The Magic of Fridays: Reclaiming the Day of the Goddess
I’ve always felt the mystical energy of Fridays, but it wasn’t until my beloved spiritual mentor explained the significance that it all clicked.
"Friday is the Day of the Goddess, named for the Norse goddess Freya,”
she told me almost 10 years ago.
Something inside me stirred like an ancient knowing being reawakened. Of course, it was! This was early on in my spiritual journey, long before I dove headfirst into the sacred pool of Goddess archetypes and their healing medicine.
I’d never quite connected with the idea of God in the traditional, patriarchal way it was taught to me by my Jewish mom, Catholic dad, Sunday school, movies, and society. But when I began exploring Goddess energy in my 30s, it hit me deeply. I felt it wake up within me—this primal connection to the divine feminine as if my bones were buzzing with recognition.
And now, to top it off, my favorite day of the week—FRIDAY—was infused with Goddess energy. I couldn’t have loved it more!
The Goddess has been dropping breadcrumbs for me for years,
leading me home to myself.
One of the most significant breadcrumbs showed up in my inbox in the form of an email from a woman whose name I can’t remember. No idea how I got on her list, but one summer day in 2015, I saw she was hosting an online women’s summit. I wasn’t sure what that was, but something in me just knew I had to sign up. So, I clicked.
Each day, I received something called a "podcast," which I’d never heard of at the time. (This was way before I started my own podcast, HEAR HER with Heather Dressel.) At this point, I was deep in the chaos of early motherhood, barely able to pee with the door closed, let alone stay current on things like podcasts.
I didn’t listen to most of the summit, but one interview stood out: Sarah Jenks. At the time she was working with women on emotional eating, and let me tell you, I was all in. Emotional eating? Yes, please. I had been sneaking bowls of sugar-coated Cheerios in my closet since I was 7. Food brought comfort in ways I didn’t even understand at that age, and those patterns followed me into adulthood (a story for another day).
I was mesmerized by this confident woman—Sarah Jenks—who was sharing her vulnerable story of emotional eating and helping women heal through it. Sarah started as my emotional eating coach, but over time, she became a Priestess and my guide in all things sacred feminine, including the history of Friday and Goddess energy.
Sarah opened the broom closet door for me, nudging me to embrace my inner feminine, my inner goddess, and my inner witch. The space she created allowed me to explore and expand, cracking me wide open in the most magical ways.
At that time, my mother had recently passed from lung cancer, and her physical presence was no longer earthside. I felt stuck, confused, and desperately in need of flow. Everything had changed, but so much stayed exactly the same. I was spiraling—picking up old, unhealthy patterns and neglecting myself.
That email—one small breadcrumb from the Goddess—led me straight to Sarah, and I am forever grateful. She showed me how to connect with the sacred feminine in ways I’d never been taught, leading me back to myself, to my inner Goddess.
The Magic of Friday
Long before patriarchal times, Friday was the day of the Goddess—a time to honor cycles of creation, death, and rebirth. This day of the week was named for Freya, the Norse goddess of love, beauty, and fertility, much like Venus and Aphrodite. But Freya had more layers—she also ruled over war, death, magic, and the afterlife. It’s that duality, the intertwining of love and the mysteries of life, that made her the embodiment of divine feminine power.
Friday, then, is a day to honor the Goddess within us all and to celebrate the divine feminine. If Friday falls on the 13th? Even more sacred!!! Yep, you heard that right—not scary, sacred. The number 13 was revered in Goddess culture—Grandmother Moon cycles 13 times a year, and most women bleed 13 times a year.
But as patriarchy took hold, it demonized the sacred feminine, turning what was once holy into something to fear. Friday the 13th became “unlucky,” and the powerful feminine was buried under layers of shame.
As a kid, I always thought Friday the 13th was lucky. People thought I was weird (what’s new?). But now, it all makes sense. My connection to the Goddess has been confirmed by astrologers and my Reiki Master without me even mentioning the word Goddess.
Apparently, I’ve got BIG Goddess energy in my chart and woven within my energy.
So here I am today, not just believing in the Goddess but embodying her.
If you're curious about working with Goddess energy and returning home to HEAR HER, email me at divinelysensitive@gmail.com! I’d love to help guide you on this path.