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A Little Bit Culty!

a Must-Listen to!

(PS: One of Twinkle’s friends, the Amazing Jess Tardy, is a producer of A Little Bit Culty!!)

https://www.alittlebitculty.com/season-2/episode-one-episode4-btwsd-769cl-dgzkf-pjynd

Love, love, love everything about this episode. Especially right around the 44 min mark -hit home and warmed my heart to hear it said aloud- wow!<3

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Two years ago today

Two years ago today was the beginning of us coming awake to our family’s worst nightmare. Followed by four days of vigil in the hospital when we finally had to let go of Riley.

If there is someone you know who is struggling, reach out to them, help them in any way you can.

 Life is precious and fleeting and gone in an instant. Wrap yourself up in Love and be active in Loving while you are here on Earth; it’s the only way to cope with the agonies and injustices of this world. 

Goddess Summit Theme Music!!

This is the 2021 theme music to the newly resurrected archive of the 2011 Goddess Summit.

©2011-2021

Over the next few weeks TV for Your Soul and Empowering Women TV will be sharing content from the one-on-one interviews of “The Goddess Show” as well as the “Goddess Summit.” Both projects recorded in Lexington, Massachusetts in 2011. Yes – this autumn it will be 10 years since the original footage was first recorded! Sadly & frustratingly, there were technical issues with the raw footage and at one point we believed it to be unusable. Recently I revisited the footage on an old back-up drive and decided to take a chance to weave together any remnants I could to preserve the content and conversations captured. The shoots were multi-camera (4 & 5 cameras as we envisioned dynamic edits) and some cameras went hot leaving red signatures on the screen, other cameras had audio issues. There were lighting issues and the impromptu backdrops were not keen on the eyes either so we hoped to be able to use various angles to minimize distractions. With so many issues, the project while reviewed over the years by several editors, was finally set aside.

Until this summer.

I felt compelled to try again.

I knew going in it was a leap of faith. I reconciled in my heart and mind that even if I could not use all video and audio, that just maybe there would be even a single camera and audio stream intact, I could use that if for no other reason than to honor the women who participated by making some remnant of their contributions to the lengthy history of sacred feminine conversations for the world to access. And that is the best reason in the world to take on such a daunting task!

I was relieved to discover much of the footage from 2 of the cameras were intact, so I ran with what we had access to. While the original vision has been set aside, I feel confident that what has emerged from the embers is something to be treasured!

We will be scheduling a more formal Launch/Debut this fall of each program. 

“The Goddess Show” is a television talk show series of in-studio and on-location interviews – 9 in total – with some of the most dynamic female spiritual leaders in our modern era. 

The “2011 Goddess Summit” film documents a circle-style gathering of women, centered on discussions of the sacred feminine spirituality and aspects of Goddess traditions, archetypes and embodiments.

I will share more soon!

In the meantime, be sure to check TVforYourSoul.org for updates 🙂

“Twinkle” Marie Manning

Doors Opening and Closing

We are preparing to say farewell to our Lancey Street location and move full-time to our Moosehead Lake homestead. This Pittsfield home has held us through triumphs and grief and has been host to all manner of retreats and events. We will miss it, and our amazing neighbors and friends (whom we hope will come visit!). Yet, we are very much looking forward to scaling-down our indoor square-footage with the promise of scaling-up our outdoor acreage! We will be building Twinkle’s Place at Moosehead Lake Retreats (including cute wooden tents scattered throughout the property for guests) as well as carving out spaces for The Church of Kineo outdoor sanctuary for worship services in the woods, as well as landscaping the path for easy access down to the lakeside – a perfect location for Twinkle to officiate small weddings and elopements. Twinkle will also have an office/library/art studio built on site for her to write, create art, relax and host interviews for TV for Your Soul. And, we will have a pavilion for indoor gatherings in addition to our log cabin. We are looking forward to so much time in Nature and this next phase of life. Will post news about upcoming events and collaborations.

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