Moonbeaming

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Moonbeaming episodes

November 04The Art of Making People Feel Seen with Virginia Vigliar
Ready to bring intention and magic into 2027? Love all the Tarot talk on this pod? Pre-order your copy of the 2027 Many Moons Lunar Planner HERE to get the good good.
This week, Sarah sits down with writer, curator, and editor Virginia Vigliar, a contributor to Many Moons 2027, for a conversation about curation as an act of care.
Virginia is redefining what it means to be a curator. She’s not a gatekeeper, instead, she arranges ideas, people, and voices into a constellation so something new can be created.
In this episode Sarah and Virginia explore what it takes to make people feel seen, trusted, and safe, and why rage may be one of our most underrated creative forces.
In this episode you’ll hear:
Why curation is an act of care
How Virginia thinks about her role as a translator
Why intuition is something we have to protect and keep recentering
The role of rigor and commitment in building trust with the people you collaborate with
How to make people feel seen
Why direct communication can save time, build safety, and make collaboration easier across cultures and generations
How Virginia creates a container for her writing (a theme, a candle, a scent, a little research puzzle) and then waits for the idea to land
Why the things we keep noticing may be the universe pointing us toward what we need to work on
Why rage is a real creative force, and what Audre Lorde, bell hooks, and others have taught about channeling it in a healthy way
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More on Virginia:
Virginia is a writer, curator, and editor. Her work explores creativity, inner knowledge, and storytelling as forms of resistance and re-enchantment in a fractured world, developing the concept of poetic antidotes — artistic and cultural gestures that defy oppression through radical imagination. Through essays, curation, and cultural programming, she amplifies small acts of beauty and courage that make new futures imaginable. She is the Chief Curator at Advaya, the founder of Antidotes (an ed tech production agency) and regularly consults with knowledge creators on how to bring their valuable work into the world.
https://virginiavigliar.substack.com
https://www.instagram.com/vivivigliar/?hl=en
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44 min
October 28Magic Is a Relationship: How to Reconnect When You’ve Lost the Spark
Ready to bring intention and magic into 2027? Love all the Tarot talk on this pod? Pre-order your copy of the 2027 Many Moons Lunar Planner HERE to get the good good.
This week, Sarah goes solo for the Halloween/Samhain episode to talk about personal magic, especially for anyone feeling disconnected from theirs.
Magic isn’t a skill you have to prove or a practice you have to do perfectly. It’s a relationship, and like any relationship, it can be neglected, forgotten, and rekindled.
Sarah shares what’s been helping her come back to herself this autumn, from tending her home to romancing herself to saying yes to a little fun.
In this episode you’ll hear:
What personal magic really is: that spark, the razzle-dazzle, your connection to aliveness, the erotic, and your free will and choice
Why magic is a relationship
How children stay close to the spirit world, and the moments we learn to hide the parts of us that see and sense
Why your magic is both universal and deeply individual
Why you don’t have to be thriving or coherent to reach for spiritual practice
The difference between the discomfort of growth and the depletion of forcing something that isn’t moving
How romancing yourself (music, dancing, perfume before bed, baking cakes, hibiscus tea) can bring your spark back
45 min
October 21Grief Is Love With Nowhere to Go with Fariha Róisín
Ready to bring intention and magic into 2027? Love all the Tarot talk on this pod? Pre-order your copy of the 2027 Many Moons Lunar Planner HERE to get the good good.
This week, Sarah welcomes back writer, educator, death worker, astrologer, and Many Moons 2027 contributor Fariha Róisín to the podcast. Sarah recently took Fariha’s Grief Studies class, and the two go deep on what grief really is, why it’s tied to love, and how it can become a gateway to healing, accountability, and decolonization. From there, the conversation moves into energy work, magic, and Fariha’s devotion to Mary Magdalene, a thread that connects to the 2027 planner and the High Priestess year ahead.
Please take care of yourself! This conversation touches on childhood trauma, family harm, abuse, and the violence of the current moment, including Gaza. Feel free to skip ahead if you need to.
In this episode you’ll hear:
How Grief Studies was born in 2024 out of collective grief, and why Fariha never planned to teach it more than once
Why grief isn’t just sadness: its ties to love, trauma, and even the animal kingdom
Why anger is so often mourning in disguise, and how seeing it that way gives us more room to hold it
What it means to be the “emotional sponge” in your family system, and how many sensitive kids grow up to become facilitators, therapists, and artists
How grief can be a bridge to decolonization, and why decolonizing starts with humility
Why we need real spaces to be vulnerable, and the hidden cost of comfort, avoidance, and outsourcing every hard feeling to a therapist
How to stay grounded in a spiritual world that can breed bypassing and ego
How qigong and Reiki taught Fariha that energy is always available, and why she says to use our magic tools for revolution
Fariha’s introduction to Mary Magdalene, the overlap between Magdalene and Mother Mary, the Black Madonnas, and what it means to become a Magdalene devotee
References:
You can read Wendell Berry’s poem “Questionnaire” HERE
More on Fariha:
Born in Ontario, Canada, they were raised in Sydney, Australia, and are based in Los Angeles, California. As a Muslim queer Bangladeshi, they are interested in the margins, liminality, otherness, and the mercurial nature of being. Their work has pioneered a refreshing and renewed conversation about wellness, contemporary Islam, degrowth and queer identities and has appeared in Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Vice, Village Voice, and others.
Róisín has published a book of poetry entitled How To Cure A Ghost (Abrams), a journal called Being In Your Body (Abrams), and a novel named Like A Bird (Unnamed Press) which was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by NPR, Globe and Mail, Harper’s Bazaar, a must-read by Buzzfeed News and received a starred review by the Library Journal. Their first work of non-fiction Who Is Wellness For? An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who it Leaves Behind (HarperWave) was released in 2022, and their second book of poetry Survival Takes A Wild Imagination came out Fall of 2023.
Substack "How To Cure A Ghost" and IG @fariha_roisin
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1 hr 14 min
October 14The Present Is the Future: How to Get Unstuck, Easily
Ready to bring intention and magic into 2027? Love all the spiritual deep dives on this pod? Pre-order your copy of the 2027 Many Moons Lunar Planner HERE.
Feeling stuck? In this solo episode, Sarah explains why the present is the future: everything you repeatedly think, say, do, and react to is already building tomorrow.
Drawing on the 40-day, 30% experiment, a few playful games, and stories from her own life, she shows you how to get unstuck at a pace your nervous system can handle.
Along the way, Sarah offers a few gentle reminders: don’t wait until you’re “healed” to begin, you become by doing, and you can believe in your own dreams just as easily as you believe in everyone else’s.
In this episode you’ll hear:
Why “the present is the future,” and how pushing your desires into “later” keeps you stuck
How repeating the same inputs and reactions creates the hamster wheel feeling, and why your reactions are where unconscious patterning becomes visible
Why waiting to be “more healed” before you act has it backwards, and how you become the thing by doing different things
Sarah’s story of going from a shut-in in her 20s to guiding courses with up to 150 people, and why she didn’t wait until she felt ready
The 40-day, 30% experiment: you can’t change 100% at once, but you can shift 30% of your behavior, posture, breath, and especially your reactions
How to make change a game, with five easy different choices you can make today, one room to redecorate, or 20 minutes of writing a day
Why we give so much belief to other people’s dreams but not our own, and how to become your own “possibility model”
Why a breakdown can become a breakthrough, and the question to ask your future self when you’re ready for hard mode
The future isn’t somewhere you arrive. It’s who you’re becoming right now.
46 min
October 07How to Embody Your Card of the Year
Ready to bring intention and magic into 2027? Love all the Tarot talk on this pod? Pre-order your copy of the 2027 Many Moons Lunar Planner HERE to get the good good.
But wait! 2026 isn't over. If you're interested in recalibrating your energy, refining your vision, and reconnecting with your inner magic before we head into 2027 consider revisiting the Our Year Ahead: Energies & Archetypes Class HERE
In the third and final episode of this series, Sarah shifts from the collective cards of 2026 to your personal card of the year. Using her own card, strength, as the example, she shows how to go beyond simply knowing your card and start working with it. Along the way, Sarah offers a few gentle reminders: don't perform the card, don't obsessively hunt for signs, and let life teach you what the cards mean.
Please take care of yourself! Sarah speaks candidly about a very hard personal season, including illness, heartbreak, and divorce. Feel free to skip ahead if you need to.
In this episode you'll hear:
How to find your personal card of the year and look back at where its themes have already shown up in your life
Why alter egos (hello, Sasha Fierce) can help you shift and grow
Why you don't need to believe in tarot for archetypes to be useful, and how plants, animals, colors, and even a robin at your morning tea can carry archetypal medicine
Why knowing your card isn't the same as working with it
How to turn symbolism into behavior
The minor arcana secret for when you're asking "what do I do?" and how the eights (wands, pentacles, swords, and cups) offer direction when the majors feel overwhelming
Why the majors are what happens to us and the minors are what happens through us
Resources Mentioned:
All About the 8 of Swords: Plugging Back In, Collaborating with the Ego, and the Power of Non-Duality
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49 min
September 30Turning the Wheel: How to Use the Magician When Life Gets Rocky
Ready to bring intention and magic into 2027? Love all the Tarot talk on this pod? Pre-order your copy of the 2027 Many Moons Lunar Planner HERE to get the good good.
But wait! 2026 isn't over. If you're interested in recalibrating your energy, refining your vision, and reconnecting with your inner magic before we head into 2027 consider revisiting the Our Year Ahead: Energies & Archetypes Class HERE
In the second episode of this three-part series, Sarah shows us how to work directly with the collective archetypes of 2026 when life feels upended.
Drawing on her own pivot year, Sarah explores how to stay conscious, centered, and creative when the wheel of life turns. She offers practical ways to embody archetypal energy for support, grounding, and expansion.
Gentle listener, please take care of yourself! Sarah speaks candidly about a very difficult personal year, including illness, loss, and divorce. Feel free to skip ahead if you need to.
In this episode you'll hear:
How to apply the Wheel of Fortune and the Magician when you're in the middle of major life change
How to recognize Kairos time
Why returning to your spiritual practices matter most when things feel darkest
How to keep a temporary circumstance from becoming your permanent identity
Why "if the door won't open, go out the window" and how to spot the opportunities you may be missing
Remembering that you are the magic, and reclaiming your power and charisma for yourself
55 min
September 23The Year of the Pivot with the Magician, The Wheel of Fortune, & The Sun
Ready to bring intention and magic into 2027? Love all the Tarot talk on this pod? Pre-order your copy of the 2027 Many Moons Lunar Planner HERE to get the good good.
In this first episode of a three-part series, Sarah explores the collective archetypes of 2026 through the lens of tarot: The Magician, The Wheel of Fortune, and The Sun.
Together, these archetypes offer a framework for understanding change, identity, timing, choice, and the ways we can consciously participate in shaping our lives.
Sarah dives into what it means to move through periods of uncertainty and why staying connected to your center can change the way you experience the wheel of life.
In this episode you’ll hear:
Why this is a 1 year (the Magician), a 10 year (the Wheel of Fortune) and a Sun year, and what a tarot constellation is
Why the Wheel of Fortune isn't a "good" or "bad" card, and how it shows up as a pivot point or a Groundhog Day loop
Chronos time vs. Kairos time, and asking whether life is happening to you or through you
Stepping into the center of the wheel instead of getting run over on its edge
Why it's never too late to recenter, choose who you'll be, and start again and again
52 min
September 16Energetic Deep Dive: Microagressions, Home Frequency, Clearing Energy, and Shifting Patterns: Moonbeaming Favorites
Ready to bring a little more intention and magic into 2027? Pre-order your copy of the 2027 Many Moons Lunar Planner HERE
This week on Moonbeaming, we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes about energetic boundaries.
Have you ever spent time with someone and felt completely drained afterward? If you’ve been wondering how to protect your energy without closing yourself off to new people or opportunities this episode is for you.
In this episode you’ll hear:
Why you might feel drained after spending time with other people
What it means when your energy feels like it’s leaving your body
Simple ways to call your energy back and re-ground after an interaction
How to stay grounded while still being present and intuitive with others
Simple practices for keeping your energy in your body and your energetic field close
Creating your own “energy plan” and experimenting with what works for you
Ways to reset your energy throughout the day and return to your “home frequency”
This episode is a reminder that you can care deeply for others without giving everything away.
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1 hr 11 min
September 09The Magic of Making It a Game
Ready to bring a little more intention and magic into 2027? Pre-order your copy of the 2027 Many Moons Lunar Planner HERE
What if the key to trusting yourself again is much simpler than you think?
This week, Sarah reveals a simple way to reconnect with your intuition and invite a little more magic into your everyday life.
Instead of putting so much pressure on manifesting Sarah explores what happens when we make more room for curiosity, play, and possibility.
On this episode of you’ll hear:
Why we can lose trust in ourselves and our own abilities
How pressure and desperation can shape the way we pursue what we want
Why play and curiosity can help us reconnect with ourselves
A simple way to start rebuilding your trust muscle
The connection between attention, intuition, and possibility
Why things don’t always unfold the way we expect
A real-life story about an unexpected interaction and a little bit of magic
How to stay open and keep going when life doesn’t immediately give you the answer you’re hoping for
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27 min
September 02The Science & Spirituality of Consciousness with Dr. Tony Nader
This week Sarah sits down with Dr. Tony Nader, a physician, neuroscientist, and leader in the Transcendental Meditation movement, to explore one of the biggest mysteries of our existence: consciousness.
Together, they explore the relationship between the mind and body, science and spirituality, meditation and creativity, and what it means to access a deeper sense of self.
On this episode of Moonbeaming you'll hear:
How Dr. Tony Nader went from physician and neuroscientist to studying consciousness and Transcendental Meditation

What consciousness actually is and why Dr. Nader believes it extends far beyond human consciousness

How meditation can create a state of inner silence while maintaining deep alertness and awareness

Why stress and fear narrow our consciousness and limit the possibilities we can see

How calming the nervous system can create more space for creativity, intuition, and clearer decision-making

The connection between meditation, the brain, creativity, and the default mode network

How Transcendental Meditation can help us reconnect with what Dr. Nader describes as our deeper, truer self

What it means to live from a place of greater consciousness, connection, and care
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Dr. Tony Nader is a physician, neuroscientist, Vedic scholar, and leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement. A Harvard- and MIT-trained scientist, he is the author of Consciousness Is All There Is and his newest book, The Power of Caring, which explores how caring is rooted in consciousness and how we can cultivate deeper, more fulfilling connections with ourselves and others.
https://drtonynader.com/
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58 min

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