Life as Teacher/Fitness Competitor: Juggling Family, Friends, the ups and downs and everything in between! Here we discuss everything from health and wellness to life and all aspects in between. To give you a daily dose of positive vibes, laughter and a reminder that there is a silver lining on every situation!
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I’m Samantha Sear, an artist and stay at home mum and in this podcast I’ll be talking about how I connect with nature and the changing seasons, share recipes and creative ideas. I’ll take you along on my journey as I learn about the trees, plants and wildlife around me and the folklore, magic and mythology surrounding them. It’s my hope that this uplifting podcast may encourage you to slow down, enjoy the little things, notice the beauty outside your front door and feel more rooted by nature.
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Tuning into a magical frequency...sharing ideas, creations, and practices for healing and fun-filled manifesting...plus inspirational interviews with other creatives from all walks of the magical life. "Let's build community, raise our vibration, and get on the Witch Wavelength!" Your host, Essex Witch, author, and singer-songwriter, Sheena Cundy. Recorded and produced by Ian Cundy. ©Treehouse Magic
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The Hippy - Rewilder, Dragon Wrangler & Cultivator of Dreams
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The Hippy has spent the past fifteen years rewilding his ancient woodland and wildflower meadows as a path back to the wild. His passion for the magic of nature is deeply rooted in the ancestral wisdom of the old ways, its herbal and folklore, and a love of the land. Together with building a unique relationship with Sherman the Oak tree and the har…
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Irisanya Moon - Author, Witch & Poet
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Irisanya is no stranger to the kind of shadow work required of a Witch when facing her demons. A broken marriage of twenty years, a rocky peri-menopause, and an ADHD diagnosis coupled with the devastating loss of her parents and beloved mentor, all in a relatively short space of time... have given Irisanya the spiritual capacity to rise from the as…
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Beltane blessings & finding your true self
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Why limit ourselves to a day, when we can celebrate the whole month of May? Join me as I enjoy Beltane and how this energy infused fire festival can empower our relationship with hearth & home. I also deep dive into personal authenticity and how to identify, refine and embrace your true self. Substack For recipes, tutorials and more seasonal inspir…
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Lana Borealis - Energy Healer & Demon Slayer
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Lana Borealis is a multidimensional healer and coach who uses her unique methods of energy work to help people overcome addiction and substance abuse. She also helps free spiritual parasites and entities, limiting patterns in the light body with soul retrieval and DNA activation. If you want to learn more about slaying your demons, freeing yourself…
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Julie Chandler - Psychic Business Coach
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Psychic business coach Julie Chandler combines her lifelong psychic abilities with business coaching skills in her Intuitively Led programs and courses for female entrepreneurs. She loves helping women with their businesses shift to a success frequency through moon cycle strategies and an intuitive connection with the universe, enabling them to sta…
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In this light and uplifting episode, I’ll be celebrating spring and the themes of rebirth and renewal that come with it. I’ll be talking about simplicity when it comes to approaching creativity and inspiration, caring for ourselves and our homes, ideas for making and baking beautiful things and a daily ritual to begin this new season with a sense o…
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Jeremy Devens - Vedic Astrologer & Yoga Teacher
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Up close and personal with Vedic Astrologer and Yoga teacher Jeremy Devens, the Quietmind Astrology Podcast host. Based on 18 years of experience and thousands of case studies, Jeremy teaches you how to optimize your health, wealth, relationships, and purpose using the ancient Indian practice of Vedic Astrology (Jyotish). With Sheena, he shares abo…
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In this episode I venture into the forest to discover the marvels, magic and folklore of trees. Did you know they can speak to each other? They keep time and have their own memory. Trees protect one another and use their sense of touch, taste and smell to survive. Did you know they can heal us? Each tree symbolises meaning and magic that stretches …
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Rachel S. Roberts ~ Wolf Woman Rising
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Rachel is the author Lupa and Wolf, as well as a sacred dance teacher, priestess, women's empowerment coach and flower essence coach. Rachel is also the creatrix of Wolf Woman Rising, a wisdom school where she empowers you to embody your wisdom, reclaim your authentic, wild, untamed self and create a life lived on purpose. Through online community,…
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Melonie Syrett's career as a primary school teacher took a turn when a series of synchronistic events steered her onto a very different path. Her discovery of Reiki and other holistic modalities were the spiritual breadcrumbs of a magical journey that just kept on growing... When a serious health condition was diagnosed 'without a cure', Melonie im…
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Happy New Year everyone! In this episode I'll be sharing my winter wellness tips and tricks, why I avoid new year resolutions and how to practise the lost art of daydreaming and connect with nature. I'll also be sharing a recipe for delicious chocolate chip cookies that's keeping my spirits and sugar levels up! -------------------------------------…
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Samantha Sear is an artist, stay-at-home mum, writer and host of the Rooted By Nature podcast. Sam talks about how her love of books, writing, magic and nature has fuelled her creativity on all levels. She reveals some of her most personal psychic experiences and explains how the most challenging time of her life, which led her to the healing power…
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Ian and Sheena with takeaways of their recent trip to the States... a business conference for entrepreneurs in California finishing up with the madness and the magic of Las Vegas. Including plans and a musical intention setting Not a Dream by Morrigans Path for 2024! Find out more about business performance coach James Wedmore If you fancy joining …
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Merry Christmas for all those who celebrate and happy winter solstice to those who don't. In this episode I share a secret I've been keeping, confide some deeply personal thoughts and provide a survival guide to Christmas that's very much based around my current state of mind. If you're looking for festive folklore, recipes and nature facts then pl…
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Anna Bellissima is a copywriter and marketing magician weaving her unique kind of magic for witches, weirdos and spiritual entrepreneurs. Quirky, sharp and business-savvy, Anna talks about how she came to be working in the online space and why marketing support is so important for those (like Sheena) who need it. Anna reveals how her dark night of …
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Taren S has been talking to the dead since she was a child growing up in North Carolina. Spending much of her childhood with her grandmother, who belonged to the primitive Baptist church, Taren learned to fuse her magic with the wisdom of the Psalms and the spirit of the root and developed a magical relationship with dirt and the ancestors of the l…
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Ray Deacon - Nutrional & Lifestyle Coach
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When life challenges us, we have the option to rise up or fall down. Ray Deacon chose the former, as I was very glad to hear in this candid chat about how turning his life around was the best thing to do when faced with the pain of loss and uncertainty. Ray is now making a new life for himself and helping others to do the same, with the creation of…
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Happy Halloween! As I delved into detail last year about the folklore and history of Halloween, I thought this time I'd do something a little different. So jump on my broomstick, don a pointy black hat and let me take you on a ride through the magical realms of witchcraft. I'll cover all the witchy basics, including how to access your own natural m…
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Karen Tate ~ Goddess Spirituality Author
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Trail blazing author, podcaster and speaker on Goddess Spirituality, Karen Tate, joins Sheena for a candid conversation on the magic of Goddess. Growing up in the United States bible belt of the deep south, Karen was conditioned to think that racism and sexism were 'normal'. Until she discovered the sacred feminine, and Goddess spirituality became …
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An inspirational talk with Yoga Witch, Emma Turnbull from Mayland in Essex, UK. Emma teaches yoga and reiki, trains yoga teachers, runs workshops, regular moon circles and retreat days... and the list goes on. She talks about her love for all things yoga, ayurveda, tea and tarot, and how the blending of all her practices, knowledge and teachings ha…
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It’s the autumn equinox, a time for foraging, self care and good books! Join me as I learn to truly enjoy the moment, meditate with trees and ease gently out of summer and into autumn. A gradual transition for mind, body and spirit. Have a peek at what I'm up to on instagram @rootedbynaturepodcast Feel free to get in touch by email on rootedbynatur…
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Katherine Genet, author of the magical Wilde Grove fiction series, has been walking a pagan path for over thirty years. As a self-published author, she makes a living from her writing... something a lot of indie authors don't do. Find out how she does this, what her stories are about, and how her magical series is currently on the cards for an exci…
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Rachel Patterson - Author & SuperWitch
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It never ceases to amaze me how creative Witches are. However, Rachel Patterson, a prolific author with 25 books published and four more in the pipeline, is in a league of her own. She runs the online Kitchen Witch School, a weekly YouTube show, blogs, speaks at events, writes articles, designs oracle cards, bakes scrummy cakes... as well as runnin…
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It has been a while and a lot has happened! This is out to restart the podcast and stay consistent! This podcast is going to be geared toward my training and business! Come on this journey with me!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samantha-sears/message
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Sit back, relax and enjoy the summer because autumn is just around the corner! Join me as I take a look inside a beehive and follow the exciting life of a queen bee, the warriors that protect her and the cut throat politics of the colony that can overthrow her. I delve into the miraculous health benefits of honey, how it's made and what it can do f…
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The granddaughter of an astrologer and a theosophist, Lucya grew up in a magical household where folk magic and fortune-telling were a natural part of everyday life. Stories like the time she was thrown off a community gardens project by the local council, and a spell she worked to get rid of a problem boss tell how her eclectic witchery has evolve…
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Rebecca Beattie - Author & Nature Mystic
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Rebecca has a PhD in creative writing, with a growing list of published fiction and nonfiction works to her name. Spending her childhood in Dartmoor, she developed a love for nature and books before leaving to study drama, becoming an actor and eternal student of all things creative and magical. Rebecca's extensive study of the nature mystics has n…
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Now that Riches for Witches is almost ready to publish, Ian and Sheena bring you up to date with the production process and share some of its content. A pathworking with the Sun and the Abundance Chant are two practices from the book to get you into the groove of Prosperity and access your own Abundance. Enjoy! Podcast Facebook page Ian's Instagram…
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Join me as I revel in midsummer and send wishes into the woodsmoke on the summer solstice. I'll be reflecting on positive thoughts, how our hobbies shape our identity and how easily our intuition can lose its voice in our busy lives. I wander my garden, gathering flowers and inspiration for syrups and cordials. And I'll be experimenting with a reci…
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Bob Hillary is not afraid to say what he thinks. Or feels. His healing journey has been music and magic all the way...breaking free from the mainstream twenty years ago to walk a more authentic path. His latest stop is Portugal, where he lives off-grid in his campervan... Bob's self-help book, Simplify: How to Stay Sane In a World Going Mad, was wr…
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Early Spring has arrived and the April showers have brought May flowers. So join me as I explore weather proverbs and what they mean. Let’s dance around the Maypole and revel in Beltane celebrations and Celtic folklore. I do a deep dive on Hawthorn, a magical healing tree, guarded by the Fey. Look up at the stars with me, to see May blossoms in the…
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Beltane, the joys of recording, and a Morrigans Path gig coming up are some of the topics Ian and Sheena touched on in this chat... Also mentioned: if you'd like to join Sheena's Advanced Review Copy team for her upcoming book, Riches for Witches, email sheenacundy@gmail.com and you will receive a free ebook in return for an honest review on the da…
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Up close and personal with Teresa and Chris, partners in all things spiritual, business, and pleasure. Find out how their love for creating events and building community has led to the Beltane event they're putting on together in Bradwell on Sea, Essex on Sunday, May 7th this year. A crisis that woke Chris up to his own spirituality, a move into Wh…
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If you're a Witch who writes, magic's part of the job...so why is it that just back from a log cabin retreat, Ian's rested, and Sheena's knackered? The joys of self-publishing, not an April fool, and a tarot spell are some of the things Mr & Mrs. C. have up their sleeves in this episode... #26 Featured song: Couronne de la Lune by Lyz le Fay & Morr…
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It’s the month of the spring equinox, a time of natural magic as everything around us emerges from the earth and the world feels full of green shoots and new opportunities. It’s a tipping point where the wheel of the year turns, the seasons change and winter tips gently into spring. Join me in a daily crystal practice, seed sowing, foraging and men…
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Lyz Le Fay - Songstress & Priestess
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Lyz is a singer-songwriter, music teacher, events organiser, pagan ceremonialist, and priestess of the goddess. Find out how she weaves all these threads into her magical life in this up-close and personal chat in the Cundy studio. How a past life has affected her in this one, why she didn't complete her priestess training in Glastonbury, and how h…
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Episode 24 With the Equinox fast approaching, balancing our energy becomes fundamental to our health on all levels. Witch Walking is a great way to work magic on the move. With focused intention, you can tune into your manifesting power to create what you want. Ian and Sheena talk about their love for the great outdoors and how the magical things i…
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Linda Gemmil - Ayahuasca Medicine Woman
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Episode 23 Linda is an artist, an activist, and trained in a number of healing modalities. After a trip to Costa Rica and a life-changing experience with plant medicine, she followed the guidance of Mother Ayahuasca, quit her corporate career, and returned to her roots in Essex. Now she's painting again, planning a passion project with her art, and…
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It’s still so cold and grey but step outside and you will see so many beautiful signs of Spring, and I promise it’s just around the corner. It may still be time for warm blankets and candlelight but the sun is holding out a little longer each evening and descending in hues of pink and gold. The trees are budding, snowdrops are blooming and there’s …
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Happy new year everyone! In this episode I'll be talking about late winter, what's happening out in the natural world and why the mysterious owl is my favourite nocturnal creature. I'll be looking at Seasonal Affective Disorder and how I look after my mind and body to beat the winter blues, reflect on new year expectations and share my healthy brea…
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Episode 22 Amber has been selling crystals on Instagram since last January, and already has 4.5k followers. Healing with crystals How they work and how to cleanse them Crystal properties Manifesting with crystals These are just some of the subjects covered in this fun and down-to-earth chat with Amber who is busy creating her own magic from the hea…
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Katrina Townsend - The Anti-consumerist Druid
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Episode 21 When Katrina Townsend started journaling about her Instagram obsession and shopping addiction, the process became the catalyst for a new creation. Eventually, after facing her demons and writing through a pandemic, her book, The Anti-consumerist Druid was born. Debut author, Kat, talks openly about how she has beat that shopping addictio…
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Mid Winter is here and there's so much to celebrate. Join me as I walk through the frosty woods, mark the winter solstice, revel in the christmas sparkle, release the seasonal stress, make candles and lip balm, enjoy the long cosy nights and listen to a poem to get you in the mood for Christmas and the delight this month brings. Instagram: @rootedb…
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Episode 20 The messiness of mistletoe, the deep magic of winter, and Minerva's Yule meltdown... Sheena and Ian banter about the madness and the magic of the holiday season. Featuring: Mother's Chant from Call to Avalon by Morrigans Path Ash Mandrake's Yuletide Song from the Magic Path album Excerpt about Mistletoe from Danu Forest's book The Magica…
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Lisa McSherry - Author ~ Teacher ~ Priestess
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Episode 19 Lisa Mc Sherry talks about her latest book, her writing process, managing magical groups...and her priestess work in the pagan community. Find out about how her recent move to Portugal came to be and about the current book she's hatching at the moment on travel magic. An intriguing and interesting chat on the witch wavelength! Contact Li…
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Autumn is in full swing! I’ll be talking about the trees and their falling leaves, acorns, the blood moon, starlings, what’s in season, blackthorn, sloe gin and bonfire night. Instagram: @rootedbynaturepodcast Reading List Books The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben The Wisdom of Trees by Max Adams The Glorious Life of the Oak by John Lewis-S…
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Mariëlle S. Smith - The Wordsmith Witch
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Episode 18 Entrepreneur, Mariëlle S. Smith, is a writer, editor, and writing coach. She divides her time between running her business and her volunteer work with stray cats at her home in Cyprus. Mariëlles's spirituality and love for cats have led to a natural ability to communicate with the souls of these animals and heal between the worlds. She i…
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You may be wondering what Halloween has to do with feeling connected to nature and being aligned with the seasons, well there’s a lot more to Halloween than meets the eye! I'll be talking about Samhain (the Celtic fire festival) which is where this strange and spooky festival came from, along with witches, fairies, apples, pumpkins and magic. Even …
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Episode 17 Talented musician, songwriter, storyteller and maker of hats...Ash Mandrake from Manchester, describes how magic expresses itself in his life. Find out why Stella the dog features in a song, what Ash's creative process looks like, and how growing pumpkins helped him leave a boozy past behind. A fun-filled chat, full of merriment, music a…
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In this episode I’ll be talking about the autumn equinox, harvest time, foraging, moon gardening and sharing delicious recipes for elderberry cold & flu syrup and blackberry & pear crumble. Instagram: @rootedbynaturepodcast Elderberry Syrup Recipe Ingredients elderberries water sugar lemon, ginger or cinnamon & cloves (optional) Method Tip the berr…
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