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Sarah is a word witch, author, mother, healer and tarot practitioner whose work centers the initiatory passages of women’s lives. For more than fifteen years, she has explored the places where myth, magic, the body, and women’s spirituality meet, with particular attention to the profound transformations of motherhood and midlife. Through her writing and work with women, she uses tarot, energy work, ritual, and embodied practice as tools for navigating thresholds, retrieving what has been lost, and reclaiming the deeper self. Author of Her Strange Angels and Midlife Isis, and the forthcoming Soulskin & Bone: Wisdom from the Mythmothers for Retrieving the Wild Soul (September 2027, Womancraft Publishing). Sarah lives with her husband and son in East Tennessee.sarahlarosa.comWatch the video and Extended Episode on my paid Patreon www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceWe talked aboutHer new book, Midlife IsisChannelling ancient goddessesHer creative ritualsTarot as toolHer Evangelical childhoodMidlife as a terrainNeurodivergence diagnosis in midlife and the falling away of masksIn the Extended Episode for $3/month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceOur favourite tarot and oracle decksThe first major midlife transition - Pluto square and the dark knight of the soul (no typo there!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kirsten Miller is a groundbreaking feminist author of 20 books. A NY Times bestseller, She started out in YA literature, best known for her popular Kiki Strike series. Her most recent books are kickass magic realism featuring midlife women and witches, setting the world to rights. Described as “a feel-good feminist revenge fantasy”. The Change is our CM Book Club pick for November – do join us over on Patreon for $6/month + www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceHer two most recent books are Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books and The Women of Wild HillJoin us for the Creative Magic book club and come discuss Kirsten’s book The Change on November 12, 7pm UK time on Zoom for $6/month + www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceWe talked aboutMidlife magicThe superpowers of menopauseWomen, rage and late stage patriarchyWriting as a way of alchemising angerWitches – why we are all witches nowWriting as a magical actWho we write for and whyIn the Extended Episode for $3/month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce We reflect on the differences and similarities in writing fiction and non-fictionOur writing lives Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Between the Seasons book episode with friend of the pod, Christine Rose Elle.Christine Rose Elle is an award-winning creativity coach turned fiction writer with a lifelong fascination with how women’s stories are told and the hidden lineage magic they hold. She is the author of several nonfiction books, including The Happy Empath: A Survival Guide for Highly Sensitive People. Christine holds degrees in Cultural Anthropology and Art History, an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction. She explores the intersection of mystery, folklore, psychology, and spirituality. She studies Pagan Theology at Cherry Hill Seminary, reads tarot, collects ideas, and believes fairy tales still have quite a lot to tell us.https://www.christineroseelle.com/https://www.instagram.com/xtineroseelle/https://www.patreon.com/cw/xtineroseelleWe discussed Sue Monk Kidd’s new book, Writing Creativity and Soul, alongside my own new book, Structuring the Soul of Writing.We discussed:·      Writing with soul in age of AI ·      Visiting the creative spaces of heroines·      Memoir writing·      Gendered experiences of creativity·      Therapeutic purpose of writing·      The importance of the empty space·      Our favourite writing and creativity booksIn the Extended Episode (available on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce) we discuss:Family legacies and creative nepotismPlus extra quotes form the bookVideo episode available on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceJoin us for the final Creative Magic Book Club of 2026 – The Change – Kirsten Miller – kickass menopausal magical realism.November 12th 7-8pm UK time – Access via www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceWe mentioned:Creatrix: she who makes – Lucy H. PearceThe Rainbow Way – Lucy H. PearceBig Magic - Liz GilbertWriting Creativity and Soul - Sue Monk KiddStructuring the Soul of Writing – Lucy H. PearceThe Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk KiddThe Dance of the Dissident Daughter - Sue Monk KiddTravelling with Pomegranates - Sue Monk KiddWalking with Persephone – Molly RemerBird by Bird – Anne LammottEnsouling Language – Stephen Harrod BuhnerGrit – Angela DuckworthWilder - Podcast about Laura Ingalls Wilder https://open.spotify.com/show/4HJG51uLJn19Fu86dImecu?si=6547329a206c49f6 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All Fours is a must read for all creative mothers and creative midlife women.Join us for the next Creative Magic book club where we will be discussing Sue Monk Kidd's Writing, Creativity and Soulwww.patreon.com/lucyhpearcePreorder my new book - Structuring the Soul of Writing www.womancraftpublishing.com - Out everywhere mid September.ABOUT THE BOOKSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTA BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS PICKA BEST SUMMER READING PICK FOR THE TIMES, THE DAILY MAIL, THE FT AND THE GUARDIANA 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR BBC R4 OPEN BOOK, THE OBSERVER, THE GUARDIAN, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE NEW YORKER, GQ, GRAZIA, HERO, i-D, NYLON, VULTURE, READINGSA KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST FICTIONAL VOICES OF 2024 PICKA semi-famous artist turns forty-five and gives herself a gift - a cross-country road trip from LA to New York, without her husband and child. But thirty minutes after setting off, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel - and embarks on the journey of a lifetime."It's very funny, quite dirty, and deeply profound, with a fragile magic that comes from entering an uncensored inner world. There is the added thrill as well, of July suggesting that midlife, and menopause in particular, might be kind of . . . hot" ― Observer"Rage, grief, lust, sadness, selfishness; this stunning book and July's nameless heroine have it all. I cannot wait to read it all over again" -- GILLIAN ANDERSON"A life-changer for me. I thought I was reading about middle age, then I thought I was reading about menopause, then motherhood, then sexuality, then monogamy, then marriage. And by the final page I realised I was reading about existence and death and I couldn't stop crying. Plus it's so funny and it's so horny. My favourite novel of this year" -- DOLLY ALDERTONABOUT THE AUTHORMiranda July is a filmmaker, artist, and writer. Her newest novel, All Fours, was a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the National Book Award, the Women’s Prize, and the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. July is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and one of TIME Magazine’s “100 most influential people of 2025.” Her other books include It Chooses You, The First Bad Man, and No One Belongs Here More Than You (winner of the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award). Raised in Berkeley, California, July lives in Los Angeles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Robinson is the best-selling Womancraft Publishing author of multiple books on magic and witches including: Yoga for Witches (now in French, Chinese, Polish and Farsi), Yin Magic, Enchanted Journeys, The Kitchen Witch Companion, The Witch & the Wildwood , and Womancraft Publishing’s fastest selling pre-order ever, Kitchen Witch: food, folklore and fairytale. Her newest book Witch Country: Seeking the Witch in the British Landscape is out on October 31st. A yoga teacher and author based in in Bath, UK. Her background is in science; she holds an MSc Psychology & Neuroscience and has studied at Bath, Exeter and Harvard universities. She is host of the Witch Country podcast.You can listen to Sarah’s popular episode from Season 1 of Creative Magic – Let’s All Run Away and Live in the Woods, and learn from her and myself in the Weaving Magic with Words episode in Season 3, Ep 46 – Magical Wanders , Ep 51 Midwinter Magic as well as discover some of her favourite books in a bonus episode on my Patreon and the recording of Lifelines, Hope and Healing in Times of Cultural Chaos – for $6/ month. Join us for Writing Nature and Magic, on October 1st – find out more at Womancraft Publishing Find Sarah online:Website: www.sentiayoga.comInstagram: @Yogaforwitches @thisiswitchcountryPodcast: Witch CountryInsight Timer: Enchanted Journeys with Sarah Robinson  We talked about:·      Writing, Nature and Magic.·      Being a bit Eeyore.·      Our current and future creative projects.·      Our childhood and teen experiences of all things witchy.·      Whimsy as soft rebellion.·      Our whimsical top trumps on Instagram.·      Practical Magic – the film, the book, the upcoming Practical Magic 2.·      The joy of community for solitary practitioners and creatives. In the extended episode –just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:·      Intergenerational curses – in Practical Magic and in our own lives – what they can look like and how we are breaking them. Resources@jonathanhierbert – the flower crown man@longlivenewro – the pink priestess Friday blessing woman@brigidsgrove – Molly Remer’s goddesses@yogaforwitches – Sarah’s whimsical delight  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NAUTILUS AWARD WINNING Burning Woman is a breath-taking and controversial woman’s journey through history— personal and cultural—on a quest to find and free her own power. From Amazon#1 bestselling author, Lucy H. PearceUncompromising and all-encompassing, Pearce uncovers the archetype of the Burning Women of days gone by—Joan of Arc and the witch trials, through to the way women are burned today in cyber bullying, acid attacks, shaming and burnout, fearlessly examining the roots of Feminine power—what it is, how it has been controlled, and why it needs to be unleashed on the world during our modern Burning Times.Burning Woman explores:Burning from within: a woman’s power—how to build it, engage it and not be destroyed by it.Burning from without: the role of shame, and honour in the time-worn ways the dominant culture uses fire to control the Feminine.The darkness: overcoming our fear of the dark, and discovering its importance in cultivating power.This incendiary text was written for women who burn with passion, have been burned with shame, and who at another time, in another place, would have been burned at the stake. With contributions from leading burning women of our era: Isabel Abbott, ALisa Starkweather, Shiloh Sophia McCloud, Molly Remer, Julie Daley, Bethany Webster ...Buy a signed copyJoin the Creative Magic Bookclub www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Kat Shaw - a return guest - check out Episdoe 35 Unapologetic. Kat is a visual artist based in the UK who is known for her vibrant celebratory paintings of real, juicy naked female bodies.Over the last 7 years, Kat has painted over 3000 glorious women into Goddesses, held many successful exhibitions and live shows, run enriching workshops and paints not only onto canvases, but also directly onto women’s bodies!As an activist artist, Kat prides herself on dismantling the patriarchy, breaking society’s stereotypical views of beauty and challenging every negative paradigm that women have been drip fed since birth, instead, encouraging them to step into unapologetic empowerment.Having made her name painting the glorious nude reality that is a woman’s body, self-worth, self-love and self-belief are at the centre of her art, rather than airbrushing, filtering, photoshopping and the “only one size fits all” approach to beauty.Glorifying every single body shape, Kat challenges the images of perfection of the female form that are so rife in today’s culture.katshaw.art/Heads up this is a fabulously sweary episode with lots of talk about women’s bodies and nakedness.We Talked About:Red lipstick and resistancePaying attention to the world in flamesThe Good GirlThe shadow of the Burning TimesThe manosphereHow making art was a bridge to loving her bodyCelebrating and glorifying real women’s bodiesHer newest show Uprising – combining healing, ceremony and creativity. In the Extended Episode available to paid Patreon members www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceA deeper dive into politics and the fragmentation of the leftWatch the video episode - $9/month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceGrab the Extended Episode of this conversation from $3/month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceResourcesBurning Woman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Tami Lynn Kent is the founder of Holistic Pelvic Care™ for women and author of Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit & Joy in the Female Body, Wild Mothering, and Wild Creative. She is an international teacher and TEDx speaker. Her books have been published in Mandarin, French, Turkish and Dutch. She is also a mother to three beautiful sons. Tami is passionate about empowering women in health & teaching them how to cultivate their creative energy in all stages of life through her practitioner training programs and personal sessions. Find out more at www.wildfeminine.com.Website & IG:www.wildfeminine.com@tamilynnkentWe talked about:Reclaiming our female bodies and the language we use about themHow we embody traumaThe process of writing and publishing Wild FeminineA powerful Women in Power event.The Extended Episode available to paid Patreon members www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceWatch the video episode - $9/month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceResourcesCreatrixBurning WomanWild FeminineWild Creative Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Hannah Fraser Moore, a Jungian psychotherapist and writer on the psychology of women's desire and defences.Her work explores instinct, defence, and the wild feminine in modern life. Drawing on depth psychology, myth and over a decade of clinical practice, she examines how women adapt early, and how those intelligent defences can later limit desire, voice and vitality. She is the creator of The Forest, a private membership for women navigating the deeper currents of the feminine psyche.Website: www.hannahfrasermoore.comInsta:@hannahfrasermoore We talked about:The power of archetypes, fairytale and mythCreative longings and allowing ourselves to meet themThe Good Girl - and how we unlearn our trainingThe impact of patriarchy on our psychesSuperstition and what we fear will happen if we break patriarchal rulesThe power of breaking our silenceThe Extended Episode is available to paid Patreon members www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceWatch the video episode - $9/month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceResourcesBurning Woman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Liz Childs Kelly, Nautilus Award winning author of Home to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred Feminine published by Womancraft Publishing, and host of the popular Home to Her podcast, which is dedicated to amplifying the voices of the Sacred Feminine.Through 1:1 coaching, small group programs, corporate workshops and immersive experiences, Home to Her is a space to unlearn patriarchal distortions and reconnect with the deep knowing within you.Home to Her is a return—not to something new, but to something ancient, something enduring. When we reclaim this wisdom, we don’t just remember. We transform.Welcome home!www.hometoher.comWe talked aboutHer first electrifying experience of Feminine powerHow she came to get her book publishedWhy Feminine power is very different to what we have been taughtThe function of magic in women’s creativity and experience – women as portalsHow her experiences of the Feminine impacted her creativityHer vision for her podcastHow the idea of failure has totally shifted for her recentlyHer favourite bit of Burning WomanIn the Extended Episode available to paid Patreon members www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceOur reflections on code switching between the daily world and the states needed for creativity – and why this might not be accidental and a minor rant about the patriarchy!The role of dreams in our workWatch the video episode - $9/month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceGrab the Extended Episode of this conversation from $3/month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceResourcesBurning WomanHome to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred FeminineHome to Her podcastWomancraft Publishing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.