Opening The Door

Today Carmen and Cristina from the fantastic podcast, Espooky Tales, join me to talk about folklore and ghost stories! They share the story of La Siguanaba, El Charro Negro, and stories of dancing with the devil.

Espooky Tales is a podcast about Latin American folklore, myths, legends, haunted places and espooky cuentos del rancho. Hosts and twins, Carmen and Cristina, share the stories you grew up with like La Llorona, as well as true stories from listeners and guests.

Carmen and Cristina are Mexican Salvadoran Americans, daughters of immigrants who love all things spooky. Most importantly, they love sharing and amplifying Latin American stories. They also cohost Historias Unknown, a podcast about Latin American history. Carmen is a busy social worker and runs on coffee and Cristina works as a freelance podcast editor and producer.

Check out Espooky Tales podcast: https://www.espookytales.com/

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Today I'm welcoming Sara and David from the fantastic podcast Paranormal in PA to join me to talk about two haunted locations in PA! We discuss Fort Mifflin, and the Grand Midway Hotel. Sara and David cover the history and hauntings of these locations, plus their personal experiences at the Grand Midway Hotel!

Paranormal in PA podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2VriVej4wyJcA0MVmTdkHR?si=7308b7a458b24a1b

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paranormal-in-pennsylvania/id1763281926

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Today Emmy tells us ghost stories! I loved this chat with Emmy so much. We talk about ghosts, Emmy tells stories and it really gets you in the spooky season spirit!

Emmy C-G is a Witch and a trauma-informed Tarot & Akashic Records Guide. She’s a writer who adores making others feel simultaneously comforted and confronted. She is also a Death & Creativity Doula.

Emmy's values are self-expression, intuition, and curiosity. She lives to support creatives, misfits, and the morbidly inclined who crave being seen, integrating their shadows, and welcoming transformation.

Whether she’s podcasting, writing, or working through snags in a magickal or mundane way (or both for MAXIMUM spice), the end result is the same: Emmy is here to be unabashedly herself and to help others be the most authentic version of themselves.

Emmy's website: https://www.soyemmy.com/

Emmy's IG:https://www.instagram.com/la_soy_emmy/

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Toda I chat with Eisley Hallows! We chat about the fuzzy border between science and magic, how our subconscious mind works, shadow work, and working with a pendulum for shadow work! I loved chatting with Eisley about the power of our mind and how we can integrate the shadow.

Eisley Hallows (she/they) is a hypnotist, shadow worker, and witchcraft mentor for intuitive solo magical practitioners. She works with weirdos: queer folks, autistic folks, artists, creatives, anarchists, and nerds especially love her style. Eisley’s approach exists on the fuzzy border between science and magic. It’s parts-oriented, grounded in practical neuroscience… and they’re also known to pull out their divination tools or offer spellwork in client sessions.

Eisley's website: https://eisleyhallows.com/

Eisley's Threads: https://www.threads.net/@eisleyhallows

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Today I welcome Megan to the podcast! Megan talks us through her personal journey with dreams and dream interpretation, how dreams can be interpreted and integrated, and we explore where we go when we dream!

Megan Mary is a metaphysical mystery author and dreamworker that specializes in the analysis of women's dreams to promote transformative personal growth and enlightenment. Founder of Women's Dream Analysis and the Women's Dream Enlightenment podcast, she is an intuitive, introvert and mystic. After being diagnosed with three chronic illnesses, she experienced a spiritual awakening. She now works with women all over the world offering dream interpretation, transformative journeys and enlightened guidance. She lives in Idaho with her husband and two cats. Her debut fiction novel, The Dream Haunters: A Metaphysical Mystery of Magick, Book 1 of Witches of Maple Hollow Series, will be released in October 2024

Megan's website: https://meganmary.com/

Preorder Megan's book: https://meganmary.com/the-dream-haunters-a-metaphysical-mystery-of-magick/

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This week I welcome on Tyler Brass. We have a great conversation and cover a lot of different topics in this episode but one of the main threads we weave through this conversation is the importance of the pause. Pausing for our intuition to flow to that we can hear ourselves more clearly.

Tyler Brass is a Master Astrologer, Psychic Medium, and Shamballa Reiki Master. 

Tyler has been facilitating professional astrology readings for over 4 years. His new show, Future Forecast: Weekly Astrology with Tyler Brass can be found on Apple, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Recently, Tyler’s natural sensitivity to energy has evolved into psychic senses and a budding mediumship journey. Tyler’s professional readings include birth charts, future forecasts, solar returns, compatibility charts, predictive charts(or what’s known as “The Best Time” reading), and his own form of locational astrology, which he features on his podcast, ASTRO TRAVELING. His intuitive offerings include psychic sessions, aura readings, manifestation coaching and reiki healing.  Tyler believes we are all filled with a unique purpose, and it just takes an open heart to light the way.

Tyler's website: https://tylerbrass.as.me/schedule.php

Tylers IG: www.instagram.com/astrologertyler/

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Today I'm talking you through physical and psychic visualizations and exercises for psychic protection and clearing! We go through different ways of clearing your energy and protecting it.

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NO! In this solo episode I answer the question 'do my anxiety / depression medication interefere with my ability to receive information from spirit? The short answer is NO! If you want to hear me talk about why, this episode is for you! I talk about how hormonal birth control, anxiety medication, depression medications do not interfere with your ability to connect with spirit and how new age purity culture has made some people believe the opposite.

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It's OTD's second birthday and the 101st episode of the podcast! Thank you for being here! I like for the birthday episodes to be a way to help you get to know me, your host, better. This year I have Krystiana (earthside medium) reading my natal chart to help you get to know me through my astrology. You'll also learn a lot about reading a chart in this episode!

Krystiana's website: https://earthsidemedium.com/

Krystiana's IG: @earthsidemedium

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Time for a minisode! In this episode I give you some ideas for rituals and readings you can do yourself for your birthday!

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