Episode 94: 2026 Archetypes-the Wheel of Fortune, the Magician + the Fire Horse

Happy New Year, friends!

It’s Angelica — your friendly neighborhood bruja, omen translator, and occasionally the woman staring at cards in the corner saying, “Huh… that’s interesting.”

Every year around this time, I like to step back and ask:

What stories are we walking into together?

Not predictions.
Not doom.
More like: archetypal weather.

In this week’s podcast, I’m exploring 2026 through three symbolic lenses that have been talking to each other in really beautiful ways:

• the Tarot cards of the year

• the Chinese zodiac’s Fire Horse

• and Horse in the South from the shamanic medicine wheel I work with

Before we get mystical: none of this is fortune-telling. These are metaphors — ways of paying attention.

The Tarot of the Year

For 2026, we’re working with The Wheel of Fortune and The Magician.

The Wheel reminds us that change is not personal punishment. Life turns. Seasons shift. Doors open and close. Control is… well, overrated.

The Magician stands beside the Wheel and asks:

Okay — given what is, what can I create? What tools do I have? What can I do with integrity and intention?

We’re not passengers. But we’re also not the pilot of reality. We’re collaborators.

Enter: The Fire Horse

Then we add another archetype in the mix: 2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse.

I’m not teaching Chinese astrology here — I’m honoring it as symbolic language.

Horse is movement, boldness, independence, momentum. Fire adds creativity, courage, heat… and sometimes impatience.

Historically, Fire Horse has had a complicated (and honestly, patriarchal) reputation, especially regarding strong-willed girls and women. So we reclaim it differently:

Fire Horse is life-force that refuses to shrink.

And that, to me, is holy.

Horse in the South

In the shamanic framework I was taught, Horse lives in the South — the direction of Fire.

South is creativity. South is transformation. South is the power that moves through us — not the power we hoard.

Horse carries prayers. Horse carries messages. Horse carries energy between worlds.

Put all of this together and 2026 doesn’t feel chaotic.

It feels like a year where power wants to move — and where our work is learning how to carry it wisely.

Not burnout. Not martyrdom. Not control-freakery.

Steady, sovereign, creative fire.

In the episode, I share reflections, some humor, and practical ways to ride this energy instead of getting dragged behind it.

We talk pacing, ritual, creativity, nervous systems, and — importantly — how not to set everything on metaphorical fire.

Click to listen: 2026 Archetypes

I also created some intersectional Journal Prompts and a Tarot Layout. (yes, it is shaped like a horseshoe for you!)

And as always, I’d love to hear what you’re noticing, dreaming, and working with. Comment on the blog or hit reply and tell me what’s moving for you.

With candles lit and horses unbridled — but gently,
Angelica

winter solstice + capricorn season

The Winter Solstice arrives like a held breath. The longest night. The quiet hinge of the year. A sacred pause before the light begins its slow return. 🌑✨

This is not a moment for forcing clarity or pushing forward. This is the threshold—where rest is medicine, darkness is fertile, and intention is planted beneath the surface.

For this Solstice, I’m sharing a Winter Solstice Tarot Spread designed to help you:

• Release what the dark is composting

• Name what wants to be carried into the light

• Listen for the wisdom that only shows up when we slow all the way down

I also dropped a re-post podcast episode exploring the history, symbolism, and soul-level meaning of the Winter Solstice—across pagan and Christian traditions, the Wheel of the Year, and the quieter inner rituals we all perform when the year turns.

No hustle magic.

No glow-up pressure.

Just fire, shadow, and the slow return of hope.

It’s also CAPRICORN SEASON, WITCHES!

welcome to capricorn season, beloved overachievers. please take a number. then sit down. preferably.

It’s Capricorn Season — the time of year when everyone suddenly becomes aware of deadlines, bank accounts, bones, and the crushing realization that rest feels rebellious. The vibes are serious-but-sarcastic, the energy is competent yet depleted, and Saturn is here asking why you’re tired while fully knowing he is the reason.

As a Capricorn, I feel qualified to say this: we are so tired, like, ancestrally tired.

This is the season of ambition, responsibility, emotional restraint, and carrying way too much because “someone has to.” Capricorn energy wakes up exhausted, makes a plan anyway, and then resents everyone who seems to be having fun without a spreadsheet. That’s because we are convinced we built it, and nothing was manifested for us.

Capricorn doesn’t run wild.
She builds systems.
Then she maintains them.

We are talking:
• chronic over-functioning
• productivity as a personality trait
• rest that must be earned (spoiler: it doesn’t)
• humor so dry it’s basically a survival strategy

Capricorn season is peak “I’ll rest after this one last thing,” which is a lie we tell ourselves every year, and every year Saturn nods like, yes… one more thing.

And yet—here’s the twist nobody tells you about Capricorn: this sign is not about grind culture. It’s about sustainability.

Capricorn rules bones, time, and long-term vision. She knows burnout isn’t noble and exhaustion isn’t a flex. The lesson isn’t to work harder—it’s to build a life that doesn’t require you to constantly prove your worth through suffering.

So this season asks us: Where have I confused discipline with self-punishment? What if rest is part of the plan, not the reward? What if doing less is actually the most responsible choice?

Capricorn season is permission to stop romanticizing burnout, put the clipboard down, and take a nap like it’s a strategic decision (because it is).

I’ll be sharing Capricorn correspondences, astrology, and painfully accurate memes.

Rest is productive.
Boundaries are sexy.
You don’t need to earn your worth.

Enjoy these Capricorn Season memes while we all lie down “just for a minute” and accidentally have a spiritual breakthrough.

Episode 92: Astrological Forecast and Earth Medicine for December 2025

December is here, and it feels like a crossroads wrapped in a winter blanket. This month brings us right to the bendings of the lunar nodes—the karmic pivot points—where the universe asks us to pause, breathe, and decide what we truly believe. And at the very same time, Earth Medicine invites us to crawl into the cave, curl into our own ribs, and let the year settle into our bones.

It’s a potent mix of crossroads + hibernation, truth-telling + sacred rest. And honestly? That feels exactly right for the closing chapter of 2025.

In this month’s Centered Podcast, I walk you through the big astrology of December:
✨ the Gemini Full Moon that clarifies the story
✨ Neptune’s final station in Pisces (yes, the end of an era)
✨ the Sagittarius New Moon and what wants to be born
✨ Solstice + the Sun entering Capricorn
✨ Jupiter square Chiron and the questions it stirs
✨ Mars moving into Capricorn, where it finally finds clean direction

This is the month where dream meets reality, where intuition meets discernment, where surrender meets structure.

And alongside the astrology, we explore December’s Earth Medicine allies:
🐻 Bear, who teaches us to honor our cycles and trust the cave
💎 Blue Topaz, the stone of gentle, honest clarity
🌼 Narcissus, the winter bloom of self-recognition and soul-truth
❄️ Owning where you are, without shame or rush
🌙 Hibernation + sacred rest, as the most ancient form of preparation

December is not subtle.

It asks you to inventory the year with tenderness, to name what’s dissolving and what’s ready to be built, and to let yourself rest enough to hear the next true step.

If you're craving a quieter rhythm, if you're on the edge of a decision, or if you're simply exhausted from holding too much for too long—this episode is for you.

Listen to the full December Earth Medicine & Astrology episode here:

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I’ll be offering 12 days of magical, limited-edition, ritual-infused offerings — everything from tarot to crystals to mini altars to grief medicine to sacred art. This is my version of an advent calendar for witches, mystics, intuitives, healers, grief-walkers, and anyone craving beauty + meaning at the end of the year.

Each day, I’ll be releasing one-day-only offerings that weave together everything I love:

• tarot

• earth medicine

• crystals

• ritual

• grief healing

• art

• shadow work

• energy healing

Expect:

• The 2026 Moon + Stone Healing Calendar

• Portable altars

• Mystery tarot envelopes

• Reiki

• Solstice rituals

• Crystal mystery bags

• Shadow work tools

• Grief medicine

• Sacred art

• Digital tarot goodies

Day 1 is still on until 12pm, and I am offering my beautiful Angie-designed Desktop Calendars with Tarot, Earth Medicine and affirmation for the month. A little irreverent and cheeky, but insightful and beautiful. Check out the offering right here:

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Episode 91: on grief, gratitude and the holy scream

This week, I’m returning to the writings that shaped the earliest years of my healing after my daughter Lucia’s stillbirth in 2008. These three essays — one on the holy clearing power of the scream, one on the deep and complicated dance of gratitude during suffering, and one on the Buddhist tonglen practice — map my journey through grief, spiritual awakening, sobriety, and self-compassion.

These pieces were written from the raw center of my heart:

• when I was newly grieving,

• newly sober,

• newly trying to exist inside a body again,

• newly understanding what compassion actually means.

In this episode, I read:

1. “Scream, Baby” — written two years after my son Zachary’s birth and his time in the NICU, exploring pain, primal release, and the scream as an act of healing.

2. “Gratitude” — an essay confronting spiritual bypassing, toxic positivity, and what gratitude looks like when you’re grieving, not in spite of grief.

3. “Tonglen: A Meditation for When You’re in the Weeds” — a compassionate, trauma-informed exploration of the Buddhist practice that helped me breathe inside my pain instead of trying to outrun it.

Here is a brief (2 minute) meditation for those moments after you scream or when you feel stuck.

Here is a brief (4 minute) tonglen practice meditation:

If you’re grieving, healing, overwhelmed, or simply human — this episode is for you.

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Here are some essential tonglen resources by Pema Chödrön:

• Good Medicine: How to Turn Pain Into Compassion with Tonglen Meditation

• Video/DVDs

• Audio Book (My recommendation)

• Pema Chödrön & Alice Walker: On Tonglen – Dialogue/Audio: A dialogue format exploring how tonglen works in suffering and compassion.

• Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living (Pema Chödrön): A broader companion resource that includes lojong slogans etc.

• The Pocket Pema Chödrön (Anthology): A compact anthology that includes shorter pieces from her work — handy for quick reference.

• Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness (Pema Chödrön): More advanced layer of her teachings, useful for deeper study.

 Additional Articles & Teachings on Tonglen

• “Good Medicine For This World” – an article on Lion’s Roar that explores how Pema Chödrön and Alice Walker talk about tonglen. Lion’s Roar

• “Tonglen: The Path of Transformation” by Pema Chödrön (via Nalanda Translation) – a practical guide for the practice. Nālandā Translation Committee

• Wikipedia summary on tonglen’s origins, practice, and context. Wikipedia

Additional Writings on Tonglen

Love on Every Breath: Tonglen Meditation for Transforming Pain into Joy  – May 28, 2019 by Lama Palden Drolma 

Training the Mind: & Cultivating Loving-Kindness  Chögyam Trungpa

Bodhichitta: Practice for a Meaningful Life by Lama Zopa Rinpoche 

 Old Angie writing

• My essays from Still Life with Circles blog about tonglen and my journey

• My grief writings from Glow in the Woods

Episode 90: Astrology + Earth Medicine for November 2025

Welcome to November, my loves. We’re deep in Scorpio season — the time of year when the veil thins, the shadows stir, and transformation stops being an abstract concept and becomes something we actually feel in our bones. This month’s astrology isn’t here to make us comfortable; it’s here to make us real.

In this episode, we walk together through the cosmic landscape of November 2025, guided by the intensity of Scorpio and the wild optimism of Sagittarius. From the Taurus Full Moon that grounds us in our bodies to the Scorpio New Moon that strips us down to our truth, this month’s energy teaches us how to compost fear into courage, endings into beginnings.

We’ll unpack the big transits and explore what they mean for our collective healing. It’s a month of revelations, boundary work, and bold leaps of faith. Then, we turn to our Earth Medicine for November — Peony, Citrine, and Octopus — each offering its own kind of magic for this rebirth season. Together, they hold the energy of this month’s theme: Grab it while you can.

If Scorpio asks what must die, Sagittarius asks what you’ll do with the life that’s left. This episode is your permission slip to let go, trust your timing, and take the opportunities the Universe places in front of you — even if they scare you a little. Especially if they scare you a little.

🎧 Listen to this episode of Centered on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you find your cosmic medicine. Or listen right here on my website (see below)

💛 Follow along on Instagram @themoonandstone for Earth Medicine updates and daily astrology insights.

Episode 89: Re-post The History of Samhain, Halloween & the Days of the Dead

We’re going back to the roots of spooky season, my pretties. This re-post dives into the ancient fire festival of Samhain and how it shapeshifted into our modern celebration of Halloween. From Celtic bonfires to trick-or-treating, saints to spirits, and mummers to masks, we’ll explore how humans across the world honor their dead when the veil grows thin.

This one’s a listener favorite, so light a candle, pour a little cider for your ancestors, and let’s walk together between worlds.

#Samhain #HalloweenHistory #WheeloftheYear #PaganTraditions #HonoringtheDead #SpookySeason

Some sources:

⁠⁠Samhain. History Channel.⁠⁠

⁠⁠How the Early Catholic Church Christianized Halloween by Patrick Kiger⁠⁠

The Pagan Mysteries of Halloween. ⁠⁠JeanMarkale⁠⁠.Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween. ⁠⁠LisaMorton⁠⁠.⁠⁠The History of Halloween⁠⁠⁠⁠What's the Deal with Halloween? Everything Everywhere. ⁠⁠

⁠⁠The Origins of Trick or Treating History Channel.⁠⁠⁠⁠The History of Mummers.

Interested in being in circle with me, honoring the dead on Samhain?

I am hosting a distance ancestors cacao ceremony and guided shamanic journey. Connect with the ancestors and find healing in your ancestral line. It is a wonderful way to start doing the work of healing and honoring the agrarian calendar.

Episode 87: Astrology + Earth Medicine for September 2025

Centered Episode 85: August's Astrology + Earth Medicine with Angie

In this episode, Angie—your cruise director through the cosmos and lover of lion-hearted wisdom—guides us through the astrology of August 2025, a month pulsing with retrogrades, portals, and a quiet kind of transformation.

With Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto, and Chiron all retrograde, the skies are asking us to slow down, look inward, and do the sacred work of integration. We're not meant to push forward this month—we’re meant to listen to the rumblings beneath the surface.

We explore the Lion’s Gate on 8/8, a potent spiritual portal of renewal and soul alignment, followed by an emotionally clarifying Aquarius Full Moon on 8/9. Mercury stations direct on 8/11, Venus conjoins Jupiter in Cancer, and by mid-month we’re pivoting toward Virgo’s grounded energy with a deeply healing New Moon at 0° Virgo on 8/23—our official threshold into Eclipse Season.

 Alongside the cosmic currents, we’re held by earth medicine:

• Sunflower teaches us to follow the light, even when it's hidden—and to lean toward each other when we can't find it on our own.

• Mountain Lion offers courage, presence, and sovereignty, especially in moments when we feel uncertain or unseen.

• Peridot brings heart-cleansing, solar plexus-strengthening clarity—reminding us we don’t have to carry what’s not ours.

This month is about emotional recalibration, intuitive trust, and preparing the soil for the eclipses to come. Grab your peridot, light a candle for your inner mountain lion, and meet us in the sunflower field between fire and stillness.

Centered Episode 84: July's Astrology and Earth Medicine

Centered Episode 81: The Stranger in the Bible and Ancient Mediterranean Religions

Episode 80: May's astrological and earth medicine reading

Episode 76: December's Astrology and Earth Medicine with Angie

Episode 75: The Wicked Women of Greek Mythology

Ever wonder why stories of women in mythology and religion so often paint them as the villains? From Pandora opening the jar of evils to Medusa's transformation into a monster, these tales shape cultural narratives that endure today.

In this episode, Angie dives into ancient Greek mythology to unpack how women like Pandora, Medusa, and Circe have been scapegoated for humanity's woes—and how feminist perspectives reclaim their stories as symbols of curiosity, defiance, and resilience. We’ll explore the gods’ messy, human-like flaws, Zeus's power plays, and Hera’s complicated transformation from a powerful pre-Greek goddess to a vengeful Olympian queen. This is part one of a series on “Wicked Women,” examining how patriarchal storytelling turns women’s strength into cautionary tales.

Want Angie to cover Adam, Eve, Lilith, and the Abrahamic traditional takes on women next? Let her know! Email, DM, or comment—because these stories deserve a closer look.

Helpful Links:

• ⁠Philadelphia Museum of Art - Prometheus Bound

• Madeline Miller’s Circe

• ⁠⁠The Myth of Medusa - Ovid’s Metamorphoses

• ⁠⁠The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller⁠⁠

• Learn more about Hera’s origins⁠

Follow for more myths, misunderstood women, and stories that challenge how we think about history and culture! 🌿✨

Episode 73: Q+A Episode on Existentialism, the Meaning of Life + the Gospels according to Angie

Click here to access Episode 73 on Spotify.

On this week’s episode, I am answering some questions from my listeners, and they ended up being long. Little did they know they hit on some of my special interests as a neurodivergent religion + philosophy nerd. (hello, sailor!) Here are the questions and time where you can find them:

Question 1 : (at 4:35)

from Becky Davis, ACM

How do we find meaning when our day-to-day lives feel empty?

Question 2 : (at 29.06)

from Lee Ann Huebner

This is something I've been meaning to research forever.

When did the quote in the Bible from Jesus saying he was the only way to God first show up? Cause I'm not buying it. One it doesn't seem like something he would say and why would God exclude much of the human souls on this planet with a one line quote.

I also discuss Spirit of Oneness in Harrisburg PA, hosted by Sharon Muzio of Alta View Wellness Center. You can find more information at ⁠http://spiritofonenessevent.com . It takes place Saturday, October 5th from 10am to 6pm and Sunday, October 6th from 10am to 5pm.⁠

If you want to ask a question or comment, or have an idea for a future episode, or want to be on a future episode, send me an email at angie@themoonandstone.com.

Episode 72: Positivity + Chronic Conditions with Julie Taylor

Today’s episode is near and dear to my heart, as Julie and I dive into living with Chronic Pain and Chronic conditions and positivity. I am so honored to introduce Julie Taylor. Julie is an Endo and IC Warrior who's passionate about mindset as medicine. Endo is an abbreviation for endometriosis and IC stands for Interstitial Cystitis (a painful bladder syndrome). While healing with these chronic conditions, she learned the power of crystals and energy to heal and how using a positive mindset as a tool to help manage her moods and emotions helped her body build resilience. Julie's formal degrees are in writing and early childhood ed, though the innate cheerleader at home in her heart drives her to write words, she hopes will spark a mood or mindset that might brighten things for others. Julie is the author of a children's book, Blue Hissy Highness and the Shiny Stones (you can buy that here). The book focuses on how a positive mindset can reframe and heal. It also reminds children that we can move toward mutual acceptance and forgiveness, but also the very adult reminder that acceptance isn't a one-and-done ideal—a lesson we need to revisit as we age. Julie also tends a website and an online space called Stone Spelling & Witchery, which is also the name of her private Facebook group Stone Spelling & Witchery to connect and share the metaphysical and mystical, celebrate earth and moon cycles, share spells, post favorite crystals, chat about witchiness, and ask questions. Julie curates a beautiful community that serves as a magical hub for joy and positivity.

Julie and I talk about living with chronic conditions and chronic pain, how we manage our spirit during times of flares. We talk about positivity, staying positive, toxic positivity or not toxic positivity, the benefits and downfalls of emotional bypassing, and what Julie has terms LoMo—or how to manage Low Moods and shift them to help with chronic conditions. Honestly, this is such a refreshing conversation for me—I could talk about pain and living with autoimmune disorders without censor. As someone who has to manage many chronic autoimmune conditions, speaking my truth about living with pain and fatigue feels like a long deep exhale, as I often just go through life sucking it up. Julie is so wise, intelligent, and articulate about her approach to living with physical challenges.

Here is the latest podcast:

You can also follow this link to listen on Spotify. Episode 72: Positivity & Chronic Conditions with Julie Taylor. You can also listen on any of the podcast services you can think of—Apple Podcasts, Pocketcasts, Amazon Music, I Heart Radio, Google Podcasts, Podbean and whatever you listen.

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In other news, this upcoming week, Julie is popping in for a guest post about Crystal Skulls. Monday, I will have a piece on the history of Crystal Skulls, debunking some myths, and talking about skullies in general. I will have a cool Tarot Layout using the Skull as a basis, and I will be sharing a journal entry about my meditation experience with my Fossilized Skull. All SKULLZ—this week!

Episode 71: Recovery for the Masses with Angie Yingst

In 1989, September was named National Recovery Month, and SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) holds events all month, as do state Depts of Drug and Alcohol Services. I am one of more than 21 million Americans in recovery from alcohol or substance use disorder. Substance Use Disorder does not just touch one segment of the population—addiction touches the lives of literally every socioeconomic class. This year, I trained to become a CRS, or a Certified Recovery Specialist, which is like a peer specialist for those seeking recovery. I have over 13 years of recovery from alcohol use disorder and I have been wanting to do a new series about recovery. I hope to do it maybe once a month called Recovery for the Masses.

What does that mean?

It means that I talk about what recovery from alcohol or substance use disorder is all about. We often talk about how everyone in the world should do the kind of work those of us in recovery do. I don’t think many people outside of our community realize the daily work we do just to stay sober or clean or abstinent from our addiction, whether that be alcohol or drugs or sex or gambling or food or pornography or whatever can be used to avoid feelings. I personally think my first addiction, and my hardest addiction, is work. I literally have times in my life where I have thought about work 24/7, obsessed about it, worked until I forgot to pee, eat, sleep, take care of my body. Addiction is addiction is addiction.

Addiction is often defined specifically in relation to how someone uses the substance. People with addiction use substances or engage in behaviors that become compulsive and usually continue despite harmful consequences. Read that again, DESPITE harmful consequences. Why? Because the effect of numbing out is better than raw dogging life. (Hey, I’ve been out here in the world raw dogging life for 13 + years now, and I can tell you it is hard work, people.)

So what is this first Recovery for the Masses episode like? It is a lot of disparate thoughts about recovery and addiction and learning how to feel again. I think I just opened my brain and let it flow. But upcoming episodes will be more succinct and thoughtful and follow a more linear pathway. I talk about how lucky I am to be an alcoholic.

By lucky, I mean this seriously and also provokingly, because alcoholism took me to my brink, to a place I had never been before—praying for death because the suffering was so desolate. And yet, I didn’t know it was alcohol that took me there. I was just suffering. I wanted to die. And the outward appearance of my life looked together, beautiful, and truly was everything I had ever wanted. But I couldn’t feel joy or gratitude. I was in a loop of suffering, and I couldn’t get drunk enough or sober enough. And so one day, I called the A.A. helpline and talked to another alcoholic, asking if they thought I was alcoholic. But she couldn’t answer that. We can only answer that question for ourselves.

Okay, I know it is not cool to quote J.K. Rowling, but I love this quote, "Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life." As Anne Lamott further goes on to talk about rock bottom, “There’s freedom in hitting bottom, in seeing that you won’t be able to save or rescue your daughter, her spouse, his parents, or your career, relief in admitting you’ve reached the place of great unknowing. This is where restoration can begin.”

We all hit rock bottoms in life. Maybe it is losing your job or breaking up with a partner or it is just that recognition that your life doesn’t bring you joy. Maybe it is realizing your hypervigilance might be from trauma. Or maybe your parents were alcoholic or drug addicted people or just emotionally immature. In the end, I think we all relate to rock bottom and facing that crossroads of—I have to change and that pathway is dark and I have no idea what it means for the rest of my life, or I can stay the same and if I stay in the same place, I get the same thing. Nothing changes if nothing changes. The choice is mine right now. I know for me and my drinking, I chose the latter until I just felt like that choice was death to a part of me that was curious, awe-struck, joyful, honest, kind…it is painful to share that, but that is where I was.

So desperation brought me to recovery. Not a desire to quit drinking, but a desire to stop my own suffering. If I could do that and have a glass of wine, I totally would. That isn’t in my cards. I come from a long line of drunken storytellers and comedians who turn into absent parents and mean drunks. I am recovering from alcoholism, but I am also an adult child and grandchild of an alcoholic parent and grandparents. I am recovering from them. I hit bottom in my own way. And sought recovery. Recovery brought me spiritual work, a community, gratitude, love, creativity, honesty, integrity…As Anne Lamott says, “...being sober delivered almost everything drinking promised.”

And in the end, you are here because recovery from alcoholism allowed me to pursue healing work because I sought healing work. I couldn’t get sober and not heal the other stuff. And in seeking healing, I found this part of me that had always been there—highly sensitive, intuitive, empathic and ready to be of service to other people.

Hopefully, though, this series transcends alcohol and substance use disorder and recovery. My intention is to transcend it, and bring you into the recovery part of life and open it up to everyone who is suffering from being human.

Love,

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Some links that might be helpful if you or someone you know is suffering from Alcohol or Substance Use Disorder or has a family member who is:

SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) https://www.samhsa.gov/recovery-month

Walk for Recovery – September 5, 2024 https://www.samhsa.gov/recovery-month/events#walk-for-recovery

President Joe Biden’s Proclamation on National Recovery Month 2024

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/08/30/a-proclamation-on-national-recovery-month-2024/

Alcoholics Anonymous https://www.aa.org/

Carl Jung’s letter to Bill W., the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous https://wccm.org/outreach-areas/addiction-recovery/carl-jung-letter-to-bill-w/

SMART Recovery https://smartrecovery.org/

Recovery Dharma https://recoverydharma.org/

Refuge Recovery https://www.refugerecovery.org/

Alanon/Alateen https://al-anon.org/

Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families https://adultchildren.org/

Episode 70: The Rat Chronicles with Dr. Amy Kittelstrom

Episode 70: the Rat Chronicles with Dr. Amy Kittelstrom

Dr. Amy Kittelstrom, is a professor of history at Sonoma State University and author of the book the Religion of Democracy (https://www.amazon.com/Religion-Democracy-Liberals-American-Tradition/dp/1594204853) . I asked this incredibly accomplished historian to talk about “Rats”, the rodents and the proverbial rats of the world. We talk about what it is like to be a single mother homeowner who needs some home repairs done and rats removed from the house. I am really grateful for the opportunity to share Dr. Kittelstrom, one of my closest friends, with my world.

 or listen on Spotify here:

Episode 69: Workaholism, Self-care, and Dropping with Angie

In this episode, which I initially wrote as an open letter to my clients and friends, is actually a series of writings about workaholism, alcoholism, codependency, self-care, self-preservation, being of service to others and some of my history. It is split up in 6 parts. I hope it resonates.

I also mention some things. Last words are Those last four words are not mine. It is Ho’oponopono, the Hawaiian practice that combines love, forgiveness, repentance, and gratitude in four powerful phrases. I’m sorry. Please forgive me. I Thank you. I love you.

 Links I mention:

⁠https://reductress.com/⁠

⁠https://www.amazon.com/Laura-Dernoot-Lipsky-Trauma-Stewardship/dp/B07VPNP3XF/⁠

Blessed 2024!

During this episode, I talk personally about myself and my journey this past year, working with the Chariot, and moving into 2024 with the Card of the Year--Strength. I also talk about the biggest astrology transits of the year and how to work with them.