I work with women who are hungry for more depth, meaning, and joy in their lives.
For two decades, I had the incredible good-fortune of learning from a master teacher and elder- the preeminent Jungian author and analyst Marion Woodman. Her wisdom changed the trajectory of my life. Her body of work deeply informs my work as a teacher and coach.
She wrote of her work: “The feminine soul is what grounds us; it loves and accepts us in our totality. Our challenge is to embody this.”
“My whole life I have been searching for the level of holding, mirroring and containment present in Sil & her teaching team.”
Shela, student in the Soul-making School
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“The work gave me a key—especially through dream work—which has become a living, breathing dimension of my inner life. Dreams are no longer separate from waking reality; they are just as real, just as instructive, and now deeply integrated into how I move through the world.”
— Fernanda, student of the Soul-making School
My work is inspired and informed by Jungian Psychology.
The intellectual and spiritual framework for my teaching, coaching, and retreat facilitation is inspired by my training with the renowned Jungian author and analyst Marion Woodman.
She taught about the paradox of the feminine principle with precision: "It is our very fear of the future that distorts the now that could lead to a different future if we dared to be whole in the present."
I completed her BodySoulRhythms teacher training (co-taught with Mary Hamilton and Ann Skinner) in 2008. In this program I was trained in dreamwork, archetypal psychology, and the art and science of listening to the wisdom of the body.
“I’ve gained self-acceptance, and a growing inner confidence of who I am becoming. Sil’s teachings are above and beyond any expectations I had.”
Natalie, student in the Soul-making School
Healing with my mother felt impossible.
My experience of Marion Woodman’s lineage of unconditional feminine love- my spiritual motherline- made it possible for me to heal my historically difficult relationship with my own mother. This has felt like nothing short of a miracle, especially since the healing occurred without any need for me to personally hash anything out with my mother, or to involve her in my inner process.
I wanted to experience my body and psyche as my home.
Through Marion Woodman’s guidance, I gathered the strength and wisdom that I needed to face my inner negative mother complex- those voices in my unconscious- and to make peace with my body and food, and also to love and reclaim rejected parts of myself. Loving and reclaiming those parts of myself helped me to come to terms with- and to make peace with- my mother’s faults, her inconsistencies, and her conditional love. By developing an inner consistency and an unconditional love towards myself, I created the inner conditions that were necessary to create real and lasting emotional security and, therefore, the safety to live my life authentically. I now experience both my body and my psyche as my home- and not enemy territory- no matter where I am in the world.
“I’ve stepped into my parenting with greater consciousness and awareness, and reclaimed threads of my creativity I’ve been longing for without knowing how to reach. Sil’s teachings are a vital anchor in my personal journey.”
Shawna, student in the Soul-making School
I learned to meet difficult passages as rites of passage.
Marion Woodman’s unique Jungian lineage focuses on bringing the archetypal Divine Feminine into our embodied, earthly lives. Her lineage is my lineage, it is my spiritual motherline, and it has been my lifeline during difficult times.
The genius of my teacher’s scholarship and her personal loving containment were crucial for my developing a capacity to meet difficulties with patience, courage, and compassion. For example, a very painful divorce became a kind of embodied scholarship for me- a lived alchemical experience- of moving through what Woodman showed me could be a rite of passage. By showing me how to honor my difficult passages as deeply meaningful and universal, Woodman helped me to find infinitely resilient places in myself.
“Being held in a community of loving women, led by a wise Crone, and exploring Marion's teachings has resonated deeply in my soul. It has been a homecoming, and the missing piece for my rediscovery of my spiritual core.”
— Jennifer, student in the Soul-making School
I bring 40 years experience to my work as a teacher: experience as a nurse practitioner, psychotherapist, workshop leader, author, and a Mothering & Daughtering coach.
I graduated from Brown University where I majored in Women’s Studies. I graduated from Marion Woodman’s BodySoul Rhythms training (co-taught with Ann Skinner and Mary Hamilton) in dreamwork, archetypal psychology, and the art and science of listening to the wisdom of the body.
I guide women in finding meaning in their healing process so that they can come to deeply experience a soul-led life with self-love at its core.
I guide women in reclaiming the rejected parts of themselves so that they can experience their wholeness. A whole woman has a firm standpoint from which she can embrace her destiny: she can consciously choose her own unique and authentic life.
I help women to heal their motherline.
I guide women in healing their relationship to their body and food.
I teach women to learn to listen to and to be guided by their dreams.
“Through Sil, my relationship with Marion’s work has become more embodied and integrated — it now feels like a living framework that accompanies me in my life.”
– Emer, student of the Soul-making School
Want to dive deeper into Marion Woodman’s Lineage?
An Immersive 9-Month Program in the Lineage of Marion Woodman
Are you yearning for a space to more deeply study and embody the work of Marion Woodman in your life?
Are you longing for safe and soulful sisterhood?
Are you eager to understand and interpret your own dreams better? Are you passionate about myths, fairytales and the magical world of depth and meaning around you (seemingly unseen by some)?
Are you wanting to be held and guided by a wise crone in these years of your life?
Are you craving spiritual and emotional depth and grounding in community so that you can be a better resourced- and more mindful- activist in our chaotic world?
“The School was my first container that was participatory and led by many women; the structure itself considered principles that are not at all common in our one-guru-one-truth society. It brought me so much inspiration for myself to work and create together with other women and I felt the pressure of individualism and overdrive melt, mainly in my own practice.”
— Maria, student in the Soul-making School
In-person Intensive Soulful Retreats on the Wild Coast of Rhode Island, USA, in the lineage of Marion Woodman
Does it sound like a dream to be in-person with a magical community devoted to soul?
Do you hunger to be held in-the-flesh by a team of wise Crones on Retreat?
How about deep sleep in a soft luxurious bed, delicious organic meals, dreamwork in the mornings, art practices and walks on the beach in the afternoon and myth, embodied practices and rituals by the fire at night?
“Sil's fluency with the language of dreams (both sleeping and waking), in chorus with the solemnity, warmth, and humor she brings to each meeting, provides a rich container for what feels as much like a creative process as it does a home-coming—as emergent as it is familiar; as catalyzing as it is relieving; as sweet as it is deep.”
— Heather, past retreat participant
Perhaps you’re here from my past body of work?
Mothering & Daughtering:
From 2005-2018 my badass and brilliant daughter Eliza (now age 35) and I co-created a beautiful body of work for mothers and their adolescent daughters:
Eliza now runs her own business mentoring teen girls at Badass Girls.
This photo is from 2015.
“If these challenges [between mother and daughter] are a generational thing, Sil has surely broken the pattern with her own daughter.”
Jane Fonda Actor, Activist & Author
Eliza and I taught Mothering & Daughtering workshops at the Esalen, Kripalu, and Omega institutes, and 1440 Multiversity, for 13 years. We are co-authors of the bestselling book Mothering and Daughtering: Keeping Your Bond Strong Through the Teen Years. (Published in 2014 by Sounds True, and an updated audio edition in 2020.) Find out more about our book HERE on the Book page.
