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This week on It’s Giving Mystical, Kirsten is joined by her dear friend and fellow medicine keeper, Nina Mongendre—teacher, healer, family constellations guide, and now author of the powerful new book Reclaiming Your Inner Child. 🌿✨

Together, they explore the winding, sacred journey of healing the inner child—what it really means to retrieve the lost pieces of your soul, the importance of honoring your myth, and how shamanic energy medicine changed both their lives.

In this heart-opening conversation, Kirsten and Nina talk about:

• The origins and magic of the Healing the Inner Child oracle deck 🕊️

• The 12 initiations in Nina’s new book and how they guide you into deeper wholeness

• Their shared path through shamanic energy medicine and what it means to walk the wheel

• Why inner child work is essential, not optional, for anyone seeking joy, freedom, and belonging

• The beauty of remembering we are never alone—carried always by the trees, the stones, and the field that holds it all

• What it means to truly dream a new world into being

• How spirituality becomes real in the kitchen, the parenting moment, the quiet walk with a stone in your pocket

Kirsten also shares about her own shamanic journey—what it revealed, what it required, and how it continues to nourish her life and work in surprising ways.

This episode is a love letter to the soul, a gentle invitation to slow down and remember what’s already within you: the map, the myth, the magic.

Even with a few audio bumps near the end (ahhh technology), this episode holds so much richness, depth, and devotion. May it inspire your next step.

📖 Buy Nina’s book Reclaiming Your Inner Child  www.reclaimingyourinnerchild.com
🔮 Explore the Healing the Inner Child Oracle Deck
🌐 Learn more about Nina’s work: www.ninamongendre.com

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Let this episode remind you: your inner child is not something to fix, but someone to come home to. You are not alone on the path. And yes, your joy matters. 🌲💫

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Welcome back to It’s Giving Mystical ... your sacred space for weekly tarot wisdom and cosmic calibration.

This week (June 13), we ride the waves of a potent Sagittarius Full Moon and dive deep into the energy of the Nine of Wands the card of the wounded warrior. This episode explores:
✨ Where are you gripping too tightly?
✨ What parts of your armor are outdated, dented, or too heavy to carry?
✨ How can you soften into safety and let life seduce you?

We talk truth-telling, cord cutting, and the invitation to stop rehearsing for a battle that’s not coming. With the Sagittarius fire and a current of spiritual momentum, you're being asked to evolve your inner systems... to shift from defense to devotion.

This episode is especially for anyone:
🔹 On the verge of personal evolution
🔹 Wanting to release old stories and energetic entanglements
🔹 Learning to balance their lover and warrior archetypes

🌀 Mentioned:

• Full Moon Ritual ideas

• Nine of Wands interpretations

• The inner lover/warrior polarity

• Mystic Rising and July’s Siren archetype

🎧 Tune in, breathe deep, and ask yourself: What armor can I take off this week?

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This week’s energy is not for the faint of heart—but it is for the bold-hearted truth-teller in all of us. We’re moving from the illumination of the Sun into the electricity of the Tower, and that shift can feel like lightning: abrupt, honest, wild, and liberating.

In this episode, Kirsten reflects on:

• The bright clarity of the Sun: what came to light last week, and how truth often stings before it heals

• The power of secrets and what happens when we begin to stop editing our lives to make others more comfortable

• Tower energy as Kundalini rising: what happens when more energy floods the system than it’s used to holding

• A personal story of memory, betrayal, and the sacred act of bringing shadow into the light

• Why this week is a call to slow down, regulate, and let your nervous system catch up to your soul

We explore the difference between building a life and growing one, and how the Tower reminds us to return to the roots, to what’s alive and real, even when it means letting the walls fall.

🌞 + 🌩 = transformation.

Plus, a preview of upcoming episodes with two beloved mystics, Madi and Nina, as they share what the shamanic path has offered them—and what Shaman School might offer you.

✨ Take this episode as an invitation to check in with your body, your truth, and your timing.

🪨 Let what crumbles… crumble. There’s more light and life on the other side.

🎧 Listen in if you’re navigating:

• A major personal truth surfacing

• The collapse of an old story, relationship, or identity

• A call to deepen your honesty, slow your pace, and expand your capacity

• A longing to live more freely, brightly, and truly

✨ Want to deepen in this work? Join Mystic Rising—our ongoing monthly circle exploring archetypes, embodiment, and transformation: www.givingmystical.com

Welcome back, mystics. This month, we return to our roots with a deep dive into the Lovers card and the number 6 in numerology... and how this sacred current of connection, choice, and eros is threaded with the Devil card’s shadowed mirror.

We explore:

• The archetypal union of the Lovers and the Devil

• The numerological energy of June in a Hermit (9) year

• The soul-level longing for both freedom and union

• The gaze, the binding, and the myths we unconsciously serve

• How love, desire, devotion, and choice shape your becoming

And yes- as promised- I pull a tarot and animal spirit card for each of the 12 zodiac signs to help you feel into your personal medicine for the month ahead.

☀️ It’s not about getting it perfect. It’s about getting honest.
💫 What do you love? What do you serve? What are you choosing now?

Ready to go deeper with the Lover archetype?
Join us in Mystic Rising this month where we’re exploring the sacred, sensual, sovereign Lover archetype and how she awakens your power, magnetism, and truth.
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Video Podcast over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2ZRTQqVGEBo

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Timestamps
🌀 Overview & Teaching — 0:00
♊ Gemini –44:25♋ Cancer –45:39♌ Leo –47:28♍ Virgo –49:00♎ Libra –51:37♏ Scorpio –53:52♐ Sagittarius –56:41♑ Capricorn –58:14♒ Aquarius –1:00:46♓ Pisces –1:02:37♈ Aries –1:05:00♉ Taurus –1:06:54

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Welcome to the week of May 30th — and a shining message from the Sun 🌞

This episode is a love letter to your growth, your power, and the sacred art of presence.

Kirsten dives into:

• The magic of the Gemini new moon and its whispered missives

• Reclaiming your ritual, even when it’s messy or small

• Why confirmation bias might be clouding your joy

• How to anchor into gratitude and widen your frame of vision

• The quiet beauty of noticing what’s already working — and celebrating it

You’ve done more than you realize. You’ve created more than you’ve acknowledged.
This week, let the light in. 🌞

✨ Come join Mystic Rising, where we move through archetypal energies each month to reclaim our intuition, creative purpose, and spiritual strength.

Tell me what you’re loving, what you’re longing for, and what would support you most on this mystical path. I'm listening 💌

This week, everything’s being reshuffled—and not just the cards. Life. Identity. What matters. What doesn’t. In this episode, I share a raw, unfiltered reflection on the deep energetic reordering many of us are moving through right now.

🌿 What do you trust when the structures fall apart?
🌿 What myth are you living, and are you still the hero of it?
🌿 How can you slow down enough to let your deeper truth catch up to you?

We pull the Hanged Man this week—a sacred invitation to pause, soften, and open to the alternate perspective. This card is a whisper from the universe to wait before reacting, to see again, and to surrender to a greater wisdom moving through your life.

I also open up about my relationship to social media and the discomfort I feel with the noise, fear-based messaging, and performance that can sneak in. There’s an ache for authenticity, for communion, and for remembering that you are the consistent, no matter what reshuffles around you.

🌀 NEW: I’m trying out video again on YouTube—raw, unpolished, and real. No filters, no scripts, just me, showing up as I am. Let’s see what happens when I let myself be seen, just like I am in audio. This is a tender experiment in self-trust and transparency. (The audio file is better here on Spotify)

In this episode:

• The Hanged Man as teacher of pause and perspective

• Plant medicine in its most accessible form (think trees, tea, and quiet walks)

• A meditation on our collective disorientation and how to hold it with grace

• Four evolving ideas for this podcast’s future (let me know what speaks to you!)

✨ Let yourself be guided by the quieter truths this week. There is power in the pause, magic in the not-knowing, and wisdom waiting in the trees.

Welcome to It’s Giving Mystical, your weekly dose of spiritual insight, tarot wisdom, and poetic perspective.

This week, Kirsten dives deep into the emotional undercurrents of the Three of Swords—a card often misunderstood, but one that speaks to the soul’s capacity to endure, transform, and keep loving anyway.

Set against the backdrop of Taurus season and the lingering echoes of the Scorpio full moon, this episode explores:

✨ The sacred harmony between embodiment (Taurus) and transformation (Scorpio)
💔 Why the Three of Swords is actually the card of the lionhearted—and what that means for your journey
🌬 How your mental body shapes your healing process and reframes heartbreak into insight
🌿 A loving reminder that your pain has shaped your wisdom—and now, something new is being born

Kirsten also shares a tender personal story about naming her son and the courage it takes to choose a life that will inevitably break your heart... and still say yes.

You’ll leave this episode feeling seen, softened, and strengthened—ready to hold yourself and others with more compassion, and to recognize that healing doesn’t erase the pain… it transfigures it.

✨ PLUS: Get a sneak peek into what’s unfolding in Mystic Rising, where this month’s theme of Mother energy is holding space for deep nourishment, remembrance, and rebirth.

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Let this be your invitation: To feel more, to ground more, and to honor the path your broken-open heart is leading you down.
Tune in now and come sit with us in the sacred tenderness of being fully alive.

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This week on It’s Giving Mystical, we sink deep into the swirling waters of May’s potent energies.

How are you feeling, my loves? The Hierophant and Temperance are working their magic, and with them, the profound invitation of the five—the number of change, challenge, and liberation.

The Hierophant, often misunderstood as a rigid gatekeeper, is also the bridge between the sacred and the mundane… and this week, it’s asking:
✨ Are you ready? Truly ready to claim your next chapter?

As we move toward the Scorpio Full Moon, emotions are heightened, and there’s a push-pull between release and rebirth. In this episode, I unpack:

• Why the Hierophant’s Gandalf-like wisdom is calling you to step up, even when it feels hard.

• The deeper meaning of the five in tarot: how creativity, liberation, and discomfort all dance together.

• How the Queen of Cups, our card for the week, asks you to hold your heart tenderly and protect what’s preciousbefore sharing it with the world.

We also explore the archetypal energy of the Great Mother—just in time for Mother’s Day—and widen the lens around what “mothering” truly means: creation, destruction, and everything in between. Whether you're celebrating, grieving, or navigating complex feelings, this episode invites you to honor it all.

💫 This week is about diving into your own depths—finding the treasure that is yours alone—and trusting that your inward journey connects you to something beautifully universal.

Inside Mystic Rising, we are journeying deep with the Mother archetype this month. If you’ve been craving this kind of exploration, the door is always open to join us. 🌹

Connect + Expand:

✨ Mystic Rising: Explore archetypal power, mystical teachings, and community ritual. Join anytime: https://www.givingmystical.com/MRC-SP

✨ Sault Haus Full Moon Circle: Our next in-person gathering is almost full—reach out if you feel called to join!

A love note for your week:
Your instincts are your future self whispering… listen closely, trust boldly. 💌

This week, we’re invited to slow down, soften, and come home to the body. Coming off the Taurus New Moon, Kirsten explores the magic of returning to the senses—those quiet, overlooked portals that reveal what you’re truly craving, longing for, and ready to receive.

We reflect on the six months ahead, building toward the Taurus Full Moon in November:
🕯️ What desires are ready to be named?
🕯️ What is your body hungry for?
🕯️ What’s asking to be nourished, tended, protected?

Alongside the potent energies of Temperance and the Hierophant, this week calls us into a delicate balance between releasing the old and holding the spark of the new. Kirsten shares wisdom on co-creation, protecting emerging dreams, and trusting the quiet alchemy happening beneath the surface.

There’s a special reminder to be gentle with yourself, to resist over-explaining or rushing transformation, and to honor what is stirring within. 🌿

And as we step into May’s exploration of the Mother archetype in Mystic Rising, we’re reminded that mothering isn’t just a role—it’s a sacred energy of tending, nourishing, and holding space for becoming. Whether you’re mothering a child, a creative project, a vision, or your own unfolding self, may you feel held by this archetype as you cultivate what’s most precious and true.

👉🏼 Join us in Mystic Rising as we deepen this exploration of mother energy, and discover how to nurture the next version of you.

Welcome back, wild ones. This week on It’s Giving Mystical, we’re diving deep into the wisdom of the body, the precision of the mind, and the magic of your own creative power.

If you've been feeling like the ground beneath your feet is shifting- equal parts exhilarating and disorienting- you're not alone. In this episode, we explore the vital messages of your nervous system, why dysregulation is good information, and how to honor your body’s truth even when your mind wants to make excuses.

We also meet the Magician — our tarot card for the week — who arrives right on time to remind you that you are the bridge between heaven and earth. You are the creator of your experience. The manifester. The one who gets to choose, to shape, to speak your world into being.

✨ Inside This Episode:

• Why nervous system overwhelm isn’t irrational (and how to decode its wisdom)

• The danger of chasing “arrival” and the power of presence

• The Magician’s medicine: how to focus your energy, align your intentions, and co-create your reality

• A loving call to return to your breath, your body, your clear yes and no

And if this conversation resonates… if you feel the stirring of your next becoming, know that Mystic Rising is here to support that unfolding. In our private circle, we’re deepening into archetypal embodiment, exploring the energies of the Artist, the Mother, the Lover, the Siren, and more- calling home the many facets of your power.

Because you are not meant to live a narrow story.
You are a multitude. A masterpiece in motion.
Let’s rise together.

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