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An exclusive, limited-time podcast series by Victoria Nielsen on mastering the art of breaking cycles, inspired by teachings in the Akashic Awakening Program.
Victoria Nielsen [00:00:01]:
Welcome to Cycle Breakers, a special limited podcast series by Victoria Nielsen designed to support you in your journey of breaking cycles and creating a new path for yourself, your family and humanity. In honor of Akashic Awakening, my group program for women who want to rewrite negative narratives and get in touch with their own energy again. You ready? Let's dive on in. Hello, loves. Victoria here. Welcome to your bonus episode of Cycle breakers, the special podcast series in honor of Akashic Awakening, my group program that doors are open for right now. So if you're listening to this podcast, head over to Victoria Margot. That's Victoria M A R G A U X.com awakening to sign up now.
Victoria Nielsen [00:00:47]:
We will go through six weeks of intuitive work in the Akashic records, working to heal our biggest wounds, move through any subconscious blocks, and come together in community to rise above. So, yeah, check that out in the show notes. But this episode is a bonus because it originally aired as part of my normal podcast series, Flip the Script with Vic, that has new episodes every month. So I'm repurposing this content because I think it's really important to give you guys a vision of what a woman in her power can really look like when you get the foundation of your inner seasons, when you get the foundation of the woman archetypes that we all carry within us from maiden mother and into crone energy. So take a listen to this podcast and let me know what you guys think. All right, let's dive on in. I am super excited to chat today. I've been sharing a lot about the four womanly archetypes from the book Rise, Sister Rise by Rebecca Campbell.
Victoria Nielsen [00:01:54]:
And you guys have been loving it. I went to a retreat in May called the Wild Roots Retreat with these amazing facilitators Bijou and Kirsten and Tiffany and Meg, and it was all about rewilding and kind of coming back to that innate part of us that's natural as a woman. And we went over these archetypes, which I had learned before, but it was really nice to go deeper. And so in sharing my passion around them, you guys have really seemed to enjoy them. So I wanted to record an episode that went a little bit deeper on these topics. They're very close to the Inner seasons, which you guys hear me talk about a lot. And I have an Inner Seasons episode that's like episode four of the podcast. God, I recorded that like a year ago.
Victoria Nielsen [00:02:47]:
So these go hand in hand. So I would say if you want to dive deeper after this episode on the inner seasons, then I would Recommend that because the archetypes of a woman also follow the inner seasons after. And in your process of rewilding, you are bringing yourself back to that cyclical nature, to that innate flow that every single woman has. Every single month you have a chance to die and be reborn again. That is the menstrual cycle. You are literally bleeding out once a month, detoxifying the body, but also really tapping into your highest self if you're in alignment with this cycle of this of death and rebirth, essentially that every woman gets an opportunity to move through every single month. And when I think about that, like, how fucking cool, you know, I don't know about you, but I was taught to like shame my period and that it was a bad thing and that you were going to have all of these PMS symptoms and you know, I thankfully have never had a really bad period, but I feel like ever since I began working with my menstrual cycles and I did a right of the womb, gosh, a while ago now, where I cleared and cleansed that space of all of the trauma and negative energy that we carry as women in our womb spaces and instead was like, come back to your divine nature. Come back to your creative intuitive nature.
Victoria Nielsen [00:04:21]:
Let this be a place of birth and of life. And it's really changed the game for me in terms of connection to myself and to my own energy and my energy fluctuations throughout the month. But also I feel like a goddess on my period. Like I really look forward to that time every single time of the month because I know it is a time where I'm tapping into my inner crone energy. So that's the, the first archetype that we'll talk about is the crone. And I feel like she is shunned a lot in society. Like the only iterations you see of the crone are like crazy old women in the woods. Like, like the woman in Hansel and Gretel.
Victoria Nielsen [00:05:06]:
Right? That's like angry in the woods casting spells, like wanting to eat little children. And that's a little bit of the crone energy. Yes, but not entirely. You know, when you're really in touch with that energy, it is really a very cool time for you to tap into your intuition and unlock that potent power of healing and of wisdom and of, of really like this all knowing aspect of yourself. But when you're in that shadow, you know, that's when you are the hermit. That's when you are crazy or lonely or bitter or jaded and holy cow, I'm moving energies. I'm talking and I feel like that's how the crone is portrayed a lot in society, is the shadow version of the crone. So can we, when we're on our periods, reclaim the powerful side of that, right, that you are really stepping into your truth and your power once a month? And that's actually what I've told my 4 year old son when he asks, he's like, mommy, why are you bleeding? And I'm like, it's because I'm a powerful goddess.
Victoria Nielsen [00:06:24]:
And my husband now even has started to say that like when I'm on my period, it's when I'm most powerful. And I think that's a beautiful reframe that all of us should have. That is such a beautiful power that is exuding between our legs once a month. And we can do so much with that energy if we are working with it instead of trying to fight against it. And so you will come to find for your own menstrual cycle, you know, do you need to deeply rest that that inner winter is what's associated with this time. And that is a time of rest and introspection and being inward. I have found that I like a little bit of movement during my period. That that actually really helps me feel better in my body.
Victoria Nielsen [00:07:07]:
But as you begin to know your cycles and know yourself, you can begin to give your body what it needs and you will naturally start to see during that time that you want to move inward. Right. And so can you maybe even begin to create your schedule in a way that allows you to not have to do anything when you're on your period with, you know, like maybe you don't plan, work, travel, maybe you don't, you know, have any big projects on the docket. And I get that you can't always control that in this patriarchal society. But if you can and you can start planning your month that way, you're really going to be supporting yourself in, in a whole new way. And so after your period, you move into the maiden. And so this energy is young and it's enthusiastic and it's strong and it's independent. And you know, she sees the potential in everything.
Victoria Nielsen [00:08:02]:
Just like your inner spring. Right. So this is associated with spring and planting those seeds of the future and of all of the possibilities of, of what could happen moving forward. And it's that energy of, of childlike wonder. Right. But the shadow side of that is you can have a tendency to over commit or you get overexcited because you don't want to miss out on something, or you start a bunch of projects, but you lac drive to finish it. And you can be very impressionable and lack confidence and have too many ideas. And, you know, as I was learning about these archetypes, A little bit deeper, this one surprised me because I was like, wow, I have some wounded, mated energy that I'm not even realizing that, like, those moments in spring Where I am ungrounded, and I'm like, oh, my God, I have so many ideas, and I don't know where to start and what I want to do.
Victoria Nielsen [00:08:59]:
And, you know, knowing that about myself, I have a lot of air in my birth chart as well. And so. And the maiden is associated with the element of air. Knowing that, right? It's like, okay, how can I support myself in my inner spring? Can I do some grounding, breath work during this time to help me bring those ideas down from the heavens and ground them into my body Before I'm trying to move forward on them? Can I support myself by journaling, by writing down all of these things that are in my head that are taking up space that can. Getting them out on paper allows me to relax and then begin to put the pieces together of like, oh, okay, this is the order in which I need to do things. Or, hey, these are seeds that I'm planting, But I'm saving for later because that's another not downfall of maiden energy. But, like, sometimes when I'm personally in that energy, I get a lot of downloads and I get a lot of information, and then it can be analysis paralysis because you're like, okay, but. But what do I go do first? And so taking the time to write it down in a list of, like, these are seeds.
Victoria Nielsen [00:10:10]:
These are things for the future that I want to anchor in, But I'm not going to take action on right now. And then you have buds, right? Maybe seeds that were planted the last cycle that you want to begin taking action on that you want to begin, like, tilling the soil for that you want to begin really, like, watering, right? And then you have other buds that are open and blooming, and it's time to be in them and in the magic of that energy. And so once you start to see that, like, everything, it has its. Its certain phase, right, that it doesn't all have to be done right now you're beginning to heal that maiden energy because the maiden feels like it's gonna be gone, right? That. That she's gonna miss out on this opportunity. But if you can be in the healed energy of the maiden, you realize that there's more than enough to go around for everyone and that you will never miss something that is meant for you and that it will never pass you by, and that you will always. Yeah, be. Be favored in that way.
Victoria Nielsen [00:11:12]:
So it's a really beautiful energy of new beginnings and possibilities. And, you know, it's. It's also associated, interestingly, with the goddess Persephone, which I did not know this, but she is the goddess of, like, she's a contradicting goddess in the sense that she's the goddess of flowers, I believe. I feel like I'm gonna get this wrong, but I feel like she is, like, a contradictory goddess. And now, of course, I have to, like, look this up because I'm like, I don't want to tell you guys the wrong thing, but I feel like I was surprised by this because the energy was different than what I expected. And. Yeah, okay, so she's the goddess of flowers and is also the queen of hell. Like, how cool is that? To remind you that, like, you don't have to fit into just one mold.
Victoria Nielsen [00:12:06]:
Like, you can be both and all of the things at the same time. And that was really empowering for me because I didn't really know much about her, but she pops into my awareness a lot. Other goddesses that you can work with during this maiden premenstrual time is the goddess Athena or the goddess Brigid. And then we move into our mother energy of ovulation. So even if you are not actually a mom, yet, you still have this mother archetype and this mother energy. And it's the very fertile part of us that births things in the world. So whether it's a business, it's an idea, it is an actual human. Like, it is the levering, nurturing part that really brings, like, creation and manifestations into form.
Victoria Nielsen [00:12:55]:
And she is associated with summer and fire energy. And it's really the energy of right now. This is like mother creation energy. You know, it's. It's a lot in a good way. And if you're working with it, you're working kind of with that full moon energy. And some of the idols associated with the mother are Isis, Mother Mary, Hathor, Kuan Yin, you know, and I share these goddesses just to see if they are part of your awareness or if they spark an interest for you to begin working with them, because they each have such beautiful individual medicine, you know, Like, I feel like Kuan Yin and Mother Mary are this soft, you know, regal mother energy. And Hathor and Isis are like the fierce Mother energy.
Victoria Nielsen [00:13:42]:
And so there's all kinds of mother energy that's all along the spectrum, right, that you can relate to during this time. And so the shadow side of this, I feel like, is a bit more obvious in that it's that overprotective mother, it's that helicopter mom, it's the one that's like smothering and guilt tripping and abandoning. And I feel like you have probably experienced some, if not all of these shadow energies in your own mother at some point. So you can know what I'm talking about or it can relate to what that feels like. And we're human, right? So it's not about never being in the shadow energy, but it's about bringing awareness to when we are so that we can bring more healed energy, more light, and try and move to the other side of that energy or get to the why. Right. Like, you know, okay, your mom is guilt tripping you about something. Oh, she's just in her wounded mother energy.
Victoria Nielsen [00:14:40]:
And there is something happening here where she doesn't feel safe, where she feels like she needs to act out in this way. And can you perhaps get to the bottom of it, Have a conversation together? You know, I think all of this knowledge is just information to help us move through the world a little bit easier and maybe interact with the females around us a little bit easier and a little bit better. Because all of us carry healed and wounded sides of these archetypes. And the more that we can begin to identify them, we can realize that a lot of the issues and the strife that we have as women, like, collectively, it's really not even about us, you know, like that an argument you maybe have with a girlfriend isn't even about you. It's about her being in wounded wild woman energy or her being in wounded crone energy or whatever it is. And then we can begin to see that, like, oh, okay, this isn't even about us. Like, this is. This is something that she's going through.
Victoria Nielsen [00:15:39]:
Um, and then it makes it a lot easier, I think, to navigate relationships with other women. Because then the cattiness falls away, right? Like, you're not on your def. Defense anymore. Like, your hackles aren't rising because you're like, oh, okay, yeah, yeah. Like, she's not coming at me. Like she's coming at herself right now, you know? So the last archetype is the coolest, I think. No, they're all beautiful in their own right. But this wise wild woman archetype, that is in the season of autumn, which traditionally to me, the season of inner autumn, the week before your period, has not been fun, right? It's the time of your period when you're often associating, like, pms, being crotchety, wanting chocolate, like, being angry.
Victoria Nielsen [00:16:27]:
And I've come to learn that that is actually wounded kind of wild woman energy. That when you're feeling, like, angry, jealous, blunt, impatient, a little bit crazy, you are in the wounded energy of this. And the water element is what's associated with the wild, wild woman. And so when you think about it like that, water can take so many forms, right? It can soothe, but then it can also crash into rocks. It can, over time, create new pathways and new grooves. Like, it is all powerful, and it just depends on the energy that is moving that water at the time. And so a wise wild woman that is in her power, that is in her truth, is uninhibited. She's journeyed through, like, maidenhood and motherhood, and she knows that she is a medicine woman and a healer, and she uses that magic and that worth to guide her during this time.
Victoria Nielsen [00:17:23]:
There is, like, a certain ruthlessness about her, but it's. It's not vindictive, and it's not coming at you in a bad way. It's just showing you all the ways that you are not yet free. You know, I feel like wild women in society trigger a lot of people because they are so free and they are so uninhibited, and they don't give a what you think, like they're gonna do what they want to do. And I think more women need to be in that energy and own it and not be ashamed of it. Because as women, we are taught from a young age that that energy is not okay, that that energy makes you a. That that energy is pushing other people away, but it's pushing other people away that can't handle you at your full power, right? Like, at your full potential. And this wise wild woman energy, the.
Victoria Nielsen [00:18:19]:
The energy of fall that's happening during this time is truly when you are shedding and you are releasing and, you know, the. The inner fears or the inner work that's coming up for you during this time is a gift. It's an opportunity for you to look at it and see if you are ready to move through it, if you're ready to let it go, if you're ready to shed it with the lining of your womb over the next week when your period comes. And again, what a beautiful opportunity every single month to be able to examine ourselves, to be able to say I want to get rid of this and I want to embody that, and I want to shift and morph and change. Like you get a week every single month to do that and to really tap into this, this wild, innate, natural part of yourself and see what she wants and what she desires. Because I bet it is not some of the trappings of modern society. You know, that week of my period and actually I've, you know, begun rewilding all parts of my life and my cycle. But, like, I want to spend more time outside.
Victoria Nielsen [00:19:28]:
I want to put my feet in the earth. Like I. I want to move and be free and. And it feels just so, so empowering to follow that and know that there's a reason for it. So the, the idols that you can work with during this time are kind of the medicine woman archetype are Kali, the goddess of destruction, right? The goddess of trans. She can look a little bit scary with, you know, her, all of her arms carrying those severed heads, but, like, she is so powerful that she says, I'm gonna burn down anything that isn't working for you so that you can build it anew. And that kind of transformation is so potent and so powerful. And Artemis is also one for this time.
Victoria Nielsen [00:20:18]:
So, you know, I. I just think it's so interesting. Like I said, all of these archetypes are from the book Rise, Sister, Rise by Rebecca Campbell. And, you know, all of us as women, we. We carry all four of them, and you can even move through all four archetypes in one day. You know, like, you can go from your Kali energy to your Mother Mary energy, to your Persephone energy, all in one day, you know, and you definitely travel through it all in. In one month. So I hope this was helpful.
Victoria Nielsen [00:20:51]:
I hope it piqued your interest. I'll keep sharing more on Instagram about what this energy looks like, how you can work with it, how you can support yourself. Because as women, we're built differently. We're not built the same as men. We're not meant to live in this 24 hour cycle of go, go, go. We have natural fluctuations where we turn inward and outward over the month. And the more that we can get to know that energy, the more that we can get to know ourselves. I'll see you guys next week.
Victoria Nielsen [00:21:20]:
I love you so much. Be good to one another. Chat soon.