Grief Magic: Rituals, Tarot & Creativity for Seasons of Loss

Happy full moon, dreambabes! I have some exciting news to share and also wanted to record a solo episode on free resources for when you are struggling, craving some shifts or just feel a bit stuck. There have been some really cool conversations about keeping magic + healing accessible (because really, if its not accessible to poor people, its not radical but also how do we as facilitators pay bills? So many questions!) lately and I wanted to share some stuff that has really helped me, especially at times when I was super limited on both time and money. Tune in to hear me talk about:  

Here are some resources I talked about/wish I would have mentioned:  

+ Books I am currently loving are Embody by Connie Sobczak as well as Body Positive Power by Meghan Jayne Crabbe + My free everyday magic course: https://online-awesomeness-school1.teachable.com/p/free-ritual-magic-course + Holly Lowery`s work around eating disorder recovery and her podcast Well + Weird: https://www.hollylowery.com/well-and-weird/ (also great freebie to check out!)  + The Food Psych podcast by Christy Harrison: https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych/ + The Herbal Academy`s blog on herbalism full of recipes: https://theherbalacademy.com/blog/ + Lindsay Mack`s podcast with lots of free tarot teachings: https://www.lindsaymack.com/podcast ...I hope there is something in there for you!  

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Dreambabes, I am so honoured to send this beautiful conversation to you through the magic of Soundcloud and the internet!  The other day I received a reading from my guest Chanelle that left me feeling truly seen, more confident and empowered to untie some knots I had been playing with for years. I love her take on everyday magic and the way she works with plants, sounds and essences. Here is what we talked about:  

Chanelle A. Bergeron is a flower essence practitioner & an intuitive herbalist who weaves her knowledge of midwifery, astrology, tarot, & mysticism into her healing practice. When she is not in the apothecary, you will find her making improvised & atmospheric sound-collage music under the name of mille, dreaming of the water, and writing poems. She currently resides in Raleigh, NC with her brilliant partner, Minori Sanchiz-Fung. You can find more about her offerings online at: www.moonbymoonapothecary.com instagram: @moonbymoonapothecary email: [email protected] bandcamp: mille.bandcamp.com Minori’s website: www.minorisanchizfung.com My dear friend Emma Scully who I mentioned in our interview: Instagram: @justherbals 

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Sweet friends, I cannot imagine a more suitable episode to share with you on the Scorpio full moon!  My conversation with Jennifer was deep, beautiful and full of gems about the following:  

Jennifer Patterson is a grief worker who uses plants, breath, words to explore survivorhood, body(ies) and healing.  A queer and trans affirming, trauma-informed herbalist and Breathwork facilitator, Jennifer offers sliding scale care as a practitioner through her own practice Corpus Ritual and is a member of The Breathe Network and Breathwork for Recovery. She facilitates writing and Breathwork workshops at healing centers, LGBTQ centers, a Hasidic and Orthodox Jewish healing center, a needle exchange and harm reduction clinic, veterans hospitals, online with the Transformative Language Arts Network, sexual violence resource centers, the collective What Would an HIV Doula Do?, and at colleges and universities. She is the editor of Queering Sexual Violence: Radical Voices from Within the Anti- Violence Movement (2016, https://queeringsexualviolence.com/), lectures across the country, and has had writing published in places like OCHO: A Journal of Queer Arts, Nat. Brut, The Establishment, HandJob, and The Feminist Wire with new publications forthcoming. She is also the creative nonfiction editor of Hematopoiesis Press. A graduate of Goddard College’s MA program, Jennifer is finishing a book project focused on translating embodied traumatic experience through somatic practices and critical and creative nonfiction. You can find more at http://ofthebody.net/.

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Happy new moon in Taurus, dream babes! Thanks to our beautiful Patreons there is another episode to enjoy already!   This time I spoke to astrologer, tarot reader and writer the Firebrand Witch. It`s been a touching, honest, beautiful and giggly conversation about all of these beautiful things:   

The Firebrand Witch is an astrologer, tarot reader, idea synthesizer and writer who is on a daily dash to make meaning of society and human beings through the magic of the planets and the cards. They are a mad agender cyborg witch with a heart of flames committed to supporting humans through their underworld journeys as they (re)discover their magic, meaning, and passion for being. They write weekly horoscopes and occasional reflections on healing and transforming over at thefirebrandwitch.com. To learn more: http://thefirebrandwitch.com/about/ To book a reading:  http://thefirebrandwitch.com/tarot-reading-store/ Instagram: @thefirebrandwitch  Facebook: fb.com/thefirebrandwitch Twitter: @firebrandwitch Patreon: http://patreon.com/thefirebrandwitch

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Hey friends, how is everyone doing and feeling?  I have a beautiful episode with my friend and dream babe Amy Kuretsky to share - honestly, this one is wonderful and covers such a broad range of topics plus very many giggles! Here is what we talked about:  

Amy Kuretsky is a wellness coach for mind, body, and business. As a creative entrepreneur herself, she doesn’t think that you have to choose between your health and your hustle. Her work is focused on helping female-identified and non-binary business owners heal what needs healing - whether that’s their anxiety and limiting beliefs one day or their business model the next.  When she’s not coaching creative business owners she’s running a busy Chinese medicine clinic in Minneapolis, leading wellness retreats around the country, and getting woo-wooAF. Here are some links you might want to check out:  Amy`s website: https://www.amykuretsky.com/ 

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Friends, we made it to 10k listens, can you imagine?! Thank you so much! In this episode I just want to send you a really big thank you, tell you a bit more about my story and share some new things that I am currently working on. Tune in to hear about how I started out in web design, how Daydreaming Wolves came to be, what I wish I had known sooner and what I am wishing for in my fourth year. Wishing you a beautiful Sunday, dream babes! 

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For this episode I got to interview Otter Lieffe who wrote and self-published the incredible book of speculative fiction called Margins and Murmurations about struggle, sex work and time travel. As you know I think DIY media and representation are super important topics, so it was amazing to talk to her about the creative process and how healing it can be to imagine a different future for marginalised folks. We also talked about reframing PTSD, visibility, creating dignified working conditions for ourselves, community funding and the radical bodywork network. You can support Otter`s work and receive access to wonderful extras through her Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/otterlieffe Otter is a working class, femme, trans woman, in and out of Brussels and Berlin where she runs a trans and queer-focused holistic clinic called Safer Healing (https://saferhealing.org/). 

Margins and Murmurations (https://otterlieffe.com/marginsandmurmurations/) is her first novel. She has been involved in grassroots activism for over a decade, in Latin America, the Middle East, Europe and North America and has at various times found herself involved in queer community organising, land reclamation, language teaching in migrant worker communities, playing samba in demonstrations and being too tired to get up the next day. She speaks between 3 and 5 languages and rarely sits still long enough to watch the seasons change. Written by a trans woman and sex worker, Margins and Murmurations puts gender, queerness and femininity at the centre of its twisting narrative. In this sensitive exploration of exclusion, Otter Lieffe calls us to renew our struggles against oppression and to proudly reclaim the margins that so many of us call home.   Margins and Murmurations “This is the story of Ash, a trans woman and healer living in a corner of Europe controlled by a militarized state. Amidst the economic crash of the 2020s, this land, once a hub of diversity, saw the rise of a state-imposed monoculture of gender, sexuality, ability and race. Those that didn’t fit, known as the divergents, were imprisoned, expelled or worse. Ash and her best friend Pinar long ago escaped the City, left behind their days of fighting State oppression, and are eking out a calmer life in the forest, ravaged by the effects of climate change. One day, Jason, a resistance fighter, arrives abruptly into their life, reigniting personal and political drives and they find themselves drawn back into the fight. 

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Happy slightly belated new moon, you dreambabes! I hope the eclipse season is treating you well, that you are being showered in beautiful insights and that healing feels like softly floating down a river on a stable and supportive leaf (idk where that came from, I had a lot of rose tea this morning).  I feel super excited to bring you this gem of a conversation - it`s is a beautiful deep-dive into ideas, challenges and dreams around sharing, solidarity and engaging with money in sustainable, healthier ways. We also talked about the seduction of quick cash in the online business world, what it can mean to have social capital and access to resources and how the internet isn`t as democratic as we may think it is. I have worked with Sophie personally and feel that my life is so much richer with her in it - I can feel why she is so passionate about her work and I really value her perspectives.  

Sophie Macklin is a queer femme witch, anti-capitalist abundance coach, and feminist priestess in love with the magic of valuing and care. She works with people on thriving within and despite capitalism as we all work to dismantle systemic oppression. She believes the current system for resource distribution is drastically unfair, and relies on the exploitation of land and people. She is interested in creating something different.  Sophie is passionate about women and queers getting paid for their work, mutual aid, and all of us getting imaginative about new economies and new ways of being.  You can find Sophie`s website here:  http://www.feministabundance.com/ And this is her instagram:  http://instagram.com/sophieamacklin 

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Hey friends, happy almost blue moon to you! I have a really special episode for you to celebrate this magical moon - Vanessa Sage came back on the show (listen to the first episode with her, #9, if you haven`t already) to talk about intuitive tarot magic and finding confidence, inspiration and comfort through the cards. We had a chat about finding the right deck, making little rituals out of readings, giving yourself permission to approach the cards with unwashed hair and uncertain questions, trusting your intuitive interpretations and finding your own voice as a reader. 

Vanessa Sage’s work focuses on self-compassion, inner-bravery, and discovering the mystery in our everyday lives. She offers spiritual and business mentorship, Priestess training, and tarot readings to help you enchant your everyday, bring your imagination to life, and listen to your wild soul’s calling! She has a PhD in cultural anthropology, and spent many years studying Buddhism, pilgrimage, and alternative spirituality as an anthropologist of religion. You can find her at http://vanessasage.com/

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For this beautiful new moon I have the honour of sending an interview with Jessie Susannah Karnatz, aka $Money Witch$ your way! We talked about how she became a money witch, how she developed a powerful relationship with physical cash, how she formed a worker´s cooperative with fellow sex workers and how she managed to rebuild her financial and professional life after a divorce and an eviction. Jessie also shared some really beautiful and insightful thoughts on survival in late stage capitalism and how money can contribute to liberation in really tangible, practical and efficient ways.  

Jessie Susannah Karnatz, aka $Money Witch$, is an Intuitive Financial Coach, bookkeeper, and tax preparer bringing Capitalism-Critical Business Lady Swag to clients in the Bay Area and via Skype. You can find more information on her work at www.healyourfinances.com and on Instagram @money.witch. Jessie also has a Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg9QueTgSbQOxd5eBwGkR5g) and is offering a business basics course for not so basic business babes here: https://www.healyourfinances.com/businessbabes.html 

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