The Woo Curious Podcast

The dark half of the year begins. The Cailleach returns. The veil thins.

And you are invited to slow down.In this solo episode, Eileen digs into her tied-for-favourite turn of the Wheel of the Year: Samhain.

From the history and Celtic etymology to the mythology of the Cailleach, the origins of bonfires and jack-o’-lanterns, ancestor practices, and a beautiful manifestation ritual to carry you from now through to Yule, this one is rich.

In this episode:

● What Samhain actually means and why it marks the beginning of winter

● Why the ancient Celtic year was divided in two, not four

● The timing question: October 31st vs November 7th (the solar midpoint) vs November 8th/9th (the Scorpio new moon), and why you can’t get it wrong

● The Cailleach: destroyer, creator, bringer of winter storms, shaper of mountains, and one of the most ancient Celtic deities

● Where “the veil thins” actually comes from and the much older idea it describes

● Bonfires as bone fires: the very practical origin of one of Samhain’s most enduring traditions

● Why we carve faces into things, why we dress up, and how pumpkins replaced turnips

● Saining and smoke as protection magic

● Ancestor work: why working with your wise and well ancestors matters, and simple ways to honor the beloved dead

● The 13 Magical Nights practice: how to begin writing your desires now so you’re ready at Yule

“I give myself permission to do what the season is asking of me and slow down.”

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What if the plants that grew in the landscape your ancestors lived in are still carrying their stories and you just need to know how to read them?In this episode, Eileen sits down with Mackenzie Loren, herbalist, horticulturalist, writer, archivist, and founder of The Ladybird Company, for a conversation about plants as portals to ancestry, the wisdom encoded in old names and folk traditions, and what it means to be in right relationship with the more-than-human world.Mackenzie was raised in small-town Peace Country, Northern Alberta, surrounded by women who passed down lived plant wisdom across generations. She has spent her life following those threads through genealogy, ethnobotany, old books, oral histories, and the stories hiding inside Latin names.In this episode:● Growing up in an intergenerational community where plant knowledge was passed down woman to woman● Why so many elders associate folk plant wisdom with poverty and won't share it and what that tells us about what we've lost● Plants as a way to understand your ancestors beyond names and birthdays: how they spent their days, what they valued, how they celebrated● The power of etymology: what Latin plant names are actually telling us, and why officinalis is one of the most important words in herbalism● The Ladybird Archive: weather journals, oral histories, and old texts being gathered and preserved before they disappear● The Ladybird Public Library: how to borrow rare plant books by post● What ethnobotany actually is, its complicated colonial legacy, and the ethnobotanists worth reading● Catherine Parr Traill's Pearls and Pebbles as a starting point for Canadian plant folk wisdom● How to begin your own ancestral plant research● The responsibility of relationship: approaching plants as a practice of reciprocity, not extraction"We were completely connected to plants for all of human history up until a few hundred years ago. If you look at the names they called things, you can understand how they used them, why they valued them." — Mackenzie LorenBIO:Mackenzie Laurin is a herbalist, horticulturist, writer, archivist, and storyteller; founder of The Ladybird Company, and co-founder of Hearth & Heritage Family Farms. She was raised in the Peace Country of northern Alberta, and is now based rurally in the County of Vermilion River, near the border of Saskatchewan.Website: www.theladybirdcompany.caSocial Media Handles: the.ladybirdco (Instagram), The Ladybird Company (Facebook)Join Eileen for the next Wheel of the Year Ceremony: https://www.myluminouslife.ca/wheel-of-the-year-ceremoniesSubscribe to Eileen on Substack: https://wisewildwomanhearth.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chipsTake the Which Witch Are You Quiz: https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/101667/92633449696855773/shareOrder Awaken to the Magic Within https://www.myluminouslife.ca/awaken-to-the-magic-withinConnect with Eileen on Instagram / iameileenmarch Follow Eileen on Insight Timer https://insighttimer.com/iameileenmarchSend Eileen an email at [email protected]

A cup of tea. A candle. Bare feet in grass. That's it. That's the magic.

In this solo episode, Eileen digs into something that keeps coming up: the way capitalism has co-opted witchcraft, selling it back to us as a product, an aesthetic, a thing we're always one purchase away from doing properly. And why that is so completely, fundamentally counter to what witchcraft actually is.

This one started with a reel of a cup of tea and a candle that went viral... because something in it rang true for tens of thousands of people. 

In this episode:

• How the "witch aesthetic" took hold on social media and who benefits
• Why you are not one selenite wand away from being a real witch
• What witchcraft actually is
• The ethical sourcing conversation we're not having enough around crystals, herbs, and altar items
• Who was persecuted during the burning times and what reclaiming witchcraft actually means in that context
• The through line into Unleash Your Inner Witch: it's called unleash for a reason. Not build. Not buy. Unleash.
• Why the community inside Unleash is the magic and why it will never become an evergreen course

"Wouldn't it be a great F-U to the system to practice your craft wholly with scavenged, foraged, salvaged, and secondhand items?"

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Why Spirituality Isn't a Solo Journey: 3 Years of the Woo Curious Podcast

Three years ago, Eileen sat down in front of a microphone with her dear friend Ellie and started talking about all things woo. She suspected she wasn't alone in her curiosity. She had no idea just how right she was.

In this special birthday episode, the first of Season 4 of the Woo Curious Podcast, Eileen reflects on three seasons, 150 episodes, and the thread that has run through all of it: that we are more alike than different, that the loneliness so many of us carry is collective, and that the spiritual path was never meant to be walked alone.

In this episode:

● Where it all began: two friends behind a microphone, a lot of curiosity, and very little idea what the show would become

● What dozens of conversations with women from around the world have confirmed about the human experience

● The paradox of speaking into a microphone alone while being genuinely, energetically in community

● Why the isolated, individual spiritual healing journey is a product of capitalist, patriarchal structures, not a feature of real spirituality

● We are wired for interdependence, not independence

● Eileen's hope for Season 4... more embodied, more communal, more grounded in actual practice

● The new Wise Wild Woman Collective Facebook group (open to all to join!)

● A love letter to the Woo Crew, and an invitation to reach back

"I am not a guru sitting on a mountaintop spouting gospel. I am a wayfinder, stumbling along, clearing the path, taking wrong turns, telling you not to go that way because there's brambles down there, and sharing as best I can the wisdom I have acquired on this journey so far." - Eileen🎁

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What happens when the high-achieving, driven version of you starts to cry for help and the universe turns up the volume until you have no choice but to listen?

In this episode, Eileen sits down with Kat Reilly, bestselling author of Legally Zen, courtroom lawyer of nearly 20 years, and devoted single mom. Kat's path to spirituality wound through two bad concussions, near kidney failure, a toxic relationship, and the terrifying decision to write a book that outed her as someone who meditates and goes on retreats — while also being a serious lawyer. Spoiler: the reception was almost entirely a nothing burger.

This conversation is warm, honest, and full of the kind of practical wisdom that actually lands in a busy life.

In this episode:

• Two concussions, near kidney failure, and what it took for the universe to finally get Kat's attention

• The psychic who told her she needed to slow down... right after she'd just finished slowing down

• Why knowing something intellectually and actually embodying it are two completely different things, and why most of us are still stuck in between

• The pattern of replacing achievement goals with spiritual goals, and how we end up doing the same thing in a different arena

• How Kat creates space for spiritual practice as a single mom with a demanding legal career (hint: it's less precious than you might think)

• Why celebration is actually behavioral psychology

• Why the reception to her book was almost universally positive in ways she never expected

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"Learn to discern what is your true inner wisdom versus what is all the noise. Before all the noise comes in, there's often a kernel of truth. That's the one to listen to." — Kat Reilly

BIO:

Kat Reilly is the best-selling author of Legally Zen - her debut book. Kat is a courtroom lawyer of nearly 20 years, a devoted single mom and, now, an author. She currently lives on Vancouver Island. When she is not working, momming, or writing, Kat can often be found out in nature, or on her back deck with a strong coffee and a good book. Kat realized long ago that she was not like other lawyers; she is a deeply feeling empath who has, for the last many years, been on a quiet quest for something 'more'.

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Your animal sees everything. The good days, the hard days, the moments you'd rather not admit to. And they love you anyway — unconditionally, completely, and without agenda.

In this episode, Eileen sits down with her dear friend and fellow Wild Medicine Energy Healers Training graduate Rose Stroh, an animal communicator and energy healer who gives animals a voice and helps people deepen their connections with the animals they love. This conversation is part origin story, part practical guide to animal communication, and part genuinely moving testament to what our animal companions are trying to show us about ourselves.

In this episode:

* Growing up with every domesticated animal imaginable, and how that innate connection became the foundation of Rose's work

* Type 1 diabetes as a teacher: how a health crisis cracked open the path back to alignment

* Two trips through corporate and what it took to finally leave for good

* The senior foster dog who sat with Rose through one of the hardest seasons of her life

* Diesel, Lucy, and the extraordinary story of an animal who told Rose six months in advance that he was leaving

* What actually happens in an animal communication session and why animals often have wisdom for the human that has nothing to do with what they came to ask

* Why animals won't spill your deepest secrets

* Animism in practice: how Rose works with the consciousness of rooms, doors, and spaces

* The difference between cats and dogs in how they show up in sessions

"They see everything we do. They know all of us and they love us unconditionally anyway. Our souls are entirely bared to each other." — Rose Stroh

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What if children aren't just pretending when they play make-believe, what if they're doing something we've forgotten how to do?

In this solo episode, a spark of insight during a remote energy healing sends Eileen down a rabbit hole that connects make-believe, the Celtic Otherworld, adult play, and the virtue signalling we do with our busyness. It's a shorter, wandering, genuinely fun episode and it ends with an invitation to find the magic in the mundane before the dark half of the year begins.

In this episode:

• The moment during a remote energy healing that sparked everything: make-believe as an entrance into non-ordinary states of reality and a connection to the Otherworld
• How children lost in play might be doing something remarkably similar to what we do with drums, breath, or walking meditation
• The Celtic Otherworld: overlaid on our world, accessible through the mists, and increasingly close as we move toward Samhain
• Why adults struggle to really play, even in spaces specifically designed for it like Dungeons & Dragons
• The rebellious act of suspending societal expectations long enough to just... pretend
• Busyness as virtue signalling
• Why timelines are often self-imposed, and what becomes possible when we decide to make our own
• The autumn equinox, balance, and the invitation to take some things off your plate as we move toward the dark half of the year
• The food-fork-hat game Eileen played as a child at the dinner table, and why it might be the best thing you hear today
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"Where might you be virtue signalling by your busyness? And where might you inject a little bit of play or make-believe back into your days?"

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Have you ever felt inexplicably drawn to a place? There's a reason for that.

In this episode, Eileen sits down with Charlie of Celestia Terra, certified locational astrologer and astrocartographer, for a conversation that begins with leaving a cult and ends with the radical idea that the land loves you back. Charlie's practice centers on reciprocal relationship with the land as the foundation of astrocartography, not the transactional "where should I move to get rich" version you might have seen online, but something far deeper, more grounded, and more beautiful.

This conversation covers the origins of the practice, how to begin exploring your own map for free, and why reconnecting with the land where you live currently might be the most important thing any of us can do right now.

In this episode:-Growing up in 20 acres of maple forest in Terracotta, Ontario... and being born into a cult-What finally prompted Charlie to leave, and why leaving a cult (or any high-demand community) is never the easy way out-How running ultra marathons, working in a natural food store, and hearing about a flower that talked back slowly rebuilt her relationship with the divine-What astrocartography actually is: your natal chart as a world map, combining the Earth's memory of the moment you were born with your own-The difference between planetary lines and local space lines, and why the transactional version of astrocartography misses the point-How to explore your own map for free using Astro Click Travel-Remote activation: how to work with your astrocartography lines without ever leaving home, through ethical sourcing of art, food, plants, and relationships-Why the land where you are right now already holds something for you — and how to begin that relationship today-Astrocartography as ancestral and past life work, especially for those with gaps in their lineage knowledge

"If you yearn for a place, it yearns for you back. You're part of the land. The land loves you." — Charlie of Celestia Terra

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Have you ever been in a room that felt safe, until suddenly it wasn't?

In this impromptu solo episode, Eileen shares what happened when she found herself in a business course this week alongside someone whose values turned out to be so far from her own that it sent her into a spiral of questioning: the room, herself, and what it means to know where you actually stand.

From that moment of disillusionment came a values post she's been meaning to write for years along with this episode which is the expanded, unedited version of that. It's honest, it's political, it's personal, and it's an invitation to get clearer on the ground you stand on.

In this episode:

-What happened in a business course that made Eileen want to vomit, and what it cracked open

-The difference between holding space for different perspectives and not tolerating dehumanization

-Reciprocity, entanglement, and care for all beings: the three pillars of Eileen's values-The collapse we're living through, and why division serves the systems causing it

-Coming back to enough: what most of human history can teach us about abundance, sharing, and skill

-An explicit statement of values: trans rights, Black Lives Matter, Free Palestine, land back, water is life

-Why Unleash Your Inner Witch exists, who it's for, and why the waitlist is open now

"If you dream of a world where every body in their full expression is loved and accepted exactly as they are — I want you inside this space."

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