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As we sit in the void space of this current wheel of the year (between Samhain and Yule), we are reflecting on what we've traversed over the past year and how we've each navigated this whole turning of the wheel.

We reflect on what impact seasonal and cyclical living can have on us and how it can empower us. We share some of the themes that have come up for us throughout this wheel of the year.

We also invite you to get intentional about slowing down, even when life is fast.

If you have journeyed through this wheel of the year with us, or even part of it, please come and chat with us about your experience.

Sarah is going to be hosting a FREE online Women's Circle for the Winter Solstice on June 21, so if you are keen to start the next wheel of the year being held in sacred space, please come and join - book your spot here

In this solo episode Sarah chats about a her experience with ovulation pain and how she learned a new deeper layer of cyclical living that gave her a lightbulb moment of how to reflect on what may have caused such a painful ovulation.

She shares the process of folliculogenesis (the maturation of the follicle in the ovaries which then leads to the release of an egg at ovulation. She also shares a bit of her insight into release rituals to encourage her bleed to start.

Our menstrual cycles reflect our overall health and what we experience can impact our cycles - so you may like to use this as an invitation to reflect on your own menstrual cycle and how your emotions and experiences effect you.

If you resonate with what Sarah talks about or have any of your own lightbulb moments & want to talk about it, please come and chat with her - @blossomingwithsarah

We'd love to hear from you if you have anything you'd like us to talk about on the podcast - come and DM us with your episode ideas/requests @moonlitmothers

Note: this is not medical advice

Welcome to your free guided ritual for the sabbat of Samhain

Episode 22 will tell you all about this sabbat (traditionally All Hallows Eve which commercially has become Halloween), but this bonus episode is here to guide you through an autumn themed meditation and some prompts for this time in the wheel of the year.

Please come and share your reflections with us, we'd love to hear from you

This is the final sabbat episode for this wheel of the year before we complete the wheel with the next winter solstice!

This sabbat is Samhain (sah-win), which commercially has become Halloween. It's a time of the final harvest and really beginning to turn inward with deep reflection and slowing down before we surrender to the void (the space between Samhain and Yule). It's also a time where the veil to the spirit world is at its thinnest, so we talk about ancestor work and connecting with your intuition.

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This is a topic we are both constantly navigating and learning more about and we invite you to listen with curiosity and without judgement as you too, learn what works for you.

We talk a little about what our nervous system is and what it does for us in varying stress responses. We share a list of ideas of how to tend to your nervous system, so we encourage you to pick a few to implement - as with all that we do, it’s about the small things done regularly that support us in the long run. Sarah shares an experience of moving through a panic attack and what her nervous system did. Mal shares her body's natural reaction to a stressful time and allowing it to happen.

We also touch on the conditioning most people have faced since childhood that has resulted in us shutting down what we’re feeling and therefore impacting our regulation skills - so this is your permission slip to do whatever it is that your body needs in this moment!

We’d love to connect with you and hear what you do to help support your nervous system.

We mention Core & Floor Restore - Core & Floor Instagram - Core & Floor Rage Program

Get comfortable, grab your journal and cozy up for this guided ritual to celebrate Mabon (the Autumn Equinox)

We share with you Persephone's story and how she invites a balance between the light and dark; the flower filled meadows and ruling the Underworld. We provide you with some prompts to journal on and we include an oracle card reading.

Please come and share what comes up for you - we'd love to hear your words.

We're at the next turning of the wheel already! This time it's the sabbat of Mabon - or the Autumn Equinox - happening in March in the Southern Hemisphere.

This episode talks all about what's happening seasonally, while looking at what other cycles this energy aligns with (moon and menstrual cycles). We give insight into what themes this time represents and how you can celebrate this harvest festival.

And of course - you can then jump straight into the BONUS guided ritual!

Please come and chat to us on Instagram - we'd love to hear your thoughts on Mabon!

This episode is your guide to simple, low effort rituals that you can easily integrate into your day - we’re all about making it easy and accessible! Magic is in the everyday - magic is in the mundane - stop overthinking it and give some of these simple magic ideas a try, because YOU are the magic.

We talk about cyclical living (moon and menstrual cycles), kitchen witchery, spells, sigils, oracle cards, crystals, altars and making the mundane magical - it’s not as scary as it sounds - they’re all things you can do with zero experience and with very little time! We encourage you to let go of what you think it “should” look like - release the perfectionism and just try and feel how much you love it! Whatever you do is perfect.

This episode’s card pull was Faith from Alana Fairchild’s Sacred Rebels Oracle Deck

Come andfollow us on Instagram - the image of this episode’s card pull will be there - and we’d love to hear your low effort rituals or the little magical practices you’re trying.

In this episode we’re getting a bit woo and witchy talking all about energy! Specifically, energetic hygiene - how to call back your energy, cleaning energy and protecting your energy. Remember, it’s all about the intention and there is no right or wrong - we encourage you to try one of these ideas and find what feels good for you. We share ideas for simple energetic hygiene practices for you to try - from visualisations and intentions, to crystals and essential oils, to simply using salt or your breath. Working with energy is something everyone can access, so take the pressure off, remove the perfectionism and give it a try!

04:20mins - Episode’s card pull - Mirror (from Rebecca Campbell’s Work Your Light) 

08:00mins - Calling back your energy

12:18mins - Protecting your energy

25:17mins - Releasing other’s energy

37:54mins - Cleansing spaces

For a guided energetic hygiene practicego to the Lammas bonus ritual which is a guided meditation for this

Come andfollow us on Instagram - the image of this episode’s card pull will be there, as well as some reels for visuals of energetic hygiene.

In this BONUS guided ritual for the sabbat of Lammas we take you through an energetic hygiene practice with a guided meditation to help you call back your energy. There are some lovely journalling prompts for you to tap into what Lammas can be here to encourage you to delve into.

This is the next sabbat episode as we progress further into the wheel of the year.

After the peak of the cycle that we’ve just had here in the Southern Hemisphere with the Summer Solstice, Lammas is the first harvest festival that marks the ending of summer and autumn coming soon.

Join us for this episode where we talk through this sabbat, what it’s all about, reflection points and how to celebrate.

And of course, look out for the BONUS guided ritual episode to accompany this and guide you through this sabbat in ritual form.

Welcome to Moonlit Mothers 2025! The idea for this podcast was born just over a year ago and it feels so good to be getting back into it in this new year after we’ve taken a bit of a break from the fortnightly episodes with life being busy!

We’re starting back with a chatty episode about how we’ve transitioned into the new year - the intentions we’ve set and the reflections we’ve had.

We pulled a card from the Moon Goddess Oracle (Nicci Garaicoa) to accompany us in Moonlit Mothers for 2025 - Moon Dust Magic: Looking within which was a beautiful card to complement what we’ve covered in our discussion (as always, the alignment is so potent!).

Katherine Eden - her Reflect & Release FREEBIE (🤯!) is incredible and guided us both - https://katherineeden.com/ 

Come and chat with us on Instagram - we’d love to hear what you’d like to hear us talk about on the pod!

This is the bonus guided ritual to accompany episode 15 all about the summer solstice

There is a beautiful summery guided meditation, card pulls and space for you to take time to journal.

Summer solstice blessings to you, from us

Mal and Sarah xx

In this episode we talk all about the summer solstice, or the sabbat of Litha.

We share the themes, energies and what's going on around the summer solstice as it applies to the Southern Hemisphere and include ideas for how to celebrate the solar festival.

As always, there is a BONUS guided ritual to accompany this episode.

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This bonus episode is a free guided ritual for Beltane - we guide you through a meditation/visualisation, an oracle card pull and some journalling prompts.

We'd love to hear your reflections from your ritual and to hear how you've celebrated Beltane.

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This episode is all about the next sabbat in the wheel of the year - Beltane!

It's also known as May Day and is a fire festival known for it's celebrations with the may pole and bonfires.

We talk through celebrating Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere with ideas for how to mark this sabbat.

Look out for the BONUS episode which is a free guided ritual for Beltane.

In this episode we’re diving deeper into working with the moon cycles.

We share the themes of each moon phase and how you can move through them - we note that while the moon is a feminine energy (compared to the sun being a masculine energy), that you can be any gender or at any phase of your life to work with the moon.

We share our experiences and some tips for how to move through each of the moon phases - from the dark/new moon to the waxing and waning moons and the full moon - what parts of the moon cycle are good for setting intentions and manifesting, or for celebration and gratitude, or for surrender and release.

We also touch on astrology and how the astrological signs show up in the moon cycle.

Here are some additional resources that you may find helpful:

Magic of I - https://magicofi.com/blogs/moons 

Rebel Soul Mama (astrology signs) - https://au.pinterest.com/pin/718464946797848203/ 

For Astro birth charts/finding riding signs - https://www.astro.com/free/free_chart_e.htm

https://www.instagram.com/chaninicholas?igsh=ZGhqYXo5dWo5Ym4w

https://www.instagram.com/queercosmos?igsh=MWEzemF0bWRkYW01Nw==

This episode covers one of our favourite topics of cyclical living - mastering our menstrual cycle.

We share information about the 4 inner seasons and what happens throughout each phase:

Inner Winter - bleeding/menstruation

Inner Spring - pre-ovulation/follicular

Inner Summer - ovulation

Inner Autumn - pre-menstrual/luteal

We share snippets of our own experiences as cyclical women and tips for how to honour your menstrual cycle (and what the strengths and challenges are of each phase); as well as ideas for how to help those you live with to understand what's happening for you and how they can support you.

If you're a menstruating woman, or know one - this episode is one to listen to!

This is a BONUS episode to accompany our Ostara episode - a beautiful guided ritual for you to sink into this time in the Wheel of the Year.

The card pulled in this episode was Shekinah from the White Light Oracle.

Come and share your Ostara ritual reflections with us on Instagram

This is the next episode as we make our way around the Wheel of the Year - celebrating Ostara.

We talk all about this festival that celebrates fertility - at the Spring Equinox, which also invites you to consider any imbalances and what you can do to bring more balance in your life.

We share ideas for how to celebrate this sabbat and the metaphorical lessons or takeaways from this time.

Easter is the Christian celebration that was overlaid onto Ostara, so the fun, youthful vibes of Easter are what we can tap into - in the Southern Hemisphere we celebrate this cultural tradition in a different time of the year from the actual seasonal timing.

It's also a time of the Maiden - creativity, innocence, fun and awe at the world. A great time to really connect with nature and bathe in her natural beauty.

The card pulled for this episode was 7 of Earth from the Good Tarot deck.

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How many times do you think we said INTENTION in this episode? 😂

We're talking all about setting intentions, dreaming big, talking desires, making changes and vision boards. We discuss the process of bringing things from your subconscious into your consciousness.

Intention Setting workshop with Mal - The Cosmic Hearth by Malyssa

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In this episode we are talking about one of our favourite topics - self-care! We could literally talk all day about this, so enjoy this one hour episode and come and chat to us on Instagram about your self-care journey or what you'd like to bring into your self-care practice.

Of course, we make it witchy - pulling in tools like oracle cards, essential oils and crystals, to help us find the magic in the mundane. We are big advocates for simple self-care that you can do alongside motherhood, work and life.

Get your personalised ritual created by Sarah - GET HERE

If you'd like more details on the personalised ritual, DM Sarah on her Instagram @blossomandsnooze

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This is a special episode where we’re exploring the theme of self-worth and worthiness within the space of a circle - we invite you to join us and sit in circle to tune into yourself and feel the power of women’s circles. We chat about worthiness, guide you through a beautiful meditation (that had Sarah in tears!), share with you an oracle card intuitive reading and invite you to share your words with us.

Timestamps

3:30 we are inherently worthy

6:15 circle opens

8:13 self-worth check in

10:45 meditation

24:28 oracle card intuitive reading

40:19 journalling time & sharing circle 

49:28 your space to share

51:13 circle closes

The cards pulled for this circle were: 

From Moon Goddess Oracle - Devana (Protection)

From Work Your Light Oracle:

(Past) Trust the Niggle - What is the niggling feeling trying to tell you?

(Present) Boundaries - Where do you need to establish better boundaries?

(Future) Play - Have fun, celebrate, don’t be so serious

(Future) Trust Your Path - If you knew you were supported, what would you do?

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We’d love to hear from you after this episode and what your reflections are here - our DM’s are always open xx Sarah & Mal

Come and join us for a beautiful guided ritual to honour Imbolc.

This sabbat is all about new beginnings, setting intentions and goals - dreaming big! So bring your journal as we guide you through a meditation to discover what seeds you want to plant.

Sending Imbolc blessings to you, dear one

Sarah and Mal xx

Please come and DM us your Imbolc ritual reflections - https://www.instagram.com/moonlitmothers?igsh=Y2FtdHk2OWxnNWR6

This episode is about the next sabbat in the wheel of the year - Imbolc. It is the first of 4 cross-quarter solar festivals and marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring.

This part in the wheel of the year is all about setting intentions and planting seeds - with full permission to dream big and ask yourself "what could be possible, what do I desire?"

This episode Mal pulled the card 4 of Pentacles from her Tarot deck - check our Instagram to see the beautiful image of this card.

Once you've listened to this episode, please then go ahead and listen to the bonus ritual where you can be guided through a beautiful meditation to help you with setting intentions.

We'd love to hear from you - come and connect with us on Instagram:

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This one flows on from episode 5 all about The Should's and here we dive deep into guilt and shame. This is a bit of a heavier episode and we share our own experiences with guilt, shame, anger, rage, anxiety and depression, as well as perfectionism, comparison and not feeling good enough. We also chat openly about struggles in this area with things like housework, baby sleep, breastfeeding and food for our kids.

We chat through how you can start to peel back the layers and catch yourself in the spirals of shame and how to prevent guilt from becoming consuming.

The oracle card pulled for this episode was Broken Branches (from the Witching Hour deck). This card was our invitation to let go of all the heaviness and heartache that guilt and shame can weigh heavily on us.

47:00mins - Building shame resilience (from Brene Brown)

"Shame dies through connection"

48:30 - prompts to explore your guilt or shame

49:30 - getting a bit witchy to explore these themes and the shadow work

56:00 - tapping into sensory stuff to help move through these themes

If you are struggling with this, please know that we see you and you are not alone. Below are some links to support services if you are experiencing mental health troubles, or need someone to talk this through with (we have both been there) - remember that you don't need to be at a crisis point to seek help.

Beyond Blue - https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support

PANDA - https://panda.org.au/articles/what-happens-when-i-call-the-panda-helpline/

In this episode we are talking about the "should's" - all the things we think we "should" be or do - the social norms, arbitrary rules, external expectations. We chat about some of our experiences in how trying to live up to unrealistic expectations has impacted us and how we've navigated coming back to ourselves and our inner authority and values.

We touch on the Perfect Mother Myth and how motherhood often triggers a lot of us and how we've navigated the Should's of being a mum.

We also talk about our experiences of rage and anger, mental health struggles and will expand more on these spirals in the next episode about shame and guilt.

The oracle card pull for this episode was the Green Tree Frog (from the Wild Wisdom Australia deck) - giving us the themes of transformation and change and permission to allow our truth to be constantly evolving. "I embrace change for my highest good".

Actionables

54:10mins - we share some prompts, practices and advice for you to take a small action in questioning and challenging the should's

55:00 prompts to reflect on

56:30 some ideas on finding someone to work through these themes with

1:04:10 some tips for what to do if you're struggling with this - judging yourself, putting pressure on yourself or telling yourself you're not good enough

1:10:00 checking in with yourself

1:12:18 self-compassion

Dr Sophie Brock (Motherhood Studies Sociologist) - https://www.instagram.com/drsophiebrock/

Please reach out to us if you would like to connect and chat about The Should's! https://www.instagram.com/moonlitmothers/

Come and join us for a beautiful guided ritual to honour the Winter Solstice, or Yule.

Get cozy and warm, bring your journal and anything else you feel called to bring to create your ritual space (such as crystals, oracle or tarot cards, essential oils).

Let us guide you through a guided visualisation meditation to tap into the wintery energy of this sabbat. Use the prompts to go deeper, or do your own card pull.

Sending our beautiful Yule blessings to you

Sarah and Mal xx

Please come and DM us your Yule ritual reflections - https://www.instagram.com/moonlitmothers?igsh=Y2FtdHk2OWxnNWR6

In this episode we talk about the first sabbat of the turn in the Wheel of the Year - the Winter Solstice, or Yule.

We chat about the themes that Yule brings up and how we might feel as we enter Winter (think cozy winter, Christmas vibes). We give you some ideas for how to honour yourself in this season or how to celebrate Yule (especially for us in the Southern Hemisphere when it doesn't line up with Christmas like it does in the Northern Hemisphere).

We mention how tuning in with the seasons and cycles can help us make sense of things like seasonal affect or mood disorders and what we do to take care of ourselves.

After you've listened to this episode, check out the BONUS episode which is a beautiful guided Winter Solstice ritual for you to sink into this first sabbat.

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In episode 3 we’re introducing you to the Wheel of the Year and the 8 sabbats: Yule (Winter Solstice) Imbolc Ostara (Spring Equinox) Beltane Litha (Summer Solstice) Lammas Mabon (Autumn Equinox) Samhain We will be doing more detailed episodes for each individual sabbat, which will be released as we approach each one in this next turning of the wheel. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to listen to each one as they are released. Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/moonlitmothers?igsh=Y2FtdHk2OWxnNWR6

In this episode we’re chatting all about our experiences with cyclical living. We share how we each got started in tuning into and working with the cycles and seasons of life. We cover some basics of tuning into your energy, and alllll the cycles: moon, menstrual, seasonal, sabbats and the wheel of the year. We also touch on matresence, human design and astrology. Action step for you to take after listening to this episode: Consider which cyclical element you would like to tune into and do your own cyclical check in - at what point in the cycle are you right now and how are you feeling? Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/moonlitmothers?igsh=Y2FtdHk2OWxnNWR6 Jane Hardwicke-Collings - https://www.instagram.com/janehardwickecollings?igsh=MnRkdTJ2NWR4a2Fq Spinning Wheels App - https://janehardwickecollings.com/product/spinning-wheels-app-link-to-download-on-apple-and-android/ Claire Baker - https://www.instagram.com/_clairebaker_?igsh=MTdtMTVzOWNuaGpz

Welcome to Moonlit Mothers, we’re so glad you’re here with us!

In our first episode, we introduce ourselves (Sarah and Mal, your hosts) and our podcast Moonlit Mothers. 

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Here is a little preview of a moment from our first episode which is live tomorrow (Mon 22nd April) 9am!