Context for Chaos

Context for Chaos

By With Vanessa Bartlett and Jessica GeddisReligion & SpiritualitySpirituality
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Context for Chaos episodes

  • Understanding Your Wings and Core Type with Hanna McElroy

    In this second installment of our conversation with Hanna McElroy, we move beyond the basics to explore how the Enneagram helps us shift from unconscious zombies to self-aware individuals. We dive deep into the remaining archetypes, from the anxious, prepared Loyalist (Type Six) to the optimistic, fun-loving Enthusiast (Type Seven).

    Hanna explains the fascinating concept of “wings”—the adjacent numbers we lean into to navigate the world—and why society often mistypes women as Type Twos due to traditional gender expectations of being “the helper”.

    Whether you are a creative Type Four who feels misunderstood, a protective Type Eight ready to fight for the underdog, or a Type Nine Peacemaker who prefers to go with the flow, this episode offers a roadmap for understanding your innate nature and generational habits. Join us as we learn how to face our vices and heighten our consciousness to create a more balanced life.



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    17 min
  • Tarot and the Enneagram with Hanna McElroy

    In this episode, we sit down with Hanna McElroy, a seasoned Tarot reader and bookstore owner who has spent the last decade mastering the Enneagram, an ancient psychological and spiritual map. We dive into how this "system of consciousness raising" helps us identify our childhood wounds and core fears, offering a path to move past the self-protection mechanisms we built as children.

    Hanna shares her fascinating journey of discovering her own type—moving from a perceived Type Three (The Achiever) to her true Type Eight (The Challenger)—and explains how understanding your type can deepen a Tarot reading.

    Whether you are a curious Type Five investigator or a perfectionist Type One, join us to explore how these nine archetypes serve as a tool for humanity to face its shortcomings and elevate its virtues. Discover why combining these two modalities isn't cheating, but a way to help your personal growth truly flower.



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    19 min
  • Deepening the Inner Work of the Healer with Miriam Jacobs

    In this insightful follow-up interview, Miriam Jacobs returns to share how she has spent the last year and a half going deep within herself to better serve her clients. She discusses the Wounded Healer archetype and the importance of understanding one’s own puncture wounds to create a relatable bridge for healing others. Explore how Miriam uses the structures of Tarot, astrology, and chakra line-ups to navigate a nonlinear path, moving away from intellectualized logic and toward the authentic authority of the body.

    Join us for a conversation about transitions, the magic of synchronicity, and the slow leak of transformation that happens one layer at a time.



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    45 min
  • Embodying the Wisdom of the Cards – with Miriam Jacobs

    In this final segment, Miriam Jacobs brings the tarot to life through Tarot in Motion, a practice that transforms heady philosophy into a living, somatic experience. Discover how movement—whether it involves outrageous dance, simple hand gestures, or the use of costumes like capes and headpieces—helps practitioners step out of their comfort zones and into the wisdom of the cards. Miriam shares how her background in somatic dance and the power of seasonal rituals create a structure for personal and group evolution.

    Join us to learn how the act of being witnessed can help you move underneath the surface to find authentic expression and balance.



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    14 min
  • Mapping the Major Arcana to the Spirit – with Miriam Jacobs

    In this fourth segment, Miriam Jacobs reveals the spiritual architecture of her system, mapping the Major Arcana to the upper chakras to bridge the gap between the physical and the ethereal worlds. Miriam also introduces her transformative practice, Tarot in Motion, sharing how movement can release stored trauma and stress by encouraging the body to open when it feels most protective to stay closed.

    Whether you are a seasoned dancer or someone who feels uncoordinated, this segment offers a powerful invitation to move beyond intellectualizing and into a lived, authentic experience of the cards.



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    12 min
  • The Surprising Connection Between Swords and the Heart – with Miriam Jacobs

    In this segment, Miriam Jacobs breaks down the intricate four-symbol system integrated into her deck, covering astrology, elements, and the Vedic chakras. She shares the unique backstory of how her book, Tarot and the Chakras, was published after her collage-style deck was initially turned down by a major publisher. We explore the specific physical associations of the suits, such as the Wands' connection to the ego and the solar plexus. Miriam also reveals a profound shift in perspective by linking the Swords and the air element directly to the heart chakra to help practitioners speak from a place of authenticity. Finally, learn how she uses these cards to identify when a person needs a different elemental energy to return to balance.



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    14 min
  • The Energetic Container of Polarity Therapy – with Miriam Jacobs

    In this segment, Miriam Jacobs dives into the practical mechanics of energy work, revealing how she reads the "voice" of a client's energy before a single card is drawn. We explore the four pillars of Polarity Therapy—food, movement, touch, and the verbal component—and how these elements form the "container" for her somatic practice.

    Discover why Miriam chose to rename traditional tarot suits to their elemental roots, like Fire and Earth, to help practitioners move out of their heads and into a state of resonance with the body’s wisdom.



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    12 min
  • The Somatic Path – with Miriam Jacobs

    Step into the world of Miriam Jacobs, a visionary artist and energy worker who transformed her intuitive gifts into a groundbreaking approach to healing. In this opening segment, Miriam shares her journey from the print shops of New York to the healing practices of California, revealing how a personal health crisis and a prophetic dream led her to bridge the gap between Tarot and Polarity Therapy. Learn how she synthesized the Vedic chakras, Ayurvedic elements, and the cards to create the first somatic tarot deck, offering a unique map for body-based wisdom.



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    12 min
  • Why Spirituality is the Oxygen of the Modern Human Experience – with Corbie Mitleid

    In this episode, we welcome back Corbie Mitleid, a certified Tarot Master and the "no b******t psychic" who has been reading professionally since 1973. Corbie shares her journey from the mystery of the 1960s to her modern-day rebranding on TikTok, where she reaches thousands by stripping away the "glitter and unicorn farts" of the industry.

    We dive deep into the human experience of psychic work, exploring why AI can never replace the soul-deep compassion of a human intuitive who has lived through the same deeply carved hardships as her clients. From her "Psychic Yellow Brick Road" philosophy to her unique "Soul Plan" readings, Corbie explains how to move out of a victim mentality and reclaim your power. Whether you are looking for a reality check or a way to treat spirituality like the oxygen it is, join us for a conversation that bridges the earth plane and the spiritual plane with humor, grit, and grounded wisdom.

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    54 min
  • The Practical Magic of Relatability – with Psychic & Tarot Master Corbie Mitleid

    This segment navigates the whimsical world of diverse tarot personalities—from the golden retriever energy of the Prince of Wands to the "doody head defense" used to navigate difficult family dynamics. Corbie also reminds us that spiritual mastery is not about living in a constant metaphysical crescendo. She follows the philosophy of "first enlightenment, then the laundry," meaning that no matter how profound a psychic download may be, the practitioner remains a human being who must still attend to the ordinary, mundane tasks of life. This balance ensures that the work remains authentic and grounded, preventing the ego from tripping up the reader or making the process feel out of reach for the client. 

    Join us for this grounding conclusion to discover how to walk an authentic path where love triumphs over ego and enlightenment is found even in the laundry.

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    24 min

About Context for Chaos

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Hosted by Vanessa, a psychic, spiritualist astrologer, and multidimensional card reader. Vanessa’s readings are known for their accuracy, but what sets her apart is how she translates the unseen into plain human language.