Every so often you meet a woman whose work has already changed you before you ever share a room with her and for me, that woman is Regena Thomashauer. You know her as Mama Gena, the New York Times bestselling author of Pussy: A Reclamation and founder of the School of Womanly Arts. In this episode we go deep into her fifth book, On Our Knees, and the descent that inspired it: the moment she walked away from the stage, the mastery programme and the identity she'd spent decades building, with no guarantee of what was waiting on the other side. We talk about the myth of Inanna, healing trauma through pleasure, why the female nervous system is stuck in "brace mode", and how to fuck up gloriously. We even do a live 30-second practice you can play along with. It's raw, it's holy, it's hilarious and it will crack you open in the best way.
Highlights
Regena vs Mama Gena — why the woman behind the boa is actually an introvert [03:54]
On Our Knees — why Regena chose "our" instead of "your" and put herself in it with us [05:45]
At the top of her game, making millions… and knowing it was time to "go home" [07:02]
The part of the myth people skip: Inanna actually dies [15:04]
The goddess who sat on her bed when she was five [22:30]
Accidentally healing trauma through orgasm, and the chemistry of pleasure [30:16]
The exhausted female nervous system in "brace mode", and why now is the time [36:03]
A live practice: the 30-second temper tantrum, then rage meets turn-on [48:09]
Where to get On Our Knees, and joining The Initiation launch [53:07]
Quotes
"I was the head chorus girl in the kick-line of clinging."
"The crown does its job too well. It gets you loved as the queen — right up until you wonder whether it's you they want, or they want to be close to your throne."
"There's no version of the descent where you keep the crown and find out who you are without it."
"It looks like loss right up until it doesn't."
"The female brain calms for safety — and pleasure is one of the deepest signals of safety the body knows."
"Women are the greatest untapped natural resource on this planet, and the time to tap is now."
"That inner voice? That's not yours. That was installed probably around the same time you got your first bra."
"The goddess doesn't run a prison — she runs an initiation."
Regena Thomashauer has spent three decades as one of the boldest voices in women's empowerment and has been featured on the Conan O’Brien Show, The Today Show, Oprah Daily, The New York Times and more. As founder of the School of Womanly Arts, she has taught hundreds of thousands of women worldwide to reclaim pleasure, desire, and sovereign power as the foundation of a fully lived life. Her New York Times bestseller, Pussy: A Reclamation was praised by The Washington Post for “taking back the p-word, turning it into a source of strength rather than a term of belittlement.” In her bold new book, On Our Knees: Loving Your Life Even When You Hate What's Happening (Hay House, August 2026), she makes an even more provocative and contrarian argument: that surrender may be the deepest expression of feminine power.
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