The Curiosity Solution Podcast

Core (48 – The Well): The month centers on flexibility. Yin Wood bends, it doesn’t break. Nature is the guide to this concept, as well as the mentor for when life becomes stressful. We have a deep well of knowledge to tap into. This requires flexibility of mind, because uncertainty is uncomfortable. Expect this wisdom to shift something fundamental in your psyche. Once you drink from the clear wat...

"We are what we tolerate." We all want to be seen, supported, and inspired. K. Margaret Solorio experienced the pandemic of 2020 as a time of dissolving an old identity, and an opportunity to become curious about who she was becoming. She wrote her book "Make Ease Your Vibe" as a way to capture this transformation and offer guideposts for others who are in similar situations. She is an Angel Reiki...

We stand at a threshold where something enormous is being asked of us, and the question is whether we have built the foundation strong enough to hold it.   Month (and Year!) card, #28, Excess The image is of a ridge beam under extraordinary pressure. The center is heavy; the ends are weak. This is not a time of ordinary effort. Something has grown beyond its normal bounds, and it demands that you...

Judy Tsafrir, MD is a holistic adult and child psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and astrologer with a private practice in the Boston area. She is the author or the award winning book “Sacred Psychiatry: Bridging the Personal and Transpersonal to Transform Health and Consciousness” She is currently working on an oracle deck entitled “Threshold Medicine Oracle Deck: A Symbolic System for Navigating Perso...

May is a good month to reflect on what has happened, and prepare for what is coming. This requires inner work, intestinal fortitude, and courage. The Yin Water supports the introspection, and the Snake's Yin Fire aligns with Joy and inspiration. Even so, the I Ching card for the month is 43, Resoluteness. This speaks to the need to stay focused on the task at hand, and to be prepared to have your...

We had such a great conversation, spanning the range of the newsroom, helping people refine their zoom presence and skills, to working with sorority rush intro videos, to the final gift we can give to our parents: making sure they are taken care of during their later years. Kim and Mike are true gifts to the community at large. I know you'll enjoy this show! Kim Barnes spent more than 30 years as...

Fear may be in the forefront of people's minds, but so will courage and the power to manifest your dreams. With self-discipline, concentration, and an eye towards reaching your potential, one can overcome the overloaded, exhausted patterns. Transformation is inevitable, as are growing pains. Relying on those with experience will help turn that inexperience and vulnerability into fertile ground, re...

This is the month to focus on cultivating your intuition. There will be a lot of opportunities for distraction and projects that will take you off course. If you don't challenge your perspectives and "KNOW" what is yours and what is something that others wish to impose on you, the incredible momentum will be lost. This grounding happens easiest when you notice the beauty around you, even in the mo...

The Fire energy of 2026 is fertile soil for technological advancement. Brenni Larson has been creating a platform especially for spiritual leaders, healers, and intuitives. Her mission? "To harmonize heart-based leadership with advanced AI automation, empowering conscious practitioners to reclaim their energetic bandwidth, scale their global impact, and build grounded legacies through digital alch...

Yang Metal Tiger indicates a need for serious decluttering and pruning of all things: people, ideas, belief systems, maybe jobs. It's a time of transformation, instability, conflict, and stress. However, if one can use this time to pause, gather inner resources, and see where it's time to drop the rope of fear and burdens, the Tiger will be able to leap forward and claim the prize! Month Card: 49,...

2026 promises to be filled with rapid movement, loads of enthusiasm, and several Phoenix-from-the-Ashes moments. We all need to learn to how to ride the waves of change, lest we be caught in the undertow and suffer needlessly.   The Year pillar is the Yang Fire Horse, I Ching card 28, Excess. The Month pillar is the Yang Metal Tiger, I Ching card 49, Revolution. The Day pillar is the Yin Earth Roo...

Join astrologers Kathy Biehl (no relation that we know of!) and Donna Woodwell as they discuss how they help others find their future path using journaling and astrology in their annual workshop! We talk about how illness often acts as a catalyst for redirection, how curiosity plays out in our birth charts, and why channeling our inner 5 year old's incessant "Why?" questions create a life of our d...

This last month of the Yin Earth Snake year is very supportive of shedding the last vestiges of old habits, unsupportive situations, and people who have used you for their own gains. Gone is the Yang Earth of December. Fertile Yin Earth is ready to help you grow, but only if you remove the thorny people, places, and things that keep you small. The card of the month: 25, Innocence: Look at your wor...

Diane Sorensen is a Boundaries & Empowerment Coach, guiding women to embrace authenticity and heal generational patterns of people-pleasing, perfectionism, and co-dependence. Through her coaching, podcast- Chaos to Connection, and speaking engagements, Diane empowers women, many who are mothers, to cultivate deeper self-awareness, establish healthy boundaries, and create lives filled with purp...

The Yang Earth Rat month (12/7-1/4/26) is a time to change your mindset from one of only seeing obstacles to noticing where the opportunities are. There will be growing pains as we all move into a season of new beginnings, with that "fresh from the egg" awkwardness, filled with the fits and starts of trying something new, failing, trying again, and getting better with each attempt. It's a month fo...

Some call it a mid-life crisis, but others refer to it as the SOUL coming home. Join us as Sarah Veyland, Stress Relief Coach, discusses how she deconstructed her formerly rigid existence and found her way back to the expansiveness that her soul was crying out for.   BIO: Sarah Veyland is a writer, stress relief coach, business consultant, tarot reader, and lifelong student of what it means to liv...

November will be an interesting month, as the Pig is the conflict animal for the annual Snake energy. Plus, Mercury goes Retrograde 11/9-29, making it an extra strong opportunity to revisit past choices and see if a different direction is the right way to go.   Yin Fire inspires quick thinking, attention to detail, devotion to close companions, inspiration, thoughtfulness, and kindness. It can als...

When a relationship begins to unravel, there is a choice point. Do you proceed consciously or unconsciously? Do you allow intuition and heart-centeredness to inform the process, or is blind rage and hurt going to be the drivers in the process, forcing you to pick up the pieces once the destruction is done and the ink is dry? Joyce and I discuss how Conscious Uncoupling can allow one to "Unravel th...

While the September vibes keep on until October 7th, starting on the 8th, we can expect a lot of focus on BOUNDARIES. Have they been too firm? Do you need to loosen up a bit? Or did you slip and forget what that word even means? The Yang Fire is like the sun, lighting the way for all to see. The Dog is playful, loyal, and intelligent, but too much loyalty can be a problem too.   The overall card f...

In this episode, Sol and I discuss what trauma is, how personal challenges influence our collective trauma, and discuss ways to identify, befriend, and reduce it.   Sol Bautista is an acclaimed public speaker who brings an inspiring, honest, and hopeful perspective to diverse audiences. As a Mexican recruited to work as a professional psychologist in the Texan education system, an award-winning bi...

This is a month (9/7-10/7) to notice when it's time to let go, withdraw, reevaluate, REST. We've been through a lot so far this year, and our physical bodies need attention. Our mental state, too. It's time to dissolve divisions, restore harmony, find our boundaries, and look to those who can share their wisdom with us. Sure, the Rooster wants to yell out about why they know best, but the Yin Wood...

**FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY** Kathy Platt is a science-based naturopathic practitioner and highly skilled medical intuitive. We were having a general discussion about the energetic signature of the GLP-1 receptor, and why everyone seemed to be on the shots these days. What follows is a live-action visualization of this particular physiological input and does NOT discuss or diagnose any physi...

The Yang Wood of 8/7-9/6 meets the Yang Metal inside of the Monkey for a month filled with tension, potential conflict, and definitely pruning. It's good to "declutter" the inputs of our lives, whether that means friends, clothes, books, television, doctrines, or foods. Card of the Month: 64, Before Completion. Expect uncertainty, doubt, hesitation, instability, and discord. Be extra cautious, and...

The energy of July, based on this I Ching reading, promises to be dramatic! The card for the month, #47, Oppression, really speaks to the feeling of being surrounded by danger and chaos, but as long as we stay attuned to our inner light, we will make it through to the other side.   #5, Waiting, focus line 5, wants us to know that it's good to take breaks, but to be prepared to take action when the...

Chronic illness affects millions. Christina experienced 15 different diagnoses, and struggled with having a nervous system that was in constant overdrive. Yoga offered the opportunity to connect with her body and that opened up the space to find the tools to truly heal. Listen to her story about finding the subconscious triggers, uncovering the joy of Polyvagal Theory, and realizing the truth behi...