How do you access the portal that is on the internet with ease? What if you're afraid of being canceled? How do you create and sustain comfortable boundaries while expanding your image and brand online? How can you use your Gene Key to tap into your innate strategy? All of this and more is what Daje James of @thestorydoula and Michelle dive into in today's episode. Daje James is the founder of Brave School and the Brave School Podcast where she muses on spirit, strategy, and the creative process...
Apr 13, 2021•1 hr 26 min
What if you wrote a new script, found a new door, or got out of your own way? How can you create more ease and enjoyment in your life at this moment? Today Michelle riffs on the idea that working harder isn't always the answer to getting where you want to go. Finding ways to create with ease will allow you to access a more sustainable approach to creation and avoid burnout in the long run. Tune in to hear Michelle's approach to creating with ease and collapsing timelines to change your perspecti...
Apr 09, 2021•34 min
Welcome to Part 2 of our chat with Michael Cardenas. Michael and Michelle riff on so many valuable topics in these two episodes, including Technomancy, spell-casting, growing up in a small town as an openly gay witch, the importance of following the principles of witchcraft when navigating the intuitive realms and so much more. If you haven't listened to Part 1, we highly recommend checking it out to get some insight into how to protect yourself and navigate the digital realms with prosperity an...
Apr 06, 2021•58 min
Whether or not we like it, the digital realms of our lives are here to stay. So, we might as well learn how to protect ourselves and increase our prosperity while interacting in em'. Thankfully, today on the pod we have Michael Cardenas for a special two-part series to help us understand and navigate the rituals, practices, and spells to use while operating in digital spaces. He also talks about how he got to where he is now, which is so fascinating and illuminating for any budding entrepreneurs...
Apr 06, 2021•54 min
Community vs. audience, what's better? How can you create Superfans? Can you start your business without a community? How can spellwork help you build a community? All these questions and more are answered on today's pod where Michelle dives into the what and the how of building a magical community to support the business goals of your dreams! Take a moment to fill out our pod survey! Please let us know how we improve your experience 🙂 Check out our free upcoming Recession Proof Skills Workshop...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Think that your Saturn Return is supposed to be the worst? It might be, but it can also be très juicy and transformative. Our fav resident Astrologer Emmalea Russo is on the podcast today chatting with Michelle about the power plays that Saturn gets up to in our lives on and off the internet. That's right! That internet is having its Saturn Return. What does that mean for the future of how we interact online? What was the initial promise of the internet? How has it benefited us? What are its lim...
Mar 30, 2021•1 hr 21 min
If you're listening to this podcast, you've probably also been told at some point that how much money you're making is a reflection of your self-worth. We're here to tell you that just ain't true. It's hogwash, in fact. Today Michelle and Wallis are talking about the energetic exchange of work, and how to price yourself, services, and products. We dig into the mindset shifts for financial health and also some really fun mystical tools that can help you determine what to charge for your services ...
Mar 26, 2021•1 hr 24 min
We're honored this week to have Lee Mae Spence on the podcast, a Muskego Ininew Iskwew healer, guiding women to nourish their spirit through holistic ancestral practices and indigenous rituals. Michelle and Lee Mae dig into what it means to unearth your story, heal from intergenerational and epigenetic trauma, navigate the natural cycles of death and rebirth, sobriety, shadow work, and more! Join us as Lee Mae Space hosts a workshop on Unearthing Your Story Check out our free Recession Proof Ski...
Mar 23, 2021•1 hr 38 min
Today Michelle is riffing on called-in questions from our community ranging from, which intuitive business should you start? What does it take to build an engaged community from scratch? How do you ensure your business is participating in spiritual activism? What's the difference between audience and community? How to create engaged digital campfires, and so much more! Covered in this episode: How your business can support BIPOC in spiritual activism How to center impact in your business growth ...
Mar 19, 2021•1 hr 13 min
Have you claimed your witchiness? Do you want to be seen and accepted for the multi-talented being that you are? Today on the podcast we're lucky to be joined by Serita Fontanessi, a wonderful multi-hyphenate witch. Serita is an activist for Black women and femmes, who assist organizations and individuals in making subtle changes that have a big impact so they can thrive in a holistic and culturally competent way. Through the use of practical and energetic tools, Serita disrupts old ways of thin...
Mar 16, 2021•1 hr 55 min
Are you in awe of people who seem to create content at a super-fast clip? Today on the pod, Michelle is sharing six practical and mystical tools that she uses to create consistent, intuitive, and impactful content that delivers great results. Making content consistently requires vulnerability, but it can also be fun, intuitive, and magical and it should be! Covered in this episode: How to set up a system to help you create consistently Creating content based on your specific content ecosystem Wh...
Mar 12, 2021•58 min
We couldn't be more excited to have Grace Duong on the podcast today musing with Michelle on entrepreneurship as deep soul work. Grace shares her journey in designing the Mystic Mondays app , creating the Mystic Mondays Crystal Grid Deck , and how she dances between the liminal, mystical, and physical realms in her personal life and business. Grace Duong is the artist, author, and founder of Mystic Mondays , a modern & vibrant tarot deck and app turned brand on a mission to empower you to di...
Mar 09, 2021•50 min
Depending on what's happening in our lives, our imposter archetype can show up in different ways to prevent us from tapping into our creative genius. In today's episode, Michelle touches on overcoming the five imposter archetypes in order to step into establishing yourself as an expert in your respective domain. Covered in this episode: The complex nature of the role of experts in our current social media climate and how gate-keeping and credentialism can be elitist Faking it till you make it vs...
Mar 05, 2021•46 min
When deciding as a company how we wanted to approach speaking about Black History Month, we had a lot of mixed feels! Today, Janelle and Thais reflect and speak about what performative allyship often looks like during Black History Month in wellness spaces. They share and describe generously many ways that white communities, organizations, and companies can step up to support black men and women by sacrificing time, and power, and sharing resources to better uplift black communities in their gro...
Mar 02, 2021•1 hr 1 min
SEO doesn't have to be boring - it can be magically intuitive too! Today team Holisticism is breaking down SEO 101 (SEO for babies) and why it's helpful to understand it whether you're creating content for your business or your brand (even if that's just lil ol' you). Stick around till the end of the episode for this week's Witch of the Week, as we grapple with the complex ideas of body neutrality in an age of digital dysmorphia. In this episode, we discuss: SEO - the what, the how and the why K...
Feb 26, 2021•1 hr 42 min
Calling all highly intuitive skeptics! If you're listening to this pod, we know that you've got a healthy amount of skepticism and don't just blindly believe anything that people tell you, so we promise not to disappoint. Today's guest is Carolyn Coleridge, an ex-Wall Street Therapist, UCLA Healer, Medium, and many more mystical things in between who eloquently describes tools for tapping into your soul's purpose using cute acronyms (our post-Mercury-RX brains love this!), the gifts of inner chi...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 9 min
In this economy, where your attention goes, money flows and inevitably puts more money in your frenemies bank account. So whether we're consuming or creating content, understanding the value of our attention is worth beaucoup cash. Today Michelle breaks down the difference between indirect paid content and direct paid content and how you can use both to your advantage, whether you're scrolling the feed or building your empire. Grab your free Content Creation Dashboard here! More questions about ...
Feb 19, 2021•35 min
What is Human Design, where does it come from, who can practice it, how has it been memeified and what sources can we trust? Michelle and guest Arianna Maag dig into the incredible, weird, and problematic aspects of Human Design and how to use your Human Design strategy and authority to understand your core motivations and desires to live in your true essence. In this episode, Michelle and Arianna talk about appropriation in Human Design navigating practices with complex histories why "condition...
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Making free content should be fun, give you a great return on your investment, and FEEL good to make. Vibrationally, if you're feeling icky while making free content, you're not on the right track my gal! In this week's episode, Michelle is breaking down the what of paid vs. free content, how they inform each other, and how to intuitively navigate making your own. Grab your free content creation dashboard at https://www.holisticism.com/content-creation ! [05:23] Content Marketing is the number o...
Feb 12, 2021•33 min
Today's episode is a spicy one! Michelle and guest Amanda Chase are spilling the tea on the problematic language of modern manifestation circles, toxic positivity, and the harm caused by brands who sell us the idea that through material accumulation and manifestation, we can find true happiness. They break down the myth that success is linked to self-actualization and highlight the victim-blaming and shaming that too often accompany these messages. This is an oh-so juicy topic and we want to hea...
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 3 min
According to capitalism and white supremacy, you're never going to be enough. Because if you were enough and perfect just as you are, many of the tenets of capitalism and white supremacy would crumble. In today's episode, Michelle is talking about The Witch Wound, a.k.a. the seeds of the "not enough" story that plagues modern society. Or, maybe your experience has been with the "too much" story. Too much of X and not enough Y. No matter what your original wound is, we feel you, it hurts but we'r...
Feb 05, 2021•26 min
Have you been tricked into believing that money is just energy? Oye, we too have been sucked into thinking that "Once I'm enlightened, my bank account will be lit.the.f**k.up!" In today's episode, we have an amazing guest, Morgan Blackman, an Intuitive Wealth Coach to help us dispel this belief and other sneaky money myths. Morgan shares her journey of becoming a self-made financial wealth coach, which stocks she invested in first, how breakups can be wake-ups, and tangible steps that we can tak...
Feb 02, 2021•45 min
Do you know what's hot? Consciously consuming. Do you know what's even cooler than hot? Knowing the difference between which companies to invest your time and money in, and which ones are snake oil. In this episode, Michelle explains the difference between service-based and product-based businesses, their energetics, and how to navigate and evaluate them as both a consumer, budding entrepreneur, or seasoned business owner. WE'RE DOING A MEGA GIVEAWAY! We polled our community to learn what's on t...
Jan 29, 2021•27 min
You asked, and we're here to answer! Today's episode is all about you, our amazing community. We've received so many great questions from you guys over the past few months, and today Michelle is on the pod to reflect on them. Michelle answers a range of your Q's from: running a business as a projector in Human Design organizing your life as a freelancer her most powerful nighttime routines the best books she's read in 2020 how to use Mercury energy in your natal chart and in your business naviga...
Jan 26, 2021•55 min
Competitor vs. contemporary is the reframe we're talking about today on the pod with the whole team at Holisticism! It's a triggering topic, and we've all been there where we're not sure if we should call someone in, call them out, have a tough conversation with them, or straight up invoice them for plagiarizing our work! There's no right answer, and we're here to discuss all perspectives without ignoring the historical and structural systems of oppression that are at play. The systems of white ...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Curious about how to create deep and meaningful connections with your community, embrace a fluid online brand, and how to show up fully on social media? Today we're chatting with Caitlin Smith of ( @caitlincuriosity ), a three-time entrepreneur who has spent the last 11 years working in small businesses and startups. Caitlin created Curiosity Social Co. as a way to help people find simple, efficient, and strategic ways to teach others to use social media as a tool for building community and maki...
Jan 12, 2021•1 hr 14 min
New year, new diet? No, thank you. At Holisticism we're all for goal and intention setting, but so often capitalism and pop-culture aim to convince us that being healthy has a very specific look that frankly, we feel is just BS. Today we're sitting down with Helen Phelen (@helenvphelan) a body neutrality pilates and movement instructor, to shine some light on the darker sides of the diet and goal-setting discourse that is spamming our inbox at this time of the year. Michelle and Helen discuss th...
Jan 05, 2021•51 min
Emmalea Russo, an astrology super genius, artist, and writer is in the house! Emmalea's work combines poetry, media, divination, and cosmology and she pretty much blows our minds with her insights whenever she graces us with her genius. In this episode, Michelle and Emmalea discuss their unpopular opinions about The Age of Aquarius, various ways of interpreting modern vs. ancient astrology, the reductive nature of social media, and what you can expect energetically from the cosmos in 2021. You c...
Dec 29, 2020•56 min
Raise your hand if you're kind of afraid of your own shadow? Ain't we all sometimes?! At Holisticism we must admit that we love to get our hands dirty in shadow work. It's not always easy, but definitely worth its weight in subconscious gold. In today's episode Michelle, Wallis, and Janelle talk about all things shadow work and how to find the gems that sometimes lay dormant in the depths of our subconscious (where our shadow loves to hide!). We touch on the origins of shadow work (in the West),...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Can using a sliding-scale model in your business help you practice abundance? We think so, and that's why we decided to try it. Joining Michelle on the pod today is Thais Francis (she/her/king), our Head Of Member Success. At the beginning of 2020, we embarked on an experiment to open up our private member's community, The North Node, to a sliding scale model. Thais and Michelle meditate on this decision, its challenges and successes, and what Holisticism's sliding scale model will look like in ...
Dec 18, 2020•24 min
