Empower Your Magical Self – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Welcome to the thirteenth and final episode of the second season of my podcast, Empower Your Magical Self.

This episode is a look back at the 12 episodes that have comprised this season, and editing this episode has brought back memories that span the second half of the year. I had only completed one of these interviews when I broke my right knee on July 7. Now, almost 6 months later, I'm almost back to 100%. 

Also during the course of the season, I published a book. It's called "Empower Your Magical Self With a One Month Habit Break: A Handbook to Regain Sovereignty" .  Autographed copies of my book are available on TikTok, and it's also available on Amazon. I hope you'll consider picking up a copy. Learn more at my website, LeahWelborn.net. 

This has been a great year, in spite of challenges. I'm thrilled with the second season of my podcast, and look forward to season 3 (late) next year. 

Please LIKE & SUBSCRIBE to Empower Your Magical Self, as it's a labor of love, gratitude, and magic with the intention of helping others empower their magical selves. 

Interested in my other work? I offer Reiki healing locally in Aurora, Colorado, and globally via internet and Reiki-infused handfasting ceremonies in Colorado.

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Welcome to the twelfth episode of the second season of my podcast, Empower Your Magical Self. My hope is that it will inspire you to consider your perspective, and whether a revamp may benefit your life and the lives of those around you.  My guest today is the brilliant and colorful Kyla Price, aka StarLady Hedge, astrologer extraordinaire, joining me from her home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Like so many of my guests, I discovered Kyla on TikTok, where her extremely active account has garnered over 85 thousand loyal followers. What drew me to StarLady Hedge is her authentic, "we're all in this together" brand of SUPER-informed astrology and fun interaction with her legions of fans.  Maybe it's the autism - like me, Kyla is an autistic woman who was diagnosed later in life. Also like me, she's had lifelong struggles because of it. We both have BIG emotions that have caused even the well-intentioned around us to cluck their tongues and tell us we're being inappropriate. I feel big kinship with her.  We talk a lot in this episode about how crucial a change in perspective can be for those of us mired in existential struggle - and how annoying that suggestion can sound when we're actually mired there.  Interestingly, Kyla uttered the word "sovereignty" and of course I had to mention my book, "Empower Your Magical Self With a One Month Habit Break: A Handbook to Regain Sovereignty" . She didn't know anything about it, so it was a very kismet-ish moment and you can see us both get a bit excited about it in the episode (a few days after the interview Kyla bought copies for herself and several friends...so kind!). Autographed copies of my book are available on TikTok, and it's also available on Amazon. I hope you'll consider picking up a copy. Learn more at my website, LeahWelborn.net.  I'm sure you'll want to learn more about (and from) Kyla, so here are her links: Kyla's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/starladyhedge?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

Kyla's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@starladyhedge?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

Please LIKE & SUBSCRIBE to Empower Your Magical Self, as it's a labor of love, gratitude, and magic with the intention of helping others empower their magical selves.  Interested in my other work? I offer Reiki healing locally in Aurora, Colorado, and globally via internet and Reiki-infused handfasting ceremonies in Colorado. #podcast #EmpowerYourMagicalSelfthePodcast #spiritualitypodcasts #magic #spirituality #neurodivergence #witchtok #energyhealing #energy #mindfulness #autistic #latediagnosedautistic #mindfulnesspractice #actuallyautistic #mysticautistic #themysticautistic #kylaprice #StarLadyHedge #astrology #spiritualtiktok

Welcome to the third episode of the second season of my podcast, Empower Your Magical Self. My hope is that makes you think about familiar ideas in a whole different light. My guest today is writer and filmmaker Bob Peck who joins me for a discussion about his book, Original Sin is a Lie, Krishna, and our shared love of Ram Dass, among other topics.  I recently read a novel called Lilith. The author, Nikki Marmery, does a magnificent job of building on the bits of myths that come to us about Lilith, Adam's legendary, rebellious first wife. I plan to write about the book soon, but for our purposes here, I'll just say that Marmery's Lilith is an immortal who spends her post-Edenic life hanging around what today we (in the West) call "the holy land". As such, she spent years with the Biblical Queen Jezebel and later with Mary Magdalene, after the death of Jesus.  In the novel, Mary Magdalene has one burning purpose: to get the true message that she and Jesus were spreading out to the world before her death. And that message is quite different than the one that's come to us through the Bible.  And that discrepancy between the Gospels we know today and the teachings of the actual Jesus is where my guest, Bob Peck, and I start our discussion on today's episode (#3) of the second season of my podcast, Empower Your Magical Self.  I discovered Bob on social media a couple of years ago, and was immediately charmed by his authenticity as well as his message. I'm quite a bit older than Bob, but we have a lot in common, beginning with our shared hometown of Austin, Texas. I wrote about his book Original Sin is a Lie earlier this year, and I'm just thrilled to have him on the show.  If you enjoy this episode, please LIKE & SUBSCRIBE to my podcast, as it's a labor of love, gratitude, and magic with the intention of helping others empower their magical selves. Please help me spread the word.

Welcome to the second episode of the second season of my podcast, Empower Your Magical Self. My hope is that it inspires you to think about the meaning of magic in your life, and how you can empower your highest, most magical self. My guest today is High-Vibe Artist and Thought Leader, Shariya Wise. 

In 2020, I began to search for a way to truly live in joy. I'd been depressed for the entirety of my 47 years, and I accepted at that point the awesome responsibility before me: change or die. As you might surmise, I changed. 

A huge part of what has allowed me to thrive (for the first time ever) in the years since has been my dedication to changing my habits. Prior to 2020, I carried around an arsenal of habits to protect myself - at least that's what I thought. With that janky suit of armor constructed of copious booze, sarcasm, snark, and pessimism, I thought I'd be safe. I wasn't. 

Now I endeavor to live my life (as much as possible) by a Soul-Lit - meaning I don't consume or do anything that doesn't light my soul on fire. 

One thing that lights my soul on fire is high-vibe music. I've written about it at length, and on the first season of Empower Your Magical Self, two of my favorite high-vibe artists (Toni Jones and Peachkka) joined me as guests. 

Today my guest is Shariya Wise, another high-vibe artist whose music is in heavy rotation at Casa de Mystic Autistic. Good news! She has an album coming out on November 22nd with Chris n Teeb. In this episode, Shariya and I talk about living the life you want, regulating your nervous system, and magic. 

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If you enjoy this episode, please LIKE & SUBSCRIBE to my podcast, as it's a labor of love, gratitude, and magic with the intention of helping others empower their magical selves.

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Welcome to the second season of Empower Your Magical Self. My hope is that it provides a bit of respite for you in the midst of a mad, mad world.  Today's episode is the first of 12 weekly interviews with people who I consider to be truly magical. And in the way of true magic, they each inspire the magic in me - that part of me that both yearns toward the sun like a flower and burrows into the earth like a root. The part of me that is vital and pure and aligned with life, the part that flows and sparks and crackles with life, that's never stuck and resentful. These people help me empower my magical self, and I suspect they'll do the same for you.  As was the case in season 1, I first encountered most of this season's guests on social media. But don't take that as a sign that they're lightweights. Each of my guests has loads to offer in terms of balm for aching souls.  My first guest of the season, WolfWomxn, is downright balmy in that regard, absolutely rife with medicine in the form of laughter and authenticity that's decidedly grounded.  I don't remember when I first saw the "Artist 🔮 Divinity Conjurer, Sarcasm Enthusiast, VVitch, Dendrophile, Photog, Light Worker, and Spiritual Supporter🌿" known as  WolfWomxnEnergy on the 'gram. I don't remember whether it was one of her hilarious face-pulling videos or one of her breathtakingly supportive videos that I first saw, but I'm certain I followed her immediately and likely went quickly to her page to obsess over her work, like tens of thousands of other (mostly) women and femmes who look to her as a beacon who sheds light on a way to live that's true and fun and fierce and (here's that word again) authentic.  On the first episode of the second season of Empower Your Magical Self, WolfWomxn joins me for a deep conversation about growing up different and how her neurodivergence impacts her life as a healer today.  If you enjoy this episode, please LIKE & SUBSCRIBE to my podcast, as it's a labor of love, gratitude, and magic with the intention of helping others empower their magical selves. Please help me spread the word.  #podcast #EmpowerYourMagicalSelfthePodcast #spiritualitypodcasts #magic #spirituality #neurospicy #neurodivergence #witchtok #energyhealing #energy #mindfulness #autistic  #latediagnosedautistic #mindfulnesspractice #actuallyautistic  #mysticautistic #themysticautistic #empoweryourmagicalself #selflove #wolfwoman #wolfwomxn

It's episode 13 - the final episode - of Empower Your Magical Self's first season! Instead of inviting another guest, I put together some great clips from each of the dozen episodes we've had so far. I created this podcast as part of my whole Empower Your Magical Self Movement. For decades, I was allowing myself to be disempowered, and yet I complained about it all the time. I was desperately unhappy, and yet I couldn't figure out a way to be any different. Right around the time the big rona hit in 2020, something shifted within me, as it did in so many others. Maybe the shift opened the window for grace, I don't know. But I do know that everything changed, and I began to try to unravel the pain that had surrounded me like a cocoon for decades. That was when I was diagnosed with autism - the permission slip I wish I'd not needed. If you need a permission slip to be your glorious weird, tophat-wearing self, here it is. You can't give it back. It's yours now. Go make magic. The clips are in order of episode, so in this hour you'll hear: 1. Toni Jones 2. Jasper Lee 3. The Money Witch (Jessie Sussanah Karnatz) 4. Elizabeth Filkin 5. Ana del Castillo 6. Peachkka 7. Toni Nagy 8. The Hapa Healer (Kim Cardiel Earley) 9. Sarah Maurer 10. Susan Chiochi 11. Sequoia Sage Garza Keith 12. Dr. Maura Moynihan Check out the episode(s) and let me know: How have you empowered your magical self lately? #podcast #energy #vibrations #beherenow #staypresent #actuallyautistic #neurodivergent #empoweryourmagicalself #witch #witchtok #lifelessons #liveinthepresent #grounding #freeyourmind #mysticautistic #autisticmystic #breathe #breathwork #bodypositive #selflove #health #mentalhealth #abundance #spiritguides #spiritualbaddie #genx #selfempowerment #spirituality

"I feel like magic is being willing to reside in the mystery…we're so conditioned to look at everything through the lens of our intellect and understand things, like 'I need to understand it in order to buy in' or 'it needs to make sense to in order for me to believe it.' And magic is just willing to behold - in the origin of everything is the mystery. It is incomprehensible, and that is completely magic and…it's very ordinary. We all come from the mystery and magic and it's like being able to look through eyes of wonder and curiosity…life is just regenerative and it really is ordinary, but we get to participate in it when we're present and curious. - Dr. Maura Moynihan For the penultimate episode of the first season of my podcast, Empower Your Magical Self, I'm joined by the delightful Dr. Maura Moynihan.  I'm not a mother, but I very much appreciate a maternal vibe. That sense of wonder at being seen and held and appreciated by the Mother is something I think most of us never outgrow. And why should we?  That marvelous maternal vibe is what I picked up from Dr. Maura's Instagram account (and I reckon she's a good deal younger than I, so it's not about age). It's full of uplifting and kind things that make me think and feel. What could be better? Oh yeah, she's funny! Next week is the last episode of Season 1 (I did it!). Join me then for a look back at my first 12 episodes - all of which were magic.  You can check out this episode, as well as those past, on my website, LeahWelborn.net.

"Magic is a choice. it comes from within…So let me get into the science of it just really fast. when you’re depressed you actually don’t process colors the same way… the brightness of the tones that you see becomes very narrow when you’re depressed. So the world that very depressed people see is a lot more bland than what people who are vibrant and in a good part of their life see. So knowing that, it’s important to reframe the world around you. That’s why I have these strategically placed little bits of joy — because it’s so easy to fall into that bland way of seeing. And you have to make a decision for yourself — “that’s not what I want to see.” - Sequoia Sage Garza-Keith How are you empowering yourself these days? How are you finding magic in the world? One of the many things I’ve been doing lately in my never-ending quest to find magic is participating more in the local spiritual community..and that’s how I met this episode’s guest. I went to an open house at a place called Sakala last week. It’s a really beautiful place in Denver where all sorts of services are offered. It’s a great space, and I encourage you to learn more about it. A Radiant Being At the open house, I noticed there was a woman near me sitting on the floor who seemed to be very happily working on an iPad. I could see that she was working on what looked to be sigils, so I said “I really like what you’re working on…are those sigils?” and she looked up at me with the most radiant, beaming face and she said “Hi! I’m Sequoia!” I thought “Wow, I don’t know who this person is, but I want to find out more about them.” And I think that you will have the same experience when you meet Sequoia Sage Garza-Keith. She’s a Seer. She’s also an artist. She’s a talented, multi-magical person I was grateful to meet, and I’m really happy to bring her to you today on the podcast.

November 15th is exactly one month before my 51st birthday. It’s also the release date of the tenth episode of my podcast, Empower Your Magical Self, featuring my guest, Integrative Life Coach Sarah Maurer (aka “Miss Adventure Pants” on social media). Sarah and I come to the body/mind/spiritual healing space from very different starting points. While she comes from a background of athleticism and adventuring, I come from one of reading and witchiness and being utterly disconnected from my body. We meet in the middle with our mutual obsession with nervous system regulation, I think. Now that I’ve produced 10 episodes of my podcast, Empower Your Magical Self, I think that I can safely say I love it and I think I’ve done a good job. Digging deep in conversation has always been my jam. When I was in college (decades ago), I was a reporter for the Daily Texan’s Arts & Entertainment section — that’s where I learned that interviewing interesting people is one of my favorite things to do. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of interesting people who are willing to talk to me about their own paths to becoming the empowered, magical people they are. Like this week’s guest, Sarah Maurer.

Magic is something that's out of the ordinary…it's extraordinary. I feel like in energy work, even people on their first day of Reiki 1 just learning how to do stuff - they experience magic. So It doesn't have to be that rarified. It can be on a daily basis - and some of it, I suppose, is learning - we use the word "awareness" a lot in this conversation - how to be aware enough, present enough - in the moment, actually breathing. So you're here in the moment when you recognize when the magic happens. Susan Chiocchi When something keeps popping up in your life, when it feels like the universe is dropping tasty breadcrumbs about a specific something at your feet, I think it's best to pay attention.  That's been Reiki for me lately. Though I've been aware of Reiki for decades, in the last six months it's become a steady offering on the breadcrumb menu I'm being presented by the universe. So I figured I should find out more. To that end, I invited Susan Chiocchi, founder of Reiki Colorado Academy, to join me as my guest for the ninth episode of my podcast, Empower Your Magical Self.  Empower Your Magical Self (episode 9 trailer) Join us on November 8th for the ninth episode of my podcast, Empower Your Magical Self, when my guest will be Susan…youtube.com In this hour, we talk all things Reiki: what is it? why is it called Reiki? where did it originate? can it be harmful? what does a session actually look like? If you're looking for a quick Reiki 101 with an expert, this episode should fit the bill.  Please subscribe to Empower Your Magical Self wherever you get your podcasts to learn more about my inspiring guests - and how you can empower your magical self. #Reiki #podcast #energy #vibrations  #beherenow #staypresent #actuallyautistic #neurodivergent #empoweryourmagicalself  #witch #witchtok   #lifelessons #liveinthepresent  #grounding  #freeyourmind #mysticautistic #autisticmystic  #breathe #breathwork #bodypositive #selflove #health #mentalhealth #abundance #spiritguides  #spiritualbaddie#genx  #selfempowerment  #spirituality   #leahwelborn #magicalmorningritual #spiritual