Spellcasters Guide to Sister Circle' Available now on Amazon, the perfect guide to Sister Circles with over 50 resources, meditations, rituals and ideas for Sister Circles, written by 50 circle keepers for women!

Celebrating the launch of anthology book 'Gathering Women - the Circle Keepers & Spellcasters Guide to Sister Circle' Available now on Amazon, the perfect guide to Sister Circles with over 50 resources, meditations, rituals and ideas for Sister Circles, written by 50 circle keepers for women!

Celebrating the launch of anthology book 'Gathering Women - the Circle Keepers & Spellcasters Guide to Sister Circle' Available now on Amazon, the perfect guide to Sister Circles with over 50 resources, meditations, rituals and ideas for Sister Circles, written by 50 circle keepers for women!

Celebrating the launch of anthology book 'Gathering Women - the Circle Keepers & Spellcasters Guide to Sister Circle' Available now on Amazon, the perfect guide to Sister Circles with over 50 resources, meditations, rituals and ideas for Sister Circles, written by 50 circle keepers for women!

Celebrating the launch of anthology book 'Gathering Women - the Circle Keepers & Spellcasters Guide to Sister Circle' Available now on Amazon, the perfect guide to Sister Circles with over 50 resources, meditations, rituals and ideas for Sister Circles, written by 50 circle keepers for women!

Eight women gather to share their raw, honest experiences of menopause. From sex and shame to HRT and natural remedies, moon cycles to dehydration, we discuss it all. Listen as we explore aging, supportive partnerships, and finding our power in this transformative phase of life. DISCLAIMER: While we speak from personal experience of peri-menopause, menopause, and post-menopause, none of us are medical professionals. Please consult your healthcare provider for medical advice. Music: "Gather the Women" by Abbey Sykes IG: theabbeysykes If you’d like to write about your menopause story in our next book, visit www.awomansblessing.com/writeamenopausebook - deadline 1st April 2025

Written for and inspired by our Gather the Women Sister Circles, by the talented Abbey Sykes

Breath Awareness Meditation by Lynette Allen by Celebrating & honouring the resilience of women

Shruti & Voice by Lynette Allen, produced by Duf M.

Elle's story is a big one - so prepare for a journey yourself. Elle was 16 when her mum died and after that, she lost several people along the way to her 40's. Her friend died, her best friend was murdered, her cousin committed suicide as did her fiancee and she had 2 miscarriages. Elle tells her story for the first time, how she has dealt with each death, what she's learned and how she copes daily now. She's inspirational, brave, courageous and resilient - the reason she was interviewed for this podcast - listen to be inspired, to understand more about grief and death, to find your own path to finding your light again and to find comfort.

Bed ridden with extreme depression Rebecca started to pray - she needed help, her life needed to change. She saw a documentary that kick started her way from anti-depressants to energy healing, plant medicine, positive thinking and a relationship with source - listen for hope and inspiration

Elena May Paplomatas - an absolute gem and a walking miracle - literally. A horrific car crash nearly killed her - in fact, deep in her coma she wanted to let go, but the angels and beings that surrounded her convinced her to stay - they told her she had a bigger job and so she agreed - to live! SO many blessings, miracle doctors, synchronicities and energy healings brought Elena back to the woman she is now - a Shaman in the making, a healer with an incredible outlook on life and a massive sense of humour. Listen to be inspired, to find your own reason for living and to connect with a beautiful tale of angels and blessings.

Bonni Southey - celebrating this beautiful intuitive mother. 20 years ago she was a young mum, she planned her pregnancy perfectly, had the perfect birth and a beautiful baby boy. Just 2 months into his life, he started screaming for hours at a time and then projectile vomiting - this happened for months and months. With her then husband at work from early til late, she was alone, a new mum, a screaming baby - literally not knowing what to do. And then some angels were sent to her, a friend called just at the right time, alternative medicine was brought into her life, she learned Reiki which helped and it was Reiki that sparked a fire in her to demand the Doctor took her sons screaming seriously. She stood up to the medical profession, knowing their diagnosis and suggestion of surgery was wrong and she followed her intuition and inner guidance down a path she had never heard of. By 4 years old, her son was free of pain and vomiting and she had a new way of living - with alternative and plant medicine. Her inspirational story is perfect for any new mum, anyone considering vaccinations or worried about their effects or anyone who is concerned their child may have had a reaction to a vaccine - which, we now know was the cause of her sons terrible pain.

This deeply centering guided meditation was channelled by Medicine Woman Lynette Allen and set to the Tibetan Singing Bowls of her medicine sister, Sound Healer Janine Ball. There is a place inside of us, very deep where nothing can touch, where calm flows all of the time, where our balance is maintained and our intuition is strong - this meditation helps you access that place, and with it, your highest wisdom - make decisions easier, gain mental and emotional clarity and find your calm. 15 minutes of bliss Drink with Ceremonial Cacao to deepen your journey, find out more about Cacao, its benefits and how to work with it, by visiting www.awomansblessing.com

A Woman's Blessing is a ritual that was created by Medicine Woman Lynette Allen in 2017 for 15 very special women - as they met together to drink Ayahuasca - it was a honouring of their courage and bravery to go deep inside themselves. That ritual has grown and developed into a ceremony where we honour, heal and appreciate the girls we were, the women we are now and the women we are yet to become. This beautifully calming meditation spoken by Medicine Woman Lynette Allen was channelled with the plant medicine Cacao, usually a meditation only channelled in ceremonial sacred space, Lynette created a private ceremony where this blessing could be channelled for you - wherever you are. Take 20 minutes, lay down, drink Ceremonial Cacao if you have it - you can find out more about Ceremonial Cacao on her website www.awomansblessing.com - but the most important thing, is to allow yourself the indulgence of this deeply honouring meditation. Made with love, just for you

Asha Frost is an indigenous rainbow medicine healer who through her own diagnosis of Lupus as a teenager learned how to heal herself. She started to understand that her ancestors had been communicating with her since she was a child, she learned homeopathy as her first medicine and then remembered through ancestral wisdom and teachings the guidance of her culture. We speak about her want and need to heal the trauma of her people, the signs she had that that's what she is here to do and how she now voices her medicine and teaches others - despite sometimes receiving criticism. We speak about how we all have medicine inside of us and how it's about finding our own medicine and bringing our own personal teachings into the world. Asha is a passionate, sensitive and empathic wise woman who has given so much to so many already - listen for inspiration on finding the natural steps to your own healing path.

5 things I wish I'd known about Cacao by Celebrating & honouring the resilience of women

Lynette Marie Allen - my name sake - we have exactly the same name and we were brought together by the universe! We both needed sisters, our journey has mirrored each other in so many ways yet our paths have been different. This is Lynette's journey. An abusive childhood set her up for a 25 year abusive marriage and at 50 she freed herself - an inspirational story of how women overcome the harshest of things with their courage, bravery to look fear in the eyes and deal with it head on, the tenacity to keep going - appreciating each gift as it arrives and feeling her way in the dark to peace, her own home, personal safety and understanding exactly how the universe works - she is an incredible inspiration and I'm proud to call her my soul sister

Tina 'Kat' Courtney - she is one of the most respected Ayahuascero's there is today, an award winning blogger and a devoted plant medicine healer - she came from a corporate background - a glitzy life of partying, alcohol, celebrity friends, recreational drug use and big business video game production. From the outside her life was enviable, but she carried secrets. Thoughts of suicide, hating herself, eating in amazing restaurants and then throwing it all back up in the private bathrooms of the best LA hang outs. A 'hello, why not!' trip to the Amazon to sit with Ayahuasca, shook her whole life as she faced the reality - she had to find happiness. It took time, no quick fixes, but this girl was NOT giving up - her story is inspiring, it's real, raw and will give hope to many others who are struggling to get through and understand what she describes as that 'fake' smile. Listen for guidance, direction and inspiration

Melonie Syrett spent 20 years in tremendous pain every month. From her first bleed as a teenager it was extraordinarily painful and it only got worse. Endometriosis was the diagnosis and her life was consumed around the pain and the timing of her periods. Every single aspect of her life was affected: her love life, social life, career...everything. Finally, put on the Pill, her hormones were subdued to such an extent that she lived in a shell, devoid of feeling, libido, excitement or life energy - and THAT was her turning point. She made the decision this was NOT her life and the universe took her from there: teachers, retreats, womb healings, books and sister circles flowed into her life without ANY asking from her. Her only 'action' had been that decision one day. Melonie now has COMPLETELY pain free bleeds, cured herself of Endometriosis, she holds sister circles, has immersed herself into the world of drumming, she teaches about cycles and bleeds and advises parents on how to speak to their children about puberty and their moon cycles - she is an inspiration to ANYONE and could be perfect timing for you right now if YOUR periods are running and ruining your life.

Jacyn Siebert. A self confessed addict to a compulsion to be there at every single turn and twist for the people in her life: her friends, her job, her partners - co-dependency was her addiction and she had no idea. Exhausted, jumping from one persons call to another: a wake up call caught her unawares in the form of collecting her friends baby when his father found himself in Jail just after the death of his wife, that baby's mother. Realising her 3am 'I'll save you' phone calls were an addiction to mask her own wounds, in just 11 days she fled to the jungles of Bali from the US - getting just about as far away from her friend time zone as she could - this time for herself. In order to understand herself, recover, build a new 'her'. Sacred Cacao, roaring like a lion in the jungle, breaking down and having her mother channelled to her so she could apologise are in all in here - along with Jacyn's thoughts on recovery, receiving her blessing and going back to the US changed. She is a remarkable woman with an inspiring story - told just for you, to inspire.

In her twenties, Sallie did what was expected of her: she dated a man, she married him and she had children. Soon after their marriage it became clear that her husband had mental health issues she knew nothing about. On his 3rd suicide attempt, after living with massive stress, very little money - when she looked in the cupboards for something to feed her children and there was literally nothing, she knew she had to put her children aged 1 and 3 first and leave her marriage. Back in a time where women had very little independence, she bucked against everything society was telling her to do and she left. She became self sufficient, she learned how to stand up for herself, how to go from a shy private person who didn't share her struggle to a woman who knew how to ask for help and speak to people in authority. Sallie learned new coping strategies and step by step and became strong every day - this inspirational conversation will be of great comfort to anyone who is going through struggle right now. Now in her 60's Sallie has grown into her Cone - her wisdom, she has huge personal power and influence over her own life and is now - through her own healing journey of independence is now understanding how her story can be of value to the generation below and the generation below that. She is full of excellent advice, kind words, complete common sense and Crone/grandmother advice - this is a woman who knows about life!

Trina's story is immense, as a young woman she had the whole dream going on, renovating her dream house with her fiancee - the whole small village white picket fence and she was happy - truly truly happy, but as it was all coming together, she miscarried her planned baby and then lost her fiancee in a tragic car accident. THIS is how she rebuilt her life, to travel the world, go from small town girl to world traveller and later on surviving domestic violence - this interview is being released on Trina's 50th birthday - a massive mark of respect for a woman who truly owns her own power, knows who she is and now inspires other women - she's crazy awesome, listen for inspiration, ideas of how to pick yourself up from disaster and walk forward in your own power - starting today!

After 35 years of being in an abusive marriage, one day Geraldine Steele had a moment of clarity - and she walked out. Standing in a solicitors office 5 days later in her friends clothes, she was clear and concise - she had started her road to her recovery. Straight talking, deeply honest, proud of herself now - she gave up smoking, began a new career, over came health issues and now volunteers at a women's shelter - her courage and pragmatic approach will inspire every woman!

In this episode, I talk to Rosi Withers, my step-daughter about one of the most difficult times of her life, falling pregnant at 18, having to completely re-shape her identity, getting married so young and losing those formative years. She gained immense support and coping strategies in the church, but when she left the church, every single one of her coping strategies went, leaving her feeling isolated, in post-natal depression with her 2nd child and having the rebuild all Rosi Withers all over again. And she has done and continues to do a brilliant job! Rosi is funny, sincere, authentic and completely honest in this beautiful interview - she has excellent advice for those coping with difficult life situations as she continues to find her Self and her path in this life. An inspiring woman - she is now 25, happily married to Steve with Rhoda aged 6 and Mac aged 2.