EP #05 Lillian Söderman | On Belonging and the Power of Collective Healing in Council

Check out this beautiful exploration into council, collective healing, belonging, connecting to our roots, and embracing the shadow. Council creates space for practicing speaking from the heart, opening to spontaneity, and cultivating deep listening. Through council, we hear stories of the collective consciousness of the group, and each story has insights into our own healing. Lillian has used this practice with kids, women's groups, prisons, and corporate America, the benefits of this practice can be applied to anyone looking to build community. 

Lillian Söderman has spent over a decade facilitating circles and is certified in a process called Council. She left her career as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor to pursue the practice. Her facilitation experience ranges from the general population to corporations to prisons to schools. When she’s not practicing Council, Lillian is a musician and plays shows frequently around Colorado.

Resources From the Podcast:

• Lillian's Circle Work 
• Online Council Training starts in March 
• Lillian's Music 
• Ways of Council
• Pelvic floor / Feminine Work / Connecting to your Womb - 
  • Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit & Joy in the Female Body by Tami Lynn Kent
  • Personal recommendation : Pussy: A Reclamation, Regena Thomashauer 
• Lillian's headshots by: Jessica MacCall IG: @littlegreeneyes | 

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Welcome to the Raising Wholeness podcast. I’m Jenn Reilly, your host and guide on a journey of deepening into the full complexity and simplicity of our human experience. As a coach, mentor, and advocate for women’s rights, I’m passionate about supporting women—especially those navigating the shifts of motherhood and leadership—on their path to embodied wholeness.

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