Shownotes
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How the losing her greatest love taught Mama Gena about eros
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What healing truly is (and what it isn't)
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Why the only prayer in the Goddess tradition is "thank you"
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What Layla learned throughout two years of ongoing illness
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Why Mama Gena was thrown out of the cathedral on Park Avenue
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What Mama Gena wants every woman to feel when she's on her knees
Bio
Regena Thomashauer, better known as Mama Gena, is a pioneering voice in women's empowerment, a bestselling author, teacher, feminist icon, and the founder and CEO of the School of Womanly Arts, which began in her living room in 1998 and has since grown into a global movement.
For more than three decades, Regena has devoted her work to restoring what has been systematically stripped from women: our connection to the body, our desires, our emotional lives, and our right to want more. At the heart of her teaching is a radical truth: pleasure is a form of power. And when a woman is fully expressed – in her body, her desires, her voice – she moves differently. She tolerates less and expects more. The stakes of her life become visible, and she responds accordingly.
This work is rooted in lived experience, decades of research, and the real-world results of hundreds of thousands of students. It has changed the way women relate to themselves, the standards they hold, and the lives they are willing to claim. Regena is the author of five books, including the New York Times bestseller Pussy: A Reclamation, and has been widely recognized as a leading voice in modern feminism.
Regena's approach is both deeply personal and unmistakably collective. In a culture that shames our bodies and suppresses our emotions, her work serves as a vital antidote that offers not only tools for survival, but a pathway to turn-on, truth, and full-bodied liberation. Her conviction: that the feminine, long suppressed, is the force that will change everything. These teachings don't just challenge the status quo. They transform it.
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Timestamps
00:00:52 - Guest introduction
00:02:53 - Join Layla's email list to receive free practices, in-depth teachings, and new episodes
00:04:17 - Why Layla was the very first person to read On Our Knees
00:05:33 - Discover the VITA™ Sex, Love and Relationship Coaching Certification
00:12:27 - What brought Mama Gena to her knees feeling betrayed by God and Goddess
00:15:22 - An invitation: let discomfort move through you and remake you
00:18:13 - How the losing her greatest love taught Mama Gena about eros
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00:28:15 - What got Mama Gena thrown out of the cathedral on Park Avenue
00:38:28 - What healing truly is (and what it isn't)
00:43:03 - The only prayer in the Goddess tradition is "thank you"
00:51:25 - What Layla learned throughout two years of ongoing illness
01:02:22 - Why the entire proposal for On Our Knees was rewritten in deep surrender to life
01:10:44 - What Mama Gena wants every woman to feel when she's on her knees in the dark
01:15:27 - On Our Knees is the guidebook for hell that we've needed for a long time
01:16:43 - Conclusion
