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This week, Alisa chats all about Cancer energy and the tarot card that is ruled by the crab. Hope you enjoy the episode!
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Mel flies solo in this episode talking about Oak spiritual properties and this lunar cycle themes including the potential of something to grow into a mighty Oak tree and how we can approach difficult feelings surrounding the disappointments in life.
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In this episode, Alisa and Mel chatted about the new wave of interest in ancestry, its historical dark origins, as well as the ways connecting to our ancestry may bring us hope.
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In this episode, we chatted about how we can find ways to notice when we’re avoiding emotions and how to allow ourselves to work through emotions.
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A powerful and exciting chat about choices and how they affect our lives, Celtic Oak and acorn energy and insights, inevitable endings and beginnings, control vs. surrender, and the profound clarity we find in darkness when we are forced to find the light.
Digressions include the importance of low bar consistency, the rebirth of our social lives after lockdown, and a huge shoutout to Mel’s awesome ringtone…
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In this week's bonus episode, Alisa flies solo and chats about everything related to the tarot cards ruled by Gemini and Mercury. As we reach the halfway point of Mercury retrograde, she offers some prompts for reflecting on this energy within and ways you can connect to this energy outside of you. As above, so below. Till next time, friends.
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In this week’s bonus episode, Alisa and Mel talk about the evil inner critic and how it stops us from doing what we love as well as our success. We dive into real-life stories and examples from our lives and how we’ve noticed our biggest bully is sometimes ourselves.
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In our first bonus episode of season 2, join us as we pull a card and share stories that reflect the way that energy has shown up in our lives. We discuss King of Cups symbolism including the chaos and beauty of water energy and processing emotions.
Digressions include stressing from one thing to the next, why sports is both therapy and reality TV for men, why the internet scares us away from rocks and other spiritual practices, and why scuba diving is f*cking insane.
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This week’s episode is a mixed bag, a treat bag party favour, if you will - we covered the topics of the “capital C” Community (building one online and how to find one in real life), we dove into the Taurus eclipse and Celtic willow tree cycle, we chatted about the tarot cards associated with this astrological time, and we offered a few ways for you to tap into this energy personally.
Digressions include miniclip.com, the phone numbers from childhood you’ll never forget, giving yourself time to heal your social battery after a time of collective trauma, and how to befriend your neighbours in a non-creepy way.
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Welcome to season 2, baby! We’re here in this chatty episode to discuss our new concept for the podcast this season and to give you some quick life updates.
Digressions include why you should value what you don’t want as much as what you do want, Wintering and the inevitable coming of Spring, Drag Race, how to make yogurt, and why the delicate balance between ascension and grounding is key.
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Awake in a Dream - 9 of Swords
In this episode, Alisa and Mel discuss all that has to do with the dream realm, about this Sagittarius season, and the Celtic Elder lunar cycle. The hosts also do a spiritual reading on how to deal with ‘nay sayers’ as requested in a mailbox submission.
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This week, Alisa is joined by a very special guest Kayla-Jane of Word Alchemy. Their chat includes the importance of therapeutic self-expression in your healing journey, an intro to the stages of Alchemy, why diving into your personal natal chart surpasses anything you'll ever read on Instagram. Digressions include coaching courses that cost $3,333, imbalanced Aries energy, toxic positivity, and courageous leadership.
*You can find Kayla-Jane on IG @alchemy.of.writing.
*Sign up to the open mic here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/embers-of-revival-poetry-storytelling-open-mic-night-tickets-290354326607?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
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*Find your natal chart here: https://astro.cafeastrology.com/natal.php
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In this week’s episode, Mel (she/they) discusses the one thing they wish they knew earlier as someone who came out as queer later in life.
Subjects include coming out later in life, validating bi and pansexual relationships when you're dating a cis man, not having to ‘prove’ your queerness, internalized homophobia, and mourning times before you came out.
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In this week’s episode, Mel and Alisa dive into the very real world of shitty tarot and psychic readings.
Mel put a call out in a tarot community thread asking people to share their bad experiences, we unexpectedly received hundreds of replies, and we have the honour of sharing a few of these responses with you here on the pod.
Digressions include our personal experiences with witchy cults and upsells, living with our very un-spiritual partners, and murky green vibes.
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On this very special episode, Alisa & Mel host Kendell Holmes. Kendell is a Tarot Reader, Energy Worker, and Astrology Enthusiast. By combining her empathic nature, intuitive insight, and background in psychology she provides services to help you through periods of change or uncertainty.
In this episode, we discuss using Astrology not only for birthdays but for any significant events in our lives.
Digressions include why we think people are partying on the stars, why we think Jim Carry in the Mask is a vibe, finding out a spiritual path after times of difficulty, and how psychology led us to spirituality.
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Instagram: @cosmic.puddle
Twitter: @cosmic_puddle
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In this episode, Alisa and Mel read two mailbox moments and chat about some of the questions listeners sent in including how to find a spiritual community and psychedelics at parties vs. as a medicine.
Digressions include syncing up on our spiritual periods, creating spaces to let your freak flag fly, spiritual Drano, the gender of rona, and finding the right knowledge at the right time.
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Hi all, it's just Mel this week and Alisa is covering our bonus episode. Mel discussed how she's been moving through the sudden loss of a pet and shares her experience in the hope that someone else who may be experiencing something similar can find some comfort through hearing about her experience.
Donate to Warren Peace Bunny Sanctuary Here: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/warren-peace-bunny-sanctuary/
Video about bunnies as pets & Warren Peace Bunny Sanctuary here: https://globalnews.ca/news/8538583/documentary-bunnies-lake-country-bc-sanctuary/
This episode is dedicated to Marvel and all the other pets who have made such a loving impact on our lives.