Suburban Witch Lady Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Kanani and Jessica explore the themes of New Year's resolutions, the intersection of witchcraft and pop culture, and the portrayal of witches in media. They discuss how these narratives reflect societal views on women and power, the historical context of witchcraft persecution, and the significance of collective belief in shaping modern witchcraft practices. The dialogue emphasizes the fluidity of witchcraft as both a practice and a form of spirituality, encouraging a deeper understanding of its representation in contemporary culture.

Jessica Mason lives near Portland, Oregon with her wife, daughter, and corgi. She has studied opera, practiced law, and has worked as a fandom journalist and podcaster, among many varied careers. But first and foremost she has always been a storyteller. When she manages to stop writing, she enjoys gardening, travel, music, and witchcraft. She is passionate about stories of all kind and loves to discuss and create them.

Find her on social media: @ByJessicaMason

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Welcome to the Suburban Witch Lady Podcast, where we pull back the curtain on modern witchcraft as it exists in everyday life. From spellwork between school drop-offs to sacred rituals tucked into suburban routines, we’ll explores what it really means to practice magic in a world that rarely slows down. Expect honest reflection, practical wisdom, and a reminder that witchcraft is not about perfection, it is about presence, intention, and reclaiming power in the mundane.

Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or just witch-curious, we invite you to rethink how magick shows up in your daily life and how deeply personal the craft can be when rooted in authenticity.

✨ Grab your coffee, light a candle, and settle in.

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In this episode of The Suburban Witch Lady Podcast, Kanani Soleil is joined by award-winning author and arcane horticulturalist Amy Blackthorn for a deep, grounded conversation on essential oils, aromatherapy, and scent as magical practice. Together they explore how smell shapes memory, emotion, and ritual, from creating scent triggers and protective blends to reclaiming aromatherapy as lived, experiential magic rather than trend-driven wellness. Amy shares her journey through botanical study, resin work, and certification in aromatherapy, while Kanani reflects on how essential oils became her gateway into witchcraft long before it was mainstream. This episode blends practical wisdom, personal stories, and witchy insight into how scent can calm, protect, connect, and transform everyday life.

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Bio:

Amy Blackthorn is the award-winning author of the best-selling Blackthorn's Botanicals series. She has 15 years in executive protection and a 25 years as a martial artist. She has been described as an "arcane horticulturalist" for her lifelong work with magical plants and teaching. She incorporates her experiences in British Traditional Witchcraft with her horticulture studies. She has a certification in aromatherapy and is ordained through the Order of the Golden Gryphon. She has appeared on HuffPoLive, Netflix's Top Ten Secrets and Mysteries in an episode about Supernatural Abilities & the AP Newswire. Amy lives in Delaware.

https://amyblackthorn.com

This week on Suburban Witch Lady, Kanani is joined by longtime friend, fellow witch, and acclaimed author Courtney Weber for a deeply personal and surprisingly funny conversation about Brigid, devotion, and the complicated beauty of hearth and home.

From prophetic dreams and broken promises to priestess initiations, unexpected pregnancies, and the reality of mother goddesses who protect as fiercely as they nurture, this episode explores Brigid not as a soft symbol but as a living, demanding presence. Courtney shares the winding path that led her to write her first book, how Brigid reshaped her life when she resisted the call, and why mystery matters more than certainty in Celtic spirituality.

Together, they unpack Imbolc as a season of hope, milk, fire, and rebirth, offering practical ways to honor Brigid at home through ritual, hospitality, and intention. 

You can order Courtney Weber’s book: Brigid: History, Mystery, and Magick of the Celtic Goddess online and at many local bookstores! 

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Bio:

Courtney Weber is a Witch, award-winning author, Tarot adviser, and influencer. She is the author of Brigid: History, Mystery, and Magick of the Celtic Goddess; Tarot for One: The Art of Reading for Yourself; The Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of Magick and Might; Hekate: Goddess of Witches and Sacred Tears: A Witch’s Guide To Grief. Courtney has been featured in Maxim, Huffington Post, Vice, and the Thom Hartmann Show. IG and TikTok: @courtneyaweber. Visit her online at www.courtneyaweber.com.

In this episode, Kanani is joined by Akashic Records teacher, manifestation coach, and magical business mentor Pamela Chen (aka Pamela Unicorn) for a deep, accessible conversation about energy, Feng Shui, and the unseen forces shaping our homes and lives. Together, they explore how the layout of your space, the objects you keep, and even the direction your bed faces can influence abundance, rest, relationships, and spiritual clarity.

Pamela shares practical wisdom rooted in Feng Shui, Vedic astrology, and energy work, from activating your abundance corner and protecting your home after guests leave, to creating sacred spaces that actually work with your daily life. They also talk about shielding your energy, cleansing objects (new and old), mindset magic, and why manifestation only works when you pair intention with action.

This episode is a reminder that magic doesn’t have to be complicated or intimidating. It lives in small choices, daily practices, and the way we tend our inner and outer spaces. Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or just beginning to explore energy work, this conversation offers grounded guidance for turning your home into a place of protection, peace, and possibility.

You can join my Patreon for additional photos, video clips, full episode recordings and more!

You can also find me on Instagram, Threads, YouTube and my website: suburbanwitchlady.com

Pre-order my book, Witchcraft in the Cul-de-Sac, here!!

Bio

Pamela Chen is an Akashic Records teacher, magical business mentor, and manifestation coach. She is the co-founder of a mystery school with her business partner, Alexandra Hanly. Together, they train the next generation of spiritual leaders and mystics to become powerful healers and energetic masters. Their mission is to empower humanity, raise the consciousness of the planet, and activate the New Earth timeline.

Pamela is also an author and tarot and oracle deck creator with major publishers, including Llewellyn Worldwide, Hay House, and U.S. Games Systems. Her teachings blend quantum manifestation, energy alchemy, and soul-level magic to help others unlock their purpose and abundance.

When she’s not guiding clients or writing mystical books, you can find Pamela cuddling her chickens, watching Asian dramas, or indulging in her favorite snack, spicy Cheeto puffs with avocado. She believes in living magically, manifesting boldly, and helping others awaken their most aligned, abundant lives.

Instagram.com/pamelaunicorn 

Books + decks:

https://www.magicalpam.com/pamela-magickal-creations 

https://awakenedmysteryschool.com/wealth-witchery/

In this episode, Kanani Soleil sits down with author, astrologer, and glamour magic expert Michael Herkes, aka The Glam Witch, for a grounded and refreshing conversation about love magic, manifestation, and why spells fall apart when we try to skip the real work. Together, they unpack the myths around love spells, Valentine’s Day pressure, and the belief that magic should replace effort or healing.

Michael shares personal stories, love spells gone wrong, and his Manifestation Reality Check, covering energetic budgets, the Netflix trap, and why magic works through alignment and action, not shortcuts. This episode reframes love magic as self love, discernment, and becoming the person your magic is trying to call in.

If manifestation culture has ever left you frustrated or disappointed, this episode offers clarity, honesty, and a much needed dose of magical realism. ✨

You can join my Patreon for additional photos, video clips, full episode recordings and more!

You can also find me on Instagram, Threads, YouTube and my website: suburbanwitchlady.com

Pre-order my book, Witchcraft in the Cul-de-Sac here!

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BIO:

Michael Herkes, known as The Glam Witch®, is a celebrated author, astrologer, intuitive stylist, and modern witch based in Chicago. With over 20 years of experience in witchcraft and spirituality, he redefines glamour magic as a transformative force for self-discovery and empowerment. Michael expertly blends beauty, fashion, and mystical arts to inspire others to harness their inner power. As an authority on glamour magic, he offers magical makeovers using astrology, tarot, and intuitive styling for personalized transformations. His background in fashion and beauty, including work with Glamour Shots and designer Jennafer Grace, positions style as a tool of magic. Michael's books, such as The GLAM Witch, Glamcraft, and Glamstrology, integrate modern witchcraft with beauty and glamour. Featured in Bustle and People.com, he speaks at events like New York Comic Con. Through workshops and sessions, Michael elevates the power of love and glamour, embodying divine feminine energy.

This week, Kanani Soleil sits down with multimedia artist, trauma specialist, and Hecatean witch Rosśa Crean for a deep dive into the world of Reiki. From its roots in the lineage of Mikao Usui to modern-day practice, Rosśa breaks down what Reiki actually is, how attunements work, and why you cannot learn all four symbols in a six-hour crash course.

Together they explore the energetic body, chakras, trauma healing, and what it truly means to channel universal life force energy rather than draining yourself trying to “fix” others. Rosśa shares powerful personal stories about their first attunement, emotional releases in sessions, and how Reiki integrates with therapy, magical practice, and everyday spiritual maintenance.

Kanani and Rosśa also unpack common misconceptions, the importance of consent in energy work, how to find a legitimate Reiki teacher, and why healing is a journey, not a shortcut. Whether you’re Reiki-curious, already practicing, or simply fascinated by how energy and trauma intersect, this episode offers grounded wisdom, humor, and a reminder that healing begins with stillness and self-trust.

• You can join my Patreon for additional photos, video clips, full episode recordings and more!
• You can also find me on Instagram, Threads, YouTube and my website: suburbanwitchlady.com
• You can pre-order my book:"Witchcraft in the Cul-de-Sac: Practicing Magic in Suburbia" direct from Llewellyn Worldwide, or from Barnes & Noble in the States, or from Amazon in the UK. It's due out in October this year.

SPONSORS

• Make magic delicious with olive oils, coffees, risoottos and more at cucinaaurora.com! Suburban Witch Lady listeners save 10% off products (excluding subscriptions) with coupon code WITCHLADY.

• Witchsey.com is a curated marketplace filled with independent magical makers and practitioners. We’re talking ritual tools, crystals, tarot decks, spell kits, sacred art, and offerings created by real witches who care deeply about what they’re crafting.Support witches. Support small makers. Support magic that feels like home.

BIO

Rosśa Crean (they/them) is a multimedia artist who creates “liminal abstract” works, exploring spaces between mind and body. They have developed projects with MoMA and held residencies at Oxbow, Illinois State University, and Loyola University Museum of Art, They also are a synesthete, who draws on chromesthesia—the interplay of sound, color, and emotion—as a creative tool. It informed their American Prize–winning opera The Great God Pan, as well as the one-act opera The Times Are Nightfall, a queer sequel to Mozart's Don Giovanni which premiered at Opera America in 2018, and the monodrama The Priestess of Morphine, commissioned and premiered by the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago in 2019. For the last 25 years they have also been a practicing Hekatean witch and healer. Crean is a trauma specialist, ceremonial magician, Reiki Master Teacher, and healing consultant based in Portland.

This week, Kanani Soleil sits down with J. Allen Cross, psychic medium and author of The Witch’s Guide to the Paranormal, to talk about what really happens in haunted homes.

J. Allen shares how his abilities emerged in childhood, what it’s like growing up “turned on” psychically, and how he found purpose working with paranormal investigation teams across the Pacific Northwest. Together, Kanani and J. Allen dive into ethics in psychic work, why surprise readings are a terrible idea, and how compassion should always lead communication with the dead.

They also break down the four types of hauntings, how to tell if the spirit in your house is harmful or harmless, and why setting boundaries with spirits is just as important as setting them with the living. From dream communication to poltergeist energy and trauma manifestations, this conversation explores the intersection of magic, mediumship, and emotional responsibility.

If you’ve ever wondered whether your home is haunted, or how to handle it safely and ethically, this episode is your field guide.

• You can join my Patreon for additional photos, video clips, full episode recordings and more!

• You can also find me on Instagram, Threads, YouTube and my website: suburbanwitchlady.com

• You can pre-order my book:"Witchcraft in the Cul-de-Sac: Practicing Magic in Suburbia" direct from Llewellyn Worldwide, or from Barnes & Noble in the States, or from Amazon in the UK. It's due out in October this year.

SPONSORS

• Make magic delicious with olive oils, coffees, risoottos and more at cucinaaurora.com! Suburban Witch Lady listeners save 10% off products (excluding subscriptions) with coupon code WITCHLADY.

• Witchsey.com is a curated marketplace filled with independent magical makers and practitioners. We’re talking ritual tools, crystals, tarot decks, spell kits, sacred art, and offerings created by real witches who care deeply about what they’re crafting.Support witches. Support small makers. Support magic that feels like home.

BIO

J. Allen Cross is an American folk magician, author, and educator best known for his practical, accessible approach to traditional witchcraft and Appalachian conjure. Blending folklore, spirit work, and hands on craft, Cross focuses on demystifying magic while honoring its cultural roots. His work often emphasizes hearth magic, protection, ancestor reverence, and the power of everyday ritual.

He is the author of The Witch’s Guide to the Paranormal and American Brujeria, books that explore folk magic traditions through a modern lens while maintaining respect for lineage and lived experience. Through writing, workshops, and digital content, Cross has built a reputation for grounded spirituality that balances skepticism with belief. He encourages practitioners to engage critically with sources, question sensationalism, and cultivate relationships with land and spirit through direct experience.

Cross’s practice is rooted in American folk traditions, particularly those influenced by Appalachian and Southern conjure. His teachings frequently highlight the importance of regional magic, oral history, and the preservation of working class spiritual customs. Rather than framing witchcraft as aesthetic or performative, he centers it as a living, breathing tradition shaped by community, necessity, and resilience.

In addition to his published works, Cross is widely recognized for his educational presence online, where he discusses folklore, hauntings, spirit work, and magical ethics with a calm, research informed tone. His approach bridges the gap between paranormal curiosity and serious magical practice, making traditional craft approachable for modern seekers while maintaining deep respect for its historical foundations.

Order The Witch’s Guide to the Paranormal here

In this deeply grounding and expansive conversation, Kanani Soleil sits down with queer non-binary writer and yoga teacher Mookaite Jasper to explore the real magic of yoga beyond the mat.

From an “Eat Pray Love” moment in Chiang Mai to building inclusive Queer Yoga Communities in the UK, Kite shares how yoga became a life-changing practice for mental health, identity, and liberation. Together, they unpack what yoga actually is beyond the postures, how awareness transforms into activism, and why grounding work is essential in a world that feels constantly on fire.

This episode is a reminder that yoga is not about perfection or performance. It is about awareness. It is about listening. It is about tending to yourself so you can show up for others.

You can pre-order Mookaite Jasper’s book, Queer Yoga, direct from Llewellyn Worldwide, or from Barnes & Noble in the States, or from Amazon in the UK. It's due out in April this year. 

You can join my Patreon for additional photos, video clips, full episode recordings and more!

You can also find me on Instagram, Threads, YouTube and my website: suburbanwitchlady.com

Pre-order my book, Witchcraft in the Cul-de-Sac here!

Bio

Mookaite Jasper (they/them) is a queer, non-binary writer and yoga teacher. Mookaite, known as Kite, is a member of the Accessible Yoga Ambassador Program with training in accessible yoga, adaptive yoga, yoga for older adults, and yin yoga. Kite now works as a Proud Allies trainer. Their writing about trans and non-binary experiences of yoga classes has appeared in Spectrum magazine. Learn more at MookaiteJasper.com and visit them on Instagram and Bluesky.

Every March, the world turns green. Shamrocks, parades, and bold claims about a saint who “drove the snakes out of Ireland.” But what’s the real story behind Saint Patrick — and why does it matter to modern witches?

In this episode, Kanani Soleil sits down with Irish author and educator Lora O’Brien to separate history from propaganda. Was Patrick truly responsible for converting Ireland? Did he banish snakes? Or was his legend shaped by centuries of church politics and nationalist mythmaking?

Together, they unpack the historical sources, the role of colonization, the truth about druids, and how modern pagans can approach St. Patrick’s Day with awareness instead of reaction.

This isn’t about canceling a holiday. It’s about context, culture, and who gets to control the story.

Be thoughtful. Be aware. And maybe crack a history book before sharing that meme. 🍀

• You can join my Patreon for additional photos, video clips, full episode recordings and more!

• You can also find me on Instagram, Threads, YouTube and my website: suburbanwitchlady.com

• You can pre-order my book:"Witchcraft in the Cul-de-Sac: Practicing Magic in Suburbia" direct from Llewellyn Worldwide, or from Barnes & Noble in the States, or from Amazon in the UK. It's due out in October this year.

SPONSORS

• Make magic delicious with olive oils, coffees, risoottos and more at cucinaaurora.com! Suburban Witch Lady listeners save 10% off products (excluding subscriptions) with coupon code WITCHLADY.

• Witchsey.com is a curated marketplace filled with independent magical makers and practitioners. We’re talking ritual tools, crystals, tarot decks, spell kits, sacred art, and offerings created by real witches who care deeply about what they’re crafting.Support witches. Support small makers. Support magic that feels like home.

BIO

Rev. Lora O’Brien, MA, is a native Irish Draoi (pron. Dree), author, and educator who has been walking a Pagan path for over thirty years. She serves as a priest of the Mórrígan, weaving lived spiritual practice with solid historical research. As former manager of the sacred landscape of Cruachán/Rathcroghan in County Roscommon, Lora brings a rare, land rooted insight into Ireland’s pre-Christian past and its ongoing presence. Now based in County Waterford, she co-founded the Irish Pagan School, the Ogham Academy, and the Morrigan Academy, creating accessible learning across all her platforms for more than 75,000 students around the world. With a Masters in Irish Regional History, and 8 published books on Irish witchcraft, folklore, and spirituality, Lora specialises in stripping away nationalist myth and Christian propaganda to get at what the sources actually say.

A Word From Lora:

“If you enjoyed this conversation and you are feeling the pull of Ireland’s magic beyond the tourist shamrocks and saint stories, be sure to follow us anywhere at The Irish Pagan School - and here are two simple ways to go deeper with me personally.

First, grab my free PDF guide, Daily Spiritual Practices in Irish Paganism for Busy Lives, at https://irishpagan.school/practice. It gives you clear, no nonsense ways to build an Irish rooted spiritual practice at home, even if you are exhausted, neurospicy, or just trying to keep life together.

Second, if you would like regular, practical magic in your inbox, you can sign up for my Simple Irish Spells newsletter at https://irishpagan.school/spells (there's a paid subscription and a free version). You will get straightforward, culturally grounded Irish witchcraft practices, short lessons, and spell ideas that respect the land, the people, and the tradition, without any new age fakelore.”