Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Eva Katherine Coder. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Alright, Eva Katherine thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. We’d love to hear about the things you feel your parents did right and how those things have impacted your career and life.

My parents are incredibly moral folks. They always demonstrated that honesty, kindness, integrity, and fairness were important qualities in having an upright life. Looking back on my upbringing having spent 25 years in the world as an adult, I really appreciate that they gave this example as there are many folks in the world who do not. I can imagine if I had been raised by less moral people then I would have a skewed understanding of what it means to be in right relations.

My parents tell the truth. They did not lie to us growing up and they do not lie to others outside of our family. Seeing them be honest showed me that I also must be honest. Even when it seems like being less honest is best because I might lose something important, I tell the truth and trust that this is for my greater good.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I am a healer, transpersonal psychologist, spiritual mentor, teacher, and author. I invite people to realize and express their full divine-humanness personally, in relationship, and in community. I work through co-creating evolutionary containers for growth with my clients. I got into my vocation through much trial and error — mostly trying other career paths that were not quite suited to my skills and gifts. Eventually, I landed in transpersonal psychology and that suited me so I continued to build from my doctorate onward.

Visionary plant medicine and psychedelics were a key part of my journey for my vocation to find me. They helped me believe that I have something to offer others in healing. My spiritual journey also deeply supports my work. The deeper I go in my journey, the more space I can hold for others to do the same!

I created Divine Embodied Freedom, a profound immersive journey that supports women to awaken spiritually, heal psychologically, and embody their whole selves in soulful community, because I love supporting women in their awakening and healing. I have offered a number of women’s healing containers for the last 10 years and will continue to do so.

Right now, my specialties include trauma resolution, deep feminine cultivation, psychospiritual integration, and psychedelic healing and integration. My work focuses on connecting body, mind, and Spirit to allow people to integrate at a profound level and live from their true essence. As such, my work combines psychotherapy, energy healing, and spiritual healing.

I have also been blessed to be invited to speak and teach in other organizations for the past few years. I have offered workshops for Third Wave, Florida International University, Broward College, and the Volcano Summit. I am a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, a certified Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapist, and a certified Safe and Sound Provider. I have been given the rank of Sufi Teacher by my Sufi community, which is called the Shadhiliyya Way. And, finally, I am the author of After the Ceremony Ends, a guidebook for visionary plant medicine integration.

Other than training/knowledge, what do you think is most helpful for succeeding in your field?

Passion! Passion is the fire that keeps you going when things are tough. When you are passionate about your field, you always want to keep learning, growing, meeting new people, and becoming more masterful at what you do. Without my passion for wanting to be of service and help people, I would not have been able to succeed. I see my work as its own form of activism, being there for folks who often do not have anyone else who can really be there for them or be with them in their struggle.

Have you ever had to pivot?

There was a time early on in my mid-20s where I had not landed yet professionally. I loved fashion and thought I should pursue a career in some aspect of fashion. I had just returned from the Peace Corps in Haiti and had moved to New York City to find a job. By the time I had worked through my collegiate network and starting applying and interviewing, I realized the job offer I was going to get was in marketing for a luxury department store. As I sat quietly in a tea house in Chinatown, I had a moment of great emotion and realized that career would never fulfill me. I needed to feel like I was really helping people and that job did not fit the bill.

I scrapped all of the work I had done to get a job in fashion and pivoted to focus on non-profits and international development organizations. At one point, I had 3 internships trying to sort out where I should start applying! After about 6 months, I finally got hired at a small international non-governmental organization and started my career more formally.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.evamedicina.com
• Instagram: @eva__medicina
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/e.katherine.elizabeth
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinecoder
• Other: https://vimeo.com/drkatcoder

Image Credits

Vanessa Kessler
Lucien Vattel