Meeting Your Higher Self — Not the Fantasy, But the Embodied Truth

In this tender, grounding episode, you invite listeners to shed the illusion of the “perfect” Higher Self — the one curated by performance, projection, and spiritual aesthetic — and to meet the real one: the breath-based, barefoot, honest version that lives within each of us.

This is not the Higher Self who floats above daily life in glowing robes. She lives in the rawness — the hesitation before people-pleasing, the tears in the shower, the nervous tremble before speaking truth.

You name the seductive safety of spiritual performance — how we chase rituals, radiance, and control — only to realize presence is never something to strive toward… it’s something to return to.

Through vulnerable stories — a moment of doubt after receiving a message from an ex, the shame of financial need while being seen as “spiritual,” the pull to perform even in ceremony — you remind us: the Higher Self doesn’t bypass our humanity. She holds it with reverence.

You guide listeners back into body-based knowing — with hand-to-womb check-ins, water rituals, and quiet questions — and close with a channeled message that is both cosmic and cellular: You are not failing. You are remembering.

This episode is a reclamation of the Higher Self not as an ascension, but as a homecoming.

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Reflection Questions

1. When have you felt pressure to perform your healing or your divinity? What did it cost you?
2. What version of your “Higher Self” have you been striving to become — and does she feel honest?
3. Where in your body do you feel your truth most clearly? Your no? Your yes?
4. Can you recall a moment when your real Higher Self whispered through discomfort, not perfection? What did she say?

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ABOUT RACHEAL | AYNI THE MEDICINE WOMAN

Racheal, known as Ayni the Medicine Woman, is a sacred space holder, intuitive healer, and guide for women seeking to remember who they are beyond the roles they’ve been told to play. Rooted in the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the rhythms of the menstrual cycle, and the sacred art of energetic healing, she gently leads others through deep emotional, ancestral, and spiritual transformation.

After 12 years of giving endlessly in a marriage that left her depleted, Racheal reclaimed her truth through a journey of self-remembrance—learning to honor her needs, rest before collapse, and receive with grace. The name Ayni came to her during a time of great inner winter, as a sacred reminder that healing happens through balance: between giving and receiving, strength and softness, self and others.

Today, she supports women in embodying their truth, reconnecting with their cycles, and creating space for their own care—so they no longer break themselves to serve the world, but rise from overflow.

Follow her journey and offerings on Instagram: @ayni_the_medicine_woman

Boundaries as Self-Honoring (Not Selfishness)

This episode tenderly explores the true essence of boundaries — not as acts of exclusion or coldness, but as sacred, embodied choices rooted in self-respect and inner truth. You beautifully dismantle the myth that boundaries are selfish, illustrating through deeply personal stories how failing to honor them leads to self-betrayal, exhaustion, and disconnection from presence.

You reflect on moments when your body whispered “no” but your fear said “yes,” showing how these disconnects cost not only energy, but also peace. Through illness, overextension, and emotional rupture, you arrive at a deeper truth: Boundaries are not barriers; they are bridges — back to self.

You offer gentle language for expressing boundaries, a simple yet powerful womb-based ritual, and a poignant reminder: You are allowed to change. Your needs matter. And your sacred “no” is just as holy as your wholehearted “yes.”

The episode ends with an invitation to deepen into self-honoring practices and a preview of the next episode — stepping into the space cleared by boundaries, where your Higher Self awaits.

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Reflection Questions

1. Where in your life are you still saying “yes”… when your body is quietly begging for a “no”?
2. What fears come up when you think about setting a boundary? Are they rooted in guilt, rejection, or old patterns of people-pleasing?
3. Can you remember a time when you said yes from fear — not from truth? What did it cost you physically, emotionally, or spiritually?
4. What does your body feel like when your “yes” is true? What sensations arise when it’s not?

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ABOUT RACHEAL | AYNI THE MEDICINE WOMAN

Racheal, known as Ayni the Medicine Woman, is a sacred space holder, intuitive healer, and guide for women seeking to remember who they are beyond the roles they’ve been told to play. Rooted in the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the rhythms of the menstrual cycle, and the sacred art of energetic healing, she gently leads others through deep emotional, ancestral, and spiritual transformation.

After 12 years of giving endlessly in a marriage that left her depleted, Racheal reclaimed her truth through a journey of self-remembrance—learning to honor her needs, rest before collapse, and receive with grace. The name Ayni came to her during a time of great inner winter, as a sacred reminder that healing happens through balance: between giving and receiving, strength and softness, self and others.

Today, she supports women in embodying their truth, reconnecting with their cycles, and creating space for their own care—so they no longer break themselves to serve the world, but rise from overflow.

Follow her journey and offerings on Instagram: @ayni_the_medicine_woman

The Body Knows Before the Mind

Have you ever said “yes” when your whole body said “no”?

Do you call it confusion… when it’s really fear of what your clarity might cost?

What if your body isn’t betraying you — but protecting you?

In this episode, we return to the most ancient wisdom we hold: the body.

Long before the mind makes sense of things, the body knows. She whispers, aches, tightens, trembles — not to punish you, but to protect you.

This is not about learning new information. It’s about remembering what your body has been trying to say all along.

In this episode, you’ll explore:

• How “confusion” is often clarity we’re afraid to claim
• What numbness, fatigue, and pain are really trying to tell you
• How the “Good Girl” lives inside the body — and how to release her
• Body-based practices: intuitive yes/no, body scans, womb listening
• Why listening to your body isn’t weakness — it’s sacred self-respect

Your body doesn’t lie.

Your truth lives here.

Are you ready to listen — before she has to scream?

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ABOUT RACHEAL | AYNI THE MEDICINE WOMAN

Racheal, known as Ayni the Medicine Woman, is a sacred space holder, intuitive healer, and guide for women seeking to remember who they are beyond the roles they’ve been told to play. Rooted in the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the rhythms of the menstrual cycle, and the sacred art of energetic healing, she gently leads others through deep emotional, ancestral, and spiritual transformation.

After 12 years of giving endlessly in a marriage that left her depleted, Racheal reclaimed her truth through a journey of self-remembrance—learning to honor her needs, rest before collapse, and receive with grace. The name Ayni came to her during a time of great inner winter, as a sacred reminder that healing happens through balance: between giving and receiving, strength and softness, self and others.

Today, she supports women in embodying their truth, reconnecting with their cycles, and creating space for their own care—so they no longer break themselves to serve the world, but rise from overflow.

Follow her journey and offerings on Instagram: @ayni_the_medicine_woman

The Mother Wound + Lineage Healing

What pain are you still carrying… that may not be yours?

What did your mother teach you — not through words, but through her silence, her sacrifices, her ache?

And are you ready to break the cycle, not from blame… but from remembrance?

In this tender and powerful episode, we walk into the heart of the mother wound — the unspoken grief, inherited beliefs, and ancestral patterns that shape how we love, give, and disappear.

I share the moments where I saw my mother in myself, not as blame… but as reflection.

How I absorbed her exhaustion. How my womb held the grief she never spoke. And how my healing began when I stopped trying to “fix” and started to listen.

In this episode, you’ll remember:

• The “good daughter” spell — and how it echoes in our relationships
• How emotional silence is passed down through generations
• Why the womb holds not just personal pain, but ancestral stories
• Rituals and journal prompts to gently begin releasing inherited narratives
• That we are not here to repeat the pain — but to rewrite it

You are not the end.

You are the beginning.

You are the healing your lineage has been waiting for.

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ABOUT RACHEAL | AYNI THE MEDICINE WOMAN

Racheal, known as Ayni the Medicine Woman, is a sacred space holder, intuitive healer, and guide for women seeking to remember who they are beyond the roles they’ve been told to play. Rooted in the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the rhythms of the menstrual cycle, and the sacred art of energetic healing, she gently leads others through deep emotional, ancestral, and spiritual transformation.

After 12 years of giving endlessly in a marriage that left her depleted, Racheal reclaimed her truth through a journey of self-remembrance—learning to honor her needs, rest before collapse, and receive with grace. The name Ayni came to her during a time of great inner winter, as a sacred reminder that healing happens through balance: between giving and receiving, strength and softness, self and others.

Today, she supports women in embodying their truth, reconnecting with their cycles, and creating space for their own care—so they no longer break themselves to serve the world, but rise from overflow.

Follow her journey and offerings on Instagram: @ayni_the_medicine_woman

Sacred Rage + Soft Power

Have you ever swallowed your anger to keep the peace?

Does your body carry the weight of words you never got to say?

What if your rage isn’t here to ruin you… but to set you free?

In this potent episode, we meet sacred rage — not as chaos, but as a wise messenger. I share the ways my womb held the grief of unspoken truths, how rage became the fire that cracked my silence, and why true softness begins after we listen to what we’ve tried to suppress.

This episode isn’t about staying calm. It’s about reclaiming your full, raw, radiant self.

You’ll feel into:

• The quiet betrayals that fuel suppressed rage
• How rage lives in the body and affects the menstrual cycle
• The myth of “calm equals spiritual” — and what true softness is
• Ancestral anger and how it seeks healing through you
• Rituals to express sacred rage and restore balance through your womb

Rage and softness are not opposites — they are your rhythm.

This is remembrance. This is Ayni.

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ABOUT RACHEAL | AYNI THE MEDICINE WOMAN

Racheal, known as Ayni the Medicine Woman, is a sacred space holder, intuitive healer, and guide for women seeking to remember who they are beyond the roles they’ve been told to play. Rooted in the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the rhythms of the menstrual cycle, and the sacred art of energetic healing, she gently leads others through deep emotional, ancestral, and spiritual transformation.

After 12 years of giving endlessly in a marriage that left her depleted, Racheal reclaimed her truth through a journey of self-remembrance—learning to honor her needs, rest before collapse, and receive with grace. The name Ayni came to her during a time of great inner winter, as a sacred reminder that healing happens through balance: between giving and receiving, strength and softness, self and others.

Today, she supports women in embodying their truth, reconnecting with their cycles, and creating space for their own care—so they no longer break themselves to serve the world, but rise from overflow.

Follow her journey and offerings on Instagram: @ayni_the_medicine_woman

Breaking the Good Girl Spell

When did you first learn that being “good” meant staying quiet?

What did it cost you to be agreeable instead of authentic?

And are you ready to choose wholeness over obedience?

In this powerful episode, we go to the root of silence — the moment we were taught that approval mattered more than truth. I share personal stories of shrinking to fit, the pain my womb held from unspoken truths, and the gentle, rebellious ways I’ve begun to break the good girl spell.

Inside this episode, you’ll explore:

• Where the “good girl” conditioning comes from — and how it shows up today
• How unexpressed emotions live in the body, especially the womb
• What it means to stop performing and start remembering
• Small acts of self-love that help you reclaim your voice

If you’ve ever felt like you had to earn love by being easy, silent, or small — this is for you.

You weren’t born to be good. You were born to be whole.

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ABOUT RACHEAL | AYNI THE MEDICINE WOMAN

Racheal, known as Ayni the Medicine Woman, is a sacred space holder, intuitive healer, and guide for women seeking to remember who they are beyond the roles they’ve been told to play. Rooted in the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the rhythms of the menstrual cycle, and the sacred art of energetic healing, she gently leads others through deep emotional, ancestral, and spiritual transformation.

After 12 years of giving endlessly in a marriage that left her depleted, Racheal reclaimed her truth through a journey of self-remembrance—learning to honor her needs, rest before collapse, and receive with grace. The name Ayni came to her during a time of great inner winter, as a sacred reminder that healing happens through balance: between giving and receiving, strength and softness, self and others.

Today, she supports women in embodying their truth, reconnecting with their cycles, and creating space for their own care—so they no longer break themselves to serve the world, but rise from overflow.

Follow her journey and offerings on Instagram: @ayni_the_medicine_woman

EPISODE 4 – The Art of Holding Space (Even for Yourself)

Do you give others grace, but forget to offer it to yourself?

Are you quick to fix… but slow to feel?

What would happen if you stopped running—and simply stayed?

In this episode, we slow down and step into the quiet, often-overlooked art of holding space for yourself.

Not when everything is okay. But especially when it’s not.

This isn’t about being strong or graceful.

It’s about not abandoning yourself in the messy, emotional, in-between moments.

In this episode, I share:

• What “holding space” really means—beyond the buzzword
• A personal story of walking with anger, grief, and truth
• Why staying with your pain is more powerful than fixing it
• Gentle practices to begin holding space for yourself today
• How breath, silence, and womb listening become sacred tools

If you’re in a season of unknowns, where emotions feel louder than logic—this one’s for you.

You are not broken. You are becoming.

And you don’t have to do it alone.

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ABOUT RACHEAL | AYNI THE MEDICINE WOMAN

Racheal, known as Ayni the Medicine Woman, is a sacred space holder, intuitive healer, and guide for women seeking to remember who they are beyond the roles they’ve been told to play. Rooted in the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the rhythms of the menstrual cycle, and the sacred art of energetic healing, she gently leads others through deep emotional, ancestral, and spiritual transformation.

After 12 years of giving endlessly in a marriage that left her depleted, Racheal reclaimed her truth through a journey of self-remembrance—learning to honor her needs, rest before collapse, and receive with grace. The name Ayni came to her during a time of great inner winter, as a sacred reminder that healing happens through balance: between giving and receiving, strength and softness, self and others.

Today, she supports women in embodying their truth, reconnecting with their cycles, and creating space for their own care—so they no longer break themselves to serve the world, but rise from overflow.

Follow her journey and offerings on Instagram: @ayni_the_medicine_woman

What It Means to Me to Be a Medicine Woman

Have you ever felt the quiet nudge that you’re here for something deeper?

Not to fix others—but to remember who you are?

To hold space… not just for others, but for yourself?

In this episode, I open my heart and share what it truly means—for me—to walk the path of the medicine woman.

Not as a role, or a trend, or a title… but as a sacred remembering.

You’ll hear how this path unfolded through presence, listening, ancestral wisdom, and the body’s own rhythms.

Key Reflections in this episode:

• What a medicine woman is not—and why this matters
• How I read energy through the body before words are spoken
• Why presence is more healing than any tool
• A powerful story of womb care and prevention
• The rhythm I live by: honoring moon, womb, and seasonal flow

This episode is a gentle invitation to soften, to listen, and maybe… to remember a part of yourself that’s already walking this path.

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ABOUT RACHEAL | AYNI THE MEDICINE WOMAN

Racheal, known as Ayni the Medicine Woman, is a sacred space holder, intuitive healer, and guide for women seeking to remember who they are beyond the roles they’ve been told to play. Rooted in the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the rhythms of the menstrual cycle, and the sacred art of energetic healing, she gently leads others through deep emotional, ancestral, and spiritual transformation.

After 12 years of giving endlessly in a marriage that left her depleted, Racheal reclaimed her truth through a journey of self-remembrance—learning to honor her needs, rest before collapse, and receive with grace. The name Ayni came to her during a time of great inner winter, as a sacred reminder that healing happens through balance: between giving and receiving, strength and softness, self and others.

Today, she supports women in embodying their truth, reconnecting with their cycles, and creating space for their own care—so they no longer break themselves to serve the world, but rise from overflow.

Follow her journey and offerings on Instagram: @ayni_the_medicine_woman