The Woo Curious Podcast

Join Eileen for the next cohort of Unleash Your Inner Witch https://www.myluminouslife.ca/unleash-your-inner-witch What happens when the high-achieving, driven version of you starts to cry for help and the universe turns up the volume until you have no choice but to listen? In this episode, Eileen sits down with Kat Reilly, bestselling author of Legally Zen, courtroom lawyer of nearly 20 years, an...

Your animal sees everything. The good days, the hard days, the moments you'd rather not admit to. And they love you anyway — unconditionally, completely, and without agenda. In this episode, Eileen sits down with her dear friend and fellow Wild Medicine Energy Healers Training graduate Rose Stroh, an animal communicator and energy healer who gives animals a voice and helps people deepen their...

Balance isn't a fixed point you reach and hold on to. It's a breath a moment of equilibrium, before the shift. In this solo episode, Eileen explores the autumn equinox through Celtic history, the Wheel of the Year, the magic of the Harvest Moon, and a reframe of balance that might change how you carry it in your body. As the light and dark pause in ta moment of equality before the Wheel ti...

What if children aren't just pretending when they play make-believe, what if they're doing something we've forgotten how to do? In this solo episode, a spark of insight during a remote energy healing sends Eileen down a rabbit hole that connects make-believe, the Celtic Otherworld, adult play, and the virtue signalling we do with our busyness. It's a shorter, wandering, genuinely f...

Have you ever felt inexplicably drawn to a place? There's a reason for that. In this episode, Eileen sits down with Charlie of Celestia Terra, certified locational astrologer and astrocartographer, for a conversation that begins with leaving a cult and ends with the radical idea that the land loves you back. Charlie's practice centers on reciprocal relationship with the land as the foundation of a...

Have you ever been in a room that felt safe, until suddenly it wasn't? In this impromptu solo episode, Eileen shares what happened when she found herself in a business course this week alongside someone whose values turned out to be so far from her own that it sent her into a spiral of questioning: the room, herself, and what it means to know where you actually stand. From that moment of disillusi...

What if your body has been trying to tell you something for years and the missing piece is simply learning how to listen? In this episode, Eileen sits down with her dear friend Meg Aris, mindful movement teacher, somatic coach, and founder of Wise Moves with Meg. Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis as a teenager, Meg's relationship with her body has been one of deep, sometimes painful, and ultimat...

What happens when you've made the decision, done the work, and the relief just... doesn't come? In this solo episode, Eileen gets honest about where she's at: her house is listed but unsold, her plans are on hold, and she's been sitting in a prolonged stretch of uncertainty that has quietly taken a toll on her creativity, her energy, and her ability to show up the way she usually does. Rather than...

What if your intuition has been speaking all along, and the real work is simply learning to trust it? In this episode, Eileen sits down with Kelsey Anderson, an energy intuitive, author, and host of The Reclamation Podcast, whose path from corporate burnout to embodied spiritual practice mirrors so many of the journeys explored on this show. Kelsey's work through her community Reclamation Rising c...

When did you last stop long enough to enjoy the fruits of your labour? In this solo episode, Eileen explores Lughnasadh, the ancient Celtic harvest festival, and the invitation it carries for our modern lives: to pause, look back, and actually celebrate how far we've come. Drawing on the mythology of the god Lugh and his foster mother Tailtiu, and the lens of Elise Loehnen's On Our Best Behavior:...

What if the most revolutionary thing you can do right now is introduce yourself to your neighbor and ask to borrow some salt? In this episode, Eileen is joined by Amber and Taylar, co-hosts of the Waking Up the Witch podcast — a storytelling show exploring life, death, religion, spirituality, sex, magic, and everything in between. Amber owns Moon Be's Wellness, a witchy brick-and-mortar boutique i...

What happens when the thing you think will finally make you lovable, the right look, the right body, the right approval, never actually arrives? In this episode, Eileen has a conversation with Whitney Walker, licensed marriage and family therapist, recovery coach, and host of the Women Waken podcast. Whitney specializes in addiction, eating disorders, trauma, and spirituality, and she doesn't shy...

"I don't belong anywhere." If you've ever felt this way, even in a space that felt safe and welcoming, this episode is for you. In this solo episode, Eileen explores why so many women feel like outsiders even in rooms full of people who love them, and unpacks the crucial difference between fitting in and true belonging. Drawing from a recurring pattern she's witnessed inside...

What if the most radical spiritual act available to you right now is saying hello to your neighbor? In this episode, Eileen is joined by Stephanie Keiko Kong — public speaking and digital marketing strategy coach, theater artist, yoga therapist, and community weaver whose practice centers BIPOC, femme, and queer thought leaders. Growing up in Hawaii with a deep land-based relationship to the natur...

What happens when spirituality teaches you to transcend your body but doesn't teach you how to return to it? In this episode, Eileen sits down with Cynthia Abulafia, author, educator, yoga therapist, and longtime student of the goddess traditions of Tantra. Cynthia's debut book Embodying the Goddess challenges what she calls the transcendence bias of patriarchal spirituality: the pervasive...

Summer solstice is here, the longest, brightest day of the year. The time known as Midsummer throughout ancient Europe. In this solo episode, Eileen explores the mythology, energetics, and seasonal wisdom of this luminous peak moment on the Wheel of the Year, and weaves in a teaching that's very much alive in the Wise Wild Woman Mentorship right now: the radical, necessary act of play. In this...

What if the patterns you've been trying to heal don't actually originate with you? In this episode, Eileen is joined by Dr. Meher Chahal, former psychiatry resident turned ancestral healing practitioner, astrologer, and author of Unlicensed Medicine. Dr. Chahal left Western psychiatry after realizing the system was designed to treat symptoms, not reach their root. What followed was a profo...

Have you ever lain awake at 4am, counting down the hours of sleep you're losing and planning for all the worst case scenarios? In this solo episode, Eileen shares the mindset shift that changed everything for her, from fighting her circumstances to finding the gift within what she cannot change. Drawing on a sleepless early morning, the chaos of listing her house for sale, and the wisdom of th...

In this episode of the Woo Curious Podcast, Eileen is joined by spiritual guide, intuitive, and Spirit Club podcast host Angell Kelly for a soul-stirring conversation about intuition, people pleasing, boundaries, slow living, and creating a life that feels truly aligned. Angell Kelly is a spiritual guide & intuitive who believes it’s possible to create the life you truly desire, when you’re wi...

Women's health pioneer Kirsten Karchmer joins Eileen for a powerful conversation on fertility, nervous system healing, belief, spirituality, and the future of holistic healthcare. Kirsten Karchmer is a health tech pioneer and women’s health expert, and the founder and CEO of Conceivable Technologies. After helping more than 10,000 women in her clinic, she built one of the first AI-driven ferti...

In this solo episode, Eileen shares a personal story of illness, surrender, and the unexpected wisdom that comes when we are forced to slow down This conversation explores the deeper meaning of rest, the role of integration in true transformation, and why so many of us only allow ourselves to stop when our bodies demand it Through the lens of seasonal cycles and Beltane energy, this episode offers...

Beltaine marks the turning into the light half of the year, a season of fire, fertility, and deep embodied awakening. In this episode, Eileen explores the ancient roots of this Celtic festival and the modern invitation it offers. This is not just about tradition. It is about returning to your body, reclaiming pleasure as a form of alignment, and noticing where life is asking you to come alive. You...

What if the key to building a successful business was not doing more, but slowing down? In this episode, I am joined by Harmony Slater, who shares how spirituality, nervous system regulation, and embodied practices can transform the way we lead and live. We explore Eastern philosophy, the limits of dualistic thinking, and how reconnecting with the body can unlock clarity, confidence, and sustainab...

When was the last time you let yourself be truly seen? In this solo episode, Eileen explores the deep longing for sisterhood and what it really means to be witnessed. We move beyond surface level connection and into the kind of presence that creates real safety, trust, and transformation. This conversation touches on the witch wound, the fear of vulnerability, and the ways we protect ourselves fro...

Burnout is not just about doing too much. It is about never truly switching off. In this episode, I am joined by nervous system coach Diana Ciolca for a powerful conversation on burnout, rest, and what it really takes to build a sustainable business and life. We explore the hidden patterns that keep women stuck in cycles of overgiving and exhaustion, the pressure created by both hustle culture and...