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Nov 23, 2023
Unveiling the Cosmos w—Amaya Rourke
Today, we welcome folk witch, astrologer + spirit worker Amaya Rourke to share her knowledge about how lunar cycles, fixed stars and the force of water shape our lives.
Amaya begins the episode with stories of ancient civilizations’ connection to the night sky and cosmic ocean. Then we reflect on the power of fluidity and surrender, and consider how moon cycles can guide and transform our lives. We close with a discussion of fixed stars and their capacity to change our relationship with astrology.
“The longer I'm in astrology, the more I realize I don't have control. I can make my choices, and I can make the best choices available to me in that moment, and astrology can give me a really good window to understand what those choices are, but that doesn't guarantee specific results.” — Amaya Rourke
Amaya Rourke is an animist folk witch, astrologer, tarot reader, spirit worker, and folk herbalist. Her work guides others called to a wild witchcraft that straddles the seen and unseen worlds, traveling the moonlit and star studded crooked path of the bramble hedge. Rooted in historic folkways and updated for contemporary life, Amaya's praxis seeks to return to the interwoven cycles of the Moon, fixed stars, and living Earth. She has been a featured guest on many podcasts, a writer for limited edition grimoires, Moon planners, and astrology magazines; and is a seasoned workshop writer and facilitator.
we discuss —
* Contextualizing ancient understandings of astrology
* How myth is informed by place
* Water as a symbol of void and fluidity
* Balancing control with surrender
* The role of the moon as mediator
* Astrological gardening
* Relating to fixed stars
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* Sound Magic, Creative Listening + Connecting to Intuition w — Zaneta Sykes
* Responsibility + Possibility for Mystical Crafts w— Diana Rose Harper
*Mentioned in the episode—*
* Learn more about the Water Medicine course + use the code LISTEN for a special discount
* Secrets of the Ancient Skies
*More about our guest —*
* Amaya’s website and Instagram
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Nov 9, 2023
Many Mothers + Many Lifetimes – Ancestral Connection w–Perdita Finn
In this episode, Perdita Finn shares her knowledge of empowering individuals to activate their own magic with the help of their ancestors.
Together, we talk about connecting with the dead, the battle against matriarchal wisdom, and reclaiming both the power of the rosary and the significance of our relationship with the unknown.
"Don't think of a soul as an object, as a pearl. Think of a soul as a long, long red thread creating the very fabric of existence woven together with other threads.” — Perdita Finn
Perdita Finn is the co-founder, with her husband Clark Strand, of the non-denominational international fellowship The Way of the Rose, which inspired their book The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary. In addition to extensive study with Zen masters, priests, and healers, she apprenticed with the psychic Susan Saxman, with whom she wrote The Reluctant Psychic. Finn now teaches popular workshops on Getting to Know the Dead, in which participants are empowered to activate the magic in their own lives with the help of their ancestors. She is the author of Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World and lives with her family in the moss-filled shadows of the Catskill Mountains.
we discuss —
* Patriarchal frameworks in religious expressions
* The misunderstandings of the “Dark Ages”
* The origins and prevalence of the witch craze
* The interconnectedness of our past and present lives
* Nature’s glorification of diversity
* The connection between creativity, spirituality and creation
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*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
* Ancestral Medicine, Cultural Repair + the Magic of Where you Are w— Daniel Foor, Ph.D
* You Deserve Enchantment w—Natalie Eslick
*Mentioned in the episode—*
* Learn more about the Water Medicine course + use the code LISTEN for a special discount
*More about our guest —*
* Perdita’s Facebook & Instagram
* Take Back the Magic
* The Way of the Rose
* Take Back the Magic, book
* Way of the Rose, book
* Watch the episode on YouTube
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Oct 26, 2023
Mercury in Water Signs w—Erin Tack Shipley
In this episode, we explore Mercury's influence in water signs with the astrologer, writer and ritual strategist Erin Tack Shipley.
Erin begins the discussion with the origin story of Mercury, the mischievous son of Maia and Zeus, who sneaks out of his cradle on the day of his birth and steals his brother’s oxen. Then we reflect on the complexity of morality and explore the adaptability and fluidity of Mercury. And we close by examining Mercury’s character in each of the water signs, Cancer, Scorpio & Pisces.
“I think Mercury gets a bad rap because there's so much focus on Mercury's conniving nature. And we never stopped to think about why Mercury's conniving. What for?” –Erin Tack Shipley
Erin Tack Shipley is a consulting professional astrologer, creative writer and ritual strategist supporting folx in staying with the challenge of being in right relationship, embracing death and co-creating culture within and beyond systems of oppression. Weaving astrology with other tools, Erin helps people reconcile the gap between how they are in the reality of their present conditions and who they perceive themselves to be in their ideal world. Erin lives, works and tends community on the traditional lands of the Awaswas, Cotoni, Uypi, Sayanta and Aptos speaking peoples.
we discuss —
* Mercury's charm and trickery in mythology
* Moral gray areas
* Mercury moving like a chthonic messenger
* Hidden communication through various means
* Mercury in Cancer: shapeshifting, crossroads
* Mercury in Scorpio: shifting personalities, skillful
* Mercury in Pisces: spirit communication, untranslatable experiences
LINKS
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
* Water Medicine + The House of the Goddess
* You Are An Interstellar Being
*Mentioned in the episode—*
* Learn more about the Water Medicine course + use the code LISTEN for a special discount
* Erin’s talk “3rd & 6th Houses // Care Work & Disability Justice”
* Undrowned, book by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
* Kristin Mathis
* Watch the episode on YouTube
*More about our guest —*
* Visit Erin’s website
* Follow Erin on Instagram
* Follow Erin on Twitter
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Oct 12, 2023
Life as Sacred Ritual — Embracing the Luminous Self w—Tracee Stanley
In this episode, writer, yoga teacher & spiritual practitioner Tracee Stanley joins us to shares her wisdom for reintegrating with the true Self.
Together, we explore the concept of self-remembrance, the importance of restorative rest, and the transformative power of embracing impermanence.
Tracee also shares her personal breakthrough moment, when she realized that suffering and discomfort can be seen as grace and valuable opportunities for growth.
“The deeper self is not afraid of losing anything because it is everything.”
Tracee Stanley is the author of the bestselling book Radiant Rest and The Luminous Self. She is also the founder of Empowered Life Circle, a sacred community and portal of practices, rituals, and Tantric teachings inspired by more than 25 years of studentship in Sri Vidya Tantra and the teachings of the Himalayan Masters. As a post-lineage teacher, Tracee is devoted to sharing the wisdom of yoga nidra, rest, meditation, self-inquiry, nature as a teacher, and ancestor reverence. Tracee is gifted in illuminating the magic and power found in liminal space and weaving devotion and practice into daily life.
we discuss —
* Softening the idea of discipline
* Getting past the labels that cover the true self
* Discomfort as grace
* How forgetting self is forgetting connection
* Integrating the small self with the deeper Self
LINKS
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
* Episode 92 w —Tracee Stanley
* Finding the Courage to Prioritize Rest w— Octavia Raheem
*More about our guest —*
* Visit Tracee’s Website
* Read Tracee’s New Book The Luminous Self
* Join One of Tracee’s Book Clubs
* Join Tracee’s Empowered Life Circle
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Sep 28, 2023
Icons + Idols — Ancient Goddess Wisdom for the Modern Age w—Gabriela Gutierrez
In this episode, Gabriela Gutierrez takes us on a captivating journey through the world of imagery, religious symbolism, and the goddess in ancient Europe.
From the first religious scriptures etched on Paleolithic cave walls to the transformation of icons into idols, Gabriela unpacks the layers of meaning behind these ancient artifacts while challenging us to view ancient cultures through their own lens, free from the limitations of a colonial perspective.
“What does it mean to live a life in devotional, intimate, direct relationship with it, not through somebody else's interpretation?” — Gabriela Gutierrez
Gabriela is a writer, scholar and teacher of the mythic imagination, mysticism and ancient history. Her work stems from her decade-long studies with shamans and renunciants around the world, and is focused on the revival of the spiritual traditions in pre-patriarchal Europe. She teaches and offers distance healing in-person and online, and her writing and independent research can be found on her Substack ‘Under a Fig Tree’.
we discuss —
* The multilayered nature of religious symbolism
* An ancient formula for living a life of peace
* Meeting the ancient mind on its own terms
* Where wisdom begins
* Experiencing the divine on your own terms
* Being close with death in order to fully live
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* Episode 177 — Water Medicine + the House of the Goddess
* Episode 84 — Ancestral Medicine, Cultural Repair + the Magic of Where you Are w— Daniel Foor, Ph.D
*Mentioned in the episode—*
* Learn more about the Water Medicine course + use the code LISTEN for a special discount
* Henry Corbin
* The Labrys
* The Kurgan Hypothesis
*More about our guest —*
* Visit Gabriela’s Website
* Follow Gabriela on Substack
* Follow Gabriela on Instagram
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Sep 14, 2023
🌊 Water Medicine + the House of the Goddess w—grace
Welcome to a new season of home—body podcast. Our themes for this season are Water and the Third House.
In this episode, I’m sharing what these themes mean to me and why I’m bringing them to the center of the podcast right now.
If you’re thirsty for more aliveness, more wildness, more soulfulness, more life, this season is for you. Join me in this episode + subscribe to find more flow, more receptivity + more magic.
At the core, Water Medicine is about creating the space, rhythms and openings to receive the fullness of the soul back inside of our bodies — receiving that disruptive, wild, poetic force of life and allowing the soul to fully inhabit our bodies in the here and now.
we discuss —
* water medicine + the way of water
* the importance of flow
* the third house aka the House of the Goddess
* how to make heaven on earth
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* Burn Out + Water Medicine w— grace
* Of Selkies + Cycles w— grace
*Mentioned in the episode—*
* Learn more about the Water Medicine course + use the code LISTEN for a special discount
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Sep 13, 2023
🔒 Connect to the Water : Meditation
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May 25, 2023
Summer Break 2023 Announcement
We are taking a podcast break from publishing new episodes from June-August 2023 ✨
In the meantime, check out the playlists, links and resources below to be in touch and enjoy some episodes you might have missed!
“If you want rest, you have to take it. You have to resist the lure of busyness, make time for rest, take it seriously, and protect it from a world that is intent on stealing it.” Alex Soojung Kim-Pang
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Summer Break 2023 home—body Playlist 🌞
Take *this free 1-minute quiz to help you lean into self-care* as soul care
This article on *how Water can help us recover from Burnout*
*Sign up for Notion Nerd Night* *—* first Wednesdays of every month!
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May 18, 2023
exploring the dark houses : the 12th house w— Bear Ryver
Today, we move through the range of mystery and liminality that is the 12th house with astrologer Bear Ryver. Bear shares his perspectives on the questions and topics of the 12th house and guides us towards ways we can bring more consideration, care and space for its significations in our lives.
Bear Ryver is a professional astrologer helping his clients hone strategies for grounded growth and embodied empowerment by bringing them back to the BASICS. Winner of OPA’s Most Promising Astrologer in 2018, Bear has lectured at conferences like NORWAC and ISAR. He holds certifications in Hellenistic, Electional, and Horary astrology, and specializes in Intersectional Astrology. He was a teacher for the Portland School of Astrology, and has volunteered as a mentor for AFAN. When he’s not talking stars or pulling cards, you can find him climbing rocks and playing guitar.
we discuss —
* why the 12th house is called “a dark house”
* some of the topics, significations + experiences in the 12th house
* chart examples
LINKS
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
Episode on the 2nd House w— Rob Bailey
Episode on the 6th House w— Michael J Morris
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Bear’s Twitter
Bear’s IG
Bear’s YouTube channel
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Apr 27, 2023
Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio + New Moon in Taurus : May 2023 Astrology Forecast w— Mo Olufemi
Mo Olufemi of the Fixed Astrology Podcast joins us again to talk about the upcoming astrology for May 2023, including : the Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio, Mercury stationing Direct, Venus in Cancer, Jupiter in Taurus, Sun in Gemini and the New Moon in Taurus.
Mo is a an astrologer and tarot reader specializing in Hellenistic and Medieval astrology, while also becoming versed in the Vedic astrological tradition. She loves learning about the underrated parts of essential dignity and their applications, and uses the Golden Dawn astrological correspondences to merge tarot with astrology. In her spare time, she is a loving mother of two cats.
we discuss —
* Pluto stations Rx
* Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio
* Venus enters Cancer
* Mercury stations Direct!
* Jupiter enters Taurus
* New Moon in Taurus
* Mars in Leo
* Sun in Gemini
* more!
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*More about our guest —*
Mo’s website
Mo’s Twitter
Mo’s Instagram
Mo’s Substack
The Fixed Astrology Podcast
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Apr 13, 2023
exploring the dark houses : the 2nd house w— Rob Bailey
Today, we sift through the topics and considerations of the 2nd house in astrology with astrologer Rob Bailey. Rob shares his perspectives on how the questions and topics of the 2nd house are relevant to us as individuals but also as collective society, guiding us toward ways we can be more curious and compassionate as we relate to these supporting resources in our lives.
Rob Bailey is an astrologer, occultist and Christian mystic from Canberra, Australia. His focus is the study and revival of early Medieval astrology, and developing authentic ways to use traditional astrology techniques to help people in the modern world. His practise combines traditional wisdom with modern counseling skills and a client-led approach to exploring the symbolism of the stars.
we discuss —
* why the 2nd house is called “a dark house”
* what we find in the 2nd house besides money
* a discussion on poverty and excess
* an ecological perspective on the 2nd house
* spiritual + ethical cons…
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Mar 30, 2023
Full Moon in Libra + Solar Eclipse in Aries — April 2023 Astrology Forecast w— Zamboni Funk
Astrologer + musician Zamboni Funk joins us to discuss the astrology for April 2023, including : Full Moon in Libra, Solar Eclipse in Aries, Venus in Gemini and more.
ZamboniFunk is a professional weirdo. When he isn't playing bootylicious funk music on the bass, he tells stories about the ongoing dramas of the heavens, with the basic understanding that whatever happens up there happens down here too; as above, so below. Timing is his specialty, from electing auspicious beginnings to keeping a killer pocket onstage; celestial and terrestrial, inquisitive minds and bumping rumps, it's all the one stuff, right?
we discuss —
* Mercury enters Taurus
* Mercury square Pluto
* Full Moon in Libra
* Venus enters Gemini
* Sun conjunct Jupiter in Aries
* Venus square Saturn
* Solar Eclipse in Aries
* Sun enters Taurus
* Mercury stations retrograde
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Zamboni Funk’s website
Zamboni Funk’s IG
Zamboni Funk YouTube
Zamboni on TikTok
*Fre…
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Mar 9, 2023
the Magician w— Sean Nguyen-Hilton + Hez Stalcup
A conversation with two artists on the archetypal Major Arcana card The Magician.
Sean Nguyen-Hilton (they/them) is a Virgo Sun, Pisces Moon, + Leo Ascendant. Sean danced “professionally” for about two decades, and worked in higher ed for about four and a half years.* Sean is a tarot reader of 27 years and is currently studying Hellenistic astrology. Sean is a Co-Founder and Team Member of Fly on a Wall, an artist led platform that presents and supports process and performance. Sean invests in care, awareness, sensation, and love, all of which he practices through the lens of queer stamina, movement, and evolution.
Hez Stalcup is an experimental dance artist. He works with bodies, words, sound and objects. He makes dances. He is usually in them. He makes other things that maybe get seen. Most people think his work is about being queer or about gender, its only sometimes about either. Often he is dancing about time, failure and personhood with people he thinks are smart and funny…
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Mar 2, 2023
Saturn in Pisces, Pluto in Aquarius + Mars in Cancer — Astrology Forecast March 2023
mary grace guides you through the astrological weather for March 2023. this month we experience a lot of seismic shifts with the ground moving beneath our feet and above our heads, including : Saturn enters Pisces, Pluto enters Aquarius, Mars enters Cancer, New Moon in Aries, Full Moon in Virgo and Venus entering Taurus.
*we discuss*
* Venus conjunct Jupiter
* Mercury conjunct Saturn
* Mercury enters Pisces
* Saturn enters Pisces
* Full Moon in Virgo
* Sun + Mercury conjoin Neptune and square Mars
* Venus enters Taurus
* Mercury enters Aries
* Sun enters Aries
* New Moon in Aries
* Pluto enters Aquarius
* Mars enters Cancer
* Mercury conjunct Jupiter
* Venus conjunct Uranus
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Feb 23, 2023
Art is a Powerful Medicine + Oracle for the Earth w— Laura Zuspan
Artist, oracle, + dharma witch Laura Zuspan joins us to talk about the Tarot, the healing power of art + why Buddhism is helpful for witches. We also discuss the Cantigee Oracle — an ecological spiritual guide + creative prompt deck.
The Cantigee Oracle is a unique, nature-inspired oracle deck anchored in the belief that individual development will help create and sustain evolutionary change. The Cantigee Oracle brings environmental awareness into the personal realm + empowers us to address climate change with presence + care.
Laura is an artist, oracle and meditator. She is the creator of Luminous Void Tarot, which was featured in Taschen’s Library of Esoterica + selected for preservation at the MIT distinctive libraries. For the last decade she's worked with individuals using the Tarot in healing through the lens of art, embodied awareness, Buddhism + symbolism. She is a student of mindfulness meditation, and she currently resides on unceded Ohlone territory with her family in…
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Feb 2, 2023
Full Moon in Leo + New Moon in Pisces — February 2023 Astrology Forecast w— Mo Olufemi
Mo Olufemi of the Fixed Astrology Podcast joins us to talk about the upcoming astrology for February 2023, including : the Full Moon in Leo, New Moon in Pisces and the Sun entering Pisces
Mo is a an astrologer and tarot reader specializing in Hellenistic and Medieval astrology, while also becoming versed in the Vedic astrological tradition. She loves learning about the underrated parts of essential dignity and their applications, and uses the Golden Dawn astrological correspondences to merge tarot with astrology. In her spare time, she is a loving mother of two cats.
we discuss —
* Sun square Uranus
* Venus square Mars
* Full Moon in Leo
* Mercury conjunct Pluto
* Mercury enters Aquarius
* Venus conjunct Neptune
* Sun conjunct Saturn
* Sun enters Pisces
* New Moon in Pisces
* Venus enters Aries
* Mercury trine Mars
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*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
Exploring the Dark Houses : the 6th House
A Meditation for the Fool
*More about our guest…
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Jan 26, 2023
Reframing Productivity as a Living System w— Amelia Hruby
Reframing productivity is a very January thing to do, yes? How can we release ourselves from the outer forces, inner voices, and productivity gurus driving us toward more-more-more? And when we do choose another path, how do we set up our work so that we actually bring our dreams to life — without getting lost in ambiguity, confusion or overwhelm?“How do we strike the right balance of getting things done but while also feeling inspired + alive?”
I’m joined by Amelia Hruby, my friend, podcast producer + co-teacher of our upcoming course *Living Systems*. *Together we discuss all things productivity through a feminist, ecology lens;* and we share the systems + frameworks that allow us to live more in alignment with our internal rhythms, energetic capacities + ever-changing seasons.
This episode is for anyone who wants to do life, work + business your way, and needs support figuring out what your way really is.🌱“A lot of us have embodied an industrial model for productivity…
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Jan 5, 2023
Full Moon in Cancer + New Moon in Aquarius : Astrology Forecast for January 2023
mary grace guides you through the astrological weather for January 2022. though not the dramatic shifts we will say later on in just a few weeks, January still brings us Mercury + Mars stationing direct, Venus changing signs (twice!), the Full Moon in Cancer and New Moon in Aquarius.
we discuss —
* Venus conjunct Pluto
* Venus enters Aquarius
* Full Moon in Cancer
* Mars stations direct!
* Venus square Uranus
* Mercury stations direct!
* Sun enters Aquarius
* New Moon in Aquarius
* Venus conjunct Saturn
* Venus enters Pisces
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*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
Astrology forecast for August 2022 - more about Mars in Gemini
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Dec 29, 2022
Meditation for The Fool by Hez Stalcup
This episode is a meditation for The Fool card in the Tarot Major Arcana by experimental dance artist Hez Stalcup.
Hez is an experimental dance artist. He works with bodies, words, sound and objects. He makes dances. He is usually in them. He makes other things that maybe get seen. Most people think his work is about being queer or about gender, its only sometimes about either. Often he is dancing about time, failure and personhood with people he thinks are smart and funny and should be looked at. He doesn’t make beautiful dances per se, rather he thinks about what makes something outlandish and solitary enough that you want to love it forever.
*LINKS*
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How to Take a Soundwalk by Erin Palovick
Grief Threads : How Sewing Can Help us Heal w— Melissa Word
Dancing with Daimons + the Occulted Body w— Alkistis Dimech
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email Hez at hezstalcup@gmail.com
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Dec 22, 2022
What does Courage Have to do with Heaven
Waxing poetic on what heaven has to do with feeling safe in the world. Can we ever truly be safe? Or are we always safe? Or both?
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Listening to the Interstellar
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Dec 15, 2022
You Deserve Enchantment w—Natalie Eslick
Fine artist + educator Natalie Eslick joins us to talk about leaving her muggle job and finding enchantment as she pursued her creative practice. We talk about the power of creativity to help us be more resilient in the face of uncertainty and loneliness; and Natalie shares how the wild can keep us from missing out on our one precious life.
“Enchantment wriggled its way into my hardened heart through the simple act of observing *wildness*.”
Natalie is an Australian fine artist and educator whose work is steeped in connection to nature, rooting into place, and reciprocal relationships with the wild world. Her work evokes compassion, kindness, and connection to the intrinsic magic of nature and the inherent wisdom of Earth’s flora and fauna. Natalie's background in psychology, human rights, and decades of service to her local community lead her to seek an extraordinary life, to cherish moments of peace and connection with trees and wild beings, to encourage curiosity and wonder,…
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Dec 8, 2022
exploring the dark houses — the 6th House w—Michael J Morris
Deep dive into the 6th house! Michael J Morris shares their perspectives on how the poignant questions of the 6th house are relevant to us at all times. We see how the 6th can bring us questions + lenses we can ask our culture that help us move towards greater justice + well-being.
Michael J. Morris is an astrologer, tarot reader, artist, writer, educator, and witch. They hold a PhD in Dance Studies from The Ohio State University. They are the founder of Co Witchcraft Offerings through which they offer astrology and tarot readings, movement-based rituals, and workshops to support people in cultivating more meaningful living while pursuing personal and collective healing and liberation. Michael is also a teaching assistant with Kelly Surtees’ online astrology course, a contributing writer to the CHANI App, and a contributing artist with Livable Futures.
we discuss —
* the 6th House as a lens through which we can ask difficult questions about slavery, disability, illness + work…
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Dec 1, 2022
Full Moon in Gemini + New Moon in Capricorn — December 2022 Astrology Forecast w— Kirah Tabourn
Kirah Tabourn + mary grace walk you through the upcoming astrology for December 2022, including the Full Moon in Gemini, New Moon in Capricorn, Jupiter moving into Aries + Mercury stationing retrograde.
Kirah is an astrologer, educator & creative passionate about facilitating accessible astrological education, programming & community within the field. She is the founder of The 11th House, a program for astrology students to learn how to confidently read charts through traditional frameworks and group practice. She teaches classes and workshops, hosts a podcast called The Strology Show, and does 1:1 readings and consultations with clients and students. She's been featured in publications such as Vice, Well + Good, CNN, Wired, Good Morning America, LA Times, and more. You can learn more about Kirah on her website, thestrology.com or Instagram @thestrology
we discuss —
* Venus opposite Mars
* Mercury enters Capricorn
* Full Moon in Gemini
* Venus enters Capricorn
* Jupiter…
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Nov 24, 2022
Connect
Spontaneous impressions, offerings to inspire connection instead of more.
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Nov 17, 2022
Hoodoo for Everyone w— Sherry Shone
Sherry Shone is a Black, Lesbian Hoodoo worker with years of experience helping clients receive deliverance using Hoodoo rituals, products, readings, clearings and classes. She sees Hoodoo as an accessible healing modality that people of all identities can practice responsibly. Her new book, HooDoo for Everyone is Hoodoo, updated: history, foundations, spellwork and spiritual guidance made accessible to everyone, inclusive of all backgrounds and genders; it offers everything you need to understand and responsibly practice Hoodoo: rituals, conjure, rootwork, divination, herbs, plants and ancestor work.“Hoodoo is so precious to me because hoodoo was made by a people that needed deliverance, and deliverance is a universal need.”
Sherry Shone is a Black, Lesbian Hoodoo worker with years of experience helping clients receive deliverance using Hoodoo rituals, products, readings, clearings and classes. She has presented her knowledge of Hoodoo in various media, as well through classes an…
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Nov 10, 2022
Infinitely Embodied Time + Creativity w— Vyana Novus
Vyana Novus + Mary Grace connect over the power of creativity to anchor us to the present and experiences of multi-dimensional time. Vyana also generously shares about healing from abuse, trauma and addiction and the experience of an NDE, which happened while becoming a parent.
*“Now I understand. Joy is protection. Pleasure is protection. Sovereignty, autonomy, accessing relationship with my will - that is protection.”*
Vyana (they/them) is a multimedia artist, creative director, and educator. They merge a vast sea of experience and education with play, humor, and joy to facilitate bridging levity with the intensity of life on Earth.
we discuss —
* Who are humans beyond the experience of death?
* Is suffering necessary for growth?
* Can we approach everything we do with creativity?
* How to appreciate all phases of creative cycles, including the down time or dead time
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*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
Perspectives on Animism, Death + Rebirth
Episo…
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Nov 3, 2022
Listening to the Interstellar : Aliens, Climate Change and Creativity
An ode to listening, the possibility of extra-terrestrial life and what that has to do with humanity’s current crises. It’s become a bit of a philosophy for me. Tread gently.
“Each day his eyes and ears were open and empty to see and hear the world he lived in. Music, he said, is continuous; only listening is intermittent.” John Cage, reflecting on Thoreau
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Oct 27, 2022
Lunar Eclipse in Taurus + New Moon in Sagittarius — Astrology Forecast November 2022 w— Diana Rose Harper
Diana Rose Harper + mary grace walk you through the upcoming astrology for November 2022, including the Total Lunar Eclipse in Taurus, the New Moon in Sagittarius and Jupiter stationing direct.
Diana is an astrologer, tarot reader, energy worker, writer, and educator, with a history of being a bodyworker & rare books research assistant. Diana Rose has written quite a bit for HausWitch’s community page, served as one half of the Rosebud Tarot, contributed an article on the ethics of astrological prediction to WIRED, and has been featured in many podcasts from The Astrology Podcast to Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness. Three times, she’s been a lecturer at NORWAC and we are so excited to have her on the podcast here today.
we discuss —
* Venus, Sun + Mercury opposing Uranus
* Venus, Sun + Mercury square Saturn
* Total Lunar Eclipse in Taurus
* Venus, Sun + Mercury trine Jupiter Rx
* Venus, Mercury + Sun enter Sagittarius
* Jupiter stations direct!
* Mars Rx tr…
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Oct 20, 2022
exploring the dark houses — the 8th house
mary grace kicks off our dark houses mini-series by talking about the 8th house — what are some of its most common meanings + significations and how to work with it.“Give yourself to loss, and when you’re lost you’ll be at home.” Tao Te Ching 23
we discuss —
* What are astrological Houses?
* What are the dark houses? + why are they called that?
* What are some of the meanings of the 8th house?
* Is it “bad” if I have a planet in the 8th house?
* What does this terrain + topics invite me into?
LINKS
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
Episode w— Alkistis Dimech + the occulted body
Episode on The Abundance
Episode on Honoring our Death Seasons
Episode on Creating with the Underworld
*Mentioned in the episode—*
For the Wild episode w— mycologist Giuliana Furci
Article on Venus Retrograde
Dark Nights of the Soul, book by Thomas Moore
Tao Te Ching, translated by Ursula K. LeGuin
Book an astrology consultation.
*Free Resources —*
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Oct 13, 2022
Beloved Economies + 7 Practices to Cultivate Economic Imagination w— Jess Rimington
Next-economy strategist + practitioner Jess Rimington joins us today to talk about the power of imagination to transform work and economies. Her new book Beloved Economies is a beautiful and visionary co-creative undertaking that brings together powerful research that shows us 7 Practices that help us redesign our economic world.
“You don’t have to know what -ism you are or aren’t to start changing how you work… We can just start together, and see where we end up.”
Jess Rimington is a small-business practitioner and next-economy strategist focused on ethics and methodologies of post-capitalism. She is the co-author of Beloved Economies: Transforming How We Work which offers readers an imagination-expanding vision of work and seven practices as a springboard for changing how we work. Jess served as co-director of the Beloved Economies research initiative, learning alongside more than sixty organizations and companies that were boldly breaking out of business as usual and gen…
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Oct 6, 2022
How to Work Shorter : The Benefits + Why of Working Less — Book Summary
Today, mary grace walks you through the highlights of Shorter, a book all about how to work smarter, better and less.
“Who does the current default working schedule exclude by the nature of its design?”
Join us for Notion Nerd Night! Next meet-up is October 12👩💻
we discuss —
* The problem of overwork + burnout, and some of the thinking that fuels that behavior (even when you work for yourself!)
* The possible benefits of shorter working hours
* The difference between flexible hours + shorter working hours
* How attention, focus + productivity are social, not just individual
* Shorter work asks for quality hours instead of quantity hours
* Why leadership + ownership is an essential ingredient to better work
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*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —
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Episode w— Kalpana Arias
Episode w— Octavia Raheem
Burn Out + Water Medicine
*Mentioned in the episode—
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*Shorter*, book by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
*Emergent Strategy*, book by Adrienne Mar…
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Sep 29, 2022
Full Moon in Aries + Solar Eclipse in Scorpio — Astrology Forecast for October 2022
Charm Torres + mary grace guide you through the upcoming astrology for October 2022, including : the Full Moon in Aries, Partial Solar Eclipse in Scorpio, Jupiter’s final return to Pisces and Mars stationing retrograde in Gemini.
Charm Torres is a professional astrologer, tarot reader and writer. She intends to support people to connect with their agency by offering nuanced and collaborative astrological narratives of her clients' lived experiences. Charm is a contributor and has been featured in the CHANI App, CUSP, Chatelaine, BBC, Global News Online, NFLUX Magazine, and Beside Online Magazine. She utilizes astrology and tarot as storytelling and remedial tools to understand human life in its various cycles and assist people in mobilizing their healing and goals. As an ancient wisdom system, Charm believes astrology can support humans in living life with reverence, grace and humour.
we discuss —
* Mercury stationing direct in Virgo
* Pluto stations direct
* Full Moon in…
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Sep 22, 2022
Creating with the Underworld w— Emily Prentice
Today, we’re diving deep into the Underworld to see what tools, teachings + resources it has for us in all seasons of life. Emily Prentice joins us to talk about the inevitable change the Underworld brings us, how our creative practices can be a practice for embracing joy and what is and is not our responsibility as mere mortals.
“The infinite has to live in tandem with the very, very temporary.”
Emily Prentice is an artist and facilitator living in Elkins, WV. Through The Center for Underworld Studies, she organizes and edits a monthly zine called Mycelium Mag. She also facilitates Art & The Underworld, a community of explorers who delve into the below through their creative practice. Emily is a proponent of anti-hierarchy and non-linearity, and she believes every human can access the generative energy of the underground. All we need to do is dig deep.
we discuss —
* What is the Underworld? Is it always about mythology, or sadness + death?
* How the infinite and the te…
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Sep 15, 2022
Experience the World as Alive w— herbalist Sarah Corbett of Rowan + Sage
What does it mean to connect with the natural world? This episode with herbalist + astrologer Sarah Corbett guides us into a story where humans are the stewards, caretakers and community of all beings around us and offers simple steps to make our way back to that reality.
“We are already in relationship with Nature, at all times…Stepping into an animist worldview asks us to recognize that we are a part of the world, that there is no separation between us.”
Sarah Corbett is a clinical herbalist, non-diet nutritional therapy practitioner, and traditional astrologer who is passionate about helping others come into relationship with the natural world. She is the founder of Rowan + Sage, where she shares handcrafted astrologically-aligned herbal products, works with clients in her clinical practice, and guides others on their plant path through educational programs and mentorship. Sarah’s work weaves together the old ways with the new to create powerful, evidence-based offerings t…
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Sep 8, 2022
A Soundwalk w— Artist Erin Palovick
Artist Erin Palovick introduces you to a Sound Walk — how to do it, where it comes from and why does it matter? You’ll hear curated sounds from her collected listening and a series of prompts so you can go out into the world and perform + relate to your own.“What do we have learn from the unknown?”
erin palovick is a multimedia artist who focuses on togetherness. her practice situates itself at the intersection of performance, installation, and research.
she experiments with a wide variety of materials and immaterials as a way to learn and unlearn, complicating frameworks and goals to listen out for a multitude of awarenesses. she works along themes of embodied perception and what it means to care.
palovick received her BFA from Georgia State University in 2010 and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
Episode on The Abundance
Episode on Interstellar Listening
*More about our guest —*
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Sep 1, 2022
Full Moon in Pisces + New Moon in Libra — Astrology Forecast September 2022 w— Ari Felix
Ari Felix + mary grace guide you through the upcoming astrology for September 2022, including : the Full Moon in Pisces, New Moon in Libra, Mercury’s retrograde and tracking Venus’ journey through Virgo.
Ari is a multidisciplinary philosopher and Seer dedicated to being in sacred relationship with the Planetary Ancestors (including the earth). Through their grief literate and trauma informed practice, they’ve supported shapeshifters and worldbuilders in creating self-love and spiritual freedom for over a decade.
we discuss —
* Mercury opposite Jupiter Rx
* Venus enters Virgo
* Mercury stations retrograde
* Full Moon in Pisces
* Sun enters Libra - Equinox
* New Moon in Libra
* Venus enters Libra
* more💫
*LINKS*
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
Episode on The Abundance
Episode w— Kalpana Arias
*More about our guest —*
Ari’s website
Ari’s substack
Ari’s IG @saltwater.stars
*Mentioned in the episode—*
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Aug 25, 2022
Burn Out, Joy + Accountability to the Soul w— Langston Kahn
Somatic + shamanic practitioner Langston Kahn weaves us through our mutual accountabilities to our constellation of selves + collective healing.
Join us as we talk about the difference between happiness + joy, the spiritual roots of burn-out and how we can re-frame triggers as gifts towards our healing.
we discuss*—*
* The difference between joy and happiness
* How we can cultivate coherence between our different layers of self + expression
* What it looks like to be (fiercely) accountable to the soul
* Contextualizing our spirituality as part of the whole cultural context
* Moving in and out of collective and individual healing
* What accountability can look like as it relates to burn-out, over-giving, codependence, and perfectionism
* What it looks like to be accountable to the soul
* How to make more coherent choices by recognizing our multiplicity of selves
* The value of being triggered + how we can use triggers as gifts
* On collaborating with apocalypse…
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Aug 18, 2022
Connecting with Nature in a Digital Age w— Kalpana Arias
Are technology + nature separate? At odds? Climate activist + ecosomatics educator Kalpana Arias joins the podcast to talk about embodied regeneration and ways to think more openly at the intersection of tech and climate. She asks us to remember our body as an ecosystem and to see ourselves as a part of the environment we’re in whether we live in the city or not.
“If we lose interaction with nature, we’ll lose nature [itself] because we’ll lose not only will, we’ll lose forms of interaction, and we’ll lose the skills to be able to interact with nature.” — Peter Khan from Nature in the Digital Age,
Kalpana is a tech-anthropologist, climate activist, and ecosomatics educator currently working at the intersection between technology, nature, and urban design. In 2020 they founded Nowadays On Earth; a platform advocating for contact with nature in the digital age and growing environmental justice for individual and planetary wellbeing.
we discuss —
* what is ecosomat…
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Aug 11, 2022
the Abundance by Annie Dillard — a Book Summary by mary grace allerdice
Seeing, making + trusting the world. These are 3 themes that stood out to me the most while reading Annie Dillard’s essay collection, The Abundance. I will walk you through my summary of some of the most compelling quotes, ideas and prompts from this stunning compilation.
“There is something you find interesting, for a reason hard to explain because you have never read it on any page; there you begin. You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment.” — Annie Dillard
we discuss —
* the structure of the Abundance by Annie Dillard
* Theme #1 — Seeing, sensing or paying attention to the world
* Theme #2 — Embodying that attention by creating
* Theme #3 — the World is beautiful… trust the world
NOTE : for the first theme I discuss “seeing” a lot, and the kind of “seeing” i’m talking about is more of an awareness, attention and a presence. This kind of “seeing” is not dependent on actual, physical sight.
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Aug 4, 2022
Grief Threads : How Sewing Can Help Us Heal w— Melissa Word
Sewing as a way of holding grief and mending our hearts. Join artist + facilitator Melissa Word as we dive into embodied ways of reconciling and creativity as a powerful way to be together and move through grief.
Melissa Word is an artist, dancer, writer and facilitator. Her work takes the form of live performance, workshops, textile collages, drawings and newsletters. She specializes in creating transformative group experiences for people who want to feel more creative and connected to themselves–quilting classes for grief, movement classes for anxiety relief and body image repair, voice work for expanding consciousness. Her workshops can be found on her website, and her writing can be read regularly on her substack publication, Trust Fall.
we discuss —
* embodied ways of reconciling differences
* creativity as medium for moving through grief
* embracing our personal complexity
* the value of a marginal perspective
* sewing as meditation
* working with textiles as a…
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Jul 28, 2022
Full Moon in Aquarius + New Moon in Virgo — Astrology + Energy Forecast August 2022 w— Pao Rodelas
In this episode, mary grace + Pao Rodelas walk you through the astrology forecast for August 2022, including : Mars conj Uranus, the Full Moon in Aquarius, the New Moon in Virgo + Venus entering Leo.
Pao Rodelas is an astrologer who recently moved to Queens, NY from Hawai’i. She practices traditional astrology, with a focus on natal, solar returns, electional, and horary. She co-hosts two astrology podcasts: Fixed Astrology Podcast and Pinaystrology. Her big 3 are: Leo Sun, Taurus Moon, and Taurus Rising. Pao is also a competitive powerlifter, community organizer, and communications director. Follow her on Twitter, IG, and TikTok: @paostrology, for content on astrology, cats, worker organizing, and more. Website: paostrology.com
we discuss —
* Mars conjunct Uranus + N. Node
* Mercury in Virgo
* Mars square Saturn
* Full Moon in Aquarius
* Venus in Leo
* Mars enters Gemini
* Mercury in Libra
* New Moon in Virgo
* more 💫
*LINKS*
*If you enjoyed the episode,…
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Jun 30, 2022
Full Moon in Capricorn + New Moon in Leo — Astrology + Energy Forecast July 2022
in today's episode, we explore the astrology of July 2022. this includes mars squaring pluto, mars + mercury leaving their home signs, the full moon in capricorn, venus entering cancer, the sun entering Leo, Jupiter stationing retrograde, and the new moon in leo.As opposed to the social butterfly, overbooking energy we had in June, this month things become more concentrated. Fewer decisions, fewer information streams. More tides, more connection, more internal + more quiet.
we discuss —
* Mars squaring Pluto
* Mars entering Taurus with the North Node + Uranus
* Mercury entering Cancer
* Full moon in Capricorn
* Mercury cazimi
* Mercury + the Sun opposing Pluto
* Venus entering Cancer
* Mercury entering Leo
* Sun entering Leo
* Mercury squaring Mars
* Jupiter stationing retrograde
* New moon in Leo
*LINKS*
*Mentioned in the episode—*
Learn more about the Cosmic Calendar here!
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Jun 2, 2022
Full Moon in Sagittarius + New Moon in Cancer — Astrology + Energy Forecast June 2022
in today's episode, we explore the astrology of June 2022. this includes mercury stationing direct, Saturn stationing retrograde, Venus’ journey through Taurus + Gemini, the full moon in Sagittarius, the solstice, and the upcoming new moon in Cancer.
This New Moon in Cancer is comfortable. It’s helped. It’s helping. It’s fertile. It’s rejuvenating. There’s a sense of abundance, possibility and hope with this lunation.
we discuss —
* insights from my podcast break (which i’m extending through July)
* Mercury stationing direct + re-entering Gemini
* Saturn stationing retrograde
* Venus + Uranus conjunction in Taurus
* Venus squaring Saturn rx
* Full moon in Sagittarius
* Sun enters Cancer + solstice
* Venus entering Gemini
* New moon in Cancer
* Neptune stationing retrograde
*LINKS*
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
* May’s astrology + energy forecast
* Burn out + water medicine
*Mentioned in the episode—*
Learn more about the…
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Apr 28, 2022
Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio + New Moon in Gemini— Astrology + Energy Forecast May 2022
In today's episode, we look ahead to the astrology for May 2022. This includes Venus, Jupiter & Mars in Aries, Mercury retrograde in Gemini & Taurus, the Lunar eclipse in Scorpio, Sun in Gemini, and the new moon in Gemini. We also talk about permission to rest, a podcast pause for spring, and a few exciting announcements.What can I do with what I have that feels good?
*we discuss —*
* the new home—body website!
* a podcast pause in May & June
* Notion Nerd Night is back! on May 11
* the Cosmic Weather waitlist
* Venus, Jupiter & Mars in Aries
* Sun conjunct Uranus
* Mercury retrograde in Gemini & Taurus
* Lunar eclipse in Scorpio
* Mars conjunct Neptune
* Sun in Gemini
* Venus in Taurus
* Mars conjunct Jupiter
* New moon in Gemini
*LINKS*
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
* Finding the Courage to Prioritize Rest w— Octavia Raheem
* Burn Out + Water Medicine
*Mentioned in the episode—*
Get the Cosmic Calendar *here!*
Notion Nerd Ni…
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Apr 21, 2022
Herbalism as a lifestyle, adaptogens + transformative plants w— Rachelle Robinett
Clinical Herbalist + founder of Pharmakon Supernatural joins us to talk about herbalism as a lifestyle, adaptogens, common protein myths + how small, simple acts with plants can open up transformation for us. “There is so much yearning for us to be cared for in a holistic way.”
Rachelle Robinett, RH (AHG) is a Registered Clinical Herbalist, Holistic Health Practitioner and Founder of Pharmakon Supernatural — a plant-based real-world wellness initiative. Rachelle combines her knowledge of herbal and traditional medicine, plant–based nutrition, and habit remodeling into holistic solutions for busy individuals seeking best-being in their bodies and minds. Rachelle maintains a private coaching practice in New York, founded and manages Pharmakon Supernatural, and is the creator of HRBLS — herbal remedy gummies for stress-anxiety relief, energy-endurance, and digestive health. Her passions include writing, educating, functional wellness, travel, and the exploration of the human ex…
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Apr 14, 2022
Full Moon in Libra — Astrology + Energy Forecast April 2022
Today’s episode carries you through the second half of this very full astrological month, including the Full Moon in Libra + the upcoming eclipse at the end of the month, coinciding with one of the most positive aspects of the year.
*we discuss —*
* Mars enters Pisces
* Full Moon in Libra
* Mercury conjunct Uranus
* Sun square Pluto
* Sun enters Taurus
* Venus conjunct Neptune
* Solar eclipse in Taurus
* Venus conjunct Jupiter in Pisces
*LINKS*
*Mentioned in the episode—*
Tantra Illuminated, book by Christopher Wallis
“This is what was bequeathed us,” poem by Gregory Orr
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Sign up for Notion Nerd Nights
take the free Water Medicine quiz
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Apr 7, 2022
Having the Courage to Prioritize Rest w— Octavia Raheem
Author, mother, business owner + yogi Octavia Raheem joins us to talk about why we are afraid to rest and why we must prioritize it. Learn more as she shares about what courage has to do with rest and how she relates to what is urgent in our world.“You are allowed to change as many times as you need to become your authentic self."
*Octavia Raheem* has received national attention for her work training yoga teachers and diversifying the yoga and wellness industry. Octavia’s work as a yoga professional focuses on practical tools to teach individuals how to manage stress, anxiety, and fatigue through restorative yoga, yoga nidra, and meditation in a way that is accessible to all levels/abilities, and restorative to the nervous system. Her work has been featured on Yoga Journal, Mantra Magazine, Well+ Good CNN, WXIA, and Atlanta Magazine.
Octavia is a yoga teacher with 14 years of experience and nearly 10,000 hours of leading yoga classes, immersions, and trainings in various settings…
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Mar 31, 2022
New Moon in Aries — Astrology + Energy Forecast April 2022
Look ahead to the astrology forecast for the month of April starting with the Aries New Moon and leading into the glamorous entrance of Venus into Pisces.
*we discuss —*
* Notion Nerd Nights! starting April 13
* Aries New Moon
* Saturn + Mars conjunction
* Venus entering Pisces
* Mercury in Taurus
* Jupiter conjunct Neptune
*LINKS*
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
Of Selkies + Cycles
*Mentioned in the episode—*
Sign up for Notion Nerd Nights
“On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous”, poem by Ocean Vuong
“Shut Up + Repair”, newsletter entry by Courtney Martin
*Free Resources —*
Want to know where the transits are landing in your chart? Grab this free cheat sheet for understanding the astrological houses.
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Mar 24, 2022
Self-Reclamation + Permission to Change Your Mind
In this final episode in our Water Medicine mini-series, we discuss the Selkie + the Moon archetypes. The one invites us into full ownership of our whole selves and the other invites us into embracing change both within and without ourselves.“We want to be present with these changing moments because then we can be a part of it in a co-creative way instead of just letting it happen to us.”
*we discuss —*
* the Selkie invitation to reclaim yourself
* the courage needed to put lost desire back on the table
* how self-reclamation can disrupt the status quo
* one of my personal Selkie stories
* embracing the Moon as an archetype of change + permission to change
* why waiting is sometimes the best way to participate in change
* how the Moon invites us to be present to what our body’s limitations
*Learn more about Water Medicine here. *
*LINKS*
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
Episode on Burn Out + Water Medicine
*Free Resources —*
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Mar 17, 2022
Virgo Full Moon— Astrology + Energy Forecast March 2022
An astrology forecast for the second half of March 2022, including the Virgo Full Moon and the Sun entering Aries. We also talk about the Water Medicine of Flow, and why we must learn to surrender for the sake of longevity, rescues and receiving.“Flow brings this little whisper that says : the Universe wants to have your back.”
*we discuss —*
* Full Moon in Virgo
* Venus square Uranus
* Sun in Aries
* Mercury conjunct Jupiter
* Mars square Uranus
* Mercury conjunct Neptune
* Mercury enters Aries
* Venus conjunct Saturn
* Why Flow demands surrender and opening up to a greater Force
*LINKS*
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
Episode w— Rachelle Knowles
Episode w— Amelia Hruby
*Free Resources —*
take the free Water Medicine quiz
*Mentioned in the Episode —
*"Stay", poem by Diane Mehta
*Stay Connected —*
Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens.
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*Learn…
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Mar 10, 2022
Create a Healthy Attachment to your Creative Callings
Can we be codependent with our calling? What does that look like? This episode discusses some of the common ways we get over-attached to how our calling plays out, sometimes to the point of self-sabotage; and we discuss why even your relationship with your creativity needs to be reciprocal.“Just because something is your light and your calling doesn’t mean it has to be unreciprocated. It needs to become the right size where it is pouring back into your life in a tangible, life-giving way.”
*we discuss —*
* Why you are definitely creative + why it’s one of your most valuable resources
* The two extremes of relating to your Creativity
* How it’s possible to be codependent with your calling + what that looks like
* Why it’s important to be in reciprocity with your creative work
* One of my personal stories about “giving up” in order for my calling to be more generative
* Why the world needs your creative gifts, solutions and perspectives
*LINKS
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Mar 3, 2022
Burn Out + Water Medicine
Burn out has become so prevalent we almost accept it as a way of life. In this episode, we talk about some of the interconnections of burn out with your spiritual-emotional life and what Water Medicine can do to help.“Elementally, burn out is when Fire has overpowered the Water for too much, for too long.”
*we discuss —*
* What is burn out + what are some of the root causes?
* What are some of the unconscious causes + coping mechanisms of burn out?
* Why burn out isn’t just destructive to you as an “individual” person.
* Why we should lean into Water Medicine as an antidote to burn out
* Why it’s important to invite all of your identities into expression
*LINKS
Learn more about **Water Medicine.** *
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
* Episode w— Rachelle Knowles
* Episode w— Tami + Selima Lust
*Free Resources —*
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*Stay Connected —*
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Feb 24, 2022
New Moon in Pisces — Astrology + Energy Forecast March 2022
Look ahead to the astrology for the first half of March 2022, including the New Moon in Pisces and Mercury entering Pisces. We’ll also look at the Star card from the Tarot an archetype for the energy forecast for this month, bringing hope that is raw and real."In the Star, we find that there are pieces of us that are survivable — that extend and live beyond the crumbling of external structures. And that is a deep, resilient, place of Hope."
*we discuss —*
* New Moon in Pisces
* Mercury conjunct Saturn
* Venus + Mars conjunct Pluto
* Sun conjunct Jupiter
* Mars + Venus entering Aquarius
* Mercury enters Pisces
* the Star card in the Tarot as an illustration of hope
*LINKS*
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out —*
Episode w— Amelia Hruby
Episode on Interstellar Communication
*Mentioned in the episode—*
Erotic Ecologies + Embodiments — Watch the replay
“Dawn Callers”, poem by Alberto Ríos
“On a Spaceship Somewhere, Long After Empire’s Collap…
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Feb 17, 2022
KINtalks : Rest + Resources w— Rachelle Knowles
Managing energy, prayer, your body, Saturn... What do limits, boundaries + surrender have to teach us about relating to our resources? How do we honor ourselves by creating more alignment between our values and our embodiment? Open up to a more expansive definition of resources and learn how pacing (+ Pilates) has showed up to help us become a more full expression of who we are.
*we discuss —*
* How we can engage with pacing as rest
* Why it’s not always “mind over matter” #trauma
* Appreciating a wide array of intelligences
* The role of surrender + prayer in self-evolution and expression
* New ways we’re thinking about resources + what we need to become ourselves
* How our physical and somatic practices have helped us shift through emotional or spiritual obstacles
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Feb 10, 2022
Full Moon in Leo — Astrology + Energy Forecast February 2022
This Full Moon in Leo, gather the collective that you feel special with. Explore the remainder of February’s astrology including the upcoming Full Moon + the Sun’s entrance into Pisces.“Remember that there is will for life, desire for life, inside of you. Bring those desires back onto the table. And not just any table, but a table you are invested in making beautiful.”
*we discuss —*
* Full Moon in Leo
* Mars conjunct Venus in Capricorn
* Mars + Venus conjoining Vesta
* Choosing desire + tending your sacred fire
* Sun entering Pisces
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“Civitas,” poem by Mia Kang
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Feb 3, 2022
Investing in Community + Health thru Local Food w— Fresh Harvest
Eat local! But why?? In this episode, we feature an Atlanta-based company that is changing the way farmers do business and helping get local food into the hands of more people. This conversation offers food for thought around creating alignment in your work, running a mission-driven, profitable business and investing in your community (+ your health) through food.*“When I think about local food, it’s an investment in our bodies in the long term. Everyone should have access to that.”*
Paula Seville is the Marketing Manager for *Fresh Harvest*, which is a residential delivery service that works with local Georgia farms to bring fresh, organic produce, dairy, meats, breads, and groceries right to people's doors. Prior to joining Fresh Harvest, she owned and operated a catering company focused on sourcing locally. Fresh Harvest has a unique model that helps farmers grow their businesses, reduces waste + provides jobs for local refugees..
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* The brokenness of our…
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Jan 27, 2022
New Moon in Aquarius — Astrology + Energy Forecast February 2022
Dip your toe into February’s astrology with a forecast looking at the New Moon in Aquarius, Mercury stationing direct + the first half of the month. We’ll also take a look at the Two of Pentacles in the Tarot as an energetic guide for our journey.“We have to also capture moments of joy... to replenish our flexibility.”
*we discuss —*
* New Moon in Aquarius
* Mercury stationing Direct
* Mars sextile Jupiter
* Mercury entering Aquarius (again)
* the Two of Pentacles
* invitations to practice joy, levity, surrender, even funny, so we can keep up with the movement + the balance asked of us
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KINtalks episode w— Amelia Hruby
Imbolc episode from 2021
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The Gentle Tarot
I Love Lucy chocolate factory skit
Thich Nhat Hanh
Ten Love Letters to the Earth, by Thich Nhat Hanh
Zen + the Art of Saving the Planet, book by Thich Nhat Hanh
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Jan 20, 2022
KINtalks : Redefining Service through our Connections w—Amelia Hruby
Can service be pleasurable? How do I take care of myself while caring for others? These questions often take center stage in our conversations about self-care, providing services, creating businesses and making change. In today’s episode, Amelia Hruby + Mary Grace unpack the relationship between our connections + service — how they inform one other + how they help us envision lives that are more in alignment with who we are."What are systems for collecting care and resources so that pouring back into those is just a part of how we live our lives?"
Amelia Hruby is a feminist writer, speaker & founder of podcast studio Softer Sounds. Over the past decade, she’s been a a university professor, a community organizer, and a radio DJ. Now she helps babes get their voices off social media & onto the airwaves.
*we discuss —*
* reframing our life as an ecosystem
* how connection is essential to our full expression
* is service something “extra” that we do?
* the relationsh…
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Jan 13, 2022
Full Moon in Cancer — Astrology + Energy Forecast January 2022
This episode guides you through the astrology for the second half of January 2022, including: the Full Moon in Cancer, Mercury stationing retrograde, Venus stationing direct + Mars entering Capricorn. This full moon, how can you prioritize care over power? How can you take back any of your buried power via care?
*we discuss —*
* Mercury stationing Rx
* Full Moon in Cancer
* Uranus stationing Direct
* The Nodes changing signs
* the Sun entering Aquarius
* Mars enters Capricorn
* Venus stations Direct
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* the New Moon in Capricorn — Astrology + Energy Forecast for January 2022
* Align With Your Body. Align with Nature. w— Alyssa Benjamin
* Plant Wisdom, Humanity + the Microbiome w— Lauren Haynes of Wooden Spoon Herbs
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Hormone Intelligence, book by Aviva Romm, M.D.
“Praise the Rain,” poem by Joy Harjo
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Jan 6, 2022
Align with your Body, Align with Nature w— Alyssa Benjamin
Back-to-nature guide Alyssa Benjamin tells us how re-aligning with our bodies is re-aligning with nature, the value of winter seasons of life, + what she’s learned from a healing journey with her digestion.“Every place and person has a belonging to it.”
Alyssa Benjamin is a writer, intuitive coach, back to nature guide and founder of the Our Nature Studio, which explores the methods, systems and practices that bring us into harmony and alignment with the natural world. On behalf of Our Nature, she hosts workshops, retreats, courses and a podcast where she speaks with experts from a variety of fields about how reconnecting to the nature around us helps us reconnect to the nature within us.
*we discuss —*
* How we can relate more holistically to the idea of Winter — both in nature and in the inner seasons of life
* Digestion difficulties — all the ways our life and our body is digesting the world around us
* Alyssa’s personal healing journey around digestion and wh…
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Dec 30, 2021
New Moon in Capricorn — Astrology + Energy Forecast January 2022
Meet the upcoming astrology transits for January 2022, including : the New Moon in Capricorn, Venus retrograde updates + Mercury moving into Aquarius. This episode also contains an energy forecast about how we can approach this moment + what might be holding us back.
“Can we be open to finding belonging in each new place?”
*we discuss —*
* Sun trine Uranus
* the New Moon in Capricorn
* Mercury entering Aquarius
* Venus conjunct the Sun
* Mars square Neptune
* the importance of transitions to arrive whole
* how we go further together
* what happens when we over-stabilize our lives
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Episode on Saturn square Uranus
Episode with more on Venus Rx
Episode on how it is (+ isn’t) safe to be human
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“Encouraging Nature through Farming with Author James Rebanks” blog post
Emergent Strategy, bo…
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Dec 23, 2021
Dancing with Daimons + the Occulted Body w— Alkistis Dimech
Artist, writer + publisher Alkistis Dimech highlights the daimonic space and what it means to interact with what she calls "the occulted body." She muses on how the body holds magic and is an ever-unfolding landscape in the dance that is life. We discuss the goddess Babalon, the pleasures of this world and the flesh, and orienting to different narratives about time. It sparkles."We can’t think in this finite way, in this defeatist way. Even if everything is ending…We can’t but bring joy and beauty into the world." Alkistis Dimech
Alkistis Dimech is a writer + artist – working principally with dance and the body. Her practice is grounded in butô (dark dance). Her work explores the occulted dimensions of the body and its subtle anatomy as an archaeology of the flesh. With Peter Grey, she is the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint, an independent press which publishes practitioner-oriented works on the occult, esotericism + magic.
*we discuss —*
* The “occulted body” + rejec…
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Dec 16, 2021
Decolonizing Health with Plants w— Miranda Aponte
Herbalist + podcaster Miranda Aponte joins us today to talk about how plants invite us to take our power back and remember how to listen to our bodies. In this conversation, we talk about go-to herbs for the skin + the magical simplicity of a facial steam. We also talk about the complexity of plants and how they show up differently for different people; and we go on a meta journey into some of the core differences between contemporary Western medicine and plant medicine. No either/or conversations here, but Miranda shares about why it's important to take our power back when it comes to our bodies and how plants can help us learn to listen to ourselves, the natural world and build that bridge towards healing and trust."Plants are a whole beings like us. They are complex. They're multi-dimensional. They're a spiritual being as much as they're a physical being. They have different relationships to each of us."
Miranda Aponte is a boriqua curandera and the founder of Mariposa. Mariposa wa…
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Dec 9, 2021
cultivating courage, surviving life's compost piles + why KIN? — rachelle knowles + mary grace allerdice
Join us for a mutual interview + conversation on courage, surviving life's compost piles and what the word "kin" means to us. Ponder how you approach the decisions that make up the ecosystem of your life and the relationship between your beliefs + actions (spoiler alert: it's not about changing your thoughts).
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* what we relate to our calling — how it alchemizes + changes over time
* the role of trust in self-actualization
* what the word "KIN" means to us and how it holds our desires/dreams for the world
* undoing the idea that we have to be exceptional, best or unique in the right ways
* what we’ve learned from times we’ve missed the mark and ended up in the compost pile
* our ideas of courage and how it influences how we live
* the relationship between beliefs and actions
* how we can orient to what feels good and noting whether or not we are satisfiable
* honoring the body as a compass and it’s adipose tissue ;)
* how we approach living…
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Dec 2, 2021
Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius — Astrology + Energy Forecast December 2021
This episode is a map to the major astrological transits for this last month of 2021, including : the upcoming eclipse in Sagittarius, Venus stationing retrograde, the final Saturn-Uranus square and Jupiter returning to Pisces. So much movement happening this month! But this episode walks you through the major themes in a way that gives you context without confusion so you can move mindfully through your holiday season.Underworlds are not punishments. The Underworld is an initiation and a transition.
This episode is brought to you by Tracee Stanley's bestselling book Radiant Rest. Radiant Rest is a comprehensive and exquisite guide to the ancient, accessible practice of yoga nidra — a deep relaxation technique that allows you to rest in spacious awareness while you connect to your innate power and wisdom. Order your copies at RadiantRest.com and learn more about Tracee's work on her website www.traceeyoga.com and on Instagram @tracee_stanley.
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* Solar Eclipse in…
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Nov 25, 2021
Step Into Your Ancestral Work — Felicia Ruiz
In this episode, curandera + indigenous foods activist Felicia Ruiz shares with us the importance of connecting to your ancestry and how to begin working with your ancestors. She shares with us what holds people back from connecting to their roots and what belonging + transformation can unfold when we undertake this healing invitation.
Felicia is a curandera, indigenous foods activist, and natural foods chef whose work is deeply rooted in the healing properties of all earth medicines. Her business name came to be after friends lovingly called her "the kitchen curandera", as she was often creating healing foods and remedies in her tiny adobe kitchen.
Her work has been featured in Food & Wine, Spirituality & Health, and on "Padma Lakshmi's Taste The Nation" among many other platforms. Felicia lives in the Sonoran Desert with her husband, and she has a book coming out this month called Earth Medicines. We have a link below where you can order or pre-order your copy.
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Nov 18, 2021
Honoring Our Death Seasons — mary grace allerdice
An out-loud contemplation, or riff, on death seasons. These times, like Autumn, ask us to shed, to pull in, to move closer towards the center which knows our discomfort. How can we honor the irritations, the chafing? How can we set the table, prepare a meal and offer nourishment to our fears?
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* Episode w— Michael J Morris
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Nov 11, 2021
Lunar Eclipse in Taurus — Astrology + Energy Forecast for November 2021
Walk through the astrological weather for the second half of November including the Lunar Eclipse in Taurus and the Sun + Mercury entering Sagittarius. Get a sense of the dynamics and energies to expect and lean into the closing poems that bring us from a place of burning to one of shining.Around me the trees stir in their leaves and call out, “Stay awhile.” — Mary Oliver
*we discuss —*
* Mercury opposite Uranus
* Mars opposite Uranus
* Lunar Eclipse in Taurus
* Sun entering Sagittarius
* Mercury entering Sagittarius
* A poem prescription for intense times
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* Episode on the New Moon in Scorpio
*Mentioned in the episode—*
* Figuring, book by Maria Popova
* Medusa, sculpture by Harriet Hosmer
* "A Small Story about the Sky," poem by Alberto Ríos
* "Kinship," poem by Ursula K. LeGuin
* "When I am Among the Trees," poem by Mary Oliver
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Nov 4, 2021
Burn-out, Joy + Accountability to the Soul — Langston Kahn
Langston Kahn weaves us through our mutual accountabilities to our constellation of selves + collective healing. Join us as we talk about the difference between happiness + joy, the spiritual roots of burn-out and how we can re-frame triggers as gifts towards our healing."There's a certain joy that arises out of a fierce accountability to the soul."
LANGSTON KAHN is a Black, Queer teacher and shamanic practitioner who specializes in radical human transformation, ancestral healing, and restoring an authentic relationship with our emotions.
He stands firmly at the crossroads; his practice informed by somatic modalities, contemporary shamanic traditions, initiations into traditions of the African diaspora, and his helping spirits and ancestors weaving it all together.
Langston gives workshops and lectures internationally, in person and online. He is a senior teacher in the Cycle of Transformation and has served for 5 years in the Last Mask Community, a collective of people striving to…
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Oct 28, 2021
New Moon in Scorpio — Astrology + Energy Forecast November 2021
This episode guides you through the New Moon in Scorpio as well as the astrology for the first half of November 2021, including : Venus entering Capricorn, Mercury entering Scorpio and Mars square Saturn. You'll also find an energetic forecast to help you navigate November's cosmological with care, awareness + magic.What is the vision that stretches you towards becoming who you Know you already are?
*we discuss —*
* New Moon in Scorpio
* Venus enters Capricorn (for a long time!)
* Mercury enters Scorpio
* Mercury conjunct Mars + square Saturn
* Mars square Saturn
* a divination + energetic forecast for the month of November 2021
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* Episode on Deep Alignment
* Episode on Your Mythic Life
*Mentioned in the episode—*
* Lizzo on My Next Guest Needs No Introduction w— David Letterman
* Big Fish, movie by Tim Burton
* Lord of the Rings
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Oct 21, 2021
Wild Hospitality for the Self + the Call — mary grace allerdice
We often bring the cult of the “Individual” to our business practices which boxes us into myopic perspectives that stay within our niche borders. How could we reframe our approach to business more towards that of a Creatrix — where we center the Call that we hear, become a vessel for the Gift + open our arms with wild hospitality?
*we discuss*
* Going against the grain + listening to your Call
* The problem with niche and the cult of the exceptional individual
* Re-thinking the paradigm of marketing towards hospitality
* Creating businesses more like art where we offer gifts
* Leaving space for Spirit to come through
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out—*
Episode on the 3 Landscapes of Purpose
Episode on the Aries Full Moon
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Oct 14, 2021
Full Moon in Aries — Astrology + Energy Forecast October 2021
Astrology forecast for part two of October 2021 including the Full Moon in Aries, Jupiter + Mercury going direct, and the Sun entering Scorpio. This upcoming weather brings an increasingly martial tone with movement, vitality, courage and a fighting spirit.
*we discuss*
* Full Moon in Aries
* Jupiter + Mercury stationing direct
* Sun enters Scorpio
* Mars enters Scorpio
* a poem selection for the Full Moon
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out—*
Episode on Aries New Moon
Episode on Saturn-Uranus square of 2021
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“Look to the New Moon,” poem by Mai Der Vang
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Oct 7, 2021
Plant Wisdom, Humanity + the Microbiome — Lauren Haynes of Wooden Spoon Herbs
Clinical herbalist Lauren Haynes joins us to talk about the privilege of working with plants, the incredible science coming out about the microbiome as well as the wisdom plants have to offer us about how to be more abundant and more human. Lauren is the founder of Wooden Spoon Herbs, which crafts vital herbal products that support a farm-direct supply chain and sources only organic ingredients."Herbalism is a way that I get to love nature."
*we discuss —*
* Lauren's obsession with plants, animals + punk rock that led her to becoming a clinical herbalist
* The spirited creativity of humanity to create things + how that can generate a hopefulness for the future
* How the wellness industry often approaches nature as a commodity
* What is the microbiome and what are its implications for how we understand health + who we are
* How the microbiome informs our understanding of chronic disease
* The challenges + invitations of owning a business while also wanting to align with…
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Sep 30, 2021
New Moon in Libra — Astrology + Energy Forecast October 2021
Forecast for the first half of October 2021 including the upcoming New Moon in Libra, Venus entering Sagittarius + Saturn stationing Direct. Mary Grace shares a channeled message for the month of October and reminds you to take time this month prepare in accordance with your desires, needs + healing.
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*we discuss —*
* Mercury's retrograde journeys
* New Moon in Libra
* Pluto stationing direct
* Venus entering Sagittarius
* Sun conjunct Mars
* Saturn stationing direct
* Preparation, care + rearranging your priorities to reflect your desires
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out—*
*Episode on Deep Alignment is a Portal*
*Mentioned in the episode —*
*"Sunshower,"* poem by Natalie Shapero
*"I Feel Pity," *poem by Dorothea Lasky
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Sep 23, 2021
The Power of Deep Alignment for Beautiful Futures —mary grace allerdice
Physical and energetic alignment connect you to the possibility of your own healing. In this episode, Mary Grace breaks down the concept of alignment, how it connects to your empowerment + what is possible, and how true inspired creativity is an absolute necessity for sustainable futures. At this crest of the climate crisis and mid-extinction event, it is essential for all of us to step into our intuitive power and work towards more regenerative + beautiful futures.
we discuss —
* Why I deleted Instagram
* What is deep alignment in both the physical and energetic bodies
* Some common causes for misalignment
* Why alignment is essential to connect to your center, your personal relationship to source
* What is the point of expression
* Why the world needs your healing now
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Sep 16, 2021
Sound Magic, Creative Listening + Connecting to Intuition — Zaneta Sykes
Sound can be a powerful, creative medium for interconnectedness + magic. Zaneta Sykes is a sound artist, witch and Tarot reader who uses sound for talismans and shares how working with sound helped them heal from PTSD. In this episode, we talk about the intersection of the creativity + intuition, listening as an active role and connecting to meaningful expression without having to justify reasons why.
*we discuss*
* Sound as a way of relating to nature and others
* Their relationship to sound with PTSD and how they used it for healing
* Embracing our true interconnectedness with the world
* How creative practices + intuitive skills can intersect
* Our current culture’s overemphasis on the verbal + the visual
* Releasing the need to justify, quantify and explain things in order for them to be meaningful
*Learn More + Sign Up for Threshold on September 20 w— Alysia Mazzella, Jamesa Hawthorne + Zaneta Sykes**
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Sep 9, 2021
Honeybees, Ritual + Sustainable Beeswax Candles — Alysia Mazzella
Traditional beeswax candlemaker, Alysia Mazzella, talks with us about how honeybees collaborate, the importance of local economies and knowing where your honey (and your candles!) come from. We share about using candles as a way to mark sacred time and what bees can teach us about what sustainable work looks like.
*we discuss*
* Candle making as a vehicle for sacred time and being close to nature
* A historical narrative on human relating with bees and honey
* How bees model working relationships for social sustainability
* Finding ethical, respectful, reciprocal ways of working with nature
* How bees teach her how to run her business and work with others
* Why local economy + purchasing from people you know is important for sustainability
* The benefits of beeswax candles
* Why most store-bought candles are bad for your health + the environment
* Why buying soy candles is supporting climate change
* Alysia’s personal practices with candles to hold ritual
* T…
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Sep 2, 2021
Astrology + Energy Forecast — September 2021
in today's episode, we look ahead to the astrology for September 2021. this includes the New Moon in Virgo, Full Moon in Pisces, Venus entering Scorpio, Mars entering Libra, and Mercury retrograde in Libra. there is also a live channeled message for the month inviting you to sit with desire, allow change in yourself + connections, and know that impermanence is not a failure.
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Episode on w— Vyana Novus
“Grief Work,” poem by Natalie Diaz
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Aug 26, 2021
Wildness, Evolutionary Archetypes + Tarot for Choosing the Soul — Lindsay Mack
"Wildness belongs to everybody."
In this beautiful conversation with Lindsay Mack, we discuss what it looks like to evolve with the Tarot and how to begin to build your unique relationship + perspective with the cards. She asks us to bring more wildness to our intuitive practices and shares ways she chooses the soul when seeking direction in life + business? Lindsay is the founder of the Soul Tarot School + host of the Tarot for the Wild Soul podcast.
We also discuss —
* How she first encountered the Tarot + started working with it
* What “wildness” means to her and how it became essential to her approach
* How she has integrated intuitive practices while also healing trauma
* Using the Tarot for inclusion + evolution
* The Tarot archetypes both inside + outside of the deck
* How the teachings of the cards can change as we change
* The successes + challenges when choosing to be soul-centered in business
* Some of the reasons why we fear resting
* How the Taro…
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Aug 19, 2021
Full Moon in Aquarius — Astrology + Energy Forecast August 2021
today's episode includes a guided tour through the final weeks of the astrology of August 2021 — Full Moon in Aquarius, Sun entering Virgo and Mercury entering Libra. there is also a live channeled message for this lunation period encouraging you to drop expectations of perfection and see the problem as the channel for the solution.
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*If you enjoyed the episode, check out:
*Episode on the Full Moon in Aquarius
Episode on Living out your Promise to Yourself
“Let us Gather in a Flourishing Way”, poem by Juan Felipe Herrera
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Aug 12, 2021
Authentic Success with (or without) Instagram — Johanna Renoth
"Business is one of the most radical courses in self-development."
today, Johanna Renoth + Mary Grace talk about Instagram — how they are (or aren't) using it in life + business and some of the "rules" they've broken around how to do business.
Johanna is an executive + business coach, and her work supports entrepreneurs and leaders in charting their own path and finding success on their own terms. She is also writing her Ph.D on Instagram.
In this episode we talk about :
* The myth of work-life balance and focusing, instead, on being a full human
* Her Ph.D work on Instagram looking at the intersection of political + visual theory
* Thinking about what happens to us when we interact as a brand instead of a human
* Our personal pros + cons engaging with Instagram for business
* How we can re-think our approach to dialogue, compromise + solutions
* The Instagram algorithm + our emotional weather
* How aesthetics give us clues as to what is deemed appropriate + good…
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Aug 5, 2021
New Moon in Leo — Astro + Energy Forecast August 2021
today, mary grace walks you through the astrology of the New Moon in Leo and the astrology for the first half of August 2021. there is also a live channeled message for this week's upcoming New Moon.
in this episode, we discuss:
* Sun square Uranus
* New Moon in Leo
* Venus opposite Neptune
* Mercury + Mars in Virgo
* Venus enters Libra
* a live channeled message for the New Moon in Leo
* poems, which are prayers
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*If you enjoyed the episode, check out:
*Episode on the Full Moon in Aquarius
Episode on Living out your Promise to Yourself
"Resistance," poem by Traci Brimhall
"The Peace of Wild Things," poem by Wendell Berry
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Jul 29, 2021
Postcolonial Astrology w— Alice Sparkly Kat
Guest conversation today with Alice Sparkly Kat. Ace approaches astrology as an intersectional + political practice, and they want to widen our star thinking so we can build new relationships with astrology, one another + ourselves. Their new book Postcolonial Astrology, serves as a history and toolkit, decoding the planets from a postcolonial perspective, and it's now available for purchase.
We discuss —
* how Western astrology is not universal
* intersecting postcolonial thoughts + critical race theory with astrology
* the tension between imagining post-colonialism and creating a false utopia
* Saturn + power dynamics
* magic in our mundane tasks + experiences
* Queer fluidity as its own yearning
* the kinds of stories and epiphanies that show up in sessions with others
* how we mythologize gender
* the idea of Asia + the beginning of the industrial complex
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Jul 22, 2021
Full Moon in Aquarius — Astrology + Energy Forecast July 2021
today, mary grace walks you through the astrology of the Full Moon in Aquarius and the rest of July 2021. this episode also wraps up our final installment in our exploration of Purpose, talking about Purpose as resonance + resilience. there is also a live channeled message for the Full Moon and the ensuing weeks.
in this episode, we discuss:
* Saturday is the last day to sign up for Interstellar Purpose
* the Sun in Leo
* Full Moon in Aquarius
* Mars enters Virgo
* Jupiter re-enters Aquarius
* Mercury enters Leo before it conjoins the Sun and squares Saturn
* Purpose is resonance — the strength of our energetic signal
* Purpose is resilience — our capacity to transform
* a live channeled message for the Full Moon in Aquarius
* poems, which are prayers
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Jul 15, 2021
Your Mythic Life + How We Compose Purpose
usually when we hear the word myth we think about things that are untrue or false, but we're all walking around with a Myth whether we realize it or not. in this episode, mary grace unpacks the invitation that composing your Myth has for generating more Purpose and what it actually means to have a Story.
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*Episode on the Full Moon in Capricorn + the 3 Landscapes of Purpose
Episode on Living out your Promise to Yourself
Episode on What is Deep Alignment?
"Now I Become Myself", poem by May Sarton
"True Myth", poem by Heid E. Erdrich
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Jul 8, 2021
New Moon in Cancer — Astrology + Energy Forecast July 2021
“Your Life can only grow as much as you Love it.”
mary grace talks about the astrology of the New Moon in Cancer and July of 2021. how can we appreciate and identify the opportunities for rest and repair even if they are small ? where can we celebrate the opportunities for invisibility and bathing in what nourishes us? and how can we re-understand growth so it brings more fullness?
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*Episode on the Full Moon in Capricorn + the 3 Landscapes of Purpose
Episode on Living out your Promise to Yourself
Episode on What is Deep Alignment?
"The Cave", poem by Paul Tran
The Song of Achilles, book by Madeline Miller
"Once the World was Perfect," poem by Joy Harjo in her book Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings
Video of Greta Thunberg
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Jul 1, 2021
Purpose is a Promise We Make to Ourselves
Today, mary grace shares an astrological weather update for the first week of July 2021 with Mars + Venus opposite Saturn and squaring Uranus. She also picks up on last week's discussion on the landscapes of Purpose and shares about her own experiences of "the gap" between the heart's thirst for Life and reality, looking at where we are "making things work" and releasing the pressure to "save face." When we can be honest with where + who we are, when can begin to hold hands with our Destiny and honor our alignment on a deeper level that is more true to the Promise of who we want to be.
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*Episode on the Full Moon in Capricorn + the 3 Landscapes of Purpose
Episode on Saturn-Uranus square of 2021
Episode on Closing my Business
Conflict is Not Abuse, book by Sarah Schulman
”my dream about time”, poem by Lucille Clifton
Our Only Allegiance is to One Another, essay by TC Tolbert
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Jun 24, 2021
Full Moon in Capricorn— Astrology + Energy Forecast June 2021
today, mary grace shares about the full moon in Capricorn, Neptune stationing retrograde + Venus's move into the sign of Leo. she also talks about the 3 landscapes of purpose, differentiating between problems and questions and the inevitability of feeling lost. there is also a channeled message for this next two-week lunation period that encourages us to unfold more of our creativity into every area of life. you are boundless.
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*Episode on the June 2021 Solstice
Episode w/ Zaneta Sykes on sound, magic + creative intuition
"Narrative Theology #1" by Padraig O'Tauma from his book Readings from the Book of Exile
"Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other" by Margaret Noodin from her book What the Chickadee Knows
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Jun 17, 2021
Sun in Cancer + Solstice 2021 — Portals for Life
You are a portal for the impulse of Life.
mary grace takes a look at the astrology for the week ahead — Jupiter stations retrograde, Sun enters Cancer - Solstice + Mercury stations direct. she also invites us to look at our connection to life’s heartbeat of ebb and flow, evaluate the levels of reception + offering and to move towards collective, creative action.
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*Episode 76 on the Saturn-Uranus dynamic of 2021
Episode on Interstellar Communication
Episode on how it is both safe (and not safe) to be human
"lake loop", poem by Natalie Diaz
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Jun 10, 2021
Creative Intuition, Interconnectedness + Sound Magic — Zaneta Sykes
Zaneta Sykes is a Brooklyn-based sound artist, witch and Tarot reader who believes sound is a powerful medium for connectivity, empathy + talismans. In this episode, we talk about the intersection of the creative + intuitive processes and the true power of real listening and how listening asks our co-creative attention. Zaneta shares how her relationship to sound changed when she was diagnosed with PTSD and how she was able to titrate her relationship with this magical medium. And we talk about the possibilities that can open up when we can simply embrace the expression of being here as we are.
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Episode on today’s Solar Eclipse in Gemini
Episode on Interstellar Communication
Episode on how it is both safe (and not safe) to be human
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Jun 3, 2021
Gemini Solar Eclipse — Astrology + Energy Forecast June 2021
This week, Mary Grace talks about the astrology of this first half of June 2021, including: Venus in Cancer, Mars opposing Pluto, Solar Eclipse in Gemini, Mars in Leo, + Saturn square Uranus continued. Mary Grace also shares a channeled message encouraging the integrated embodiment of our bravery, the fluidity of our portals + boundaries and allowing ourselves to know ourselves enough to allow for change. How can we lean into comfort + pleasure while also being responsible for our own liberation?
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*Episode 76 on the Saturn-Uranus dynamic of 2021
Episode on Interstellar Communication
Episode on how it is both safe (and not safe) to be human
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May 27, 2021
Yoga Nidra : Meditation for Deeper Rest, Consciousness + Creativity —Tracee Stanley
Tracee Stanley is teacher of yoga + Tantra whose teaching today focuses on honoring life as a ritual. Her new book Radiant Rest is all about the practice of yoga nidra and how it can support a more conscious, creative + awake life.
Tracee was first introduced to yoga while working in the Hollywood film industry, and she shares with us about her journey towards a deeper connection with her dharma. The process of aligning with her vocation asked for a stamina of awareness that was made possible through the practices + teachings of yoga. In her experience, yoga nidra is a portal to our own inner wisdom that can be more accessible than other forms of meditation. We also discuss how accessing these deeper realms of consciousness + rest is necessary in order to contribute more creatively in our lives, communities + society at large.
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May 20, 2021
Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius — Astrology + Energy Forecast May 2021
Mary Grace talks about the Sun’s entrance into Gemini, Saturn + Mercury stationing retrograde + the upcoming Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius. She proposes an openness towards parts of us that are only revealed in the context (+ conversation) of others and to find ways to move to our next step via acceptance and cooperation instead of force.
If you enjoyed the episode, check out:
Episode 76 on the Saturn-Uranus dynamic of 2021
Episode 40 w/ Michael J Morris on Eclipses
Short video on the Nodes in Gemini + Sagittarius
“Planetarium” poem by Adrienne Rich
”june 8, the smiley barista remembers my name” poem by Wo Chan
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May 13, 2021
Jupiter in Pisces May 2021 — Astrology + Energy Forecast
Today, Jupiter enters their home sign of Pisces where they reign over the oceanic YES's that restore connectivity + reverence for all things. Listen to the episode to learn more about Jupiter's presence in this part of your chart, unpacking surrender as the key to abundance which is our connection to all of Life and the insistence of biology to carry on even after endings + extinctions.
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Episode 87 on the Scorpio Full Moon
Episode 69 on the Great Conjunction in Aquarius
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"Very Like a Whale" poem by Brooke Emery
Undrowned by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
"Endings"
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May 6, 2021
Taurus New Moon — Astrology + Energy Forecast May 2021
Today, we talk about the upcoming Taurus New Moon -- its invitations into a more sensual reality and how can we learn from Mercury's queer agility to say yes to both our wild embodiment and our radically cosmic pursuits at the same time. Mary Grace also shares a live channeled message for this New Moon period and issues a call to become more precise in both our earthly and celestial connections.
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Apr 29, 2021
Infinitely Embodied Time + Creativity — Vyana Novus
“Now I understand. Joy is protection. Pleasure is protection. Sovereignty. Autonomy. Accessing relationship with my will - that is protection.”
Vyana Novus + Mary Grace connect over 360 degree time and pulling our spirit back into the full, royal embodied experience. Vyana also shares what they learned from a NDE, simultaneous with the process of becoming a parent. They also discuss the process of unlearning an identity of victimhood through the healing process.
They touch on big questions such as:
* Who are humans beyond the experience of death?
* Is suffering necessary for growth?
* Can we approach everything we do with creativity?
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*Episode w/ Andréa Ranae Johnson
Episode on the recent Scorpio Full Moon
Episode on Interstellar Communication
Episode on how it is both safe (and not safe) to be human
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Apr 22, 2021
Mars Enters Cancer + Scorpio Full Moon / Astrology + Energy Forecast
Mary Grace walks us through transits for the remainder of April 2021 including: Venus + Mercury squaring Saturn, Mars entering Cancer, the Scorpio Full Moon and Sun conjoining Uranus. She also shares a channeled message for the energy of the next two weeks that reminds us of the courage to feast on all that we love in life and to be gracious with where you are, even (especially) if it's difficult.
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out:
*Episode 84 on the Aries New Moon*
*Episode 77 on it is both safe and not-safe to be human*
*Episode 76 on the Saturn-Uranus dynamic of 2021*
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Apr 15, 2021
Sun + Mercury Enter Taurus / Strengthen Your Wild Signal
Mary Grace talks about Sun + Mercury squaring Pluto and moving into Taurus, embodying our wildness, our sensations as a method attunement and how to our energy in a way that emits a strong signal of resonance into the world.
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out:
*Episode 84 on the Aries New Moon*
*Episode 77 on how it is both safe and not-safe to be human*
*Episode 78 w/ Yarrow Magdalena*
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Apr 8, 2021
Astrology + Energy Forecast for Aries New Moon + Venus in Taurus 2021
In this episode, Mary Grace shares about the Aries New Moon + Venus's entrance into her earthly domain of Taurus. She also shares a channeled message for this next period all about releasing our need to be understood, leaning into peaceful + fearless power, becoming our own rescuer and holding the gift of our own vulnerability.
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out:
*Episode 83 on Libra Full Moon and the dynamic of ME + WE*
*Episode 77 on it is both safe and not-safe to be human*
*Episode 84 w/ Daniel Foor*
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Apr 1, 2021
Ancestral Medicine, Cultural Repair + the Magic of Where you Are / Daniel Foor, Ph.D
Daniel Foor, Ph.D is the of* *Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal + Family Healing.* *He is a ritualist and educator focused on helping others reclaim their innate capacity to relate with their ancestors and with the greater web of other-than-human kin.
In today's episode, we talk about cultural repair work, intergenerational accountability and how to become what he calls a “regular size person” through both accepting the gifts and the debts of our ancestry. Dr. Foor shares how this relational process can invite us out of extreme individualism and into a sense of belonging that helps us re-story our identities and kinships.
We also discuss how western cultural conditioning that tells us “only humans are real or alive” isolates us and how we can begin to deal with the very real grief that comes from seeing the plight of the planet and the other beings with whom we share it
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Mar 25, 2021
Full Moon in Libra — Astrology + Energy Forecast March 2021
Venus, the Full Moon, and Mercury push us to find risk, courage, and competition while asking how do I be myself and how do we be together? Mary Grace guides us through Venus conjoining the Sun in Aries, the Full Moon in Libra, Mercury moving into Aries, shares a channeled message about finding creativity in limitations, and concludes with the poem by Melissa Broder.
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**Lunar Shatters (poem) by Melissa Broder**
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Mar 17, 2021
Wading through Creativity, Integrity and Relationship w— Rachelle Knowles
“It’s okay for us to be wrong...the question is: can we be in right relationship to ourselves and others so that when the moment arises we can see.” Rachelle Knowles and Mary Grace float through building relationships with integrity; the connection between creativity and resilience; introversion and sensitivity; the necessity of tenderness and non-hierarchical leadership; and interacting with the invisible and the erotic.
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**Rachelle’s website**
**Rachelle’s IG**
**Arrival** (movie)
**Audre Lorde’s “The Master’s Tools Will Not Dismantle the Master’s House”**
b**uy Selected Works of Audre Lorde**, edited by Roxane Gay
**Adrienne Maree Brown’s **Emergent Strategy**
**Malidoma Somé**, The Healing Wisdom of Africa**
**Zach Bush, M.D.**
**Audre Lorde’s “Uses of the Erotic**"
b**uy Sister Outsider: Essays + Speeches by Audre Lorde**
**“Disturbing tha Peace” album by Ludacris*
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Mar 10, 2021
Pisces New Moon + Spring Equinox — Astrology + Energy Forecast March 2021
How can we explore non-linear navigating and toggling the needs of the self and others? Mary Grace guides us through the New Moon in Pisces, the Sun entering Aries which is the Spring Equinox and Solar New Year, and she also discusses the upcoming Mercury and Mars square. She closes with “Eagle Poem” by Joy Harjo.
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Last week’s episode on Interstellar Communication (10:14)
Arrival, movie
“Eagle Poem” by Joy Harjo
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House, Audre Lorde
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Mar 3, 2021
You are an Interstellar Being
What can we hear when we listen for the vibrations beyond the words? Mary Grace walks us though the astrology for the beginning of March 2021 and urges us to contemplate interstellar/magic sound, creativity and regeneration.
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*Arrival**, movie**
**Stories of Your Life and Others** by Ted Chiang**
**Carl Sagan + Maria Popova **
**Figuring**, book by Maria Popova**
**A reading by Peter Grey** from his forthcoming book **Two Antichrists**
**Dr. Zach Bush**
**Michelle Khouri**
**The Golden Record Voyager*
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**Episode on Sun + Venus in Pisces** + why being human is (and isn't) safe
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Feb 24, 2021
Virgo Full Moon 2021 / Ceremony in Community, Digestion + the Lie of Isolation
How can we devote our attention to practices that serve our individual and collective well-being? Mary Grace discusses the Virgo full moon and how it illuminates the mutable areas of our charts to practically serve, find unity + digest our lives. She also reads + discusses ceremony in regards to a passage from from Braiding Sweetgrass from Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer and she shares a channeled message about our perspectives on isolation and holistic integration.
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*Oneness vs. the 1% book by Dr. Vandana Shiva**
**Future of Food: Dictatorship or Democracy?** talk by Dr. Vandana Shiva
**Vandana Shiva | Ecofeminism and the decolonization of women, nature and the future**
**The Future of Food + Farming in a Pandemic World, Vandana Shiva**
**Big Tech + Agriculture: short summary**
**Navalny Protests in Russia **
**Farmers Protesting in India**
**Braiding Sweetgrass book by Robin Wall Kimmerer**
**“Widening Circles” poem by Raine Maria Rilke *
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Feb 18, 2021
Finding Space for Ritual, Grief and Stillness with Yarrow Magdalena
“Grief doesn’t have to eat us alive.” Today's guest Yarrow Magdalena shares practices of ritual, finding ways to be with grief, moments of forced stillness, getting off of Instagram, cocooning, embracing the idea of “enough” in a world that encourages constant production, and the gift of looking from the margins.
*We also discuss*
* (9:47) How ritual doesn’t have to be complicated, it can be small, simple acts that remind you of what it means to be alive
* (10:23) A short summary of their book “Rituals - Simple & Radical Practices For Enchantment In Times Of Crisis”
* (12:08) Mary Grace on ritual as a way of honoring the embodiment of her experience
* (16:07) “Grief doesn’t have to eat us alive.” Yarrow offers a small grief practice
* (18:49) Water as another medium to work with grief
* (20:00) Maybe comparing our pain to other’s pain is not the most constructive way to interact with it in the moment
* (21:17) On how beautiful stillness can be; h…
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Feb 11, 2021
Sun and Venus enter Pisces + a Message for the New Moon in Aquarius
The Sun and Venus enter Pisces later on this month to bring some salve to February 2021 astrology. Mary Grace encourages us to widen our consciousness and examine the big picture through a lens of yes/and or both/and. She further explores what it means to have a practice of neutrality; how being human both is and isn’t safe; how taking courage is a necessary part of the healing process. She wraps the episode with a channeled message to remind us that courage comes from kindness and a poem by Lucille Clifton.
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* (4:48) Sun in Pisces is a move towards the mystical and the poetic
* (6:12) Exalted Venus in Pisces brings us into “the glamor of the imaginal”
* (7:30) Sun and Venus mixing with Neptune
* (10:33) More thoughts on neutrality, Alan Watts + the difference between being a “neutral person” and having a practice of neutrality
* (15:04) Being human isn't safe. It's brave.
* (18:56) ... but also being human is safe. We are all already here.
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Feb 4, 2021
Saturn square Uranus: February 2021 Astrology
We explore the upcoming square between Saturn + Uranus -- a key signature of 2021's astrology. We look at how their roles intermingle, rethink the relationship between order and rebellion, and remind ourselves to seek clarity, grounding and community.
*If you enjoyed the episode, check out:*
Episode 75: New Moon in Aquarius + Imbolc
Episode 69: The Great Conjunction, a new era
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*The Shock Doctrine, book by Naomi Klein**
**The Intercept**
**In These Times** *
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Jan 28, 2021
Astrology + Energy Forecast for Full Moon in Leo + Imbolc
Full moon in Leo on January 28, Mercury's upcoming retrograde through Aquarius, Imbolc and the New Moon in Aquarius on February 11.
*I also discuss / *
* Leo full moon and serving from a place of sovereignty
* Aquarius stellium, finding your YES and committing to the work of saying ‘yes’
* How Mercury retrograde can facilitate internal research and renewal in a culture that overemphasizes external progress
* Why remembering is valuable as we build a future in service of Life + Robin Wall Kimmerer
* Imbolc and its patron goddess Brigid
* Ideas for Imbolc ritual
* Channeled message for this current lunation under the Leo Full Moon
* A poem blessing by Mary Oliver
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*Jupiter + Saturn in Aquarius** (podcast episode)*
*The Great Conjunction (podcast episode)*
*Astrology of January 2021 (podcast episode)*
*Lindsay Mack podcast episode*
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*"Morning Poem" by Mary Oliver*
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Jan 21, 2021
queerbrownvegan on Holistic Environmentalism + Everyday Sustainability / Isaias Hernandez
Why does self-care = overconsumption? Isaias Hernandez (aka @queerbrownvegan) discusses the relationship between human and animal injustices, how queerness and diversity are inherent in nature, the danger of perfectionism in the zero-waste movement, and how you may already be practicing conscious consumerism without knowing it.
*We also discuss / *
* (16:03) How queerness impacts his understanding of the natural world
* (17:09) Nature allows and embraces queer identities
* (21:08) How his work today is advocating for the liberation of humans and animals while understanding that not everyone can adapt a plant-based lifestyle
* (26:08) “Why is it that self-care has to be rooted in overconsumption?”
* (35:09) “The lifestyle movement has perpetuated perfectionism, which is misleading...”
* (39:00) “You probably do live sustainably even if you don’t identify those actions as sustainable.”
* (43:53) Isaias discusses the climate scale and climate mental health
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Jan 14, 2021
Healing with Plants, Forgiveness + Astrology / Tami + Selima Lust of Iwilla Remedy
Tami + Selima Lust of Iwilla Remedy talk with us about herbalism, the role of emotions in sustainable healing work and the value of forgiveness in our healing journeys.
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*Why the “whole-systems thinking” of natural healing + holistic healing is vital
*Why we often tolerate or endure unnecessary pain + illness
*Tami + Selima's personal healing journeys
*Facilitating healing space vs “fixing people”
*Our contemporary notion of “health" and where it falls short
*The special invitations + lessons that plants offer us
*The role(s) of forgiveness in healing
*The common conditions that they see in their students
*Learning to look at our patterns objectively
*How Tami + Selima successfully partner together in life, love + business
*What they wish more people understood about their health in 2020
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Jan 7, 2021
New Moon in Capricorn + the High Priestess / Experiment of New Earth
Today I discuss how the Ace of Pentacles + the High Priestess can help us experiment with the structures that support our most powerful flow. I also talk about the main astrology happening in January 2021 and share a personalized, channeled message just for this audience.
I discuss:
* Ace of Pentacles + High Priestess
* Mars enters Taurus
* Mars square Saturn
* Mars conjunct Uranus
* Mercury entering Aquarius
* Mercury square Mars
* Mercury conjunct Saturn
* Mercury conjunct Jupiter
* Mercury square Uranus
* New Moon in Capricorn
* Jupiter square Uranus
* Sun enters Aquarius
* Channeled message for these next few weeks
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Dec 31, 2020
A Guided Meditation for the New Year
Today I share about your expansive divine nature and guide you in a meditation to help you access your own grace + center your heart.
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* a guided meditation for your light-being, for centering your heart and feeling the expansiveness of your true nature.
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Dec 24, 2020
Your Deep Alignment is a Portal /
In this episode, I talk about your deep alignment -- what is it, why it's important and the power in your alignment for the world.
I also discuss:
* Why I am deleting instagram
* How you can run your business without instagram.
* What is deep alignment in the physical and energetic bodies
* Some common causes for misalignment
* Why it’s essential to connect to your center
* What is the point of expression
* Why the world needs your healing
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Dec 17, 2020
The Great Conjunction: A New Era, Epoch + Element / Lead from your Life with your Love
This episode brings us to the Winter Solstice and the "Great Conjunction" with Saturn + Jupiter in Aquarius. This aspect initiates a new era, a new epoch and a new element. I speak about my hopes for this world, the opportunities it can create as well as what the new world is calling us to.
I also discuss...
*Mercury entering Capricorn
*Sun entering Capricorn
*Winter Solstice - a portal for LIGHT
*The Great Conjunction of Jupiter + Saturn in Aquarius
*My hopes + fears of this new era
*The callings in this moment and this new era
*A life-channeled message for this moment
*Poem prayers for this portal in time
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Dec 10, 2020
Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius, Saturn + Jupiter enter Aquarius / Emptying Evolution
In today's episode, I share about the upcoming solar eclipse in Sagittarius, Saturn’s entrance into Aquarius + Jupiter’s entrance into Aquarius. I’ll share briefly about some of the dynamics this sets up for 2021, the necessity of community, and how LIFE needs difference to survive.
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*Why I'm so proud of you
*Solar eclipse in Sagittarius on December 13/14
*Saturn’s entrance into Aquarius on December 17
*The dynamic of Saturn square Uranus happening in 2021
*Jupiter’s entrance into Aquarius on December 19
*Evolving in service of life + not destruction
*A poem I always go to when my spirit is tired
*Why I'm so proud of you
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Dec 3, 2020
Bee Teachings on Resilience + Consensus / Ang Roell
In this episode, regenerative beekeeper Ang Roell talks with us about how bees teach us about consensus, planning to thrive and the parallels between bee health + human health within our current agricultural system.
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*Their lineage + family history of beekeeping
*The complexity of collaborating directly with the natural world to earn a living
*White folk’s cultural displacement of heritage + assimilation of whiteness
*The role of bees in ecosystems + why they are necessary
*How bees were brought to the US and became part of our agricultural system
*The parallels between the health of bees + the health of humans in our current moment
*Why bees don’t need saving
*How we confuse consumerism with a solution
*The connection between identity, resilience + place
*The importance of meeting basic needs + collaborating to survive + thrive
*How bees model consensus + planning to do better
*Their proposal for a regenerative beekeeping school to re-skill folks for their own bee…
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Nov 26, 2020
Lunar Eclipse in Gemini + Mercury into Sagittarius / Devotion for a New World
In today's episode, I share about the upcoming penumbral lunar eclipse in Gemini on November 30 and Mercury's entrance into Sagittarius. These transits bring us an invitation to further embody our minds, go to the trouble and give thanks to life for life.
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*Lunar eclipse in Gemini
*Bringing our minds back into our bodies
*Mercury entering Sagittarius
*Radicalizing our dreams
*Going to the trouble
*Channeled message for next two week cycle
*A poem
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Nov 19, 2020
How Bees Hold Sacred Time / Alysia Mazzella
Today I am joined by Alysia Mazzella -- * *a traditional beeswax candlemaker and the author of Fourfold the Oracle, an oracle deck she created based on natural cycles of four. She is also the co-founder of Backland Gardens a project in upstate New York focusing on skill shares, education + self-sustainability.
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*How she got into candle making -- a process that grew from a personal practice, honoring sacred time + a desire to be as close to nature as possible
*A historical narrative on human relating with bees and honey
*How bees model working relationships for social sustainability
*How having a livelihood directly related to bees orients her relationship to value and work
*Finding ethical, respectful, reciprocal ways of working with nature
*How bees teach her how to run her business
*Why local economy + purchasing from people you know is important for sustainability
*The benefits of beeswax candles compared to candles from other materials
*Why buying soy candles is suppor…
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Nov 12, 2020
Mars stations Direct, Scorpio New Moon + Sun into Sagittarius / Bring Back Honoring
In this episode, I discuss some of the major astrological transits over the next couple weeks including Mars stationing direct, Scorpio New moon, Venus entering Scorpio + the Sun entering Sagittarius.
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* Jupiter conjunct Pluto
* Mars stations direct
* Scorpio New Moon
* Venus entering Scorpio
* Sun entering Sagittarius
* Channeled message for the next couple weeks
* A poem
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Nov 5, 2020
Loving Yourself as Feminist Practice / Amelia Hruby
In this episode, feminist writer + educator Amelia Hruby shares about breaking up with diet culture, learning to love herself, her new book Fifty Feminist Mantras and the non-neutrality of technology and social media.
*WE DISCUSS*
* The process of re-visiting her writing and working on a new edition of her book
* Learning from our past selves and using the process of review to evaluate our growth
* Re-aligning with cyclical growth and slowing down
* Her healing journey from diet culture and how feminist principles helped her embrace embodiment
* How she has been practicing rest and learning to trust her own flow instead of pushing past resistance
* How to be on your phone and not hate everything — her thoughts on the pros and cons of interacting through social media
* How technology is not a neutral tool
* The pressure social media puts on everyone to be an aspiration and/or a personal brand
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Oct 29, 2020
Taurus Full Moon, Mercury square Saturn, Mercury going Direct / Inviting Otherworlds
In this episode, I share from writings by Octavia Butler + Mary Oliver to help us unfold the astrological weather for the next couple weeks.
I discuss:
* Samhain + Taurus Full Moon conjunct Uranus
* Mercury square Saturn
* Mercury stationing direct
* Re-orienting towards that which sustains life
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Oct 22, 2020
Divesting from Fast-Food Spirituality + Braiding Older Ways of Being / Mimi Young
Mimi is a Taiwanese Canadian, a shamanic intuitive and founder of CEREMONIE. Mimi works with a blend of modalities including core shamanism, plant spirit healing, ancestral wisdom, dream work, chaos magick, and other Chinese esoterics and divination practices.
We talk about the concept of “wu” in Chinese culture and its likely implications in our concept of “woo” or “woo-woo.” We also get into some things that we’ve been observing with wellness culture -- the chief of which is the problem with approaching spirituality and spiritual practices from a “fast-food” perspective. We discuss how to relate with grace and respect to practices that are not directly a part of our biological lineage and the braiding that’s inviting us to remember older ways of being in connection to the place where we are and the land that we’re on.
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* Her journey of learning to trust her intuition and accepting it as a gift
* How she connects to her ancestral line through f…
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Oct 15, 2020
Libra New Moon + Proper Dragon-Slaying / Stand in Between Both Worlds
In today's episode, I share about the upcoming Libra New Moon and the Sun moving into Scorpio. I also talk about the importance of being awake in this time, connecting to surrender + resilience and (of course) dragons.
I also discuss:
*Libra New Moon
*Sun square Pluto
*Sun square Saturn
*Sun moving into Scorpio
*What does awake mean and not mean
*Moving from control to inner sovereignty
*How to pull out of the arena of reactivity
*A tale of dragons
*Seeing the value in in-between
*A poem
*A channeled message for the next 2 weeks
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Oct 8, 2020
Why It's Important to Center Relationship + Resources in Liberation / Andréa Ranae Johnson
In today's episode, Andréa Ranae Johnson, founder of Whole Self Liberation, joins me to talk about centering relationship in our movement towards liberation. We also talk about divesting from the narrative of activism as suffering and why it's important to motivate ourselves beyond simply not causing harm.
We also discuss:
* How she found herself on this path from a young age
* How she accepted what felt like a calling
* How we can intersect our lives with justice regardless of who we are
* The practice of honoring herself and the work of personal liberation
* Bridging the need to have resources and also work towards new systems
* Centering relationship in liberation work
* How it’s not enough to only orient around not doing harm
* How being nice is different from being loving
* Understanding the difference between creation and destruction
* Why we need to emphasize the creative process in order to stay open to possibilities
* The liberation school that she…
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Oct 1, 2020
Aries Full Moon, Venus in Virgo, Mercury Retrograde: Be as Old as Time / Mary Grace Allerdice
In this episode, I'll talk about some of the astrological highlights for the next couple weeks as well as share a channeled message for this part of the month. I also discuss:
* *Full Moon in Aries
* *Venus moving into Virgo
* *Mercury opposing Uranus
* *Sun opposing Mars
* *Mercury stationing retrograde in Scorpio
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Sep 24, 2020
Sun in Libra, Mercury in Scorpio, Sun Opposing Chiron: The Invitation of Healing / Mary Grace Allerdice
In this episode, I discuss the Sun's ingress into Libra and Mercury's into the sign of Scorpio. I also talk about illness or wounds as a daimon that wants to lead us onto a healing journey and how that may be different from simply a "fixing" journey.
I discuss:
*Sun's ingress into Libra
*Mercury moving into Scorpio
*Sun opposing Chiron
*Mars square Saturn
*Healing as a spiritual journey
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Sep 17, 2020
Best of Season 1: Part 2
This special episode is second (and final) look back over the first year of the podcast; and we're bringing you clips and highlights from both guest conversations and solo episodes. My hope is that long-time listeners will get a refreshing review and that newcomers will get a digestive summary of where we've been. You can find the links to the original episodes in the notes below; and I hope you'll go back and listen to your heart's desire.
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Sep 17, 2020
New Moon in Virgo + Fall Equinox / Look up. Be Astonished.
This is a special bonus, mini-episode dedicated to the Virgo New Moon happening on Thursday, September 17, 2020.
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Sep 10, 2020
Best of Season I: Part I
In this special episode, we're bringing you the best of this inaugural year of the home.body podcast. My hope is that long-time listeners will get a refreshing review and that newcomers will get a digestive summary of where we've been. You can find the links to the original episodes in the notes below; and I hope you'll go back and listen to your heart's desire.
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Sep 3, 2020
When Things Don't Go as You Planned / Mary Grace Allerdice
"Things not going according to plan doesn't mean it's the end of the world."
In this unplanned episode of the podcast, I share intimately and casually about things not going according to plan and how to respond when we feel like we're on fire. I also do something I've never done on the podcast which is share a message from the Akashic Records live while recording. I hope it lands for you. So grateful for you.
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Aug 27, 2020
Pisces Full Moon, Mars Retrograde + Saturnian Sovereignty / Mary Grace Allerdice
In this episode, I share about some of the notable astrological aspects for the first two weeks in September 2020; and I also take a dive into what stepping courageously into responsibility could look like. This includes:
* *Full Moon in Pisces
* *Venus opposing Saturn
* *Mercury moving into Libra
* *Venus moving into Leo
* *Mars stationing retrograde in Aries
* *Jupiter stationing direct in Capricorn
* *Owning our unique gifts as valuable + necessary
* *Stepping into our sovereignty + the responsibility that comes with that
* *Re-wilding inherited puritanical ideas
* *Collaborating with Saturn
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Aug 20, 2020
Simplicity as a Gateway to Fulfillment: Mercury + Sun in Virgo, Mars + Saturn Square / Mary Grace Allerdice
In this episode, I talk about Mercury + the Sun moving into Virgo as well as the first exact square between Mars + Saturn coming up this week. I'll also share about:
*how gardening has taught me more about abundance, contentment + fulfillment
*my recent fast and how it helped me embody more peace
*taking the time to ask nuanced and complex questions
*the necessity of diversity for health + life
*leaning into the structures of symbiosis as a mechanism for healing and liberation
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Aug 13, 2020
New Moon in Leo, the Star + 6 of Cups / Mary Grace Allerdice
In this episode, we’re going to dive into some astrology for the upcoming week and a half including the New Moon in Leo and Mars squaring Pluto. I’ll also share about the two Tarot cards that showed up as our compass for this period -- the Star + 6 of Cups.
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Aug 6, 2020
Imagining Accessibility / Barry Lee
Barry Lee is an Illustrator, Muralist & Storyteller based in Atlanta, Georgia. His work is very color and whimsical and the images are vehicles for meaningful stories that encourage a moment of mindfulness and extended awareness. In this episode, Barry talks about whose imagination is making this moment possible for him, making holistic approaches more accessible and less able-ist, and he shares the story about the moment when he stepped into his own and really claimed his identity as a queer disabled person and realized he had to become the representation he wanted to see. Barry also shares about the relationship between boundaries and vulnerability and why it’s important to reflect upon our own behavior more so than it is to judge other people’s behavior.
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* Whose imagination is making this moment possible for him
* How his work centers the message of accessibility with a “spoonful of sugar”
* Why it’s important to take the time to understand people’s w…
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Jul 30, 2020
Leo Season + Full Moon in Aquarius / Mary Grace Allerdice
In this episode, I talk about Sun in its home sign of Leo and what it is supporting through some of the transits happening during the first half of August. It’s important to look past the stereotypes and cliches of this zodiac sign and into its powerful invitation for vitality, benevolence and self-sovereignty.
*We discuss:*
* Tarot cards: the Sun, Death + Queen of Wands
* Sun in Leo
* Full Moon in Aquarius
* Mercury’s transition into. Leo
* Venus changing signs into Cancer
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Jul 23, 2020
Step into Your Ancestral Work / Felicia Ruiz
Felicia Ruiz is a curandera,* *indigenous foods activist, and natural foods chef whose work is deeply rooted in the healing properties of all earth medicines. In this episode, Felicia shares with us the importance of connecting to your ancestry, how to begin working with your ancestors, and what often holds people back from doing this kind of healing.
*We discuss:*
* Her background and her indigenous relationship to the land, food, medicine and ancestors
* Plant’s perspective + memory
* Her relationship to her ancestors and their central presence in her life + practice
* The healing that she’s witnesses when people connect to their own ancestry
* The importance of connecting to your own medicine from your own land first
* The harm of appropriating and capitalizing on Native culture
* Where she tells people to start with their own ancestor work
* Everyone has healing to do, and why it’s necessary.
* What often holds people back from ancestral work
* Why shado…
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Jul 16, 2020
Art that Helps us "Turn Our Heads" / Stephanie Miracle
Today's guest is Stephanie Miracle. Stephanie is a dance artist, performer, choreographer + teacher. We met originally in undergrad, and Stephanie has since gone on to create, perform, study and teach all over the world. She holds a MFA in Dance 2014 from the University of Maryland and is also certified in the Klein technique. Stephanie's choreography has been described as “iconic and nuanced…with an irreverence that makes you smile unconsciously” (Rick Westerkamp review of GROOVE,2014). In addition to creating choreographies for traditional proscenium theaters her unique aesthetic finds special significance in common spaces for example, parking lots, bus stops, woman's prisons, hallways, staircases, and rooftops. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at University of Iowa. Read her full bio here.
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* This time of re-assessing her modes and priorities
* The fingerprints of interactions, teachers, strangers and collaborators who are helping her hold this…
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Jul 9, 2020
Brave Decisions, the (Caring) Power of Curation + Empowering One's Own Wisdom / Makeba Dixon-Hill
In her own words, Makeba Dixon-Hill is a connector, explorer and advocate who believes in the power of wandering when the heart is your guide. This Path has led her to writing, working in museums, teaching yoga, public speaking, and supporting others as a facilitator, thought partner, funder, and curator. Her areas of expertise include health and wellness consulting, arts advocacy strategy, interdisciplinary arts programming, artist workforce development, creative placemaking, and African Diasporic art and culture. And she currently serves as the Curator of Education at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art here in Atlanta.
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* The place that she’s in right now as a return to self and empowering the self
* Art as a tool for connectivity, altering spaces + holism
* Gestures and practices that create accessibility + relevance in institutional spaces
* Using art to facilitate creative and utilitarian output
* Celebrating creativity as a component of survival
* R…
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Jul 2, 2020
Movement for Re-Imagination / Aaron Samuel Davis
In this episode, my guest is dancer, performer + choreographer Aaron Samuel Davis. While he currently lives in Bremen, Germany where he dances and performs with a state theater there, he’s originally from the US. Aaron brings an an artistic, eloquent perspective to the importance of movement for imagination and paying attention to the seeds of this moment. We also talk about how movement helped him re-imagine what it means to live in a black body and why creativity is essential as we face the history of this moment.
We discuss:
* Tarot: Judgement, 6 of Pentacles + Strength
* Astrology: Lunar eclipse in Capricorn, Mars square Mercury retrograde
* Aaron’s background and how he came to dance.
* His exploration combining cinematic approaches to concert dance processes
* How live performance is one of the last few things that demand our attention
* The essential practices of art and dance for survival + re-imagination
* How change can help us see what is enduring about us…
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Jun 25, 2020
Venus Direct, Mars enters Aries, Saturn retrogrades into Capricorn + The Lovers
We have lots of astrology this week, and it begins to shape the remainder of 2020. In this episode, I will discuss:
* The Lovers + 6 of Swords
* Venus stationing direct
* Mars enters Aries
* Saturn retrogrades back into Capricorn
* The relationship between Mars + Saturn
* Jupiter conjunct Pluto in Capricorn
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Jun 18, 2020
Mercury Retrograde, Cancer Season Initiation + Ace of Cups / Mary Grace Allerdice
What are you nurturing into fruition? This is one question (among others) that I see Cancer season asking us to review and dive into. In this episode, I'll talk about:
* Mercury stationing retrograde in Cancer
* Sun entering Cancer
* Summer Solstice
* Eclipse in Cancer
* Ace of Cups + 2 of Cups
* Reviewing how we spend our energy
* Our creative potential individually and collectively
* How Cancer helps us emphasize the creation that must accompany any destruction
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Jun 11, 2020
Finding Center with Sword + Scales / Mary Grace Allerdice
In this solo episode, I share from the Tarot cards I pulled for you and dive into some of the major astrological aspects for the coming week.
* Justice + King of Pentacles + Page of Cups
* Sun square Neptune
* Mars conjunct Neptune
* The importance of centering within and without
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Jun 4, 2020
Eclipses, Magic + Solidarity / Michael J Morris
In this episode, Michael J Morris returns to the podcast, and we talk eclipses (what are they, what do they mean, are they a good time for magic) and standing with #blacklivesmatter
We discuss:
•Standing in solidarity with the black lives matter
•Suggested resources for taking action and furthering education
•What are eclipses and what is their context within astrology?
•Why eclipses are not a great time for magic or manifestation?
•What are the north and south node?
•Different perspectives on interpreting the nodes in a birth chart
•Reasons why or why not an eclipse may feel more significant within a given chart
•Difference between solar + lunar eclipses
•Examples of how we have experienced eclipses within our own charts
•How astrology helps us create meaning, understanding and awareness around situations in our lives
•The upcoming summer eclipses on June 5 in Sagittarius, June 21 in Cancer + July 5 in Capricorn
•What kinds of activities could be useful during…
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May 28, 2020
When We Want (and don't want) to Transform / Mary Grace Allerdice
In this solo episode, I share from the Tarot cards I pulled for you and dive into some of the major astrological aspects for the coming week. I share from two of my favorite poets and we discuss the modes of communication from and to the Underworld journey. I explore the negotiation of the ego as we’re moving towards transformation and how we can listen for the voice that is calling us and with the voice that wants to stay. I also talk about why control is not a solution; and, most importantly, I hold for the courage to trust ourselves when we move towards change and discomfort.
* Strength (reversed) + 6 of Pentacles
* Venus (still) Retrograde
* Mercury moves into Cancer --> preparing for retrograde
* Mars squares Venus
* Venus conjuncts the Sun
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May 21, 2020
Creativity is Adventure / Molly Rose Freeman
Molly Rose Freeman is an artist and designer who centers pattern and color in a lot of her work as a way of celebrating connections and honoring the natural world in her work. Her work is vibrant and very alive and gives us a glimpse into all of the maximalism and LIFE with which she views the world. Today, we talk about rest and engaging with time and expectations in a way that suits our physical + emotional needs. We get into the practices that help her stay brave and resilient within her creative process + profession as well as reframing some of the ways that we experience, fear and navigate through our daily experience. I love any opportunity I get to talk with Molly, and I hope you also enjoy the bounty and vibrancy of her spirit as well.
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* How we navigate the nagging feeling that “time is running out”
* How she has re-oriented from working habits that result in burn out to habits that orient towards pleasure + curiosity
* Releasing goals as the only worth…
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May 14, 2020
Self Care as Social Justice / Anana Harris Parris
"Seek courage and bravery in every act that allows you to not live like you are in crisis or like you have to hide that you are in crisis." _Anana Harris Parris
My guest today is Anana Harris Parris -- is an activist, an author, a dancer, and entrepreneur, non-profit founder, among so many other things. In this episode, Anana gets really clear on what self care is, why it is revolutionary to take care of your needs and why communication and integration are really important for sustaining ourselves.
We discuss:
* How she learned activism from her father
* Dance as a form of cultural activism
* How a traumatic experience giving birth kickstarted the urgency around her self care work and advocacy
* Why self care is revolutionary and political
* The role of community in addressing one’s self care needs
* How trauma creates blinders and detachment around our experience to survive
* The power of the question “What do you need?”
* How self care can help unlock freedom…
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May 7, 2020
The Occulted Body, Daimonic Space + the Sacred In-Between / Alkistis Dimech
"We can’t think in this finite way, in this defeatist way. Even if everything is ending…We can’t but bring joy and beauty into the world." _Alkistis Dimech
Alkistis Dimech is a dancer, choreographer, a writer and also a publisher. She and her partner run a publishing company called Scarlet Imprint where they print works on the esoteric and occult. I adored this conversation and all the deep, dark radiance that comes out of it. It felt very appropriate for this Scorpio full moon. We talk about dance, exploring the daimonic space, what it means to interact with what she calls the “occulted body”, and again re-orienting ourselves to a different narrative of time.
WE DISCUSS
* How her magic practice and dance practice intersect
* The “occulted body” and her dissatisfaction with many of the dualistic ideas between mind, body and “energetic” body
* The body as a way to re-learn and re-create language
* Unifying the masculine and feminine energies into a hermaphro…
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Apr 30, 2020
Healing Without Hierarchy / Chiara Galimberti
"How we can contribute to shift things is very personal and will look different for each person. And that’s ok. We have to let go that there’s only one way to do it."
In this episode, acupuncturist Chiara Galimberti shares about the challenges, values and dreams of healing justice within healthcare practices. She talks about the systemic ways she sees dis-ease showing up and approaching wellness with the goal of reducing harm.
We discuss:
* The challenges of engaging + practicing alternative healing within our systems
* The importance of healthcare within the framework of social justice
* The difference between neutral + mainstream spaces — embracing function over perfection
* Transparency around lineage as a way to participate in justice
* Centering your priorities, why you’re doing what you’re doing and who you are
* The fluid experience of being ‘other’ in most circles and spaces
* Acupuncture as an environmental medicine, understanding our circumstanc…
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Apr 23, 2020
My Lessons from Closing a Business / Mary Grace Allerdice
In this episode, I share about my story opening and closing a storefront business and my top 5 greatest lessons from the experience.
I discuss:
* Tarot for the week and accessing our inner fire to expand
* The value of failure + why we shouldn’t be afraid of it
* The necessity of self-forgiveness
* The multidimensionality of every story, business, life, situation
* How important it is to support small businesses you believe in
* What your energy can tell you about whether or not it’s working
* Who and who not to take feedback from
* How intense honesty arose out of a challenging situation
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Apr 16, 2020
Proposal for Tauran Creativity / Mary Grace Allerdice
In this week's episode, Mary Grace offers the teacher and support of Taurus.
* Being okay with being uncomfortable
* A childlike state of trust
* Tarot pull for the podcast collective
* Astrology highlights for the next week
* New Moon in Taurus and what Taurus has to teach us in this moment
* How we can experiment with accessing Taurus energy right now
* Adding creativity to our consumption
* Proposing the spring as a reminder of circular time and rebirth
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Apr 9, 2020
Pleasure + Staying with the Trouble / Michael J Morris
In this episode, Michael J Morris and I conjure up the dancestors for wisdom and body magic.
*We discuss*
* How necessary joy + pleasure are to “stay with the trouble”
* Re-imagining the indirectness of our survival and primal needs
* The false binary of survival + pleasure
* The body as the altar + container for magic
* Butoh’s approach to the body and dance, lineage and revolution
* Dance as a way to imagine other ways of being in a body
* Being “with” difficulty and toxicity
* Practicing empathetic embodiment and compassion
* Exploring ordinary movement as dance
* Practicing the aspirational
* Authentic movement as a desire-based practice
* Desire + pleasure as emergent and nonlinear
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Apr 2, 2020
Plants + Reciprocal Relationship / Gina Badger
My guest today is Gina Badger, and she is an energetic clinical herbalist. She shares about how to build reciprocal relationships with plants and with the land, particularly as a non-indigenous person. Gina also breaks down what our bodies need right now in light of the pandemic and what plants can be our allies and how we can use them.
*We discuss*
* Tarot + astrology for the coming week
* How she emerged from working primarily in the art world to the work of a “kitchen witch”
* Her approach + practice to herbalism
* How being a settler is a fundamental orientation to how she relates to the land
* How she thinks about reciprocal relationship to the land in her practice
* Permission + consent in our relationship with plants
* How to do plant meditations
* The experience of dissociation as a coping mechanism
* The diversity of orientations to this moment we’re in and what visions arise
* How her definitions of self care have changed and amplified over the pas…
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Mar 26, 2020
Helping Others Feels Good / Simone Gordon aka Black Fairy Godmother
Simone Gordon is as community organizer who supports minority women. She connects them with resources, food, safe places, finances and has earned her nickname "The Black Fairy Godmother." Simone has a true and beautiful heart and is being a bridge that helps so many people. She especially uplifts people with special needs children or folks who themselves have disabilities. In this episode, Simone shares with us about her personal story and how she got her nickname; she shares about the people she serves and the need to evolve how we view folks who need help.
In this episode
* Some exploration prompts for this moment
* Tarot card for the week 8 of Cups reversed
* Astro for this week
* Taking space to honor what is difficult right now
* The uninterrupted life that’s happening all around us
* Simone’s work and how she became known as the Black Fairy Godmother
* Assisting women in domestic violence situations
* Shifting our focus from the negative
* The difficulty i…
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Mar 19, 2020
New Ways of Being / Mary Grace Allerdice
"I feel certain that the seeds for the biggest changes of the decade are in this moment... We have to create new ways of being."
In this episode I’ll share some Tarot cards I pulled for the collective, a little update on some astrological aspects this week; and I’ll also share some of my thoughts and intuitings around the moment we find ourselves in right now.
* Tarot reading for the collective
* How I’m grounding with cooking + reading
* Astrological aspects for the week: Sun into Aries, New Moon in Aries, Saturn moving into Aquarius
* The optimistic value of compost
* The worst thing we can do right now
* The epic unique quality of this moment
* How the Earth is benefitting right now
* Dis-ease calling us to healing and SHIFT
* Moving into generative rest
* Re-membering to adapt
* Leaning on each other’s diversity
* Why we need to stop complaining
* Eliminate the “should”
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Mar 12, 2020
Birthing Advocacy, Privileged Healthcare + Radical Education / Sabia Wade
Sabia Wade is a radical doula, educator, coach, advocate & the founder of For the Village and Birthing Advocacy Doula Training (BADT). Her mission is to bring inclusive, accessible and full spectrum education and resources to all individuals and organizations ready to take the next step in creating a world of inclusion, justice and equity to birthing people all over the world.
We discuss:
* How she got into birth work + BDSM
* The discrepancies in care she witnessed when working in healthcare
* Where birth work + sex work intersect for her
* What is full spectrum birth work?
* The importance of representation in these fields
* Racism + privilege in birth and birth work
* Why she also decided to pursue somatic experience training
* Being in our body as opposed to talking about how we look
* The importance of being seen, witnessing + celebrating one another and how BDSM makes space for that
* Dealing with imposter syndrome in her role as a leader + educator
* T…
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Mar 5, 2020
Boundaries + Your Authentic Soul Expression / Janet Raftis
Janet Raftis is a master energy healer and divine feminine channel. She works with people to support them in accessing their divine wisdom, power and authentic soul expression in the world. In this episode, we talk about personal healing work and how that has shown up in her relationships, business + finances. She also shares about her recovery journey with addiction while healing from sexual trauma.
We discuss:
* How she defines authentic soul expression
* Her journey through personal shame, addiction + trauma
* How she healed from PTSD and learned to feel safe in her body
* Connecting with the divine feminine + feeling worthy in relationships
* The (messy) reality of spiritual awakening
* How to work towards even greater, fine-tuned, inner alignment
* The importance of boundaries and how she used to let people walk over her
* The growth + learning she experienced from her business + financial journey
* How perfectionism can keep you really small
* The connection…
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Feb 27, 2020
Why We Shouldn't Bypass Money / Mary Grace Allerdice
In this episode I talk about m o n e y and our relationship to abundance - specifically addressing feelings of guilt and how we potentially use 'spirituality' to bypass our relationship to money. I also address some of your questions about abundance+ capitalism, and interacting with resources, and I share some of my personal struggles and insights around money. Head's up: there is some explicit language in this episode, if you are sensitive to it.
I discuss:
* Money is a resource that we all need to operate
* Our individual relationship to money and how we think about it
* Separating how much money you have from your worth and your character
* The false dichotomy between being profitable and being of service
* How I grew up feeling guilty about money
* Making up for lack of money by being overly helpful
* Abundance as the natural state of the earth’s order
* The other things that make up Abundance besides money
* Is participating in Abundance causing harm?
* How…
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Feb 20, 2020
The Importance of Soil Health + Why Sustainability Isn't Enough / Kiss the Ground
Today, I’m speaking with Don Smith from Kiss the Ground. We’re talking about soil health, regenerative practices that can heal the land, and why that’s important. Don is a teacher for their soil advocate training, which is a program for educating people about how and why soil regeneration is important and equipping them with the tools and knowledge to be more effective advocates for regenerative practices that can heal the land and absorb some of the negative consequences of climate change. Don gives us a science lesson as to how this works, why it’s important, and what we can do to encourage this necessary movement and healing.
*We Discuss*
* Why soil health is so important
* The current, degenerated state of soil and how it got here
* What is soil regeneration - how it impacts the environment + food
* Why sustainability isn’t enough
* A breakdown of regenerative agriculture
* The capacity of land to be healed
* The essential components of soil regeneration…
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Feb 13, 2020
Emergence: Neuroscience, Creativity + Miracles / Jordan Hamm, PhD
"It helps to marvel at that miracle in every living thing. Life itself is an emergent property of the earth."
Jordan Hamm is an assistant professor at Georgia State University in the neuroscience department. He runs a research lab studying brain circuitry, specifically in the context of neuro-psychiatric disorders. In this episode, he talks with us about the phenomena of emergence that is every where within our living world. I must admit, in this episode we nerd out pretty hard. We also talk about what emergence means in our nervous system, brain functioning, consciousness, + creativity.
We discuss:
* What is emergence and how he came upon it within his field
* How the brain is an emergent machine
* How meditation creates emergent patterns in the brain
* Consciousness as an emergent property of matter
* The working theory around all matter experiencing consciousness on some level
* How we can appreciate the simpler emergence around us
* Being alive is a phenomena
* H…
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Feb 6, 2020
Intentional, Blissful Money w— Rachel Peavy
Rachel is a money coach who works with soul-centered entrepreneurs through her practice called Blissful Budget. In this episode, we talk about the practicalities of money as well as relating to money in a healthy way in your life + business.
We discuss:
* Her approach to money includes numbers + narratives
* Common money stories she hears from clients
* Her strategies for incorporating more ease into business + work
* Deconstructing the narrative that money has to be hard
* How to set intentions for your money
* How to prioritize your spending
* Her personal reconstruction in relationship to money + work
* Why it’s important to look at your money
* The gap in financial education and fear
* Looking at your money with a long-term perspective
* Putting money into places that bring you happiness
* Dealing with guilt + worthiness around making money
* How entrepreneurship is not the best fit for everyone
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Jan 30, 2020
Responsibility + Possibility for Mystical Crafts w— Diana Rose Harper
Diana Rose is an astrologer, tarot reader, reiki master teacher, a writer, teacher. “Supporting people in seeing reality in ways that open up possibility. In this episode we talk about her journey into this work, showing up and actually taking responsibility for what you care about, a new tarot deck she’s collaborating on, and her thoughts on appropriation and magic practices.
We discuss—
* How she got into the work that she does and how she first encountered her tools
* Her experience working in the mental health industry
* The Rosebud Tarot - a deck she’s collaborating on
* How to stand up for what you care about
* How to engage with the planet Saturn as a support
* Engaging with practices without appropriation + exploitation
* What living in alignment with her own astrology looks like
* How she’s been working with embodiment and leaning into lunar themes
* Tarot for Radical Self Care
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Jan 23, 2020
Bringing the Play Back into Creative Work w— Sanithna Phansavanh
In this episode, I'm talking with artist Sanithna Phansavanh. He’s a visual artist based here in Atlanta. I have always enjoyed and had an affinity for his work. In this episode we talk about creative process, the importance of fallow periods and rest, re-orienting practices towards play and approaching spirituality with a mind open to redrawing lines.
*We discuss*
* The paradox of a singular style
* Growing up as an immigrant + how he found his way to art making
* Work life balance challenges as a working artist who also has to make a living
* Reaching burn out + taking a year off
* Re-orienting his practice towards play
* Reading + writing as a powerful source of inspiration
* How to know when a piece is “done”
* His current relationship with reductionism + simplicity
* Playing with archetypes, mythology and abstraction
* Thoughts on failure, creative process, quantum theory + the flow state
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Jan 16, 2020
Identifying your Superpowers Through Ease w— Sarah Price
Life + business coach Sarah Price shares about what makes a good brand, her not-to-easy definition of the word “ease” and what helps move the needle for her clients.
We discuss:
* How she defines a good brand
* Her transition from a marketing agency into coaching
* Her definition of ease + how it leads to your superpowers
* How to identify when you’ve done good work with a client
* The most common things she sees holding people back
* What design thinking means to her
* Her side hustle that serves as a project for gratitude
* The dynamic balance of life + work integration
* The questions and priorities that help re-center her
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Jan 9, 2020
On Wildness + Evolving with the Tarot w— Lindsay Mack
In this beautiful conversation with Lindsay Mack, we discuss what it looks like to evolve with the Tarot and how to begin to build your unique relationship + perspective with the cards. She asks us to bring more wildness to our intuitive practices and shares ways she chooses the soul when seeking direction in life + business. Lindsay is the founder of the Soul Tarot School + host of the Tarot for the Wild Soul podcast.
"I think that the wildness within us is the purest form of who we are."
We discuss:
* How she first encountered the Tarot + started working with it
* What “wildness” means to her and how it became essential to her approach
* How she has integrated intuitive practices while also healing trauma
* Using the Tarot for inclusion + evolution
* The Tarot archetypes both inside + outside of the deck
* How the teachings of the cards can change as we change
* The successes + challenges when choosing to be soul-centered in business
* Some of the reasons why w…
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Jan 2, 2020
Astrology’s Cultural Context + Looking Ahead to 2020 w— Michael J Morris
Consulting astrologer Michael J Morris gives us an overview of the cultural context and Hellenistic perspective of astrology. They also help us look ahead to some of the overarching themes and major transits for the upcoming year of 2020.
*We discuss*
•What is astrology’s function from a wider cultural perspective
•The cultural context of Hellenistic astrology
•What does an astrology reading look like?
•What makes up your birth chart?
•How astrology can help us appreciate difference
•The major astrological themes for 2020
•Eclipses
•How do different modalities of astrology offer complexity
•How to interact with astrology in a supportive way
Michael J. Morris is a witch, astrologer, artist, writer, facilitator, educator, and yoga teacher. They are currently a visiting professor at Denison University where they teach in the Department of Dance, Queer Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Environmental Studies. They also maintain a consultation practice called…
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Dec 26, 2019
Called to Become Gardeners w— mary grace
In this episode, I discuss the need to re-define and re-prioritize our ideas and values around maintenance in this coming year for the sake of our attention, our dreams and our planet.
"Maintenance is a function of Kindness."
we discuss —
* Framing care of the land from being part of the land.
* Recent documentary, music and books I’ve been enjoying.
* Long term relationships (of any variety) as a practice of enduring kindness.
* Releasing the sense of obligation to uphold traditions for their own sake
* Planting seeds and maintenance as an act of trust
* How can we step into the role of gardener more in how we approach life?
* Can we bring enthusiastic responsibility to our relationship to the land care of the Earth?
*Mentioned in the episode —
*East Forest x Ram Dass (music)
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Dec 19, 2019
Finding Joy in Your Personal Style w— Morgan Wider
Morgan wider is a stylist and speaker who helps women gets free from the rules and limitations they have around their bodies and wardrobes. In this episode, she shares the psychology hiding behind our clothes and how to show up as our most confident selves.
"*You are worthy of being seen. Right now. In this moment…You are worthy of being seen, and use your wardrobe to allow people to see all the beauty that you have."*
*We discuss*
* How she used to wear clothes in order to hide herself
* How clothes can function as a tool for personal transformation
* How clothing can demonstrate belonging or otherness
* Our subconscious rules and body beliefs that show up in how we dress
* How size is an imaginary concept
* How our wardrobe can help us get comfortable with being seen
* The imposter syndrome around feeling good and beautiful
* The excuses we make to not show up as our confident selves
* Where to start when we experience choice paralysis
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Dec 12, 2019
Create More Mindful + Equitable Work w— Dr Tiffany Johnson
In this episode, Dr Tiffany Johnson shares her research into equity and inclusion in the workplace. What are the essential ingredients for innovation and equity? She discusses how we can more mindfully approach our work and how yoga has helped her with burn out + worthiness.
We discuss —
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* The micro foundations of equity and inclusion in the workplace
* The most potent ingredients to a vibrant and equitable workplace
* The importance of systemic accountability
* How acceptance is crucial for a community to be creative + innovative
* How academic culture perpetuates our work culture
* The narratives, stereotypes and additional expectations often facing POC in academia
* How yoga nidra has helped her with burn out
* Undoing the narrative of working for worthiness
* Dr. Tiffany Johnson is a work and wellness researcher, writer, and teacher. She certified to teach stillness and movement based yoga (RYT 200), meditation under the guidance of Octavia Raheem, Meryl…
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Dec 5, 2019
New Branding Paradigms + Where You Waste Time in Your Business w— Pamela Barba
Pamela Barba works with individuals to create brands that reflect their authenticity. She does this through her skills in design, coaching and also teaching. In this episode we talk about her unique perspective coming from an immigrant, small business family and how it has shaped her creative ideas around branding strategy and activism.
We discuss:
* Pamela’s background growing up in a small business family in Ecuador
* The shifting paradigm around how we talk about our work + who we are
* What is the most important ingredient in branding
* How important is loving what you do for your success
* Why every project isn't about income
* How fluidity is essential when you want to work for yourself
* Safety as a prerequisite to creativity
* What activism looks like for her
* How we internalize our problems and make them isolated to us alone
* Evolving practices around social media
* How personal healing and transformation are related to your business
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Nov 28, 2019
Somatic Healing + Becoming Embodied w– Andrea Glik
Somatic trauma therapist Andrea Glik explains why it isn’t helpful to pathologize everything about us, but it’s more important to increase our capacity for pleasure and presence. In this episode, Andrea walks us through attachment styles, the relationship between pain and pleasure and how lessons from kink can help us relate to more healthy sex.
*We discuss*
* How to identify the resources and tools you already have
* Using the breath as a neutral tool for somatic experience
* Where to start when “be here now” feels unsafe
* How it is unhelpful to over pathologize and over diagnose experiences
* The relationship between pain and pleasure
* How our capacity for pleasure can signify healing
* Working through shame around pleasure, which can also be about worthiness
* Looking at attachment styles and how they affect relationships
* How to cultivate your capacity and consciousness around pleasure in your life
* What kink has to teach us about communication, co…
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Nov 21, 2019
Unpacking Urgency + Inviting Your Weaknesses w— Mary Grace
In this episode, I say a huge thank you to our growing listenership; I am so in love with it. I also go deeper into the ways I'm being asked to show up, re-orienting my experience with time and letting our strengths shine.
In this episode, *I discuss*:
* Ways to support the podcast. Almost all of which are completely FREE.
* Admitting + committing to my gifts
* Committing to working on things that give me energy
* Universe letting me know that it will only support me in things that come from my heart and that is it
* Unpacking a spiritual + cultural narratives that, for me, created a lack mentality around time
* We can’t get paid back in time
* Fear-based fantasies that create our sense of emergency
* Our body’s idea of balance
* Over-identifying with our weaknesses
* Learning to focus on our strengths and get more comfortable with your gifts
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Nov 14, 2019
Lessons from Death + Dying w— Narinder Bazen
Narinder Bazen is a Death Midwife, Home Funeral Educator and Holistic Death Care Activist. In this episode we talk Kundalini yoga, the gaps in hospice care and how death midwifery helps create more intentionality + care during the final season of life.
*We discuss*
* How putting yourself under pressure can open up unlimited potential
* What is death midwifery?
* Gaps in hospice care
* The questions people are afraid to ask around death
* What she’s learned from tending to the dying
* Receiving support to do our best work
* Re-orienting her relationship to money as a spiritual person doing spiritual work
* Energetically reading homes + land for healing
Narinder Bazen serves in these curious times as a Death Midwife, Home Funeral Educator and Holistic Death Care Activist. She has worked with over a hundred individuals and/or families as a death midwife and home funeral educator. She is NEDA proficient and National Home Funeral Alliance proficient.
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Nov 7, 2019
Connection as Healing, The Politics of Witchcraft + the Aesthetics of Ethics w— Michael J Morris
*we discuss*
* The approach + alchemy of their consultation practice
* Bringing healing and intuition back into the body
* Dance as a practiced ritual than can be about connection + healing
* “Fake healing” through dance
* Exploring pleasure activism through dance
* Political witchcraft
* Ecosexuality + embodiment
* Yoga as a practice for liberation rather than about exercise or relaxation
* Questioning the role of the yoga teacher and colonization of the practice
* The relationship between aesthetics + ethics
*LINKS*
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Episode w— Alkistis Dimech
Episode w— Diana Rose Harper
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Nov 5, 2019
Practicing Desire w— mary grace
We are more truly able to be pleased and to feel fulfilled when it's coming from this free place of desire. In this solo episode we look at our relationship with desire as a practice for the dark time of the year.
*we discuss*
* Moving into this dark part of the year with intention
* Ideas for curating your domestic experience of light
* Appreciating the difference between need + desire
* Bringing desire to the forefront of your story as a key component to a full heart
* Elongating and enjoying the space of desire and not just the moment of fulfillment
* Preparation as life’s foreplay
* How surrender is a necessary element of true desire
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*Episode on Deep Alignment
Episode with Alkistis Dimech*
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Oct 31, 2019
Everything is a Symptom of Healing w— Asia Suler
Healing is a multi-dimensional experience. Today, Asia Suler shares from her heart about the sentience of the Earth, cultural trauma and how the Earth can help us heal low self-worth — a root cause for much disease and confusion. Asia Suler is a writer, teacher and concoctress behind One Willow Apothecaries - a resource for consultations, retreats, online learning + handcrafted earth medicine. Asia has such a beautiful, big heart and loads of wisdom to share from the depths of her own experience and her well of research. This is an episode you won’t want to miss!
*We discuss*
* The sentience of the earth + our inherent human goodness
* Illness with roots in the energetic + emotional
* Why Asia loves + recommends flower essences
* The effects of emotional stress, low self-worth + sensitive nervous systems
* The power of being affirmed by the natural world
* Healing cultural trauma and overwhelm
* The relationship between self-acceptance and work
* Social media + vu…
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Oct 24, 2019
Running a Reiki Business + Aligning Your Life for More Joy w— Dara Metcalfe
Dara Metcalfe is a Reiki Master Teacher & Certified Transformational Life Coach. She has two decades of experience in Reiki, Massage Therapy, and in holding Healing Circle Ceremony. She co-owns a space in Atlanta, GA called Future Perfect Healing. She is also my Reiki teacher and a magical human being over all. In this episode we talk about energy healing for the self and as a professional, journeys around money and running a business (twice!).
*We discuss
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* Aligning your gifts with your community’s needs
* How healing her own trauma unlocked her more of her personal power + gifts
* The ongoing balance between owning a business + being an energetic practitioner
* Prioritizing joy + restorative time alone
* Reclaiming time as a business owner
* Working through financial wounds + learning to charge what you deserve
* Shame + family dynamics around financial healing (including losing her first business)
* Different modes of healing and how to discern which is what yo…
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Oct 17, 2019
Caring for New Parents Both Before + After Birth w— Nicole Qualls
Nicole Qualls is a perinatal support specialist and a certified lactation counselor. I have no doubts that she is a rising voice in this field that we should pay attention to. She’s working towards helping others in their transitions into new parenthood with education, compassion, care. And she’s diving into the system to provide systems of support for parents who don’t have enough access to resources.
*we discuss*
* How Nicole got initiated into motherhood + this work
* Up close + personal with perinatal mood disorders
* Her journey from being a birth doula to a postpartum doula
* The challenges of recovering from birth trauma
* How having children can also be a catalyst for healing
* The postpartum advice she would give to her younger self
* The importance of having community after giving birth
* Lack of accessibility around postpartum support
* How to honor new phases in your life when you become a parent
* 3 things she does that nourish her and keep her…
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Oct 15, 2019
Making Maps of Forgiveness
In this solo episode, Mary Grace dives into a mapping practice for releasing grief + the responsibility of choosing your story.
*We discuss*
* The importance of digesting heartbreak + grief
* How to make a map of descansos
* Choosing the stories that we inhabit
* Why grounding is important for manifestation + impact
* How meaning-making asks us to accept responsibility for our life
* The relationship between acceptance + freedom
* Determining the stamina needed for our desires
*LINKS *
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*Episode on Deep Alignment for Beautiful Futures
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Women Who Run with the Wolves
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Oct 10, 2019
Learning through Ease + the Never-Finished Process of Creative Practice w— Blake Beckham
Dance artist, educator + somatic practitioner Blake Beckham highlights the power of pleasure + play in our learning processes. We explore the aesthetics of failure, how creative work is never done and finding ease to unlock new pathways.
w*e discuss*
* The evolving role of the artist
* What the Feldenkrais method teaches us about how learning happens
* Deconstructing narratives around pain and how it applies to embodiment
* Experimenting with the aesthetics of failure
* Intentionally queering dance in a way that dismantles normative ideals
* The similarity between the scientific method + the creative process
* A moment of perceived failure in her own life that she considers a success
* How letting go of “should” can lead to a greater sense of freedom
* The simple acts + attention that contribute to healthy partnership
* How reiki has helped her become more curious + open to the metaphysical
BLAKE BECKHAM is a choreographer, performing artist, educator and pro…
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Oct 3, 2019
Your Breath is Your Guide to Presence w— Dr Crystal Jones
Retired chiropractor Dr Crystal Jones is shifting the narratives + paradigms around healthcare, wellness, inclusivity, listening and self-advocacy. Professionally, Dr Jones has worked in many different modalities, including: chiropractic, reiki, yoga, doula work (for both birth + death); and they bring this radically full background into their exploration of presence, which leads us to find our YES.
*We discuss:*
* Making decisions based on desire + joy
* The value of being, listening + believing in healing environments
* The primary role of witnessing one another + the world
* Leaving room for who we are without our titles + responsibilities
* Why fulfillment needs to be an integral part of success
* How the breath can help you make decisions and choose your
* Uncovering unconscious biases in the work place
* Deconstructing money as “I love you” and other stories
Dr Jones desires to create a practice that was based in radical vulnerability, revealing and allowi…
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Oct 1, 2019
The Gift of Failure + Finding Joy Within Work
In this episode, Mary Grace shares career failures, dissolutions + turbulence and why it’s important to locate ease within our work.
We also discuss —
* The value of being at the bottom
* What happens when we bypass failure
* The possibility of vocational ease
* Prioritizing your essence over achievement
* The unhealthy romanticization of our goals
* The harm of over-sacrificing for your dreams
* Ease is actually about joy.
* The myth of work = stress.
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*Episode w— Andrea Ranae
Episode w— Vyana Novus
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Sep 26, 2019
Meditation, Mindfulness + Self Care as a Parent w— Meryl Arnett
Welcome to the very first episode of the home—body podcast. My guest is Atlanta-based meditation teacher Meryl Arnett who shares with us about how meditation has changed her life and opened her up to new levels of intuition and creativity.
As a business owner and a parent, Meryl also shares about embracing your limitations and what becomes available when you stop trying to do it all.
*We discuss:*
* Why even a spiritual business has to run as a business
* Juggling motherhood, entrepreneurship and a personal meditation practice
* Learning to value stillness + how to get okay with being uncomfortable.
* How to value community over competition as a small business owner
* How you (+ your business) can't be everything to everyone.
* Appreciating mental diversity and different ways to meditation depending on your neurochemistry
* The evolution of self care + productivity after becoming a parent
* The challenges of postpartum depression + anxiety
* Why work-life balance…
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