In this episode, we welcome to our Moon Lodge, fellow pioneers of the global Red Tent movement, De'Anna Lam and ALisa Starkweather, for a profound conversation about how initiation into our lost wisdom traditions helps us remember ourselves back to wholeness. 

About My Guests…

ALisa Starkweather dedicated forty years as a visionary, skillfully facilitating paradigm shifts for humanity to heal trauma and to stand powerfully for life although purposefully most of her work remained an underground river in the sacred feminine rise. As a formidable guide of women’s empowerment her skills span the archetypal realms, Shadow Work, symbolic meaning, ceremonial rituals and somatic embodiment. 

She is the founder of the global Women in Power; Initiating Ourselves to the Predator and Prey Within, her mystery school – Priestess Path, Daughters of the Earth Gatherings, Women’s Belly and Womb Conferences, the grassroots Red Tent Temple Movement and co-producer of the film, Things We Don’t Talk About; Women’s Stories from the Red Tent with Dr Isadora Leidenfrost. She is featured in many anthologies with her newest compendium in 2025, Gather; a celebration of women’s circles. Her recent work- Calling Us Home; Unearthing Our Indomitable Spirit focuses on the importance of her last vision- Building the Sisterhood Bridge and our imperative to work together to confront both patriarchy as well as white supremacy culture. Sayra Pinto, For a Loving Future director dedicated her book, Poetic Futurism, to ALisa and Calling Us Home, to assist all women to take on the deep work healing our fractures.  

As a grandmother, ALisa is presently working with individuals with personal immersions, transformative retreats and being a mentor in the burgeoning, lively, multi-age community of Forest and Village in New England which focuses on the importance of rites of passages.  

You can reach her directly via https://www.facebook.com/alisa.starkweather/  

To check out her latest offering in Gather; a celebration of women’s circles go to:  https://womancraftpublishing.com/product/gather-a-celebration-of-womens-circles/: 

De'Anna Lam is the founder of Red Moon School of Empowerment, the Red Tent Academy, and Red Tents In Every Neighborhood Global Network, DeAnna is also the initiator of International Red Tent Day, celebrated globally on November 8.

Fondly known as 'Womb Visionary'and recognized world expert in Menstrual Empowerment, DeAnna helps women move from Self Sabotage to Living their Power. Her original work, developed over 30 years, has empowered women in over 30 countries.

She is the author of A Diva’s Guide to Getting Your Period and Becoming Peers – Mentoring Girls Into Womanhood. Her work continues to weave together personal healing, ancestral remembrance, ceremony, and feminine leadership, always rooted in lived experience. She holds space not as a lecturer, but as a guide, helping women remember what was never truly lost.

About Your Host…

Tanishka, beloved by half a million people for her daily lunar guidance blog for 11 years as The Moon Woman, is a leading voice in women's spirituality, who has initiated women for 29 yrs and trained women to facilitate Red Tent moon lodges in 44 countries. 

She's an author of 6 books, including Goddess Wisdom Made Easy published by Hay House, listed in Aspire magazine’s top 10 books for women and translated into multiple languages in conjunction with an online course filmed for Hay House UK. 

She's passionate about reclaiming our rites of passage that were lost by the colonisation of the empires. The subject of her latest book, rated 5 stars on Amazon. She is now initiating men into the wisdom of the cycles – the Grail mystic tradition via retreats and initiation paths.

To join her annual Global Red Tent gathering for the start of t