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Move from constantly seeking external validation to trusting your inner wisdom. Integrate your intellectual brilliance with your intuitive knowing. Navigate major life transitions with confidence and clarity.
My Unique Approach: The Science-Spirit Bridge
I’m Sophie Messager, PhD scientist turned holistic practitioner. My journey from publishing in the New England Journal of Medicine to embracing ancient wisdom taught me that our deepest transformation comes not from choosing between intellect and intuition, but from marrying them.
- Evidence-based practices meet sacred traditions
- Neuroscience-backed drumming for transformation
- Embodied practices that create immediate shifts
- Deep work that addresses root causes, not symptoms
NEW: The Beat of Your Own Drum
Reclaim your voice. Discover your rhythm. Transform your life.
A groundbreaking exploration of drumming as a path for women’s wisdom, health, and transformation. This comprehensive guide bridges the gap between scientific research and sacred practice, with a foreword by acclaimed author Jane Hardwicke Collings.
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“Sophie helped me realize I could be both an intellectual AND embrace my spiritual side. I went from doubting myself to teaching drumming workshops!”
â Melanie W., Former Academic
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Latest Posts
Why Drumming Disrupts the Patriarchy: Reclaiming the Ancient Medicine They Made Us Forget
The first time I held a drum, I felt something ancient in my body. A recognition. Something that said: you know this. And I did, or rather, my body did. My hands knew the rhythm before my mind. My heart knew this was medicine before I had language for why. This was so strong that…
Start Drumming: A Guide for Women’s Wellbeing & Inner Wisdom
“Imagine a practice that calms the nervous system, soothes body and mind, deepens connection and empowerment â that’s drumming.” – Jane Hardwicke Collings The Permission You’ve Been Waiting For Since sharing my research on women and drumming and publishing The Beat of Your Own Drum, I’ve heard the same thing over and over from women…
From Skeptic to Believer: Why I Wrote The Beat Of Your Own Drum
My new book The Beat Of Your Own Drum, the history, science and contemporary use of drumming as a path for womenâs wisdom, health, and transformation, is now available from Womancraft publishing. I want to share with you why I wrote this book. Â The beginning My journey with the drum is deeply rooted in…
What Happens When Women Refuse to Stay Quiet? A Conversation Series on Reclaiming Our Right to Make Noise
To accompany the launch of my new book, The Beat of your Own Drum, the history, science and contemporary use of drumming as a path for womenâs wisdom, health, and transformation, I have recorded this series of conversations with 9 change making, pattern disrupting women who have experienced this tension between silencing and expression in…
Closing the Bones: Ritual Healing for Life Transitions
You may have heard of the Closing the Bones massage ritual for postpartum recovery, but did you know it can also help with healing after loss and trauma, support transitions, and soothe the nervous system, especially for neurodivergent women? In our modern world, we often forget the power of traditional healing traditions. Closing the Bones…
Between Becoming: A Guide to Navigating Life’s Transitions
Change is the only constant in life, yet we’re rarely taught how to move through it with ease. Whether we’re facing career shifts, relationship changes, health challenges, or the natural transitions of the phases of womanhood, these liminal spacesâthe in-between timesâcan feel both terrifying and sacred. Navigating Change I’m just back from my first ever…
Drum Microdosing: The Simple 5-Minute Ritual That Can Change Your Life
You may have heard of microdosing of plant medicine, a grassroot movement, driven by communities rather than corporations, where people take sub-perceptual amounts of a psychedelic plant or plant substance (for example psylocibin or LSD) without experiencing hallucinogenic effects. People who microdose report benefits such as improved mood, energy levels, cognition, creativity, and reduced depression…
Rhythm as Medicine: The Transformative Power of Daily Drumming
You may have heard about various approaches to mental health – from talking therapy to medication to meditation. But there’s a powerful, ancient practice that’s gaining recognition in modern science: drumming. Research shows that drumming can profoundly impact our mental health, emotional wellbeing, and sense of connection to others. I discovered the therapeutic power of…
When life strips you bare: 10 ways drumming can provide support for you through life transitions
Last week, I had the vision of this herb stripping tool pop in my mind. Itâs a little gadget with different sized holes in it, through which you pull a strip of herbs to remove the leaves. This felt particularly weird because I had completely forgotten that I had it and hadn’t used it for…
My new book, The Beat of Your Own Drum, is available to preorder from Womancraft Publishing
It’s book pre-launch day and I need your help! After a long wait I can finally reveal the cover and announce that my new book, The Beat of Your Own Drum, the history, science and contemporary use of drumming as a path for womenâs wisdom, health, and transformation, is now available to pre-order from Womancraft…
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