I never thought I would be someone who was energized by deep meaningful love. Or at least I never thought I would admit to being that person. If you’re anything like me, prepare to be energized.

Mikey and Molly Laird love each other in a way that feels almost other worldly if you’ve never experienced it. Conversations like these continue to challenge me to get curious about what love is to me and what I want it to be. This is a conversation between 2 people who are each others safe home base. We talk about how they met and fell in love, how they support each others mental and emotional well being, healthy conflict, and what it’s like to have the same therapist for individual and couples work.

Ram Dass - Be Here Now

Dr. Laura Gilbert Gerber

You can find Mikey and Molly’s art on Instagram and Etsy

Molly’s Instagram

Mikey’s Instagram

You can find us on Instagram @headheartandchart

Abbey Smith is the kind of woman you want to go to a pool party with. I don't know any other way to describe it, that's just who she is. You know she'd have the best neon suit, bring your favorite popsicles and have the perfect playlist. Abbey is a badass, queer, mother, wife, self love advocate and the lead pastor of Church in the Wild. We talk about how spiritual healthcare is not the same as mental healthcare and the ways that some churches mishandle mental health concerns while others shine. As someone who doesn't identify as a Christian, for the last decade+ I've been following Abbey on social media and listening to any interview or sermon she gave because her perspective called me in and created some of the most powerful conversations I've ever had with family and friends around faith, life, politics and love. 

You can find Church in the Wild here on Spotify and Instagram

You can find Abbey on TikTok and Instagram

You can find us on Instagram @headheartandchart

If you haven’t noticed yet, I’m a big believer in leaning into your discomfort. Getting curious about why things are the way they are and how they can be better. Today's guest Charlee Cotton embodies all of this and more and has used astrology as a tool to dig deeper. We talk about planets that rule your chart, the Saturn return that we all go through every 27 years, Venus in Scorpio—a position in our birth charts that we share, the discomfort of vulnerability, values work and the astrology of the collective. Charlee has an infectious energy and when you read her posts @1212healing you can't help but sigh and think, SAME. 

Charlee’s recommendation to find your ruling planet:

Head to Astro.com (Charlee says take the dated website with a grain of salt)

Click on Free Horoscopes

Choose Extended chart selections

Choose Pullen/Astrolog tab

Under Chart Type use the drop down menu to find Simple chart delineation by Walter pollen

Scroll about 3/4 of the way down to a list of the planets with your total rank

astro-charts.com - For a beginner look at your chart

thepattern.com - A helpful app for learning what your chart says about you

Channing Tatum talks about The Pattern - https://youtu.be/bwizOYqTT4w

You can find Charlee on Instagram @1212healing and on Etsy 

You can find us on Instagram @headheartandchart

Almost everyone has heard a horror story about coming out in a conservative state. But what happens when coming out isn’t a traumatic event? William Powers shares his story of growing up in rural Kentucky and coming out to his parents as a young teen and the ways that they showed up for him, the family members who struggled to say the right things and what queerness means to him today. We talk about the never ending evolution of our own queerness and the dynamics of growing up in conservative families that love the best way they know how to, navigating friendships and relationships and the daily celebration of not being straight.

William is a scorpio who prefers not to be found on the internet but you can find us on Instagram @headheartandchart

Do you ever see someone on social media and just breathe a sigh of relief at their authenticity? As if it somehow gives you permission to show up as yourself too? I've been a fan of social media manager, Monika Scott since 2018 when I discovered her handmade stained glass art and bolo ties—yes, I do own one of her bolos and I wore it to the Star Wars Celebration and referred to myself as Han Bolo all day; and was quickly captivated by how effortlessly she seemed to be herself. Interactions with people like Monika on social media held a mirror to the ways in which I was performing social media rather than enjoying it—That's a compliment; we welcome the discomfort of growth over here.  In Head Heart and Charts inaugural episode, Monika shares her experiences with personal growth, introversion, communication, social media and the marketing that relies on our anger to succeed. We talk about how social media marketing has influenced the way we interact with each other online and how we can get curious about what we're feeling to stay sane. 

You can find Monika Scott across all platforms @mightymonika You can find us on Instagram @headheartandchart

Welcome to Head Heart and Chart, a podcast hosted by me, Reggie Ross. I'll be having conversations and sharing stories about mental health, relationships, astrology and pretty much everything in between. If you're ready to learn and grow a little or a lot, let's do this. 

Connect with me on Instagram @headheartandchart