Beginning January 2026, join the Bound to Shift Book Chat Circle for a once-a-month soulful gathering where we will dive into The 13 Original Clan Mothers by Jamie Sams, exploring stories, sacred teachings, and the deep shifts they stir within us. Whether you’re a longtime lover of the book or opening it for the first time, this is your space to reflect, reconnect, and remember who you are.

Come for the story, stay for your own unfolding.

About the Author

Jamie Sams was a storyteller, a visionary, and a bridge-builder between the sacred and the seen. Best known for her transformative book The 13 Original Clan Mothers, Jamie offered readers a path of introspection, connection to the Earth, and feminine wisdom through monthly archetypes that explore our cycles, our emotions, and our deep inner knowing.

Born in the 1950s, Jamie was of mixed ancestry, French and Seneca heritage, and raised primarily by her maternal grandmother, who played a key role in shaping her spiritual perspective. Though she was not an enrolled member of a Native American tribe, Jamie spent time learning from elders and spiritual teachers, incorporating oral traditions, teachings, and her own visions into her body of work.

So, what is The 13 Original Clan Mothers, exactly?

While often embraced by readers as a deeply spiritual guide, it’s important to know that The 13 Original Clan Mothers is a fictional framework, rooted in Jamie’s personal visions, intuitive experiences, and reverence for Earth-based wisdom. It is not a direct transcript of any single tribal belief system. Rather, it is a modern mythic map, a feminine medicine wheel meant to awaken deeper personal reflection, seasonal awareness, and archetypal wisdom.

A Note on Cultural Integrity

We believe in honoring voices, stories, and traditions with transparency. Jamie Sams did not claim to be a tribal elder or a cultural authority. She wove this book from her spiritual journey, an offering inspired by, but not representative of, any one Indigenous tradition.

In a world eager for reconnection, The 13 Original Clan Mothers gives many women a place to start to awaken. To slow down. To listen. To reflect. To re-member their sacred rhythms.

And that’s what we’re doing here at Bound to Shift, exploring the medicine of these archetypes as tools for personal transformation, conscious community, and soulful sisterhood.

So, as we journey with the Clan Mothers, connect with their real-world resonance, we honor Jamie Sams for courageously sharing her spiritual creativity with the world.