Brave Decisions, the (Caring) Power of Curation + Empowering One's Own Wisdom / Makeba Dixon-Hill

A few months ago I had a vision — that too many of us are living lives we regret, and it leaves us with endless longing and confusion.

When I asked for the antidote, the response was profound — Live a beautiful life. That’s all. Live a beautiful life.

In this episode, I share my vision and offer reflections on why beauty is everything.

Tune in for support and inspiration to release regret and align your life with truth + beauty.
 

“True beauty awakens awe. 
True beauty awakens love. 
True beauty awakens hope and meaning and wisdom. 
True beauty awakens surrender.” — grace allerdice

 
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If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• the Magic of the Third △
• The Power of Deep Alignment for Beautiful Futures
• my conversation about whales with Mattia Maurée on their AudHD podcast
• Devotion — an upcoming small group cohort for those ready to step into greater magic, purpose and power.

 
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Today, I explore one of my personal codes and symbols – the number three and the concept of the third.

Three is always inviting me to go deeper and unpack more and more of its layers. It pulls me into a wider and greater understanding.

Tune in to this episode to learn how the three or the third gives us a code for understanding humanity’s current chapter, as well as how we can become more skillful in what seem to be increasingly polarized situations or realities.

“The third is not just playing the game. The third is making the game. It's creating the story, the orientation point from which we experience life from a different vantage and then we can hold a new truth.” — grace allerdice

Themes from the episode —

• The polarization of duality
• The wisdom of three
• Becoming creators, not just players
• Paradox as a truth
• Planting seeds the world needs

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Water Medicine + the House of the Goddess w—grace
• Orienting Toward Your Destiny Through Stone Medicine Healing w—Sarah Thomas

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Today Aishath Huda joins us to share her lifelong connection with water and how it has shaped her creative process and perception as an artist. In this conversation about art, nature, and experience, we explore the fluidity of more-than-human consciousness and the impact that abstracting water has on humanity and climate literacy.

“When we extract water, or reduce it to H2O, or categorize it as merely a utility and, ultimately, a commodity, we take the place out of water. And this influences how we perceive accountability and our sense of responsibility toward water and climate issues. I mean, climate issues are water issues. Water issues are climate issues.” — Aishath Huda

Aishath Huda is a Chicago-based visual artist from the Maldives. She makes work that investigates the relationship between bodies and the environment in both the local and the ecological sense. Her most recent work addresses the many ways water is abstracted through ethics and aesthetics, how this affects climate literacy, and how climate literacy is connected to human and more-than-human relations.

we discuss —

• Huda’s life-long connection with water
• Interacting and collaborating with water through art
• Challenging logic that centers humans
• Life informing art and art informing life
• The commodification of water
• The connection between Huda’s work and performance art

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Water Medicine + the House of the Goddess w—grace
• Of Selkies + Cycles w— mary grace
• Burn Out + Water Medicine w— mary grace

Mentioned in the episode—

• Learn more about the Water Medicine course
• What is Water? book by Jamie Linton

More about our guest —

• Huda’s website
• Huda’s Instagram

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We’re joined by long-time stone medicine alchemist and healer, Sarah Thomas. Together we delve into the ancestral healing power of stones and crystals and how they can help us on the journey to the fulfillment of destiny.

“Crystals are like the bones of the earth. And if you follow their resonance, that is really deep medicine. So we use this for really deep things, really chronic things, things that have been going on for a long time, hidden things, really getting at the roots of disease and spiritual origins of disease.” — Sarah Thomas

Sarah, whose secret name is Star Wolf, is a healer, acupuncturist and educator who is immersed in the clinical and academic experience of ancient stone medicine and future crystal technologies. Sarah is the lead instructor at the Upper Clarity School and founded North Carolina's first mineral studies program. Sarah's Dao is to resurrect the vast and uncharted potential of healing and awakening with stones.

we discuss —

• How crystals embody universal connection
• Bridging together ancient stone medicine and future crystal technologies
• Deep medicine & the roots of disease
• The ethics of gathering crystals
• Sarah’s meaning of Dao and destiny
• How to start intentional work with stones and crystals

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Many Mothers + Many Lifetimes: Ancestral Connection w–Perdita Finn
• Connecting with Nature in a Digital Age w— Kalpana Arias
• Episode w— Mimi Young

Mentioned in the episode—

• The Crystal Clarity podcast
• Clarity Crystal Shop
• Learn more about the Water Medicine course

More about our guest —

• Upper Clarity website
• Sarah’s Instagram

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Today we welcome Rebecca Magee of Sister Seasons to share her knowledge of how women and menstruators can honor themselves and the planet through cycle awareness practices.

Together, we discuss how observing the cycles of our bodies and the natural world can foster a profound sense of belonging and connection with nature. Rebecca also introduces the concept of viewing the Earth as a sister rather than a mother, and she encourages us to explore the parallels between our experiences and the planet’s.

“It's been really phenomenal and liberatory to stop expecting myself to be the same every single day.” — Rebecca Magee

Rebecca Magee is a teacher, experience designer and facilitator focused on the intersection of gender equity and climate justice. She’s continually learning and teaching others how to move through life at the pace of our bodies and our planet. As a founder of Sister Seasons, Rebecca guides women and menstruators to restore their well-being and our planets and partners with organizations who are seeking to empower menstruators to lead on climate without burning out.

we discuss —

• Rebecca’s journey from corporate to creating Sister Seasons
• Honoring our bodies as a part of change-making
• The rhythms and gifts of the menstruation cycle
• The connections between our health and the planet’s
• Rekindling our relationship with the natural world through observation

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Many Mothers + Many Lifetimes: Ancestral Connection w–Perdita Finn
• Experience the World as Alive w— herbalist Sarah Corbett of Rowan + Sage

Mentioned in the episode—

• Learn more about the Water Medicine course
• Regenerate Together waitlist
• Field Notes course

More about our guest —

• Sister Seasons
• Newsletter sign-up
• Sister Seasons on LinkedIn
• Follow Sister Seasons on Instagram

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Today, we welcome folk witch, astrologer + spirit worker Amaya Rourke to share her knowledge about how lunar cycles, fixed stars and the force of water shape our lives.

Amaya begins the episode with stories of ancient civilizations’ connection to the night sky and cosmic ocean. Then we reflect on the power of fluidity and surrender, and consider how moon cycles can guide and transform our lives. We close with a discussion of fixed stars and their capacity to change our relationship with astrology.

“The longer I'm in astrology, the more I realize I don't have control. I can make my choices, and I can make the best choices available to me in that moment, and astrology can give me a really good window to understand what those choices are, but that doesn't guarantee specific results.” — Amaya Rourke

Amaya Rourke is an animist folk witch, astrologer, tarot reader, spirit worker, and folk herbalist. Her work guides others called to a wild witchcraft that straddles the seen and unseen worlds, traveling the moonlit and star studded crooked path of the bramble hedge. Rooted in historic folkways and updated for contemporary life, Amaya's praxis seeks to return to the interwoven cycles of the Moon, fixed stars, and living Earth. She has been a featured guest on many podcasts, a writer for limited edition grimoires, Moon planners, and astrology magazines; and is a seasoned workshop writer and facilitator.

we discuss —

• Contextualizing ancient understandings of astrology
• How myth is informed by place
• Water as a symbol of void and fluidity
• Balancing control with surrender
• The role of the moon as mediator
• Astrological gardening
• Relating to fixed stars

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Sound Magic, Creative Listening + Connecting to Intuition w — Zaneta Sykes
• Responsibility + Possibility for Mystical Crafts w— Diana Rose Harper

Mentioned in the episode—

• Learn more about the Water Medicine course
• Secrets of the Ancient Skies

More about our guest —

• Amaya’s website and Instagram

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In this episode, Perdita Finn shares her knowledge of empowering individuals to activate their own magic with the help of their ancestors.

Together, we talk about connecting with the dead, the battle against matriarchal wisdom, and reclaiming both the power of the rosary and the significance of our relationship with the unknown.

"Don't think of a soul as an object, as a pearl. Think of a soul as a long, long red thread creating the very fabric of existence woven together with other threads.” — Perdita Finn

Perdita Finn is the co-founder, with her husband Clark Strand, of the non-denominational international fellowship The Way of the Rose, which inspired their book The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary. In addition to extensive study with Zen masters, priests,  and healers, she apprenticed with the psychic Susan Saxman, with whom she wrote The Reluctant Psychic. Finn now teaches popular workshops on Getting to Know the Dead, in which participants are empowered to activate the magic in their own lives with the help of their ancestors. She is the author of Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World and lives with her family in the moss-filled shadows of the Catskill Mountains.

we discuss —

• Patriarchal frameworks in religious expressions
• The misunderstandings of the “Dark Ages”
• The origins and prevalence of the witch craze
• The interconnectedness of our past and present lives
• Nature’s glorification of diversity
• The connection between creativity, spirituality and creation

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Ancestral Medicine, Cultural Repair + the Magic of Where you Are w— Daniel Foor, Ph.D
• You Deserve Enchantment w—Natalie Eslick

Mentioned in the episode—

• Learn more about the Water Medicine course

More about our guest —

• Perdita’s Facebook & Instagram
• Take Back the Magic
• The Way of the Rose
• Take Back the Magic, book
• Way of the Rose, book
• Watch the episode on YouTube

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In this episode, we explore Mercury's influence in water signs with the astrologer, writer and ritual strategist Erin Tack Shipley.

Erin begins the discussion with the origin story of Mercury, the mischievous son of Maia and Zeus, who sneaks out of his cradle on the day of his birth and steals his brother’s oxen. Then we reflect on the complexity of morality and explore the adaptability and fluidity of Mercury. And we close by examining Mercury’s character in each of the water signs, Cancer, Scorpio & Pisces.

“I think Mercury gets a bad rap because there's so much focus on Mercury's conniving nature. And we never stopped to think about why Mercury's conniving. What for?” –Erin Tack Shipley

Erin Tack Shipley is a consulting professional astrologer, creative writer and ritual strategist supporting folx in staying with the challenge of being in right relationship, embracing death and co-creating culture within and beyond systems of oppression. Weaving astrology with other tools, Erin helps people reconcile the gap between how they are in the reality of their present conditions and who they perceive themselves to be in their ideal world.  Erin lives, works and tends community on the traditional lands of the Awaswas, Cotoni, Uypi, Sayanta and Aptos speaking peoples.

we discuss —

• Mercury's charm and trickery in mythology
• Moral gray areas
• Mercury moving like a chthonic messenger
• Hidden communication through various means
• Mercury in Cancer: shapeshifting, crossroads
• Mercury in Scorpio: shifting personalities, skillful
• Mercury in Pisces: spirit communication, untranslatable experiences

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Water Medicine + The House of the Goddess
• You Are An Interstellar Being

Mentioned in the episode—

• Learn more about the Water Medicine course
• Erin’s talk “3rd & 6th Houses // Care Work & Disability Justice”
• Undrowned, book by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
• Kristin Mathis
• Watch the episode on YouTube

More about our guest —

• Visit Erin’s website
• Follow Erin on Instagram
• Follow Erin on Twitter

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In this episode, writer, yoga teacher & spiritual practitioner Tracee Stanley joins us to shares her wisdom for reintegrating with the true Self.

Together, we explore the concept of self-remembrance, the importance of restorative rest, and the transformative power of embracing impermanence.

Tracee also shares her personal breakthrough moment, when she realized that suffering and discomfort can be seen as grace and valuable opportunities for growth.

“The deeper self is not afraid of losing anything because it is everything.”

Tracee Stanley is the author of the bestselling book Radiant Rest and The Luminous Self. She is also the founder of Empowered Life Circle, a sacred community and portal of practices, rituals, and Tantric teachings inspired by more than 25 years of studentship in Sri Vidya Tantra and the teachings of the Himalayan Masters. As a post-lineage teacher, Tracee is devoted to sharing the wisdom of yoga nidra, rest, meditation, self-inquiry, nature as a teacher, and ancestor reverence. Tracee is gifted in illuminating the magic and power found in liminal space and weaving devotion and practice into daily life.

we discuss —

• Softening the idea of discipline
• Getting past the labels that cover the true self
• Discomfort as grace
• How forgetting self is forgetting connection
• Integrating the small self with the deeper Self

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Episode 92 w —Tracee Stanley
• Finding the Courage to Prioritize Rest w— Octavia Raheem

More about our guest —

• Visit Tracee’s Website
• Read Tracee’s New Book The Luminous Self
• Join One of Tracee’s Book Clubs
• Join Tracee’s Empowered Life Circle

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In this episode, Gabriela Gutierrez takes us on a captivating journey through the world of imagery, religious symbolism, and the goddess in ancient Europe.

From the first religious scriptures etched on Paleolithic cave walls to the transformation of icons into idols, Gabriela unpacks the layers of meaning behind these ancient artifacts while challenging us to view ancient cultures through their own lens, free from the limitations of a colonial perspective.

“What does it mean to live a life in devotional, intimate, direct relationship with it, not through somebody else's interpretation?” — Gabriela Gutierrez

Gabriela is a writer, scholar and teacher of the mythic imagination, mysticism and ancient history. Her work stems from her decade-long studies with shamans and renunciants around the world, and is focused on the revival of the spiritual traditions in pre-patriarchal Europe. She teaches and offers distance healing in-person and online, and her writing and independent research can be found on her Substack ‘Under a Fig Tree’.

we discuss —

• The multilayered nature of religious symbolism
• An ancient formula for living a life of peace
• Meeting the ancient mind on its own terms
• Where wisdom begins
• Experiencing the divine on your own terms
• Being close with death in order to fully live

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Episode 177 — Water Medicine + the House of the Goddess
• Episode 84 — Ancestral Medicine, Cultural Repair + the Magic of Where you Are w— Daniel Foor, Ph.D

Mentioned in the episode—

• Learn more about the Water Medicine course
• Henry Corbin
• The Labrys
• The Kurgan Hypothesis

More about our guest —

• Visit Gabriela’s Website
• Follow Gabriela on Substack
• Follow Gabriela on Instagram

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This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨