We share a candid archival recording and explore how intuition, creativity, and family rituals shape the way we move through changing seasons. Joy and grief sit side by side as we talk about expanding families, navigating “last firsts,” and finding courage in the unknown.

• plans shift from guest episode to archival audio
• intuition that shifts the room and guides decisions
• creative energy in early motherhood and postpartum
• grief for last firsts while loving the present
• honest talk about fear, risk, and recovery
• keeping the oldest a kid amid new routines
• small rituals that anchor family life
• learning our podcast rhythm and process
• gratitude for listener polls and community
• upcoming hopes for meetups and future topics

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We follow the threads of synchronicity through 11:11, a father’s passing, a song that kept returning, and a family healing ritual that would not run dry. Jung’s idea of meaningful coincidence becomes a tool for choosing, grieving, and staying close to intuition without losing agency.

• how 11:11 shaped career, trust, and direction
• Jung’s framing of synchronicity as inner–outer dialogue
• polls on coincidences, signs, and trusting symbols
• grief as a liminal space where meaning deepens
• the returning song as a compass for healing
• Saint Padre Pio oil as family ritual and anchor
• balancing awe with personal agency in choices
• inviting community stories and future guest plans
• pulling “Just Say Yes” and calling in soul family

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Love isn’t a lightning strike—it’s a conscious choice made with a clear mind and a steady heart. In this episode, we take The Lovers card beyond soulmates and fairytales into the deeper work of autonomy, attachment, and inner integration. Using the Rider–Waite imagery—the red-winged angel, the sun that burns through illusion, the Trees of Knowledge and Life, and the volcanic mountain—we explore how symbolism becomes practice: choosing with clarity, respecting edges, and allowing desire without chaos.

We unpack why so many of us mistake drama for passion and how our early experiences train the nervous system to chase what’s familiar, not what’s healthy. Through stories of postpartum shifts, grief for old versions of ourselves, and the changing rhythms of partnership, we talk about what it takes to build a love that can weather seasons. Expect grounded insights and gentle challenges—on calm intimacy versus volatile intensity, “what I need” versus “what I think I deserve,” and daily choice versus passive drift.

We also dig into projection: the parts of ourselves we exile and then battle in our partners, and how integration transforms conflict into connection. If you’re navigating big decisions, learning to trust your intuition again, or wondering whether your relationship still supports your growth, this episode offers both reflection and repair.

Pull a card, tune in to your body, and see what reveals itself when the sun comes out.

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What if the keys to your spiritual life already sit in your hands? We open the Hierophant card and follow its symbols—triple crown, gray pillars, and crossed keys—into a conversation about authority, lineage, and the courage to trust your own timing. Instead of treating tradition as a rulebook, we ask how wisdom moves when it’s offered with consent, when the body says yes, and when we let awe guide us more than fear.

We bring in your voices: childhood beliefs about who gets to hold spiritual power, whether happiness is found or built, and why perfectionism hides inside so many sacred spaces. From a therapist’s perspective, we explore how discernment is embodied—muscle, breath, and gut sense—and how shame-based teachings confuse control with care. The Hierophant becomes a mirror: is your practice opening the heart, or closing it? Is the ritual nourishing, or punishing?

Then we zoom out. The overview effect and Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot reframe everything: Earth as a delicate home, borders as imaginary, life as brief and breathtaking. That shift doesn’t make us small in a hopeless way; it makes daily awe possible. We talk grief and nostalgia as companions to growth, the privilege of goodbyes, and the quiet work of making meaning in real time. Spirituality shows up in the mundane—a sunrise from a plane window, salt air on the tongue, a memory that changes how you spend the afternoon.

By the end, the keys aren’t about gatekeeping. They’re about stewardship: choosing what matters, shedding what harms, and sharing wisdom when it lands. If you’re ready to question inherited beliefs, honor your body’s truth, and find the sacred in ordinary hours, press play and join us at the table. If this resonates, subscribe, leave a review, and share with a friend who’s reimagining their own path.

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A poem opens the door, but what follows is a grounded conversation about the witch wound—the old and ongoing ways women are punished for knowing, feeling, and taking up space. We trace the archetype of “the witch” back to her real history: European burnings, Salem’s trials, and the use of “spectral evidence” to criminalize intuition itself. From there, we talk about how that legacy still lives in the body—in the reflex to shrink, overperform, or apologize for being too much.

This episode isn’t about spells; it’s about survival. We look at the origins of “hysteria,” the lineage of fear passed through families and nervous systems, and what newer research says about inherited trauma. We name how those patterns still echo in motherhood, in perfectionism, and in the way women measure their worth against each other. And then we talk about what repair looks like: small, steady ways of choosing connection over comparison, safety over silence, power with instead of power over.

We end where we began—with everyday magic. The kind that lives in words spoken kindly, in tears that tell the truth, in the courage to ask for help without apology. The kind that turns the old fire into warmth.

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The stone throne, the rams, the red robes over hidden armor—The Emperor looks intense at first glance, and that’s exactly why we wanted to explore him. This card embodies masculine energy, structure, and leadership that can harden into control or soften into safety. From Aries fire and mountain endurance to the quiet river running behind him, each symbol reflects a truth most of us live daily: we need form, but we also need flow.

We talk about our initial resistance resistance to this authority and father archetype, and what compassionate leadership really looks like—boundaries as protection, not punishment; routines that create space instead of pressure; and the courage to say “maybe it will, maybe it won’t” without collapsing into shutdown. We also look at reparenting the inner child and how imaginal practices can shift the urge to over-control into grounded self-leadership.

You’ll leave with reflection prompts to bring this archetype into your own life: Where do you need more structure? Where can you soften? What does healthy masculine energy look like for you?

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The Empress doesn’t whisper about abundance—she shows it in color, texture, and movement. We sit with this card and follow its symbols from the High Priestess’s still water to a river that finally moves, tracing how inner wisdom becomes outer creation. Twelve stars and nine pearls turn into a language of cycles, patience, and wholeness as we unpack how confidence grows when we trust what we know and allow ourselves to receive.

The conversation goes deep into scarcity vs abundance, why self-trust is so hard after betrayal, and how trauma can make intuition feel out of reach. We share a raw, honest birth story—grief for a “golden hour” that never came, scar tissue that needed touch to heal, and the strange, true coexistence of gratitude and loss. This is embodiment work: learning to feel safe in a body that carries both beauty and bruises, and letting the river flow again so creativity, care, and joy can move through us.

We also talk about therapy culture, ethical self-disclosure, and showing up human as clinicians—because coherence is magnetic and people can feel when you’re living what you know. The Empress becomes a practical guide: receiving rest without abandoning yourself, releasing the “shoulds,” and nurturing ideas as if they’re living things that need time and protection to grow. If you’re craving a grounded approach to tarot, healing, and creative life, this conversation offers symbols you can live by and prompts you can use today.

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A blue cloak, a moonlit crown, and a veil of pomegranates set the stage—but the real journey happens when we turn toward the quiet and actually listen. We sit with the High Priestess to map her symbols onto real life: the black-and-white pillars as a call to balance logic and intuition, the crescent-and-full moons as the triple goddess reminding us that every life moves through maiden, mother, and crone—beginnings, fullness, and wise release.

We go there with honest stories about period shame and how early we’re taught to hide what’s natural, which is the first fracture from our inner knowing. From whispered phone calls to lousy maturation programs, we unpack how culture trains us to override gut signals in favor of comfort and approval. Then we rebuild: tiny rituals, five-second check-ins, and simple practices that make quiet doable in a noisy day. The veil behind the High Priestess stops being a wall and becomes a door—pomegranates, tree of life, and all—reminding us that deep knowledge is available when we make the space to approach it. Healing shows up as spiral learning, not straight lines; we return to zero with better tools and softer eyes.

We also share how a coffee-shop oracle reading sparked this show, why voice gets stuck in the throat when intuition is dismissed, and what changes when we trust what we already feel. This conversation is warm, grounded, and unafraid to ask hard questions: Where are you overriding your gut because you’re scared to be wrong? What matters enough to rework your time around it? If you’re craving clarity, calm, and the courage to speak what’s true, pull up a chair at the threshold.

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What if the most powerful magic isn't found in spells or potions, but in the simple act of coming back to yourself? This episode dives deep into The Magician card—the first numbered card in the tarot's major arcana—exploring how this archetypal energy teaches us about the alchemy of self-awareness and healing.

Against a plain yellow background with no distractions, The Magician stands with tools already at hand. One arm points skyward while the other points to earth, embodying the hermetic principle "as above, so below." This powerful imagery serves as our gateway to understanding how disconnection from external noise allows for reconnection with our inner wisdom—a practice that's increasingly rare in our distraction-filled world.

Through therapeutic insights and personal reflections, we examine how pain and joy exist in equal measure within us. The depth of our capacity to feel one equals our capacity to feel the other, creating a profound duality that The Magician helps us navigate. We explore why sitting with our pain—rather than pushing it away—transforms it into wisdom, and how awareness itself becomes a magical act of change.

The Magician holds a powerful truth: we already possess everything we need for healing. The cups, swords, wands, and pentacles represent tools that have always been within our reach—symbols of emotional wisdom, clear thinking, creative energy, and grounded strength. When we recognize these internal resources, we become the alchemists of our own lives, capable of turning lead experiences into golden wisdom.

Whether you're in therapy, considering it, or simply on your own healing journey, this episode offers practical wisdom for reconnecting with your inner magician. We invite you to pause, create space for silence, and discover the strength that's been within you all along. What magic might you create when you truly recognize the tools you already possess?

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In this episode, we explore the tarot card The Fool and what it can teach us about healing from trauma and reconnecting to our inner wisdom. As therapists and tarot lovers, we unpack why stepping into the unknown can be an act of courage, how disconnecting from what no longer serves you can be a strength, and why trusting your own intuition is a powerful part of reclaiming your life.

We talk about the freedom that comes from taking the first step — even when you don’t feel ready — and how The Fool reminds us that healing isn’t about perfection; it’s about curiosity, self-trust, and beginning again. If you’re ready to walk into the next chapter of your story with more confidence and self-compassion, this conversation is for you.

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