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The Effects of Butterflies

Ashley B. Jones

Religion & Spirituality

Frequency: 1 episode/12d. Total Eps: 12

The Effects of Butterflies is a podcast hosted by Ashley B. Jones, Mentor, Artist, Philosopher, and Psychic, for one purpose and one purpose only — so you can find the inspiration to have The Audacity™️, make decisions you know are right for you, and take leaps of faith to finally live life on your own terms. Not a blueprint-how-to guide but a collaborative spell book. Have questions? Wanna yap? Come hang out with me on Insta @ashley.b.jones or email at ashley@ashleybjones.com :) The theme music is composed by the ever-talented, Jonathan Koe.

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - spirituality
30/05/2026
#90
🇨🇦 Canada - spirituality
25/04/2026
#85
🇬🇧 Great Britain - spirituality
11/04/2026
#61

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Feng Shui Basics, Sacred Sundays, and the Art of Yearning for Home with Kate Van Horn

Friday, April 3, 2026 • Duration 01:02:30

She closed her books for the first time in nine years. Not because she had to, but because her Higher Self was screaming that it was time. Full availability suddenly gone, just space to write and dissolve and rebuild. This is what it looks like when you Feng Shui your entire life so the next version of you has room to breathe.

Kate Van Horn is a tarot reader, spiritual mentor, Feng Shui consultant, and author of The Inner Tarot. She's in her cocoon phase right now — that primordial goo moment where you dissolve everything you've been so something truer can emerge. And in this conversation with Ashley, she's sharing what it actually means to create a home that matches the frequency of who you're becoming.

This isn't about minimalism or perfection. It's about curating a space where your Higher Self feels so at home that she can guide you to paths you don't even see yet. It's about turning your apartment into a sanctuary, your routine into ritual, and your stuff into a conversation with the life you're calling in.

We dive into:

Why Kate intentionally closed her books for readings for the first time in 9 years (and what emerged in that space)
Feng Shui as energy architecture: making sure your manifestations can move through your space as easily as your body can
"Would your higher self still own this?" as the decluttering filter that changes everything
The waffle maker story and why Sunday rituals become sacred without you even trying
Belonging as being in a state of longing — you know something belongs to you when you yearn for it
Finding your signatures: the same cleanser for 7 years, the red dress you bought before you were ready, expired pantry goods feeding you less life force
Creating a home that holds both your hunger for more and your need for sanctuary — how to nest when you're someone who always wants the next thing

This episode is for:

The ones ready to Feng Shui their entire life so their higher self has room to move
The ones who've been in the same chapter for years and can feel the expiration date approaching (and are ready to honor it)
The ones living in temporary spaces but ready to make them feel like home anyway
The ones whose higher self keeps whispering "slow down" and are finally ready to listen
The ones who find meaning in everything and want to learn how to love fewer things more intentionally
The ones ready to turn their space into a reflection of who they're becoming, not who they've been
The ones who know they're ready to nest, to claim sanctuary, to build a home their future self will walk into and say "thank god I'm here"

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Instagram: @kate.van.hornTikTok: @kate.vanhornSubstack: Intuitive Living

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About Kate:

Kate Van Horn is an intuitive reader, author, and sacred space consultant focused on the relationship between people and the spaces they inhabit. Her work sits at the intersection of intuition, creativity, and the home as a living, responsive system. She's moved more than twenty times as an adult, and those transitions deeply shaped her understanding of space as something that mirrors, supports, and sometimes challenges us. Alongside that, she's been practicing intuitive work for over a decade, blending psychic perception with grounded tools like Feng Shui, ritual, and somatic awareness. Writing has always been part of her path — she's the author of The Inner Tarot and currently working on her second book, which explores the home as a healing and co-creative force.

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The Cycle of Transformation: Meaning Making, Metamorphosis & How to Change Your Fate

Sunday, March 8, 2026 • Duration 47:01

I used to think I was broken.

Not in a dramatic way — more in a quiet, maddening way. Like, why do I keep ending up here? Different year, different person, different city — same feeling. Same pattern. Same crash out.

And then I heard a quote by Carl Jung that changed everything: "Until you make your unconscious conscious, it will rule your life and you will call it fate."

That was the moment I stopped calling it fate and started calling it what it actually was — a cycle I didn't know I was in.

The Cycle of Transformation is a framework I discovered three years ago when my neurodivergent pattern-matching brain started seeing the same four stages echoed literally everywhere — in the phases of the moon, the seasons, the butterfly's metamorphosis, the menstrual cycle, ancient archetypes, numerology. When something shows up that many times across that many different systems, that's not coincidence. That's truth.

And when you know which stage you're in? You stop white-knuckling through your life and start actually living it.

Go with the flow? Duh, bestie. You've got your intuition, the tool you need to navigate it.

We're diving into:

The four stages of the Cycle of Transformation — the Void, the Growth, the Peak, and the Learning — and what each one actually feels like from the inside
Why the ancient Greek word for butterfly is psyche — which also means soul — and what that tells us about why we're here
The difference between looping and spiraling, and how intention and intuition are what turn one into the other
Where I am right now in my own cycle across love, money, business, and my move to New York — and how I'm using this framework to break patterns I've been stuck in for years
How to figure out what stage you're in and what to do once you know
Why surrender actually speeds everything up

A Rotten Fridge, Clogged Pipes, and My Initiation into New York City

Saturday, February 14, 2026 • Duration 47:39

A Rotten Fridge, Clogged Pipes, and My Initiation into New York City

I five months in near-total silence on my grandparents' home in Topeka, Kansas trusting myself and embracing the quiet nothingness of the in-between. After being sent a blaring sign from The Universe that it was time to leave Denver and move to New York City, I knew I needed to deepen my relationship to myself and nervous system before I did. Then, it was time. Every step of the process of finding a new apartment and planning my trip across the country, I checked-in with my body and waited until it felt warm, light, and gooey before I said yes.

And then I pulled up to my new Brooklyn apartment, walked through the door, and the place was trashed. Literally.

This is my first ever solo episode. I'm pulling back the curtain on the last year of my life. The breakup that broke seriously engrained pattern. The profound boredom that cracked everything open. The decision to stop running away from places and start walking intentionally toward them. And what it actually means to be in the egg phase of the cycle of transformation instead of the cocoon — because they are not the same thing, and the distinction changes everything.

In today’s episode, we’ll dive into:

The "What Would My Favorite Self Do?" experiment that started as a response to a breakup and became a complete life overhaul
Why I went to Kansas before I went to New York — and why that was never the consolation prize
The four stages of the transformation cycle and how they map onto the lunar cycle, the seasons, the menstrual cycle, and the butterfly
What the void actually feels like from the inside (hint: 50 shades of gray, not in the fun way... but also kind of in the fun way)
The difference between running away from a place and intentionally walking toward one
How a rotten fridge, three plumbers, and six hours with Kevin became a spiritual initiation
What it means to check your body for a "yes" — and what warm, light, and gooey actually feels like
Why my inner child panicked when I crossed back into New York — and how I handled it
The ventilator metaphor — and what it actually costs to take yourself off life support

Grief The Teacher and The Creative Power of Joy with Rachael Renae

Monday, February 9, 2026 • Duration 01:41:26

What if play isn't just for kids? What if it's the practice that keeps you tethered to yourself when everything falls apart?

Rachael Renae spent over a decade as a civil engineer, building what looked like a stable life while her creative soul screamed to get out. Then her dad got sick. She moved home. He passed away six months later. And suddenly, she couldn't fake it anymore. So, she quit her corporate job, started making weird paper mache sculptures taller than herself, and discovered that play isn't optional when everything falls apart — it's survival.

This conversation is about what happens when grief cracks you open and, instead of trying to put yourself back together the same way, you let yourself become something new.

We dive into:

Why matching your mug to your outfit is an act of survival during hard times
Play and creativity as a tether to your authentic self when everything else is falling apart
How grief expands your capacity for joy (not just pain)
The spell book her mom found and the shame of having your creativity discovered
Closing her stationery business because monetizing joy killed the magic
Being terrible at stained glass and why that's perfect information
Jealousy as a roadmap to what you actually want
Why creativity is human nature—from field hollers to concentration camp art
Naming your inner child and becoming your own best friend
Building trust with yourself through tiny daily choices that compound
"It should feel like the book"—her framework for relationships that feel resistance-free
The difference between making art to sell vs. making art because you're obsessed

This episode is for: anyone navigating grief or loss, people who dismiss play as frivolous, burnt-out corporate workers who feel that crunchy agitation of "something's not right," anyone who thinks they're "not creative," the ones who need permission to be gloriously bad at things, anyone protecting their joy from monetization, people rebuilding their life from scratch and terrified they're doing it wrong.

The Power of Ravishing The F*ck Out of Your Life with Giana Cerasia

Friday, January 23, 2026 • Duration 01:40:41

The Power of Ravishing The F*ck Out of Your Life with Giana Cerasia

What if shadow work isn't about digging through your trauma—but about throwing the most exquisite dinner party for every version of yourself you've been taught to exile?

Giana Cerasia has been a lot of things: a Title I teacher with 150 students a day, a prison reformer, a government lobbyist fighting for educational equity, a CrossFit athlete, a 4th generation Italian witch. She's also someone who brought her husband AND their girlfriend home to her mom's house for the holidays—and sat in the discomfort while her family spun out. Because Giana knows something most of us are terrified to accept: wholeness doesn't come from fixing your broken parts. It comes from learning to ravish them.

This conversation isn't about healing in the "love and light" way. It's about getting feral with your shadows, sitting in discomfort until you find play on the other side, and refusing to collapse yourself into a single story just to belong.

In today’s salacious convo, we dive into:

What shadow work actually is (spoiler: not rehashing trauma),
the half-closed loops we carry and why they keep us stuck,
how sitting in discomfort creates intimacy,
why the opposite of trauma is play,
loving the good girl and the control freak instead of exiling them,
bringing your husband and girlfriend home to your mom's house,
and the one exercise you can do right now with the person who pisses you off most.

This episode is for:

anyone exhausted from trying to "fix" themselves,
chronic people-pleasers managing everyone else's feelings,
humans who've been taught to pick one identity but know they're multifaceted as fuck (the ones ready to stop performing and start ravishing),
women hungry to descend into shadow and alchemize it into power.

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Disrupt Your Environment, Burn It Down, and Board a One-Way Flight with Edila Stace-Smith

Saturday, January 17, 2026 • Duration 01:24:13

What does it take to completely blow up your entire life and hit the hard reset button?

Well, my friend Edila has done it MULTIPLE times. A couple years ago, she sold everything she owned (literally gave her furniture away to people on her apartment floor), bought a one-way ticket to Mexico, and hasn't looked back in four years. She's traveled and worked across 15+ countries, rebuilt her business from scratch, and discovered versions of herself she didn't know existed. Recently, she burned her design business to the ground and is starting over again because she knows she can.

Now, today’s convo isn't a "quit your job and travel the world" fantasy. We get into environmental disruption and how to intentionally putting yourself in uncomfortable situations to meet different parts of yourself, confront your biases, and figure out what you're actually capable of.

In our convo, we explore: the screaming sensation that tells you it's time to leave, burning down what no longer serves you, traveling slow vs fast (and why slow wins), creating structure within chaos, confronting unconscious biases, why fun isn't unproductive, and building IRL community in a world that wants to keep us behind screens.

This episode is for: anyone who feels trapped in their current life, people who crave change but don't know how to start, digital nomads or aspiring travelers, anyone ready to prioritize pleasure and fun, the ones who want their dreams to be louder than their doubts.

Join Edila in Portugal (June 2026): The Link Up is where internet friends become IRL soulmates. No worksheets, no business talk, no goal-setting sessions. Just real-time connection that reminds you why you chose this life. Save $700 until February 1st

Where you can hang out with Edila: Instagram | Threads |

Heated Rivalry is a Spell, Phone Addiction, and Becoming the Art You Love with KP

Friday, January 2, 2026 • Duration 01:25:37

Someone cast a spell on Heated Rivalry. There's no other explanation.

My friend KP and I are backkkk for round two of what is now our (and your) emotional support group. It's been a month since we first watched the show, and instead of subsiding, the possession and obsession has simply only gotten worse. I'm glued to my phone. My entire feed is Heated Rivalry. Anderson Cooper is talking about it on New Year's Eve. Brandi Carlile is gobsmacked. It’s hit mainstream news.

And we're still at the cottage. Literally cannot leave.

It’s why KP and I are back for round 2. This time we're deep diving into two main topics.

What happens when you take a collective psychosis moment and actually translate it into your real life?
How do you become the art you love instead of just consuming it?

In today's episode, we chit and chat about: spell casting and artistic intention, confessing our phone addictions, how to use social media as a tool instead of a world, failure tolerance and rejection, the Magician as the horniest tarot card (we're serious), and setting 2026 intentions that actually make you feel alive.

This episode is perfect for: anyone still in the trenches, people struggling with phone addiction, anyone who wants to stop consuming and start creating, the freaks who are ready to make their life the spell.

Spoiler warning: We discuss the Quinn audios and Heated Rivalry post-episode 6.

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Heated Rivalry, Revolutionary Horniness, and the Antidote to Fascism with KP Pilley

Tuesday, December 23, 2025 • Duration 01:34:19

How does a low-budget show about closeted hockey players become a revolutionary moment that leads to collective mania and lowkey psychosis?

My friend KP — social media wizard, editorial content strategist, and fellow queer human — and I both got completely possessed by a show called Heated Rivalry three weeks ago. It's about two professional hockey players (one gay, one bi) who've been secretly involved for nearly a decade. They can't come out. Their careers would be over. For Ilya, being Russian, it could literally be dangerous. Yet the chemistry between them cannot be denied or stopped. So much so, it’s taken the world by storm.

Instead of this being just another fandom fad moment, it feels... revolutionary?

It’s a raw, vulnerable, messy kind of queer love we rarely see on screen. The kind that makes you remember what yearning feels like. The kind that invites you back into your body instead of letting you escape from your life.

Today, we get into: why this show hits like crack cocaine, the difference between performing and living vulnerability, how queer representation is shifting, how to turn fandom and parasocial relationships into real life connection, and why being a "little freak" might actually be resistance to fascism.

This episode is for: anyone who's ever been possessed by a piece of media, people navigating their queer identity, fans of romance novels or fan fiction, anyone who needs permission to yearn, the bisexuals (hi).

Spoiler warning: We discuss Heated Rivalry through episode 5.

KP is an editorial content strategist hell-bent on ensuring the weirdos inherit the earth by taking up more space online. They believe liberation is for all, capitalism sucks, and only we can save us. When you show up as your weirdest, wackiest self online, it's easier to make money, build community, and have fun with it. KP is a 30-year-old Pisces sun, Libra rising, married queer person who loves talking about social media, gender, and why being a little freak is actually revolutionary practice.

The Void is Your Teacher, Bathtubs are Portals, and Psychics are Lie Detectors with Jonathan Koe

Friday, December 19, 2025 • Duration 01:35:25

What do you do when everything falls apart?

My friend Jonathan Koe — mystical astrologer, energy worker, Pisces sun with two master's degrees, and one of my favorite people — just got laid off from his job in insurance. And instead of spiraling (okay, maybe a little bit of spiraling has been involved), we're talking about The Void.

That space where you don't know what's next. Where control stops working. Where you have to figure out how to just... be. The place you enter when your whole world blows up.

Today, we get into: navigating uncertainty, respecting (and disrespecting) your birth chart, why doubt is actually a beginning, and how bathtubs are secretly spiritual portals.

This episode is for: anyone in transition, anyone who's tired of self-help extremes, anyone who needs permission to not have it figured out.

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Where you can keep hanging out with him: @jonathankoeofficial on IG | Healing the Spirit podcast | Substack newsletter

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Jonathan is a mystical astrologer, spiritual mentor, energy worker, creative guide, and musician. Jonathan supports mystics in making their art, artists in embracing the mystery, and entrepreneurs in embodying their unique spirit's calling.

True to their Virgo rising and Gemini Moon path, Jonathan is a meganerd with two masters degrees – one in piano performance from Manhattan School of Music and another in economics from Columbia University.

Welcome to The Effects of Butterflies

Friday, December 19, 2025 • Duration 08:47

What if a butterfly flapping its wings could create a tornado on the other side of the world? And what if your tiny, messy, imperfect choices could ripple out and transform your entire life?

Welcome to The Effects of Butterflies — the podcast that exists so you can find the inspiration to have The Audacity™️, make decisions you know are right for you, and take leaps of faith to finally live life on your own terms.

In this intro episode, Ashley breaks down:

What the butterfly effect actually is (chaos theory meets philosophy)
Why this podcast embraces BOTH scientific logic AND spiritual mysticism
The eternal "both/and" of nature vs. nurture, fate vs. free will
Why the most important questions are the unanswerable ones
The difference between random happenstance (fate) and intentional choice (karma)

What to expect: Conversations with messy humans living in their magnetism. Deep dives. Collective readings. Gen Z humor meets ancient Greek philosophy. Always eavesdropping on the most profound soul debriefs.

This isn't a blueprint-how-to guide. Think of it as a collaborative spell book filled with practical magic on how to embrace unideal circumstances, own your human mess, and seize the reins to transform your life.

Listen if you need permission to: Stop having all the answers. Trust yourself. Go after what you want. Embrace the uncertainty and the not-knowing-how-it-all-plays-out-ness of it all.

Welcome to the butterfly effect. Welcome to your life, unfolding.

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