Refugee, Hollywood Star, Holistic Icon & Homesteader: A Rebel’s Guide to Reinvention with Shiva Rose

Master alchemist, green-goddess and author, Shiva Rose, was one of the first welcoming souls who embraced my fiancé Luke and me the minute we touched down in Texas. Being received by her in her home was one of the many soulful indicators that my next life chapter would occur here. 

Since sharing space with her in the Texan wilderness for a tea ceremony and in the podcast studio, it comes as no surprise that her soul is so intertwined with the land, and she’s a wonderful conduit for its wisdom and messages. When she heard the calling to desert the glamorous comforts of Hollywood for a natural (and wildlife-filled) life in Texas, Shiva surrendered without hesitation. For the past four years, she’s been regenerating land and communicating with the native ancestors there to bring the arid landscape back to life. 

Shiva is the true expression of being “wild at heart,” living a multitude of experiences that have shaped the wonderfully evolved and embodied light force you’ll hear today. Half-Iranian, half-American, she became a refugee at ten years old when her family fled Iran. She went on to  blossom into a breakthrough actress in Hollywood before getting a life-changing health diagnosis at age 25, which led her to pioneering the holistic wellness site, The Local Rose, and a beauty brand. Fast-forward to today and you’ll meet a boot-wearing, flower-loving mother who hosts tea ceremonies in the Texan wilderness. 

Aside from walking us through her fascinating, made-for-screen life, Shiva teaches us how to bloom from within, generously sharing a few of her go-to DIY, nature-inspired beauty recipes that you can make at home, as well as her experience using a yoni egg, to explore the power of the womb. 

The Ceremonial Offering

Shiva provides a powerful call in and closing with honoring the four directions as a ceremonial bookend to the start and end of the episode. 

We talk about:

  • Shiva fleeing Iran at age 10 and becoming a refugee

  • Working with a Native American in clearing and connecting with land in Texas

  • The holistic health journey that took her from Hollywood to the homestead 

  • Healing her health naturally after being told she only had 1 year left to live

  • Leaving the comforts of Hollywood for life on the land in the south

  • Herbalism and clean, toxin-free beauty

  • Motherhood and cultivating intuition in the family 

  • Facilitating Sacred tea ceremonies

  • Connecting with the macaw bird

  • Stepping into your feminine power with yoni eggs 

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Guest Bio:

Shiva Rose is an Iranian-American actress, activist, blogger, and owner of a natural beauty product line. 

Raised by bohemian parents in the countryside of Iran until the revolution there occurred, she saw a childhood nurtured on imagination and nature abruptly turn into life as a refugee. As one assimilating to a new life, she sought solace in old films, fashion, and books which led her to work as an actress in TV, film, and theater. After having her first daughter in her early twenties, she was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition that propelled her to become a naturalist and activist. The Local Rose was born out of a desire to celebrate a holistic, healthy, authentic lifestyle without sacrificing taste and glamour along the way. 

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