Cauldron Her Daddy

Ethical Shit Talk: Boy Mom Culture, Jenny Mollen Backlash & Parenting Without Enmeshment On Cauldron and Her Daddy, Sarai Johnson and Meredith Holley discuss the backlash to Jenny Mollen’s Mother’s Day writing and a photo captioned “Your eldest son is the most toxic man you’ll ever date,” examining how “boy mom” and “girl dad” culture can normalize misogyny, gender essentialism, and parent-chi...

16: Incubating Revolution: July 2026 Month Ahead Tarot and Astrology In this episode of Cauldron Her Daddy, Sarai Johnson and Meredith Holley share a July 2026 month-ahead astrology forecast and a “You Say You Want a Revolution” tarot spread focused on inner revolution and its collective impact. Sarai pulls Temperance as the month’s theme (alchemical balance amid extremes) and the Oyster as an ani...

Demons, Spirits, and Entities CW: This episode talks about suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know experiences thinking that is self-harming, please access medical support and remember that in the United States, 988 is a resource for friends, family, and support people as well as people experiencing suicidal ideation. In this episode of Cauldron Your Daddy, hosts Sarai Johnson and Meredith H...

Ethical Shit Talk--JK Rowling and the Millennial Witch's Fraught Relationship With Harry Potter CW: transphobia, sexual violence, partner violence, racism In this Ethical Shit Talk episode Meredith and Sarai dive in to the wizarding world of Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling's conflicted relationship with gender. Ethical Shit Talk requires that (1) you shit talk, (2) you turn the mirror on yourself, a...

Stigmatized Spellwork Some call it baneful magic, some call it of the devil, but we disagree. In this episode, Sarai and Meredith talk about their own experience with stigmatized spellwork: banishments, cord cuttings, hexes, and curses. They share personal experiences with retrieving their own energy and releasing other people's energy, including national and international hexes. To access the pat...

Pride Is Better Than Purity: Deconstructing Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and Reclaiming Sovereignty In this Pride Month episode of Cauldron Her Daddy, Sarai Johnson and Meredith Holley discuss how purity culture and rape culture function as control systems rooted in shame, bodily control, and compulsory heteronormativity/monogamy, and frame Pride as an antidote built on self-ownership. They share...

Energies of June 2026! This month-ahead forecast starts with a tarot reading for June 2026, and then looks at the astrological energies. The R&R Tarot Spread is from Interobang Tarot and is available here . Sarai used the Fifth Spirit Tarot Deck here . In this tarot reading has the Sun card in the center and then these are the other cards: Recover & Renew: 8 of Wands Rumpus & Romp: Hei...

Scapegoating And Healing From Nonprofits With Mazarine Treyz CW: Death and Grief In this episode, Mazarine Treyz joins Sarai and Meredith to talk about her new book (and workbook), Healing From The Nonprofit Sector . Mazarine and Sarai both have extensive history working in nonprofits, and recovering from them. In this episode, Mazarine talks about the dynamics of scapegoating, which might be some...

Twin Flame or Hot Stove? In this episode, Sarai and Meredith unpack the concept of Twin Flames. That concept was originally coined by Elizabeth Clare Prophet in the 1970s, but it reaches back to Greek and Christian myth in the way we think of it today. The concept refers to a fated relationship that feels like it has a karmic component to it, and is somewhat different than the concept of soulmates...

Sex Magic In this episode, Sarai and Meredith dive into one of the most misunderstood — and most human — forms of magic: sex magic. Not the dramatic, velvet-robed version you've seen online. The real kind. The kind that lives in your body, in your breath, in the quiet space between who you've been told to be and who you actually are. They start with the basics. What sex magic actually is, why so m...

Astrology Forecast for May 2026! In this episode Meredith and Sarai talk about the astrology of May 2026 and the cycles of time related to the astrological weather. Your hosts at Cauldron also dedicate this episdode to Chidi Anagonye from the show The Good Place. If you don't know who Chidi Anagonye is, here's a little taste of his vibe. These are the aspects Meredith and Sarai talk about for May...

The Cauldron of Wisdom In this episode, Sarai and Meredith turn to the third and final cauldron from the ancient Irish poem, the Cauldrons of Poesy — the Cauldron of Wisdom. It sits at the top of the body, the seat of mind, imagination, and spirit. And yet, as they quickly discover, you can't talk about wisdom without talking about everything else first. They open with the story of Ceridwen — the...

In this episode, Sarai and Meredith turn their attention to the second of the three Cauldrons of Poesy — the Cauldron of Motion. If the Cauldron of Warming is about the body, the Cauldron of Motion is about the emotional body: the seat of sorrow and joy, the place where feelings live, and the energetic center most of us have been systematically taught to suppress, bypass, or hand off to someone el...

The Cauldron of Warming: Coming Home to Your Body In this episode, Sarai and Meredith dive into the namesake of the podcast itself — the Cauldrons of Poesy, an ancient Irish text describing three energetic centers within the human body. They start with the foundational one: the Cauldron of Warming, the seat of our animal nature, our ancestry, our hunger, and our physical experience. From there, th...

Welcome to Ethical Shit Talk - a segment dear to Mer and Sarai's hearts. It's the contemplative / expressive practice of diving headfirst into the drama, and then doing the personal work to figure out why you cared so much. This week's subject: the absolute internet tornado surrounding Lindy West 's new memoir Adult Braces Driving Myself Sane , in which she writes honestly about her marriage openi...

Learn all about what's coming up in the astrology for April 2026! Meredith walks us through the transits that are happening this month and we get useful tips and info about how to handle the wild weather in the stars. Work with Meredith: fourthcupastrology.com Work with Sarai: saraijohnson.com

Welcome to Cauldron Her Daddy - a podcast about sex, astrology, witchery, and sometimes pop culture. In our first episode, you'll get to know our hosts, Astrologer, Witch, and (almost former) Civil Rights Attorney, Meredith Holley and Sexologist, Witch, and Embodiment Coach, Sarai Johnson. This podcast is fun, uplifting, and talks about spiritual and esoteric ideas you can use in real life. Mer an...