Healing Body Shame: An Archetypal Path Of Feminine Embodiment - by Marcella Friel

COURSE

Healing Body Shame: An Archetypal Path Of Feminine Embodiment

With Marcella Friel

If you’re like most women on this planet, the word you most frequently use to describe your body is "disgusting." But what if, instead, you could love your body for the miracle it is? Join me as we invoke the four feminine archetypes of Maiden, Mother, Queen, and Crone to uncover the roots of your body shame and transform it into body wisdom. Using EFT Tapping, contemplative journaling, and deep reflection, you’ll begin to release the old stories that have kept you at war with your body and learn to see, perhaps for the first time, the woman you were always meant to love.


Meet your Teacher

Marcella Friel has helped over 80,000 health-conscious women heal their relationship with food and their bodies through the power of self-love and forgiveness. Known for her playful humor, deep kindness, and uncanny insight, Marcella weaves together four decades of Buddhist meditation practice with three decades in 12-step recovery to help women reclaim their souls from restrictive dieting and love the woman they see in the mirror—no matter what the scale says.

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6 Days

158 students

5.0 stars

15 min / day

Authenticity

English


Lesson 1

Introduction – Invoking The Four Feminine Archetypes

In this opening lesson, you’ll discover how the four feminine archetypes—Maiden, Mother, Queen, and Crone—offer a powerful path to healing body shame and reclaiming self-love. You’ll set your intention for this journey and learn how EFT Tapping, journaling, and guided reflection will help you uncover the deeper emotional roots of body rejection.

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Lesson 2

The Maiden – Releasing Early Messages About Your Body

The Maiden represents innocence, vision, and rebellion—but she is also the part of you that first learned body shame. In this lesson, you’ll explore the messages you internalized about your body during your formative years and begin rewriting the story of your body.

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Lesson 3

The Mother – Meeting Your Body's Needs With Love

The Mother archetype embodies nurturance and unconditional love, but she also carries the weight of self-sacrifice and neglect. In this lesson, you’ll identify where you’ve chronically neglected your body's needs and learn how to summon your inner Mother to care for yourself with love and devotion.

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Lesson 4

The Queen – Nurturing Responsibility For Your Body

The Queen is the pinnacle of feminine power—she integrates her experience into leadership. In this lesson, you’ll connect with your inner Queen and explore what it means to take "response-ability" for your body’s well-being.

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Lesson 5

The Crone – Listening To Your Body's Deepest Wisdom

The Crone is "she who holds her blood to make wisdom." She reminds us that time is precious, that our bodies are temporary, and that fighting them is a waste of life force. In this lesson, you’ll learn to tune into your body’s innate wisdom and come home to your body in a new way.

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Lesson 6

Conclusion – Sending Healing To Women Everywhere

In this final lesson, we reflect on the journey we’ve taken, from the wounds of the Maiden to the wisdom of the Crone. You’ll revisit your original intention, acknowledge how far you’ve come, and send this healing out—not just to yourself, but to every woman you know, to your ancestors, and the collective feminine.

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5.0 (13)

Recent Reviews

Margery

Margery

December 15, 2025

Loved the tapping and the feeling of being understood and not alone in the issues with body image and food.

Cindy

Cindy

December 9, 2025

This is one of the best courses I have taken here at Insight Timer. I so enjoyed it, I may take it again. Blessings of gratitude🙏

Lorette

Lorette

August 5, 2025

This is by far one of the best courses here on IT; there is so much depth, wisdom and so many possibilities for expansion. I am deeply grateful for the tapping sessions and my new found awareness of my body being a sacred vessel. Thank you dear Marcella 🙏💚🙏💚🙏

Renee

Renee

April 10, 2025

Loved this course!! So powerful and uplifting!

satya

satya

March 23, 2025

If you are a woman, you have to do this course. Let's heal our sacred femininity. We deserve it. ❤️

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