Jacqui Chiari (@tfg.jacqui) is the Founder + CEO of Tidy for Good, Spiritual Organizing and Sustainability Coaching, and KonMari Consultant In-Training. In this episode she shares how her mental health + money blocks almost stopped her from starting her business, how she found the courage to finally invest in herself, and her journey of creating her organizing + sustainability coaching business.

In this episode, we chat about:

- The relationship between the tidying + organizing movement and sustainability

- How she brings Human Design + spirituality in to her business

- How she’s healing anxiety around money and the importance of taking care of your mental health

- The moment she decided to invest in her first coaching program and how that helped her embody the role of business owner and CEO

- Why community is so important when you’re just starting out

Connect with Jacqui at https://www.tidyforgood.co/, on instagram: @tfg.jacqui, on Facebook www.facebook.com/tidyforgood and join her private Facebook group ABUNDANT: The Tidy for Good Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/965844993799041 for more community + support!

If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Jacqui @tfg.jacqui. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! To work with me, you can head to bookwithmelina.as.me. As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here.

Em Scimeca (@emscimeca) is an Animal Intuitive, NLP Practitioner, and certified Life + Success Coach. She’s magical, hilarious, down-to-earth, and I know her story will resonate with many of you. In this episode she shares her journey from growing up in a religious household to discovering her gifts as an animal intuitive to now teaching others how to communicate with animals in her new program, Animal Magic.

In this episode, we chat about:

- How she realized she could communicate with animals when her beloved guinea pig, Winnie, passed in April 2019

- The self-doubt she felt when she discovered her gifts and how she’s finding the confidence to own her magic

- How she channels messages from animals in her Sacred Animal Intuitive Sessions

- How to follow what feels good to you + strengthen your connection with yourself to tap into your unique gifts 

For information on having a Sacred Animal Intuitive Session with Em or if you want to learn to communicate with animals yourself in her #AnimalMagic program, visit www.emscimeca.com or follow her on Instagram at @emscimeca.

If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Em @emscimeca. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! To work with me, you can head to bookwithmelina.as.me. As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here.

In this solo episode I share:

- Why I’m recording a Part 2 to this series on white privilege + antiracism and why we need to continue this work for the long term

- A quick guided meditation to ground + relax into your being

- How to do antiracism work in a way that feels aligned for you and how you can use your Human Design to guide you

- Why rest is an important component of the unlearning process

- How to handle anxiety + shame around being called out or making mistakes in this work which is absolutely a part of the process

- Brene Brown’s podcast episode with Ibram X. Kendi - How to be an Antiracist: https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-with-ibram-x-kendi-on-how-to-be-an-antiracist/

- @andrearanaej on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrearanaej/ - I highly recommend following her if she resonates with you

- Erica Chidi’s IGTV on antiracism work and mental health: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBGfCUmgfc5/

- @lisaoliveratherpy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisaoliveratherapy/

- “We Need to Rethink Our ‘Pics or It Didn’t Happen’ Approach to Activism” by Vogue UK: https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/performative-grief-online

- The importance of private antiracism work and going inward to examine the racism within yourself

- Why seeking support + allowing yourself to feel all your emotions is so key in sustaining this work for the long-term

If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! To work with me, you can head to bookwithmelina.as.me. As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here.

In this solo episode I share:

- Why I’m speaking up on issues around racism, white privilege and white supremacy

- Why it’s important to listen to the stories and uplift the voices of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and pay them for their work (full list of resources below), but know that it is not their job to educate white people

- My story of waking up to my white privilege, participating in white saviorism and the mistakes I’ve made in this work

- What white fragility is and how to work through it so we as white people can get to work

- The definition of white supremacy and how to recognize it within yourself if you identity as white

- If you are a BIPOC doing antiracism work and you would be open to coming on the podcast for a conversation, please DM me @melinacharis or email me at [email protected]

Please share this episode with a white friend who needs to hear this. We cannot stay silent - the time is now.

In this solo episode I share:

- A quick guided meditation to ground + relax into your being

- My definition of toxic productivity + my experiences learning to unhook from it

 - The importance of focusing on being rather than doing

- Balancing your divine masculine + feminine energies and how to tell when you’re operating from the distorted masculine or distorted feminine

- How Human Design can help you manage your energy + make aligned decisions

- My journey healing PCOS naturally and syncing with the energy of my menstrual cycle

- My definition of rest + how to work with feelings of guilt when you rest

If you want to work 1:1 around releasing toxic productivity + embracing rest, sign up for a 60-minute session here: bookwithmelina.as.me.

If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here.

Lauren Hansen (@astrobetch)  is one of my best friends and one of my favorite humans on the planet. Lauren is your all-love, no bullshit Astrologer - her wit, authenticity, and honesty is infused throughout her brand and business. In this episode she shares her journey to finding voice as an Astrologer and her advice for tapping into yourself + the messages from the cosmos.

In this episode, we chat about:

- How she sees her authenticity as part of her magic and how she’s weaved that into her business as an Astrologer

- Her spiritual awakening and the lessons she’s learned on the journey of discovering her voice

- How to connect with your gut + learn to trust that the universe will give you exactly what you need

- How the cosmos support your growth + transformation throughout your life

If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Lauren @astrobetch. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! To work with me, you can head to bookwithmelina.as.me. As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here.

Welcome to the first episode of the Own Your Magic podcast! 

In this solo episode I share:

- My journey from anxious overachiever to burnt out teacher to unfulfilled higher education professional to finally owning my magic as a writer, blogger, coach, mentor, and now...podcaster!

- Why I started this podcast and how I hope it will help you share your story and own your magic

- What I think it means to truly own your magic and why I think it’s so important to reconnect to yourself, your creativity, your pleasure + play, your intuition, and your spirituality

- Read the latest on my blog at https://www.melinacharis.com/journal

If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! To work with me, you can head to bookwithmelina.as.me. As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here.