179. Stop Hiding Your Magic: How Embodied Creativity & Emotional Alchemy Heal Witch Wounds (Ft. Maya Lila Di Vento)
179. Stop Hiding Your Magic: How Embodied Creativity & Emotional Alchemy Heal Witch Wounds (Ft. Maya Lila Di Vento)
Have you ever been called “too much”? Too sensitive. Too intense. Too emotional. Too... weird?
What if your weirdness wasn’t a flaw - but a form of supernatural power you’ve been taught to suppress?
In this episode of The Embodied Writing Warrior Podcast, I sat down with holistic coach and somatic mystic Maya Lila to talk about something that resonates deeply for women on the creative and spiritual path: witch wounds, feminine power, and the art of writing as a sacred act of alchemy.
If you’ve ever struggled to let your true self be seen, if you feel the call to create but can’t quite break free from the internal blocks… this is your invitation to come home to your body, your magic, and your message.
What Are Witch Wounds (And Why Do So Many Women Have Them)?
The witch wound is a term used to describe the ancestral and spiritual trauma that many women carry—rooted in lifetimes where being powerful, intuitive, or different meant persecution.
Maya describes this beautifully. As a child, she was labeled “weird,” but later learned the root of that word is “wyrd”—meaning fate, or supernatural power.
For women who have felt like outsiders, people-pleasers, or creatives who sabotage themselves the moment they begin to shine—this wound often lives in the body, not just the mind.
How Embodied Creativity Heals Witch Wounds
One of the most powerful things Maya shared was the way movement, dance, and somatic meditation can unlock healing where words alone fall short.
“Your body knows how to heal. You don’t have to think your way through it.”
Whether you’re writing a book, starting a business, or just trying to reconnect with your intuition, embodiment practices like somatic storytelling or emotional alchemy through dance can help you stop leaking your power—and start reclaiming it.
Writing as a Tool for Spiritual Growth
Maya’s own writing journey is a reminder that you don’t have to know the entire path to start walking it.
From channeling 50,000 intuitive words in 2019 to being unexpectedly invited into a publishing opportunity without even trying—her story is a powerful example of writing as a spiritual portal.
“If you write your way through the first seven steps, step eight will reveal itself.”
This is the core of writing for transformation - you don’t just write about your healing… you write yourself into healing.
Feminine Empowerment Means Reclaiming Pleasure, Too
Another essential theme in our conversation was the need for women to return to the body as a compass—not just for creative insight, but for truth, alignment, and discernment.
Through practices like:
Shaking in the bathroom for nervous system release
Dancing to move grief and rage through the body
Using pleasure as a north star for creative decisions
…women can reconnect with the wisdom that’s been buried under shame, martyrdom, and over-responsibility.
Key Takeaways from This Episode:
🌀 Embodiment practices like dance and movement open powerful creative channels
🌀 Writing isn’t just catharsis - it’s a path to spiritual growth and purpose
🌀 The fear of being seen in your magic is often tied to collective witch wounds
🌀 Healing isn’t always cognitive - your body remembers what your mind forgets
🌀 The feminine voice is rising - and now is the time to write, share, and shine
Ready to Reclaim Your Voice?
If you’ve been hiding your gifts, playing small, or stuck in cycles of sabotage - let this episode be your reminder:
🔥 You are not too much.
🔥 You are not broken.
🔥 You are magic.
It’s time to stop hiding, start dancing, and write the story only you can tell.
Connect with Maya Lila:
🔗 Instagram
🌐 Website
📧 Substack
📺 YouTube
