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Don’t you want better life lessons? Want to learn how to define your spirituality so you can live your life in the truest, magical way possible?
If you haven’t listened to part 1 of this mini series, Spirituality is not a self-improvement project, go back and take a listen before jumping into this one.
In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener shares how she defines spirituality and its core aspects: prioritization of the Spirit, the natural world, engagement with the truth, its paradoxical nature to the personal and the collective, and the deep connection to creativity.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
The importance of treating things as alive and worthy of acknowledgmentHow detachment and love can access the truthHow personal vulnerabilities often reveal universal experiencesHow the Many Moons planner is an all-in-one, fun tool to support your spiritual engagement practicesIf you’re looking for how to align with your true nature, to start shifting your perspective, and have fun with spirituality, this episode is for you!
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Are you an avid self-help consumer who’s always looking to improve yourself and do you question your life every few years? Have you been wondering if you’re truly in touch with your unique spirituality?
In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener introduces common subconscious scripts called The Three S’s of Colonialism: shame, scarcity, and separation, and how spirituality is often misconstrued as a self-improvement project when it’s actually quite different from wellness, self-help, or even religion. Curious?
In this episode, you’ll learn:
How to release yourself from the co-dependency of self-developmentHow to identify what you may need for trauma healingFor practitioners: becoming more responsible on the language of spirituality, healing, and traumaIf you’re ready to discern what can actually support your ongoing healing and what spirituality genuinely offers, this episode is for you!
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Episodes mentioned:
You Are Not Going To Hell: A Conversation with Eryn Johnson about Healing with the Hierophant
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Do you get anxious about big planetary transits? Are you looking for cosmic allies during these times of collective transitions and transformations?
In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener invites Jeff Hinshaw of Cosmic Cousins to share some insight on something many of us are anticipating or curious about: Pluto entering Aquarius. What are the potential challenges of this transition and what does it offer to the collective consciousness?
Jeff discusses his favorite astrological support system: asteroids.
In this episode you’ll learn:
How asteroids bring gender balance to the often patriarchal planetary system in astrologyThe details and nuances that asteroids represent and the 4 feminine archetypesHighlighting Pallas (asteroid) in Aquarius in 2025Big themes the collective consciousness may experienceIf you want to acquire special knowledge on asteroids as a healing resource and need nurturing support during big, collective transformations, this episode is for you!
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About Guest: Jeff Hinshaw is the founder of Cosmic Cousins: Soul-Centered Astrology and has made several contributions to the world of astrology. Exploring the intersection of astrology and spirituality, Jeff discusses the connections between astrology and other esoteric practices, such as tarot, psychology, meditation, and yoga. Some of Jeff’s deepest areas of interests, in which he has participated in extensive study and research, is connected to the Planetoids, including: Chiron, Eris, Black Moon Lilith, and the Asteroids. Jeff is captivated by these placements because they offer much needed vocabulary for incorporating more feminine, queer and gender-expansive archetypes into the astrological conversation.
More on Cosmic Cousins:
Cosmic Cousins Website
Instagram @cosmic.cousins
Cosmic Cousins Substack
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Do you feel like you’re different and don’t belong? Have you had different kinds of jobs or businesses or side hustles and still can’t find a good fit? Do you tend to seek external validation to see if you’re on the “right” path?
In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener invites Xenia Marie Ross Viray, an imagination healer and frequency artist, and they talk about what to do when you don’t feel like you belong, how to create your own language and opportunities, and simply, how to listen to your heart.
This week, you’ll learn:
The use of imagination as a healing tool for psychological woundsSaturn’s supporting role in activating your dreams and creative processesDifferences between visions and fantasiesHow self-acceptance unlocks all creativityIf you are insecure about not fitting in and want to create your own vision… this episode is for you.
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About Our Guest
Xenia Marie Ross Viray (she/they) is an imagination healer, frequency artist, and creativity catalyst with a focus on experiential learning containers and writing. She is the eldest of three sisters, and her name means kindness to strangers. Born as a brick-and-mortar fashion business, Myths of Creation is a container for experiments, art, writing, and gatherings at the intersection of creativity, spirituality, and meaning-making. Xenia's offerings are designed to support spirited innovators bring their natural genius into form and include Create Your Cosmology, a course in authentic belief systems, Imaginal Temple, a creative mystical mentorship, the Garden of the Imaginal Substack, and an evolving cornucopia of courses, workshops, and 1:1 sessions which you can find at MythsofCreation.com and @mythsofcreation on IG.
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Has this year…been a year? Have you dealt with one curveball after another? Are you continuously trying to heal and recover from burnout because you feel it in your bones that you will?
Whether you’re sick, angry, or very exhausted: It’s. Not. Your. Fault.
In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener shares about long COVID and burnout, framing the Star as a card to help us with dark times. She challenges ableist notions in spirituality and shares how the Star card in Tarot offers itself as a symbol of hope, faith, and healing after being dealt with serious trials. The Star card is soul retrieval and this is a guide to recognize the process.
This week, you’ll learn:
The importance of hope and faith as healing toolsThe three lines in Tarot explained through a Jungian lensWhat the "Sequence of Sight" is within the cards and how to use themPractical application of Star card energyIf you’ve been on a treadmill of unfortunate circumstances, difficult challenges, and want to apply healing through the Star Card’s guidance, this episode is for you!
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How do you re-enchant your world when there are constant, repetitive curveballs in your life? Do you seek to improve your life and wellbeing and let that vibrate out to the world?
First, if you haven’t listened to Part 1 yet, please go back and do so before you jump into this one.
In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener reflects on life challenges and highlights the necessity of tools and practices to remain connected to intuition. She emphasizes the importance of mindful creativity and enchantment in enriching and romancing life.
Sprinkle magic in your day-to-day and let it exponentially impact your life like a mycorrhizal network. The episode offers magical maxims, inspiring listeners to integrate intuition and magic into their lives and regain a sense of wonder and connection.
This week, you’ll learn:
The signaling of what’s missing in your life and questions to ask yourselfSilvia Federici’s work on Re-enchanting the WorldFoundational magical ideas to reinvigorate your daily lifeIf you’ve been exhausted, confused, needing change, and wondering how to re-enchant and romance your inner and outer world, this episode is for you.
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Do you believe in magic? Are you both skeptical AND curious about magic? How is magical thinking supportive for trauma survivors, and where does it harm us?
In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener examines the psychological phenomenon around “magical thinking,” cognitive distortions that trauma survivors often create.
This episode has something for the believer and skeptic alike. This week, you’ll learn:
3 ways that magical thinking shows up as cognitive distortionsHow magical thinking can be supportive for trauma survivorsDiscerning certain fantasies, where they come from, and the importance of paying attention to realityTaking responsibility and aligned actionIf you’ve wondered why you think certain thoughts, or favor fantasy over action, this episode is for you.
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How do you know the difference between your intuition and your nervous system’s instinct, and why does it matter? What’s a simple exercise that can strengthen your discernment and decisiveness?
In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener invites Embodiment Coach Sukie Baxter to discuss the alchemy of the nervous system, its impact for a self-led life, and how they, as self-identified introverts, manage their nervous system when sharing their voice to the public. You’ll learn:
how to regulate your nervous system in the momentexercises for developing your sensory skillsthe connection between intuition and the nervous systemself-permission when being in the public eyeIf you’re ready to tap into your senses, unlock your fight-or-flight state, and live a self-led life, this episode is for you.
About Guest: Sukie Baxter is an Embodiment Coach, author, speaker and educator on nervous system regulation. She helps anxious humans go from constantly striving for external validation and feeling overwhelmed by stress or self-doubt to becoming purpose-driven individuals who cultivate inner peace, authentic success and fulfillment in every aspect of their lives so that they can create a meaningful impact, unlock their true potential, and live a life of purpose, joy, and abundance.
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Whole Body Revolution
Youtube @sukiebaxter
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Having a brave, open heart is easier said than done. If you know, you know. What are you afraid of facing? How does showing your fears reflect on what’s truly in your heart? In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener gives you a heart-to-heart and dives into how to strengthen your heart frequency! Folks, it’s not easy. But it IS necessary work if you want to live an aligned life. So tune in because you’ll learn:
The power of Heart energyHow to clear and transmute your Heart frequencyHow this impacts your life, your communityIf you’re curious about to un-eclipsing your heart, strengthening your heart’s magnetic field, and leading your life wholeheartedly, this episode is for you!
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So you’re familiar with daily and weekly horoscopes or the infamous Saturn Return… but have you heard about Annual Profections? Are you curious about which themes your life is focused on right now, or why certain themes are popping up? Start here!
In this episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener brings back Anthony Perrotta (astrologer and designer) on the Moonbeaming mic, to serve up a delicious lowdown about Annual Profections. You’ll learn:
Astrological timing techniquesThe supportive ways of using Annual ProfectionsThe time-lord of the yearHow to dig deeper to your personal annual profection (hint: class offering soon)What an 8th House Annual Profection year is likeIf you want to work with a bird’s-eye-view of YOUR year according to this astrological timing technique and want more aligned, guided support, this episode is for you.
Patrons can sign up for Anthony’s class here.
About Anthony Perrotta: Anthony is an astrologer, artist, poet, designer, and curator. His focus is on integrating astrology into everyday life, where the abstract feels tangible. He has a background in fashion, and interior design, and has spent years bridging the gap between his passions. He has studied and practiced astrology for over 15 years, and because astrology is at the heart of everything he does, he has created intersections of art, design, and poetry with astrology.
Pre-order his forthcoming book, AstroStyle.
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Are you a compassionate person but somehow you feel drained by everyone around you? Maybe you want to spend time with people and hold space… but you also don’t want to overwork your natural flow? And what about unexpected energies that come your way? What do you do when microaggressions destabilize your energetic field? This episode is dedicate to our friends who love to help and support others while still preserving energy. Don’t miss this episode! It’s time to shift those subconsciously-embedded energy patterns!
Host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener invites a student with questions about maintaining your own energy and stop feeling so drained all the dang time. If you’ve been curious about energetic hygiene and want to know exactly how to do it, this episode is for you. Key takeaways include:
understanding how to keep one's energy within the bodyactual practices to stop all the overextendingpractical methods for establishing energetic boundariesenergetically saying NO to micro aggressions and projectionsIf you feel tired after spending time with others —whether with clients or friends— and you want to call back your energy, this episode is for you.
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Are you taking the time to consider your boundaries and communicate them? Do you really know what boundaries are? If you are boundary-curious, it’s time to start now with the most effective aspect of this work…instrinisic boundaries!
In this week’s episode of the Moonbeaming Podcast, we’re sharing a classic episode from the archives and getting into all things b-word: boundaries. Host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener discusses her concept of intrinsic boundaries, which might just change your life. As summer ends, this is the perfect time for a reset. You’ll learn:
what intrinsic boundaries are and what they are nothow to identify your boundaries and communicate themco-regulating with specific Tarot cards in relation to boundariesabout recommendations for clearing and tapping further into intuitionIf you’ve been wondering what your boundaries are and how to tap into your intuition for a balanced and fulfilled life, this episode is for you.
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Is Tarot secular or is it spiritual? How can Tarot cards be used in therapy practice? What really goes into shadow work and are you equipped to do it alone?
Today we continue our mini series speaking with mental health professionals such as therapists, somatic educators, social workers, and other professional caregivers. Our special guest today is Shannon Knight, a John Hopkins-trained psychotherapist and host of The Tarot Diagnosis, a podcast that highlights the intersection of mental health and the practice of tarot and self-inquiry. In this episode of the Moonbeaming Podcast, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener and guest Shannon Knight dive into the transformational potential of combining tarot with psychological modalities, exploring themes like internal family systems, shadow work, and the use of archetypes for personal inquiry. You’ll learn:
The different perspectives of tarot as either secular or spiritualCombining tarot and therapy practiceWhy shadow work should not be done alone (and how to do it)How The Tarot Diagnosis was createdIf you’ve been using Tarot in therapy (or thinking about it), or if you’re wondering about the deep, complex nature of shadow work, this episode is for you.
About Shannon Knight: Shannon Knight (she/her) is a Johns Hopkins trained psychotherapist. Shannon hosts The Tarot Diagnosis - podcast that highlights the intersection of mental health and the practice of tarot and self-inquiry.
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How do you navigate shame? What does inner criticism have to do with shame? In our society, it’s easy to slip into what we think we know as shame and often, the most common first response is to figure out a way to relieve it or treat it. Instead, what happens if you explore the unshaming way? Who will you find?
Today we continue our mini series speaking with mental health professionals such as therapists, somatic educators, social workers, and other professional caregivers. Our special guest today is David Bedrick, counselor, attorney, and a teacher of shame-based studies for therapists, coaches, and healers.
In this episode of the Moonbeaming Podcast, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener and guest David Bedrick peel back the layers of shame and uncover what shame is here to tell us. You’ll learn:
the definitions and functions of shamethe process of the unshaming wayhow to work with your inner criticismhow inner power gets suppressedwhy you must respond with self-compassionIf you’ve been stuck in a shame spiral and want to learn the first steps to unshaming yourself, this episode is for you.
Please note: This episode contains examples of abuse.
About David Bedrick: David Bedrick, JD, Dipl. PW, is a teacher, counselor, and attorney. He grew up in family marked by violence. While his father’s brutality was physical and verbal, his mother’s denial and gaslighting had its own covert power. This formative context introduced David early to the etiology of shame and instilled an urge to unshame.
Professionally, he was on the faculty for the University of Phoenix and the Process Work Institute in the U.S. and Poland and is the founder of the Santa Fe Institute for Shame-based Studies where he trains therapists, coaches and healers and offers workshops for individuals to further their own personal development. Thousands of students have studied with David in addition to his 30 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and groups.
David writes for Psychology Today and is the author of three books: Talking Back to Dr. Phil: Alternatives to Mainstream Psychology and Revisioning Activism: Bringing Depth, Dialogue, and Diversity to Individual and Social Change. His new book is You Can’t Judge a Body by Its Cover: 17 Women’s Stories of Hunger, Body Shame and Redemption.
His upcoming book, The Unshaming Way, will be published by North Atlantic books in 2024.
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What is biomimicry and how does it apply to healing?
Today we continue our mini series speaking with mental health professionals such as therapists, somatic educators, social workers, and other professional caregivers. Our guest today is Gabes Torres— a psychotherapist, organizer, and artist! In this episode of the Moonbeaming Podcast, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener and guest Gabe Torres talk about time as a living thing, practicing sustainability in therapy work, and shifting from ANTI-isms to building and creating change. In this special episode, you’ll hear about:
The concept and realization of home and how to create itBiomimicry and how we can apply itLearnings from relationshipHealing abandonment woundsIf you’re curious about how to apply biomimicry in your life or if you’re burnt out from therapy work or social work, this episode is for you.
About Gabes Torres: Gabes Torres is a psychotherapist, organizer, and artist with her work focusing on the interplay of mental health, the arts, spirituality, and justice oriented practice. She has an M. A. In Theology and Culture and Counseling Psychology, both graduate degrees were accomplished in Seattle, the city where she organized with abolitionist and anti imperialist groups at a local grassroots level. In her clinical practice, Gabes pays attention to healing from racial and migration trauma while decolonizing the therapeutic space from white western modalities. Gabes writes for Yes Magazine, an independent publisher of Solutions Journalism, with stories that uncover environmental, economic, and social justice intersections. She is also a poet and singer songwriter, and was also a contributor to this year's Many Moons. She was born and raised in the countryside of the Philippines.
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instagram @ gabestorres
Gabes’ articles on Yes Magazine
REFERENCES:
Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power (Sister Outsider) by Audre Lorde (PDF)
Oscillation Framework (Guidebook) by Gabes Torres
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Today we begin a new mini series speaking with mental health professionals such as therapists, somatic educators, social workers, and caregivers. Our guest today is the one and only Asher Pandjiris! In this episode of the Moonbeaming Podcast, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener and guest Asher Pandjiris delve into the intersections of spirituality, therapy, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. You’ll learn:
the mystic supportive role of undefined circumstancesthe transformative power of ketamine therapyan experience from living in a queer bodydisordered eating and body dysmorphiaIf you’re curious about how ketamine therapy or if you’re a practitioner seeking to support queer and marginalized identities, this episode is for you.
About Asher Pandjiris: Asher Pandjiris is many things; a white, chronically ill, non-binary parent, psychotherapist, podcaster, group facilitator and consultant to mental health practitioners. They proudly co-direct The Kintsugi Therapist Collective (KTC) with their colleague, Onyx Fujii, LCSW. KTC is a virtual community offering embodied care, support, wisdom, and resources to trans and non-binary, BIPOC, chronically ill, and disabled mental health providers.
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Asher's website: asherpandjiris.com
Kintsugi Therapist Collective: kintsugitherapistcollective.com
Asher's Podcast: Living in this Queer Body Podcast
Asher's Instagram: @livinginthisqueerbody
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Ever wonder what professional witches DO to make money?
Have you wanted to make the leap into full time healing, creativity, and/or general badassery/witchery but aren't sure where to begin? This episode is here to help you.
In this week's episode, an Iconic Archive that first aired in 2020, Sarah has the honor of sitting down with famous witch, Pam Grossman of the Witch Wave! Tune into hear more about Pam's journey from corporate worker to well-paid witch, as well as:
the practical steps Pam took to transition her career What everyone should be aware of in every big move How Pam's practice has changed A super fun reading that Sarah give Pam!Sign up for the Artist's Way.
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About Pam Grossman: Pam is a writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history. She is the host of The Witch Wave podcast (“the Terry Gross of Witches” - Vulture) and the author of Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power (Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster) and What Is A Witch (Tin Can Forest Press). She is also co-editor and co-author of the WITCHCRAFT volume of Taschen’s Library of Esoterica series. Her forthcoming book on the magical process of creativity, MAGIC MAKER, will be published by Penguin Life in Fall 2025.
Pam's website
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Happy Summer, everyone!
In this week's episode, Sarah decides to get personal, AND collective, as she explores the relationship between our card of the year, Strength, and the Star. This is the time of year where we see the Strength card archetype the most, and need to grapple with it. Enter: the archetype of the Star, the teacher card of Strength. In this episode, learn:
How the Strength card might be coming up for youHow the Star can help us "learn" the lessons of Strength4 reminders that have been helping Sarah recentlyInspiration on how to create your own guidelines for the current season you are inSign up for the Artist's Way.
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Today we continue on with our popular living the tarot series with another very special guest. Today we have the one and only Aidan Wachter! In this episode, we get into a very deep, very philosophical all about magic. If you are interested in the occult, as well as learning from a very experienced practitioner, this episode is for you.
Guest bio: Aidan Wachter is an eclectic animist, magician, and witch. His work focuses on magical approaches that produce real change in the practitioner and their reality. Wachter believes that magic is an inherent aspect of the human animal that, when missing or neglected, can lead to pathological states in the individual. These states then ripple out into human society and beyond it. It is his belief that magic can be a tool to re-frame what is possible for a person and, from that position, create better possible futures for all beings. He is the author of Six Ways: Approaches & Entries For Practical Magic, Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing The Past, & Telling True Lies, and Changeling: A Book Of Qualities.
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Today our Tarot deep dive series continues, with a teaching episode all about the 8 of Pentacles Tarot Card. If you've wanted to go beyond the key words of "work" or "refining mastery," this episode is for you. How might we use the 8 of Pentacles Tarot Card to think about our magic? How might this archetype help us in uncoupling from workaholism, and getting addicted to expectations.
In this episode, you'll learn how!
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