In Part 2 of my conversation with Dunja, founder of Earth Magic Medicine, we move from story into embodiment.

This episode explores what healing actually looks like after survival. We talk about the body, the nervous system, ancestral roots, ritual, spirituality, and why so many women are being called back to their lineage and inner wisdom.

Dunja shares how Earth Magic Medicine came to life, how ancestral practices support modern women, and why grounding, breath, and ritual are essential tools in a world that constantly pulls us away from ourselves.

This conversation is about slowing down, remembering where we come from, and finding our way home to ourselves.

• What healing looks like beyond talk therapy

• How trauma lives in the body and nervous system

• Why grounding and breathwork are so powerful

• Ancestral wisdom passed down through women

• Rituals and practices that support daily life

• Spirituality, religion, and why healing work is often misunderstood

• How reconnecting with roots supports identity and belonging

• The importance of village, family, and collective support

• Why evolving our consciousness matters now more than ever

• How Dunja supports women through Earth Magic Medicine

Between Part 1 and Part 2, Dunja offers a bonus meditation titled:

Bonus Meditation: Ancestral Roots & Grounding

A gentle grounding practice shared as a gift to support integration, regulation, and reconnection with your ancestral roots.

Dunja is a healer, breathwork and meditation guide, and the founder of Earth Magic Medicine. Her work supports women through:

• One-on-one sessions online and in person

• Group healing spaces and women’s circles

• Breathwork and meditation journeys

• Retreats in Byron Bay and Bali

• Hosting The Magic of Your Lineage podcast

Her work is rooted in embodiment, ancestral wisdom, and creating safe spaces for deep healing.

🌿 Website

https://www.earthmagicmedicine.com.au

🌿 All offerings and links

https://linktr.ee/earth_magic_medicine

🌿 Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/earthmagicmedicine

🌿 Podcast

The Magic of Your Lineage

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This bonus meditation is a gentle grounding journey guided by Dunja of Earth Magic Medicine, offered as a gift to the Balkan Sis community.

In this practice, you are invited to slow down, settle into your body, and reconnect with your ancestral roots. Through breath, presence, and stillness, this meditation supports your nervous system and reminds you that you are held, supported, and never alone.

You do not need to know your family history or have all the answers. Simply allow yourself to feel the strength, wisdom, and safety that live within you, passed down through generations.

This meditation is best listened to when you have a few quiet moments to yourself. You can return to it whenever you feel ungrounded, overwhelmed, or in need of connection.

A moment to come home to yourself.

A reminder of where you come from.

A space to simply be.

Website

https://www.earthmagicmedicine.com.au

All Links & Offerings (Linktree)

https://linktr.ee/earth_magic_medicine

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Connect with Dunja

🌿 Website: https://www.earthmagicmedicine.com.au

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🌿 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthmagicmedicine

Connect with Balkan Sis & Ivana

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In this deeply personal and grounding episode of Balkan Sis Podcast, I sit down with Dunja, founder of Earth Magic Medicine, to explore lineage, loss, identity, motherhood, and what it truly means to become ourselves after everything we’ve lived through.

Born in Sisak then moving to Vukovar and shaped by displacement, migration, and survival, Dunja shares her story from early childhood through life as a refugee, adapting to Australia, becoming a mother, navigating grief, and ultimately finding her calling in healing and ancestral work.

This conversation is honest, reflective, and deeply human. We talk about trauma held in the body, the wisdom passed down through women, reconnecting with roots, and why so many of us feel called back to lineage and ritual later in life.

This episode is also dedicated in loving memory of Emilia, Dunja’s daughter, whose life was cut short after only a few weeks. Her presence and spirit are gently honoured throughout this conversation.

• Dunja’s early life and childhood

• Growing up with displacement and migration

• Adapting to life in Australia and identity shifts

• Marriage, motherhood, and what resurfaces after birth

• Loss, grief, and transformation

• The birth of Earth Magic Medicine

• Ancestral wisdom passed through women

• Lineage, ritual, and cultural remembrance

• Healing the nervous system through breath and embodiment

• Why this work is often misunderstood

• The importance of village, family, and community

• What healing actually looks like in real life

This episode includes a bonus healing meditation for your soul, lovingly shared by Dunja as a gift to the Balkan Sis community.

A gentle space to ground, breathe, and reconnect with yourself.

Dunja is a healer, breathwork and meditation guide, and the founder of Earth Magic Medicine. Her work supports women through:

• One-on-one sessions (online worldwide and in person)

• Group healing spaces and women’s circles

• Breathwork and meditation journeys

• Retreats in Byron Bay and Bali

• Hosting The Magic of Your Lineage podcast

Her work is rooted in ancestral wisdom, embodiment, and creating safe spaces for deep healing.

🌿 Website

https://www.earthmagicmedicine.com.au

🌿 All links and offerings

https://linktr.ee/earth_magic_medicine

🌿 Podcast

The Magic of Your Lineage

📍 Instagram

@balkansispodcast

📍 TikTok

@ivanastrbacalfonso

📍 Facebook

Ivana Strbac Alfonso

📍 YouTube

Ivana Strbac Alfonso

Thank you, Dunja, for your openness, your story, and the way you hold space.

And thank you to our listeners for being here, listening with open hearts, and walking this journey with us.

Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.