The Into the Woods Podcast

The Autumn Equinox is here, and it's asking one question: what are you ready to harvest? 🍂In this episode of Into the Woods, Rachael Magowan of Divine Feminine Collective walks through the energy of Mabon, the Autumn Equinox, and the Harvest Full Moon in Aries. It's a season of balance, gratitude, and honest reflection on what you planted this year, what actually grew, and what you're...

Eclipse season is over. Some of you came out of it feeling empowered. Some of you came out feeling battered. And now we're somewhere stranger: the void. That's Kara's word for it, and it's the right one. That suspended place after the heightened energy passes, where you're standing in a dark room knowing the light is coming back but it isn't back yet. If the last week has f...

Julia had a dream about Logan before she'd properly spoken to her. They were in a forest, somewhere that felt like thousands of years ago, in a time of war. An old sick man lay in a bed between the trees. Logan took one of his legs, Julia took the other, and the sky exploded into fireflies. When Julia woke she simply knew two things: that they had healed him, and that they were meant to come t...

If the last two weeks have felt like a lot, this episode explains why. Leo season is over. Virgo season has started. We're sitting between two eclipses with Mercury moving into Virgo, which creates a very particular tension between wanting to know and needing to surrender. And in numerology, August is a Universal 9 month and this is also a Universal 9 week, which means two layers of completion...

The Wayfinders series, with Rachael Magowan and Kara Sage Rachael raised her hand at a workshop and said she'd like to stop peeing herself. Michelle said: we can fix that. Then fixed it, in about two sessions. This one's a little different from the other Wayfinders episodes. Michelle isn't a spiritual healer. She's a pelvic floor physical therapist and the owner of Pillar Pelvic Health in Cincinna...

Women are handed two options for anger: suppress it, or be branded for expressing it. That's the whole menu. This episode is about a third one. Tiffany Graves is a clinical psychologist in Cincinnati and the owner of Broad Integrative Wellness, a practice built on the idea that distress doesn't live purely inside the individual. What we feel is shaped by our internal world and by the syste...

Ask Jenn Castillo Staats what she does and the answer depends on who's asking. Strip away the credentials, though, and she'll tell you plainly: she cultivates safe spaces and loves people for a living. Jenn is the founder of Of The Essence, a wellness studio in Cincinnati. She's a professional practitioner of the intuitive arts, a crystal healer, an intuitive coach and educator, a Reik...

Every August, social media fills up with talk of the Lion's Gate portal. Manifest your dreams. Raise your vibration. The portal is opening. But what does any of that actually mean, and what is it asking of you? In this episode Rachael walks through the symbolism behind August 8th, and offers a gentler way to hold it. The Lion's Gate brings a few things together at once. The sun is moving t...

The Lion's Gate Portal opens on August 8th, and this episode is your full guide to working with one of the most potent energetic windows of the year. In this episode of The Path Less Traveled, Rachael is joined once again by Kara Sage for a deep dive into the 8/8 portal: what it is, why the number 8 makes it so significant, and how to use this window to release fear, set intentions, and step i...

The Wayfinders continues, the interview series inside Into the Woods featuring the practitioners, healers, and guides who have personally illuminated Rachael's path. In this episode, Rachael sits down with Zarina Tariq, the integrated clinical hypnotherapist, energy healer, and coach who has been a huge part of her own healing journey. Rachael started with traditional talk therapy, and after s...

Aquarius Full Moon, the End of Mercury Retrograde, and Lughnasadh: What This Week Is Actually Asking of You The Path Less Traveled with Rachael Magowan and Kara Sage Mercury retrograde is finally over, and if the last three weeks felt heavier than usual, there's a reason. This one moved through Cancer, a water sign, and water signs don't disrupt your calendar so much as your insides. Flood...

We're standing at one of the most beautiful turning points on the wheel of the year, and this episode is your guide through it. On July 29th, the Full Moon reaches peak illumination in Aquarius. Just a few days later, we celebrate Lughnasadh (Lunasa), the ancient Celtic first harvest festival. Together, these two energies ask three powerful questions: What am I ready to harvest? What vision fo...

The Wayfinders continues! The interview series inside Into the Woods featuring the practitioners, healers, and guides who have personally illuminated Rachael's path. In this episode, Rachael sits down with Casey Frazee Katz, trauma therapist, breathwork facilitator, Reiki practitioner, and founder of Intentionally. Rachael and Casey met at the beginning of this year in a breathwork class with...

Introducing The Wayfinders, a brand new interview series within the Into the Woods podcast! The Wayfinders features the practitioners, healers, mystics, guides, and teachers who have personally illuminated Rachael's own path of healing, remembrance and transformation. These are intimate conversations with the people who helped her find her way, and who can help you find yours. In this very fir...

On this episode of the Into the Woods Podcast, we step into the potent energy of May 1, 2026—where Beltane’s sacred fires meet the Scorpio Full Moon, a Universal 9 Week, and Uranus’ powerful move from Taurus into Gemini. Together, we explore seasonal ritual, astrology, numerology, release, rebirth, and the deeper spiritual meaning of this transformational moment. Join us for a mystical walk throug...

Step into a powerful turning-point week in astrology. As we approach April 20, 2026, the energy shifts dramatically, from fast-moving, bold Aries fire into grounded, reality-checking Taurus energy. In this episode, we break down:  Sudden clarity, bold decisions, and breakthrough conversations  Aries momentum: Why you feel pushed to act NOW  The karma window: How past choices are showing real resul...

In today’s episode, I’m sharing why your life path number might be the missing piece in your manifestation practice — and how your numerology can reveal the specific patterns that may be blocking what you’re trying to call in. We talk about what a life path number is, how to calculate yours, and the manifestation blocks tied to each number so you can better understand how you’re uniquely wired to...

If manifestation has always felt a little... off to you, this one's going to land differently. I used to be that person who heard "manifestation" and immediately needed receipts. Show me the data. Give me the steps. Explain the mechanism. And honestly? That skepticism made me better at this work—because when I finally understood it, I could teach it in a way that actually makes sense...

The Pisces New Moon on March 19th invites you into the dreamy, intuitive waters of your deepest knowing—where your imagination isn't escapism, it's a portal. This moon asks: What are you being called to feel into? What wants to be birthed from the softest, most surrendered part of you? Pisces energy is about dissolving the boundaries between what you think is possible and what your soul already kn...

2026 isn’t chaotic. It’s corrective. In this episode, we explore the major astrology shifts shaping this year — Pluto in Aquarius, Saturn in Aries and powerful eclipse cycles — and what they mean for moms and career women balancing ambition, burnout, family and rapid change. If work feels unstable… If AI and technology feel overwhelming… If you’re exhausted but also ready for more… You’re not behi...

We are entering a powerful energetic portal: a New Moon in Aquarius , an annular solar eclipse , the beginning of the Year of the Fire Horse , and a Week 7 numerology vibration centered around truth, introspection, and inner wisdom. This is not surface-level manifestation. This is radical alignment. In this episode, we explore the spiritual meaning of the Aquarius New Moon solar eclipse, the trans...

In this episode of The Path Less Traveled , Rachael Magowan and Kara Sage explore the powerful energetic shift unfolding as we enter February. Together, they unpack the collective transition from the shedding, introspective “snake” energy into the forward-moving fire horse energy that begins later in the month. The conversation weaves numerology, astrology and earth-based wisdom, grounding abstrac...

In this episode of Into the Woods, we arrive at the final step of my manifesting formula: Embody & Integrate. Manifestation doesn’t end when something arrives — it is completed when you learn how to fully live inside what you’ve created. We explore what it means to embody your desires, to integrate new beliefs and identities, and to allow your transformation to become your natural way of being...

In this episode of Into the Woods, we explore Step 6 of my manifesting formula: Following the Signs. Once you’ve created clarity, alignment, taken inspired action, and learned to trust the process, the next step is paying attention to the guidance that begins to appear along the way. We talk about how the universe communicates — through synchronicities, intuitive nudges, opportunities, and small m...

In this episode of Into the Woods, we explore Step 5 of my manifesting formula: Trust and Surrender. Once you’ve created clarity, alignment, and taken inspired action, the next step is learning how to release control and allow your desires to unfold in their own perfect timing. We talk about what trust really looks like in everyday life — trusting yourself, trusting the process, and trusting that...