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In this episode of Mystical Mermaid Lounge, Chloe Brown and Chione Star sit down with Dr. Stefanie Bennett, a transpersonal psychologist and author who explores the deeper dimensions of narcissistic abuse through depth psychology, spiritual science, and Aramaic linguistics.

Together, they unpack gaslighting, the differences between covert and overt narcissism, malignant narcissism, and why precise definitions matter when the word “narcissist” is often overused. Dr. Bennett explains why recovery can require more than talk therapy, including the role of somatic healing, spiritual integration, and reclaiming sovereignty and inner authority after trauma.

Learn more about Dr. Stefanie Bennett’s work, books, and sovereignty training at:
https://www.drstefaniebennett.com/

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Olivia Magdalena shares how Mary Magdalene became a living bridge between faith, body, and spiritual authority.

Raised Catholic and later pulled into a deep reclaiming, Olivia traces the moment her path shifted through grief, synchronicity, and the book Mary Magdalene Revealed. From there, the conversation opens into what it can mean to claim “priestess” as a commitment to radical honesty, shadow work, and becoming fully human while still remembering the sacred.

We talk about what was erased, why devotion does not require dogma, and how discernment matters when New Age rhetoric gets sticky or hierarchical. Olivia also explains her work as a “somatic storyteller,” where the body becomes a language for truth, healing, and reclamation.

Follow Olivia here: Instagram, TikTok, and Substack at @_oliviamagdalena.

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Chloe Brown is the graphic artist behind all of the Mermaids’ delightfully whimsical branded reels, stories and picture posts on social. Contact her at MysticalMermaidLounge@yahoo.com for artistic consultation and design work.

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The moment Kim Baker says the trees move at a different pace, you can feel the room settle. We invited Kim, Professor Emeritus with a PhD in literacy education, a Usui Reiki master, and a high priestess initiate, because her life bridges scholarship and sacred grounding. She opens up about childhood out-of-body experiences, the quiet power of daily gratitude, and the day ancient sites turned intuition into touchable energy. From Avebury and Glastonbury to the oak that’s watched three centuries pass, Kim shows how place can be teacher, mirror, and home.

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We follow her path from reading the Ogham tree alphabet to serving on a local Mohawk Hudson land conservancy board, where preservation becomes practical. Her story pivots to animal guides—a blue heron that once trailed her days and the hawk she found inside her screened porch. With gardening gloves and a calm voice, she carried it back to open sky, accepting that guides change as we do.

Kim offers a reframing that sticks: we aren’t destroying Earth, we’re destroying our own habitat. Trees and plants have endured five mass extinctions; they want us to make it, too. We talk forest bathing and childhood wonder, tree communication and fungal networks, “invasive” species and the cycles that turn loss into shelter and food. She shares what claiming the crone title feels like—less stamina, more presence—and why intentional vegetarianism aligns with caring for land while honoring the life in plants and animals. The throughline is simple and fierce: compassion, connection, and gratitude are choices we can make today.

If this conversation roots you like it did us, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs a walk among trees, and leave a review so more listeners can find their way back to wonder.

References

Chione, Chloe and Kim met each other in a Sacred Wild Priestess container held by Elyse Welles of Seeking Numina (www.seekingnumina.com)

Canyon Ranch - Wellness Resorts, Health Spas, & Retreats - Canyon Ranch

Johnathon Ellerby - Jonathan Ellerby Phd

Steven Farmer - Dr. Steven Farmer

Eckhart Tolle - Teachings Eckhart

Braiding Sweet Grass, Author, Robin Kimmerer Wall

The Third Plate, Author, Dan Barber

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Chloe Brown is the graphic artist behind all of the Mermaids’ delightfully whimsical branded reels, stories and picture posts on social. Contact her at MysticalMermaidLounge@yahoo.com for artistic consultation and design work.

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