Self-Care for Cycles

Today, we’re getting to know your co-host, Janine Mulone, and her business, Spring Tide (now Feel Good Retail as of 2021)! Janine is a business witch who guides thoughtful humans through moments of growth and transformation using equal parts intuition and intellect - aka she helps brands grow without burning out or selling their souls.

We talk about:

• Intuitive business and bridging the gap between left and right brain
• What Spring Tide means and why it was the perfect name for her business 😉
• How Janine got started melding intuition and strategy
• Building a new paradigm…NBD
• How Spring Tide and Janine’s approach has expanded over time
• What it looks like to work with Janine
• Business rituals + her birth chart
• The phase she is in - developing, transforming and growing her own business

Want to work with her? Email her [email protected] to learn more!  

Mentioned in this episode:

• Episode 4: Mercury Retrograde Survival Guide
• Hauswitch blog: Let’s Talk About Sage
• Alternatives to Cleansing With Sage
• HausMagick by Erica Feldmann (recipe for Clearing Spray on pg. 93)
• LightHaus Holy Smoke Sage Spray
• Open Window Spell Kit (the one with the bell)

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

Today, we’re getting to know your co-host, Kristen Ciccolini, and her business, Good Witch Kitchen! Kristen is a holistic nutritionist who helps clients care for their bodies and improve period symptoms by marrying evidence-based nutrition and spiritual practices. 

We talk about:

• The difference between culinary nutrition and functional nutrition 
• How Good Witch Kitchen was started
• Kristen’s own journey with health and wellness
• What she was doing before she became an entrepreneur
• How Good Witch Kitchen and Kristen’s approach have evolved over time
• What it looks like to work with Kristen
• Business rituals and how her birth chart impacts the way she works
• A new membership program she is currently developing to integrate nutrition and spirituality for better health (!!!)

Want to work with her? You can get in touch by emailing [email protected] or filling out the form on her website. And don’t forget to sign up to receive her free guide “Syncing With The Moon For A Better Flow”. 

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Feminist Wellness podcast (episodes on people-pleasing:  #67, #68, #70)
• The Cauldron
• The Academy of Culinary Nutrition certification program
  • Kristen’s experience with the Culinary Nutrition Expert program
• Journal prompts to explore your relationship with food

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

Creativity isn't only reserved for the artists of the world. Whether you're painting the next museum masterpiece or making dinner for yourself, we all have the ability to create.

For the bigger projects that take more of our energy, we like to honor the creative cycle so we're firing on all cylinders in each of its phases without totally burning out.

Initiation
Growth
Completion
Rest

In this episode, we talk all about these stages, what each one entails, how it looks in our own businesses, and some suggestions for moving forward.

Also in the Cosmic Update: a full moon / lunar eclipse and a tarot spread to reflect on the past month.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Tarot spread: monthly check-in
• Electional astrology
• Astrology for Real Relationships by Jessica Lanyadoo
• Cafe Astrology natal charts
• The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
• Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

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

Today's episode is all about fire energy y'all. Now that we've entered summer, it's the perfect time to embrace the juicy, creative essence of the season. We cover:

• New segment for you: the Cosmic Update! What to expect this week in terms of moon phases, astro weather, and more so you can plan your life accordingly.
• Summer intentions
• Mercury retrograde updates
• Understanding fire energy through the cycles: summer, full moon, ovulation
• Self-care for summer
• Full moon practices
• Tips for switching up nutrition and exercise for this phase

Mentioned in this episode:

• Janine's Ground & Groove playlist
• Taran Killam performing "Call Your Girlfriend" by Robyn on SNL
• Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism by Sarah Lyons

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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

Mercury goes into retrograde on June 18 — dun, dun, DUNNNN!

Real talk: it's not that bad. Not if you know how to plan for it.

We give you the basics on the internet's favorite scapegoat: what it means literally and energetically, its positive and negative implications, how to handle shadow periods, and some handy tips for making it to the other side unscathed. We also share some of our own embarrassing communication snafus, so make sure you share yours with us too so we can all feel better about it.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Astro Twins

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

What do cycles have to do with patriarchal oppression? Spoiler alert: EVERYTHING!

In this episode, we talk about how society is set up to serve men's hormonal cycles (among their other interests), where it's Groundhog Day every day. Women and those who menstruate have a much different experience hormonally, and we share how to honor the fluctuations of your cycle and break free from patriarchal standards of living (with tips for those who don't menstruate as well).

We talk solar vs. lunar cycles, tarot representations of masculine and feminine energy, where we see the patriarchy affecting business and health, how we honor cycles in our own lives, and suggestions for books, apps, and other practices for connecting to that feminine, cyclical energy.

Mentioned in this episode:

• WomanCode by Alisa Vitti
• In the FLO by Alisa Vitti
• Blog: Using Moon Energy to Get in Sync With Your Menstrual Cycle
• Period Power by Maisie Hill
• Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch 
• MyFlo App period tracker
• Moon Phases app
• Moon app
• Moongiant.com

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

This week it's all about Intuition 101. We dispel the myth that you — yes YOU, dear listener — can't access your intuition without special abilities, we talk about how self-care comes into play, how to figure out how your intuition speaks to you, and we share all about our pathways to becoming more intuitive beings.

Plus, we have practical tips on how you can start strengthening your inner voice ASAP. Download the free guide on the episode page here.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron
• Tune In by Sonia Choquette
• Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Playing Cards

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

Living cyclically is something all of us do, whether we realize it or not. Some of us just go a little deeper. There are SO many different types of cycles that we'll be talking about on this podcast, but our first episode sticks to the basics.

We start with the four seasons as the overarching system for being tuned in to cycles, how they correspond with the phases of the moon and our menstrual cycle, the types of energies aligned with each phase, and how we like to practice self-care throughout each one.

Cycles/energies discussed:

• Winter // New Moon // Menstrual // Earth Energy
• Spring // Waxing Moon // Follicular // Air Energy
• Summer // Full Moon // Ovulation // Fire Energy
• Fall // Waning Moon // Luteal // Water Energy

Mentioned in episode:

• Moonology by Yasmin Boland
• WomanCode by Alisa Vitti
• Top-down processing

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

Our first episodes were scheduled to launch today, but with everything that’s going on in the country right now, we felt it was better to address the current fight for racial justice than dive in with our launch as planned.

The only cycle that matters right now is the one we must work together to break in order to create equality, serve justice, and banish white supremacy.

We believe 100% that wellness is political. Doing the work of exploring ingrained racism in our own beliefs, and understanding how we participate in the problem can help us do better to keep people of color safe and well. We’re going to talk a lot about self-exploration on this podcast and this is a fundamental piece to go deeper on. 

We know this is difficult to navigate, but if you’re a white person, join us in committing to the work. 

Resources and ways to contribute:

Donate:

• Your local Black Lives Matter chapter
• Black Visions Collective
• Reclaim The Block
• Minnesota Freedom Fund
• Your local bail funds for protestors

Resources (to learn & act)

• Showing Up For Racial Justice
• Anti-Racism Resources (created by Rachel Ricketts)
• Anti-Racism Resources (created by Sarah Sophia Flicker and Alyssa Klein)
• 75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice
• Rachel Cargle // Instagram + The Great Unlearn + Public Address
• Rachel Ricketts // Instagram + Spiritual Activism Course + Patreon
• Layla Saad // Instagram + Good Ancestor Podcast + Book “Me and White Supremacy”
• 5 Racist Anti-Racism Responses ‘Good’ White Women Give to Viral Posts

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