Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Salt & Sovereignty: Witchcraft, Hekate, Shadow Work & Spiritual Healing Podcast
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| How to Cast a Spell With Words: The Only 3 Things You Need | 23 oct. 2026 | 00:15:38 | |
In The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow, June says proper witching only ever takes three things: the will, the words, and the way. This episode is how I actually write my own spells, through those three: listening for the feeling that lingers, finding words that feel right in your mouth (borrowed, rewritten or talked out with someone you trust), and putting it out into the world as simply as you like. Along the way: the sisters of the book, the maiden, mother and crone, why a spell doesn't need a perfect setup to count, and what spell work has done for my own voice. (Recorded while I was sick, so bear with the voice.) Chapters 0:00 It's still your spell 0:25 The will, the words, and the way 1:09 A conversation with the red heartbeat 2:03 The sisters, and the maiden, mother and crone 4:07 Spells as small as nursery rhymes 5:04 I. The will: the feeling that lingers 6:41 The moment June's will changed 7:59 II. The words: rhyme, scraps and grimoires 8:55 Borrowing spells until they feel right 10:41 III. The way: putting it out there 11:40 It doesn't need to be a full ritual 12:19 Saying it out loud 14:09 Start with the will If you've been wanting to write your own spells but felt like you didn't know enough, or like it had to be complicated to count: start with the will. A rhyme and a match is enough. Join the conversation in the Discord (free): Salt & Sovereignty Patreon: Salt & Sovereignty Instagram & YouTube: Salt & Sovereignty If this meant something to you, following, rating and leaving a review really does help the next person who needs this find us. Until next time, honor the truth that keeps you sovereign. #witchcraft #spellwork #howtocastaspell #theonceandfuturewitches #paganism #saltandsovereignty | |||
| Deity Work Dry Spell: When Hekate Goes Quiet and Why It Doesn't Mean You Failed | 15 oct. 2026 | 00:18:38 | |
I've been dry for months, and I suspect some of you have too. This is an honest look at a long quiet season in my deity work with Hekate (Hecate): why I came back to her wanting something, what happened when I tried to audit a month of results, and why a practice built to be unfalsifiable can't tell a gentle absence from a dead one. Along the way: ancient Greek religion's indifference to belief, the healing sanctuaries that carved their cures in stone and never their misses, the monthly supper rite and the one rule I've never broken, and where faith ends and stubbornness begins. (I've been a practicing witch for years; Hekate has been my patron for about a year.) Chapters 0:00 A living relationship, or a dead one? 0:37 I've been dry for months 2:18 An introduction, then a relationship 3:25 Two questions, thirty days later 4:46 Auditing her 5:36 Unfalsifiable by design 6:35 The prediction I wrote down first 7:38 What a long dry stretch is actually like 8:38 Is it all in my head? 10:14 Right practice, not right belief 11:42 The stones that only recorded the hits 13:19 The supper, and the rule I never break 15:12 The cost of being gentle with yourself 16:53 Empty rooms, and the one piece of evidence I have If you're in a spiritual dry spell right now: it doesn't mean you did something wrong. Keep the practice if you can, and let it go if you can't. Neither of those is a verdict. And come tell me, especially if you presumed you were the only one sitting in a quiet stretch. Join the conversation in the Discord (free): Salt & Sovereignty Patreon: Salt & Sovereignty (new Patreon-only show starting the week before Halloween: real paranormal stories, told in the dark, every week) Instagram & YouTube: Salt & Sovereignty If this meant something to you, following, rating and leaving a review really does help the next person who needs this find us. Until next time, honor the truth that keeps you sovereign. #hekate #deitywork #witchcraft #spiritualdryness #paganism #saltandsovereignty | |||
| How I Pray to Hekate: Ancient Greek Names vs. the Words I Say When It's Bad | 09 oct. 2026 | 00:25:55 | |
Most of us speak more than one language to the people we love: the careful voice we save for occasions, and the plain one that shows up at two in the morning. At the top of every ritual I write a line of ancient Greek, one of Hekate's (Hecate's) epithets, and I'm not confident I pronounce any of it right. So what is that line doing on the page? This episode follows that question through the old Egyptian spell books and her many names (Triodītis, Enodia, Phosphoros, Chthonia, Polyōnymos, the "many-named"), the strange "words that aren't words" in those prayers, and an ancient argument that the power was never in the meaning but in the sound. Then three honest answers about what ritual words are for, the one I don't like, and what I call the emergency voice: the one that shows up when there's no time to be heard properly at all. Chapters 0:00 Cold open 0:33 Two voices for the people we love 3:25 Talking to her like an old friend 5:17 One woman, two languages 6:09 What the oldest books say 9:07 Words that aren't words 11:31 Three answers 14:52 How do you tell which one you've been doing? 16:01 The emergency voice 17:33 Borrowed words and the workbook 19:54 The traffic between us 22:38 Something to try 24:14 What's still there when we haven't prepared Something to try: think of who you talk to when nobody's there. Notice which voice you use, and which one comes out when something is genuinely wrong. Then come tell me which voice showed up. Join the conversation in the Discord (free): Salt & Sovereignty Patreon: Salt & Sovereignty (spelled with the ampersand) Instagram & YouTube: Salt & Sovereignty The show is on video on Spotify and YouTube. If this meant something to you, following, rating and leaving a review really does help the next person who needs this find us. Until next time, honor the truth that keeps you sovereign. #hekate #hecate #witchcraft #prayer #deitywork #saltandsovereignty | |||
| Road Opener Spell With Hekate: Honest Results and the Vow I Never Said Out Loud | 01 oct. 2026 | 00:17:50 | |
Two weeks ago I walked you through a road opener spell with Hekate (Hecate) in detail. This is the honest follow-up: what happened, what didn't, and the part I skipped. I changed the rite at the altar, the birthday candles went out in their own order, and every photo I took of the working came back as an even, unbroken field of brown. Then I look at the vow I was meant to speak aloud and only thought instead: why saying something out loud is different from thinking it, the one commitment I was protecting, social anxiety, choosing versus avoiding, the stranger who reached out mid-ritual and apologized before hello, and why the cheapest road opened first. If you're wondering how to know if your spell is working, this is what two weeks of watching one actually looked like, including the signs, the silence, and the prediction that didn't come true. Chapters 0:00 The photo that came back brown 0:34 What I did instead 2:04 The night the roads were lit 2:40 The brown photograph 4:11 The second half: a set of commitments 5:04 The vow I thought instead of said 5:42 Why you have to say it out loud 6:40 The room I was protecting 8:11 Choosing not to, or avoiding? 10:58 Did anything move? 11:54 A stranger, before hello 14:36 The arithmetic 16:23 Two weeks in, and tonight's full moon I recorded this on the night of the full moon, the final working of that spell, and it was time I said my vows out loud. If you've ever made a promise to yourself so softly that nobody heard it, come tell me about it. Join the conversation in the Discord (free): Salt & Sovereignty Patreon: Salt & Sovereignty (a free tier and three paid ones; new patrons-only show starting the week before Halloween: real paranormal stories, told properly, in the dark, every week) Instagram & YouTube: Salt & Sovereignty If this meant something to you, following, rating and leaving a review really does help the next person who needs this find us. Until next time, honor the truth that keeps you sovereign. #hekate #roadopener #witchcraft #spellwork #hecate #deipnon #saltandsovereignty | |||
| Asking Without the Stack: Money Shame and Charging for Spiritual Work | Salt & Sovereignty Ep. 26 | 25 sept. 2026 | 00:24:45 | |
I spent the better part of an hour in front of an empty box, unable to type a price. It wasn't my principles that stopped me. It was a much older sentence about the kind of person I am with money. In this episode I look at what I found when I went back to the thing I'd been building: layer after layer of extra promises, piled on so that nobody could say I was asking for too much. I've started calling it the stack. It's the favor returned in advance, the apology before the question, the explanation nobody asked for. It's everything we pile on top of a request so we never have to make it plainly. Along the way: money shame that got passed down without anyone meaning it to, the quiet rule that says being paid for spiritual work makes it less real, and why a lifetime of yeses we worked for leaves us with no clean evidence about our own worth. Chapters 0:00 If every yes came after you'd stacked something 0:29 Beliefs that sound like principles 1:39 An hour in front of an empty box 3:47 An old sentence about money 6:43 The scaffolding I built instead 9:20 The stack 12:08 Not one clean data point 13:07 When "free" is also a hiding place 14:05 When your principles and your wounds agree 16:05 The rule nobody agreed to 17:14 I want this to be my job 21:21 Something to try 22:21 What's changing, and what isn't 23:11 A much older habit Something to try: think of something you'd charge for if somebody else were doing it. Put an actual number on it, quietly, in your own head. Then notice what your body does, and whether you start stacking. I'd love to hear what happened. Not the number. That one's yours. The free feed stays free, and the rite I write each month still goes out to everyone. Join the conversation in the Discord (free): Salt & Sovereignty Patreon: Salt & Sovereignty Instagram & YouTube: @saltandsovereignty If this meant something to you, following, rating and leaving a review really does help the next person who needs this find us. Until next time, honor the truth that keeps you sovereign. #selfworth #peoplepleasing #moneyshame #spirituality #witchcraft #paganism #saltandsovereignty | |||
| The Truth About Mabon, Hekate, and Persephone's Descent | 17 sept. 2026 | 00:21:10 | |
Mabon is younger than disco. The name for the autumn equinox was coined in 1974, and Hekate never kept this holiday at all. So why does the turn of the year still feel like hers? This week, Ash goes looking for the real thread between Hekate, the autumn equinox, and the myth of Persephone's descent, and finds something she didn't expect. The Homeric Hymn to Demeter doesn't say Persephone chose the pomegranate. It says she was tricked, and it says she was forced. That distinction changes what sovereignty actually means when the thing that happened to you was never a choice, and when it's set to happen again. Ash walks through what's genuinely ancient in modern witchcraft and what isn't (the answer is less than you'd think), why the Wheel of the Year is a 20th-century invention, and the equinox ritual she built once she stopped pretending she had a receipt for any of it: two slips of paper, two torches, and a pomegranate eaten on purpose. If you've ever felt like you had to find the moment you were "in charge" of your own worst chapter before you were allowed to call yourself healed, this one's for you. | |||
| A Friendship Spell for Two Adults With No Friends | Hekate's Deipnon | 11 sept. 2026 | 00:25:04 | |
Tomorrow I'm casting a friendship spell for me and my husband, and I'm recording this before I do it... so I have no idea yet whether it works. On the drive home last Sunday we finally said it out loud: we don't have anybody where we live. My best friend is across the state. His is too. So I'm doing a three-night working with Hekate. A Deipnon clearing at the dark moon, three candles for three roads as the light comes back, and a sealing at the full moon. But this one isn't really about the candles. When I sat down to write out who I was asking for, almost all of it came out as what I don't want. Not fake, not surface-level, not somebody half-assing their own life. A full page of nos. And reading it back, I found myself in it asking for a friend who's honest about money while I struggle to talk about mine, asking for someone who doesn't complain constantly while I get stuck doing exactly that. In this episode: the history of Hekate's (Hecate's) Deipnon and why the ancient offering included the sweepings of your own house; why I'm keeping the words of the spell private; the ethics of asking for people without casting on anyone's will; and why the hardest part of a friendship working isn't magical at all. New this week: Salt & Sovereignty is now in video on Spotify and YouTube. Instagram, YouTube, and Discord: @saltandsovereignty Patreon: Salt & Sovereignty If the show has meant something to you, following, rating, and reviewing is most of how the next person finds it. | |||
| Letting Go Without Guilt: A Crossroads Release Ritual | 03 sept. 2026 | 00:27:49 | |
What happens when a relationship, a belief, or a version of yourself hasn't done anything wrong, but it's stopped adding anything to your life? In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ash sits with the guilt of outgrowing something you still love, the fear of becoming someone who abandons people, and the difference between fading away from a connection versus consciously closing the door on it. Drawing on Hekate as goddess of crossroads and thresholds, she talks honestly about why releasing doesn't require a villain, and why gratitude and grief can coexist in the same ending. The episode closes with an original ritual, The Release at the Crossroads, a gentler alternative to traditional cord-cutting that works for people, practices, or old versions of yourself, and is written to adapt to any spiritual practice or none at all. | |||
| The Ethics of Cursing: Baneful Magic, Consent & Personal Responsibility | 28 août 2026 | 00:49:33 | |
What makes a curse unethical, and who gets to decide? In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley explores curses, baneful magic, consent, protection, anger, justice, and personal responsibility through the complicated lens of witchcraft ethics. Ashley begins with something she has never tried to hide or soften: she has cursed someone before, she believed the working was justified, and she still stands by that decision. From there, the conversation moves beyond whether curses are simply “good” or “bad” and into the much harder questions underneath magical ethics. In this episode:
This is not an argument that curses are good, or that everyone should practice baneful magic. It is a reflection on what happens when spiritual ethics collide with real human lives, where harm, consent, protection, intention, and consequence are rarely as simple as we want them to be. If you have ever wondered where your magical ethics came from, what responsibility means inside your practice, or whether darkness and light are really useful moral categories at all, this episode is an invitation to become curious before becoming certain. | |||
| Reiki Self-Attunement, Witchcraft, and Learning Energy Healing Without Rushing | 20 août 2026 | 00:28:25 | |
In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley shares her experience beginning Reiki through Brett Bevel’s self-attunement method after years of feeling unable to afford traditional Reiki training. She reflects on spiritual accessibility, the ethics of paid spiritual education, and the difference between receiving an attunement and truly integrating an energy healing practice. Ashley also explores how Reiki is beginning to coexist with her witchcraft, devotional practice, and relationship with Mother Earth, especially through a quiet morning walk using Choku Rei. This episode is a grounded reflection on Reiki, self-attunement, embodied spirituality, and learning to move slowly enough for a practice to become real. | |||
| The Invisible Test: Fear of Rejection, Overthinking, and People Pleasing | 14 août 2026 | 00:40:52 | |
What happens when fear of rejection, people pleasing, and overthinking turn every social interaction into a test someone is trying not to fail? In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ash explores the constant self-monitoring underneath her long-held belief that she hates small talk, and how old survival patterns can quietly shape the way a person sees themselves. She unpacks social anxiety, fear of abandonment, emotional perfectionism, hypervigilance, fawning, and the pressure to perform the “correct” version of yourself around other people. She also explores how the same invisible test can show up in witchcraft, intuition, and spiritual discernment, especially when someone has learned to distrust their own instincts. This episode isn’t about forcing yourself to become more social or pretending every limitation is simply a mindset problem. It’s about questioning the identities and thought patterns we can start treating as permanent truths, and asking how much of ourselves we may have held back while trying not to get the answer wrong. | |||
| What Does Divine Feminine Really Mean? Hekate, Masculine vs Feminine Energy, and Modern Witchcraft | 06 août 2026 | 00:23:27 | |
What do we actually mean when we talk about masculine and feminine energy? In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ash explores a question that began with a simple conversation and quickly turned into one of the deepest spiritual rabbit holes she's encountered in years. Why do we call Hekate a goddess? What makes a deity masculine or feminine? Are divine beings gendered in the same way humans are, or are we describing something entirely different? Together, we'll explore Hekate as a case study while unpacking some of the biggest questions surrounding the Divine Feminine, Divine Masculine, masculine and feminine energy, and modern witchcraft. Along the way, we'll examine ancient tradition, personal spiritual experience, the role of mythology, and whether concepts like intuition, strength, compassion, discipline, and wisdom truly belong to one energy over another. This isn't an episode about proving who's right. It's an invitation to question assumptions, deepen your relationship with your spiritual practice, and explore what these ideas actually mean in your own life. Whether you're a Hekate devotee, a practicing witch, a pagan, or simply someone interested in spirituality and consciousness, this conversation will leave you with new questions to carry into your next ritual and meditation. | |||
| Control, Surrender, and Sovereignty: Rethinking Power in Witchcraft | 31 juil. 2026 | 00:24:34 | |
A meditation beneath a copper pyramid led Ashley into a much larger question: how often do we mistake control for safety? In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley explores the relationship between trauma, surrender, spiritual practice, and the meaning of personal sovereignty. She reflects on the ways hypervigilance and control can begin as intelligent survival strategies, only to later limit our ability to experience joy, vulnerability, mystery, and trust. That realization also changed the way she thinks about witchcraft and spellcraft. What if magic is not about controlling reality, but consciously participating in it? Through meditation, protection work, devotion to Hekate, and the metaphor of tending a garden, this episode examines the difference between fear-based control and intentional spiritual partnership. She also explores why surrender is not the same as powerlessness, why healthy boundaries remain essential, and how true sovereignty may be less about domination and more about remaining rooted enough to meet whatever comes. | |||
| Labels in Witchcraft, Trauma, and Identity: Looking Beyond Assumptions | 23 juil. 2026 | 00:39:18 | |
Labels can help us understand our identity, find community, and name our experiences, but they can also become cages when we mistake them for the whole truth. In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley reflects on labels, trauma, identity, witchcraft, ADHD, religion, and spiritual practice. Beginning with an expansive meditation experience, Ashley explores why language can point toward an experience without ever fully containing it, and why the same is true of human beings. She shares how the ADHD label became tangled with shame and self-worth, how religious trauma shaped her nervous system’s response to Christianity, and how curiosity helped transform her mother’s understanding of witchcraft. This is not an argument against labels. It is a personal reflection on using them as guides without allowing them to become laws. In this episode:
Trauma may teach us to survive through labels, but healing can give us enough space to look beyond them. This episode is an invitation to remain curious about ourselves, other people, and the identities no single word could ever fully contain. | |||
| Finding Hekate: From Fear to Devotion | 17 juil. 2026 | 00:35:42 | |
This personal reflection explores Ashley’s evolving relationship with Hekate, from religious fear and spiritual anxiety to trust, devotion, historical curiosity, and a more sovereign spiritual practice. When Ashley first encountered Hekate, she saw a dark and potentially dangerous goddess who might punish mistakes, demand obedience, or expose her to something unsafe. Over time, she began to recognize that many of those fears did not come from Hekate herself. They came from religious trauma, cultural portrayals of witchcraft, painful experiences with trust, and a nervous system shaped by abandonment and abuse. Ashley also reflects on discernment, modern Hekatean practice, the Triple Goddess, Hekate’s Wheel, ancient traditions, personal signs, and the freedom to learn without treating every mistake as proof of spiritual failure. This is not a guide to working with Hekate or a universal account of who she is. It is one person’s lived relationship with a goddess who once represented everything she feared and eventually became a source of trust, truth, protection, and belonging. May this episode remind you that learning more does not invalidate the relationship you had before you knew more, and that tradition can ground your practice without becoming another source of fear. Pronunciation note: Ashley did her best with the names and terms in this episode, but she may not have gotten every pronunciation quite right. Thank you for your grace! | |||
| How Hekate Inspired a Spiritual Home for Modern Witchcraft | 09 juil. 2026 | 00:35:44 | |
In this episode, Ashley shares the deeply personal story behind the Salt & Sovereignty platform, a project that began as a simple podcast website and gradually became something much bigger: a spiritual home designed to make meaningful practice more accessible for everyone. In this reflective episode, Ashley explores how three weeks of building led to a much larger realization about accessibility, spiritual practice, and what it means to create a place where people can belong without needing perfect circumstances. In this episode:
Whether you’re new to witchcraft, devoted to Hekate, navigating chronic illness, practicing in secret, or simply searching for an authentic spiritual path, this episode is an invitation to remember that meaningful practice doesn’t require perfect circumstances. Thank you for being part of this journey. | |||
| Doomscrolling, Nervous System Exhaustion, and the Grief of Realizing You're Not Broken | 25 juin 2026 | 00:12:10 | |
In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley reflects on doomscrolling, nervous system exhaustion, emotional overwhelm, and the grief of realizing she was never broken to begin with. After months of constantly reaching for noise, distraction, podcasts, videos, and stimulation, Ashley shares what surfaced during a recent Brainspotting therapy session and how silence began revealing deeper layers of grief, trauma, self-blame, and emotional exhaustion. This is not a productivity conversation or a “fix yourself” episode. It’s an honest reflection on chronic overstimulation, survival mode, emotional healing, and learning how to return to yourself gently instead of performatively. In this episode:
This episode is for anyone who feels emotionally overwhelmed, disconnected from themselves, exhausted by constant stimulation, or afraid of what silence might bring up. Maybe healing is not becoming someone new. Maybe it’s learning how to stop abandoning yourself when things get hard. | |||
| When Visibility Becomes Performance | Burnout, Content Creation, and Devotion | 11 juin 2026 | 00:11:28 | |
In this episode, Ashley reflects on creator burnout, visibility pressure, nervous system exhaustion, and the emotional cost of turning deeply personal work into online content. What started as an effort to improve podcast SEO and discoverability slowly became a deeper reflection on performance, consistency, emotional honesty, and the pressure to stay visible online. Ashley explores the tension between devotion and optimization, especially within trauma-informed spiritual and healing work. In this episode:
This is not a productivity episode or a creator strategy guide. It’s a personal reflection on what happens when meaningful work starts colliding with systems built for constant visibility and consumption. If you’ve ever felt pressure to constantly produce, stay visible, or turn your life into content just to feel worthy, this conversation may resonate with you. | |||
| How I Used Spiritual Protection Practices During a Severe Panic Episode | 28 mai 2026 | 00:13:28 | |
In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley shares her real-time experience navigating panic and fear when a wildfire threatened her childhood home and her best friend’s home. As anxiety and helplessness rise, she reflects on what it means to face something you cannot control, and how returning to spiritual practice can shift you from panic into grounded response. In this episode:
This is not about stopping what’s happening, but about how you choose to stand in the middle of it. | |||
| Medical Gaslighting, Chronic Fatigue & Finally Getting Answers | 14 mai 2026 | 00:16:59 | |
In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley shares her experience with years of misdiagnosis, chronic exhaustion, and being told she was “fine” while her body told a different story. After over a decade of searching for answers, trying medications that didn’t work, and feeling dismissed by medical professionals, Ashley reflects on the moment everything finally made sense and what it means to rebuild trust in yourself. In this episode:
This is an honest reflection on what happens when you realize you were right all along, and how to begin trusting yourself again. | |||
| Feeling Like You're Not Devoted Enough, Spiritual Guilt & Missed Rituals | 30 avr. 2026 | 00:12:14 | |
In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley explores what it feels like to miss a ritual and immediately question your devotion, worth, and place within your spiritual practice. After missing Deipnon, Ashley reflects on the internal pressure to be consistent, the belief that devotion must be proven through performance, and how quickly spirituality can begin to feel like a test instead of a relationship. In this episode:
This is an invitation to pause, question the stories you attach to missed rituals, and reconnect with what devotion actually means to you. | |||
| Why Am I Afraid to Be Seen? Shame, Visibility & Self-Expression | 16 avr. 2026 | 00:11:27 | |
In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley explores the fear of being seen and the internal conflict between wanting visibility and not feeling safe enough to fully express yourself. Through reflections on therapy, spiritual practice, and intuitive work, Ashley shares how shame can shape identity and create resistance around being visible, even when there is a deep desire to be seen. In this episode:
This is an invitation to hold both the desire to be seen and the part of you that still feels unsafe, without forcing either one away. | |||
| Poppet Magic for Inner Child Healing, A Hekate Devotional Ritual | 02 avr. 2026 | 00:14:53 | |
In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley shares a deeply personal inner child healing ritual using poppet magic in devotion to Hekate. Through a carefully designed, trauma-informed ritual, Ashley and her friend explore how to meet younger parts of themselves with safety, compassion, and intention. By creating and working with poppets, they engage in a symbolic practice that allows for connection without overwhelm. In this episode:
This is an honest reflection on what it means to meet yourself with care, move at the pace of your nervous system, and build a healing practice that feels safe and supportive. | |||
| Deipnon & Noumenia Rituals, Cleansing, Intention Setting & Honoring Hekate | 19 mars 2026 | 00:15:07 | |
In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley explores the Deipnon and Noumenia as key points in the lunar cycle, sharing practical ways to cleanse, release, and set intentions in devotion to Hekate. If you’re looking for a grounded, modern approach to lunar rituals, this episode walks through simple Deipnon cleansing practices and Noumenia intention setting to help you close one cycle and begin the next with clarity. In this episode:
This is an invitation to release what no longer serves you and step into the next lunar cycle with intention and purpose. | |||
| Shadow Work with Hekate, Dream Work, Inner Child Healing & Self-Integration | 05 mars 2026 | 00:10:01 | |
In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley shares her experience with a shadow work ritual from The Way of Hekate, exploring dream work, inner child healing, and deepening her connection with the goddess Hekate. Through a guided “Dream of Descent” ritual, Ashley reflects on what it means to meet your shadow self, how the body and subconscious communicate through imagery, and how spiritual practice can lead to unexpected moments of clarity and integration. In this episode:
This is an honest reflection on what it feels like to step into deeper shadow work and trust what arises. | |||
| Working with Hekate, Signs, Experiences & Answering the Call of the Goddess | 19 févr. 2026 | 00:11:38 | |
In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley shares her personal experience with Hekate, including the signs that led her to answer the call of the goddess and step more fully into her spiritual path. If you’ve ever felt drawn to Hekate or wondered if a deity is reaching out to you, this episode explores what that can look like, from subtle signs to undeniable experiences. Ashley reflects on her journey as a practicing witch, navigating imposter syndrome, fear, and self doubt, and what it means to build a relationship with Hekate and trust your intuition. In this episode:
This is an invitation to stop ignoring what’s been calling you and begin listening more deeply. | |||
| Brainspotting Therapy, Betrayal Trauma & Childhood Wounds | 05 févr. 2026 | 00:09:05 | |
In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley explores betrayal trauma, childhood wounds, and how early experiences can shape self-hatred and self-worth. Through a powerful Brainspotting therapy session, Ashley shares how the body stores trauma and how healing doesn’t always follow the path we expect. What begins as an exploration of betrayal in adult relationships reveals deeper layers rooted in childhood and inner child wounds. In this episode:
This is a deeply personal reflection on how trauma lives in the body and what it means to meet yourself with compassion as those layers unfold. | |||
| Feeling Like You’re Failing Spiritually, Spiritual Burnout & Perfectionism | 22 janv. 2026 | 00:10:58 | |
In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley explores what it feels like to believe you’re failing in your spiritual practice, and the quiet pressure to “do it right.” If you’ve ever felt inconsistent, disconnected, or like you’re not doing enough, this episode reflects on where those beliefs come from and how easily spirituality can shift from relationship into performance. Ashley shares her personal experience navigating expectations, inconsistency, and the influence of spiritual teachings and social media, and what it looks like to begin letting go of perfection. In this episode:
This is an invitation to meet your spirituality with curiosity instead of pressure, and to explore what devotion looks like when it’s rooted in relationship rather than perfection. | |||
| Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Seasonal Depression & How to Cope | 08 janv. 2026 | 00:21:38 | |
In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley shares her experience with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and explores how seasonal changes can impact mood, energy, and mental health. If you’ve ever struggled during the fall and winter months, this episode unpacks what SAD can feel like from the inside, along with the science behind it, including how light exposure, circadian rhythms, serotonin, and melatonin play a role. Ashley reflects on her personal journey with seasonal depression, while also talking through different ways of navigating it, including light therapy, medication, therapy, and lifestyle support. In this episode:
This is a reminder that struggling during certain seasons doesn’t mean you’re failing, it means your body is responding to real biological and environmental changes. | |||
| Sitting in Silence as Shadow Work, Spiritual Healing & Inner Awakening | 19 oct. 2025 | 00:13:24 | |
In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley explores her experience with silence as a form of self care, reflection, and emotional healing. If you’ve ever avoided silence or felt uncomfortable being alone with your thoughts, this episode dives into what can surface when everything gets quiet. Ashley reflects on her journey with meditation and stillness, and how sitting in silence began to reveal deeper emotions, patterns, and parts of herself she hadn’t fully faced. In this episode:
This is not about doing silence perfectly, but about allowing yourself to be present with whatever comes up. | |||