Mystical Aunties

This week on Mystical Aunties, we're talking cosmic weather, Uranus in Gemini, nervous systems, masking, humanity, spiritual identity, and the strange ways life keeps asking us to become more fully ourselves.

We also share an exciting announcement! Mystical Aunties is evolving. Beginning in August, after summer break, the show will move to a monthly format and live inside Elizabeth's rebooted Embodied podcast (returning to platforms everywhere, including YouTube, on May 25!). Elizabeth shares why she's bringing Embodied back after two years away, and what's calling her into this next creative era.

From there, the conversation spirals beautifully through:

• astrology as atmosphere rather than prediction

• the destabilizing and liberating energy of Uranus in Gemini

• collective nervous system overwhelm

• cancel culture and energetic integrity

• de-masking and rehumanizing ourselves

• spiritual identity becoming too rigid

• the difference between grounding and clenching

• neurodivergence and relational honesty

• learning to trust intuition without outsourcing discernment

• the cosmic joke of trying to "retire" from your purpose

• what it means to be wholly human and wholly divine at the same time

There's also:

• Sally O'Malley

• ALF

• BritBox murder mysteries

• multiple Uranus jokes

• tech failures perfectly timed to the astrology

• tears

• sneezing

• deep appreciation for all of it!

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Recorded just after Earth Day, this conversation explores the profound ways nature nourishes, supports, heals, and mentors us far beyond what modern life often allows us to notice. Elizabeth and Elisha reflect on their evolving relationships with the land, the ocean, stones, trees, flowers, sunlight, and the living world as more than scenery or backdrop, but as kin. From Puerto Rico beaches and guardian stones to moss, grandmother trees, plant companions, and talking to water, this episode is a deeply personal exploration of: ● spiritual connection with nature ● animism and kinship with the Earth ● healing through the ocean, sunlight, and the natural world ● receiving unconditional support from nature ● learning to let go through seasons, cycles, and death ● plants, stones, flowers, and water as teachers ● nervous system healing and emotional regulation through land connection ● nature as eldership, mentorship, and mothering They also discuss why being in awe of nature can dissolve the illusion that humans are the center of everything, and how reconnecting with Earth can become a radical repatterning of how we receive, belong, grieve, and trust life. Plus: accidental tomato gardening, lover hotness points for talking to trees, and the very practical question of who you want beside you in the apocalypse. If you've ever felt more held by the ocean than by people, this one is for you. Experience the conversation face-to-face - head over to YouTube to watch the episode HERE

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In this conversation, Elizabeth and Elisha sit down with Chris-Anne Connolly, creator of the Light Seer's Tarot and other beloved decks, for a wide-ranging, deeply human discussion about creativity, intuition, and what it means to stay connected in an increasingly digital world. They explore Chris-Anne's journey from secret tarot reader to globally recognized creator, including the early days of making decks in private and navigating visibility, validation, and creative identity online. The conversation moves into the tension many of us feel right now: living in a hyper-connected, AI-driven world while craving something slower, more tactile, and more real. Chris-Anne shares how her current analog project, hand-crafted and mailed experiences, is bringing her back to a sense of wonder and play. Experience the conversation face-to-face—head over to YouTube to watch the episode HERE Together, they unpack:

• The role of intuition in tarot and why you don't need to "know everything" to begin

• The creative cost of holding back your voice

• Social media as both connection and distortion

• The difference between surviving alone and actually thriving in community

• Beauty standards, control systems, and the shifting cultural pendulum

• Why reclaiming joy might be more radical than self-optimization

Chris-Anne also shares her perspective on AI as an artist whose work has been used to train it, and how she's reframed that experience in a way that aligns with her values.

The episode closes with a powerful reminder: if we could stop questioning joy and allow ourselves to fully experience it, we might move through this moment faster than we think.

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In this episode, Elizabeth and Elisha unpack what they're calling "girl rage" — the wave of awakening happening for so many women right now as they begin to recognize the deeper realities of power, patriarchy, and systemic harm. But this isn't just about rage. It's about what comes after. Because waking up doesn't automatically make you effective. And how you arrive in these conversations matters more than most people realize. Experience the conversation face-to-face—head over to YouTube to watch the episode HERE In this episode

• What "girl rage" actually is — and why it's surfacing now

• The emotional whiplash of awakening to systemic truth

• Why new awareness can come with ego, shame, or overwhelm

• The difference between participation vs performative leadership

• Why we don't need more "experts" — we need self-leadership

• How shame slows movements and keeps people stuck

• The trap of centering your feelings instead of the work

• Systemic vs personal thinking (and why it changes everything)

• The concept of triage — where your energy actually matters most

• Why focusing on the right problems is more important than being right

• How to engage without collapsing, overperforming, or derailing progress

• Letting go of needing everyone to wake up

At the core of this conversation is a shift in perspective:

This isn't personal. It's systemic.

And once you see that, the question becomes:

Where is your energy actually useful?

Because movements don't stall from lack of awareness.

They stall from lack of focus, containment, and effective action.

This episode is a call to:.

• stop centering your own emotional process in collective spaces

• stop waiting for everyone else to catch up

• and start participating in ways that actually move things forward

It's also an invitation to bring more:

humility, curiosity, and discernment

into conversations that are often fueled by urgency, anger, and overwhelm.

Because real change doesn't come from who's the loudest.

It comes from who's willing to show up, focus, and do the work.

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What does it actually mean to be spiritual? Because if social media is the reference point, spirituality looks like perfect morning rituals, curated retreats, flowing dresses, calm voices, and people who appear completely unbothered by the world. But real spirituality might look more like:

• yelling at someone for littering

• crying for two weeks straight

• crashing out on Verizon customer service

• taking a walk, folding laundry, and trying to stay human in chaotic times

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In this episode, Elizabeth and Elisha unpack the myth of spiritual perfection and the performative narratives surrounding enlightenment, healing, and "being evolved."

They talk about why spirituality that disconnects you from your body, your anger, or your humanity can actually become its own form of ego.

In this conversation

• Why the myth of transcendence is collapsing

• Performative spirituality and the aesthetics of "being healed"

• The fantasy that healing removes irritation or anger

• Why being bothered by injustice is not unspiritual

• The danger of spiritual bypassing in politics and culture

• Groupthink, activism, and emotional timing

• Reclaiming disruption as a sacred response

• The difference between "being a Karen" and protecting something sacred

• Why embodiment matters more than enlightenment

• Letting yourself be human instead of spiritually perfect

They also explore a deeper question:

What if the real spiritual work is simply showing up for life?

Not transcending it.

Not escaping it.

Not performing it.

Just living it.

Which means being messy, emotional, feisty, grieving, and occasionally yelling at someone who throws trash out their car window.

Because sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is care enough to say something.

And remember:

Everybody poops.

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Why do people pedestalize gurus? And why do so many spiritual leaders, coaches, and self-help figures end up falling from grace? In this episode, Elizabeth and Elisha unpack the real mechanics behind projection, perception, and guru culture — and why the internet's pop-psychology version of "you're projecting" barely scratches the surface. From dating and family dynamics to the spiritual industry and celebrity culture, this conversation explores how people project identities, power, and authority onto others — and how those projections shape relationships. They also dive into the uncomfortable truth: sometimes the projections we need to examine most are the ones placed on us. Experience the conversation face-to-face—head over to YouTube to watch the episode HERE Inside this episode:

• The difference between projection vs perception

• Why social media psychology oversimplifies projection

• How guru culture and spiritual leaders rely on projection fields

• Why pedestalizing teachers leads to inevitable "falls from grace"

• Positive projection — and how it quietly sabotages relationships

• Fawning, power dynamics, and unsafe relational patterns

• Why confident people get labeled "intimidating"

• The hidden psychology behind celebrity obsession and parasocial projections

• Neurodivergence, perception, and adaptability

• Why consuming information isn't the same as doing inner work

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This week, we're talking about joy. Yes. In this world. Because as one meme so perfectly put it: "Micro joys are how we survive macro grief." Elizabeth and Elisha dive into what it actually means to orient your life around joy and satisfaction — not as escapism, but as devotion. Not as denial, but as medicine. Experience the conversation face-to-face—head over to YouTube to watch the episode HERE Inside this episode:

• Why joy might be more available than ever — if you choose to foreground it

• Beauty as a spiritual practice (and why hiding your love of beauty is a wound)

• The complicated politics of being perceived as beautiful

• Decentering the male gaze without shrinking yourself

• Salsa dancing as liberation (and why not caring if you're rusty is peak freedom)

• The joy of creative expression with zero attachment to outcome"

• The healing power of a full breakdown

• Cold walks, fire energy, wholesome toddlers in snow suits, and laughing until you choke

• Being "properly fucked" as a nervous system reset

• Why satisfaction is the ultimate discernment tool

• Getting fired from "advanced management" of everyone else's projections

• Following your own curriculum instead of fixing everyone else's

There's something radical about choosing satisfaction in a time that wants you braced, inflamed, and perpetually reacting.

There's something healing about letting yourself want what actually feels good.

There's something deeply stabilizing about deciding:

My satisfaction is not selfish. It is alignment.

If you've been over-functioning, over-managing, over-explaining, or trying to stay ahead of everyone else's projections, this episode might feel like a long exhale.

We're not bypassing the darkness.

We're building capacity for beauty inside it.

Come for the philosophy.

Stay for the spa fountain story.

Leave with permission to follow your own rhythm.

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We're back from winter break and diving straight into the deep end. This episode is part sermon, part group chat, part audio spell for staying human. Elizabeth and Elisha get honest about what it means to live — not perform — spiritual maturity when everything feels like too much. They talk about grieving and giggling, Care Bear stares and collective screams, and what it takes to stay open when the world keeps trying to close you. Experience the conversation face-to-face—head over to YouTube to watch the episode HERE Inside:

• The paradox of gratitude and devastation

• Why "saying what's true" is the highest vibrational spell

• Law of Attraction burnout and the sacred act of naming reality

• Complaining as catharsis, not collapse

• Fox medicine, trickster energy, and reclaiming shapeshifting

• The soft season: fierce women learning to say "I'm just a baby"

• What happens when you stop trying to timeline your way out of the mystery"

Plus: Elisha talks about her return to Pennsylvania, Elizabeth shares her evolving appetite for myth and relational cosmology, and both reflect on how creative foolishness is sometimes the most healing thing we have.

If you've been feeling overcooked by the world and under-resourced by the usual "spiritual tools," this one's for you.

🎧 Tune in. Bring tea. Maybe a blanket with ears.

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In this deeply nourishing conversation, the Aunties are joined by Michelle Cassandra Johnson— author, grief-tender, activist, and longtime guide in collective healing. Together, they weave a wide-ranging and intimate dialogue on grief as a sacred practice, the wisdom of honeybees and superorganisms, reimagining leadership beyond ego and hierarchy, and what it means to live, serve, and belong in a fractured world. This episode touches on ancestral memory, collective responsibility, nervous system truth, and why healing was never meant to be an individual endeavor. Michelle shares insights from her book Wisdom of the Hive, reflections on loss and aging, and an ancient practice called Telling the Bees — a ritual of sharing both sorrow and joy with the more-than-human world. If you're navigating grief, longing for deeper community, questioning the systems we've inherited, or searching for hope that feels real (not performative), this conversation offers a steady, honest place to land. Come listen for the bees, stay for the belonging. Experience the conversation face-to-face—head over to YouTube to watch the episode HERE Follow Michelle Cassandra Johnson

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This episode starts with listener questions — and unfolds into a layered, candid conversation about intuition, discernment, power, and the spiritual myths many of us have quietly outgrown. Elizabeth and Elisha respond to questions about how intuition actually works in real life: how you learn when to speak, when to stay quiet, and how to tell the difference between true guidance, fear, pattern recognition, and the ever-busy predictor mind. Along the way, they explore why urgency is rarely intuitive, how the need to be right distorts discernment, and why intuition was never meant to override someone else's agency. From there, the conversation widens — touching on predictions, astrology fatigue, embodiment, power dynamics in spiritual spaces, business and money myths, and the pressure to be palatable, enlightened, or "doing it right." As usual, nothing is packaged neatly — and that's the point. This episode is less about answers and more about turning back toward your own authority, your own body, and your own lived wisdom. Enjoy! Experience the conversation face-to-face—head over to YouTube to watch the episode HERE

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