Betsy is a soul midwife, transformational coach, teacher, intuitive and spiritual guide. In this episode we talk about the stories we tell ourselves, navigating being sensitive in the world, growing out of bad relationships as empaths, the difference between ego and intuition, the different voices in our heads and how to differentiate between them, family as the final frontier, how to feel intuition in your body, empath burnout, and she leads us through her stop drop n roll intuition exercise!

Writer and creative Lauren Maxwell and I talk about the ace of cups + loving the self, loving yourself in process of uncovering your self, shadow work and the chakras, inner child healing, grief and release, the role of forgiveness in grief, containers for uncovering the self, what her creative practice is like and its relationship with pleasure, embodiment work + shame around our bodies, trusting your body, unlearning the right/wrong binary, changing the way you talk to yourself and the Strength card.

Naomi Love is a shamanic practitioner, womb healer, herbalist, and more. We talk about holding space for healing, shame, giving our authority away to other people, intuition, giving yourself what you need, coming into presence with the earth, nature as teacher, what to do when you’re feeling disconnected from nature (especially in winter), the womb space & connection to your power, the womb connection to the matriarchal line, and she also leads us in a meditation to reconnect with nature.

In this episode, I share about all things sacral chakra. What the sacral chakra is, how to work with the sacral chakra, and the sacral chakra correspondences in the elements, astrology, and the tarot.

Lucy North is a storyteller & breathwork facilitator who does a lot of work with the archetypal stories in Women Who Run with the Wolves & with goddesses. We talk about stories she works with during the winter, many facets of divine feminine, Baba Yaga, mothering yourself, getting to how you authentically feel with breathwork, dark goddesses to work with this time of the year (including unpacking the term “dark” and its connection to the Earth), Imbolc, Freya, connecting with your erotic power & wildnes

Kathleen Callahan is a Philly-based astrologer, tarot reader, and IET practitioner. In this episode, we talk about moving through grief and grief in the tarot, the pre-patriarchal version of Persephone’s story, what her 2018 Empress/World year taught her, social media & competition, collective Hanged Man lessons for 2019 that we’re stepping into, what evolutionary astrology is, where you should look in your natal chart for clues about shadow work and past lives, and the importance of Pluto.

This week artist, witch, and creator of Dark Days Tarot Wren McMurdo joins Living Open to talk astrology, the dark moon, her creative process, Dark Days Tarot, being who you truly are, and tarot archetypes including the Lovers, the Devil, and the Hanged Human.

Elise Entzenberger of La Mystica Tarot is a writer, artist, and tarot reader who helps psychospiritual practitioners deprogram their fear and blocks to step into their power and voice. In this episode, we talk about the importance of integration, psychedelics & healing trauma, healing your relationship with money, redefining success as a psychospiritual practitioner, common threads of blocks and struggles she sees among psychospiritual practitioners in her work, core wounds as gateways & the Empress.

In this episode, I share a few words about the winter solstice (which is tomorrow, December 21st!) and 4 rituals to honor this sacred sabbat. | Winter Solstice Rituals

Tarot reader, Reiki Master, 13th Octave LaHoChi master, Breathwork facilitator, and creator of Ostara Apothecary Jordan Pagán joins host Eryn Johnson to talk about cultural appropriation. We talk about her work healing personal trauma, how to choose teachers to work with, decolonizing your healing practice including shame that can come up around this, resistance to looking at the shadow side, 13th Octave LaHoChi, her relationship with the tarot, deprogramming needing to be strong and tough, and more.