Episode 65 - Getting to Know Your Favorite Self & Practical Magic with Ashley B. Jones

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, welcome artist and teacher of practical magic, Ashley B. Jones,  In this episode, they discuss: Brett doesn't seem to go through it so much during astrological transits A brief discussion of the pronunciation of the word "niche" How Ashley weaves together neuroscience and spirituality Finding your favorite self Ashley's framework of the Five Selves An increasing clarity in people around their inner world How the veil has been thinning lately and how individuals doing work on themselves plays into it The power of curiosity for self-discovery How to use attentional bias to help your growth Magnetic Habits Bingo! Learning to distinguish between serendipity and attunement bias Ashley's own spiritual awakening Don't get Ashley started on Teal Swan How do we make the mundane magical? Card pull for the week (Make mine a double!) Two of Hearts Official Music Video And more! Plus... Natasha has a new self-paced course for help in liminal spaces. You Are Here: Finding Your Ground When You Don't Know What's Next.  Learn more or sign up here! Sign up for Natasha's substack, Coming Home! Paid subscribers get lots of extra content, including monthly live calls! Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Ashley's info: Website: ashleybjones.com Substack: ashleybjones.substack.com Instagram: @ashley.b.jones Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, welcome Leah Vanderveldt, author, astrologer, cosmic stylist, and tarot creator. In this episode, they discuss: The gifts and perils of widely available astrological information Knowing just enough to be "dangerous" Sometimes we need a break from growth A quick dive into the basics of aspects in astrology There is no such thing as "good" or "bad" astrology Neptune is "a real glorious vibe" We (as a society) hate lack of clarity/decisiveness Eclipse energy affects everyone differently Can we slow down enough to notice what we're being shown? Some advice for the Virgo new moon A little preview of the Venus retrograde in October Bangs as a transformative container Be patient with yourself during this upcoming year; a lot of change could be on its way Allowing yourself to be in a liminal space Natasha's new class, You Are Here Using astrology to locate yourself It's easy to cheer for the winning team "Mattering" is a real word, as it turns out And more! Plus... Natasha has a new self-paced course for help in liminal spaces. You Are Here: Finding Your Ground When You Don't Know What's Next.  Learn more or sign up here! Sign up for Natasha's substack, Coming Home! Paid subscribers get lots of extra content, including monthly live calls! Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Leah's info: Website: leahvanderveldt.com Substack: Cosmic Style Instagram: @leah.vanderveldt Podcast: Cosmic Style Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, welcome Lauren Cummings, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, psychological astrologer, and founder of The Lunar Child Institute. In this episode, they discuss: Natasha's strong distaste for a countdown Is there more pressure while performing a play, or while improvising? Brett experiencing a different kind of nudge toward change in his life. How Lauren's work helped astrology click for Natasha Approaching astrology as symbolic language for experiencing life Lauren's relationship to astrology really only started in grad school How Lauren is able to use astrology in her therapy practice The importance of intuition in astrology How traditional evidence grows for things once considered "woo woo" What a "Chart Ruler" is in your birth chart The astrological balance in the Levinger household Using astrology to deal with challenging people in your life The strange 10-year gap of birth certificates with birth times The distinction between belief and philosophy Lauren's recommendations for newbies, and for more advanced learners Working with challenging placements by bringing in more of its opposite sign Signs right next to each other have few similarities Please, DO NOT set your clocks to our episode publishing schedule! And more! Plus... Only one spot left for Natasha's latest class! Self-Trust: Coming Back to Your Inner Signal is a four-week journey to build lasting self-trust through intuition, energetic awareness, and a deeper relationship with the living world.  Learn more or sign up here! Sign up for Natasha's substack, Coming Home! Paid subscribers get lots of extra content, including monthly live calls! Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Lauren's info: Website: https://www.thelunarchild.com/ Instagram: @thelunarchildinstitute TikTok: @thelunarchild Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, welcome AJA Daashuur, trance medium, spiritual teacher, certified life coach and creator of the Guided by Spirit oracle deck. In this episode, they discuss: Learning to trust your own information in situations where you are not an expert Reaching for certainty in the wrong places Natasha's taking a great astrology class How self-celebration is an act of communal support Working up the capacity to experience the vulnerability to be yourself "Healed people heal people" One of AJA's life purposes is to connect people to their spirit team How AJA and Natasha approach other peoples' guides when working with clients The danger of certainty being offered from psychic and woo practitioners The very human desire to find someone with "the answers" Psychics and mediums are in a better place today to help offer/assist with real therapeutic work than they have been historically Different guides may be present for different seasons in your life The oracle deck took about five years of collaboration Time as an offering to the forces helping us when we do divination work What spirit guides want the most from us is tangible change A description of the very intensive process of making the images of these guides come to life A new relationship to time is needed for all of us The power of devotion to your self Regarding generational trauma: Be a leaf but don't blame the stone for being a stone AJA's recommendation for how to approach the deck Devotion to self creates devotion to those around you And more! Plus... Registration for Natasha's latest class is open! Self-Trust: Coming Back to Your Inner Signal is a four-week journey to build lasting self-trust through intuition, energetic awareness, and a deeper relationship with the living world.  Learn more or sign up here! Sign up for Natasha's substack, Coming Home! Paid subscribers get lots of extra content, including monthly live calls! Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   AJA's info: Guided by Spirit oracle deck Website: https://www.thespiritguidecoach.com/ Instagram: @ajadaashuur   Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett welcome Mariana Louis, archetypal taroist, psycho-spiritual educator, sacred feminist and author of Tarot and the Psychology of the Soul. In this episode, they discuss: Healing as a process of clearing out what is in the way of your already whole self How resistance to difficult experiences keeps you from growing from them Shame wants to keep things in the unconscious What is depth psychology and how does it work with the unconscious? Some things may be beyond our ability to every consciously examine Archetypes and how they function in our life How tarot is a communication between your conscious, unconscious, and the collective Mariana wants to move the way people approach the tarot from divination to individuation How seeking "clarity" from the tarot can sometimes just be an attempt at ego validation If your goal when consulting the cards is connection, it will help keep you in the present Learning to connect to your own knowledge can be very daunting, but very rewarding Finding "the better question" instead of "the best answer" when reading the tarot The importance of finding neutrality as much as you can before pulling cards Why Mariana doesn't like it when a tarot deck renames cards to "less scary" things And more! Plus... Sign up for Natasha's substack, Coming Home! Paid subscribers get lots of extra content, including monthly live calls! Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Mariana Louis's info: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/persephonessister Book: Tarot and the Psychology of the Soul Website: persephonessister.com Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are delighted to talk with Jor-El Caraballo, licensed therapist, author, and creator of the new deck, Shadow Work for Self-Reflection. In this episode, they discuss: Should Brett & Natasha start doing a relationship segment? Someone telling you their IQ is a red flag for Brett Jor-El's history and work as a licensed therapist Beginning to encounter shadow with clients before having the vocabulary Carl Jung got more esoteric and metaphysical as he aged and diverged from mainstream psychology An admiration for Jung's commitment to staying open and expanding throughout his life Blending any and every approach to healing that works for you Shadow work is the process of exploring and being curious about the wizard behind the curtain in your own psyche The importance of non-judgemental curiosity and compassion when approaching shadow work The benefits that come from shadow work How shadow work for yourself benefits the community at large It can be really scary to meet yourself The ways in which shadow can be wielded against others when we don't try to learn about it Shadow work can feel lonely, but there is always someone else out there who deals with the same kind of shadow The things we are afraid of often hold parts of our power Struggling with being an atypical boy growing up Golden Shadow: positive traits that you learn to shun The power of emotional sensitivity How embracing your shadow can enable others to embark on their own journey The ways that shadow can disguise itself from you as "just the way you are" The practice of naming and speaking to your inner critic to give yourself emotional distance Shadow work is never the pandora's box we fear it might be Brett wishes he could trick people into doing shadow work, but Jor-El advises against it Jor-El's recommendation for how to work with his deck: SLOW DOWN! Hopper from Stranger Things could use some serious shadow work Card pull for the week ahead And more! Plus... Sign up for Natasha's substack, Coming Home! Paid subscribers get lots of extra content, including monthly live calls! Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Jor-EL Carballo's info: Substack (Coffee & Contemplation): https://jorelcaraballo.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jorelcaraballo/ Deck: Shadow Work for Self-Reflection Book: Mindful Meditations for Black Men Website: jorelcaraballo.com Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are excited to talk with Microdosing Facilitator Kayse Gehret. In this episode, they discuss: How Mark Slaughter features in the Sliding Doors version of Natasha's life The unbelievable true story of Natasha and the belching massage therapist Kayse is the least likely person to work with magic mushrooms She avoided all kinds of mind-altering substances due to gran mal seizure disorder Microdosing healed Kayse's seizures, but also brought a host of other benefits She started a microdosing community during Covid That community effort has grown to include a podcast, a website, and training others to do the work of guiding people through microdosing The different medicines that can be used for microdosing Microdosing is a sub-threshold dose, which means you don't feel altered. It allows you to get the benefits of these medicines in a bite-sized way that is easier to incorporate into your day-to-day life Microdosing is a different experience for everyone How to make sure you're getting the dose you expect How Kayse guides people remotely The gift of everyone going online during the pandemic was being able to spread communities around the globe Some popular misconceptions about these medicines These medicines should not be called "drugs" Are there specific medicines for specific conditions? The power of restful sleep for a regulated central nervous system How modern society contributes to nervous system overload The surprising overlap of microdosing guides with corporate HR The spiritual side of microdosing for Kayse How plant medicine quiets the "me" part of our brains Common misconceptions about microdosing What if microdosing doesn't seem to work? Community is an important part of the microdosing work And more! Plus... Sign up for Natasha's substack, Coming Home! Paid subscribers get lots of extra content, including monthly live calls! Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Kayse Gehret's info: Website: https://www.microdosingforhealing.com Microdosing for Healing podcast   Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are excited to welcome back queer mystic, astrologer, energy healer, Jonathan Koe, to talk about The I Ching. In this episode, they discuss: We're back! Is there anybody still here? Natasha has loved the I Ching since she was a teenager Jonathan started their practice a few years ago after a very powerful reading The gates in Human Design are inspired by the I Ching A variety of ways to approach the I Ching Because the I Ching is essentially bibliomancy, it makes itself very accessible Allowing your own knowing to come into your work with the I Ching When looking for "signs" is a desire to connect with the universe, and when it's a subordination of self Investigating your biases before you formulate your question for the I Ching The intelligence of the built-in slowness of querying the I Ching The best emotional place to begin casting from How the I Ching can connect you to your own power Approaching your time with the I Ching like being with a master or a teacher Connection to the divine through the I Ching A brief overview of the structure of the I Ching The I Ching is known as The Book of Change Natasha and Jonathan both find the I Ching very soothing, but also bossy The effect of the translator on English version of the I Ching Ending with a card reading for the week ahead And more! Plus... Sign up for Natasha's substack, Coming Home! Paid subscribers get lots of extra content, including monthly live calls! Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Jonathan Koe's info: Healing the Spirit podcast Jonathan's substack for Healing the Spirit Jonathan's website: https://www.jonathankoe.com   Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett eagerly welcome intuitive coach Katie Rose to the show to talk about what Human Design has to say about an upcoming paradigm shift called The Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix. In this episode, they discuss: Thoughts on how cultural evolution is supplanting genetic evolution in humans for emotional and physical growth Everyone is needed in the fight This is the time for allies to be showing up, everywhere Pulling oracle cards for the energy of the next two weeks Recalling Katie's last interview The new paradigm arriving in 2027, according to Human Design The previous paradigm allowed for setting up infrastructure and rigidity The new paradigm (The Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix) allows for gray area, complexity The new paradigm grounds in authenticity and community Not neglecting yourself in the caring of each other How energy healing helps to tell all the parts of yourself when you've changed and grown The importance of dealing with both emotional and intellectual understanding in your healing Brett forgets that podcasts are an auditory medium The advantages of energy work when compared to traditional therapy The hope that traditional therapy will also get a software update Building compassion for yourself allows you to build it for others It's normal to not heal in a "straight line" It is detrimental when we are dogmatic about the supremacy of any single system/philosophy/idea How the human brain views familiarity as safety, even when it is not actually safe But the brain can be re-educated What happened for Katie when a long-healed pattern cropped up again unexpectedly Approaching our own "negative" reactions with curiosity instead of judgement How curiosity can be enough while you are still learning to apply self-compassion Being triggered doesn't mean you're not growing How healing can be like turning on the light in a chaotic room And more! Plus... Natasha is starting a small-group psychic skills mentorship.  Learn more at natashalevinger.com Learn more about about Pattern Shifting, Natasha's new two-session mini-mentorship Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Katie Rose's info: Katie's workshop on June 20: Summer SOULstice.  Learn more or register here. Katie's website: https://www.katierosecoaching.com Katie's Instagram: @helloimkatierose The Trauma to Transformation Podcast   Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett talk with Amy Blackthorn, author of Sacred Plant Magic. In this episode: Nataha loooooved Gracie Allen Our oldest graduated high school! Healing = timeline collapsing Breck is a terrible name for a shampoo Brett has some healing around conflict Reprogramming trauma through scents How to customize your own therapeutic scents Working with the spirit of plants, even if you don't have the plants Learning to communicate with plants Scent has a totally separate pathway from speech in your brain from other senses.  And music has a separate pathway from speech The importance of working with plants even if you can't afford a bunch of essential oils A (not so) brief distraction by Amy's pitbull, Millie. Connecting with plants from other epochs Amy's efforts to bring some economic justice to her work And more! Plus... There are openings for Natasha's small-group psychic mentorship.  Apply or learn more here! Listen to Natasha's current podcast, Crystal Ballers, with co-host Britten LaRue. Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.  Episodes are released as available during breaks from Natasha's main podcast, Crystal Ballers (https://www.crystalballerspod.com)