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Liz Migliorelli belongs to a lineage of spinsters, hedge witches, bee maidens, apple romancers and herb cunning-folk. She is a herbalist, animist and educator. Liz weaves together and facilitates classes on plant medicine, storytelling, ancestral remembrance, earth rhythms, folk magic, hearth culture, poetry and social justice movements.  In this episode, Eryn and Liz talk about: Her journey with plants and magic Folk magic as nourishment for life Ancestral folk magic practices she has woven into her life Healing for our ancestry through the way we live Dream magic & incubating dreams Why she loves poetry & what poetry means to her Turning back to poetry when things fell apart Flower essences as poems A poem that has been resonating with Liz lately Fires of spring versus fires of summer, the different ways elements express in different seasons Noticing as an ancestral practice Leaning into the subtle magic of seasonality Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/liz-migliorelli  Check out Eryn

Erin Alise (she/her) is an illustrator and witch who helps creative witches get clarity on their purpose and keep inspired through uncertain times. In this episode, Eryn and Erin talk about: Erin's journey with creativity and magic The process of claiming "witch" Core witchcraft values and beliefs Noticing the magic around you Sigils & symbols Weaving and integrating magic into your life Magic as a pivot point during the day Simple pivot spells Using what you have to make magic Personal symbology and personal grimoires Symbolism as shaped by the collective Staying creative in uncertainty Being an artist who sells creative work and still feeling connected to your work Working with your internal creative flow Creating wells for creative nourishment Creative seasons and cycles Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/erin-alise-borzak  Download a free meditation for ex-religious folks and a free breathwork meditation. Connect with Eryn on Instagram.  Register for the erotic poetry writing class.  C

Welcome to Cancer season! In this episode, your host Eryn talks about the energy of Cancer season & does a collective tarot reading for us to feel into how this energy wants to move through us. We talk guilt, boundaries, stories we tell ourselves + more.  Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/cancer-season-medicine-2021  Register for the summer solstice breathwork ceremony (tonight!). Download a free meditation for ex-religious folks and a free breathwork meditation. Connect with Eryn on Instagram.

Siri Vincent Plouff (they/them) works to queer Nordic witchcraft. They are a Nordic witch, rune reader, and tarot reader based in Minneapolis, MN. In this episode, Eryn and Siri talk about: Siri's journey with witchcraft Racism & white supremacy in heathenry Their experience growing up with religion & spirituality Getting introduced to witchcraft through being in a Wiccan coven How their gender identity and sexuality have evolved alongside their evolution with witchcraft Interrogating toxic masculinity & feeling afraid of masculinity Queerness & witchcraft! All about Nordic witchcraft Radical runes! How to work with the runes for yourself How working with the runes is different than working with tarot for them Working with runes in an ethical way Creating your own folk magic practice Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/siri-vincent-plouff Download a free meditation for ex-religious folks and a free breathwork meditation. Connect with Eryn on Instagram. Register for the Summer S

Happy Pride! In this episode I talk a little about my ever evolving journey with queerness & read you a bunch of queer love and pleasure poems. Enjoy! Register for the Poetry Magic for Ex-Religious Folks class on Weds! Apply for HOLY, a 7 week reclamation circle for ex-religious folks (closes Tuesday). Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/queer-love-pleasure-poems  Poem and book links for the poems read in this episode: Whole and Without Blessing by Linda Gregg The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde Selected Poems by Adrienne Rich All We Know of Pleasure: Poetic Erotica by Women Peanut Butter by Eileen Myles Orchard by HD Poem For My Love by June Jordan Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown The Tradition by Jericho Brown Life of the Party by Olivia Gatwood Crush by Richard Siken Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith Bible Black Out Sodom & Gomorrah poem

Britten LaRue is an intuitive astrologer, writer, and teacher. Born guided by The Hierophant and called a Key by her students and clients, Britten opens portals and realms for others to go deeper on their own path. In this episode, Eryn and Britten explore: Britten’s journey with astrology How astrology helped Britten connect with herself & do deprogramming work Giving yourself permission Fully embodying each sign Living the Hierophant & Hierophant themes Authority & self-trust Accessing more of your intuition & wisdom Living the astrological signs Living moon by moon Working with the moon Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/britten-larue  Download a free meditation for ex-religious folks and a free breathwork meditation. Connect with Eryn on Instagram. Connect with Britten on her website and Instagram.

Welcome to Gemini season! In this episode, your host Eryn talks about the energy of Gemini season & does a collective tarot reading for us to feel into how this energy wants to move through us. We talk acceptance, control, honesty, & more. Poetry Magic class for ex-religious folks. Download the free breathwork meditation!  Connect on Instagram.

Alice Sparkly Kat (they/them) is an astrologer & author of Postcolonial Astrology. They use astrology to re-chart a history of the subconscious, redefine the body in world, and reimagine history as collective memory.  In this episode, we talk about: Alice Sparkly Kat’s journey with astrology What is postcolonial astrology Western astrology Outer planets in astrology practice Venus and Mars teaching us about gender The duality of all planets Peace and war in astrology Applying this context to someone’s chart Mars as a specific kind of masculinity Inanna & Venus The Moon & money Growing into our charts Working with planets in detriment and exalted planets Their writing process Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/alice-sparkly-kat  Check out my upcoming class, Poetry Magic for Ex-Religious Folks. Order the Religious Trauma Workbook. Connect with Eryn on Instagram. Connect with Alice Sparkly Kat on Instagram. Order Alice Sparkly Kat's new book, Postcolonial Astrology.

Mary Lanham is the editor, writer, and tarot reader behind Bibliomancer Editing. As an editor, she works with speculative fiction and spiritual nonfiction writers, helping them develop and share their most transformational stories. She also helps creatives rediscover their vision with tarot readings that inspire the storytelling process. In this episode, Mary and Eryn talk about: Mary’s journey with writing and magic Reclaiming creativity Disengaging from limiting creative and spiritual mythos through tarot Growing up Catholic & deconstructing Catholicism Tarot as support for transitioning out of Catholicism How tarot supports her creativity Finding the story in a tarot card or tarot spread Developing somatic awareness The Magician & The Wheel of Fortune Taking ownership of our big and deep stories Stories as an alchemical experience Telling the truth in our stories The vulnerability of sharing stories Mary’s writing process, how she holds structure and space for her creativity Keeping a creative pra

Ivy Kwong, LMFT is a writer, speaker, and licensed psychotherapist specializing in Asian American mental health, healing codependency, and healing ancestral and intergenerational trauma. She is an advocate for decolonizing mental health and has 16+ years of experience offering social justice-minded therapy and coaching.  In this episode, Eryn and Ivy talk about: Ivy’s healing journey Healing being hurt in relationship through relationships Reconnecting with the wisdom of our emotions Self-abandonment through people pleasing How to know when something old is showing up and asking to be seen Moving emotions Rage as an expression of love Expressing our anger as people socialized as women Healing intergenerational trauma, ancestral trauma Inner child healing including for people who don’t have a lot of childhood memories Healing relationships with our parents People pleasing & codependency Healing through setting boundaries Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/ivy-kwong  Download a free 8-minute

Welcome to Taurus season! In this episode, your host Eryn talks about the energy of Taurus season & does a collective tarot reading for us to feel into how this energy wants to move through us. We talk pleasure, fulfillment, letting ourselves be changed & more. Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/taurus-season-medicine-2021 Register for the Beltane Breathwork Ceremony (early bird pricing through this Friday) for healing around pleasure and self-love. Mentioned in this episode: The poem I read aloud - [untitled pleasure poem] When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron   

Lee (she/her) is an intuitive healing artist who has adored esoteric and occult wisdom for as long as she can remember. She practices Tarot divination, Reiki, and Akashic Records & is committed to her continual practice of anchoring her true essence into the world, so that she may help others unveil their own source of magic. In this episode, Eryn and Lee talk about: Lee’s journey starting with meditation and Buddhism Religion and spirituality for Lee growing up Lee’s relationship with tarot Symbolism and symbols in our culture Symbols that Lee connects to Working with your own personal symbols How writing poetry is part of Lee’s spellwork and spiritual practice Channeling her ancestor connection into poetry The beauty in the creative journey Perfectionism & exploring things that you’re “bad” at Working with the Akashic Records for healing Cultivating ancestor relationship Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/lee-scrimmager The Creative Support membership is officially open for registrati

Tara Burke (they/them) & Sanyu Estelle (she/her) are spiritual care workers dreaming collaboratively together in their communal dream course, Dreamscapes. In this episode, Eryn, Tara, and Sanyu talk about: Their journeys with their dreams Dismantling needing to interpret your dreams What the dreamworld is to them  Multidimensionality in dreaming Not exploiting and extracting from the dream process Living into our dream Collective dreaming The power of the imagination Ableism within the dream space Making magic in the unseen, in what we feel Nightmares and dreams you don’t prefer Dream figures & how maybe those aren’t the exact people in your waking life that you’re seeing in the dream Spiritual agreements Destiny and free will Connecting with dreams through art Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/sanyu-estelle-tara-burke  Join the free mini creativity course to deepen your relationship with your creativity. Poem Tara mentions in the episode: Rant by Diane di Prima. Check out the spring D

Carolyn Elliott is an author and teacher who specializes in helping people achieve dramatic positive change in their lives through shadow integration practices and applied occult philosophy, particularly Existential Kink. In this episode, Eryn and Carolyn talk about: How Carolyn developed existential kink How to start to love and even get off on those things in your life your conscious mind / ego hates Considering life from soul perspective Putting ourselves back into the role of creator and dreamer of the dream, rather than the character Sexual fantasy & existential kink Integrating an EK practice Working EK in the moment Staying with intense sensation Deepest fear inventory Desire and fear as two sides of the same coin Your havingness level for feeling good Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/carolyn-elliott  Free mini course to help you deepen your relationship with your creativity starts on April 6th! Register here. Check out Carolyn's website and join her email list here. Follow her on

Sarah Potter is a professional witch, Tarot Reader and psychic medium living in Manhattan. Sarah specializes in Color Magic, a means of using specific hues of the rainbow to conjure different energies and manifest personal transformation. In this episode, Sarah and Eryn talk about: Sarah’s tarot journey How Sarah works with the tarot for healing and growth When the universe keeps calling you towards something Tarot cards that have been showing up a lot during pandemic time When the tarot isn’t telling you what you want to hear! What color magic is How to work with color magic to amplify your intentions Cultivating a personal and intuitive relationship with color How to start exploring how different colors make you feel What your favorite color can teach you Reclaiming pink! Working with color magic in the tarot How colors are tied to elements What the colors you don’t like have to teach you What to do when you’re feeling creatively blocked Self-love spells Simple rituals and spells Blog for this episode: ww

Sophia (she/her) is a medium, Akashic Records Reader, Root worker, and Conduit who comes from a long line of Root Workers, Seers and Energy Workers. She specializes in bridging the relationship with you and your shadow self. In this episode, Eryn and Sophia talk about:  Sophia’s spiritual journey Communing with shadow  Why it’s not about getting rid of shadow Getting to the roots with shadow  What your child self has to do with shadow work Her perspective on past lives  How she helps people connect with their guides and council Life as ritual Communing guides & shadow in your dreams Working with fear What’s ego and what’s spirit? Sign up for the spring equinox breathwork ceremony (early bird pricing through Friday). Free healing meditation for ex-religious folks. Free 8-minute breathwork meditation.  Connect with Sophia on her website and Instagram.

Marika Clymer, she/her, is a steward of traditional Japanese Reiki ways, and guide in decolonial energetic healing practices. In this episode, Eryn and Marika talk about: Marika’s spiritual journey & journey with Reiki The roots of Reiki and how western Reiki is different from traditional Reiki What is cultural exchange and what is violence and cultural erasure? How she has shifted her relationship with Reiki and developed a Reiki practice that de-centers colonialism and whiteness Shame in ancestor work especially for European folks Engaging with Reiki with respect Disconnection from culture and roots and our own ancestral healing practices Cultivating our own understanding of what sovereignty is and what it means to be a healer today How she teaches Reiki & how her process is different from what’s standard in our western culture Being in relationship with spiritual practices like Reiki, not just the transaction or consumption of them Having a business for your healing work Reiki attunements and why

Welcome to Pisces season! In this episode, your host Eryn talks about the energy of Pisces season, shares key lunar dates, and does a collective tarot reading to understand what Pisces energy is here to teach us, what wants to flow through us this season, and more. Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/pisces-season-medicine Download the free healing meditation for ex-religious folks. Download the free 8-minute breathwork meditation. Check out the Patreon to support the show and access an archive of meditations, rituals, breathwork practices, and more to support your healing.

Andrea Glik, LCSW is a somatic trauma therapist, supervisor, and educator. Andrea specializes in treating trauma, nervous system dysregulation, and PTSD, prioritizing women, survivors, and queer & trans folks. She utilizes neurobiological, body-based and feminist therapy practices to help clients feel safe in the present and come home to themselves. Andrea practices online, lives on stolen Osage & Sioux land, and can also be found on Instagram @somaticwitch and at andreaglik.com. In this episode, Eryn and Andrea talk about:  Andrea’s journey to becoming a therapist Somatics & healing through the body Digital minimalism & the nervous system The intermittent reinforcement of social media Using phones to cope & finding other coping mechanisms to support Body image and moving to support ourselves Parts work & our protector parts How to start caring for and connecting with your child self Queerness, coming into her queerness, and internalized homophobia Healing through kink, BDSM, and sexu

In this bonus episode, Eryn talks about moving through the fear of rejection especially in regards to sharing creative work & leads a 14-minute meditation to connect to your creativity.  Monday is the last day to join the Creative Support membership! It’s here to help you tap into your innate creativity, cultivate creative bravery, & move through creative blocks so you can craft a more creative life. Come join to tend to your creativity in community - there are two live calls a month, a creative support course to help you heal your relationship with creativity & visibility, and a really cool Mighty Networks community of fellow witchy creative humans! Closes Monday at 11:59 pm EST. Check it out and join us here.