Getting to Know Woo

Episode 21 - Getting to Know Crystals with Nicholas Pearson

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Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are so excited to have author Nicholas Pearson on the show.  They talk about crystals and stones and Nicholas's new book, Crystal Basics Pocket Encyclopedia: The Energetic, Healing, and Spiritual Power of 450 Gemstones.

In this episode, they discuss:

  • Nicholas's start in minerals at 8yo with his grandfather
  • How science & spirituality are describing the same things in crystals
  • The historic and living spiritual practices with crystals & minerals
  • His random but fateful assignment to work in a natural history museum
  • the importance of personal experience
  • The drawn between certain rocs and certain people
  • Meditating on a stone before learning the geology of it
  • The geological promiscuity of copper
  • Nicholas's personal approach to getting to know stones
  • His personal approach to getting to know stones
  • Inviting crystals or stones to work with you
  • The environmental and ethical implications of the mineral trade
  • What to do when a crystal breaks
  • The effect of shape on a crystal
  • That time Jon Stewart almost ran over Natasha
  • Unlearning self-criticism
  • Investigating areas where you are blocked
  • Considering your actual capacity when making plans
  • Controversy! Natasha likes TikTok!
  • This week's energy report
  • And more!

    • Plus...

    • Pre-order Natasha's new book, Healing Your Inner Child, and get a free class on inner validation.  Details at highestlighthealing.com.
  • You can learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
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  • Send questions or show topic suggestions to [email protected]

    • Getting to Know Woo is a weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

     

    Mentioned in the show:

    • Nicholas's website
  • Nicholas's instagram
  • Nicholas's tiktok
  • The Problem with Jon Stewart
  • The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players

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