On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole is guiding us to unearth the soul's vision buried beneath layers of wounding and shame. She begins with her own story - how for years she doubted the synchronicities, signs, and body-nudges that pointed her toward a deeper calling. From her corporate days of pushing past intuition to the burnout that finally invited her to slow down and meet her inner Witch, Nicole shares how learning to trust what she felt in her heart - rather than what seemed logical - became the first step toward remembering her soul's true vision. With the crystalline clarity of the Oracle Witch, she offers a loving reminder that our visions aren't missing - they're simply hidden beneath the armour we built to stay safe.

In this episode we explore how the Archetypal Remedy of Clear Quartz helps us move beyond the logic that once protected us and into the intuitive heart that knows. Together we uncover the Clear Quartz wound - the fear of getting it 'wrong', of being 'too much,' or of not being 'clever enough' - and the way it clouds our inner Oracle Witch. Nicole introduces the shift from compensating manifesting ('I want to get…') to generative creation ('who do I want to become?'), inviting us to meet the part of us who already holds crystal clarity on our purpose. Through a gentle guided mini journey, she teaches how to soften the crystalline armour, listen to the intuitive whispers beneath fear, and reconnect with the luminous vision our soul buried for safekeeping. It's an episode for every Secret Witch learning to trust her magical brilliance!

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

• Your soul's vision isn't missing - it's hidden beneath wounding and shame. The part of you that knows what you're here for has never left; she's simply been locked away under the fear of being 'too much,' 'too magical,' or 'not clever enough'

• The Clear Quartz wound keeps us trapped in logic and doubt. When safety has meant 'prove it', we disconnect from our hearts, override intuitive nudges, and mistrust our inner Oracle - a survival strategy that Clear Quartz helps to soften and heal

• Manifesting visions from lack is compensating for pain - not creation from soul. When we fixate on what we don't have ('I want to manifest money'), we create from fear. Generative Manifesting asks: 'who do I want to become?' and shifts the focus of our vision from scarcity to soul alignment

• Clarity comes from feeling, not figuring out. True vision isn't found through logic or planning; it arises through the heart when we slow down, listen inwardly, and allow intuition - not intellect - to lead

• Clear Quartz is the Vision Guide who mirrors your brilliance. As the Archetypal Remedy of truth and intuition, she doesn't give you something new - she amplifies what's already in you, helping you hear your heart's wisdom and trust the knowing that lives in your bones

• Self-trust is the gateway to vision. Each time you soften fear, love the parts that doubt, and follow the smallest intuitive nudge, you unearth another layer of your soul's calling - remembering that you are the crystal; you already hold the clarity you seek.

Resources and Things that We Spoke About:

• Our Links:

• Connect deeper to your inner Oracle - join us in the Apothecary Membership for Clear Quartz: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership>

• Social:

• Join our free Facebook Group - Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nicoleamandabarton

• Instagram - @iamnicolebarton

• Instagram - @archetypalapothecary

• You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety

• Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary

• Sign up for our free Moonlit Apothecary Love Letters: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/moonlitapothecary

• Resources:

• Rebecca Campbell - The Inner Temple Oracle Deck - https://soul.rebeccacampbell.me/innertempleoracle/

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Carly Mountain. Carly is a sought-after psychotherapist specialising in sex, embodiment, rites of passage and relationships. A seasoned initiatory guide, yoga teacher, breathworker and writer, her work has evolved over twenty years of sacred mythopoetic practice and space holding. She is author of Descent & Rising: Women's Stories & the Embodiment of the Inanna Myth. She lives in Sheffield, England with her husband and two daughters.

In this episode we explore how descent becomes a sacred initiation into the Feminine - and how death, shadow, and rebirth are required for the Witch to fully embody who she is. Carly shares the medicine of descent and rising - and what it means to embody naked power - shedding the old skins of shame and fear to reclaim our body, pleasure and powerful truth. Together, we speak about how darkness is a calling, the Witch's descent into the underworld, and how these initiations become portals to remembering who we truly are.

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

• Descent is sacred - a journey of initiation that strips away what is false and reveals the truth of who we are beneath the surface

• The Inanna myth reminds us that the underworld isn't punishment - it's a descent into the body, the shadow, and the truth that waits in the dark

• The body is the oracle - when we listen to its trembling, pleasure, and pulse, we find the wisdom that's been buried beneath shame

• Naked power lives in surrender - when we stop performing and meet life with presence, love and eros begin to move freely again

• The snake teaches us to shed what no longer fits - each skin we release becomes an act of remembering

• Descent and rising are inseparable - the more we're willing to descend into truth, the more powerfully we rise in love.

Resources and Things that We Spoke About:

• Carly's Links:

• Website: www.carlymountain.com - sign up for her email

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carly_mountain/

• Our Links:

• To journey with your inner Oracle (or your Rose remedy!), join our Apothecary Membership: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership>

• Social:

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nicoleamandabarton

• Facebook Group - Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch

• Instagram - @iamnicolebarton

• Instagram - @archetypalapothecary

• You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety

• Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary

• Free Moonlit Apothecary Love Letters: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/moonlitapothecary

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole is naming the Oracle Witch within - the part of us with 'spiritual brilliance' who sees clearly, hears guidance, feels truth, and simply knows things that others don't. As the veil thins toward Samhain, she speaks to the Secret Witch who's been taught that logic is what matters and has learned to second-guess her intuition, hide her gifts, or doubt the unseen. With tenderness and truth, Nicole invites us to remember our innate connection to other worlds - and shares the 'Clear Quartz crystal' medicine that amplifies what's already within.

In this episode we explore how Clear Quartz (the 'Master Healer') as an archetypal essence helps us move from overthinking and control into embodied spiritual clarity - reclaiming our 'Clairs' (clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, claircognisance) and trusting the Oracle wisdom in our bones. Nicole maps the shadow of over-reliance on logic, honours the wounds that made us dim our brilliance, and offers simple practices and enquiries to rebuild self-trust. It's a seasonal rite of remembrance - and a gentle invitation into October's Apothecary journey with Clear Quartz for those who feel the resonance.

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

• Your 'Oracle' gifts aren't non-existent - they're 'hidden'. Doubt and second-guessing come from conditioning that taught you that 'logic' is superior. Your 'Clairs' (seeing, hearing, feeling, knowing) are recoverable - with practice and compassion

• Clear Quartz amplifies the Oracle gifts already in you. As the Archetypal Remedy of brilliance and clarity, she doesn't add something new - she magnifies your inner knowing and mirrors the truth so you can finally trust yourself

• Over-reliance on logic can be a wound. When safety has meant "prove it," we overthink, control, and disconnect from the body - that's a survival strategy, not your truth, and it's exactly what Clear Quartz helps to heal

• Gold = the alchemy of intuition and intellect. We are not being asked to reject logic and science; we're invited to weave it with body wisdom so our spiritual and intellectual brilliance can work together as one coherent clarity - true healing is science and art.

• Samhain is a threshold for trust. With the veil thin, it's an ideal season to practise listening for signs, synchronicities and bodily nudges - begin with small playful 'intuition' experiments (note them, track them) and rebuild self-trust.

• Start simple: inquire, feel, record. Ask where you override resonance, where you hide brilliance, and when an intuition is proved true, journal these 'evidence' moments to soothe the rational mind and reclaim your inner Oracle Witch.

Resources and Things that We Spoke About:

• Our links:

  • Join our Apothecary Membership for the live Create Space for your Witch ceremony on 25th September: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership

  • Social:

  • Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nicoleamandabarton

  • Facebook Group - Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch

  • Instagram - @iamnicolebarton

  • Instagram - @archetypalapothecary

  • You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety

  • Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary

  • Free Moonlit Apothecary Love Letters: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/moonlitapothecary

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Sarah Robinson. Sarah is an Author and Yoga Teacher based in the green outskirts of Bath, UK. She is fascinated by myth, magic and folklore; which is evident in her books which include the bestselling Kitchen Witch: Food, Folklore and Fairy Tale, the Witch and the Wildwood, and the upcoming Witch Country: Seeking the Witch in the British Landscape – flying out on Samhain 2025 - all published by Womancraft Publishing. Sarah loves exploring the power of myth, magic and story in both her writing and yoga teaching, and is passionate about helping everyone connect to their own special magic and inner power.

In this episode we explore how the land can be a living remedy - how it holds our stories, reflects our wounds, and helps us remember the Witch within. Sarah shares her journey of rewilding wonder and rooting back into the magic of the British Isles, offering reflections on the spirit of place, ancestral grief, seasonal rhythm, and the healing power of story. We speak to what it means to be held by land and lore, how myth helps us navigate modern overwhelm and disconnection, and why there is no 'right' way to find your magic. This is a conversation for the Witch who longs to belong, and is ready to remember - via the land - that you already do.

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

• The 'land' - aka the wild - acts as a living mirror, reflecting our inner wounds, wonder, and wisdom - places are remedies!

• We don't need to travel far to find magic - unless we choose to - we belong right where we are, and we can take steps to reconnect to ourselves in our local lands

• Stories, myths, and folklore live within the land, waiting to be heard

• There is no one 'right' way to be a witch or walk the land with reverence - however we do, we can learn and heal

• Places of grief and wounding hold powerful medicine when we're willing to listen and face the truth

• Magic begins with presence - start where you are and let the land speak to you - you might be surprised what you learn.

  Resources and things that we spoke about:

• Sarah's Links:

  • Sarah's books - The Witch and the Wildwood, Witch Country (out October)

  • Website - https://sentiayoga.com/

  • Facebook - Sarah Robinson: Author - https://www.facebook.com/SarahRobinsonAuthor/

  • Instagram - @yogaforwitches

• Our links:

  • Join our Apothecary Membership for the live Create Space for your Witch ceremony on 25th September: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership

  • Social:

  • Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nicoleamandabarton

  • Facebook Group - Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch

  • Instagram - @iamnicolebarton

  • Instagram - @archetypalapothecary

  • You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety

  • Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary

  • Free Moonlit Apothecary Love Letters: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/moonlitapothecary

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In today's episode, Nicole explores the four distinct energies that Secret Witches often move through when making life choices - Scarecity, Frenzy, Resistance, and Soul. These subtle but powerful states shape how we choose our path as witches - whether from fear and urgency, or from deep alignment with our inner truth. This episode is an invitation for the woman standing at a threshold, longing to say Yes to her magic, but unsure how to discern a Soul Yes from a shadow-driven No.

Nicole lovingly unpacks how to begin choosing life from Soul alignment, not wounding - sharing the felt difference between reactivity and resonance, and how to listen to your body as a compass. She offers practical tools and powerful reflection to help you notice (and lovingly welcome) the fear that drives your decisions - and guides you home to the part of you that knows how to choose from truth. If you've been hovering between longing and fear, wondering whether to trust the call of your Witch, this one is for you.

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

• Choosing from fear is not wrong - it's a learned protection. Scarecity, Frenzy and Resistance are old survival patterns, not your truth. And they're not stop signs - they're a call to heal

• Our Soul Yes won't always feel easy - but it will feel true. It may come wrapped in fear, but underneath is resonance, aliveness, and a deep body-knowing

• We are always choosing - whether consciously or unconsciously - and recognising that is the beginning of reclaiming our power

• Soul alignment is rarely comfortable - but it's deeply alive. Our body may tremble, the mind may question, but if it's truly soul-aligned, it will nourish us, not deplete us

• Resistance isn't a No - it's a sacred pause. It often arises when our soul is whispering Yes, but our wounds aren't yet sure it's safe to trust it. That's normal - and that too can be loved, and chosen differently

• We don't need to wait until we are fully healed to begin. Choosing from soul is the beginning of our healing. This is how we stop searching for the remedy and become it.

Resources and things that we spoke about:

• Our Links:

• Watch our Meet your Witch Ceremony Replay held last September 18th - It is entirely free - just click "Enroll" on the "Threshold Replay" and sign up to our free space in the Apothecary Membership to watch - https://secret-witch-3d0a0f.circle.so/courses

• Join our Apothecary Membership for the live Create Space for your Witch ceremony on 25th September: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership

• Social:

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nicoleamandabarton

• Facebook Group - Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch

• Instagram - @iamnicolebarton

• Instagram - @archetypalapothecary

• You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety

• Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary

• Free Moonlit Apothecary Love Letters: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/moonlitapothecary

• Resources:

• Book - Martha Beck - How to Find your North Star - https://a.co/d/96CMFm3

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Amy Wilding. Amy is a Red Tent Keeper, Women's Circle Facilitator, and author of the beloved Wild & Wise, and the forthcoming Period of Change: Welcoming Your Daughter's Period with Care and Confidence, launching March 2026. Through her embodied, earth-honouring rites of passage work, she guides women into deep connection with themselves and each other - especially through the sacred threshold of menstruation and womanhood. Amy has been leading circles, retreats and initiatory experiences for over a decade, helping women reclaim ancient feminine wisdom in modern ways.

In this episode, we explore how menstrual shame has been passed down through generations, and how women can begin to unlearn it by returning to the sacredness of their bodies. Amy shares the story of how her own healing began after loss, opening her to the wisdom of her cycle, and ultimately leading her to become a guide for others. We speak about the power of the Red Tent, why sisterhood matters, and how women can move through shame and reclaim the initiation they never received. Amy also offers a deeply resonant introduction to the archetype of the Menstrual Midwife – a guide for mothers, daughters, and a place within every Secret Witch ready to reclaim her magic through her womb.

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

• Menstruation was once sacred - the original root of the word 'ritual' literally comes from our sacred bleed

• Shame about menstruation is inherited - it's passed down when mothers don't question the stories they were told. The most radical thing we can do is re-educate ourselves about our bodies - and then give that truth to our daughters

• Our bodies are not dysfunctional - we're just living in a culture that doesn't understand cycles. Our cycles are not symptoms to fix - they are rhythms to remember

• If we didn't receive the initiation that we needed into our first bleed, we can still offer it to ourselves. It's never too late - we can go back and offer our inner little girl a sense of safety

• The Menstrual Midwife within each of us is the one who holds the threshold of transformation - with reverence, not fear

• We don't need to get it right. Our daughters and children don't need perfect mothers - they need honest ones.

Resources and things that we spoke about:

• Amy's Links:

• Wild and Wise - Amy's book: https://a.co/d/hVFW4QT

• Period of Change - Amy's new book, out in March 26: https://www.periodofchange.com/thebook

• Amy's Website - http://www.periodofchange.com/

• Amy's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amywildingofficial

• Amy's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/periodofchange

• Our Links:

• Attend our Meet your Witch free taster ceremony - 18th September - https://meetyourwitch.eventbrite.com

• Join our Apothecary Membership to reclaim your inner Witch: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership

• Social:

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nicoleamandabarton

• Facebook Group - Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch

• Instagram - @iamnicolebarton

• Instagram - @archetypalapothecary

• You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety

• Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary

• Free Moonlit Apothecary Love Letters: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/moonlitapothecary

• YouTube Episode Link: https://youtu.be/i1kJp5vzNjA

• Resources:

• Other Books -

• The Red Tent - Anita Diamant - https://a.co/d/i4Bacd7

• Taking Charge Of Your Fertility - Toni Weschler - https://a.co/d/1X15RbB

• Wild Power - Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer - https://a.co/d/e9JDg5n

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole is illuminating the tender ache that arises when witches dare to want - and then feel unworthy to receive it. This episode is a healing invocation for the women who are opening to name their true desires - only to find shame, doubt, and old fear flooding in. It's for the sensitive-hearted magic-makers who have danced with their longings, but still hesitate at the threshold of letting them come in.

In this episode, we explore why desire is sacred (not selfish), how the Witch uses longing as a compass, and what it really takes to receive what we've called in - without burning out, bypassing your body, or shrinking into unworthiness. Nicole weaves the radiant flame of Archetypal Phosphorus through the journey of feminine creation, sharing somatic wisdom, soul stories, and a liberating reframe of manifestation as a state of being. If you've been hovering at the edge of your deepest longing to create a life as a healer witch, this one is for you.

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

• Desire isn't selfish - it's sacred. It's how our inner Witch whispers "this way" to our soul. Naming what we truly want is a powerful spell to create it.

• Shaming our desires drains our life-force. Suppression doesn't keep us safe - it keeps us sick. Manifesting our desires is actually a return to health and vitality.

• You're already manifesting - always. The question is, are you creating from your soul, or from your unconscious wounding?

• If you've experienced trauma, receiving might feel unsafe - but it's not our fault. Our body learned to protect us this way. And now, our healing begins by gently opening again.

• The feminine body is built to receive - but how safe do you feel in unapologetic pleasure, in asking for what you need, in being seen in your desires?

• Desire is our birthright - not something we earn when you're finally 'worthy enough'. The Witch within you already knows she is worthy of a life that lights her up.

Resources and things that we spoke about:

• Our Links:

• Join our Free Meet your Witch Ceremony - September 18th - https://meetyourwitch.eventbrite.com

• Join our Apothecary Membership to heal your relationship with witchy desire (Create Space for your Witch circle is in September): www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership

• Social:

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nicoleamandabarton

• Facebook Group - Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch

• Instagram - @iamnicolebarton

• Instagram - @archetypalapothecary

• You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety

• Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary

• Sign up for our free Moonlit Apothecary Love Letters: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/moonlitapothecary

Thank you for listening, we'd love to know what comes alive for you in this week's episode, so please let us know.

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Nicola Humber. Nicola is the author of four transformational books, including Unbound Writing and the Abundant Author Playbook, and the founder of The Unbound Press, a soul-led publishing imprint for unbound women. After leaving her 'proper' job in finance, she's now devoted to helping magical women shake off the 'shoulds' and write the book their Unbound Self is calling them to share - so they can be their fullest, freest, most magnificent selves.

In this episode we explore the healing power of storytelling and what it truly means to write from your soul. Nicola shares her perspective on writing as an initiatory path of unbinding - how it asks us to meet the fears of being too much, or not fitting in, resistance, and perfectionism that arise when we begin to express our witchy truth. We talk about navigating the voice of the Good Girl archetype, reclaiming our intuition and loving ourselves more deeply, and why our book is healing both for us and for others. This is a conversation about writing as a remedy, and learning to trust your voice as medicine.

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

• Unbound writing is about listening to the call of our 'Unbound' self. It's not about pushing or forcing words out, but attuning to a deeper voice within that already knows what wants to be expressed

• Fear is part of the writing process - it will always show up when we start writing from our truth, and part of the practice is learning to write with the fear, not waiting for it to go away

• We don't have to have it all 'figured out' - one of the myths Nicola busts is that we don't need to have total clarity before we begin. In her words, "we write our way into the book" - it reveals itself as we go

• The Good Girl archetype is often the one writing our first draft - many women unconsciously write from a place of people-pleasing, but unbound writing invites a more truthful voice to come forward

• We're not just writing a book through the process - we're becoming more of who we are. The writing journey itself is an initiation - an unbinding from the layers that have kept our voice hidden

• The most potent writing comes when we let ourselves be seen - when we stop hiding behind polished perfection and share the messy, raw parts of our story, it becomes medicine - for us, and for others.

Resources and things that we spoke about:

• Nicola's Links:

• Books -

• Heal your Inner Good Girl https://a.co/d/45soKRI

• Unbound: https://a.co/d/dcyXBGG

• The Abundant Author Playbook: https://a.co/d/4zmYnUO

• Website: http://nicolahumber.com/

• Instagram: http://theunboundpress.com/

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolahumber

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicolaahumber/

• Our Links:

• Join our Apothecary Membership: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership

• Social:

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nicoleamandabarton

• Facebook Group - Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch

• Instagram - @iamnicolebarton

• Instagram - @archetypalapothecary

• You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety

• Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary

• Resources:

• Julia Cameron - The Artist's Way: https://a.co/d/agqhfvb

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole is naming the sacred heartbreak of witnessing powerful women flirt with their magic - saying yes to their calling, but (innocently) not fully choosing the deep, raw soul work with the true devotion it requires. This episode is a truth-telling spell for the sensitive, gifted witches who keep circling their magic, dancing around it, waiting for the perfect moment - yet letting fear, doubt, and the trance of the mundane lead.

In this episode, we explore how resistance shows up, the hidden fears that keep us from devotion, and why magic isn't something to add to your 'to do' list - it's a way to live. Nicole shares what it really means to 'choose' your life as a living ritual, and how self-trust is built in micro-moments of staying present with yourself - especially when it's hard. If you're done waiting and ready to finally become the remedy, you'll find the fire you need here.

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

• Flirting with our witch is a form of fear - when we circle our magic without choosing it fully, we're protecting ourselves from the depth of transformation we say we want

• Resistance is the remedy; the moment we want to run is often the very doorway into our next initiation - if we can stay just one breath longer

• Readiness is an illusion - we think we need to feel 'ready' to begin, but devotion is what actually builds the readiness we long for

• Self-trust is born in small, sacred daily choices - every moment we stay present with ourselves instead of avoiding our magic, we reclaim a lost part of our soul

• Magic isn't something to do - it's how we live. Real devotion isn't a 'to-do' list; it's how we meet our life, with presence, honesty, and soul

• You are already the remedy - our work is not to 'become magical', but to remember we always were - and to stop abandoning that truth.

Resources and things that we spoke about:

• Our Links:

• Enroll for our free Moonlit Apothecary Love Letters - www.nicolebarton.co.uk/moonlitapothecary

• Join our Apothecary Membership: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership>

• Social:

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nicoleamandabarton

• Facebook Group - Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch

• Instagram - @iamnicolebarton

• Instagram - @archetypalapothecary

• You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety

• Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary

• Resources:

• Poem: Terrance McKenna - Nature Loves Courage

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On the Secret Witch Show today, our guest is Yolanda Williams. Yolanda is a Reiki Master Teacher, energetic alchemist, and host of the Reiki Radio podcast. Certified in Wellness Counseling through Cornell University, her work helps women come into sacred relationship with themselves - revealing the interconnected nature of mind, body, spirit, and energy.

In this beautifully intimate and thought-provoking conversation, we explore what it truly means to live as both magician and human - to become a conscious creatrix of our life while honouring our very real, often messy, humanness. Yolanda shares openly about her own journey through energy work, healing, emotional repression, and the descent into her body - illuminating how sensitivity and self-awareness can become the very tools of our transformation.

Together, we speak to the truth that we are always working with energy - whether consciously or unconsciously - and how our thoughts, feelings, and words are spells shaping our lives. This is an essential conversation for the Secret Witch who is navigating the tension between her spiritual gifts and her everyday human experience - and longs to trust that she already is the magic she's seeking.

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

• We are always creating - either unconsciously from wounding or consciously through energetic integrity; our thoughts, feelings, and words are spells that shape our lives

• True magic is not about escaping humanity, but integrating it; healing begins by descending into the body and softening into our emotional truth

• Sensitivity is not a flaw - it's a sacred gift, and learning to honour it can guide us back to our wholeness and power

• Energy work unifies mind, body, and spirit - revealing the deeper self and activating our innate healing intelligence

• The archetype of the magician teaches us to master our inner elements - mind (air), emotion (water), will (fire), and body (earth) - in service to spirit (ether)

• You are the remedy - your lived experience holds the exact magic you're here to embody and offer.

Resources and things that we spoke about:

• Yolanda's Links:

• Website: www.theenergeticalchemist.com

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