An Aries and Pisces Walk Into a Coffee Shop

Spring is here with her mood swings, the aftershocks of Pisces seasons’ whirlpool of chaos around our cognitive abilities. Nothing is wrong with you. Challenging things are challenging, it isn’t a mark of failure if you feel like it is hard. It would be hard for anyone. In this episode we contemplate the freedom from the inner critic, so we can meet those growth edges with playfulness, instead of...

It’s our anniversary of starting to record these conversations. A beginning to celebrate in the end of the astrological wheel. If Pisces season left you feeling discombobulated, you are not alone. We’re starting from the beginning to revisit our child selves and integrate our joys of the past into the present. 🎉🎡🌭 Recorded on March 14, 2024. 🪄  in this episode: it’s our podcast anniversary! 🌊...

We're doing time travel magic again this week. Mistakes or wistful regrets of the past could possibly be the knots needed to create the beautiful macrame of our present. What if you are exactly where you need to be, just as you are, to create a future you can't even imagine yet? ⏳🌌🪢 Recorded on February 22, 2024. 🪄  in this episode: welcome to pisces season important grocery questions...

What if we allowed ourselves to be just here, right now, and that is okay? What if it is not only okay to be where you are, but fine to be who you are? In this week’s episode, we’re exploring radical self acceptance through microdosing chaos, pausing to be present, and feeling our way through the here and now. 🧙🧊⏳ Recorded on February 16, 2024. 🪄  in this episode: wizard bar microdosing chaos...

How do you motivate yourself to start something? We’re balancing a need for routine with a desire for novelty. Recorded on Jan 17, 2024. 🪄  in this episode: winter bird updates: enrichment! surprise fireworks 🎆 winter walks resistance to getting started shiny motivators 📋  resources mentioned: FLOW 30 day yoga w/Adriene Kaweco fancy pen 📱  where to find us : 🖤 brigitte: @brigittemarie.energyd...

Persephone traverses liminal spaces between worlds, and so do we. With a basket full of protea, we go into the depths of the underworld in the winter dark. We learn the lessons of the river Styx, where we ride atop the current of the abyss. Spring always comes, Persephone gathers her skirts, and ascends back to the living. So will we. When it’s time. Recorded on Jan 8, 2024. 🪄  in this episode: r...

Do you know what to do with your hands in social situations? We don’t either, but we’re showing up anyway because healing happens in community. Let yourself show up and allow others to demonstrate care. Recorded on Dec 18, 2023. 🪄  in this episode: brags capability & tolerance: does it feel less like death? healing in community vs perfect robots co-regulation practicing best case scenarios vs...

There is magic in perspective shifts for acceptance. We’re casting spells for ease this season. Let’s not play in hard mode, and embrace silliness for self care. Recorded on Dec 8, 2023. 🪄  in this episode: “i can’t be fucked” Ingrid’s magical aura haunted friskies Zero’s bed on our bed how do people live alone without pets cold plunge again. hard mode activated emotional immaturity the human con...

We’re talking about our neurospicy brains this week. We talk about building up our tolerance for vulnerability, and expanding our capacity to feel unfamiliar things. Healing can be uncomfortable, but we’re learning to be open and receive care. How do you allow others to show up for you? Recorded on Nov 17, 2023. 🪄  in this episode: neurodivergent awareness & adhd screening tests advocating fo...

Get yourself friends who celebrate being human and insist you take up space. This episode closes out with discussions on working with ancestors, but not limiting to blood relatives. We talk about offering reverent space to those who feel like a part of our lineage, through art or identity. We’re becoming queer witch ancestors for the future generations. Recorded on Nov 1, 2023. 🪄  in this episode...

Having a body is hard and there are no right answers. But we’re talking about some things we’re trying out anyway. What have you found out works for you? We lean into the concept that we’re all just doing things scared or unsure. It’s okay to feel discombobulated. Recorded on Oct 24, 2023. 🪄  in this episode: october 🪲🧃 food is hard using adhd advantages w/object permanence confusing body cues...

This week is story time as we delve into the media that we enjoy. As the season turns, we contemplate the archetype of The Hermit. We contemplate how this energy can be playful, instead of solemn. Recorded on Oct 21, 2023. 🪄  in this episode: Rasputin lore Renaissance faire marvels story time media hour taika love do other people have funny & playful convos? hermit reframes pythia botanica or...

We can’t stop talking about energetic boundaries. Instead of worrying about scenarios, what if we allowed ourselves to dream freely and believe bravely? How do you practice allocating your energy to that which serves you, instead of drains you? Recorded on Oct 9, 2023. 🪄  in this episode: integrating astrological shifts internal energetic boundaries worry spirals & redirection techniques crea...

Struggle does not equal failure. As usual, we’re dismantling societal conditioning to support ourselves by contemplating seasonal and circadian rhythms. We learn we have different times when we’re ready to party, so when are you ready to get down? Recorded on September 7, 2023. 🪄  in this episode: mercury retrograde how to tell time “why are we like this” satisfaction vs societal expectations tun...

Healing your past self in the present is powerful magic. This week we give our younger selves tender care by honoring the people who helped us along the way. We reframe experiences to understand what we learned from them. We consider the ways in which we can nurture ourselves in the present as we deserved to be nurtured in the past. Recorded on Aug 24, 2023 during Mercury Retrograde. Apologies for...

Our personal stories are reflected in the tarot’s archetypal journey. These stories aren’t linear, or singular. We consider the alchemy of savoring our present experiences. Tarot teaches us that things will always keep changing. Wouldn’t we be so bored if they didn’t? Recorded on Aug 14, 2023. 🪄  in this episode: brigitte’s hair dye update strawberries & savoring derealization depression with...

We're practicing empowerment through expression of self, and dismantling internalized perfectionism when it comes to self-care. Balance is not a destination, it is a practice maintained through constant adjustments. Even when we topple, the act of finding our balance again is powerful learning. Recorded on August 7, 2023. 🪄  in this episode: hair experiments & journeys reclaiming elements...

Sometimes things don’t click at first, but if you return to it, you might be surprised what shifts. The enneagram isn’t the only answer, but it can be an answer. It is a great tool to get curious about ourselves and other people. There is great wisdom in exploring our motivations to feel compassion for ourselves. The relational nature of the enneagram helps us foster that compassion towards others...

We consider the balance between minimalism and maximalism. It’s a trip down memory lane. We have photographic proof we’ve been psychically linked for many years. There is nostalgia blooming between letter writing and journaling at a young age. We’re looking backward to move forward. Recorded June 16, 2023. 🪄  in this episode: psychic outfits & lipstick intrusive thoughts in zoom blast from th...

Welcome to Season 2! Cats, houseplants, and rebels are our teachers this week. We praise cats for being cats. Give yourself the gold star just for existing. You’re worth it. Houseplants might lose leaves while new growth is unfurling. If your leaves fall off, that is material for nourishing compost. Do things against the status quo, rebel against the systems that do not serve. Make a decision, any...

This week is about contemplation. What would it be like to just be okay with how you’re feeling right now? What if you just accepted your own rhythms and honored your needs without judgement? What if we shifted our mindset to abundance? Recorded May 16, 2023. 🪄  in this episode: “this is so hard” tired mornings slow mornings reframing questions we ask each other letting things be, not constantly...

We sink deep into the vulnerability pools this week. Embodiment and presence is often uncomfortable, but very worth the lucidity gained. Dr. Hillary McBride says it is reclaiming the body as the central place where we experience life. We are participating in being alive, and learning how to be gentle with ourselves. Recorded 05.10.2023. 🪄  in this episode: food notion gratitude & joy journal...

A trip down memory lane gives us the realization that we’ve been intuitively doing breath work all along. We learn that we know how to take care of ourselves better than we give ourselves credit for, and chances are, you do too. 🪄  in this episode: screaming practice groundhog saga nervous system/emotional regulation through: singing, playing wind instruments: trumpet & flute breathwork why d...

This week we come to terms with how everyone is just a human trying to figure it out as we go along. People are doing things scared, because confidence isn’t something you obtain one day. It is an ongoing practice of embodiment. 🪄  in this episode: springtime treat - birds & squirrel shenanigans it takes a village groundhog feud taking confidence off the external pedestal feel the fear and do...

We cannot stop talking about Rest is Resistance, “a battle cry, a guidebook, a map for a movement, and a field guide for the weary and hopeful” by Tricia Hersey, the Nap Bishop. Revelations abound as we learn that the practice of rest isn’t to serve productivity. Which leads us to the many lessons and wisdoms offered to us by cats. 🪄  in this episode: david pumpkins snl skit, how’s it hanging htt...