In this episode, I have Nick from The Occult Rejects back on the show, because we had so much to discuss!

We start off by chatting about Nick's departure from the OTO, whether or not masculine/feminine energy has anything to do with how communities kick people out or welcome people in (and deal with people who leave). 

Then we talk a bit about prison, and what spirituality looks like in a prison context - prison magic! I was excited to ask Nick about this, since in my tarot practice over the years I've had multiple people contact me from jail/prison wanting tarot readings from me over the phone. He has a lot of interesting things to say about what kinds of mystical, spiritual, and occult books are available in prison.

We also get into a personal love of mine, fitness and weightlifting - and how lifting weights is related to alchemy, magic, spirituality, and self-transformation. We get into physical embodiment, and the difference(s) between the mental and physical form(s) of magic; weightlifting as magic, meditation, and more. Why are so many folks in the spiritual space so disembodied, and don't focus on their own physical body? A fun convo!! Don't miss it!



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On The Heal and Harm Show on YouTube, I dive into deep discussions with spiritual, witchy, occult, wellness, and self-help oriented guests to talk about what happens when we try to heal ourselves and improve our lives. So often in the spiritual space, people seeking healing and community end up in cults, abused, or more messed up than they were at the start of their journey. Named after the phrase, "a witch who can't heal can't harm" (and vice versa), this show explores the light and dark sides of spirituality, magic, witchcraft, healing, and more. The Heal and Harm Show is hosted by Sabrina Scott (https://sabrinamscott.com), a witch, life coach, and professional tarot reader with 5 books and 4 journals out!

Possibly the episode I was most excited to record, and the one that has been the most personal and close to home for me! Amber was my yoga/pilates teacher for many years when I lived in downtown Toronto - I was at her studio for 10-15 hours a week at the top of my practice. Her movement style was deeply transformative, and I haven't found a movement teacher who is so magical and gifted before or since. If you were in touch with the yoga/pilates/dance scene in Toronto in the mid 2010's, you'll have heard of Misfit Studio and Amber Joliat. Many studios who came after hers, were deeply influenced by her style of movement, as well as the aesthetic of her studios.

During the mass "reckoning" of summer 2020, Amber was the target of much hate and vitriol, and ended up effectively "cancelled" by her own movement community of teachers and students. In this episode, we get into the deep dark depths of what happened, why it happened, and what we can all take from what all happened back then.

What happens when a successful, unique community later is scapegoated? What happens when someone is publicly shamed and ousted, despite not deserving it? What happens when someone's story is - ignorantly - rewritten for them? How can we heal when we lose everything - friends, family, business, opportunities, and our hometown?

We also talk about the nitty gritty of scaling a business, the balance of keeping our own hand in our own creation as we grow; we also get into the unique betrayal of sisterhood in wellness spaces, including the verbal and visceral mob violence unique to groups of women. It's so much easier to destroy someone, than create something of your own.

The Heal and Harm Show with Sabrina Scott episode 7
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On The Heal and Harm Show on YouTube, I dive into deep discussions with spiritual, witchy, occult, wellness, and self-help oriented guests to talk about what happens when we try to heal ourselves and improve our lives. So often in the spiritual space, people seeking healing and community end up in cults, abused, or more messed up than they were at the start of their journey. Named after the phrase, "a witch who can't heal can't harm" (and vice versa), this show explores the light and dark sides of spirituality, magic, witchcraft, healing, and more. The Heal and Harm Show is hosted by Sabrina Scott (https://sabrinamscott.com), a witch, life coach, and professional tarot reader with 5 books and 4 journals out!

In this episode, I chat with artist, educator, mystic, and deck creator Lindsay Williams! Lindsay is the creator of mystic channelled artwork that she calls 'oracular mysticism,' as well as multiple tarot/oracle decks, including the cult classic Desert Illuminations Tarot, recently picked up by US Games.

We discuss the role of landscape/environment in the creative process, and how connecting with land influences the art that we can create, as well as our own spiritual growth and evolution. Lindsay shares her creative process around the Desert Illuminations deck, including the various cultures featured in the deck - and aliens!

We also get into the toxic elements of various artistic and spiritual communities, be they witchy communities online, or the strange toxicity and highs/lows of mass market Hollywood TV performance and reality shows (which Lindsay and her partner were on at one point)!


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On The Heal and Harm Show on YouTube, I dive into deep discussions with spiritual, witchy, occult, wellness, and self-help oriented guests to talk about what happens when we try to heal ourselves and improve our lives. So often in the spiritual space, people seeking healing and community end up in cults, abused, or more messed up than they were at the start of their journey. Named after the phrase, "a witch who can't heal can't harm" (and vice versa), this show explores the light and dark sides of spirituality, magic, witchcraft, healing, and more. The Heal and Harm Show is hosted by Sabrina Scott (https://sabrinamscott.com), a witch, life coach, and professional tarot reader with 5 books and 4 journals out!

In this enlivening and enlightening conversaton with prolific author and tarot reader Theresa Reed, otherwise known as The Tarot Lady, we discuss interpersonal group dynamics, what happens when we try to find community (in tarot or spirituality, yoga, whatever) in dysfunctional and unhealed spaces when we ourselves are not healed or grounded.

We also discuss being lone wolves, in both life in general, in spiritual community, and in online business. Theresa shares about one of her life values, the importance of minding our own business, focusing on our own path and creative output.

Theresa also shares about why she stopped reading tarot for the public, how drama is distracting from writing and creative output, and her rules for online engagement and career longevity. We also discuss some toxic habits in tarot clients, as well as when tarot readers should refuse clients (and why)!
You won't want to miss this fun conversation!

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On The Heal and Harm Show on YouTube, I dive into deep discussions with spiritual, witchy, occult, wellness, and self-help oriented guests to talk about what happens when we try to heal ourselves and improve our lives. So often in the spiritual space, people seeking healing and community end up in cults, abused, or more messed up than they were at the start of their journey. Named after the phrase, "a witch who can't heal can't harm" (and vice versa), this show explores the light and dark sides of spirituality, magic, witchcraft, healing, and more. The Heal and Harm Show is hosted by Sabrina Scott (https://sabrinamscott.com), a witch, life coach, and professional tarot reader with 5 books and 4 journals out!

In this very fun fourth episode of The Heal and Harm Show with Sabrina Scott, I chat with Dr Natalia Zhikhareva, otherwise known as Dr Z PhD, or the Tarot Shrink!

We chat about the self-help and self-healing space, and about how to work with tarot for self reflection and healing in a way that moves us forward in our growth, rather than holding us back.

We talk about psychology and tarot, the problems with self-diagnosis and overly identifying with a victim identity or victim mindset. We talk about the emotionally volatile times we are in, and how to move through that as we heal our traumas, triggers, and wounds - and the importance of emotional self-regulation, exposing ourselves to different ideas despite the proliferation of echo chambers. 

We also discuss masculine/feminine energy and polarity between the two! We touch on feminine energy in the tarot, and Dr Z shares some advice for any women who are currently struggling in love.

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On The Heal and Harm Show on YouTube, I dive into deep discussions with spiritual, witchy, occult, wellness, and self-help oriented guests to talk about what happens when we try to heal ourselves and improve our lives. So often in the spiritual space, people seeking healing and community end up in cults, abused, or more messed up than they were at the start of their journey. Named after the phrase, "a witch who can't heal can't harm" (and vice versa), this show explores the light and dark sides of spirituality, magic, witchcraft, healing, and more. The Heal and Harm Show is hosted by Sabrina Scott (https://sabrinamscott.com), a witch, life coach, and professional tarot reader with 5 books and 4 journals out!

In this episode of The Heal and Harm Show, I chat with amazing human and oracle and tarot deck creator Marisa de la Pena about her decks, why she took steps away from the spiritual, witchy, and tarot space, and what's inspired her to come back into the community after a few years away. Marisa is the creator of Circo Tarot and the Persephone Tarot, and the How to Deal Tarot aquired by Harper Collins/Urban Outfitters. 

We have a great conversation about Marisa's journey to tarot and magic, creating art as a way to work through pain and grief, moving away from ego, (and checking ourselves before e wreck ourselves), and the importance of moving back into the nitty gritty of spiritual work, and focusing on doing magic for/on ourselves. 

We also talk about how punitive and policing aspects of the spiritual community have become, how to escape it, and how to re-enter community with what's truly important in mind. We talk about academia, the importance of using technology intelligently, and the vitality of becoming familiar with witchy/spiritual elders.

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On The Heal and Harm Show on YouTube, I dive into deep discussions with spiritual, witchy, occult, wellness, and self-help oriented guests to talk about what happens when we try to heal ourselves and improve our lives. So often in the spiritual space, people seeking healing and community end up in cults, abused, or more messed up than they were at the start of their journey. Named after the phrase, "a witch who can't heal can't harm" (and vice versa), this show explores the light and dark sides of spirituality, magic, witchcraft, healing, and more. The Heal and Harm Show is hosted by Sabrina Scott (https://sabrinamscott.com), a witch, life coach, and professional tarot reader with 5 books and 4 journals out!

Hello and welcome to the second episode of The Heal and Harm Show with Sabrina Scott! On this episode I speak with Sara Ashley Astrology. We discuss the astrology community right now, including the exteme aspects of it (including both the far left and far right of astrology land), starseeds and blood types (and weirdness of physical superiority in woo woo land), and spiritual community and outrage politics/division on various social media platforms.

We also discuss differences between being a professional and being a hobbyist in the spiritual realms (whether tarot or astrology), how to be a good spiritual service provider and a good client, problems with addicted clients, the disturbing prevalence of spiritual psychosis and mental illness, and more. Definitely a fun listen - let us know what you think! 

 On The Heal and Harm Show on YouTube, I dive into deep discussions with spiritual, witchy, occult, wellness, and self-help oriented guests to talk about what happens when we try to heal ourselves and improve our lives. So often in the spiritual space, people seeking healing and community end up in cults, abused, or more messed up than they were at the start of their journey. Named after the phrase, "a witch who can't heal can't harm" (and vice versa), this show explores the light and dark sides of spirituality, magic, witchcraft, healing, and more. The Heal and Harm Show is hosted by Sabrina Scott (https://sabrinamscott.com), a witch, life coach, and professional tarot reader with 5 books and 4 journals out!

On this FIRST EVER (!) episode of The Heal and Harm Show, I talk with Nick from the super popular Occult Rejects podcast and YouTube. We discuss Nick's experience in the OTO (the good, the bad, and why he left), how he got into occultism, what inspired him to start The Occult Rejects, what he's learned along the way, as well as his big beefs with the occult community and advice for anyone seeking self improvement through occultism and magic. I hope this will be a very interesting listen for my audience, especially since many of y'all are more familiar with witchy forms of magic, rather than ceremonial magic!