The WitchHunt Podcast

I’m so excited to introduce this love filled, wise and beautiful soul who I've had the privilege of learning from over the last three years.

In this deep and poignant episode, Nisha talks about how magic wove its way into her life through the serendipitous arrival of teachers, who arrived in the shape of friends, parents of friends, neighbouring yoga teachers and more. She talks about the relationship between trauma and wisdom and how this shapes our intuition. We also explore the importance of reverent, generous and gratitude-centred practices of devotion to nature, and she explains her beautiful understanding of the ecology of leadership.

Nisha’s energy is powerful, gentle, full of love, and oh so beautiful. Her wisdom is deep, and her truth critical in today's world. This is not an episode you want to miss. 

Enjoy!

Upcoming Ceremonial Workshop: RISE 

On Friday October 29, I’ll be hosting RISE, a Ceremonial Workshop curated for women who are ready to detox from the patriarchal narratives that have made their way into our pathways, and step into the truth & power of the woman they were born to be.  Investment: $111 (can be applied to future work with me over the coming year!).  

If this resonates, you can learn more at https://www.alexandrahughes.com/rise

More about Nisha and her magic

Nisha Moodley is an integrative leadership coach, with 15 years of experience leading mastermind groups, online courses, and over 50 retreats. She was first trained to work with subtle energy nearly 30 years ago, and has since received in-depth Health Coach & Executive Coach trainings, become a Family Constellation facilitator, and deepened her practice through breathwork training, ancestral healing, and archetypal studies. All of these teachings and modalities (and others) are integrated for coaching that works not just on the level of mindset, but also through much deeper healing and integration. Nisha is the mother of two small children, a newbie land steward, and is constantly seeking to understand the deeper systemic and historical implications of the individual and collective challenges we face today, weaving those considerations into the work as well.

You can find Nisha at NishaMoodley.com

 I'm beyond deeeeelighted to share with you the juiciest Witchhunt episode everrrrrrr: Communing Romantically with Nature: An Invitation to Talk (& do) Sex Magic, with Kiki Keskinen and Shoshana Sperling. 

This episode, serendipitously airing under a Pisces full moon is a little different than most. Because while we do dive into the stories of our guests, Kiki Koskinen, and Shawna Sperling, what we talk most about is their teachings around the hot and sexy and mysterious topic that is sex magic. 

Think: birds, bees, blueberries, olive oil & trees.

Think: sacred wheel of consent.

And get ready for a whole new take on the radical and revolutionary act that is experiencing delicious juicy pleasure as a woman today.  

Without further ado, let's dive into the magic of communing romantically with nature that is your body and the joy it's made to give you.

xx

Alex

More about Kiki & Shoshana and their upcoming Sex Magic Workshop

Shoshana is a voice actor, writer, Witch, mom, community builder and main organizer at Community OutWitch in Parkdale. Kiki is a Witch by lineage and founder of WitchSchool Canada — an 11-month curriculum offering a feminine spiritual basis for social activism, as well as ecological respect for Mother Nature and Her wisdom.

Together they host a series of Sex Magic workshops, led by Kiki at Community OutWitch. This is for you if you're ready to tap into the hidden power of sex and sensuality while connecting with a community of open-minded individuals, exploring ancient rituals, and unlocking a new level of pleasure and fulfillment.  Contact  to secure your spot. Spaces are limited.

Welcome to Episode 40 of the WitchHunt podcast:

Unearthing the wisdom of red threaded herstories: a titillating conversation with Priestess, Dean & Founder of the Priestess Presence Temple, Elayne Kalila Doughty

This incredible conversation with Elayne Kalila was born of a story of personal magic that I share in the intro, and takes us through a windy path that merges her own story and lineage with the collective herstories that have, until very recently, been buried and hidden. 

It’s super rich, full of wisdom and likely worth more than just one listen.

Enjoy!

xx

Alex

P.S. If you're interested in a Beyond Quantum Healing Soul Journey session with me to heal those witch wounds and unearth your own Priestess lineage, visit https://www.alexandrahughes.com/souljourney or email me: [email protected]

More about Elayne & her magic

Elayne Kalila Doughty has been on a path of passionate service for the past twenty years, inspiring women around the world to unleash their leadership gifts and step into their full potential. She specializes in helping women tap into their deepest wisdom, enabling them to harness their own transformational power to be more effective and whole in every aspect of their lives.

She is the founder of the Priestess Presence Temple & School of Sacred Arts — a sisterhood of over 80.000 women around the world, and the Red Podcast:  A Place for Bold Inspired, Outrageously Courageous & Just a Tad Bit Naughty Women Leaders To Gather… to talk about all the things that are most important in our lives!

And as a listener of the WitchHunt podcast, Elayne invites you to experience a week-long party to celebrate the long-anticipated release of her recently created Magdalene Rose Oracle deck! Come to the Live Oracle Launch Party! July 22nd at 10am PST, on Magdalene Feast Day. It's completely free and there will be a replay if you can't come live. Here is the link to sign up and learn more.

You can find Elayne Kalila at elaynekalila.com / or PriestessPresence.com

I met today’s guest, Chanti Zak, 5 years ago when I hired her to build a quiz funnel for me. It was an amazing experience that did wonders for the business I had back then. But it was just me hiring a lovely smart woman who knew her stuff, in the early days of her biz, to grow my list.

What a pleasure to reconnect and get to know this amazing woman’s story — and her whole gorgeous witchy self.

I don’t want to give too much away, but suffice to say that this incredible woman, mother, online entrepreneur, word and earth witch went from being a young girl troubled with finding herself in a woman’s body to one inspired by the magic of plant medicine to create a life of freedom, magic and bliss. And that’s exactly what this rebellious teen who left home at the tender age of 16 did.

Listen in to learn how this witch harnessed her passion, gifts and wisdom to realize a most beautiful mountain witch dream for her and her young family.

Enjoy!

xx

Alex

More About Chanti and her magic

Chanti is the creator The Empathy Marketing Ecosystem, she's a quiz funnel strategist, growth consultant and coach that’s obsessed with psychology, interactive marketing, and getting brag worthy results for her students and clients. She believes boring is the enemy, neutral is a death sentence and real talk is the way of the future. In her spare time you can find her hanging with her 3 kiddos, learning how to homestead, or binge-watching Chef’s Table.

Learn more about Chanti on her website http://chantizak.com

And here’s the link to the podcast Chanti referred to where they talk about the power of words and spells.

Welcome to Episode 38, On A Mission.

In this episode you get the privilege of meeting and learning from Emily Anne Brant — an indigenous author, speaker and mentor on a mission to decolonize the personal development, spiritual and coaching industry.

Emily shares how she grew up watching Oprah with her mom on a First Nation's Reservation in Northern Ontario, Canada. But then how, when she entered personal development programs and containers as a white presenting woman of mixed indigenous and settler ancestry, she ended up leaving her indigenous self at the door. She talks about cultural appropriation and her experience of being spiritually bypassed and whitewashed by coaches and mentors in so-called “safe” coaching containers.

Emily offers some super important insight on cultural appropriation, white guilt and tears, as well as the most beautiful solution for the First Nations communities — ceremony as healing. Emily also explains how imagination and therefore manifestation is also a privilege.

Ultimately, Emily's vision is a safe space where the Global Majority (BIPOC) can thrive and feel supported.

This episode is a beautiful reminder of how this industry — albeit transformative and well-meaning — emerged as a luxury product for wealthy white people and continues to perpetuate colonial ways of being and doing business, and life. And how it’s time for some radical change, here.

This episode is for anyone on who’s part of this industry and wants to do the right thing.

You in? Let’s go.

In solidarity,

Alex

More About Emily and Her Magic

Emily is an indigenous author, speaker & mentor working at the intersection of personal development and decolonization. She's on a mission to decolonize the personal development industry. Emily works both directly with women of the global majority (BIPOC) as an empowerment coach, and is also a consultant for ally coaches who want to decolonize their business. At the heart of it all is fostering communities where everyone feels seen, safe, and truly supported so that we can all rise together!

You can find Emily's free guide: Decolonize Your Business here: www.emilyannebrant.com/decolonize

Emily's podcast: A Soul's Way

And her instagram magic @emilyannebrant

Oh! And here's the link to Asha's podcast episode, You Are The Medicine, here on WitchHunt.

Welcome to episode 37 of the WitchHunt podcast! 

The woman you are going to meet today is not only very dear to me, she is also someone who facilitated my initiation on the Priestess Path. 

Meet the lovely Witch, Priestess, healer and artist, Deanna Lankin!  

Deanna’s story, wisdom, depth and living practice of surrender to the Divine shine throughout.

Amongst so many magical stories, she tells us how she was spontaneously and unexplainably healed of a spinal injury that left her unable to paint, hold her daughter or drive. And how sparked by curiosity, this magical moment, led to a lifelong exploration of her soul journey through the hypnosis, including the modality that she mentors me in — beyond quantum healing.

I could go on forever about Deanna and her amazingness, so I’ll stop and let you have the pleasure of her sweet old soul energy.

Enjoy!

xx

Alex

More about Deanna Lankin and her magic

During the summer of 2016, at the height of her art career (after selling a painting to the Prime Minister) Deanna sustained a devastating vertebrae injury. After all attempts at repair failed, Deanna was prescribed to start counselling to help adapt to her new life as a disabled person. 

Then in 2017 Deanna experienced a spontaneous, complete healing while vacationing in Hawaii.

She became passionately dedicated to uncovering what had happened that day and found answers in “Hypnotherapy” which she has since termed Daydreaming. 

She has been offering sessions professionally in service ever since and is in the process of publishing a manual to access this miraculous state.

Deanna currently lives an inspired life in the rainforest & across from the ocean with her partner and daughter. She paints, writes and lectures about her experiences, the practices she’s developed and has been invited on retreats, television, podcasts and radio shows.

You can find Deanna here: http://www.deannalankin.com/in-your-wildest-dreams

Welcome to Episode 36 of the WitchHunt podcast, where I’m thrilled to share an absolutely on-fire WitchHunt interview with Sarah Jenks!

Sarah is an ordained Priestess in the 13 Moon Mystery School. She’s devoted her life to creating spaces for women to have their own remembering. She beautifully teaches women to integrate the Sacred Feminine wisdom and ceremony into our everyday lives, so that we can create the most rich, sexy, fun and meaningful existence.

Sarah has been a teacher and mentor to me since I discovered her work in 2018. My cells are dancing all over the place in celebration of our chat.

This is a blow your mind juicy delicious episode with a woman who I adore and who’s changing lives — mine included. 

Enjoy it!

xx

Alex

P.S. Celebrating an amazing free training for witchy mum soulpreneurs earlier today. Let me know if you'd like the recording.   

P.P.S. I'm currently offering 4 Beyond Quantum Healing Soul Journeys per month and am offering a $100 discount to WitchHunt Shownote readers (I forgot to record it in the promo 🤣). Beyond Quantum Healing (BQH) is a deep form of theta state meditation that can help you answer these questions by granting you access to your subconscious mind, and I believe, your soul. That's why I call them Soul Journeys. 

During a BQH Session, you are induced into this conscious yet deeply relaxed state with beautiful and powerful imagery. You are most often brought to a time and place that is the most relevant time and place to receive the answers you require, and to heal you on your journey. Curious? You can learn more about my beyond quantum healing session Soul Journeys HERE.

Welcome to Episode 35 of the WitchHunt podcast!

In this episode, Jackie shares how both her fertility and motherhood journeys served as initiations into a spiritual deep dive that led to her Priestess training.

She specifically shares how, after her long awaited first birth and baby, Jackie went into super woman mode, only to find herself depleted and depressed during one of her first Christmas’ as a mother. 

Her life seemed perfect on paper — all the should ticked off — but she wasn’t feeling it.

And just as the student was ready, the teacher appeared. By January, Jackie was enrolled in Priestess training with the 13 Moon Mystery School. 

You’re going to love Jackie’s energy and be blown away by the magic of her story, too. 

Enjoy!

Here's more about Jackie, her magic and where to find her.

Jackie Dominas is a spiritual life coach and yoga instructor who teaches women that feel tired, overwhelmed and unhappy how to get out of their heads, into their bodies, and to trust their built-in, intuitive wisdom so that they can work with their body, mind, and energy to create whole, happy, soul-led lives. She coaches clients virtually through her “High Vibe” sessions, leads weekly virtual yoga classes and moon circles through her “Return to Your Core” membership, and hosts an annual yoga retreat.  

Gifts 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/jackiedominas/

Website: www.jackiedominas.com

Welcome to episode 34 of the WitchHunt podcast!

In this episode, I interview Lydiana Garcia, a Medicine Woman, claircognizant intuitive and licensed psychologist who is taking her healing practice to a whole and holy, new level.

We talk about how Lydiana's intuitive reading of people and their stories — even as a child — led her to become a psychologist. She also talks about how her formal training in Psychology led her away from her inherent intuition. And how, through her own healing journey as a BIPOC woman and healer, she unearthed the limitations of formal psychological tools, especially for highly traumatized spiritual BIPOC women, or as I’m more consciously calling this demographic — the Global Majority women.

I see Lydiana’s trailblazing work weaving an ancient deeper knowing sourced by the Divine Feminine into the healing of traumatized Global Majority women because they will be the ones to lift it up.

You're going to love this episode!

x

Alex

More about Lydiana and where you can find her magic

Dra. Lydiana Garcia is a Boricua intuitive trauma healer and psychologist; licensed in California and in Florida. She loves helping women and femmes that experienced childhood abuse (including sexual), that are witchy and feel disconnected from their calling and who they are, heal their traumas and reconnect with their gifts, and who they are, and experience feeling connected, supported and joyful.

Lydiana provides individual and family therapy, 1:1 and group coaching, speaking engagements, and consultations. She also has 2 podcasts: The BEyond Resilience Life (a bilingual English and Spanish podcast about resiliency and overcoming life adversities) and Licensed Psychologist, Now What? (a podcast about the journey psychotherapists and healers are embarking on reclaiming their gifts).

Dra. Lydiana is also a mama of two little ones, a wife, and a seeker.

www.drlydianagarcia.com

www.thebeyondresiliencelife.com

Hello!

In this new moon episode, I have the pleasure of introducing you to a healing beam of light and hope, Kaycee Joy, also known as the Queer Priestess.

Kaycee’s story is one of darkness to light. She shares how she survived an abusive church going family of origin, became a teenage mom to a drug addict, gave her power away in so many ways as a teen, had 2 more kids with 2 different men — one highly abusive.

She talks about her experience teaching children to love themselves unconditionally, as a child pastor. And how when she unconditionally started embracing her own queerness, falling in love and marrying the woman of her dreams, she was told to leave the church.

She talks about how she healed herself from a sense of shame and brokenness, and how without having gone through the darkness, she would not have been prepared to step into her power and honor her soul calling —  to heal the queer community through her light, love and magic.

This is an episode that everyone needs to listen to. Enjoy.

xx Alex

More About Kaycee.

Hello, I am Kaycee Joy, The Queer Priestess! I am a queer woman, wife, mom, healer, entrepreneur, and someone deeply devoted to helping the queer community heal. Not because they’re broken, but because they’re suffering due to the broken system. I specialize in teaching the queer community and its advocates how to drop into their bodies, step into their power, and remember who they were born to be. I am a multi trained and certified trauma informed healer in many modalities including: Life Coaching, Holistic Counseling, Reiki I & II, Quantum Healing Hypnosis, Psychospiritual Training, Breathwork, and Rapid Resolution Therapy. 

You can find Kaycee at https://www.instagram.com/kayceejoyhealing/