Creative Magic

Joanne Harris (OBE, FRSL) is the internationally renowned and award-winning author of over twenty novels, plus novellas, cookbooks, scripts, short stories, libretti, lyrics, articles, and a self-help book for writers, TEN THINGS ABOUT WRITING. In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She holds honorary doctorates from the Universities o...

Victoria Firth is a writer, theatre maker and performer based in Yorkshire. Her work is concerned with embodiment and connection, exploring things lots of us feel but don’t really talk about. Her one-woman show, about childlessness and reinvention, ‘How to be amazingly happy!’ toured nationally; she curated a collection of writing on the presentation of the body – inspired by her live art performa...

Sarah Detweiler works out of her home studio undulating between her art practice and motherhood. She explores beyond the traditional boundaries of painting by including various hand embroidery techniques and mixed media materials into her work. Motherhood, nostalgia, and themes that touch on the universality of the human experience all have significance in her work. An award-winning artist, Sarah...

Join Lucy and special guests as they celebrate the magic of the sea in an atmospheric episode weaving prose, poetry, music and musings on how the sea can inspire, heal and transform. Featuring extracts from the new audiobook of Lucy's She of the Sea and many special guests including: Sarah Robinson - bestselling author of Yoga for Witches and Kitchen Witch sharing a folktale from the Faroe Islands...

A solo episode from Lucy looking back on this season's guests and looking forward to Season 4. Lucy's book She of the Sea is now available in audiobook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ingrid Sanchez, also known as CreativeIngrid, is a Mexican-British artist based in London. Celebrated for her vibrant, nature-inspired paintings, Ingrid uses her art to explore the connection between the natural world and the human spirit. Her work reflects a deep appreciation for color, movement, and the organic beauty of flowers, foliage, and celestial motifs. Ingrid primarily works with waterco...

Jacqueline Wild aka Glitter and Earth, creates whimsical illustrations inspired by the Cornish landscape and coastline. She lives in a 120 year old granite miners cottage close to Land’s End where tales of mermaids, witches and pirates fuel her imagination. Born in Greenwich, London, her holidays to Cornwall created memories of dancing along the shoreline and swimming in rockpools, which acted as...

Ep. 37 Coco Oya Cienna-Rey - Heeding the Call My guest today is Coco Oya Cienna-Rey, author of Digging for Mother’s Bones launching this week from Womancraft Publishing. Coco is a UK based mother, grandmother, creative, mystic, soul guide and writer. Her creativity is informed by her journey as a devotee of the Tantric path (an embodied path of self-liberation) and her personal journey with t...

A special episode on all things magic, to celebrate the launch of my new e-course - Writing Nature + Magic, co-taught with best-selling author of Kitchen Witch and Yoga for Witches, Sarah Robinson. Between us we have written over 20 books!! In this episode we reflect on: What magic is Learning to switch lenses from the mundane to the magical Ways of entering magical writing consciousness Word...

Kat Shaw 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...

Caroline grew up in Birmingham and then the rural landscapes of Worcestershire, with a love for the wild, poetry and dance, passionate about creativity, mystery and myth. She moved to Ireland in 1992 for 17 years.  Say Caroline: “Despite early challenges with trauma, self-doubt and unconventional learning styles, I discovered the power of creativity and a deep connection to the soul through d...

Eleanor Brown is a songwriter and music maker who believes that creating is essential and the driving force of life. She writes songs that support both the descent and the rising and the oscillation between the two. She has sung in forests, fire circles and protest rallies; festivals, events and pubs; prisons, churches and schools; by the sea, on top of mountains and in front of thousands of...

Jaine Rose lives in the Cotswold town of Stroud, happily making art in her plant-filled and colourful studio in the corner her attic house. She’s had a pretty wild journey through art, parenthood, and the alchemy of women's circles and rituals. He work is an ongoing enquiry into women's spirituality which I see as the dynamic and ever-changing way that we reclaim our innate connection to a vast re...

Amy Hale  is an Atlanta based writer and critic with a PhD in Folklore and Mythology from UCLA. Her research interests include contemporary magical practice and history, art, culture, women and Cornwall. She has written widely on artist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun, and has been an academic advisor to the 2025 Colquhoun retrospective Ithell Colquhoun: Between Worlds at Tate St. Ives an...

My guest today is Jen Louden, best-selling author of nine books, and passionate women’s advocate. Since 1992 Jen has been a leading voice on self-care, creative transformation, and helping women own their desires. With close to a million copies sold in nine languages, Jennifer has appeared or been quoted in hundreds of media platforms, including The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is a former columnist fo...

My guest today is Leonie Dawson, international best-selling author of the My Brilliant Year workbooks (formerly known as the Goal Getter workbooks) which have been used by over 500,000 people worldwide. A multi-passionate entrepreneur, Leonie has generated over $14 million in revenue while only working 10 hours a week. She is the creator of the Brilliant Biz and Life Academy , she has been bloggin...

This special Creative Magic episode is a celebration of crows – real and symbolic, wild magic and everyday enchantment to mark the one-year anniversary of  Crow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods, and the launch of the audiobook. Weaving the words from this spellbinding book, along with stories from the Creative Magic community and extracts from interviews from the first two s...

A celebration of Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ iconic book,   Women Who Run With the Wolves   This episode is a magical weaving of extracts and interviews with women about wolves and the Wild Woman archetype, and the impact this book has had on their lives. Full episode available for $3/ month at www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce Mini interview: Rachel S. Roberts is the author of  Lupa. She-Wol...

A quick update on what I'm up to between seasons... and what's coming up next Tuesday! NEW FULL EPISODE IS LIVE NOW FOR ALL $3/MONTH+ PATREON SUBSCRIBERS (subscribe now at www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce to grab it for yourself ) A special Creative Magic episode celebrating the most-mentioned book on the podcast over Seasons 1 &2, Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ iconic book, Women Who Run With the Wolves....

About Your Host Lucy H. Pearce is the author of multiple life-changing non-fiction books, including Nautilus Award silver winners  Medicine Woman, Burning Woman , and  Creatrix: she who makes . Her writing focuses on women’s healing through archetypal psychology, embodiment, historical awareness and creativity. Lucy founded Womancraft Publishing, publishing paradigm-shifting bo...

Celeste Larsen, Mage by Moonlight is a pagan witch, ritualist, and facilitator of witchcraft retreats, courses, and workshops. Originally from the US, she is now based in County Cork, Ireland. Her first book, Heal the Witch Wound won a Nautilus Award. https://www.instagram.com/magebymoonlight https://magebymoonlight.com/ We talked about: The difference between witchcraft and magical communities in...

Artist. Illustrator. Intuitive herbalist. Oracle Creator. Incense Maker. Stitch Witch. Traveller on the spirit roads. Dreamer.  Deeply rooted in this ancient landscape of Dartmoor, her work draws heavily on folklore and mythology, and her magical practise ,and explores the deep connection, both physical and spiritual, between people and the land they inhabit.  Her work, in all its thread...

Sarah Napoli, also known as The Woodland Witch, is a folk practitioner, herbalist, house witch and homesteader residing in the mountains of New England with her husband, daughter and fur babies. She owns and operates a digital apothecary known as Folkcraft and Flora Apothecary where she crafts herbal and magical goods for intentional daily living.  www. FolkcraftandFlora.com Instagram.com/the...

Chelan Harkin is a mystical poet whose poems have been shared tens of thousands of times. Her publishing journey is only four years old but her first two books, Susceptible to Light and Let Us Dance!, have been self-publishing successes with sales numbers to be envied by most poets today. Her third book, Wild Grace, published in November 2023 with Monkfish and her most recent The Prophetess was pu...

Justine Aldersey-Williams is a textile activist, speaker and teacher specialising in natural fabric dyeing and regenerative clothing. She hand-dyes textiles at her studio, The Wild Dyery, in Hoylake UK, using many plants grown on her nearby food, fibre and dye allotment and teaches both live and online courses in botanical dyeing techniques. Justine qualified as a teacher in 1998 and has since tau...