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Episode #153: Witchy Queer Liberation Magic & What's To Come In 2023 With Resident Astrologer Jordan Shomer

SHE’S BACK!!! And holy balls is this conversation juicy AF.

If you’re newer to the pod, Jordan Shomer (she/her) is a friend, colleague and our very own resident astrologer. Jordan is a Queer Jewish intuitive astrologer who recognizes the patterns and puzzles of astrology and synthesizes them into stories that land on your heart. She believes that within the map of the stars lives a blueprint to healing and guidebook to growth. She is passionate about holding space for you to greet yourself in all your cosmic glory. And f*ck me, is she pure magic.

Every time we have Jordan on, I get full body chills. And in preparation for todays episode, I listened back to the episode we last did in December 2021 and when I tell you every. thing. that. she. predicated. came. true.

And in true to form of our previous episodes, I got hella fucking emotional and am brimming with gratitude for this conversation, and I know you will feel it too. And learn SO much about what’s to come and where we’re moving from as a collective, so you can come home to yourself as the uniquely beautiful individual you are.

Things we talk about in todays episode:

  • owning and embodying our intuitive witchy selves

  • your sun, moon and rising signs in astrology

  • setting boundaries and navigating the patriarchal culture in our intimate relationships

  • saturn returns, what to expect, and how Amanda’s coincided with the downfall of her marriage

  • standing in your power and coming home to your wholehearted self

  • anti-capitalism, what to expect astrologically speaking in 2023, finding the magic in the mess, breaking the binary, some personal updates & beyond

CONNECT WITH JORDAN:

Jordans Instagram | Newsletter

Book a reading with Jordan

Moon gatherings

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Fucking Queer Merch - use code QUEERDO for 15% off

Jordans previous episodes: episode 76, episode 111

The 7 spiritual laws of success by Deepak Choprah

Alok V Menon

All About love

Thousand Miles (feat. Brandi Carlisle) by Miley Cyrus

WORK, SUPPORT & CONNECT WITH AMANDA:

Fucking Queer Merch — 100% of proceeds from now through the end of Pride Month will go towards the LGBTQ+ charity/organization the community chooses

Amanda’s Instagram | Website | Tik Tok

Amanda’s book, I Chopped Off My Tits

Patreon to support the pod

Join her email list for free curated playlists and very occasional gifts & announcements in your inbox

Episode #135: WTF Should We Need & Expect Of Our Partners | A Conversation with Gabrielle Stone

You loved her the last time she was here and she’s BACK!

Gabrielle Stone (she/her), a fan favorite on the Live Your F*ck Yes Life podcast, makes no secret about her past with toxic relationships & a cheating MF of an ex husband. And she’s shared it all in her best selling books and on her podcast and beyond. I’ve been having a lot of conversations in my DMs and with friends about the expectations and needs we place on our partners and, given that I am polyamorous and inherently bring that bias and lens to any conversation around relationships, I wanted to bring on someone who consciously chooses monogamy to have this conversation with and knew that Gabrielle was the gal to call upon.

Things we talk about on this episode:

  • conversations we’ve had with our friends around the important things in relationships

  • our shared need to be seen, loved and championed for who we are

  • how societal norms have informed our paths in relationship dynamics & choices

  • the importance of communication

  • the BS narrative that healing can only happen when we’re single

  • the lessons we can take from the relationships we’ve had and have

  • the idea “soulmate” or “the one”

  • Amanda’s constellation way of viewing her relationships

  • the needs & expectations we have in our romantic partnerships

LINKS MENTIONED IN TODAYS EPISODE:

Live Your F*ck Yes Life Summit: Non Monogamy & Polyamory

Gabrielle’s Instagram

The Ridiculous Misadventures of A Single Girl

Episode 134: I’m Addicted To You Don’t You Know That You’re Toxic Monogamy Culture

Episode 125: Eat, Pray, #FML with Gabrielle Stone

FML Talk: F%ck Polyamory

WORK & CONNECT WITH AMANDA:

Peer Support Sessions

Amanda’s Instagram | Website

Amanda’s book, I Chopped Off My Tits

Become a Patreon of the podcast

Join her email list for all the important things / monthly announcements

Episode #132: What Healing Really Looks Like | A Conversation with Dana Christy

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TW: eating disorder cycles, bullying, queer shame, the holocaust, rape

When I was thinking about how I wanted to start this season, I knew I couldn’t get into any conversation and bring anyone on before speaking to the deepest thread of my personal life these last few months and since the end of season 5. Which is why I am so excited to share this conversation and human with you.

Dana Christy (they/she) — to me — is before anything, one of my deepest personal healers & someone I am grateful to call a friend. To the rest of the world, they are a queer and trauma informed certified Shiatsu practitioner, licensed Massage Therapist, and therapeutic yoga practitioner under the umbrella of her wellness practice WellSpring Healing Arts.

Dana studied bodywork and East Asian Medicine at Zen Shiatsu Chicago and earned yoga teaching certifications for children and adults with Global Family Yoga and Yogaview. Dana specializes in working with trauma, autoimmune conditions, chronic illness, and the LGBTQIAP+ community.

Things we talk about in todays episode:

  • The various roles we play in our day to day life

  • What I’ve been navigating within my own healing journey the last year

  • Chronic pain / symptoms

  • How to even begin to come home to your body

  • The bullshit narrative of healing in our culture today

  • The “healed people heal people” trend on Tik tok and why we hate it

  • WTF trauma even is

  • Yeast infections, queer shame, recovery, simple & accessible healing tools and beyond

Episode #112: New Year, New You? I Call Bullsh*t | A Solo Episode

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Anyone else feel overwhelmed AF this time of year?

We’re already bombarded with messaging about “try this thing and you’ll magically be happy and healthy and madly in love with yourself” throughout the year, and this time of year, it comes out in MF intensity.

I know your heart is endlessly seeking growth. Self awareness. Self Love. Healing. I’m right there with you, love.

But I also know where the magic of that path lies…and it’s NOT in that new diet, workout program, business coach, new career path, meditation app and beyond.

In todays episode, I’m sharing with you my tried & true practices as I step into a new year/season with intention in the way that nobody wants to talk about because it’s not gonna sell the big bucks and isn’t easily marketable. The inner reflection work that ACTUALLY sets you up to step into your unique magic and embody YOUR f*ck yes self.

‘Cause you MF deserve to feel true self acceptance, health, joy, and wholeness.

Let’s f*cking go, shall we?

LINKS MENTIONED IN TODAYS EPISODE:

Live Your F*ck Yes Life Community — become a Patreon!

You Are Magic Banner Shop

WORK & CONNECT WITH AMANDA:

1:1 coaching with Amanda — I am accepting 1-2 new coaching clients come Jan 2021. Apply here to set up an initial call to see if it’s a good fit.

Amanda’s Instagram | Website

Amanda’s book, I Chopped Off My Tits

Join her email list & get access to her fears & feels embodiment playlists

Episode #108: The Truth Around Eating Disorders & Coming Home To Our Bodies with Lindsey Hall

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Last week on the podcast, I shared about my personal eating disorder recovery story, and today, I am so thrilled to welcome a friend, ally and all around advocacy queen around all things eating disorders and recovery to expand the conversation and deep dive into the truth around what these cycles look like and how body toxicity and diet culture has impacted all of us in a myriad of ways.

I know many of you are as excited as I am to have her on the podcast, but if you’re unfamiliar with Lindseys work, I am so honored to get to be the one to introduce her to your world. She’s truly the most amazing combination of truth teller and tender hearted soul with a heart of gold, and I know her words and this conversation are going to seep into your soul as much as they have mine.

Lindsey Hall (she/her) is an award-winning eating disorder recovery speaker and writer, focusing on what she refers to as "the nitty gritty topics often not discussed." Having struggled with the eating disorder cycle for many years, Lindsey has actively been in recovery since 2014, and is the author behind "I Haven't Shaved in Six Weeks," an award-winning blog written to humanize the stigmas of eating disorders, treatment, PCOS, and recovery.

Through her writing, she has had the privilege of speaking around the world on nuanced topics such as Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Drunkorexia, Exercise Addiction, Orthorexia and other eating disorder behaviors, and has been featured in publications including TODAY Show, CBS, Washington Post, Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Women's Health, SheKnows, NEDA, SHAPE Magazine, Refinery29, Recovery Warriors, Project Heal, and more.

Her future dreams in recovery advocacy are focused on owning and converting a van to take it on the road so she can report on treatment centers and eating disorder resources around the country in a dream she's envisioned as "Recovery on the Road." Currently, she resides in Boulder, Colorado, with her Benjamin Button rescue dog (the vets have no idea his age), a loveable, runt kitten, and a lovely community of folx around her.

Things we talk about in todays episode:

  • Lindseys eating disorder and recovery story

  • The cycle of eating disorders & how and why it shows up for most humans

  • The detrimental nature to our psyches around all things diet culture

  • Ways to support your own healing process

  • The importance of kindness, learning & owning your shortcomings

  • The ups and downs of navigating movement & exercise through recovery

  • The post of Lindseys that changed the game for me in my own recovery journey this year

  • Learning about the brain and how it impacts how we see our bodies

  • A moment of my recovery story I’ve never talked about before

  • Triggering messaging and foods, body toxicity, and beyond.

LINKS MENTIONED IN TODAYS EPISODE:

Live Your F*ck Yes Life Summit Replay

Lindseys Instagram | Blog

Lindseys email:

Lindseys cereal post

American Murder on Netflix

WORK & CONNECT WITH AMANDA:

Amanda’s Instagram | Website

1:1 coaching

GET YOUR COPY OF I CHOPPED OFF MY TITS HERE!

Episode #106: Using Pleasure To Cope With Trauma And Grief - A Conversation with Alyssa Pressman

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Hi loves.

Todays episode is different — you may notice that there’s no typical intro music/snippets — because it didn’t feel right today. This week has been heavy. Hell, this year has been a fucking trip. And I wrestled with the idea of not releasing a podcast episode today — I wasn’t sure how we would be experiencing this post election day time. And when I woke up yesterday morning, in a mix of deep feels/sadness and hope for a brighter future in the US, I knew that this conversation, with a soul human of mine, was one that I needed to share with all of you today.

And with that, I’d like to introduce to you my friend and kindred spirit, Alyssa Pressman (she/her).

Alyssa is a Licensed Clinical Therapist & Certified Sex + Relationship Coach. She specializes in pleasure & joy post trauma, grief & with chronic illness. She loves supporting women in moving closer to themselves, to other people and to creating lives that feel in deep alignment with their unique desires. She is a BRCA1 mutation carrier like me, and a person living with chronic illness and pain. Reaching for joy and pleasure has been deeply healing for her. When not working, you can find her dancing, lounging, reading or cooking, usually scantily clad if not naked. She loves talking, learning and sharing on all things sex, relationships, death, healing & dark nights of the soul-you know, all the super casual things.

I invite you to take this one on a walk outside, or curl up with a cup of tea and absorb these words as a way to get away, for a moment, from the chaos. You are so loved.


Things we discuss in todays episode:

  • Alyssa’s wake up call around a chronic illness that made it impossible to have penetrative sex without serious pain in her younger twenties

  • How her work as a sex & relationship coach started to empower her sexually, in a more wholistic way

  • Pelvic floor struggles

  • BRCA and the other piece of the fear with our mutual diagnosis: ovarian cancer

  • Self pleasure practices & building a relationship with your pussy

  • How to claim your sexuality as your own and experience life changing pleasure

  • Redefining what sex and pleasure is

  • How to talk to your partner(s) around how to have more connected intimacy with one another

  • Boobs, the beauty of being un-partnered, using pleasure as a form of self care and beyond

Episode #88: Awakening & Collective Healing through Sound and Cacao with Erin Eber

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Today’s conversation is one that I know will hold you deeply amidst all of the shit we’re facing right now. We recorded this just a week before social distancing became a mandated thing, and I knew it then, but this message and conversation is needed now more than ever.

Erin Eber is an awakening guide, channeled sound healer, cacao educator, and Human Design reader. She uses her voice to channel tones that heal. She also believes in the power of cacao as medicine. She uses these tools combined with deep presence to support people in transforming from their small selves to the divine expressions they were born to be. 

Things we talk about in todays episode:

  • Radical vulnerability and embracing emotional movement to come home to yourself

  • Using non traditional mediums to access what is really going on inside of us

  • Erin’s personal journey of pain and how she found healing & peace

  • What the f*ck the word awakening really means

  • The issue with the spiritual world

  • The individual and the collective, and how now more than ever, we need to plug into this space

  • The science behind cacao and the power of plant medicine in this form

  • The power of sound frequencies

photos by Kyle Wilson , Zeke D and Cam Frontain