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What if the door you’ve been pushing against for so long was never the one meant to open? There may be another way through, and it begins when you stop pressing harder and start noticing what's already here. As the veil thins this autumn, and this month of seership continues to unfold, I’m sharing why the subtle approach is so often the one that shifts what feels immovable. In this episode we’ll explore how attuning to the subtle opens our perception of the Otherworld, why it matters so deeply for those of us who are sensitive, and how learning to read your own subtlety is at the heart of becoming a seer. I also guide you through a gentle somatic practice for feeling your own yes and no. If you’ve been waiting for a breakthrough, I hope this meets you gently. IN THE EPISODE (1:08) – When trying harder isn’t working (4:01) – The thinning veil and the invitation to attune to the subtle (5:01) – The hidden door in the wall of your life (6:15) – A simple example from home: the subtler approach (11:55) – Why sensitives were built to attune to subtlety (18:03) – My healing journey with chronic pain (25:37) – Turning the volume down so subtle messages can come in (28:59) – How to tell intuition from anxiety (31:10) – A somatic practice to feel your yes and your no (40:51) – One small hint to follow this season Fall sale: all courses 30% off until October 23rd: Explore the entire catalogue, including our newly opened archives, and see what calls to you. Remember Why You Are Here Substack Get the episode transcript here. Ready to remember why you are here? Hit the Follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to receive all new episodes, and be reminded of your soul's mission. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favorite app. Every time you do a fairy gets a set of wings. Just kidding (kinda), but I do read every one! LET'S CONNECT Join the inner circle and receive episodes right to your inbox Read my bestselling book, Mirrors in the Earth Browse our online courses What is your Earth Healing Archetype? Take the free quiz

What if one of the oldest ways to reach your ancestors is already sitting in your kitchen? I meant to record something new this week. Instead, a virus swept through my household, and the days of sage tea, elderberry syrup, and rest became an unplanned practice of ancestral herbalism. So I’m bringing back a teaching on one of my favorite topics: the particular magic of working with the plants your ancestors knew, especially now, as the veil thins and those who came before us draw near. I share three accessible ways to begin, from a simple research project to an offering at your own table. Chances are you’ve been practicing ancestral plant medicine all along. This is an invitation to do it on purpose. IN THE EPISODE (0:01) – Pulling the wisdom of your ancestors through plant medicine (0:55) – A week laid low by a virus, and an unplanned lesson in ancestral herbalism (2:40) – The particular magic of working with the plants your ancestors knew (3:23) – Pumpkins, apples, and hay: the ancestral plant practices hiding in autumn decorations (5:57) – Autumn as a season for connecting with those who’ve passed (7:02) – Who we mean by ancestral herbalism: the ancestors who were plant medicine people (8:52) – Visiting the lands of my family, and meeting the hawthorns in Ireland (9:50) – Three ways to begin: research, an offering, and flower essences (11:17) – Herbs for the Otherworld, and a guided journey into autumn’s medicine (12:06) – Herbalism for sensitive nervous systems, and a free summit class Herbs for the Otherworld Ecoversity’s Free Herbal Medicine Making Summit Remember Why You Are Here Substack Get the episode transcript here. Ready to remember why you are here? Hit the Follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to receive all new episodes, and be reminded of your soul's mission. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favorite app. Every time you do a fairy gets a set of wings. Just kidding (kinda), but I do read every one! LET'S CONNECT Join the inner circle and receive episodes right to your inbox Read my bestselling book, Mirrors in the Earth Browse our online courses What is your Earth Healing Archetype? Take the free quiz

Every autumn, you hear people say the veil is thin. But what does that actually mean, on a tangible level, in your own life? This episode revisits one of the most-watched videos on my YouTube channel, brought back now during one of those rare seasons when the invitation to deepen your seership feels especially strong. I explore what can happen when the veil between worlds grows thin: loved ones reaching out from the other side, psychic openings, creative outpourings, endings that feel like a kind of death, and the seeds you can plant now that will nourish you for years to come. If you're feeling fall's particular magic and wondering what to do with it, consider this your field guide. IN THE EPISODE (0:01) – Revisiting one of the most-watched videos on my YouTube channel (2:30) – A rare opportunity to deepen your seership, and my new guided divination practice (5:11) – What it actually means when the veil "thins" (6:21) – Loved ones who've passed, reaching out more easily this season (7:16) – Psychic openings, creative outpourings, and new ideas (8:43) – Getting clear on your boundaries as the veil gets thin (9:16) – What "death" really means in the tarot, and old memories coming up for resolution (10:52) – Why letting go leads to abundant harvests (11:47) – Planting seeds that will bloom for years to come (13:26) – Ten years of teaching Herbs for the Otherworld Explore the Herbs for the Otherworld this season Remember Why You Are Here Substack Get the episode transcript here. Ready to remember why you are here? Hit the Follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to receive all new episodes, and be reminded of your soul's mission. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favorite app. Every time you do a fairy gets a set of wings. Just kidding (kinda), but I do read every one! LET'S CONNECT Join the inner circle and receive episodes right to your inbox Read my bestselling book, Mirrors in the Earth Browse our online courses What is your Earth Healing Archetype? Take the free quiz

There's a moment right after you release the arrow when all you can do is trust its flight. That's exactly where this October finds many of us—mid-motion, waiting, and being asked to stay centered while something we've already set into motion makes its way home. Tune into this month's intuitive reading to explore what it means to become your own seer this season: not just catching glimpses of what's beyond the veil, but getting honest about the patterns already playing out in your own life, so you can actually shift them. We talk about what's yours to carry and what isn't, why the doubts that creep up around something already launched don't mean anything's wrong, and how the trust you built this September is about to open a whole new layer of your intuitive gifts. If you've been waiting to trust your own instincts again, this is your invitation. Because the deepest gift of becoming your own seer is realizing you could trust yourself all along. IN THE EPISODE (0:01) – This month's invitation: becoming your own seer, and finding your center (1:18) – Our card for the month, and the question it's asking of us (4:18) – The arrow already mid-flight, and why it's time to get out of your own way (6:15) – What's actually yours to carry, and what isn't (9:25) – Letting what you learned about yourself this fall be true (10:16) – Becoming your own seer this month (13:05) – The soul retrievals from this fall, and the abilities they're opening up (16:11) – Why being honest with yourself is what grows your seership (21:19) – Repairing your trust in your own instincts (24:20) – Finding your center as your arrow comes in for a landing Remember Why You Are Here Substack Leave me a voice message! Get the episode transcript here. Ready to remember why you are here? Hit the Follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to receive all new episodes, and be reminded of your soul's mission. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favorite app. Every time you do a fairy gets a set of wings. Just kidding (kinda), but I do read every one! LET'S CONNECT Join the inner circle and receive episodes right to your inbox Read my bestselling book, Mirrors in the Earth Browse our online courses What is your Earth Healing Archetype? Take the free quiz

There is a root that stretches back in time. Follow it far enough and you'll reach ancestors for whom you have no names—yet who hold the memories that can heal our world. As autumn thins the veil and asks us to remember what came before, I'm revisiting one of my favorite transmissions: a conversation about the deep ancestors, those who lived long before written history, and who are far more eager to speak with us than we might think. I recorded this one back when my daughter was still just a little seed in my belly, and I'm returning to it now from inside the painted caves of the Dordogne in Southern France, still working on the very book these ancestors first called me to write seven years ago. In this episode, I share the story of the shamanic journey that changed everything for me, how a DNA test later confirmed what I'd felt in that vision, and how you can begin your own conversation with the deep ones of your lineage this season. IN THE EPISODE (00:01) – Meeting the deep ancestors from inside the caves of Southern France (04:36) – Why fall is the season the veil grows thin (06:40) – What makes an ancestor a "deep" ancestor (09:56) – The ancient wisdom that's resurfacing now (11:02) – The shamanic journey that led her to the caves of Southern France (13:08) – A DNA test that confirmed the vision (15:00) – How to start talking to your own deep ancestors (17:07) – An invitation for this season Remember Why You Are Here Substack Herbs for the Otherworld Leave me a voice message! Get the episode transcript here. Ready to remember why you are here? Hit the Follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to receive all new episodes, and be reminded of your soul's mission. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favorite app. Every time you do a fairy gets a set of wings. Just kidding (kinda), but I do read every one! LET'S CONNECT Join the inner circle and receive episodes right to your inbox Remember Why You Are Here Substack Read my bestselling book, Mirrors in the Earth Browse our online courses What is your Earth Healing Archetype? Take the free quiz

I used to think protection meant sharp teeth and raised shields—the kind of fierce, obvious defense you only reach for when things get extreme. What I didn't understand is that protection is not always about standing your ground. Sometimes it's about creating enough space around yourself that you don't need a shield at all. This month's intuitive reading was about soul protection after soul retrieval—tending to the parts of ourselves that have recently come home, still tender, still finding their footing. So in this episode, I get specific: what protection spells actually look like for an empath, day to day, and how to create the kind of boundaries you need to flourish. Because we protect what is sacred. What is still growing. What is carrying our hopes, our dreams, our wholeness. And you deserve that kind of protection too. IN THE EPISODE (0:00) – Why protection is this month's medicine (1:27) – What protection actually means for an empath (3:39) – Creating space to feel (5:38) – Boundaries as what makes relationship possible (9:45) – Protection spells: small nos, and choosing not to get activated (17:40) – Boundaries around your time, attention, and transitions (22:44) – Turning down the noise: taking away inputs (25:44) – Embracing "negative" emotions as protection (29:02) – Carrying a stone, calling in a bigger guide, and other everyday protection tools (32:09) – Being full of yourself: passion as protection Remember Why You Are Here Substack Soul Retrieval Meditation Leave me a voice message! Get the episode transcript here. Ready to remember why you are here? Hit the Follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to receive all new episodes, and be reminded of your soul's mission. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favorite app. Every time you do a fairy gets a set of wings. Just kidding (kinda), but I do read every one! LET'S CONNECT Join the inner circle and receive episodes right to your inbox Read my bestselling book, Mirrors in the Earth Browse our online courses What is your Earth Healing Archetype? Take the free quiz

What if setting a boundary wasn't about drawing a line in the sand, but about getting clearer on who you actually are? Boundaries are medicine—not just for you, but for every relationship and ecosystem you're part of. And for sensitives and empaths especially, learning to hold them is one of the most profound healing journeys there is. In this episode, I return to one of my favorite transmissions on boundaries as medicine. I share why this teaching feels especially timely now, as we move through September's energy of integration and protection. And I close with one of my favorite somatic practices for sensitives: an EFT tapping sequence for when guilt comes up around setting a boundary—because it will. IN THE EPISODE (0:00) – Why boundaries are September's medicine (1:20) – Sheltering what's newly come home: boundaries as protection (3:36) – What boundaries actually are—and why it's not a hard line in the sand (5:41) – The garden metaphor: knowing what you want to cultivate (8:35) – Why boundaries are psychedelic (10:18) – Drawing boundaries with your own thoughts (11:21) – Working with blackberry as a boundary ally (13:23) – EFT tapping: a practice for when guilt shows up (14:54) – Walking through the EFT tapping sequence (20:37) – Why tapping brings sensitives back into their bodies Remember Why You Are Here Substack Soul Retrieval Meditation Leave me a voice message! Get the episode transcript here. Ready to remember why you are here? Hit the Follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to receive all new episodes, and be reminded of your soul's mission. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favorite app. Every time you do a fairy gets a set of wings. Just kidding (kinda), but I do read every one! LET'S CONNECT Join the inner circle and receive episodes right to your inbox Remember Why You Are Here Substack Read my bestselling book, Mirrors in the Earth Browse our online courses What is your Earth Healing Archetype? Take the free quiz

September arrives like a portal opening. The veils thin, the inner world grows louder, and something that felt just out of reach begins—quietly, insistently—to come home. This month's reading drew from the deep past: cave paintings tens of thousands of years old, and a creature that carried its gifts in silence, rarely witnessed, rarely understood. What came through felt like a message for exactly this moment. In this episode, I share this month's card and the ancient tradition it comes from, and drop into a reading about exile, reunion, and the visionary energy that September is opening for all of us. IN THE EPISODE (0:00) – Our card for September and the tradition it comes from (5:38) – Chauvet Cave and the image at the heart of this month's reading (11:16) – September as a continuation of August's soul retrievals (13:17) – Welcoming home your exiled parts: what this actually looks like (16:59) – Eclipse season, endings, and the integration underway (19:14) – Protecting your energy as the veils thin (21:32) – The visionary energy of this month: what wants to be seen (23:25) – Between seasons: an ending and a beginning The Shaman's Oracle by John Matthews and Will Kinghan Your Soul's Image intuitive readings Remember Why You Are Here Substack Leave me a voice message! Get the episode transcript here. Ready to remember why you are here? Hit the Follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to receive all new episodes, and be reminded of your soul's mission. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favorite app. Every time you do a fairy gets a set of wings. Just kidding (kinda), but I do read every one! LET'S CONNECT Join the inner circle and receive episodes right to your inbox Read my bestselling book, Mirrors in the Earth Browse our online courses What is your Earth Healing Archetype? Take the free quiz

Your soul is always talking to you. Not in directives or announcements, but in something subtler and stranger and more beautiful: metaphor. The image that keeps appearing in your dreams. The tree you can't stop noticing on your morning walk. The feeling that rushes through you when you see something you can't explain. This is how your wider self communicates—through the language of poetry, comparison, and living symbol. In this episode, I explore why the soul speaks in metaphor, what that means for the way we receive guidance, and how to start reading the language your own soul has been speaking all along. Including a big announcement: I'm opening my books this fall for one-on-one intuitive readings for the first time in years. IN THE EPISODE (0:00) – The soul speaks in metaphor (4:53) – Why we miss our soul's messages even when they're constant (5:18) – What metaphor is and why it's the soul's preferred language (10:39) – How metaphor creates relationship (14:09) – How I work with metaphor in intuitive readings (16:21) – How to start speaking your soul's language (18:08) – Building your own spirit dictionary (21:39) – How to know it's your soul talking and not your worried mind (28:24) – Your soul is poetry: the poem of who you are (30:38) – A big announcement: intuitive readings are opening soon! Sign up for the waitlist Remember Why You Are Here Substack Leave me a voice message! Get the episode transcript here. Ready to remember why you are here? Hit the Follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to receive all new episodes, and be reminded of your soul's mission. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favorite app. Every time you do a fairy gets a set of wings. Just kidding (kinda), but I do read every one! LET'S CONNECT Join the inner circle and receive episodes right to your inbox Read my bestselling book, Mirrors in the Earth Browse our online courses What is your Earth Healing Archetype? Take the free quiz

Between summer and fall, there's a season most of us have felt but never had a name for. That bronze-lit, earth-warmed slowdown. The cool nights beginning to creep in. The sense that even as things are still blooming, something is incrementally shifting. In Chinese medicine, this in-between time has its own name, its own medicine, and its own invitation: late summer, the fifth season. In this episode, I revisit a transmission on what this season is asking of us, how it shows up in the body, and what you can do to receive its nourishment as we come off the bonfire of summer and begin to tend the frayed edges of ourselves. IN THE EPISODE (0:00) – Why this season feels different from summer or fall (3:06) – What the fifth season is: late summer in Chinese medicine (4:14) – The earth element: grounding, rootedness, and the center of the wheel (5:05) – The transition from yang to yin and what your body is telling you (6:18) – Mental and emotional digestion: processing the busyness of summer (7:14) – How to nourish your earth element: herbs, colors, and practices (8:33) – Completing the cycle: what this season is preparing you for Remember Why You Are Here Substack Leave me a voice message! Get the episode transcript here. Ready to remember why you are here? Hit the Follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to receive all new episodes, and be reminded of your soul's mission. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favorite app. Every time you do a fairy gets a set of wings. Just kidding (kinda), but I do read every one! LET'S CONNECT Join the inner circle and receive episodes right to your inbox Read my bestselling book, Mirrors in the Earth Browse our online courses What is your Earth Healing Archetype? Take the free quiz

Beginning a healing business is one of the most profound spiritual journeys you can undertake. Not because it's easy, but because it will show you who you are, what you're made of, and why you're here. In this episode, I dust off a video that still gets found every single day on YouTube —my three unconventional tips for starting a healing business— and discover just how much my younger self had to teach me. These tips surprised people when I first shared them, especially the second one. And they still hold true, 14 years into running my own business, as I step into a whole new era. IN THE EPISODE (0:00) – Returning to a fan favorite: why this teaching feels like a soul retrieval moment (4:11) – Why the best thing to teach is what you're still learning (5:44) – The counterintuitive reason to hold something back (8:24) – The mantra I use before every session and class (10:11) – What it means to evolve out loud in your business Soul Retrieval Meditation Business as a Spiritual Journey Leave me a voice message! Get the episode transcript here. Ready to remember why you are here? Hit the Follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to receive all new episodes, and be reminded of your soul's mission. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favorite app. Every time you do a fairy gets a set of wings. Just kidding (kinda), but I do read every one! LET'S CONNECT Join the inner circle and receive episodes right to your inbox Remember Why You Are Here Substack Read my bestselling book, Mirrors in the Earth Browse our online courses What is your Earth Healing Archetype? Take the free quiz

Before humans worked with plants or stones, the first medicine was water. It's the oldest magic on Earth, and it never stopped flowing. Water cleanses, revives, dissolves what seemed immovable—and it's more sensitive than we ever realized. It responds to our thoughts, our intentions, the subtle lines of energy running through our lives. We are 65% water. Which means the magic has been inside us all along. In this episode, I revisit one of the most beloved transmissions I've ever shared: a beginner's guide to working with water as medicine and magic. I share three of my favorite practices and why this time of year, as we tip toward fall, is the perfect moment to call in water as a counterpoint to all this fire. IN THE EPISODE (0:00) – Why water magic matters right now (2:50) – Water as the oldest magic on Earth (4:35) – Water as medicine: what it can hold, dissolve, and become (6:54) – Dr. Masaru Emoto and the science of water's sensitivity (7:59) – Sacred springs and the first medicine of the Cherokee tradition (9:45) – Practice 1: Water whispering (11:06) – Practice 2: Water elixirs (16:16) – Practice 3: Anointing and blessing the waters A Beginner's Guide to Water Magic — free PDF guide Soul Retrieval Meditation Get the episode transcript here. Ready to remember why you are here? Hit the Follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to receive all new episodes, and be reminded of your soul's mission. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favorite app. Every time you do a fairy gets a set of wings. Just kidding (kinda), but I do read every one! LET'S CONNECT Join the inner circle and receive episodes right to your inbox Read my bestselling book, Mirrors in the Earth Browse our online courses What is your Earth Healing Archetype? Take the free quiz

There's a particular kind of joy that comes when something returns to you after a long absence. A lifting of fog, a rush of freedom, a quiet recognition—oh, there you are. This August's reading came through with one of the most tender themes I've tuned into all year: soul reunion. The parts of you that had to step away are ready to come back. And when they do, something that wasn't possible before suddenly becomes inevitable. In this episode, I share this month's card and the rich tradition it comes from, and drop into a reading about what it means to retrieve lost parts of yourself—and what opens up when you do. IN THE EPISODE (0:00) – Our card for August and the tradition it comes from (5:37) – What the card revealed: soul reunion and spontaneous soul retrievals (11:30) – What soul retrieval actually means and why it's already happening to you (19:35) – How to consciously call your parts back home this month (21:42) – Building steadiness through reunion (25:30) – Deepening your range: what becomes possible when you're whole (27:48) – Anchoring a new future from your expanded self Deck: Afro-Brazilian Tarot by Alice Santana, artwork by Giuseppe Palumbo Remember Why You Are Here Substack Dream Remembrance Recipe Leave me a voice message! Get the episode transcript here. Ready to remember why you are here? Hit the Follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to receive all new episodes, and be reminded of your soul's mission. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favorite app. Every time you do a fairy gets a set of wings. Just kidding (kinda), but I do read every one! LET'S CONNECT Join the inner circle and receive episodes right to your inbox Read my bestselling book, Mirrors in the Earth Browse our online courses What is your Earth Healing Archetype? Take the free quiz

You don't need a book to know about a stone's medicines. Just learn the language of the stones, and they'll start talking to you. Because the medicine you most need is already here—in the gravel underfoot, along the riverbank, in the stones that are already calling to you from the landscape where you live. In this episode, I revisit a recording on three ways to work with local stones, and share why the humble stones right outside your door may carry more healing than any crystal you could import from across the world. In Daoist stone medicine, stones are said to reach the deepest level of our being—the place where our life's blueprint, our unconscious patterns, and our soul's plan all live. And that depth is available to you, wherever you are. IN THE EPISODE (0:00) – Why stone medicine is one of the most ancient forms of healing (3:12) – How stones work on the deepest level of our being (5:09) – Why local stone medicine is more potent than you think (7:23) – Practice 1: Getting to know your local minerals (10:11) – Practice 2: Working with gravel (12:51) – Practice 3: Finding your gatekeeper stone Remember Why You Are Here Substack Dream Remembrance Recipe Leave me a voice message! Get the episode transcript here. How Stones Communicate course Ready to remember why you are here? Hit the Follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to receive all new episodes, and be reminded of your soul's mission. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favorite app. Every time you do a fairy gets a set of wings. Just kidding (kinda), but I do read every one! LET'S CONNECT Join the inner circle and receive episodes right to your inbox Read my bestselling book, Mirrors in the Earth Browse our online courses What is your Earth Healing Archetype? Take the free quiz

What if the antidote to your most persistent loops wasn't more self-analysis—but a little more sass? In this episode, I'm sharing one of my favorite personal tools for breaking out of anxious thoughts, negative predictions, and the kind of overthinking that sensitives know all too well. It's called "So What" energy, and it's surprisingly simple, surprisingly deep, and surprisingly freeing. Because so many of us carry a quiet sense of responsibility for things that were never ours to hold. And sometimes all it takes is one bold, compassionate question to shake that loose—and find out what's actually been driving the loop all along. IN THE EPISODE (0:00) – What is "So What" energy and why it works (3:04) – The process: how to use it when you're in a loop (6:50) – Why sensitives are wired to predict — and what it costs us (8:52) – The protector part behind the loop (10:19) – A real example: my daughter, the shoes, and car line (13:52) – What happens when you keep asking "so what?" (20:45) – What "So What" energy is not — and when to use other tools (26:15) – Why this tool is especially powerful for sensitives (28:36) – "So What" as an act of individuality and self-permission (37:00) – Try this next time you're looping Pick up a class you’ve been eying and get 25% off until midnight ET Saturday July 18th. Just use the code “BIRTHDAY” at checkout. Remember Why You Are Here Substack Leave me a voice message! Get the episode transcript here. Ready to remember why you are here? Hit the Follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to receive all new episodes, and be reminded of your soul's mission. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favorite app. Every time you do a fairy gets a set of wings. Just kidding (kinda), but I do read every one! LET'S CONNECT Join the inner circle and receive episodes right to your inbox Read my bestselling book, Mirrors in the Earth Browse our online courses What is your Earth Healing Archetype? Take the free quiz