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The Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck with Dr. Giavanni Washington

Ep. 75

Have you ever felt unseen or unheard? Have you struggled to find images of divinity that reflect your own beauty?


In this episode Dr. Giavanni Washington, the creator of the Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck. is an intuitive healer, mother, speaker, and spiritual guide on a mission to reconnect Black women with their ancestral wisdom and ignite their inner goddess.


But this isn't just any oracle deck. Dr. G. created the Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck because she saw a lack of representation in traditional oracle decks.  Fueled by her own personal experiences and a desire to empower Black women, Dr. G. decided to create a deck featuring real Black women embodying the wisdom of African goddesses.


Are you ready to awaken the goddess within? Listen to the episode now and learn more about Dr. G.'s incredible work.


KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • How Dr. G.'s personal experience led her to create the Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck
  • The power of ancestral connection and how to use the deck to access your wisdom
  • Why representation matters and how the deck celebrates black beauty
  • How the Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck can help you find love and happiness


VALUABLE RESOURCES



BEST MOMENTS


“The world needs to understand that our bodies are sacred, that our bodies, that gods and goddesses can look like black-bodied people.”


"I'm called to the medicine of ancestral restoration. I create healing opportunities to reconnect with the lost histories and ignite hidden ancestral wisdom."


“Colonialism has separated our heads from our hearts. And we privilege, you know, thinking over feeling and we privilege rationality over emotion. And so to sink into those other things, to sink into the body, to sink into emotion, to sink into the image, the visual, I think it’s revolutionary.”


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