Blogs & Musings
Welcome to Anne-Marie’s musings and articles
Unraveling Conditioned Beliefs & Remembering Sexuality as a Healing Force
The journeyChildhoodTeenage yearsYoung adulthoodEntering the business world as a womanModern day shamanic initiationCelibacy and self-pleasureThe returnEmbodied sexuality is dynamicLet’s create a movement together Remembering sexuality is not about learning something...
Initiations Into Erotic Power
The following is the story of my journey, including the teachers who have initiated me and reminded me of who I am. I am deeply grateful for the power of their love, presence and wisdom. Challenges and obstacles are often the medicine that initiates growth and...
Sexual Sovereignty: Embodying Your Authentic Sexual Expression
In my previous article, we discussed what embodied sexuality is, what it offers us, and how to navigate various challenges, including cultural conditioning, that arise around our authentic sexual expression. Today, let’s go into some practical guidance and exercises...
What Is Embodied Sexuality?
We all hope to experience pleasure and nourishing connection with our lovers. But many of us aren’t taught how to set boundaries, ask for what we desire, or track and attune to our internal experience (or our partner’s). And many of us haven’t been shown how to share...
We’re Wired to Connect and Protect
Dec 17 Did you know that your brain and nervous system are constantly looking for protection and connection? We long for relationship, bonding, and intimacy, yet our limbic and reptilian brains scan for threat and safety 24/7. They track for perceived threats for our...
Four Gateways to Unlock Suffering
Nov 21 What does it mean to be an integrated human? As humans, we’re incredibly resilient creatures with hearts, longings, fears, anxiety, perseverance, and experiences of strong emotions and pain. We’re multi-faceted and complex, and yet the path to our healing...
Anger: Suppress or Express?
Anger responds to violations and unmet needsOur culture’s relationship to angerThe impact of anger on our health and bodyThe courage to cultivate a healthy relationship with anger Anger is something that everyone experiences, at one level or another, and it needs to...
Facing Fear: The Courage to Swim Upstream
How does the journey of wild salmon reflect the path of living an authentic life?We all have an inner compass calling us back homeReturning to our authentic selves: Meeting what we fearObstaclesBecoming intimate with our personal obstaclesINNATE TOOLSTOOLS THAT GUIDE...
Trapped in the System?
The illusion of looking outside for happiness and fulfillmentLeading from the inside outWisdom-Oriented ActionEmotional IntelligenceOpen-Minded/Hearted LeadershipYour unique worldviewWhy the mind-body connection is of valueFierce grace People are experiencing burn-out...
Permission to Be ‘Messy’
Opening to authentic relationshipMeeting our present experience can shift early trauma and painful imprintsFollowing the warrior’s pathReorganizing and updating our survival strategies Have you noticed that the experience of suffering is provoked when we don’t give...