Today I’m sharing my second conversation with writer and astrologer Erin Kelley.

We tell our personal (and planetary) stories of loss, seduction, codependency, and people-pleasing — as we explore how mid-life transits can become portals to authentic intimacy.

We also discuss Erin's Slow Magick practice and how to change your life in sacred time.

we discuss —

• the power of a second act
• mid-life transits as portals for transformation
• ending cycles of Self-abandonment
• starting over after loss of love, job, money, everything
• Neptune’s illusions and delusions
• the tension between the 1st house of Self and the 7th house of Other
• releasing codependence and people-pleasing
• what committed partnership really means
• the devotional practice of Slow Magick
• the pleasure of stepping into the Moment

LINKS

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• Business as Initiation, grace on an episode of Off the Grid
• Listen to grace on Erin’s podcast The Nature of Invisible Things

More about our guest —

• Slow Magick website
• Slow Magick on IG
• Slow Magick on Substack
• Devotional Astrology & Tarot - A heart-centered experience of the stars and cards grounded in everyday life

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Erin Kelley is a writer, devotional astrologer, and esoteric strategist with a feral heart. Her intuitive gift for right timing is at the core of her work, affectionately known as Slow Magick.

Today’s episode is the first of two conversations I’m sharing with Erin, where we explore spiritual growth, initiation processes, and the transformative power of desire.

we discuss —

• Death, walking the path of devotion, and magick
• The qualities and challenges of being deeply Venusian
• The importance of self-discovery
• The power in alchemical partnerships
• My personal journey from evangelical upbringing to embracing magical practices and embodiment

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• the gritty synthesis of holistic, soul-led entrepreneurs w— Portia Barnett-Herrin
• becoming a Lover : the Devotional work of Partnership
• LOVE & Stories w— Michael J Morris

More about our guest —

• Slow Magick website
• Slow Magick on IG
• Slow Magick on Substack
• Devotional Astrology & Tarot - A heart-centered experience of the stars and cards grounded in everyday life

 Mentioned in the episode—

Burn through your unworthiness and ignite your innate erotic power. Sign up for VIRGIN here. ❤️‍🔥

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In this Winter Solstice reflection, grace explores a thread of freedom that looks like failure on the outside. 

Drawing on Gene Key 32, the archetype of the VIRGIN, and her own journey through multiple "failures," she reveals why veneration (not success) is the real game waiting to unlock.

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Beauty is Everything
• the Paradox of your Cosmic Service

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• Burn through your unworthiness and ignite your innate erotic power. Experience VIRGIN here. ❤️‍🔥
• 4 Water Ways for the Soul — a low-cost audio mini-course centering you in the medicine of the deep YIN

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You’ve probably heard of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. It’s a pyramid that puts survival at the bottom and self-actualization at the top. But what if Maslow has it upside down?

In this episode, grace invites us to imagine self-actualization not as a prize for doing the work, but as the pulse and driving force behind everything you are doing, everything you are trying to achieve.

She traces the path to the Desire behind the desire behind the desire. Because it turns out: You have nothing to prove — only layers of longing to follow.

we discuss —

• how Maslow inverted an indigenous Blackfoot paradigm
• unlocking + embodying your fullest, most true expression
• the false promises of Success without Self-actualization
• why things often fall apart in midlife
• next steps for finding your path

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• finding your true Gift
• the gritty synthesis of holistic, soul-led entrepreneurs w— Portia Barnett-Herrin

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• Maslow’s hierarchy connected to Blackfoot beliefs
• Join the waitlist for MA (our red hot devotional membership)🌹
• Text grace a question 💬

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Dark Matter is the biggest mystery of the cosmos. We’re in Her universe, not ours.

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• from Judgement to Mystery
• NOW is Grace
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We can’t do anything unless we have a grasp on our attention. But how do we reclaim it amidst the endless stream of distractions?

Today Amelia Hruby returns to the podcast for a conversation about social media, creative practice, and sacred attention.

We explore digital consciousness, material reality, energetic sovereignty, and what’s really at stake when we live our lives online.

Amelia Hruby is a feminist writer, podcaster and producer with a PhD in philosophy. She is the founder of Softer Sounds podcast studio, and the host of Off the Grid, a podcast about leaving social media. Her new book, *Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media* is out now.

we discuss —

• The nonlinear paths of writing books
• Amelia’s experience leaving social media
• Taking full possession of ourselves
• The cultural transition from skepticism to desire
• What happens when you live a digital drone lifestyle
• Why everyone’s talking about attention right now
• Shifting from economical to ecological frameworks
• Stepping back from social media to make space for change
• Why transformation without space can feel like trauma
• From “paying” attention to “giving” attention

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Your Deep Alignment is a Portal
• Redefining Acts of Service through Connection w— Amelia Hruby
• Business as Initiation & the Power of Deep Alignment — grace on Amelia’s podcast Off the Grid

More about our guest —

• Visit Amelia’s website
• Buy Amelia’s book
• Listen to Off the Grid

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Today, I’m joined by my dear friend Portia for a conversation about naming and embodying the sacred roles that shape our work.

We explore the challenge of finding words that honor what we do without diminishing it.

Then we trace the paths of the teacher, priestess, jester, and more — slowly weaving the webs that hold us in the world.

Portia is a London based filmmaker and coach. She works from a holistic perspective with flower essences to support anyone wanting to recalibrate emotional issues. She specialises in supporting freelancers, those navigating the creative industries and anyone moving into creative work. All her services can be found at www.newwoo.uk

we discuss —

• What it means to be a teacher
• Learning through presence
• Comparing sacred work to the role of the jester
• Venusian veneration
• How grace stepped into the role of Priestess
• Alchemical clarity + severity

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• the Mother in the Dark w— Clark Strand
• erotic devotion for modern mystics

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• NewWoo.uk

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Clark Strand was a Zen Buddhist monk. Now he writes books of love poetry to Kali Ma and manifestos to the Dark.

In this conversation, we trace his spiritual path from childhood Protestantism through monasticism and massage school — ultimately leading him into deep devotion to the Divine Mother.

Listen in, as we step into the Dark together.

Clark Strand has been studying the world’s spiritual traditions for more than thirty years. The author of several books including Waking the Buddha, Meditation Without Gurus, Waking Up to the Dark and Now is the Hour of Her Return, Strand has written for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and the Washington Post/Newsweek “On Faith” blog. He is the founder of Way of the Rose, a growing nonsectarian rosary fellowship open to people of any spiritual background, with members around the world. He lives on a dark road with no streetlights in the southern Catskill Mountains.

we discuss —

• the many paths of spiritual devotion
• the patriarchal traditions of many world religions
• how Clark encountered the Divine Mother
• feeling safe in the dark
• why Now is the hour
• human civilization vs human culture
• the power of simple-hearted devotion
• writing poems for Kali
• remembering our birdsong

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Many Mothers + Many Lifetimes: Ancestral Connection w–Perdita Finn

More about our guest —

• The Way of the Rose.org
• Waking Up to the Dark, book by Clark Strand
• Now is the Hour of Her Return, book by Clark Strand

Mentioned in the episode—

• The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
• The Gospel According to the Dark

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a soft, simple guided practice to interrupt you, re-center you, into the flickering flame of your Heart.

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Intimate relationships are a magnifying glass and a mirror for how we meet life itself, but most relationship advice focuses on behavior control rather than the deeper spiritual transformation that devotional partnership requires. 

Listen in, as I break down the most common patterns I see blocking authentic intimacy and why becoming a lover is the big spiritual work.

"With enough devotion, ANY THING and ANY MOMENT and ANY CHAPTER of your relationship can become a sacred site." — grace allerdice

we discuss —

• The perfect partner fantasy and how comparing your relationship to an imaginary ideal perpetuates unworthiness and punishment cycles
• Why commitment alone doesn't make relationships rewarding and why time alone doesn't heal them
• The independence and self love trap that blocks true intimacy
• How projecting cultural narratives onto your partner recreates toxic dynamics
• Your partner can read your energy, I promise
• Being vs. doing: the energetic work that transforms relationships from the inside out
• Why radical acceptance is ground zero

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• RIP Good Girl 🪦
• from Judgement to Mystery 🌀
• Love & Stories w— Michael J Morris

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• Join the waitlist for MA (our red hot devotional membership)🌹
• Text grace a question 💬

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