Yael Deckelbaum is a platinum award-winning Israeli/Canadian singer songwriter and an activist for peace, and especially well known for her song “Prayer Of The Mothers”, written in 2016 to support the Women Wage Peace Movement: a song for the movement of Palestinian and Israeli mothers walking together for change and peace. You hear its tune at the beginning of the episode. Shared by millions, it inspired and keeps inspiring women across the globe to get together and take action.

This episode is a powerful and deep conversation between Yael Deckelbaum and Julia Neumann. Yael talks with vulnerability about her journey in the last 10 years since she wrote Prayer Of The Mothers, and how she went inwards to peel deep layers on what it means to be a woman. She shares her inner quest about the meaning of peace, and how she discovered that peace is an idea that cannot exist without people looking inwards and healing their core wounds.

Yael and Julia open up on:

• what it means to be a woman;

• women’s true leadership, from a place of love, vulnerability and connection with spirit, but without suppressing fear and denying their humanity;

• the key things for the women's revolution to happen, including women tapping into their own spiritual power;

• how women’s language is inclusive for all life and very different to patriarchal language that is based on and creates war;

• how women’s voices have been censured for generations and the importance of women connecting with their true voice.

Yael shares how she uses singing and praying as a tool to speak her truth and encourages all women to connect with their true voice. She believes that change will be possible if women can speak in a real way. Besides using the voice, she shares other paths for transformation and healing and suggests reaching out to other wise women, like Marlee Wolf, the founder of Sovereign Ground Institute: sovereigngroundinstitute.com

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Music: Prayer of the Mothers, by Yael Deckelbaum

Women of the World Unite, album by Yael Deckelbaum

Marlee Wolf, ⁠sovereigngroundinstitute.com⁠

Julia Neumann, julia-neumann.com

Radically Alive Women, radicallyalivewomen.com

Nicola Hearn is a woman that walks the edge between mainstream culture, activism, and advocacy for societal change. With a background in technology, she was the heart behind Third Space Canteen, a social enterprise promoting food culture.

In July 2025, one of her Instagram reels went viral in which she calls out greed and profit-orientation and calls in collaboration for societal change.

Listen in for a radically alive, authentic and vulnerable conversation with Julia Neumann, in which Nicola shares about her journey of self-discovery and activism. Nicola speaks about her experiences with patriarchy, capitalism, and the unique struggles women face in these environments. She emphasizes the importance of collaboration, authenticity, and mutual support, as well as the need for systemic change to create a more equitable society and to ensure a better future for our children. Nicola also offers practical advice for women looking to find and speak their own truths.

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00:00 Introduction and Welcome

00:11 Discovering Nicola Hearn

03:08 Challenging Capitalism and Patriarchy

03:40 Personal Pain and Misogyny

05:58 The Need for Societal Change

07:08 Finding a New Path

11:08 Internalized Patriarchy

19:02 Inspiration and Collaboration

25:42 Understanding Your Role in a Team

26:59 The Power of Collective Change

27:31 The Rise of Feminine Energy

28:32 Struggles and Societal Pressures

29:35 The Turning Point: Speaking Out

34:41 Harnessing Anger for Change

38:44 Envisioning a Better World

43:22 Practical Advice for Personal Growth

Further information:

Nicola Hearn on Instagram,

www.instagram.com/we_are_all_winners/

Third Space Canteen,

www.instagram.com/thirdspacecanteen/

Radically Alive Women website,

www.radicallyalivewomen.com

Julia Neumann

www.julia-neumann.com

Melissa McGregor is the creatress of Nature School in Mangawhai, in the North Island of New Zealand.

This conversation dives into the personal inspirations that led to this creation. We also talk about what has evolved over the years and the current results of bringing feelings work into the mix.

Melissa is passionate about encouraging others to get started. If this is something you are thinking about, please get in touch!

"Nature School family support continues to unfold. Melissa's next step is to make irresistable offers of extraordinary parent evenings and listening spaces for parents at drop-off. These offers have come about as parents have asked for more information and support in learning the feeling and communication skills that their children are taking home - four feeling check-ins, completion loops, asking clearly for what they want, saying No and Yes and speaking up without taking responsibility for others' feelings. Melissa has been sharing the legends of children's learning with the parents for over a year. Now it's the parents turn. Exciting."

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More information:

Melissa McGregor: mangawhai.nature@gmail.com

Hannah Abouzahrah: https://hannahabouzahrah.wixsite.com/possibilitycoach