Self-Care for Cycles

By Kristen Ciccolini and Janine Mulone

Kristen Ciccolini and Janine Mulone reveal all the ways you can flow with natural cycles so you can superpower your wellness routine and sharpen your intuition. Think: embodying the seasons, aligning ... more

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January 11, 2021We Have An Announcement...
We interrupt this Winter hiatus for an important announcement…We’ve got a new name! Apparently “It’s Just A Phase” was…well, just a phase, but we’re still the same cyclical, intuitive, witchy show you know and love.
While we’re here we wanted to also give a quick update on what Kristen and Janine have been up to over the past month or so. Tune in for a quick check-in!
We miss you and we’ll be back soon. xoxo
Mentioned in this episode:
- Kristen’s upcoming workshop- Cycle Magic: Harnessing Your Period Power for More Creativity and Flow
- Superpower Your Natural Cycle - Good Witch Kitchen
- Janine’s new Feel Good Retail Podcast
- The Annual Advisory - Feel Good Retail
- FREE GUIDE: Soul Statement - Feel Good Retail
- ‘An Atlas Of Rare and Familiar Color’ - The Harvard Art Museums' Forbes Pigment Collection
Your hosts:
Kristen Ciccolini | Good Witch Kitchen | @goodwitchkitchen
Janine Mulone | Feel Good Retail | @feelgoodretail
Keep in touch!
Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles
Twitter: @selfcare4cycles
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iTunes | Spotify | Google | Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. And don’t forget to leave a review! It lets us know you’re listening and it helps other amazing people like you find our show.
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20min
November 16, 2020022: Cycle Q+A — Part Two
As we head off on a holiday break, we wanted to leave you with answers to your most pressing questions! After two “seasons”, we wanted to make sure to check in and make sure we were all on the same page and y'all came through with some great questions. We discuss:
- The rituals and practices that are constant in our practices
- How we research our topics
- What it means when you bleed with the full/new moon
- How we apply the moon phases to our businesses
- Our favorite tarot cards
- Why some people experience depression before their period
- & resources for shadow work
Thank you all for making this season amazing! We’re wishing you a wonderful, safe, and relaxing holiday season.

Mentioned in this episode:
- Janine’s new Feel Good Retail Podcast
- Holisticism’s new The Twelfth House Podcast
- FREE GUIDE: 5 Steps To A Feel Good Holiday Season
- Kristen’s Journal Prompt Highlight
- “September Song” by Agnes Obel
- TED conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert (jump to min 50 to learn about her letter from love practice)
- Episode 6: Honoring The Creative Cycle
- Lacy Phillips — Unblocked Inner Child
- Goldmining The Shadows by Pixie Lighthorse
- Romancing The Shadow by Connie Zweig
Your hosts:
Kristen Ciccolini | Good Witch Kitchen | @goodwitchkitchen | The Lunar Body Podcast
Janine Mulone | Feel Good Retail | @feelgoodretail | Retail for the Rest of Us Podcast
Keep in touch!
Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles
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1h 6min
November 09, 2020021: Anti-Capitalist Practices for IRL
It’s never a bad time to talk about breaking up with capitalism! In this episode, we discuss practices you can incorporate into your daily life - personal, business and spiritual - to do just that. While capitalism is a much bigger system that any of us individually can overthrow or transform, we can work to dismantle our reliance on it, relationship to it and begin to detangle our actions from the harmful effects of this system.

Mentioned in this episode:
- Moonbeaming - ‘Protection Magic Techniques’
- Witch The Vote - ‘Capitalism 101’
- So You Wanna Be A Witch - ‘Queer Witchcraft and Anticapitalism with Anna Joy’
- Holisticism - Divesting From Wellness Capitalism
- NYT - ‘The Most Powerful Conservative Couple You’ve Never Heard Of’
- The 5 Best Alternatives To ULINE
- Boston Globe - ‘Profit Sharing Is A Win-Win’
- Episode 0 - The Cycle Of White Supremacy
- Episode 16 - Cyclical Activism
- Forage and Sustain (+ gift guide)
- Alicia Kennedy - ‘On Chocolate’
- The Better World Shopping Guide
- Sephora ‘Starter Witch Kit’ Backlash
- Alternatives to Cleansing With Sage
Your hosts:
Kristen Ciccolini | Good Witch Kitchen | @goodwitchkitchen | The Lunar Body Podcast
Janine Mulone | Feel Good Retail | @feelgoodretail | Retail for the Rest of Us Podcast
Keep in touch!
Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles
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1h 1min
November 02, 2020020: Wheel of the Year for Self-Care
Let’s take a tour through the solar year! The Wheel Of The Year includes 8 Sabbats (or holy days) including 4 solar festivals and 4 seasonal festivals, each marking the passage of the seasons and honoring the never-ending cycle of nature’s fertility. By examining these mile markers through the year, we can align our self-care and rituals to connect more deeply to the earth — something we could all use a little more of these days.

Mentioned in this episode:
- Celtic Women’s Spirituality: Accessing The Cauldron Of Life by Edain McCoy
- Goldmining the Shadows by Pixie Lighthorse
- Self-Love Potion
- Cord Cutting Rituals
Your hosts:
Kristen Ciccolini | Good Witch Kitchen | @goodwitchkitchen | The Lunar Body Podcast
Janine Mulone | Feel Good Retail | @feelgoodretail | Retail for the Rest of Us Podcast
Keep in touch!
Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles
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56min
October 26, 2020019: Introduction to Tarot
What better week to talk Tarot than Halloween? We both use Tarot personally and professionally so today, we wanted to give an overview of this magical, mystical (and shockingly practical!) tool. We dive into our personal relationships with Tarot, an overview of The Major Arcana, The Minor Arcana and The Court Cards, our favorite resources and some ways to get started.

Mentioned in this episode:
- Samhain Spread
- Honoring Your Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestral Veneration by Mallorie Vaudoise
- Decks
  Rachel True’s True Heart Deck
  Smith Rider Waite Deck
  Neo Tarot
  Amenti Oracle Deck
  The Marigold Tarot
  The Lioness Oracle Deck
  Spolia Tarot
  Gypsy Witch playing cards
  Spirit Speak Deck
- Simple monthly tarot spread
- Episode #9: Let’s Get Elemental
- Resources for learning tarot:
  Between The Worlds (previously Strange Magic) podcast
  Biddy Tarot
  78 Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack
  Lindsay Mack’s “Tarot For The Wild Soul” podcast + Soul Tarot School
  Jessica Dore tarot classes
Your hosts:
Kristen Ciccolini | Good Witch Kitchen | @goodwitchkitchen | The Lunar Body Podcast
Janine Mulone | Feel Good Retail | @feelgoodretail | Retail for the Rest of Us Podcast
Keep in touch!
Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles
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1h 13min
October 19, 2020018: Intergenerational Healing and Imposter Syndrome with Rayshauna Gray
Today, we’re joined by writer and historian Rayshauna Gray to discuss breaking painful cycles. In addition to her work with Harvard University, The Cambridge Historical Society, Boston Book Festival, and National Organization for Women’s Legislative Task Force, Rayshauna blends history, theology, astrology and tarot to explore topics like intergenerational trauma and imposter syndrome.

She created #TheHeartWorkIs Framework, the Modus Operandi deck, and is currently finishing her first book, Roseland, which narrates the last 200 years of the nation’s history through the stories of seven generations of women in Gray’s family. She is brilliant, generous and oh-so-kind. We know you’ll be as fascinated by this conversation as we were!

Mentioned in this episode:
- Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2
- Modus Operandi deck
- #TheHeartWorkIs Framework
- Follow Rayshauna on Instagram
- Learn more about Rayshauna’s work
Your hosts:
Kristen Ciccolini | Good Witch Kitchen | @goodwitchkitchen | The Lunar Body Podcast
Janine Mulone | Feel Good Retail | @feelgoodretail | Retail for the Rest of Us Podcast
Keep in touch!
Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles
Subscribe:

iTunes | Spotify | Google | Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. And don’t forget to leave a review! It lets us know you’re listening and it helps other amazing people like you find our show!
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1h 38min
October 12, 2020017: Everyone Is Intuitive, Part Two
Anyone else feel like they could use a little reconnection lately? Call it gut feelings, instinct, whatever you want - but intuition is a muscle we all have the ability to develop. We know the idea of starting to work with intuition can be intimidating, so we have 5 super simple (and free!) steps that can be done together or individually to begin working to tune in. Happy channeling!
Mentioned in this episode:
- Illuminatives
- Everyone is Intuitive: Part One
Your hosts:
Kristen Ciccolini | Good Witch Kitchen | @goodwitchkitchen | The Lunar Body Podcast
Janine Mulone | Feel Good Retail | @feelgoodretail | Retail for the Rest of Us Podcast
Keep in touch!
Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles
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50min
October 05, 2020016: Cyclical Activism
To us, cyclical activism is a practice of being politically involved in a way that is ongoing and sustainable. In the same way that we use cycles to create supportive personal self-care practices, we can use cycles to ensure we are taking action towards collective change in a way we can keep up long-term.
If you have ever felt overwhelmed or unsure of how to get involved, this episode is a great place to start!
Mentioned in this episode:
- Superpower Your Natural Cycle (SYNC) membership program
- Episode 004: Self-Care for Mercury Retrograde
- Elizabeth Gilbert on spiritual fitness
- Resistbot
- Witch the Vote podcast: Election Day Astroweather
- Vote.org
- Vote Save America
Your hosts:
Kristen Ciccolini | Good Witch Kitchen | @goodwitchkitchen | The Lunar Body Podcast
Janine Mulone | Feel Good Retail | @feelgoodretail | Retail for the Rest of Us Podcast
Keep in touch!
Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles
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57min
October 02, 2020 BONUS: The Patriarchy vs. Your Body
A look at how the patriarchy's impact on menstruators' hormone health. Plus how you can break free from that cycle to find the potential in your own.
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55min
September 28, 2020015: Color Magic With Sarah Potter
We have a very exciting show for you today! One of our favorite witches, Sarah Potter, joins the show to take us on an adventure around the color wheel! Sarah is a professional witch, color magic practitioner, tarot reader, and true beam of light. We know y'all are going to love this one!

We talk about:
- Sarah’s journey to becoming a witch in suburban NJ
- Communicating with animals
- What is color magic?
- How to use color magic for self-empowerment (and how you might be already!)
- Color rituals for creativity
- Which colors align with seasons and moon phases
- Sarah’s new Color Magic Year Ahead readings
Mentioned in this episode:
- FREE WORKSHOP 9/30: The Patriarchy vs. Your Body
- Follow Sarah on IG: @iamsarahpotter
- Email Sarah to book a reading + be added to her newsletter: [email protected]
- Sarah’s Weekly Tarotscopes for Astrology.com
- “I Asked A Witch About Manifesting & It Made Me Realize I’ve Been Doing It All Along”
Your hosts:
Kristen Ciccolini | Good Witch Kitchen | @goodwitchkitchen
Janine Mulone | Spring Tide | @spring__tide
Keep in touch!
Website: itsjustaphasepod.com
Instagram: @itsjustaphasepod
Twitter: @justaphasepod
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1h 17min

FAQs about Self-Care for Cycles:

How many episodes does Self-Care for Cycles have?

The podcast currently has 30 episodes available.