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  • Episode 16 - Getting to Know Pure Magic with Judika Illes

    Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are thrilled to interview Judika Illes, author of Pure Magic and about a billion other books on magic, tarot, spells, spirits and all things "woo".

    In this episode, they discuss:

    • The practical nature of magic
  • What a culture's vocabulary reveals about it
  • Talking to your ancestors
  • The role of experience in practicing magic
  • "If you're human, you can do it."
  • The importance of "maybe"
  • Brett's feud with Jen Rondeau
  • Judy, Judy, Judy! (Brett was wrong)
  • Natasha's 2023 playlist
  • Making a playlist for your inner child
  • Incoming inspiration this week!
  • And more!
  • And...

    • Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, is available for pre-order now on Amazon.
  • You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
  • Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
  • Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
  • 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:

    • Judika's instagram
  • Judika's twitter
  • Cool Jen Rondeau
  • Spite by Bill Nomates
  • "Judy, Judy, Judy..." vs "judyjudyjudy"
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    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 15 - Getting to Know Knowing What You Know

    Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, talk about allowing yourself to know what you know and act when you're ready.

    In this episode, they talk about

    • Healing Brett's relationship to tradition
  • The need to understand "Why"
  • Natasha's new workout
  • "The Wolf" haircut
  • Taking action when you're ready
  • How your inner child affects your interacctions
  • Giving your inner child "air time"
  • Knowing when you need to act
  • How knowledge can lead to self-compassion
  • We're still in Mars retrograde
  • Going at your own pace
  • And more!
  • And...

    • Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, is available for pre-order now on Amazon.
  • You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
  • Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
  • Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
  • 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:

    • Nicole Piar's "Witch Cats" oracle deck
  • Gretchen Rubin's "The Happiness Project"
  • Ladder strength training workouts
  • Asheville hairdresser Coty Lillard at Sola Studios
  • Britten LaRue's workshop about intentions
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    35 min
  • Episode 14 - Getting to Know Intention Setting

    Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, talk about setting intentions at this time of New Year's Resolutions.

    In this episode, they talk cover

    • The very inward, hiberating, restful energy right now
  • How much Natasha loves Die Hard and Bruce Willis
  • Natasha's good friends Liz and Nene
  • Natasha & Brett's Hannukah routine, such as it is
  • Brett's journey into magick (with a c-k)
  • The power of a regular schedule for spiritual practices
  • Setting intentions/resolutions
  • The human need for support systems to effect change
  • Pairing internal & external goals
  • Being drawn to making friends locally
  • This week's energy report
  • And more!
  • And...

    • Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, is available for pre-order now on Amazon.
  • You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
  • Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
  • Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
  • 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:

    • High Magick by Damien Echols
  • Amanda Yates Garcia
  • Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker
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    48 min
  • Episode 13 - Getting Know the Akashic Records with Jonathan Koe

    Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are thrilled to talk to Jonathan Koe, queer mystic, astrologer, energy healer and Akashic Records reader.

    In this extra special interview, they talk about

    • Open lovingness vs love bombing
  • Feeling intuition in your boady
  • Intention vs. Impact
  • Akashic Records as a limitless spiritual resource
  • Both-And vs. Either-Or
  • The divinity of the Akashic Records vs. the humanity of the "reader"
  • Letting trust be your vehicle to learning the records
  • How to cultivate trust when learning esoteric or "woo" subjects
  • Growing from and through trauma
  • You can choose to ignore the advice the Akashic Records provide
  • How your relationship to the Akashic Records can change over time
  • Colonialist notions inherent in the concept of the Akashic Records
  • Caution around the idea of universality
  • And more!
  • And...

    • The Holiday Survival Meditation Bundle is on sale for only a little bit longer.  Learn more here.
  • Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, is available for pre-order now on Amazon.
  • You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
  • Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
  • Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
  • 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:

    • Jonathan's podcast, Healing the Spirit
  • Jonathan's website
  • Jonathan's instagram (@nate_qi)
  • Linda Howe
  • Daniela Gil
  • Leah Garza
  • Helen Vonderheide
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    1 hr 14 min
  • Episode 12 - Getting to Know EFT with Kate Hennessey

    Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, welcome Kate Hennessey to talk about Emotional Freedom Technique (aka, EFT or Tapping).  Kate is an EFT Tapping Practitioner, Licensed Massage Therapist, and Self-Care Coach helping highly sensitive souls and empaths cultivate calm, compassion, and confidence.

    In the interview, they talk about

    • The origins of Emotional Freedom Therapy
  • How EFT is helpful for those that have trouble sitting still for meditating
  • And also for those not very connected to their bodies
  • Kate's path to becoming an EFT practitioner
  • The breadth of issues that can be addressed by EFT
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    In the rest of the episode, Natasha & Brett discuss 

    • Brett being excited about making a giant solid aluminum sphere!
  • Natasha being excited about not wearing makeup (#wokeuplikethis)
  • The miracle of the eyelash curler
  • The non-linearity of time
  • Energy report: angry soup, then clarity
  • And more!
  • And...

    • Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, is available for pre-order now on Amazon.
  • You can schedule a healing or learn about Natasha's Awakening offering by visiting highestlighthealing.com
  • Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
  • Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
  • 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:

    • Kate's newsletter
  • Kate's tapping exercise on Insight Timer
  • Kate's tapping video on YouTube
  • Kate's website
  • Atlas Stones & Strongman Competition
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    1 hr 8 min
  • Episode 11 - Getting to Know a Solo Episode

    ...aaaaaand we're back!  Well, Natasha's back with a shorter episode as Brett disappoints everyone by getting COVID.  (Don't worry, he's fine now).

    This week, host Natasha Levinger  (sans co-host/husband/producer, Brett) talks about:

    • Is Natasha intimidating?
  • Embracing and loving your shadow side
  • Unexpected cat litter box maintenance
  • Wanting food to just appear on demand
  • Natasha's "bachelor" days
  • This week's energy report: small-scale miscommunication, and riding on top of a wave and laughing
  • and more!
  • And...

    • Pre-order yourself of copy Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, on Barnes & Noble or Amazon!
  • Learn about Natasha's one-on-one, focused container offering, Awakening  at highestlighthealing.com
  • Be the first to find out when Natasha's new meditations are released by signing up for her newsletter.  Plus, you'll get three free guided audio meditations right away, including one on clearing your chakras!
  • Don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
  • 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.

    20 min
  • Episode 10 - Getting to Know Holiday Stress

    Join Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, as they discuss holiday stress!  In this episode they talk about:

    • the different ways the holidays affect people
  • what it means to be resisting emotions
  • techniques for allowing all your emotions
  • the myth of the floodgates
  • finding a name for fans of the podcast
  • the source of Brett's skepticism
  • which of them is low energy today
  • why their cat, Ron, is addicted to "the Sprinks"
  • The joy of local news in smaller markets
  • Brett's ridiculous (but effective!) workout routine
  • and more!
  • And...

    • Pre-order yourself of copy Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, on Barnes & Noble or Amazon!
  • You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
  • Be the first to find out when Natasha's new meditations are released by signing up for her newsletter.  Plus, you'll get three free guided audio meditations right away, including one on clearing your chakras!
  • Don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
  • 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.

     

    37 min
  • Episode 9 - Getting to Know Trusting Yourself, with Dr. Ingrid Clayton, PhD

    Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are so excited to talk to Dr. Ingrid Clayton, author of Believing Me: Healing from Narcissistic Abuse and Complex Trauma, the compelling and honest memoir of her emotional journey as a trauma survivor.

    In the interview, they talk about

    • Reaching the universal through the specific
  • "The Levinger Bump"
  • The widespread damage caused by gaslighting
  • Fighting the idea of your abuse being "not that bad"
  • Beginning to identify as a trauma survivor
  • Complex PTSD
  • The freedom Ingrid felt when her abuser died
  • The compulsion and drive to write her story
  • Investigating her own personal history
  • Accessing her fight response despite decades spent as a fawner
  • In the rest of the episode, Natasha & Brett discuss 

    • How much the podcast is like QVC
  • How to find time for things you want to do
  • The relative thickness of cardboard
  • Lack of media coverage for "black" news
  • "Viscous" is grosser than "gooey"
  • The energy of the week ahead
  • And more!
  • And...

    • Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
  • Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, is available for pre-order now on Amazon.
  • You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
  • Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
  • 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:

    • Ingrid's instagram and youtube channel
  • Higher Learning podcast with Van Lathan & Rachel Lindsay
  • The 1975
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    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 8 - Getting to Know Botanical & Protection Magic with Amy Blackthorn

    Join Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, as they discuss botanical and protection magic with Amy Blackthorn, author of the new books Blackthorn's Botanical Wellness and Blackthorn's Protection Magic!  They talk about how to listen to plants, giving plants appropriate reverence, Amy's early start with a love of plants, self-defense, martial arts, Amy's 15 years in executive protection, combining real-world security with protection magic, and more!

    In the rest of the episode, Natasha & Brett discuss being in a numerological "9 year", the most fallish fall that ever falled, the tumultuous Mars retrograde, techniques for re-centering and groundsing, and more!

    And...

    • Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, is available for pre-oder now on Amazon.
  • You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
  • Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
  • Don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
  • 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:

    • Amy's Instagram and Twitter
  • Tess's weekly online moment of mindfulness, Sunday Circle.
  • Felicia Bender, the Practical Numerologist
  • Gingiber Designs & Goods by Stacie Bloomfield
  • Molly McCord, Intuitive Astrologer
  • 1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 7 - Getting to Know Holistic Business with Jenner Linden

    Join Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, as they discuss holistic business with Jenner Linden, creative mentor and found of The Wild Ones!  They also talk about Jenner's entrepreneurial journey and how feminine energy has influenced it,  the shift away from degrees as the only signifier of qualifications, opening to receive as a balance to non-stop "doing", her relationship to winter coats, and more!  

    In the rest of the episode, Natasha & Brett talk about the guilty pleasure of Hallmark xmas movies and QVC, identifying your core values, retraining memories, Samhain and The Deadies, connecting to ancestors, #lovelynuggets, and more.

    Natasha's book is now available for pre-order!  Head over to amazon to pre-order Healing Your Inner Child: Re-Parenting Yourself for a More Secure and Loving Life.

    And...

    • If you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
  • You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
  • Don't forget to rate and review Getting to Know Woo on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
  • 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:

    • The Wild Ones
  • Jenner's instagram
  • 57 min

About Getting to Know Woo

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Welcome to Getting to Know Woo! I’m Natasha Levinger, a professional intuitive reader, energy healer and inner child healing expert. After being raised with extreme narcissism, I found talk therapy…