Best Amelia Nagoski Podcasts (2025)

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How To Deal with Burnout, Through A Feminist Lens with Amelia Nagoski, author of Burnout 1:09:42

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Burnout isn’t a sign you’re failing. It’s proof the system was never designed for you to thrive. Especially if you belong to a historically oppressed identity. In this episode, Sarah talks with Amelia Nagoski, DMA—co-author of Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle—about what burnout really is, how to recognize it, and the ways we can be…

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Amelia and the Very, Very Expensive Month (A No-Buy Update) 58:26

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Amelia had a painfully costly month. Emily bought Crocs that look like Big Bird’s feet. But in the end, they find the true meaning of No Buy / Low Buy. Links: Danger zone (food safety) Innocence (Opera composed by Kaija Saariaho) Dyslexie Font The Big Short (film)

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Final Call: Clear Channels - You Are A Channel 54:01

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REMINDER! Clear Channels registration closes tonight at 8PM ET. Don’t miss out! Click HERE to register. What if channeling wasn’t something reserved for a “chosen few,” but a practice available to all of us? In this episode, Sarah shares her personal journey with channeling—how it intersects with creativity, intuition, and flow—and why she believes…

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Diving into the Shadow: An Introduction 58:42

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For every personality trait, there is a shadow. Emily and Amelia discuss Shadow Work and do just a touch of dream analysis. Links: Carl Jung Jungian archetypes Mapping Your Emotional Floor Plan: A comic by Erika Moen based on Come Together Jaak Panksepp 7 Primary Process Emotions⁠ (interview) Monica's Secret Closet | Friends FSP Season 2, Episode 2…

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How to Be Creative When Your Job Isn’t 46:27

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Clear Channels, our newsletter course and creativity challenge begins on September 7th! Sign up here. What if your day job wasn’t the thing that defined your creativity—but the fuel for it? In this solo episode, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener explores what it means to live as a creative when your 9–5, side hustle, or paycheck doesn’t match your artistry.…

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At The Crossroads of Psychology & Spirituality with Halle Thomas: Wisdom from the Moon Studio Community 1:14:35

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Clear Channels, our newsletter course and creativity challenge begins on September 7th! Sign up here. What if your anxiety was actually the key to unlocking personal transformation? In this compelling conversation, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener sits down with psychotherapist and psycho-spiritual coach Halle Thomas to explore the intersection of therapy,…

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Hair Transformations and an Intro to Hidradenitis Suppurativa 42:04

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Emily confesses to a migraine induced mullet. Amelia discusses Hidradenitis Suppurativa and effective strategies for going to a medical provider with a hypothesis and being taken seriously. (Much like the dizziness episode, we’d love to hear from you if learning about HS helps you understand something that is affecting you) Links: Hidradenitis supp…

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How the Moon Studio Makes Money: The Magic, Mundane, and other Surprise Secrets from Sarah’s Business 57:45

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What if the work that pays your bills also nourished your soul? In this candid solo episode, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener pulls back the curtain on exactly how she earns a living as a mystic, artist, and business owner. From income streams you might expect to ones that will surprise you, Sarah shares the behind-the-scenes of running The Moon Studio and…

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EP 72: You can't live 100% of your life, 50% of the time. 9:25

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In this powerful episode, I dive deep into a critical challenge for stepmoms: living life beyond the custody schedule. Drawing from a chapter in my upcoming book Stepmomming Made Easy, I share personal insights on how custody arrangements shouldn't dictate your entire life. I explore how constantly planning around your stepchild's schedule can lead…

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Merging Spirit, Identity, & Design with Silas Munro: Wisdom from the Moon Studio Community 1:09:08

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What if your multidimensionality is your greatest creative power? In this intimate conversation, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener connects with artist, educator, and designer Silas Munro about what it means to live and create as a whole, multidimensional person. From honoring grief to challenging design norms, Silas shares how integrating identity, spiritu…

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EP 71: Overcoming Burnout with Amelia Nagoski 44:03

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In this powerful episode, Amelia Nagoski, co-author of Burnout, dives deep into the unique challenges stepmoms face. She explores critical concepts like human giver syndrome, the stress response cycle, and how stepmoms can prevent burnout. Amelia shares her personal stepmom journey, offering compassionate, science-backed strategies to help stepmoms…

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Lying on the Floor in Public 1:03:53

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Emily’s been confronting just how dizzy she is all the time. Emily and Amelia discuss brain stems, car accidents, and disability. If you experience some of the same issues as Emily, please drop us a line at [email protected] Links: Dizziness Handicap Inventory (PDF) Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) FSP 2025: The …

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Make It First, Then Make It Better: Creative Confessions from the Moon Studio 37:32

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Are you holding yourself back in the name of ‘getting it right’? In this heartfelt solo episode, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener shares the unfiltered truth about her creative process, the evolution of the podcast, and what it’s taken to show up consistently—even when things felt unfinished, unpolished, or not quite “right.” This is a powerful conversatio…

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The Astrology of Right Now: A Collective Reading with Jeff Hinshaw of Cosmic Cousins 53:44

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Can you think back to what your life was like between the summer of 2013 and the summer of 2014? That was the last time Jupiter was in Cancer—and now, it’s back. In this episode, Sarah is joined by astrologer and teacher Jeff Hinshaw (Cosmic Cousins) for a deep dive into the big astrological transits shaping our inner and outer worlds in 2025 and b…

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The Pleasure of our Nature with Samantha Roddick 55:40

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What would it look like to live a life guided by pleasure, rooted in connection, and in service to the Earth? In this episode of Moonbeaming, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener is joined by artist, activist, and mystic Samantha Roddick to explore the sacred nature of sex, eroticism, and embodiment—and how reconnecting to our life force can help us live more …

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Unmasking: Or, Masking Part Deux 1:10:28

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Amelia has thoughts about the costs (and benefits) masking, as well as being a vestigial toe. Links: Unmasking for Life by Devon Price (Recommended) Interoception Alexithymia The Autistic Burnout Workbook by Megan Anna Neff (Recommended) Extraordinary Attorney Woo Jaak Panksepp 7 Primary Process Emotions (interview) A rad comic about emotional floo…

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The Good Life Starts Now: The Real Meaning of the 9 of Pentacles 1:26:10

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What does a life well lived look like for you? In this episode of Moonbeaming, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener explores the Nine of Pentacles, the final card in our Minor Arcana series—and one of the tarot’s most powerful invitations to consider what a truly abundant, meaningful life looks like. Reflecting on her own journey, Sarah explores what she once …

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Exorcisms, Entities & Energetic Parasites: A Deep Dive Into The Darker Side of Light Work with Kaitlyn Graña 59:40

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What if the reason you’re feeling “off” is because you’re carrying energy that doesn’t belong to you? What exactly are entities, and how do you know you have one? What can the darker side of spirituality—ghosts, hauntings, and demonic entities—teach us about the light? On this week’s episode of Moonbeaming, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener is joined b…

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Amelia Has Feelings About Pride Month 43:29

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Turns out twin siblings can learn something new about each other after forty-plus years. Amelia isn’t sure if they’re allowed to go to Pride. Image: What it looks like to nap during a parade. Links: Non-binary (gender identity) Agender (gender identity) Mercury Stardust: The Trans Handy Ma'am Sweet Honey in the Rock How To Tell When We Will Die: On…

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Things Fall Apart: The Wisdom of Collapse, Grief Magic, and the 9 of Swords 57:15

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What if crashing out is exactly what your soul needs to transform? In this episode of Moonbeaming, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener explores the Nine of Swords, one of the tarot’s most intense cards of collapse, grief, shadow work, and transformation. If you’re navigating grief, facing an identity shift, or feeling like you’ve hit rock bottom, this convers…

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Introduction to Dr. Donna Oriowo 1:36:24

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This week, Emily talks to Dr. Donna Oriowo about Donna's new book, "Drink Water and Mind Your Business." Donna will change your life. tl; dr: Other people may have more than you, but they are not WORTH more than you. Drink Water & Mind Your Business: A Black Woman’s Guide to Unlearning the BS & Healing Self-Esteem by Dr. Donna Oriowo Buy Donna's bo…

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Let Desire Lead: Your 2025 Summer Solstice Tarot Reading 37:59

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Do you need to return to yourself, your joy, your desires, and what really matters? Well, you’re in luck, because the Solstice, which arrives this week, is the perfect time for a reset! In this very special episode of Moonbeaming, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener offers a powerful tarot reading for the collective and reflects on the energy of summer—a time…

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The Magic Trick of Transcendence 1:05:02

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Transcendence! (Or as we call it, “The magic trick.”) It’s for everybody. Unless you’re not ready. Emily and Amelia discuss. Come Together (by Emily) Chapter 12: The Magic Trick Audiobook on Audible Signed paperbacks at Book Moon The Neurobiology of “We” by Daniel J. Siegel Entrainment “The Mere Co-Presence: Synchronization of Autonomic Signals and…

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Birth As A Portal with Doula Natasha June 1:03:13

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What does it mean to treat birth as a portal: one of transformation, intuition, and magic? This week on Moonbeaming, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener is joined by Natasha June, a doula, herbalist, and longtime member of the Moon Studio community, for a conversation about preparing for birth and all of its emotional, spiritual, and intuitive dimensions. In …

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How to Believe You’re Worthy of the Life You Want: The 9 of Cups and the Art of Receiving 1:00:07

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What if the thing you’ve been wishing for is already on its way—would you know how to receive it? In this episode of Moonbeaming, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener explores the deep, emotional layers of the Nine of Cups—known in Tarot as the wish card. But this isn’t just about getting what you want. It’s about learning how to receive what you want, how to …

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The Car Accident Experience 48:07

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Emily had a car accident. Emily is safe and not hurt, but her car has seen better days. She was able to use what she learned writing Burnout, as well as other books and therapy to help with recovery. Let's talk about neuroplastic pain and the stress response cycle. (Do you subscribe to Emily's newsletter? ⁠You can sign up here for free⁠.) Links: FS…

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Healing in a Broken World: Somatic Practitioner Ifé Mora on Allostatic Load, Collective Trauma, and the Fight to Feel Safe in Your Own Body 59:23

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Why is it so hard to feel safe even when you’re no longer in danger? In this episode of Moonbeaming, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener speaks with somatic healer Ifé Mora about the Nine of Wands archetype and what it means to live in a body that’s been shaped by stress, trauma, and survival. They explore: The biology of burnout The impact of chronic stress …

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Food Again. This Time, It’s Personal? 1:11:05

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Emily and Amelia talk food: Episode 3. This time it’s about food restrictions and why you might choose not to eat certain foods. No Sith were Revenged in the making of this podcast. tl;dr Make the best choices you can with the resources you have. You’re absolutely allowed to try restrictions on your food, to find out what works for you. You're also…

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Try and Stop Me: The 9 of Wands Deep Dive all about Burnout, Rage, and the Will to Keep Creating 1:07:50

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Do you feel emotionally drained? Are you just trying to make it through the week without falling apart? You might be in a Nine of Wands moment. In this fiery deep dive Tarot episode, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener dives deep into the Nine of Wands archetype—unpacking its teachings through the lenses of trauma, nervous system rewiring, burnout, creative r…

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No-Buy Low-Buy Update 1:02:59

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⁠⁠⁠Amelia is doing Youtube Lives again starting this Friday @4pm eastern!⁠⁠⁠ (From now until the end of the Murderbot show.) It’s hard not to shop when the things you rely on are discontinued or out of stock. Hashtag Supply Chain. Let’s see how Amelia’s been managing. None of these are affiliate links: ⁠IKEA ARTBUSKE cactus watering can⁠ ⁠Derma E T…

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Kindness is Not Matching Energy: Q & A About Relationships on the Spiritual Path 43:10

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This week, we've got another relationship episode, complete with the support of Tarot and some spiritual maxims. We are here to remember that relationships are sacred, and sometimes, staying sacred means making hard choices. Sarah tackles questions from the Moon Studio Patreon about: How to handle friend break-ups ethically What to do when you are …

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Love in A F*cked Up World: Dean Spade on Love, Relationships and Community Building, Now 1:01:23

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Want more depth from your relationships? Feeling lonely and aren't sure what to do about it? You aren't alone, beloved. In a very special episode, we are very excited to welcome author, professor, and organizer Dean Spade! Dean breaks down why he felt called to write his latest amazing book, Love in a F*cked Up World: How To Build Relationships, Ho…

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Introduction to Food (and Body Acceptance) 55:48

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You need to pinky swear you listened to the previous episode before you listen to this one. We’re trusting you. Links: Season 2, Episode 2: We’re Stronger Than the Fire Lebanon Bologna (Sausagepedia) Episode 41: The Bikini-Industrial Complex Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes Every Time Brennan Has Talked About Loving Heavy Food [Compilatio…

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Introduction to Body Image and Beauty Standards 1:16:25

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We're going to talk about food and nutrition next week. But first, we need to talk about beauty. Spoiler warning: You're beautiful. Links: Amelia is doing Youtube Lives again starting this Friday @4pm eastern! (From now until the end of Murderbot.) Bob the Drag Queen ⭐️ Drink Water and Mind Your Business by Dr. Donna Oriowo ⭐️ (Emily loves this boo…

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All We Have Is Everyday: Community-Led Exploration of the Hermit's Gifts 29:56

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In part 4 of our deep dive into the nuances of the Hermit archetype, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener and some members of our Moon Studio community—our Patrons!—join in on an expansive, intimate exploration around what living the Hermit archetype has given them, so far this year. Tune in to be delighted, affirmed, and expanded by open and intimate shares f…

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Relationships in A Hermit Year plus Your Questions Answered with Special Guest Dean Spade! 1:09:22

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In part 3 of our deep dive into the nuances of the Hermit archetype, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener explores some of the challenges that come with being an intuitive, mystical, sensitive person wanting to have healthy relationships of all kinds. In this episode, Sarah discusses the different challenges intuitives and sensitives face trying to find right-…

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Understanding Disability Etiquette 58:29

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Amelia leads this week, reflecting on what it’s like to be disabled in public. They’ve got some really helpful rules for everyone who wants to help. tl;dr When it comes to helping, ask first. And listen to what they need. There’s a bit of Disney, too.

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The Lonely Path of the High Priestess: Common Struggles on the Spiritual Path 52:51

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In part 2 of our deep dive into the nuances of the Hermit archetype, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener explores some of the challenges that come with being an intuitive, mystical, sensitive person. While the struggle of the High Priestess is real, it is also a beautiful path of self-discovery and collective healing. Tune into this episode for remedies to th…

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Healing The Hermit: A Collective Tarot Reading 1:13:37

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What does it mean to embody the more challenging aspects of our mystical life? Stepping into the mystery can be challenging, especially now. We've already dealt with so much upheaval and heartbreak, and it's only April! But the Mystic, which is what the Hermit it, reminds us that the divine speaks to each one of us uniquely. But how to learn how to…

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The Art and Science of Disney Adulting 1:26:24

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Your Something Larger can be anything. Even Captain Phasma. And especially Chewbacca. Time for a little escapism this week. Not a Disney fan? It’s OK. It all maps out to ventral spaces, Polyvagal Theory and accessibility, too. Content warning for a tragic but not graphic story of an accident at the resort from about 53 - 56 min. Links: Latchkey kid…

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How to Make the Unconscious Conscious with Somatic Depth Coach Antonia Dolhaine 56:09

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Do you avoid chaos? Can you recognize when your body is trying to tell you something? Are you afraid of the unknown? In this conversation, Sarah is joined by former Cirque du Soleil acrobat turned somatic depth coach Antonia Dolhaine. Working in a way that Sarah describes as the future, Antonia has mixed multiple modalities with her own experiences…

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How to Practice Magic Right Now: Spells for Uncertain Times 43:42

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Are you struggling to engage with your magical practice? Do you know which spells are right for you? Do you feel disconnected from your intuition? Sometimes an episode is so timely that it asks to be played again. Inspired by a recent question from a listener, Sarah felt compelled to share this classic episode of Moonbeaming about casting spells in…

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Introduction to Food and Body Awareness 47:58

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tl;dr The one rule you really need to follow when you eat food is: Listen to your body. There you go. Hope you’ll still listen to the episode. PS: Amelia is still going live on Youtube on Fridays @4pm eastern: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@feministsurvivalproject⁠ Links: FutureCanoe (Youtube) BlackForager (Youtube) Internet Shaquille (Youtube) What Coo…

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Sacred Rage: Understanding Boundaries, Mental Health Expressions & Being a Work in Progress with Doctor Jennifer Mullan of Decolonizing Therapy 1:07:01

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Are you afraid of your rage? Do you ignore your body’s reaction when you set boundaries? Do you over-identify with your mental health symptoms? In this week’s episode, Sarah is joined by Dr Jennifer Mullan, the creator of the Decolonizing Therapy Instagram page and a major disruptor in the mental health industrial complex. Jennifer’s work explores …

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Goals 101: Why Amelia Failed No Buy Low Buy 46:52

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Let’s talk about what makes a good goal. Amelia kind of biffed on No Buy Low Buy, but in the service of owning enough clothing to leave the house without looking like a hobo. Maybe it’s OK to not be a minimalist in all things? Definitely stick around to the VERY end. PS: Amelia is still going live on Youtube on Fridays @4pm eastern: https://www.you…

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How To Tell If We Have Psychic Abilities, Doing Magic When Chronically Ill, and How To Channel Anger with ADHD: Listener Questions, Answered! 39:09

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Have you ever wondered how to enhance your psychic abilities? Do you feel guilt for avoiding your magical practice? Do you struggle to channel intense emotions? Sarah’s mailbag is overflowing with questions from her glorious patrons, and in this episode she dedicates some time to answering them. She shares the discovery of her psychic gifts, why sh…

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The Problem With Hope 1:28:34

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If hope is your reason to do nothing, that’s delusion. But what is hope? Do you need it? The second half of the episode gets a little dark, but hopefully it’ll be helpful to hear. Help is available right away. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 1-800-273-8255, 1-800-273-TALK - website Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860 - website Links: FS…

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Secrets to Success: How to Love Yourself and Find Intrinsic Validation with Liz Tran, Executive Coach & Founder of Reset 50:04

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Do you hold yourself to impossibly high standards? Do you struggle to validate yourself? Are you scared to start new things for fear of wasting your time? In this week’s episode, Sarah is joined by executive coach, founder of Reset, author, podcaster, trained meditation teacher, and reiki master Liz Tran. Liz candidly shares the bumps in her road t…

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Decluttering Momentum and the Doom Box 1:11:28

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Do you have a box of stuff you've carried between moves and never dealt with? Yeah, I totally don't have 100 of those. This week, Amelia declutters a Dreaded Doom Box. And then Emily and Amelia go a little deeper on decluttering. Today! Amelia is going live on Youtube on Fridays starting, February 21 @ 4pm eastern. Follow here: https://www.youtube.…

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How I Deal with Haters (Part 2): The Hater Within 1:12:08

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Do you blame yourself when others treat you badly? Do you trust your intuition? Have you ever tried forgiving yourself? Following last week’s episode about dealing with haters in a societal sense, Sarah now gets personal. Diving into a specific instance of mistreatment, betrayal, and public slander, Sarah outlines how our subconscious, shadow self,…