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Julia Neumann from Radically Alive Women speaks with parenting coach and "Tides" rites-of-passage facilitator Amy Weber and young woman Gabriela Fagundes about mother-daughter relationships, especially the transition of girls into womanhood. Amy describes navigating the empty nest as a mother and how "Tides" and "Rising Tides" help mothers and daughters renegotiate patterns, create space, and recognise that daughters’ transitions also change mothers’ identities. She shares how community and ritual can help normalise and celebrate menstruation, and support both the daughter’s push for freedom and the mother’s grief and identity shift as she “becomes obsolete” in stages.Gabriela shares her experience of...

This Radically Alive Women Edgecast conversation between Julia Neumann and Ellen Appleton explores “mother graduation,” the transition from actively mothering children to relating to them as independent adults. Ellen describes her deep identification with motherhood, including two wanted pregnancies, and speaks to the innate wisdom, love, and intensity she experienced as a mother. The discussion highlights how motherhood is often undervalued by society and how lack of support for pregnant women and mothers can contribute to generational trauma. Ellen shares that parenting involves repeated separations and describes the particular pain of letting her son enter manhood without clear, emotionally supportive...

Shalane Hopkins went on an extraordinary adventure: she walked the 3,000-kilometer Te Araroa trail in New Zealand in 2010, just before its official opening, and came through Christchurch around the time of the earthquake. In this honest conversation with Julia Neumann, Shalane shares her experiences, motivations, and what led her to stay in New Zealand and become a Kiwi citizen. The conversation delves into Shalane's personal growth journey, discussing her transformation from a people pleaser to someone who embraces her courage and authenticity. She talks about the importance of intuition, overcoming obstacles, and the lessons she learned while writing her...

Yael Deckelbaum is a platinum award-winning Israeli/Canadian singer songwriter and an activist for peace, and especially well known for her song “Prayer Of The Mothers”, written in 2016 to support the Women Wage Peace Movement: a song for the movement of Palestinian and Israeli mothers walking together for change and peace. You hear its tune at the beginning of the episode. Shared by millions, it inspired and keeps inspiring women across the globe to get together and take action.This episode is a powerful and deep conversation between Yael Deckelbaum and Julia Neumann. Yael talks with vulnerability about her journey in...

Nicola Hearn is a woman that walks the edge between mainstream culture, activism, and advocacy for societal change. With a background in technology, she was the heart behind Third Space Canteen, a social enterprise promoting food culture.In July 2025, one of her Instagram reels went viral in which she calls out greed and profit-orientation and calls in collaboration for societal change.Listen in for a radically alive, authentic and vulnerable conversation with Julia Neumann, in which Nicola shares about her journey of self-discovery and activism. Nicola speaks about  her experiences with patriarchy, capitalism, and the unique struggles women face in these...

Melissa McGregor is the creatress of Nature School in Mangawhai, in the North Island of New Zealand. This conversation dives into the personal inspirations that led to this creation. We also talk about what has evolved over the years and the current results of bringing feelings work into the mix.Melissa is passionate about encouraging others to get started. If this is something you are thinking about, please get in touch! "Nature School family support continues to unfold. Melissa's next step is to make irresistable offers of extraordinary parent evenings and listening spaces for parents at drop-off. These offers have come...

Birgit Frank has been researching money for over two decades and brings a fresh and playful energy into a topic that is as hidden from everyday conversations as is initmate relating. And yet - it is our relationship we have with and towards money that enables change how we allow money to flow. In this episode Birgit shares with us the concept of the Money Being - a community tool which brings connection and if applied to life through feminine qualitites it provides for enough resources for everybody. Support this work: We’re passionate about bringing these conversations to you and...

In this episode of Radically Alive Women Edgecast, Charlotte Chalkley speaks of her journey and the creation of the "Orchard" project at SOMOS on Tenerife. SOMOS is an Archan Invention Centre, for people to go from survival to creation,  to discover who they are and their purpose.The Orchard project is rooted in the principles of being over doing, and aims to reconnect with Gaia through conscious feelings and presence. Charlotte shares her experiences with spaceholding in a feminine way and the transformational power of deeply listening to the earth before moving into action. She emphasises the value of emotional healing...

⁠Veit Lindau is a grounded visionary, idealistic business punk, and psycho-social reformer who defies all boxes. With over three decades as a renowned German coach, trainer, mentor, and author, Veit’s work is a wake-up call to those who sense that the rehearsals are over, personally and collectively.In this rich conversation with Julia Neumann, sparked by his new book “Stunde der Wahrheit” (Moment of Truth, out November 2025), Veit speaks about the miracle of life, consciousness, and the art of walking the razor’s edge between light and darkness within ourselves.He explores what it means to be truly alive today, the importance...

Listen in for this honest and vulnerable edge conversation between two women who recently experienced their mothers’ deaths.Janet Redmond, Village Heart Surgeon and Building Communication Bridges Originator, returns to Radically Alive Women Edgecast to share about her journey accompanying not only her mother’s dying process, but also her death: directing her funeral service, and bringing her ashes from New Zealand to England. Julia Neumann holds space for this conversation from her own lived experience of her mother dying recently.What unfolds is a conversation about taking responsibility for the dying process as well as reflections on healing the mother-daughter relationship.*We’re passionate about...