In episode 10 of Sisters of the Moon, we welcome to our Moon Lodge, two pioneers of the publishing industry - Lucy H Pearce, creatrix of Womancraft Publishing and Trista Hendren, creatrix of Girl God Books...women who champion women's voices in publishing!

About My Guests...

Lucy H. Pearce

Lucy is the author of 13 non-fiction books, including Nautilus Award silver winners Medicine Woman, Burning Woman, and Creatrix: She Who Makes.

Her writing weaves women’s archetypal psychology, feminist historical awareness and the healing power of creativity and nature.

She is the founder of Womancraft Publishing and host of the Creative Magic podcast. She lives in Cork, Ireland.

To access Lucy's FREE offering: Elemental Initiations go to:
https://lucyhpearce.com/for-you/

You can find out more about her here: http://lucyhpearce.com

To check out the range of books at Womancraft, go to: http://womancraftpublishing.com


Trista Hendren

Trista founded Girl God Books in 2011 to support a necessary unraveling of the patriarchal worldview of divinity. Her first book—The Girl God, a children's picture book—was a response to her own daughter's inability to see herself reflected in God. Since then, she has published more than 50 books with hundreds of contributors from across the globe.

To access Trista's FREE offering, Re-Visioning Medusa go to: https://girlgodbooks.aweb.page/empowering-girl-god-books

To find out more about Trista & the range of books at Girl God Books, go to: www.thegirlgod.com


About Your Host...Tanishka

Tanishka, beloved by half a million people for her daily lunar guidance blog for 11 years as The Moon Woman, is a leading voice in women's spirituality, who has initiated people through their life transitions for 30 years.

She's an author of 6 books, including Goddess Wisdom Made Easy, published by Hay House, listed in Aspire magazine’s top 10 books for women and translated into multiple languages in conjunction with an online course filmed for Hay House UK.

She's passionate about reclaiming our rites of passage that were lost by the colonisation of the empires. The subject of her latest book, The Grail: The Lies, The Truth, The Answer rated 5 stars on Amazon. She is now initiating men into the wisdom of the cycles - the Grail mystic tradition via retreats and initiation paths.

She is currently writing her next book, Moonpause: The True Power and Purpose of Midlife and Menopause.

To work with Tanishka and access her offerings, go to:
https://themoonwoman.com/
https://the-grail.com/

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In this episode, we welcome to our Moon Lodge, pioneers of the conscious death movement, Zenith Virago and Sarah Kerr, for a fascinating conversation about how to prepare for death in a soul-centred way that reduces trauma for those left behind and the death-care revolution.

About My Guests...

Zenith Virago is an elder, maverick, guide & respected 2nd-wave pioneer of contemporary holistic before and after Death-Care for over 30 years. Put simply, she has accompanied people to die well, and for their families & friends to have meaningful and healing ceremonies, all leading to healthier bereavements, especially for sudden or traumatic deaths.

Forged by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with a legal, feminist background, now teaching nationally & internationally, Zenith is a wise and kind resource, assisting people to reclaim their legal rights, & social rites of passage.

She has always been a Cultural change activist, for people to know all their options, to consider them, and to make decisions that are right for them, by working at the bedside, the kitchen table, and by other means of educating and empowering people

EO & founder of the Natural Death Care Centre Charity. TEDX Speaker, Co-author of The Intimacy of Death and Dying, subject of Indie doco, Zen & the Art of Dying.

Website & Social Media URLs:

You can find out more about her training here: zenithvirago.com

Her NFP org here:naturaldeathcarecentre.org

Her book here:naturaldeathcarecentre.org/publication

The documentary about her life here: zenandtheartofdying.com TEDX:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23I5xWQ2O_4

Sarah Kerr, PhD, is a death doula, ritual healing practitioner, and founder of the Centre for Sacred Deathcare. Since 2012, she has helped individuals and families meet illness, death, and loss with more grace, meaning, and spiritual grounding.

Drawing on animism, energy medicine, systems thinking, and ancestral healing, Sarah articulates what happens at the threshold between life and death. Through ritual and ceremony, she helps people connect with their own souls, with each other, and with the larger forces that support them. These practices bring healing to the living, the dying, and the dead.

Sarah’s doctoral research in Transformative Learning explored how modern Western people can restore meaningful rituals for significant life transitions. Her years of study in shamanic and spiritual healing modalities inform her deeply practical and spiritually grounded approach.

As a teacher and mentor, Sarah trains death doulas and end-of-life practitioners around the world. She validates her students’ intuitive knowing and offers a ritual methodology that aligns with archetypal patterns in the dying process.

Sarah’s teachings support people who recognize death as a profound part of their spiritual journey but who need a map to navigate it well. She helps communities cultivate more humane and soulful ways of engaging with endings and transformation.

Website & Social Media URLs:

https://www.sacreddeathcare.com

https://www.facebook.com/SacredDeathcare/

https://www.instagram.com/sacreddeathcare/

https://www.tiktok.com/@sacreddeathcare

In this episode, we welcome to our Moon Lodge, fellow pioneers of the global Red Tent movement, De'Anna Lam and ALisa Starkweather, for a profound conversation about how initiation into our lost wisdom traditions helps us remember ourselves back to wholeness.

About My Guests...

ALisa Starkweather dedicated forty years as a visionary, skillfully facilitating paradigm shifts for humanity to heal trauma and to stand powerfully for life although purposefully most of her work remained an underground river in the sacred feminine rise. As a formidable guide of women’s empowerment her skills span the archetypal realms, Shadow Work, symbolic meaning, ceremonial rituals and somatic embodiment.

She is the founder of the global Women in Power; Initiating Ourselves to the Predator and Prey Within, her mystery school - Priestess Path, Daughters of the Earth Gatherings, Women’s Belly and Womb Conferences, the grassroots Red Tent Temple Movement and co-producer of the film, Things We Don’t Talk About; Women’s Stories from the Red Tent with Dr Isadora Leidenfrost. She is featured in many anthologies with her newest compendium in 2025, Gather; a celebration of women’s circles. Her recent work- Calling Us Home; Unearthing Our Indomitable Spirit focuses on the importance of her last vision- Building the Sisterhood Bridge and our imperative to work together to confront both patriarchy as well as white supremacy culture. Sayra Pinto, For a Loving Future director dedicated her book, Poetic Futurism, to ALisa and Calling Us Home, to assist all women to take on the deep work healing our fractures.

As a grandmother, ALisa is presently working with individuals with personal immersions, transformative retreats and being a mentor in the burgeoning, lively, multi-age community of Forest and Village in New England which focuses on the importance of rites of passages.

You can reach her directly via https://www.facebook.com/alisa.starkweather/

To check out her latest offering in Gather; a celebration of women’s circles go to: https://womancraftpublishing.com/product/gather-a-celebration-of-womens-circles/:

De'Anna Lam is the founder of Red Moon School of Empowerment, the Red Tent Academy, and Red Tents In Every Neighborhood Global Network, DeAnna is also the initiator of International Red Tent Day, celebrated globally on November 8.

Fondly known as 'Womb Visionary'and recognized world expert in Menstrual Empowerment, DeAnna helps women move from Self Sabotage to Living their Power. Her original work, developed over 30 years, has empowered women in over 30 countries.

She is the author of A Diva’s Guide to Getting Your Period and Becoming Peers - Mentoring Girls Into Womanhood. Her work continues to weave together personal healing, ancestral remembrance, ceremony, and feminine leadership, always rooted in lived experience. She holds space not as a lecturer, but as a guide, helping women remember what was never truly lost.

About Your Host...

Tanishka, beloved by half a million people for her daily lunar guidance blog for 11 years as The Moon Woman, is a leading voice in women's spirituality, who has initiated women for 29 yrs and trained women to facilitate Red Tent moon lodges in 44 countries.

She's an author of 6 books, including Goddess Wisdom Made Easy published by Hay House, listed in Aspire magazine’s top 10 books for women and translated into multiple languages in conjunction with an online course filmed for Hay House UK.

She's passionate about reclaiming our rites of passage that were lost by the colonisation of the empires. The subject of her latest book, rated 5 stars on Amazon. She is now initiating men into the wisdom of the cycles - the Grail mystic tradition via retreats and initiation paths.

To join her annual Global Red Tent gathering for the start of t