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In today's episode, I'm recording outside to honor Lughnasadh (Lammas), which is the Celtic pagan holiday that traditionally honors the first harvest, when communities would gather to celebrate their collective abundance. It wasn't merely about collecting crops – it was about recognizing how each person's unique contributions sustained the whole community. They celebrated through games, crafts, poetry, dance, and sharing food, displaying the rich tapestry of skills and gifts that made their community thrive. This ancient practice embodied a vital lesson: being in right relationship with the land means honoring its abundance, taking only what you need, and sharing what you have with each other.

Lughnasadh, which is Irish for Lammas, is one of eight holy days on the Wheel of the Year. The astrological energies of this week support the deep remembering of generational wisdom and wounding. With Chiron retrograde in Aries until January, we're called to reflect, return to, and regenerate – all those "re-" words that invite us to slow down and tune in. Meanwhile, Leo season encourages authentic self-expression and discovering how our unique gifts serve the collective. These cosmic influences align perfectly with Lughnasadh's message of harvesting not just physical abundance, but awareness of our interconnectedness.

As I felt the wind rise up around me during this recording, the message coming through feels both ancient and prophetic. Our path involves right-relationship with the land, ourselves, our bodies, our community, and our Earth. Though we may seem insignificant individually, when we move together with harmony and purpose, we become an unstoppable force of nature, that is divinely guided.

Recorded on 8/3/25

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In today’s episode, the Capricorn Full Moon offers us a powerful opportunity to examine the structures we've built and whether they truly serve our highest purpose. With the sun in Cancer, this exploration of the Cancer-Capricorn axis reveals how these seemingly opposite energies are actually complementary parts of a whole. Cancer represents our emotional foundations—home, family, nurturance—while Capricorn embodies our tangible foundations—achievement, purpose, and long-term goals. As we work with these energies, we honor both the cancer within us—our need for emotional security and rootedness—and the capricorn that takes us up the highest mountain toward our deepest purpose. The magick happens when we bring these seemingly opposite forces into harmony, creating a life that honors both our inner truth and our outward expression in the world.

The heart of this episode is a complete full moon ritual you can perform at home. I guide you through casting a sacred circle, honoring the elements, and creating space for profound healing and shadow integration. You'll learn how to invoke each quarter—East (air), South (fire), West (water), North (earth), and Spirit—to create a powerful container for your healing work. Remember that you already possess all the necessary tools within yourself. Your inner elements, your connection to spirit, and your intentions are powerful catalysts for transformation.

My coven, Grail of the Birch Moon, performs this healing work monthly during the Full Moon, and I invite you to be included in my coven's monthly healing ritual—because in these challenging times, we all need community and support on our journey toward wholeness. What makes this work powerful is our collective intention and the ancient understanding that healing happens on multiple levels—physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual. If you'd like to make a healing request, use the fan mail option and let me know!

Recorded 7/10/25

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Today's episode offers Part Two of a guided self-reflection process and explores the cosmic dance between shadow and light as the first quarter moon moves through Libra—the sign of balance, harmony, and justice—we find ourselves standing at the threshold of transformation. This moment invites us to examine what we need to express and what we've been holding back.

Venus conjuncts Uranus at the last anuretic degree of Taurus and creates a potent energetic doorway for profound change. It's no coincidence this alignment happens on July 4th, a day representing both celebration and the shadow of colonization on Turtle Island (North America). Neptune stationing retrograde invites us into reflection, reprocessing, revisiting, rest, and recovery. The astrology mirrors this complexity, challenging us to integrate it all in service of healing ourselves so we can heal this land. The heart of this episode explores relationship dynamics through multiple lenses: attachment history, differentiation, learning, pleasure, and self-regulation.

What does it mean to truly know yourself in relationship? How do you express your innermost desires, thoughts, and feelings while creating space for others to do the same? These questions form the foundation of differentiation—a lifelong developmental process that balances togetherness with separateness, connection with autonomy. Do you dare to look into someone's eyes and risk revealing who you are in this moment? Do you open your heart to dare to believe: "I'm okay, I am lovable, I am worthy."

Through exploring your relationship history, examining your nervous system responses, and reflecting on how you experience pleasure, you'll gain profound insights about your relational patterns. Whether examining how you respond when feeling threatened, how you make bids for connection, or how you repair ruptures, each reflection opens a door to greater self-awareness and relational freedom.

Ready to transform your relationships from the inside out? Dive into this episode to discover how the tension between light and dark creates the perfect alchemy for healing, growth, and authentic connection. Your journey toward collective liberation begins with knowing yourself and how you relate to others more deeply.

Stay tuned until the end and experience a Relationship Specific Dive into your current dynamic!

Recorded on July 3, 2025.

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What happens when we dare to slow down and truly look within?

In today’s episode, we move through a guided introspection journey that takes you through a comprehensive self-reflection process that mirrors what I offer in my healing work. We'll explore your social identities, family history, attachment patterns, and relationship to your body and experiences. Each question serves as an invitation to witness yourself with compassion, curiosity, and deeper consciousness. At the heart of any transformation process lies the practice of introspection—a deliberate slowing down to examine the conditioning, societal expectations, and systemic structures we've unconsciously absorbed throughout our lives. This internal work isn't separate from our collective liberation. As we heal individually, we become more capable of authentic connection with others. In a world designed to keep us divided, coming together in genuine relationship represents a profound act of resistance and hope.

The timing of this exploration is significant, occurring during Cancer season—a period astrologically aligned with emotional well-being, home, safety, and relationships. This season invites us to dive beneath the surface and examine the emotional foundations upon which we've built our lives. With Jupiter's supportive influence on this new moon, we're presented with a potent opportunity for expansion, wisdom, and growth. According to astrological insights, we find ourselves at a critical inflection point between June 2025 and June 2026, where collective choices may significantly impact how the tide turns. This awareness adds urgency to our personal healing work. The time is now to cultivate the awareness necessary to create more just and loving systems—beginning with ourselves and extending outward to all life on Earth.

Grab your journal, find a quiet space, and let's begin this journey of self-discovery together. Your healing matters—not just for you, but for all of us.

*Please know that this episode explores experiences of trauma, addiction, and suicidal thoughts and actions.

Recorded on 6/26/25

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I hope you find this blooper collection silly and fun! It's short, so enjoy a break from my long-winded self.

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What happens when we dare to speak our deepest truths? When we step into the fullness of who we are, without editing out the uncomfortable parts?

This episode marks a turning point in our journey together as I reveal the intersections of my social identities as a licensed psychotherapist, a queer woman, a mother, and—perhaps most vulnerably—a practicing witch. I explore how these parts of myself inform one another and create the foundation for the healing work I do in the world.

From my earliest memories of guiding friends into trance states as a child to finding community within a Wiccan tradition as an adult, my spiritual path has always intertwined with my therapeutic practice. Both require rigorous self-knowledge, commitment to growth, and willingness to face shadow aspects. Both offer frameworks for transformation and healing.

I share how parenthood became my most profound initiation, confronting me with intergenerational trauma patterns I desperately wanted to break. As part of a lineage of "unmothered mothers," I faced my deepest fears about repeating harmful cycles with my own children—a reckoning that led me to integrate various healing modalities, including expanded state healing work.

This vulnerability serves a purpose beyond personal catharsis. By modeling truth-telling, I hope to create space for you to examine your own story with compassion and courage. Because our individual healing is inextricably linked to collective liberation. We must dismantle oppressive systems of white supremacy, patriarchy, and the insidious legacy of colonialism from the inside out, beginning with ourselves. As above, so below.

In our next episode, I'll guide you through your own storytelling journey using a reflection process I use with the folx I work with in my practice. Until then, remember: your truth matters. And we must dare to tell it if we hope to heal ourselves and our world.

Recorded on 6/6 and 6/11.

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The journey toward transformation requires truth-telling— and I will go there with you, because our stories contain powerful magick and sharing them honestly creates pathways for healing and authentic connection. Join me in daring to face what is hidden, what is vulnerable, knowing that when we keep the truth about our experience hidden, we block the potential for genuine growth, connection, and the ability to dismantle internalized systems of power and dominance so that we can be a part of collective liberation. One truth is that we are relational beings, and everything we experience, from our earliest attachment experiences to our personal path and how we navigate the world around us, happens within the context of our relationships. The path of healing then begins with honesty – and how the areas where we most passionately strive to support others are often the very places within ourselves that require the deepest attention. truth, and integration. Thank you for being in-relationship with me as I strive to be just as honest here, as I invite you to be.

Episode recorded on 6/6/25.

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Welcome to the first episode where we will be exploring the powerful energies of the dark moon, a liminal time that encompasses both life and death, opening up possibilities for our regeneration journey. Let's dare together to breathe into the darkness, slow down, and go deep into our experience across the dimensions of intergenerational patterning and social positioning to listen to the wisdom and power of our bodies, hearts, and souls with the support of our spirit team, ancestors, and life itself in service to our highest path and purpose. We move closer to healing, transformation, and collective liberation with each breath we take together for alchemy, abundance, and love. Thank you for joining me and if these offerings are meaningful to you, I hope you subscribe to continue To Dare, Together!

Recorded 5/26/25