The Empowered Modern Witches Show

In this episode, I'm chatting with Wendy Mata of Bruja Power Botanica. Wendy is a Bruja Curandera by Lineage and initiated Shaman who strives to provide the best Mexican Brujería products on the market. We talked about the cleansing and neutralizing powers of basil and orange flower, the protective power of peppers, Wendy's ancestral traditions and how she helps her clients with ancestral healing,...

Have you ever wanted to work with a goddess or connect with a matron deity for wisdom, guidance, and support? To be honest, I never really did and never really worked with goddesses in my own practice until I discovered that the asteroid, Diana, is exactly conjunct my moon! There are hundreds, (maybe thousands), of asteroids named after goddesses that are Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic, Germanic, Sum...

In this episode, I'm chatting with Lurie Kimmerle about the divine feminine and how it appears in different religious and spiritual traditions, including both witchcraft and Christianity. We will be discussing how we can begin to unearth what masculine traditions have tried to silence and take ownership in anti-racist, decolonized, and gender inclusive ways. --- Lurie is a spiritual life coach who...

In this episode, we're deep diving on the history, mythology, symbols, astrology, and traditions of the spring equinox. The equinox occurs in March in the Northern Hemisphere, when the sun reaches 0° of Aries, the first sign in the zodiac.  We celebrate the spring equinox because it is one of the two days a year when the daylight and nighttime hours are equal and balanced. In fact, there are monum...

In this bonus episode, (which was recorded live in the free Empowered Modern Witches Facebook group), I'm joined by Caitlin Townsend, a a Functional Nutritional Therapist and Fertility Coach who helps women struggling to conceive get pregnant naturally! We're talking about fertility and, for those who experience a menstrual cycle, syncing your cycle with nature. (A perfect complement to our moon p...

Welcome to the first Teatime with Tenae bonus episode! Periodically, we will be sharing bonus guest interviews which are recorded live in our free Empowered Modern Witches Facebook community.  Today, I'm joined by Jade Hincks, a boudoir photographer from Oregon and a long-time member of the Starlight Coven. We had a lovely chat all about the moon phases and Jade's favorite phase, the dark moon, as...

In today's episode, we are busting all kinds of myths about the many different ways you can supposedly practice moon rituals wrong.... the truth is, you can't make any mistakes in your own practice! Here are a few you might have heard around the internet which are NOT TRUE: 1. You can only practice your new or full moon rituals on the exact day of the phase.  2. You have to celebrate all 8 (or eve...

Happy 2021! We are diving back in with a big, juicy episode to help you explore your chart and get realigned with your truth in the new year.  Here are 8 signs you're not living in alignment with your astrological chart - which is literally a map of the stars at the moment you were born and metaphorically a map to your higher self and purpose - and how to fix it:  You struggle to find your joy. So...

It can be tough to feel connected to nature during the cold, dark days of winter but for many witches, feeling connected to nature is an essential part of our practices. So what's a witch to do?  Luckily, Sagittarius season is here to help. This mutable fire sign is all about bringing light to the darkness and honoring the wisdom of nature.  Bringing nature into your home or working with herbalism...

Embodying your inner witch is about committing to your ideal witchy lifestyle. When your daily life is grounded in magick, you get to have mystical experiences every single day, no matter what you're doing.  If you were embodying your inner witch in your real life right now, what would you be doing? How would you feel?  Achieving that vision in your own reality requires you to follow your intuitio...

Witchcraft and self-care both have deep roots in ancient, ancestral wisdom and modern, feminist movements. Yet, both have become associated with trendy, consumerist culture as well.  Let's fight the patriarchy together and reclaim the true meaning of witchcraft and self-care by creating sacred rituals that nurture our minds, bodies, and intuition! In this episode, I'm sharing five tips from my upc...

Ever struggle to be consistent in your rituals, whether you want to do them daily, for the new or full moons, or even just seasonally? As we head into Virgo season this week, let’s talk about how you can turn that around and create rituals that are not only fun and fulfilling but that you both WANT to do and will ACTUALLY do. We'll go over my four cardinal tips for greater consistency:  1. Know th...

It can be difficult sometimes to connect with the eight pagan sabbats that make up the Wheel of the Year, as they are rooted in ancient Celtic agricultural festivals that don't really have a lot of bearing on our 21st century lives.  But the three harvest festivals of Lammas, the Autumn Equinox, and Samhain in August, September, and October usher in most witches' favorite season: fall!  These thre...

Witchcraft is a sacred journey of exploring your spirituality, transmuting your shadows into strengths, and empowering the oppressed. But it's not all serious all the time - being a witch is actually super fun too! Your practice should include things that bring you joy. Rituals should feel fun and fulfilling. Nothing should ever feel like an obligation or pointless to you. No, we don't always feel...

Self-care are the actions we take to nurture our spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional needs. Seasonal self-care is a practice that nurtures our needs in alignment with the cycles of nature - the seasons, moon phases, and movement of the planets.  Seasonal self-care rituals reconnect us with the ancient rhythms we've been exiled from, thanks to electric lights, indoor air conditioning, and an...

Cultural appropriation is a rampant problem in the spiritual and witchcraft community and it's time for us to speak up and take action to choose a better path. Cultural appropriation is the act of stealing ideas, traditions, practices, and objects without giving any attribution to people indigenous to that culture. It happens all the time in our community, as many "new age" practices are rooted in...

Keeping your practice simple is more essential than ever, so it can support you during this time of quarantine, social distancing, stress, and uncertainty, instead of contributing to overwhelm.  Though quarantine has been a time of rest for some, it's stressful regardless of whether you are working or not, homeschooling kids, or simply trying to maintain your mental health while living alone. Even...

In today's episode, we're talking all about how you can create consistency in your life by honoring the inconsistency of nature with seasonal rituals.  Nature is always evolving and changing, but returns to the same spaces and energies each season, year after year. We celebrate these energetic returns with the eight pagan sabbats. Two of the most important of these are Beltane on May 1 and Samhain...

In today's episode, we're exploring the difference between "collective" and "sovereign" energies and how you can work with them to make your practice feel more intentional.  The collective energies of the universe are basically the cycles of the moon, sun, and planets, (or the moon phases, seasons, and astrology): There are four moon phases, (new, waxing, full, and waning). The moon moves through...

In today's episode, I'm getting into exactly how the moon phases actually impact you personally and how to work with them in your real, daily life. It's so important that we not just treat all of the systems and cycles that we use as witches like mere knowledge - facts and trivia to be learned by rote.  Rather, the cycles of the seasons and the stars, (the seasons, moon phases and astrology), are...

Cultures all over the world have worked with the sun, moon, and stars. There are systems of astrology from the Middle East, China, India, Britain, and more. The solstices and equinoxes are celebrated worldwide.  We all have roots in ancient pagan cultures and reclaiming their wisdom is simple and essential. Though we live in wildly modern times with crazy new technology, we actually experience man...

Happy New Moon in Aries! In this episode, I'm sharing practical, actionable tips for how to work with the upcoming moon cycle during quarantine.  This is a crazy, unprecedented time and since today is the new moon, it's the perfect opportunity to connect with the moon phases over the next month to support you in creating or maintaining a daily spiritual practice.  It might be tempting to think tha...

In this episode, I'm diving into how Aries season and the placement of Mars and Pallas in Capricorn can support us during this crazy, chaotic, and uncertain time.  As we all learn to navigate this new world of coronavirus, social distancing, and the breakdown of some of our most essential structures and systems, Aries can help you find your deepest wellsprings of courage and empower you to support...

If you've ever felt like you needed to learn all the things before you can actually practice or understand all the systems of witchcraft more deeply before you can call yourself a witch, then this episode is for you! There are actually no rules in witchcraft, no matter what anyone might tell you, and you don't have to wait around until you've learned everything either.   Did you know that the moon...

In this episode, we're talking about how to put your needs first and love yourself more by being a witch.  Your witchcraft practice is a powerful way to support your needs, (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual), and this is the perfect time to be making this shift as Venus moves from Aries into Taurus this week.  Venus in Aries is a traditionally challenging placement but it's also a placement...