To heal our womb means to dissolve all the ‘stuff’ we’ve been holding in there, restore its true purpose and reconnect the whole womb centre with the rest of our system.To do this we need to consider five aspects:the physical wombthe metaphysical wombthe split of unified energy into masculine and femininethe collective wombdetox and nutritionTHE PHYSICAL WOMB: THE MENSTRUAL CYCLEThe menstrual cycle is a whole cycle, and its purpose is to guide us to embody our full range of states of being each month. This range differs during different chapters in our lives. So to restore the true purpose of the cycle, we need to be able to tune into the natural undercurrent of this cycle every day. At first, it’s with a specific practice, but after a while that becomes second nature, and we can connect the womb with the rest of our system – importantly the heart, the throat and the mind. All powerful centres if they are connected and performing their true purpose. To be able to feel and then follow through with what this undercurrent guides us to be and do every day, we do need to do some healing and development work.THE METAPHYSICAL WOMB: THE ENERGETIC WOMBThe blueprint upon which the physical womb forms. It contains all the information about how we feel about being a woman:generational imprints, subconscious beliefs from other lifetimes and our soul's journeyattachment patternscultural programmingThese beliefs can have to do with what it is to be a woman, disliking the subjugated position we’ve held in society is a big one, deep down for women. It often shows up as not wanting to be a woman, and that needs unblending from not liking the position women have collectively been in.UNIFICATION OF OUR MASCULINE & FEMININE ASPECTSI produced a full podcast episode on this, so I recommend listening to that, but in summary, it helps us to restore and embody our internal authority, internal structure and ability to bring energy into matter.THE COLLECTIVE WOMB: RESTORING OUR CREATIVE SOVEREIGNTYOur metaphysical womb is connected to The Great Mother, to which all wombs are connected. Even if we don’t feel it, even if we don’t want it, have turned away, or don’t believe it exists, or feel abandoned by it, the connection is there.It’s really common when we get to the depths of the womb, that we don’t trust love/the great mother/god/life, and so at the core of all of this, is the need to transmute the illusion of separation.NUTRITIONI implement the guidelines by Medical Medium and have found that works for me.Bring this work to your clients & communities.Confidently support your clients to come home to their true nature; release deeply held pain acrosSend us a text Support the showMelanie Swan is regarded as a leader in healing the physical womb, restoring the metaphysical womb, and connecting with the cosmic womb. She’s a Womb Medicine Woman and Soul Worker with 20 year’s experience – who guides and empowers women to come home to their true nature. She hosts The Sacred Womb Podcast and runs The Womb Healing Training, and is currently writing her first book The Sacred Womb, which is, at its core, a handbook for the empowerment of womankind; due for release in late 2025.

I explore 3 core issues that I see over and over again in my work, particularly with women. I describe how each particular aspect shows up, the root cause, and what to do about it.Perpetually Putting Others’ Needs Before Our OwnTHIS LOOKS LIKEA hypersensitivity to what others are feeling and what they possibly need. After very quickly and automatically scanning the other person, we quickly attempt to regulate, fix, and advise them (without them asking) into a state where we have some sense of safety or security.When we have this pattern of relating in our nervous system, people often describe themselves as empaths or highly sensitive. However, the reality is that we’re hypervigilant.I should add that our current societal structure rewards women for doing this! Over-Functioning In Relationshipsbelieving it’s our partner that needs to get helpTHIS LOOKS LIKEBecoming fixated on our partner needing to change so that the relationship can work; where they can grow, what they need to do, believing that IF ONLY they would go to therapy, stop doing this or start doing that, then the relationship would be ok. If we’re genuinely doing our healing work, then we also need to look at why we are with someone who isn’t. That IS our attachment work. Parts of us that might be waiting or hoping for connection, rather than being able to assess if we’re still a good match. The perpetual trying to make things work is part of our attachment wounding and attempts to get a parent to love us.So if you’re persuading someone to be nice to you, to like or love you, then it’s time to look at that perpetual try. Once that is understood and mostly dissolved, we can think more clearly, assess the situation as it is, and make a clear decision from our adult selves.Staying in love-less relationships (particularly thinking it’s for the children’s sake), getting breadcrumbs of something that looks or feels like love, over-understanding a partner (you’re not his psychologist), we’re enabling the notion that he’s a little boy, and ignoring that we are also operating from a younger wounded place.Trying To Get Unmet Childhood Needs To Be Met By Parents – As An AdultTHIS LOOKS LIKEIt’s the perpetual hoping, waiting, trying, longing for the love we didn’t get, and trying to get that from the people who couldn’t give that when we were young.Yes, sometimes we humans do change, we do wake up. However, if your parents weren’t in a state of growth and development when we were children, the chances are high that they won’t be for the duration of their lifetime.Sometimes, parents do awaken and do the work needed to develop themselves and have better relationships. In these cases, it comes from the parents’ decision. It doesn’t come from their adult children persuading them. It’s their decision entirely to look within themselSend us a text Support the showMelanie Swan is regarded as a leader in healing the physical womb, restoring the metaphysical womb, and connecting with the cosmic womb. She’s a Womb Medicine Woman and Soul Worker with 20 year’s experience – who guides and empowers women to come home to their true nature. She hosts The Sacred Womb Podcast and runs The Womb Healing Training, and is currently writing her first book The Sacred Womb, which is, at its core, a handbook for the empowerment of womankind; due for release in late 2025.

Have you ever felt an insatiable hunger for love and validation?In this episode, I explore ‘The Hungry Mother,’ a medicine poem that speaks to the experience of, and healing from, narcissistic parenting.Put simply, narcissistic parenting is where the parenting is all about the parent; the two main features of which are where the parent wants to be seen as perfect, and they feel entitled to ‘get’ love and their childhood unmet needs met – from the child.This medicine poem is written in deep devotion to our wild and humbling human nature.The word ‘Mother’ is interchangeable with father, leader, school teacher, guru, partner, organisation, friend, foe or self. The hunger is within us all…until.It’s going to land differently for each of us at different stages of our journey. It might sting or bring tears. It might nudge denial or ignite rage. It might also validate years of confusion.This is a medicine poem about re-parenting ourselves, about healing, and about coming home to our true nature.The hungry mother,A child starved of love, Pregnant and hoping,Fresh blood will fill the void.Save me, sweet babe, For that’s why you’re here,Be grateful to me though, Otherwise you’re out on your ear.Grow my dear child,But not too much, For I will hold you as a trophy,Then be seen as good enough.Also be my bad, The things I hate about me, And I will be disgusted, With all that I see.Perform when I need you to,Be quiet when I say, Be good with no definition, Meet my unmet needs, every day.Don’t ever challenge me,For if you dare do, I will discombobulate, And blame – yes – YOU!The roles are reversed, But so what? you need me,Put up, shut up, And get crumbs in exchange.For I am your Mother,Without me you’ll die,So be what I need, And never, ever fly.How on earth do we stop, This cycle of pain?We stop needing others,To fill us up in vain.This impossible task, Of trying to get love, Leads us to remember, Our core essence IS love.There will be temporary pain,And yes, it will be hard,But what’s the alternative,Getting constantly charred?The antidote is to love, Without thirst and fear, ALL of ourselves, And walk away clear.Free from the clutches, Of a contract doomed to fail, I am now my own Mother, And live to tell this tale!I realised my own Soul,Was also seeking outside,That – which was deep within,Yet forgotten and denied.And now the freedom is breathtaking,This feeling of love,Of Being All That Is,I ASend us a text Support the showMelanie Swan is regarded as an internationally renowned leader in healing the physical womb, restoring the metaphysical womb, and connecting with the cosmic womb. She’s a Womb Medicine Woman and Soul Worker with 20 year’s experience – who guides and empowers women to come home to their true nature. She hosts The Sacred Womb Podcast and runs The Womb Healing Training, and is currently writing her first book The Sacred Womb, which is, at its core, a handbook for the empowerment of womankind; due for release in late 2025.