Episode 6: What Initiation Is and How Grief Gives Life Meaning with Quanita Roberson
WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN TO GROW UP?
As adolescents, we want all of the freedom and none of the responsibilities…So how do we transition into the adults and leaders our world needs?
In this soulful episode of The Time of the Feminine, Quanita Roberson shares what initiation is and how it reveals our purpose. As she talks about spirit-led leadership, she also offers beautiful insights on communal rage, courage, and grief – plus how to find forgiveness and reconciliation amidst all these.
Arguing that grief isn’t an event but a relationship to embrace, Quanita dives deeper into the truth of who we are and what it means to be alive.
Quanita is a shaman, spiritual teacher, speaker, author, life coach, and storyteller. Her work over the past 20 years has been focused on the areas of healing, initiation, grief, leadership, diversity, and inclusion. She’s the founder of Nzuzu Consulting and co-founder of Fire & Water: A 16-month Leadership Journey and Rite of Passage Cohort.
What we discuss…
1:58 – What does the initiation from adolescent to adult mean?
7:11 – Tapping into our higher chakras to ignite our spirit and collective consciousness
16:02 – Why Quanita stopped doing feminine wisdom retreats and started Fire & Water
18:56 – Regaining trust in our spiritual guides to heal our traumas
23:49 – How do we fully feel our personal rage and grief yet still be able to forgive?
25:57 – When does fear become courage?
28:30 – Questions we need to ask ourselves to reveal the truth of who we are
30:38 – What turns a person into a walking dead, and how to avoid being one
36:35 – How to move from a place of fear and scarcity to that of love and abundance
38:11 – What the "time of the feminine" means to Quanita, and why patriarchy hurts white men the most
44:44 – The message of the Divine Mother
Learn more from Quanita Roberson
Website: https://www.nzuzu.com/
Fire & Water Leadership: https://fireandwaterleadership.weebly.com/
Mentioned Resources
Spiral Dynamics by Don Beck and Christopher Cowan: https://www.amazon.com/Spiral-Dynamics-Mastering-Values-Leadership/dp/1405133562
Iron John: A Book About Men by Robert Bly: https://www.amazon.com/Iron-John-Book-About-Men/dp/0306813769
Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche by Bill Plotkin: https://www.amazon.com/Soulcraft-Crossing-Mysteries-Nature-Psyche/dp/1577314220
Connect with Lauren and Shaina:
Website: https://www.globalsisterhood.org/
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