What if creativity isn’t just something you do—but how you live?

In this soul-sparking episode of Enter the Portal, Jenner is joined by visionary artist and spiritual teacher Whitney Freya for a deeply nourishing conversation on reclaiming your wild creativity, dissolving inner limitations, and stepping into a life led by intuition, beauty, and bold self-expression.

Whitney shares the story of how she opened a creative wellness space with no formal art training—and how that leap became the foundation for a lifelong mission: helping others access their inner artist and live in alignment with their truth. Together, Jenner and Whitney explore the path of the life artist—a sacred identity rooted in embodiment, frequency, and co-creation with the unseen.

From navigating the inner critic to moving through fear (yes, including literal cliff-jumping via paragliding), Whitney offers a masterclass in surrender, self-trust, and feminine-led leadership. She also opens up about her latest calling: The Great Mother March, a 450-mile ceremonial pilgrimage from Asheville to D.C., designed to anchor the return of the Divine Feminine into the heart of culture, community, and collective action.

If you’re feeling stuck, uninspired, or disconnected from your creative essence, this conversation will remind you of your sacred power to create your life—moment by moment, brushstroke by brushstroke.

• [01:31] — How intuitive living led Whitney to build a creative life from the ground up
• [04:37] — Opening a wellness-based art center without a business plan or formal training
• [07:13] — The sacred identity of the life artist: creativity as a spiritual path
• [20:04] — How to transform the inner critic and reclaim your authentic voice
• [28:20] — Fear as a spiritual teacher: Whitney’s paragliding journey and the art of presence
• [39:16] — The Great Mother March: embodying Divine Feminine leadership through ritual action
• [52:43] — Ways to co-create the movement and support the return of balance

Connect with Whitney:

• Whitney Freya’s Website: https://whitneyfreya.com/
• Whitney Freya Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whitneyfreya/?hl=en
• The Great Mother March: https://whitneyfreyastudio.com/p/the-great-mother-march

Whitney Freya’s Books

• Rise Above: Free Your Mind One Brush Stroke at a Time: https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Above-Free-Your-Brushstroke/dp/0692891137
• 30 Days to Unstoppable: Be the Dream Made Visible: https://www.amazon.com/30-Days-Unstoppable-Dream-Visible/dp/1734973072

Connect With Jenner:

• Follow The Wild Ones on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/we.arewild/
• Join The Wild Ones Community: https://thewildones.space/

This episode is a deep, luminous descent into grief, devotion, creative truth, and the sacred mystery of dreaming—with the incomparable Ayesha Ophelia as our guide. Known for her soul-rich transmissions and poetic digital presence through The Girlfriend Manifesto and Society of Wild Hearts, Ayesha brings a kind of wisdom that doesn’t just inspire—it disarms, reveals, and awakens.

Ayesha shares the pivotal moment that altered everything: the death of her mother. What followed was a series of initiations that shaped her identity as a dreamkeeper, grief tender, and spiritual provocateur. She speaks to the alchemy of endings, the artistry of unlearning, and how creativity—whether through ritual, writing, or rhythm—has always been her lifeline.

We explore her relationship to nighttime dreams as guidance, her belief in the power of symbolic death, and how she cultivates deep daily devotion to keep her creative channel alive. She invites us into the real work of feminine leadership—not through performance, but through embodied presence, apprenticehood, and radical sincerity.

This isn’t a surface-level chat. It’s a transmission. A reclamation. A remembering.

Episode Breakdown with Timestamps

[00:00] — Opening reflections, shapeshifting through creativity, and how inspiration lands

[02:44] — Outrage vs. imagination: reclaiming creativity from political division

[05:32] — Ayesha’s analog beginnings, collage rituals, and building early community

[16:52] — Grief as initiation: the death of her mother and the birth of The New Romantics

[29:30] — Devotion as a creative path, the Artist’s Way, and reclaiming feminine expression

[37:53] — Dreams as living medicine: lucid messages, visitations, and the dream hotline

[47:06] — Unlearning shame, stepping into true identity, and the power of apprenticeship

Connect with Ayesha

• Ayesha’s Website: https://www.ayeshaophelia.com/
• Follow Ayesha on Instagram: @ayeshaophelia
• Book: The New Romantics — Amazon link
• Ayesha’s Community — Humanities

Connect with Jenner

• The Wild Ones Community
• Connect with Jenner on Instagram: @we.arewild
• Email the team: hi@thewildonescommunity.com

Other Authors and Resources Mentioned

• Julia Cameron — Author of The Artist’s Way
• Clarissa Pinkola Estés — Author of Women Who Run With the Wolves
• Austin Kleon — Author of Steal Like an Artist
• Robert Moss — Author of Active Dreaming
• Martin Prechtel — Author of The Smell of Rain on Dust
• Richard Rudd — Author of The Gene Keys
• Louise Hay — Author of You Can Heal Your Life

“The ancient grandmothers hold the medicine we need most in these times.” — Tara Brading

What does it mean to truly remember who we are—not just in our personal stories, but in the deep, ancient currents of our ancestral lineages? In this powerful and soulful episode, Jenna welcomes the luminous Tara Brading, a devoted teacher of ancestral, feminine, and earth-based wisdom, to explore the layered journey of reconnecting with our roots, reclaiming our medicine, and becoming good ancestors for future generations.

Tara shares the visceral moment that cracked her open at Stonehenge—an encounter with the ancient grandmothers that changed the course of her life. From the lands of Ireland and England to the spiritual legacy held in our blood and bones, this episode takes us into the profound process of ancestral reconnection. Together, Tara and Jenna explore what it means to walk with grief, with rage, and ultimately with reverence.

This conversation flows like ritual—soft, deep, and reverent. It’s an invitation to slow down, to listen, and to honor the truths held in our wombs, our voices, and the lands our people came from. Tara offers tangible insights on how to begin ancestral work, why specificity matters, and how even small acts of remembrance create ripples through the lineage—past, present, and future.

They explore how grief and intergenerational trauma are not just wounds, but thresholds to deeper healing. Through story, song, and grounded spiritual guidance, Tara reminds us that our connection to our lineage is not about appropriation or escape, but about rooting deeply into the truth of who we are—and who we’re becoming.

Episode Breakdown with Timestamps

[00:45] — Tara’s portal moment and first ancestral awakening at Stonehenge

[04:03] — Moving through grief, rage, and the medicine of remembering

[08:38] — Why lineage matters: reclaiming the feminine through ancestral connection

[15:11] — Healing disconnection and navigating cultural appropriation with integrity

[19:55] — Practical steps to begin working with your ancestral roots

[28:50] — The role of song, ritual, and embodied wisdom in ancestral remembrance

[37:29] — Dispelling myths about Celtic spirituality and honoring cultural specificity

Connect with Tara Brading

Tara’s website: https://tara-wild.com/

Tara’s Instagram: @tara.brading​

Connect with Jenner Linden

Sign up for Free ReWilding Retreat: https://rewildingvirtualretreat.com/

Jenner’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/we.arewild/