In this episode:

• Alex is a bonafide fire builder and cake wrangler. Call her for all of your birthday needs.
• AJ, the birthday queen, reflects on her prior year being a boring one
• What does boring mean for someone used to chaos? 
• Dive bar shenanigans
• What environments do we feel comfortable in based on authenticity, prior trauma, etc.? 
• Alex and AJ navigate the same environments very differently
• AJ has the satisfaction of a perfectly landed joke to cap off her birthday celebration

In this episode:

• Does "beginner" yoga really exist at yoga studios?
• Competition and hypervigilence in movement classes
• At home vs. in person classes
• Gluten free bakery names and prices
• Behavioral activation to help with dysregulation
• Making choices when you're dysregulated vs. in touch with your intuition
• Kristin Collier's FREE workshop. Sign up at CollierConnections.com

Follow us on Instagram: @wildiriscollective @alexandrajthomsen

In this episode:

• Vent sesh about all things vacationing
• Pets as a hinderance to vacationing 
• Is vacationing worth the cost?
• Alex and AJ's dream vacation destinations and situations
• Astrocartography - locational astrology that combines astrology and geography to understand areas in the world that best align with your energy

In this episode:

• Tips and tricks for recovering from the stomach flu
• Feeling alone and vulnerable when you're sick
• Limbic system limiting your access to choice
• Vent sesh about manifestation
• "High vibes" as a diminishment of consciousness
• Moving through a "low vibe"
• Getting out of your cognitive thinking and into your emotional and somatic self as a way of manifesting

Follow us on Instagram! @alexandrajthomsen @wildiriscollective 

In this episode:

• Animals feeling the thinning of the veil on Samhain
• Asking spirit for what you do or do not want
• Healthy dissociation vs. protective dissociation
• Definition and connotation of the word "problem" 
• Herbalism
• Infusions, teas, bath teas, syrups
• You get what you give in terms of Halloween energy

In this episode:

• Alex can't watch scary movies anymore
• Comfort, control, and catharsis in relation to watching Law and Order: SVU
• What are you playing on your mind movie?
• More spiritual visitors as the veil gets thinner
• At this point in the episode we shift to topics that may be difficult for some people to hear, so feel free to discontinue listening here
• Alex uncovered some new layers of her childhood trauma
• Recognizing the healing capabilities of spiritual practices in the right circumstances
• Shifting perspectives on abuse and the abuser
• EMDR vs. claircognizance
• Science catching up with spirituality

This one's for all the anxious, neurodivergent, trauma surviving baddies out there:

• Not being able to access your toolbox of skills when you're "in it"
• Using self care techniques as prevention for and recovery from dysregulation
• Awareness does not always equate to behavior change
• Definition of "hard" or "challenging" when it comes to working on mental health
• Follow through when working with a practitioner vs. trying to do the work on your own
• Early childhood trauma reactions vs. taking ownership of your choices

In this episode:

• Witchy dreams
• Cowboy Hat makes a comeback
• Are people visiting you in dreams or are you conjuring them?
• Utilizing religious practices as part of your spirituality, but not identifying as religious
• Take Back the Magic by Perdita Finn
• Heirophant in the Tarot
• Communicating with the dead

Find us on Instagram: @alexandrajthomsen @wildiriscollective

In this episode:

• Present moment awareness vs. future thinking
• Theoretical spiritual practice vs. real life practical application 
• Choosing to do a task vs. waiting for it to meet you when you're ready
• Judging ourselves for engaging in calm, joyful states of being
• Kitchen witchery
• How you are viewed from the outside vs. what is felt from within
• Functional ways to feed our instinctual trauma responses in order to prevent escalated responses in the future
• Addressing sensory disregulation with a punching bag

In this episode:

• Alex was a guest on the But I'm Spiritual Podcast! Listen here!
• The struggle of trying to fall asleep, especially if you have intrusive thoughts
• Differentiating between developmental trauma symptoms and energetic entities
• Ego/cognition getting in the way of spiritual downloads
• Sleeping in your own room, not with your partner
• Building bedtime routines to address both the body and the spirit
• Noise sensitivity when falling asleep