Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett welcome Mariana Louis, archetypal taroist, psycho-spiritual educator, sacred feminist and author of Tarot and the Psychology of the Soul.

In this episode, they discuss:

• Healing as a process of clearing out what is in the way of your already whole self
• How resistance to difficult experiences keeps you from growing from them
• Shame wants to keep things in the unconscious
• What is depth psychology and how does it work with the unconscious?
• Some things may be beyond our ability to every consciously examine
• Archetypes and how they function in our life
• How tarot is a communication between your conscious, unconscious, and the collective
• Mariana wants to move the way people approach the tarot from divination to individuation
• How seeking "clarity" from the tarot can sometimes just be an attempt at ego validation
• If your goal when consulting the cards is connection, it will help keep you in the present
• Learning to connect to your own knowledge can be very daunting, but very rewarding
• Finding "the better question" instead of "the best answer" when reading the tarot
• The importance of finding neutrality as much as you can before pulling cards
• Why Mariana doesn't like it when a tarot deck renames cards to "less scary" things
• And more!

Plus...

• Sign up for Natasha's substack, Coming Home! Paid subscribers get lots of extra content, including monthly live calls!
• Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
• Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here
• Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
• Send questions, show topic suggestions, or to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Mariana Louis's info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/persephonessister
• Book: Tarot and the Psychology of the Soul
• Website: persephonessister.com

Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are delighted to talk with Jor-El Caraballo, licensed therapist, author, and creator of the new deck, Shadow Work for Self-Reflection.

In this episode, they discuss:

• Should Brett & Natasha start doing a relationship segment?
• Someone telling you their IQ is a red flag for Brett
• Jor-El's history and work as a licensed therapist
• Beginning to encounter shadow with clients before having the vocabulary
• Carl Jung got more esoteric and metaphysical as he aged and diverged from mainstream psychology
• An admiration for Jung's commitment to staying open and expanding throughout his life
• Blending any and every approach to healing that works for you
• Shadow work is the process of exploring and being curious about the wizard behind the curtain in your own psyche
• The importance of non-judgemental curiosity and compassion when approaching shadow work
• The benefits that come from shadow work
• How shadow work for yourself benefits the community at large
• It can be really scary to meet yourself
• The ways in which shadow can be wielded against others when we don't try to learn about it
• Shadow work can feel lonely, but there is always someone else out there who deals with the same kind of shadow
• The things we are afraid of often hold parts of our power
• Struggling with being an atypical boy growing up
• Golden Shadow: positive traits that you learn to shun
• The power of emotional sensitivity
• How embracing your shadow can enable others to embark on their own journey
• The ways that shadow can disguise itself from you as "just the way you are"
• The practice of naming and speaking to your inner critic to give yourself emotional distance
• Shadow work is never the pandora's box we fear it might be
• Brett wishes he could trick people into doing shadow work, but Jor-El advises against it
• Jor-El's recommendation for how to work with his deck: SLOW DOWN!
• Hopper from Stranger Things could use some serious shadow work
• Card pull for the week ahead
• And more!

Plus...

• Sign up for Natasha's substack, Coming Home! Paid subscribers get lots of extra content, including monthly live calls!
• Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
• Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here
• Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
• Send questions, show topic suggestions, or to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Jor-EL Carballo's info:

• Substack (Coffee & Contemplation): https://jorelcaraballo.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jorelcaraballo/ Deck: Shadow Work for Self-Reflection Book: Mindful Meditations for Black Men Website: jorelcaraballo.com

Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are excited to talk with Microdosing Facilitator Kayse Gehret.

In this episode, they discuss:

• How Mark Slaughter features in the Sliding Doors version of Natasha's life
• The unbelievable true story of Natasha and the belching massage therapist
• Kayse is the least likely person to work with magic mushrooms
• She avoided all kinds of mind-altering substances due to gran mal seizure disorder
• Microdosing healed Kayse's seizures, but also brought a host of other benefits
• She started a microdosing community during Covid
• That community effort has grown to include a podcast, a website, and training others
• to do the work of guiding people through microdosing
• The different medicines that can be used for microdosing
• Microdosing is a sub-threshold dose, which means you don't feel altered.
• It allows you to get the benefits of these medicines in a bite-sized way that is easier to incorporate into your day-to-day life
• Microdosing is a different experience for everyone
• How to make sure you're getting the dose you expect
• How Kayse guides people remotely
• The gift of everyone going online during the pandemic was being able to spread communities around the globe
• Some popular misconceptions about these medicines
• These medicines should not be called "drugs"
• Are there specific medicines for specific conditions?
• The power of restful sleep for a regulated central nervous system
• How modern society contributes to nervous system overload
• The surprising overlap of microdosing guides with corporate HR
• The spiritual side of microdosing for Kayse
• How plant medicine quiets the "me" part of our brains
• Common misconceptions about microdosing
• What if microdosing doesn't seem to work?
• Community is an important part of the microdosing work
• And more!

Plus...

• Sign up for Natasha's substack, Coming Home! Paid subscribers get lots of extra content, including monthly live calls!
• Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
• Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here
• Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
• Send questions, show topic suggestions, or to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Kayse Gehret's info:

• Website: https://www.microdosingforhealing.com
• Microdosing for Healing podcast

Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.