Intuitive Wellness

Rosa Carson is a transformation coach working with people who feel stuck or unfulfilled to connect with their natural gifts and create a life where they can thrive.

Show Notes:

1. I know you have your coaching program that includes a German word [funktionslust] for which we don’t have a word in English. Could you speak to what the word is, what it means, and how you came to include it in your name for your program?
2. What does that pleasure feel like for you when you do find your purpose?
3. What did it feel like for you to make the transition into coaching out of having a stable paycheck and where you were in your relationship with the flow of the universe as you were making that choice?
4. Conversation on ways of knowing and how some people's thinking has become so rigid in their understanding of truth that it has become a weapon…
5. What are the keys to building up that self trust? How do you know? What does it look like when you are trusting yourself and when you’re not?
6. For people who are curious about coaching, have never had a coach before, how would you explain the idea to someone who was completely lost but maybe had a sense that this was something for them?
7. Please share any offerings and how people can reach you.

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Melinda Lim, aka The Legal Witch™, is a Filipina witch, shadow worker, and spiritual guidance counselor! She helps people understand how their personal spiritual practice can encompass their values of social justice. Melinda is here to decolonize spirituality so that we can all feel more connected to ourselves, to Spirit, and to our communities.

Show Notes:

1. What do total newbies need to know about shadow work?
2. Would you feel comfortable sharing how you got started with shadow work? How did you first learn about it? What did that look like for you?
3. A lot of people think you have to be spiritual to practice shadow work and you mentioned the psychological origins through Carl Jung. I’m curious, how do you see this?
4. What if someone came to you and was to say “I know that shadow work is really difficult and that’s why I am afraid of it?” How would you navigate helping that person feel safer in that space?
5. How do you see shadow work being important for the revolution and justice-related causes?
6. If you could design the perfect person to go through your shadow work program, who would they be?
7. Is there anything else you would like to share with our audience?
8. How can people find you and work with you?

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Binyamina Aisha is in service to the mystery. As a ritualist and celebrant, they hold sacred space for the initiations of life - including marriage, divorce, transitioning, and funerals. As a birth and death worker they guide folks through the whole spectrum of the human experience - from conscious conception to death - using ancestral medicine, somatic practice, archetypal exploration, and channeled healing. They are also an herbalist working in the realm of energetic plant medicine and flower essences. They work 1:1 with clients and lead magical programs, trainings, and retreats.

Show Notes:

1. Would you feel comfortable sharing how you got started doing this work navigating and facilitating these varying transitions?
2. What are the impacts of us living in a death-phobic culture and how can we move toward more understanding and honoring of death and dying?
3. Question for Lali and Samara: What has your experience been with death and dying?
4. How can we honor death in the context of systemic violence?
5. Are you comfortable sharing your perspective on suicidal ideation and suicide in general?
6. Why is ancestral magic important and how do you suggest folks begin that work?
7. Is there anything else you would like to share? (Natural world as intrinsically interlinked with the ancestral and spirit realm)
8. How do you conceptualize capitalism as playing a role in all of this?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Binyamina’s IG: @binyaminabee

Karisa Butler-Wall (aka Dr. K) is a holistic life coach and educator dedicated to fostering individual and collective empowerment in order to bring about lasting, sustainable social change. Trained in feminist and queer studies, disability studies, and critical ethnic studies, her goal is to provide womxn, queer and trans folks with affordable, effective coaching from a brain-based, holistic, social justice perspective. She is the founder of Another World Coaching, where she offers one-on-one coaching and tarot-inspired group coaching programs for academics, activists, writers, artists, and rebels of all stripes. Dr. K holds a coaching certification from The NeuroLeadership Institute and a PhD in American Studies from the University of Minnesota.

Show Notes:

1. So you’re teaching in academia and have your own coaching practice?
2. How did you end up in coaching?
3. Could you share more about how you found your coach?
4. How do you see life coaching as a form of social justice work?
5. Have you experienced burnout in the social justice field and how do you feel comfortable being in a space where you can share some of that experience and knowledge?
6. How do you incorporate tarot, astrology, and other spiritual practices into coaching?
7. How would you advise people who want to make a departure from what they are doing but their mind is telling them like, “you’ve invested so much” or whatever the story might be, without encouraging them to just shut their mind up and do the thing? // what questions would you encourage them to ask themselves?
8. Tell us about your offers and how to find you!

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In this special episode, Kaitlyn Graña (they/them) from Spirit Garden Tarot talks to us about their understanding of and practice of Espiritismo, including how living in communion with spirit means living in communion with all of creation. They share how to truly be in communion with creation, we must be anti-capitalist and anti-racist. Kaitlyn encourages us to develop our relationship with our spiritual court to help us to understand our role in caring for creation. They also share about the importance of finding mentors as we learn to trust and cultivate our own connection to our guides, gods, guardians and ancestors. After this conversation, it is clear that our spirit team has our back in doing the good work of fighting white supremacy, racist capitalism and learning to share resources, while acknowledging the role we may be playing in others’ oppression. Our well ancestors and spirits will hold us accountable with love. "The more time we spend at the altar, the more we realize that as we ask for blessings for ourselves, we must also ask that it flows over into our community and those we care about...this is an altruistic practice."

Show Notes:

• Why do you say that living in communion with spirit means living in communion with creation?
• How would you define Espiritismo? (A brief history lesson)
• Were you socialized with any particular religion as a kid and how did you find your way on this path of Espiritismo?
• For people who are going through spiritual awakenings and who feel overwhelmed because they feel like they’ve lost control, what advice can you offer?
• How do you see this concept of spirituality very directly impacting the ways in which we exist in the capitalist structure?
• What are your thoughts on Law of Attraction and Manifestation?
• Please share any offerings and tell us more about The Tarot Labs!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Kaitlyn’s IG: @spiritgardentarot

In this episode, Eryn Johnson (she/her) talks to us about her journey of being a healing artist and writer. She shares what creative blocks are, how they may show up in our lives and work, and how she has worked through some of her own. Eryn also opens up about her upbringing in the Southern Baptist Church community and some of the trauma endured through those teachings, which motivated her to create her Religious Trauma Workbook. Eryn gives us golden nuggets for validating and processing this often unspoken phenomenon of religious trauma and for checking in with ourselves throughout our process of creating -- particularly for creating healing practices for ourselves and for others. Check it out!

1. How did you become a healing artist and writer?
   
2. How did you work through creative blocks to share the work you want to share with the world?
   
3. How have you seen your gender expression transform?
   
4. What was the motivation for the religious trauma workbook?
   
5. How has working with religious trauma been part of your healing & self-discovery journey?
   

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Eryn’s IG: @erynj_

In this episode, we talk to Dani Sage (@goodvibeshive) about how she started her business, Good Vibes Hive, a boutique salon where self care meets spirituality. Dani shares how she left her stable job to start a nail salon that turned into a physical and virtual space to share metaphysical tools, demystify magic, and provide education for people to find their own magic! We also talk to Dani about how she combats the oppressive systems perpetuated by the wellness industry. Finally, she shares advice for anyone looking to share their spiritual gifts and start a business. We hope you enjoy!

1. Tell us about Good Vibes Hive. How did it start?
   
2. How do you tap into that sense of boldness, authenticity & “no such thing as small Dani Sage”?
   
3. Have you ever struggled with accepting money for your spiritual gifts?
   
4. What, if anything have you noticed about the wellness community when it comes to social justice issues?
   
5. What advice do you have for someone who wants to learn more about magic and metaphysical tools and doesn’t know where to start?
   
6. What advice would you give to someone who wants to turn their spiritual practice into a business?
   
   

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Dani’s IG: @goodvibeshive

In today’s episode, we talk to Serita Fontanesi (@seritafonta) about her mystical practices, which include reading tarot and the akashic records among others, in addition to her 9-5 work as the Executive Director of Emerge Texas -- an organization that recruits, trains, and empowers democratic women to run for office and win! With her delightful humor, Serita tells us about the darker moments in her past that led to her healing through a craniosacral session and akashic records reading and initiated her mystical practice. She also shares how the feelings that these mystical practices bring is the same as those brought by her activist work. Serita then blesses us with her understanding of shadow work as an exploration of the subconscious. She validates and affirms us and shares her personal shadow work practices.

1. How did you start working on the mystical practice?
   
2. I notice this trend of “this really helped me and so now I’m going to learn how to do it so hopefully it helps others.” Do you notice that trend in other aspects of your life?
   
3. How do you integrate magic into your activism?
   
4. You say The same feeling you get reading tarot is the feeling I get when you get to help someone get elected to school board. What is that feeling?
   
5. What does shadow work mean to you? How does it relate to everything you’re talking about?
   
6. What does your shadow work practice look like?
   
7. Is craniosacral work shadow work? Do you need to do it first?
   
   

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Twitter & Instagram: @seritafonta

In this episode, Roshni (@betigrewup) (She/They)  shares what it means to be a self-worth coach and drops some golden nuggets of truth about our core limiting belief that we are not enough. They talk about how specifically Black, Indigenous and other people of color and LGBTQ+ folks are constantly told by society how we are inherently lacking because of our identities and bodies, and it is so important for us and EVERYONE to really work on our self-worth. Roshni goes into detail about how they use tarot as a tool to assist them in finding which particular limiting beliefs or recurring thought patterns or challenges their clients are living with in order to coach them as if they’ve had multiple previous sessions on their first time meeting. Roshni gives us personal experience, practical advice, and lessons learned from coaching their clients. Not sure if this episode is for you? When was the last time you felt extreme joy?

1. What is a self-worth coach?
   
2. How is high self-worth a form of anti-oppression?
   
3. What is the relationship you see  between the need for productivity and self-worth?
   
4. How have you been able to intertwine spirituality / tools of divination in your work as a self-worth coach?
   
5. How might I know that I have a problem with my self-worth?
   
   

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In this episode, we talk to Rikki and Sharmeen from Gray Matters (@graymatterstheblog) about our nonlinear processes of healing, identity formation, and acting in allyship. In our white supremacist, colonial, capitalist society, we are often pushed to find the quick fix to our struggles and be results-oriented, but healing and self-care do not have finish lines. We also talk about how this results-oriented mentality has transferred into dominant notions of what activism means, and the surge in what Gray Matters calls “activism for clout” (i.e. posting Black squares and selling/buying rainbow flags) which is performative and not actually helping those it claims to help. We also get into what spiritual activism is and how it fundamentally juxtaposes “activism for clout” by starting with cultivating the inner world and internalized systems of oppression.

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In this episode we talk to Cait (She/They) (@formyfellowdaydreamers) about their work in the school system and how the inequities pushed them to reimagine an alternative education. Cait shares their current projects, including mindfulness and creativity-based curriculum as well as a new Children’s book about Monica the rat who meets some insect friends. We also discuss what social and emotional learning is and how it relates to our art-making processes and to mindfulness practices (which can be the same thing!). Cait also shares their dream of an education system where we prioritize play and imagination for kindergarteners!

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In this episode, we talk to Raechel Anne Jolie, an educator, writer, and media maker, about her journey from secular activist to spiritual storyteller. Raechel is the author of the memoir Rust Belt Femme (Belt Publishing, 2020), and the editor of The Prison Arcana Tarot Zine, written by her incarcerated pen pal, CL Young. She discusses her inspiration to make the revolution irresistible. Raechel shares the story of starting to work with CL Young and shares more about the creation and production of The Prison Arcana Tarot Zine. We also discuss a little bit about our journeys with the misconception around “the secular left,” and how spirituality has deepened our capacity to continue our liberation work.

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In this episode, we discuss how we are learning to spend money on the things that bring us pleasure by releasing the guilt and shame that have prevented us from finding genuine joy in material pleasures in the past. We are investing in ourselves and our futures while trusting the universe will have our back and provide the resources necessary for our joy.

Show notes:

• Have you seen a change in your way of thinking about whether you want to buy something? (2:49)
  
• I think the way that society sets us up it's kind of like we don't get to make our own choices about how we spend our money because we're so busy trying to avoid shame. (8:29)
  
• I guess, I want to talk also to the audience who's like okay that sounds good, but like I don't have money to spend on the things that bring me joy like cuz I remember being there. (10:41)
  
• How did you go from that mindset [of I can’t run out of money because I have no support] to like I’m okay with spending money on starting a business, even though I don't know exactly how much it's going to cost or when I’m going to be getting this money back and I still can't depend on my parents (that's still not safe)? (16:27)
  
• At this point, I guess, I just really feel like if this is something i'm supposed to be doing, then the resources will come. (22:11)
  
  

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In this episode, Lali and Samara interview Stephanie (@youaretarot) and Lindsay (@radiantunknown) to discuss their beautiful personal and anti-oppressive perspective on the tarot, as well as their creative process of creating The Imperfect Tarot deck (@theimperfecttarot) together. 

Show Notes:

• How did you two meet each other? (6:53)
  
• How did the Tarot for Healing Justice course help you expand your perspectives on the tarot? (14:50)
  
• “I want to expand the next question because we talked about this idea of like a social social justice lens but then a socially just lens as well and I'm wondering how you're feeling these lenses incorporating into the deck process.” (23:34)
  
• “I was just gonna ask if you could share more about what that creative process is, if you're like meeting with each other, having conversations about each card…” (26:21)
  
• “Okay, so we have a question about how creating the deck has helped expand your perspective on the tarot” (44:21)
  
• “I want to learn more about your whole journey with tarot, like when did you start using cards? How has that unfolded? Did you... I don't know if you imagined yourself making a deck but like, how did this whole thing kind of unfold, from the beginning?” (50:11)
  
  

Resources mentioned in the episode:

The Imperfect Tarot IG @theimperfecttarot

In this episode, Samara and Lali discuss what breathwork is, how they both became certified breathwork facilitators through Ava Johanna's Academy of Breath, how practices from that program have had profound impacts on each of their healing journeys, and the sense of personal power gained from various breathwork styles.

Show notes:

• What is breathwork? (5:02)
  
• How did we find and start breathwork? (8:15 & 9:29)
  
• Ava’s Academy of Breath (11:25)
  
• How has your relationship with breathwork changed as your self-healing has happened? (19:32)
  
• With the breath I can control all of those things [my heart rate, brain activity, etc.] and I think that makes me feel like so powerful. That makes me feel like I'm not a victim of my circumstances. (33:40)
  
  

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In this episode, Samara and Lali discuss their intentions for 2021, including financial goals to move into their own place, have a six-figure year, a better relationship with weed, and unshakable self-trust. They also discuss how traditional SMART goals or goals that rely on fear, guilt, and/or shame tend to not be sustainable, and how to better measure progress to give themselves the best chance at making sustainable change in their lives.

In this episode, Samara and Lali talk to Emily Schumann (@gettinintuit) about her journey from college professor to wild and embodied creatrix. Emily shares how she has moved out of a scarcity mindset to attract the money she deserves for her artistic and intuitive gifts.

Learn more about Samara's Tarot for Justice course: https://www.kasaithrive.com/tarotforjustice

Show notes

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1suQ8rS9zK_kySvOHbqZ9X81gMn2smRHetVHdflYKdpw/edit?usp=sharing

Learn more about Emily's work and offerings at https://www.gettinintuit.com

On this episode, Lali and Samara talk with Lex Ritchie (IG @thelexritchie) about their definition of folk magic, how to use tarot as a tool for self-empowerment, and creating your own labels in terms of tarot card groups, gender, and life philosophies.

In this episode, Lali (@mx.mendoza_) and Samara (@kasaithrive) discuss the changes 2020 brought on in their lives including Samara moving across the country, both Lali and Samara leaving graduate school and starting online businesses and both making their gender identities and pronouns public.

In our intro episode, Samara and Lali discuss why they created this podcast and what intuitive wellness means for them and their wellness businesses, Kasai Thrive (IG @kasaithrive) and Mx. Mendoza (IG @mx.mendoza_).