with intention from Cassandra

In this episode of “Practical Magic Musings: Rituals + Wisdom for Your Most Magical Life”, our host, Cassandra Bodzak, shares about what messages came through from her trips to Big Sur and the Austrian Alps last week. We dive into the natural attunement found in nature and how it speaks to us on patience, presence and abundance. Thanks for listening to the PRACTICAL MAGIC MUSINGS podcast, conversa...

In this episode of “Practical Magic Musings: Rituals + Wisdom for Your Most Magical Life”, our host, Cassandra Bodzak, shares about the full moon in Aquarius with Venus conjunct and how this will have us looking at our own worthiness as it connects to patterns in our romance or financial sectors that need to be released to move to the next level.. Thanks for listening to the PRACTICAL MAGIC MUSING...

In this episode of “Practical Magic Musings: Rituals + Wisdom for Your Most Magical Life”, our host, Cassandra Bodzak, talks about how you can begin communicating with your higher power, God, the Universe, spirit, angels, ancestors, guides, etc. She shares her journey in beginning these magical dialogues and gives you practical exercises to open the lines of communication with these magical entiti...

In this episode of “Practical Magic Musings: Rituals + Wisdom for Your Most Magical Life”, our host, Cassandra Bodzak, shares about what the lions gate portal is and it's roots in Ancient Egypt plus how you can utilize it to show up more fully as well as to understand what you may be feeling right now. Thanks for listening to the PRACTICAL MAGIC MUSINGS podcast, conversations about rituals + wisdo...

In this episode of “Practical Magic Musings: Rituals + Wisdom for Your Most Magical Life”, our host, Cassandra Bodzak, answers a question from one of her listeners, "how do you create boundaries with loved ones?" In this episode, we talked about why it's important to set boundaries, some examples of what healthy boundaries are and how we can effectively communicate our boundaries in a lo...

In this episode of “Practical Magic Musings: Rituals + Wisdom for Your Most Magical Life”, our host, Cassandra Bodzak, shares about how you can regain your faith and trust in your intuition when you feel like it's been "wrong". This episode gets super personal as she shares times where she almost lost faith or wondered if she could ever trust her intuition again. A must listen if you fee...

In this episode of “Practical Magic Musings: Rituals + Wisdom for Your Most Magical Life”, our host, Cassandra Bodzak, shares about why you get the urge to clean at certain auspicious times (hello moons + major life moments!) and what it means energetically. She also shares with you how to "clean with intention" with a special energy clearing and space making ritual as well as how you ca...

In this episode of “Practical Magic Musings: Rituals + Wisdom for Your Most Magical Life”, our host, Cassandra Bodzak, shares about how to strengthen your intuition so you can experience more magic in your dily life. She walks you through some of the practices she used to turn up the volume and hear her own intuitive voice loud and clear as well as the questions she asks herself when trying to dis...

In this episode of “Practical Magic Musings: Rituals + Wisdom for Your Most Magical Life”, our host, Cassandra Bodzak, shares about the meaning behind this New Moon in Leo and it's theme about stepping into our truth and unapologetically owning who we are through heart-centered courage! A message that is truly evergreen to up leveling in life but particularly potent in this New Moon in Leo window....

In this episode of “Practical Magic Musings: Rituals + Wisdom for Your Most Magical Life”, our host, Cassandra Bodzak, shares about the meaning behind a New Moon, why it's important to sync yourself up with the lunar calendar and shares three, easy, new moon manifestation rituals for you to try at home. Thanks for listening to the PRACTICAL MAGIC MUSINGS podcast, conversations about rituals + wisd...

In this episode of “Practical Magic Musings: Rituals + Wisdom for Your Most Magical Life”, our host, Cassandra Bodzak, shares about what exactly Practical Magic is as well as some of her personal major initiations around it. You’ll learn how to utilize your own Practical Magic at pivotal moments in life to leap you to the next level. Thanks for listening to the PRACTICAL MAGIC MUSINGS podcast, con...

In this episode of our mini "behind the curtain" series where our host, Cassandra Bodzak, shares with you the twists and turns of growing her business and the most valuable lessons she learned along the way. From starting a blog, to growing a coaching business, ending up on ABC's The Taste and publishing her first book, Cassandra hopes to fast track you with her story and take aways in t...

In this episode of our mini "behind the curtain" series where our host, Cassandra Bodzak, shares with you some of the dark times that made her a 'lightmaker', we dive into going to her struggle with sadness. This first part focuses on her dark night of the soul that became an incredible catalyst for the woman she now is as well as the tools that helped her climb up from the depths of her...

In this episode of our mini "behind the curtain" series where our host, Cassandra Bodzak, shares with you some of the dark times that made her a 'lightmaker', we dive into going to war with your body. Cassandra describes her journey with negative body image, disordered eating and ultimately rekindling her relationship with her body. If this episode hits home for you, we welcome you to ch...

In the first episode back after our hiatus, our host, Cassandra Bodzak, interviews Phoebe Lapine, a food and health writer, gluten-free chef, wellness personality, culinary instructor, and speaker, born and raised in New York City, where she continues to live and eat. On her award-winning blog, Feed Me Phoebe, she shares recipes for healthy comfort food and insights about balanced lifestyle choice...

In this episode, our host, Cassandra Bodzak, shares with you 7 powerful tools to help you start creating the love based business of your dreams or take your current heart centered work to the next level. Practical, spiritual tools to get clear about who you are here to serve, how you can serve them on the highest level as well as how to maintain your well-being and emotional stability along the wa...

In the first episode back after our hiatus, our host, Cassandra Bodzak, shares with us WHY she needed to step away from the podcast for a few months and why it might be exactly what you need to hear right now if you are feeling drained and over extended as well as how she got her (two) book deals. She goes into what you can do now if you are feeling called to have a book (whether it's now or in th...

In this episode of the LIGHTMAKER Podcast, our host Cassandra Bodzak talks to spiritual teacher and life coach Jordan Bach about the parallels of his life with the "hero's journey" and how he came out of the spiritual closet to tap into his calling. Jordan Bach is recognized as “one of the most influential gay teachers on the modern spiritual scene” by PQ Monthly, Jordan’s inspirational...

In this episode of the LIGHTMAKER Podcast, our host Cassandra Bodzak talks to "Solopreneur" and Co-Founder of the She Did It Her Way Podcast, Amanda Boleyn about her transition from Corporate America to being out on her own and exploring the entrepreneurial space. Back in May of 2012 she took a leap of faith and left Corporate America to go out on her own and explore the world as a Solop...

In this episode of the LIGHTMAKER podcast, our host Cassandra Bodzak talks to "human connection specialist" Mark Groves about how he got so savvy in relationships, created a career he loves after years of being a pharma rep and picks his brain about some popular relationship queries. Tune in to hear how breaking off his engagement and going on a search for "how you know she's the on...

In this episode of The LIGHTMAKER Podcast your host Cassandra Bodzak talks with Alex Abelin about leaving a successful career at Google to go traveling and explore what he wanted for his life and the company he wanted to create. That company became Liquid Talent, a platform that connects talented creatives with innovative companies and helps a new generation of businesses find next level talent. I...

In this episode I talk with Rebecca Campbell, author of "Light is the New Black" on everything from her awakening at an early age to hearing the call to answer her souls calling and leaving a big time "dream" job in advertising to live out her real desires. We chat about the big and baby steps involved in saying yes to the quiet, knowing voice inside and even broach the topic o...

In this episode of the LIGHTMAKER podcast, Cassandra interviews self-love guru, beauty & lifestyle expert and talk show host, Nitika Chopra. The ladies chat about everything from listening to their body, fulling loving themselves and how to gracefully handle "compare and despair" syndrome. Nitika takes us through her journey to where she is right now and how she overcame a major heal...

In this episode, our host, Cassandra Bodzak talks to Michelle Goldblum and Ali Leipzig about their individual journeys from a more conventional corporate path to designing a life they love. We talk about how to deal with the highs and lows of life, how important it is to get into the JOY of a new idea and of course, how the two reconnected and joined forces to create an adult sleep away camp for t...

In this episode of The LIGHTMAKER podcast, our host, Cassandra Bodzak, interviews Gabrielle Bernstein, NYT Best Selling Author, Inspirational Speaker and Thought Leader about everything from what tools she uses to support her busy day to day life, how fueling her body has played a part in her overall energy to how she overcame self-doubt to become a bestselling author and created a digital trainin...