This Crazy Little Thing Called Life

Hosted by Meg Thompson & Lacey Eshelman

 In this episode, we delve into the intricate dynamics of raising children in an ever-changing world. We explore the art of embracing the changes in our children while navigating our own internal transformations. Our focus is on supporting mothers in showing up for their children to the best of their ability while addressing the challenges that arise from societal expectations and personal growth.

Episode Overview:

• Adapting to Change in Parenting
  • Embracing the perpetual changes in children as they grow.
  • Navigating our personal evolution while guiding our children through theirs.
• Support and Resilience
  • Strategies to show up for our children while honoring our own emotions and experiences.
  • Building resilience in both parenting and adapting to shifting family dynamics.
• Navigating External Expectations
  • Addressing the influence of societal norms and family opinions on parenting.
  • Standing firm in your parenting choices while respecting advice from elders.
• The Intersection of Tradition and Modernity
  • Balancing traditional parenting wisdom with contemporary approaches.
  • Embracing change while honoring the value of time-tested methods.
• The Evolution of Parenting
  • Adapting to the changing landscape of parenting in a technologically advanced world.
  • Addressing challenges unique to this era and finding effective parenting solutions.
• Closing Thoughts
  • Encouragement to embrace change and growth as a mother, honoring the transformative journey of parenthood.
  • Recognizing the unique challenges and gifts that come with raising children in an ever-evolving society.

Join us as we explore the nuanced journey of motherhood, navigating the ever-changing landscape of parenting and embracing the challenges and blessings that come with raising children in a dynamic world. This episode is an insightful guide for mothers seeking to navigate change, both within themselves and in their children, with grace and resilience.

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Hosted by Meg Thompson & Astrologer Stevie Calista

November brings a mix of transitions and opportunities for growth, offering a chance to wrap up loose ends from the past while welcoming new beginnings. This month’s astrological alignments encourage reflection, release, and a shift towards fresh starts and responsibility.

• Week 1 (Nov 1-4): Wrapping Up and New Beginnings
  • Reflect on the past three months for closure.
  • Purge, pack, and make room for the upcoming season.
  • Mercury's opposition to Uranus and a North Node eclipse signifies tension and fresh starts.
• Week 2 (Nov 7-11): Unveiling Realities and Seeking Support
  • Thin veil between realms, seek support from ancestors and guides.
  • Encourages introspection, shadow work, and seeking protection.
  • Emphasis on relationship dynamics and seeking clarity.
• Week 3 (Nov 13-18): Unity and Conscious Connection
  • New moon in Scorpio symbolizes change and setting intentions for growth.
  • Energies align for compassion, creative projects, and intimate conversations.
  • Emphasis on unity and deeper connections with others.
• Week 4 (Nov 19-25): Embracing Sudden Change
  • Sudden changes as a result of past efforts manifest.
  • Focus on nervous system care and honoring the body for unexpected opportunities.
  • Theme of welcoming change, whether positive or challenging.
• Week 5: Exploring the Heart and Mind Connection
  • Invitation to explore forgotten stories within the heart.
  • Reclaiming lost aspects for a better understanding of the present and future.
  • Emphasis on courageous exploration and the heart-mind connection.

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Hosted by Meg Thompson & Astrologer Stevie Calista

In this enlightening episode, Meg Thompson and Astrologer Stevie Calista delve deep into the cosmic energies of October. They guide you through the celestial currents, offering insights and guidance for a transformative month ahead.

Grounding and Balance (October 1 - 9)

• To thrive and break free from old patterns, focus on your roots.
• Pluto goes direct on the 10th, causing potential irritations. Stay hydrated and keep your body moving during this intense period.

Power Dynamics and Healing (October 12 - 19)

• Mars moves into Scorpio on the 12th, urging you to explore your inner depths and revisit past traumas.
• Mars in Scorpio amplifies action and drive. Embrace intimate experiences and personal growth.

Eclipse Energies (October 20 - 23)

• A powerful eclipse season begins with Pluto, Scorpio, and Mars, inviting you to honor your darker side and ancestral wisdom.
• The New Moon solar eclipse in Libra on the 20th marks a reset and karmic endings.

Mind and Communication (October 20 - 22)

• Sun and Mercury converge, illuminating mental projects, learning, and communication. Be aware of tension due to the square with Pluto.
• Practice mindfulness to calm your thoughts and connect with your body.

Diving into Scorpio Energy (October 22 - 27)

• Mercury enters Scorpio on the 22nd, intensifying your thoughts and communication.
• Venus trines Jupiter, igniting desires and expanding love. Seek joy during this week.

Embracing Scorpio Season (October 23 - 27)

• As the Sun moves into Scorpio on the 23rd, honor your intuitive and magical nature.
• Create an ancestral altar for reciprocity and healing. Allow yourself to embrace the scary.

Lunar Eclipse and Transformation (October 28)

• The full moon lunar eclipse in Scorpio and Taurus activates last year's nodes. Taurus focuses on the physical and material aspects, addressing trauma and abundance.
• Venus trines Uranus and Pluto, offering possibilities for growth and breaking free from old patterns.
• This eclipse season is a time for profound transformation and healing, especially in your physical body.

As October unfolds, embrace the energies of Scorpio, dive into introspection, and honor your roots and ancestors. This month holds the potential for deep healing and powerful transformation. Stay tuned and stay in tune with the cosmic rhythms guiding your journey.

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There is so much wisdom that lives in the body. Are you accessing it? Has motherhood cracked you open? Are you ready to dance with motherhood and afraid of what will happen?

Are there any fears that come up around your root chakra? Your needs being met?

This podcast is a deep conversation around the body, needs, pain, pleasure, joy and the pure magic that comes from living EMBODIED.

Lacey and Meg speak today about the deeply transformative space of stepping into the body. Nothing will get your attention like the body. Pain is not something to be avoided, it is a teacher.  

When the shiny thing is opening up your 3rd eye and becoming psychic where does the BODY and PHYSICAL come in? Especially in motherhood. The physical is such a powerful tool for transformation if you are willing to feel a lot of the things you didnt want to feel.

This is a candid conversation woven with real truths from two women who've entered into the motherhood contract from different places and are growing together. Intentional motherhood is both joyful and messy and it's done better together.

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This month on the Akashic & Astrology Forecast Stevie Calista takes us through the various retrogrades, what they mean and how to integrate their potent lessons for a season of big expansive growth (if you want it.)

This month the Akashic Records and Astrology weave like a fine linen taking you to the possibilities if you use these energies and reminding you just how powerful you are.

A great reminder is not to bite the hook.

Special Links:
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A forecast that is digestible for you to implement it in your life! 

2 Full moons, Retrograde & BIG Uranus Energy - Oh MY!

Welcome to your August Akashic & Astrology forecast!

Tune into this forecast this month if you:

• Want to create more flow
• Are ready for big miracles
• Ready to let the past live in the past
• Want to harness the moon cycle energy
• Ready for the BIG shifts in money, community relationship & more

Stevie Calista a Soul Blueprint Alchemist, and this means that she uses astrological wisdom to empower conscious women to align to their unique Soul Blueprint and live on purpose without meaningless self-judgements, inauthenticity, or conformity to the social rules.

It is her passion to help others understand why they are here in this lifetime.  Her goal is to break down Astrology and give practical tools to help guide you on your spiritual journey. She has been studying and working with Astrology for the past 10 years. She is currently living in the blue ridge mountains.

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Get ready to trip balls (or ovaries I should say?) as we explore the ultimate psychedelic experience aka The Medicine Of Motherhood.

This episode is for you if:

Are in the trenches of motherhood and are looking for a sacred space to explore the multidimensionality of it.

You have a mother (we all do)

Want to be a mother

Are a grandmother

Have a womb

Lacey Eshelman the woman who is devoted to weaving sacred ceremony back into the every day lives of those of us willing to welcome and explore it. She takes us to the edges of what it means to be a mother and safely returns us back again.

Motherhood is not for the faint of heart and if you've been looking for / exploring the medicine of this you are in the right place.

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Are you ready to be enraptured and entranced by a story that may shift the floor you've been walking on?

In the past, during sacred times like this one,  when people gathered around fires instead of in front of glowing boxes, they told stories. These stories were laced with wisdom, guidance and opened portals into other dimensions some may say.

Today, we take a proverbial page out of our ancestors book. Or perhaps, we listen a little deeper to what's being said between the words.  Let's gather and explore the medicine of story. 

In today’s VERY powerful episode we have Tommy Crawford a Poet, Shamanic Storyteller, and Founder and Creative Director of the international mischief-making outfit, Dancing Fox.

Tommy:

• Guides us through a shamanic journey into the story world
• Speaks to your soul through a potent poem
• Shares how much he truly does have the aura of a spice girl

A culture-hacker, praise-maker and fountain of wild ideas, Tommy was described as "Tinkerbell" by Diatribe Foundation's CEO Jim Carroll for "sprinkling magical fairy dust wherever he goes". He has curated and led Playshops all over the world, and has performed at Into The Wild, Shambala and WOMAD festivals, amongst others, as well as touring his poetry across the UK, Indonesia and New Zealand.

At its core, his work is about alchemy — acting as a bridge between the worlds to transform 'what is' into 'what could be' — cracking open the heart so that the wonder and beauty of the world can flood in, and the bubbling magic that dwells inside each of us can pour out. 

 

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• Tommy's Website: www.therightkindoftrouble.com
• Tommy's Instagram: www.instagram.com/therightkindoftrouble

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• Meg's Website: https://www.megthompson.com/
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• MUSIC FOR TODAY’S SHOW WAS PROVIDED BY Nigel Shaw from the album "Dartmoor Roundhouse" www.seventhwavemusic.co.uk 

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This month is all about the Psychedelic Journey Of Being Alive!

July marks the shift of view that's possible and available for you when you clear out the noise and clutter in your 3rd eye and crown. 

The noise of social media, news, and other peoples’ opinions are blocking your deeper connection to your tuning fork- to your antenna - your connection to source & intuition. 

In July, use this time in the northern hemisphere to ground, anchor and explore the energy of the mother / mother earth. How does she hold you? This is also true for those of you in the southern hemisphere but in the winter season sense. When you explore the darkness around and within, you become less afraid of what may be lurking there.  

Break out the journal and answer these questions to reflect on them at the end of the month:

How do you want to change? 

What do you want to change?

What is coming alive in you that needs space to grow?

What do you want to bring to completion this month?

In this episode Meg & Paetra Explore:

• Mars moves from leo into virgo. We go from a verocious engine to becoming very precise. Mars in virgo- what are the systems in my own house, what are the systems in our family?
• Activate your own self trust 
• Use that taurus moon - how can you uplevel? How can  you do all the things you need to do in a different way?
• Dark cancer moon - 15th 16th - this is the time you say no to the plans and you focus on nourishing yourself.
• Sun opposite pluto - Capricorn 28 or 27 degrees - down into the underworld the sun king meets with the lord of the underworld. Its a purge day.
  
  And more!!
  
  
  

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Paetra's Website: https://www.paetratauchertastrology.com/
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Prepare yourself for the month with a pocket full of astrology wisdom, days to look out for & put on your calendar and how to navigate this powerful month in relationship with the animate world.

This month Paetra Tauchart shares with us what to look out for, how to navigate June with intentionality, ease, grace and a little cha cha.

Meg & Paetra cover:

• The full moon in Sag
• New moon in Gemini
• DJ Pluto & how to dance to his different songs
• Plus wisdom bombs from the Akashic Records on how to navigate this powerful month in relationship with the animate world.

Links:

Paetra's Website: https://www.paetratauchertastrology.com/
Paetra's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paetratauchertastrology/

Meg's Website: https://www.megthompson.com/
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