Participant #1:
Good morning, Robin. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to our first episode. You guys, our first official episode is up on a few sites, but it’s the first full one, so welcome. And I have a mic this time. It doesn’t sound like I’m talking on a cell phone across the world, so we’re professional now. She was not doing that. It just was a bad mic. No, but my SAGITTARIUS ass would have loved to be halfway around the world. But that’s a story for another time. So you’re ready to introduce yourself? Yes. You go first, girl. So I’m Maria from Maria the Arcane on Instagram, and my online witchy store is Magic with Maria. I do spells and tarot readings for my amazing clients. I love my clients, but I am currently living in the south, the United States. South Carolina would be more specific. I live with my gorgeous wife and my little Witchling. I started witchcraft when I was about 13, living in Germany, where I spent most of my youth in adolescence. I always did what I would consider witchy things before that, though. But it wasn’t until 13 that I understood I could be a witch. Of course, while they may not be the best representations of our community, I was drawn in by movies about witchcraft, such as Practical Magic and The Craft, those really good 90s movies. But I was wise enough to know that I shouldn’t really turn to those things for reliable information. So I definitely read as much as I could all the historical books in the library to the tiny little New Age section in the only shop that was near me. Like, I would sit in front of that bookshelf for, like, hours just reading spells. The only people that knew I practiced were usually really open about that side of themselves, so I felt comfortable confiding in them. I got to be extremely integrated and keep to myself. I was in the broom closet with my wife up until a few years ago. She was so mad at me for keeping that side of myself away from her. She wasn’t mad like, Oh, you’re a witch, but mainly because she was interested in doing it herself. So now I live in a very magical household where everyone identifies as a witch, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I love that, and I love you guys so much. How about you, Robin? My name is Robin. Obviously you guys might know me from Instagram with my handle being a tired witch. And I have a blog, which is also tired, which I have a shop within that blog where I sell intention, oils, tarot readings, and a variety of other magical tools. I also work as a psychic for a psychic hotline, which is my day job. So tarot, witchcraft, etc. Encompasses my entire life. I am happily married to the best guy, and we have two cats together. We’re currently living in california. I’m from San Francisco originally, but we are up by the Oregon border now. As a kid, a lot like Maria, I was so obsessed with all the spooky shows, the Craft, Harry Potter, and I was a huge fan of vintage horror films. I grew up in a very openly paranormal household. We talked about things like witchcraft, ghouls, goblins, you name it on the regular. My mom’s a massive horror buff. Shows like Ghost Hunters, was The Family Showing Up, or America’s Most Haunted, those sort of things. So it was a very natural and easy transition. And so, as Maria mentioned about being in the broom closet, although I didn’t openly talk about this with people until a few years ago, it was not something that I also really hid because the two kind of just flowed together and always made sense. And I have got nothing I’m very blessed. I’ve got nothing but support from my entire family. So it’s not something that was surprising to anyone when I was like, oh yeah, that is something that I’m doing. I think it was more of a surprise. And I was like, oh yeah, I’m working for a psychic caught line. And everybody was like, what? Those are still a thing. So yeah, that’s a little bit about me. It’s not that exciting, but I am literally a full time witch in every aspect of my life. So I’m thinking about it. Yeah, it’s all encompassing. Yeah, it’s not that exciting. I don’t think it’s that exciting, but it’s a part of life. Yeah, it’s no different than any job, right? No. Let’s get to the day, shall we?
Participant #1:
So the first thing we want to start this podcast off with, and basically all future podcasts off with is the upcoming lunar phase and basically what that means for us. So, coming up on March 9 is the full moon in Virgo. And if you aren’t already aware, we are currently in the PISCES New Moon and it’s snowy waxing to the full moon. The PISCES New Moon was bringing us this kind of air of dreamy energy and kind of head in the clouds. And that is why it’s following full moon. Virgo is so important because it’s far more grounded. So we’ve all been experiencing the hell that is the current retrograde. I mean, M says that she’s had a great time in retrograde and has had a problem. Cannot personally relate. Not at all. It’s been a very introspective time. I’ve heard other people say in other Mercury retrogrades before where I was like, oh, what? No, but I see this have been seeing it really affecting big businesses, which has been really interesting to watch, like really showing all the shit that they’ve been hiding. So interesting. Yeah, I’ve noticed it, but only a little bit. But then when we had talked about the other day, I was like, oh, you’re right, I hadn’t noticed those signs. So that’s interesting. So on that note, the Mercury retrograde ends on the 10 March, so the full moon starts on the 9th and retrograde ends on the 10th. And the full moon encompasses three full days. So we’ve got the maiden, the mother and the crone. So if you’re trying to wait to do any massive spell work, you still have extra days post the retrograde. So jot that and count those guys three days worth of full moon party. We love it. We love to see it. This full moon is also a super moon. So if you’re trying to bring out the big guns, guys, this is the time to do it. The Virgo full moon, especially as we talked about before with the PISCES dreamy energy, the Virgo full moon is bringing us back to Earth. We’re looking at organization for this. We’re looking at embracing practical things, earthly projects. If you’re going to start a new project that has to do with your day to day Monday in life, this would be the time to do this. Not that you can’t do creative projects, but this is a time to really hone in that kind of energy. And I know that we just started March and I know that some of you, myself included, so I’m not trying to add anybody maybe have fallen off the wagon with your New Year’s resolutions. This would be a really good time to focus back in on getting the New Year’s resolutions on track, organizing yourself and kind of making a very practical list of, okay, here is my resolution, here is when I failed or not failed. That’s the wrong word. When I stopped doing it you took a break. Yeah, I took a break. What can I learn from that? How can I reassess the situation and move forward? It’s very linear, very practical. So it’s something to really kind of recenter your life with. That’s the kind of energies we’re looking at. And that doesn’t mean that you have to use this whole moon for those kind of organization aspects of your life. But it’s definitely something to consider if you’re not really sure what to focus on. This full moon, I’m going to be concentrating on like sustainable financial growth. I love that something grounded, something that will last a long time, that’s not for the short term. I feel like that would be very good for this moon. Yeah, I completely agree. We have some big life changes coming up soon. And so for our full moon, I’m just focusing on organizing that and just being less chaotic. I think that’s part of the reason why retrograde affected me so badly, because we’ve got a lot of stuff going on in our life right now. It’s all good things, but with good things come chaos. And so when you’ve got this dreamy retrograde, it’s just forget about it. I’ve been a mess. Plus I’m a cancer man. Forget about it. I’m a walking disaster. My wife won too we’re a delight, truly.
Participant #1:
Yeah. If you guys are actually in our discord, we would like to hear from you guys what kind of energy that you’re going to hone in, kind of knowing this grounding virgo nature that comes with the full moon. So we’re going to open up that discussion probably Saturday. We’re really excited to hear from you guys. Tell us all about it. We want to hear about all your plans.
Participant #1:
So each podcast, just like we did with the Lunar card, we’re going to discuss a Tarot card. We will first discuss the rider wait universal meeting and then our own interpretations. We aren’t going to share cars in any particular order, and most of the time it’s going to be look at the draw, unless we feel like a card needs to be heard at a certain time. And the card that we’re going to be discussing, I feel, needs to be heard for this time. So this week we are discussing the moon upright. The universal meaning of this card, I feel, is kind of negative. It really focuses on the darkness, the unknown, and about what’s going on in our subconscious, especially with fear, illusion and anxiety about choices we are being faced with. The overall meeting can be very vague when you look it up and give you very vague results to readings. They really leave it up to your own interpretation if you look up the meaning of the card. I feel like this card is one of those cards that you get when it is, here’s the most basic outline of what the card means. And now you have to go out into the real world, trial and error and see what that means. Exactly. And then it’s like if you’re starting to read, you’re like, I don’t know what this means. Which is why, if you’re listening to this, if you picked up a deck yesterday, don’t start reading people for paid ratings. No, stop that. Knock it off. No. Take time to form your own opinions and read as many different opinions as you can. Yes. Now, the way I view this card couldn’t be any more different. I view this card as very empowering, or at least a choice to empower ourselves. Instead of darkness, I see illumination, just not in the same way as the Sun Tarot card. On the rider weight deck, you’ll see a domesticated dog, a wolf and a crab, two towers, a stream, and of course, our lovely Bella Luna. When this card pops up for myself or clients, yes, we are usually feeling pretty lost and unsure of ourselves. But this card shows that we have a choice to find our path. But inner work is definitely needed. The dog, to me, represents planting safe, taking the easy route, staying in our comfort zones, conservatism, and also the light side of ourselves compared to our shadow side. Each day is almost the exact same for the dog. They’re set in routine and structure. Nothing really changes for them. They know where their next meal is coming from. They’re not really worried about anything. The crab to me represents our shells, our comfort zones. The crab is right between the two towers. To me it shows making the choices stay in our shells or getting out of them. So now we have the majestic Wove. To me it represents our wild, untamed natures. It is such an important figure in witchcraft for a very good reason. It’s a side of ourselves that we are confident, empowered, driven and free. The wolf is always ready for something new and they use their senses to explore the world around them. Is a person who represents a little scared about going after a promotion? No they’re not. They are surviving and they’re not letting opportunities slip them by that will better their circumstances. Are they owning their body and dancing naked under the moonlight? Oh hell yes they are. I mean they’re not concerned about how they look to others and they aren’t concerned with looking silly or their flaws at all. There’s way more important stuff to worry about. The wolf lives in the moment and realizes life is fleeting and about surviving unlike the pampered domestic dog. Now once we embrace this inner wolf of ours and let ourselves step into our power, it will eliminate a whole new side of ourselves. Since you are no longer taking the safe route, you’re finding your own personal path that is unique to you and your spirit. The one you’re always meant to be on but never explored because society told you you couldn’t. But yes. How do you view this card, Robin dear? Well I feel like with this card it’s very similar to what you said. But for me the moon always represents having too wild of an imagination. It’s quite like when it’s very dark outside, you’ve got the moonlight shining into your room and you have this pile of clothes in the corner of your bed. It looks like this axe murderer that’s going to stab you. But when the light turns on it’s literally just a pile of your dirty laundry and you need to get your room clean. So for me the moon is all about taking these aspects of our imagination and taking it to the worst possible kind of nature. You know when people think that they are seeing signs everywhere, they’re not really seeing signs, they’re just being overdramatic. That is the mood it takes these signs that are thought to be psychic abilities and are actually just you having a psycho episode, not undermine people at all. But the signs aren’t actually there. You’re just reading way too much and over analyzing the situation. Or looking too often at your phone. Yes. Or looking way too much of your phone. It’s not 1111. You all are addicted to your phone and that’s okay. I’m not saying that that is something I am above. I definitely am not. But the signs aren’t there. And so for me, it’s taking that subconscious dream kind of state and bringing it into reality, and it’s just not realistic. And that’s okay. We all have these fantasies that kind of, I don’t know, burden our daily lives, and sometimes we just need to kind of reality check ourselves. And that’s what the moon is to me. It’s about reality checking ourselves and making sure that we’re not kind of over analyzing, over projecting, and being a little unrealistic. Although, just like you said about does the wolf do these things, et cetera, it’s the same kind of energy, except for we are always the wolf, but we think we’re the domesticated dog. Does that make sense? I love that. Yeah, definitely. I feel like especially when the card is reversed, not that we’re talking about the reverse moon, but the wolf has taken over our lives and we’re too wild, and we need to dial it down a little bit. For me, the moon reverse is again, I know we’re not well, we’re talking about it. Here it is. Mooniverse is taking that unrealistic. I’m seeing signs everywhere, and it’s taking it up to the nth degree that is like full on. You are overthinking to the point that you are actually detrimental to your own quality of life. I know I have anxiety and anxiety problems, and sometimes when I get this, it’s like, okay, anxiety is running the show here. I need to go find my coping mechanisms. I need to check my triggers, check with myself, because for me and readings for myself, it is a check on my own mental health problems and that anxiety might be running the show and I need to reevaluate my coping skills. And that’s okay. Yeah. As I said, for me, the wolf being too wild, having to go back to the domesticated dog and establish a little bit more routine and structure into your life because you’re probably spending money really crazy or not paying attention to your job. So you kind of need to step it back just a little bit. You need to find balance. You need to be the stream in between the two towers. Yeah, I completely agree, madam.
Participant #1:
So, Maria, what the hell is Stern? Your cauldron bitch? Well, right now, I’m loving how witches, especially in the past few years, have been really using magic in a way that helps them step into their personal power. I was talking to one of our Amazing Patreon members about this the other day. The winter, especially after Yule, has been rough. Longest year ever already, right? I think talking about empowerment is really important right now. A lot of new witches forget why they started around this time. It is truly a make it or break it time for a new witch. The amazing celebration of salad. And they’re done. And what you’re left with is the cold, the dark, and yourself, the hollow nothingness. Exactly. If you are in a slump, what you need to remember is why you started. And I believe the most part a healthy relationship with our practice starts with our inner selves and empowering ourselves with magic. And turning to our community during this time is amazing. Especially turning towards people who already have established practices. You will see throughout on social media. In our community. People are making things happen for themselves. They’re creating, they’re thriving, they’re holding themselves accountable, they are treating others and themselves with compassion and respect. Yes, right. And body positivity has become such an amazing force in the witch community. Witches are out there. I mean they’re owning and loving what they once thought were flaws before and realizing that no single body is the same period through confidence spells and people wearing the clothes that they want and they’re getting comfortable with their naked bodies. Glamor magic. Yes, exactly. Oh I love me some glamor magic. They are also developing their own personal beauty standards, which is so great because it’s a big fuel to the beauty industry and commercialism. As I say for many things in witchcraft, society has put us in a box and witchcraft is such an amazing tool to get out of it. Then there are witches out there that are owning their sexuality, gender identities and being true to themselves and oh my God, I freaking love it. I love how people are incorporating it into the practice and also using magic as a way to fight and hexa patriarchy. I love how these amazing and unique souls are using shadow work as a way to shed years of trauma and turning that trauma not only into knowledge, but as a way to fight back. It’s beautiful. I love it so much. And then we have the boss babes out there who are using their powers of intention, setting and manifestation to make things possible for themselves. They’re furthering their careers and using spellwork and using magic to continually better and improve their lives and become more successful versions of themselves. They are breaking down gender stereotypes and sexuality barriers while also setting boundaries to protect themselves using both magic and real world energy. I love seeing another witch or hell, even another person going out there and achieving success. I mean, the creatures make me believe myself even more. I love how people are stepping into their power. While people are stepping into their power, they are also helping others step into their power as well, which is supporting witches even if they are on separate paths. You guys are the real MVW’s most valuable witches by the way. So you are creating real change in a community. We need on that note of which is supporting witches of positive things. I know you and I have talked about this before, but there was this whole movement a couple of years back with I guess it was maybe a year or two back of people saying, oh, men can’t be witches because they watched way too much American Horror Story. And there’s this huge wave of people like, that’s not true. And they’re being super supportive and amazing, and you don’t need to identify with either gender to be a witch. Nonbinary witches, trans witches, male witches. It doesn’t matter how you identify. Like, the community has your back. And I love it. It’s a spectrum, and it’s just witches already fight so much injustice and bad press and stuff like that. So you’re going to chastise someone who is different than you when you don’t want to be chastised for being different? That’s hypocritical. And just no, you can’t do that. I don’t see it too much in the community anymore. I mean, obviously, no matter what community you’re in, there’s going to be toxic people. But as a whole, it seems at least as though we are being way more inclusive and people are kind of banding together. And I really like that. I think it’s super cool. Yeah, I definitely agree. It’s nice to see the sense of camaraderie come out between everybody. Yeah, we have enough prejudice in our day to day lives. We don’t need to do it to each other as well. Exactly. We need to stand together and take care of everybody, take care of our fellow witches and lift each other up because you don’t know what someone’s going through. And if they’re finding their power through witchcraft and they’re doing it to not only improve their lives, but the lives of people around them, I mean, that’s amazing. Support it. And everybody’s path is different. Like, we all have different paths, and there is technically no wrong way to do it. Although, as we’ve talked about privately on multiple occasions, there is wrong ways to do it. You all there are actually wrong ways to do it. But we’re talking about movie extremes, not like, real life. So just don’t be that guy, and we’re good. Yes. You’re not going to have a Dark Baptism.
Participant #1:
No. Don’t have a supreme. Come on, guys. TV supreme. Or my personal favorite is getting the messages, asking me for time travel spells or asking me for magic. That is like learning to fly. I’m like, y’all need to stop watching Harry Potter, for real.
Participant #1:
Well, you know what? I feel like this leads us to our next segment. Yes. So, Robin, what is not stirring your cauldron right now? So to preface right, we’re going to switch off every week, I promise. I’m not going to be the grumpiest bitch who’s just constantly complaining. Next week, I’m going to be the Grumpy One. He’s going to be the Grumpy One. So I’m going to be an asshole right now. Well, not an asshole. I’m going to be a complaining moaner. But yes, it won’t be every time, I promise. Even though I’m very good at it. So it’s been going on in the community. It’s been a huge conversation. Piece lately, the fake witchy authors. And what I kind of want to talk about is not necessarily them, but the kind of air of cancel culture that it brought to light and kind of reminded us of. The original comment was on Twitter from a user whose name was Lady Alicia, I hope I pronounced that correctly. And she pointed out some really kind of interesting conversation pieces where she was pointing out that some of the selfpublished books on Amazon might be from fake authors. Some of the self published books had a lot of paid for reviews, they were, in her opinion, very clearly paid for, etcetera. The problem was not the amazing conversation piece that Lady Alicia brought up. The problem was that speculations that people were making while in the conversation piece went from conversational speculation to concrete fact and people started sharing it on social media, like this whirlwind of fact that just wasn’t backed up with any confirmed stuff. Now, I’m not defending the authors and whether or not they are kind of capitalizing on our spiritual path, I’m definitely not defending them. As per my own last research on this, only one author has come forward as a confirmed true author with an actual website, and she’s a human person. So I’m not trying to defend people. But the problem is, is that author who is the real deal, like just trying to selfpublish and make some money and also share information with people for an affordable price, is now tacked on to all these articles as though she’s not real people are taking something that is a just speculation and a just conversation piece and turning it around as though it’s a fact, a concrete fact. You now have taken somebody’s career and kind of ruined it. Our community is relatively very small. So if I knew nothing about this and I was like, oh, I wonder if this book is any good. So I go to Google the author, ten articles come up saying that she’s a scammer and that’s not fair. Oh my God, no, that’s not fair at all. And there’s actually, if you guys want to do some research on it, there are two very good articles, one of which was a timeline piece on Pathios.com, where it just breaks down the conversation itself in the timeline of events. And then there was another one from Crowsonglodge.com, which is also just a very good breaking down each author, the red flags, et cetera. And that one actually does have an addendum to it saying that Lisa oh, goodness, what was her name? Lisa Chamberlain. Chamberlain. Thank you. Lisa Chamberlain was a real author, so there is positivity in that. But the full bit about Lisa Chamberlain is still there and the addendum is at the very end. So if I am just looking up the and this is not a criticism to Crowson Lodge, by the way, like, I am a blogger as well, I would do the exact same thing like add the addendum at the end. I’m not trying to criticize the way she’s formatted that I would do the exact same thing. But the problem is that you are putting this information out there as though it’s like a cold fact and it’s just not. And it does from my own personal opinion. Appears though a lot of these authors are just trying to scam people. But pen names are also very common in the author world. Yeah, definitely. Not everybody wants to show their identity. Well especially when we’re in a community where a lot of people have craft names. A lot of people are not out of the room closet as the expression is. Yes. So of course that would make sense. It would make sense that they would not publish under their actual legal name. It’s very common. And so the problem I have with it is that we’ve now sort of used the fact that they’ve used their craft names. We’re going to give them the benefit of the doubt here, right? So let’s say that they’re really using just their craft names or real authors etc. And that became part of the evidence that they’re not real and that’s not fair guys. And it also begs up the question of what is a real witch? Again we go back to everybody’s path is different and of course there are going to be scammers out there. I personally am not going to purchase these books to find out. But the fact that they use craft names, pen names, that is not evidence that somebody is not a quote, real witch. That is evidence that they don’t want to use their real name because that’s a huge part of our community. And I do think the conversation piece was really important and a good thing to share with everyone. I don’t think that crucifying these people without a response or confirmation is at all fair. I mean it was an absolute wildfire. I saw it on the Facebook groups I’m a part of. I saw it on huge witch community accounts on Instagram, I saw it on Twitter, I saw it everywhere and it was presented in a way that this is a concrete fact. And I think like I said, the conversation is good. Concrete fact? Absolutely not. Can I just say something? Of course. Okay, so these memes and information like this and the whole thing with cancel culture, I mean it creates this whole mob mentality and it’s bullying. It has unfortunately has become socially acceptable to bully this way. Social media has given people platform to think oh it’s okay to act this way towards another richer person. Yeah, it’s not okay. We are better than this. I think when memes are false information come out and witches start attacking other witches it offers them the false sense of community. Especially for new witches like oh look at these people gang up on this other person. I’m going to join them because it’s expected of me. You are attacking this person together. In a sense, you are unified in your resolve, and this air quotes community will quickly turn on you for saying the wrong thing. So keep that in mind. On that note, since we’re talking about just that false sense of community, I would like to preface, if you follow me, on Instagram. I know that I have shared in the past people who have literally stolen my face and my photos and pretended to essentially be me for profit if I’ve ever heard that. And I said, Go report this account. That’s where I want it to start and stop. Go report the account because it’s not okay. Go report the photo. Do not ever message that person. Comment on them and bombard them with I’m not asking for that. I’m asking for you to do the steps that are put in place by our social media platforms to get it taken down. Don’t message them. Don’t report the photo, because that’s what I’ve asked of you. I have not asked you to message these people, et cetera, and I know people have done that, and I do not condone that behavior. I think that it is unacceptable for people to steal other people’s content, their face, et cetera. It’s just not okay. Creators are out here working hard to make stuff for your enjoyment, and so it’s not okay to steal it, but it’s also not okay to bombard somebody with messages and harassment. Just go report it. That’s all you have to do, guy. That’s what I mean. I do feel like this can go both ways. Should we attack someone for posting something inaccurate, like a meme that is relaying false information? No, I don’t think we should. I do believe we can politely message them and instead of feeding that bob mentality beast, will this person react? Well, they’re being messaged. Probably not. We can share the information on our own pages without adding someone like, Dave posted this and he is wrong. No, don’t do that. All I’m trying to say is that we need to be more civil with each other. Hostility doesn’t bring a healthy community, period. It makes our community very toxic. And I do personally believe that if someone has done something just outlandishly wrong, then yes, they should be fucking canceled. Fuck them. But exactly. Let’s not jump down this kind of rabbit hole of, hey, somebody speculated this thing. It’s definitely a fact because they hypothesized it. Now let’s cancel them and then send them massive messages of harassment and all this. It’s just not acceptable. Guys, we can do better. Cancel culture is, like, so dangerous. I put small businesses and potential authors and honestly, all witches at risk attacking someone on social media because of a meme that you saw that is relaying bad information with another witch. It’s so damaging. And a community mindset. That’s what we unified, supportive. It’s just let’s do better. That’s all we need.
Participant #1:
So the kind of final segment we want to have here with you guys is kind of just creators that we’re loving right now. This could be shops, tarot, cards that were loving, bloggers, we’re loving YouTube, whatever. Anybody who’s creating something that we love, we’re going to share it. And to preface that, we want to kind of reinforce the fact that this is not an ad. If you send us messages trying to get on here, it’s not going to work, guys. It’s not being paid. Maria and myself are genuinely loving right now, so we’d like to share that with you. So, Em, would you like to share the first?
Participant #1:
Yeah. Yes. We’re going to talk about our amazing friend Lulu. She is the owner of Herb Onyx. Did I say that correctly? I think you did, yeah. Okay. And she makes herbal wands, and she also sells crystals. Her wands are ridiculously amazing. They smell so good. And if you’re concerned about sage, they are sage free. I’ve gotten a few wands from her. Em’s gotten a few ones from her, and they smell like desert rain. They are amazing. I refuse to burn mine for cleansing. First of all, they’re beautiful, but they also make my whole altar space literally smell like desert rain. It smells incredible. Yes, it does. I’ve gotten some crystals from her, too, and she’s very reasonably priced. And she goes to Rock Crystal Gems, like wholesaler shows and stuff. She handpicks them herself so we know she knows exactly where they’re coming from. She’s also been doing this for years, so she kind of knows what to look out for, especially considering a lot of us care a lot about ethical consumption. That’s something to really consider for her. Yeah. I’ve gotten five lawns from her myself, and they’ve been beautiful. I love them so much. She created one for my wife, one for my daughter, and one for me for Christmas. I know, it’s so cute. We have, like, a little family of little smoking ones. Absolutely. Jim. Twelve out of ten do recommend. Yes. What was the other shop that we wanted to talk about? Well, she’s not a shop, but that was the other creator we wanted to talk about. My mistake. Yes. I want to talk about glitter in the dirt. That’s in her Instagram name, by the way. Her name’s Michelle, and she is such a goddess, an amazing herbalist. I’ve been following her for about a year and a half now. It is so refreshing seeing someone be honest about their craft. We all go through highs and lows in our practice and lives. Listeners, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Like, spiritualist will be like, Oh, I am the supreme. I don’t experience lows. Don’t. But Michelle, she is so upfront and honest about her path. There’s nothing bigger than somebody pretending that they have a chair when she’s having hard times. Reminds us all to be, like, compassionate and understanding with ourselves during those moments. She also promotes having a positive relationship with your body and moving it in such a way that feels good for you and your soul, which I am here for. One thing that she said recently that has really stuck with me is that during winter, we are meant to rest and pushing ourselves to do more and endlessly create during a time that’s supposed to be spent. Reflecting isn’t necessarily realistic. Yeah, sure, if you’re being pulled to create and do it, that’s okay. But if you’re not, that’s okay, too. Like, be compassionate with yourself. Show yourself compassion. But she is such an amazing being. I love that. I love that. I love her account so much. And as somebody who cares a lot about herbal medicine and taking the homeopathic route first, I really like her account because she does share things like that. And she is very open, raw and honest. And just like you said, I like that she’s so body positive. Especially when we live in such a culture where hating your body is the norm. And if you like it, you’re some sort of weird freak. Like, Shut up. Not even a weird freak. Like, people think that you’re stuck up, or they’re like, where the hell does this bitch get her ideas and self confidence from? And it’s like, Shut up. It’s better to just like yourself. Can we all just agree to just like ourselves? Is that so bad? Yeah. And it all goes back to you. See this person being body positive. Take that into your own life and be like, maybe I could be this way too. Yeah, I love it. I definitely recommend her account. She’s very real, she’s very honest, and I think we all can learn a little bit from her. Yeah, completely agree.
Participant #1:
So thank you guys, first and foremost for joining our first full episode. Yes, thank you. We would like to really quickly just kind of let you guys know more about the podcast. In general. We have a patreon. It’s got multiple tiers. If you join us with the library tier or above, it gives you the opportunity to hear the part two of this episode where we are answering the discord questions. Now, to be in the discord, you have to be in the witches first. Kevin or above. We’ve recently lowered the prices as well, making it more affordable. We’d rather have more people to have more conversation, so we made it more affordable for everybody. In fact, aside from the mentoring, everything has been cut in half price wise. The questions and the discord are really good this time around. So I highly recommend tuning in because one of them is budget witchcraft. So keep that in mind. Yes. And we are talking about that in the part two this week. So very excited to talk about it, actually. Yeah, so definitely come and join us. Come tune in, but we will be doing this podcast biweekly, and the next release should be on March 20. That is the day after Spring. So perfect. It’s going to be a great OSTAR episode. I’m very excited about it, actually. I’ve been taking notes already of what I want to talk about. Me, too. If you guys want to follow us on any major platforms, we’re going to try to make a Facebook page. I can’t promise if that’s going to be up when you guys are hearing this, but we’ve made a Twitter, which is coffee, couljones they wouldn’t let us add the and my Instagram is at A Tired Witch and Ms is at Maria the Arcane. So if you guys want to follow us on there, we also share a lot of information on our social medias and the copy and coldrons Twitter we’re going to try to kind of be using to let you guys know what you can expect, that sort of thing. So give us a call. Yeah, we’ll keep you updated. Yes. And our podcast is being available on more podcasting streaming services as they come available. So I think we’re on Google, Spotify, Breaker Anchor, and I believe we’ll be on Apple podcast some time about a couple of days after this airs. Oh, my gosh. We’re professional now, Robin. Professionals. I told you about my podcast. I’m a podcast now.
Participant #1:
Yeah. Thank you so much for joining us for this first recording. Yeah, we’re so excited to have you guys, and we are looking forward to continuing this. Join us in part two. Part two is on Patreon only. You gotta come join us. Library or above. All right, you ready? We’re going to count them down. Do you want to count down or should I? We’ll count down together. Let’s do it together. Oh, God, this is going to be a shit show.
Participant #1:
Hey, Maria, we need to do shout outs for our amazing Nvws, also known as our Most Valuable Witches, our Patreon members. Thank you guys so much for following us, and especially to those of you who have been with us since before we even had this podcast. You guys are incredible. I totally appreciate you, your continued support and all your amazing questions on the discord. Just keep them coming. So for this first and only, for this one, we’re going to shout you guys out because we love you so much. So first, we’ve got Christy, Amber, R, courtney F, courtney M, james, Janet, Jennifer, Marcella, Megan, Mindy and Trista. Thank you guys so much. Thank you. We love you. Thank you. We do. We love you so much. Come listen to our part two. Yes. Come with us, children.