Come on a journey of navigating humanity in this dumpster fire that we call society with me, Dr. Nicole Truesdell - a 40-something ex-academic deconstructing and shedding all confining systems of my previous life. I talk about coming out late in life, astrology, emotions, relationships, the raggedy space we call society through an abolitionist lens, spirituality, ancestors, Orisa and anything else I am led to share. This is how I dream in the public, so come along with me as I create my abol ...
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Awaken and Align is a podcast hosted by Laura Chung that features healers, artists, mystics, astrologers, and activists who are here for collective liberation. Our intention is to share stories that center people of the global majority and spiritual wisdom to incite change. Laura Chung is a Reiki master, astrologer, and author of How To Manifest published by Union Square & Co. She has her Masters of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. She is an activist and trauma-informed h ...
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Episode 223: November Astrology Forecast 2024
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Hello beautiful souls and thank you for being here. I am a Western tropical astrologer and I use the whole sign house system. I use astrology as a liberatory tool. I believe we are in a critical time right now when collectively, we feel a sense of urgency to know who we are and align with our purpose. I hope to be your monthly guide to the cosmos a…
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Season 3 Episode 21: The Art of Gathering w/ Dr. Moya Bailey
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Hey folks, welcome back! This is Season 3 and this time around I am focusing on stories from the margins. To kick off this season I am in conversation with my friend and kick ass intellectual Dr. Moya Bailey. We are talking about what it means and takes to gather people together in this present moment. A moment where folks are more lonely than ever…
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Episode 222: October Astrology Forecast 2024
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Hello beautiful souls and thank you for being here. I am a Western tropical astrologer and I use the whole sign house system. I use astrology as a liberatory tool. I believe we are in a critical time right now when collectively, we feel a sense of urgency to know who we are and align with our purpose. I hope to be your monthly guide to the cosmos a…
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Episode 221: September Astrology Forecast 2024
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Hello beautiful souls and thank you for being here. I am a Western tropical astrologer and I use the whole sign house system. I use astrology as a liberatory tool. I believe we are in a critical time right now when collectively, we feel a sense of urgency to know who we are and align with our purpose. I hope to be your monthly guide to the cosmos a…
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Episode 220: August Astrology Forecast 2024
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Hello beautiful souls and thank you for being here. I am a Western tropical astrologer and I use the whole sign house system. I use astrology as a liberatory tool. I believe we are in a critical time right now when collectively, we feel a sense of urgency to know who we are and be in alignment with our purpose. I hope to be your monthly guide to th…
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Season 2 Episode 20: Can't Do New Stuff Using Old Ways
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Hey folks - welcome back! This is the end of Season 2 and here I give some overall thoughts on what this season focused on "The Crossroads" is teaching me. Cause I am dead set in the middle of my Uranus opposition that is having me sit at the crossroads and get clear on who I am and what I want. The main lesson I am learning is that I can't say I w…
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Episode 219: July Astrology Forecast 2024
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First and foremost, I want to thank all of you for listening and for writing a review. In this episode, I re-introduce myself and explain how I use astrology as a liberatory tool. I believe we are in a critical time right now when we all collectively feel a sense of urgency to know who we are and be in alignment with our purpose. I hope to be your …
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Season 2 Episode 19: The Spirit of Community - A Sip & Chat w/ Forest Brooks
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Hey folks! I am back and this time I am in conversation with my friend, colleague and fam Forest Brooks who was here back in Episiode 16. This time we are talking about what it means to build community as 42 year old Black queer folks in a new stage of life. How do we learn from past experiences so that we can build more sustainable communities in …
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Episode 218: Astrological Midlife Transits - Crisis and Transformation With Dr Nicole Truesdell
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Are you going through a midlife crisis or are you going through your astrological middle-age transits? This episode is in collaboration with Dr Nicole Truesdell, the host of the Abolitionist Dreamscapes podcast. We share our experiences of these midlife transits as two 40 something women of color going through the thick of it. Your midlife years (3…
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Episode 217: June Astrology Forecast 2024
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In this episode, we recap the news stories that happened during May which were overall sweet except for the ongoing genocide that’s happening in Palestine right now. FREE PALESTINE! FREE CONGO! FREE SUDAN! I talk about what to expect with Jupiter in the sign of Gemini and the mutable squares between Gemini and Pisces this month. The biggest astro m…
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Season 2 Episode 18: Astrological Middle Age Musings w/ Laura Chung
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Hey folks! This may be a little late but it is a good one as I am back in conversation with astrologer and Reiki Master https://www.laurakchung.com/https://www.laurakchung.com/ from Awaken and Align Podcast. This time we are talking about astrological middle age, the time between 36-45, when life gets real and we are asked to review where we are ha…
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Season 2 Episode 17: The Spirt of Music - Thoughts While High w/ Donnell McLachlan
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Hey folks! Donnell and I are back with another "Thoughts While High". This time we are talking about women's basketball and how race-gender-and the state come into play; music and these so call rap battles; and what it means to create community where we can actually breathe and live. This is a good one! Donnell McLachlan is a writer, theologian, an…
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Episode 216: May Astrology Forecast 2024
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In this episode, we recap the news stories that happened during April including my personal story of the April 8th eclipse. I went on a road trip to the path of totality! May is a month of integration after a month that had many conjunctions like the Jupiter + Uranus and Mars + Saturn. These cycles were simultaneous endings and the beginnings of ne…
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Season 2 Episode 16: Life at 42 Sip & Chat w/ Forest Brooks
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Welcome back folks! Alright, this episode is a Sip & Chat with my friend and collaborator Forest Brooks. Forest is a songwriter, producer and artist, with a background as an educator in both the public and corporate sector and as a publicist in the entertainment industry. Aside from that, he's a foodie with a penchant for intellectualizing and some…
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Season 2 Episode 15: The Crossroads of the ATRs w/ Alafia Stewart
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Hey folks! This episode I am in conversation with Alafia Stewart. An Oakland California native, Alafia is a social activist, DEI consultant, and ATR Spiritual safety educator. When not community organizing, she can most likely be found singing karaoke and/or trying all the amazing food anywhere she lands. Alafia lives by the motto: “2+2=4, but so d…
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Episode 215: April Astrology Forecast 2024
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In this episode, we do a little recap of what transpired during February and March that stood out in the cultural zeitgeist that lined up with the astrological transits. Then we go over what to expect in April. April is a big month of major activations! There is a total solar eclipse on April 8th that will be visible (with protective eyewear) in pa…
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Season 2 Episode 14: My Gay Curriculum w/ Tina and Krista
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Welcome back folks! This time I am in conversation with two friends of mine, Tina & Krista, about the Gay Curriculum Tina started for me when I came out a couple of years ago. Tina hails from Louisville, Kentucky, and is your soon-to-be favorite rich lesbiauntie. A double Scorpio with a dark and brooding mood and fierce loyalty to those she allows …
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Season 2 Episode 13: Thoughts While High w/ Donnell A. McLaughlin
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Welcome back ya'll! This episode I am talking with Donnell A. McLaughlin, AKA @donnellwrites on Tik Tok and IG. This time around we smoked up and had a conversation while elevated about music, hip-hop and the Diddy lawsuits, community, the present moment, and why we have to dream now of the types of communities we WANT instead of focusing on what w…
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Season 2 Episode 12: Contracts With The Crossroads
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Hey folks! Well this is a different episode than when I had initially recorded and intended to publish. The Tik Tok Live conversation I had with Robert Peoples on the 15th of the month won't upload properly for either for us, so while I get that sorted I have a different focus this time around. This episode I talk about spiritual work by telling th…
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Episode 214: Spirituality and Activism With Naley
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Naley is the founder of NaleybyNature, an independent project to document stories from different corners of the world. She is a filmmaker, producer, and writer and is currently working on bringing greater awareness of the Palestinian genocide to Western audiences. Born and raised in New York, Naley studied media and journalism at Iona College. With…
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Season 2 Episode 11: The Rootwork of the Crossroads - A Conversation with Tracie D. Hall
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I am back! Welcome to Season 2 of "Abolitionist Dreamscapes". This season I am delving more into what it means to dream in the present as we all face the crossroads of our life and society. And to kick this off I am talking with Tracie D. Hall about the "Rootwork of the Crossroads" as she is someone who works with the sacred and mundane in her own …
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Episode 213: 2024 Year Of The Wood Dragon With Tiff Lin
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Tiff Lin (they/them) is a queer 1.5 generation Taiwanese-American, kinesthetic artist, Asian Diaspora community organizer, and BaZi Chinese Astrology practitioner, residing in Ohlone territory (Oakland). They are a Dragon meets Goat Mycelium connector who loves to build cultures of authentic expression and belonging, create space for catharsis and …
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Episode 212: February Astrology Forecast 2024
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In this episode, I share the major Aquarius and Pisces stelliums and conjunctions. We have a new moon in Aquarius that also signifies the Lunar New Year. Happy Year of the Dragon! and the full moon in Virgo. I also go through the 12 rising signs and share what the Pluto in Aquarius transit will mean for your life since I forgot to do that in episod…
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Episode 211: Pluto in Aquarius - The Age of Revolution
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In this episode, I talk about the transition from Pluto in the sign of Capricorn into the sign of Aquarius. Astrology is the study of cycles and patterns, so the best way for us to predict what might happen when Pluto is in the sign of Aquarius is to look back at what happened the last time in our history when Pluto was in Aquarius. This time was k…
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Episode 210: Being a Conscious Entrepreneur and Influencer With Jjanga
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Jjanga is a mother of three, lover of fun, comfy fashion, and beauty. She is a lifestyle content creator, activist, and avid hiker. She loves to take the time to enjoy and show gratitude for the little things. Jjanga inspires to grow in ways that help build others' confidence and to bring a smile to their faces through empowerment. In this episode,…
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Episode 209: January Astrology Forecast 2024
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Happy New Year! In this episode, I go through the planetary transits of January 2024. Some major highlights are, Mercury goes direct and Pluto enters the sign of Aquarius. 2024 is going to be a transitional year when all the outer planets, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are finishing up their journeys before moving into new signs in 2025. Since the out…
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Episode 208: Millennial Mystics: Kara Smith
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Kara Roselle Smith is an Afro-Indigenous content creator, model, and activist. Kara shares her educational content with over 200,000+ followers on her social media platforms. She not only shares about her ancestors who are indigenous to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts but also the grief and mourning that comes with being indigenous. In 2020, she…
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Episode 207: Dream Big For 2024
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In this episode, I share some of my recent manifestation epiphanies and observations. I filmed this episode under the new moon in Sagittarius which is all about having faith and dreaming big. Make sure to watch my YouTube channel to see the new moon chart and to learn more about astrology. I hope you join us for the How To Manifest workshop that be…
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Episode 206: Astrology Forecast For December 2023 With The Millennial Mystics
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In the latest episode, we break down the astrology of December 2023 and highlight everything you need to know about your December horoscope. This month, Mercury retrograde is back--and it's moving through two different zodiac signs! Uranus delivers some unexpected surprises; Venus and Jupiter, the two luckiest planets in the sky, link up to bring b…
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Episode 205: Astrology For Finding Your Purpose With Shahir
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Shahir is a love devotee, diviner, a queer Muslim mystic who believes in love in everything. Shahir shows up as an astrologer, spirit guide bridger, and spiritual healer through their various gifts. Shahir and I talked about the astrology of the moment and how it will impact us at an individual and collective level. We talked about the nodes of fat…
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Season 1 Epiosde 10: Learning To Live
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Hey folks! This is the final episode of Season 1 and this time I do some reflecting on what this first season has taught me about what it means to actually live. And in doing so I know I will be back for a season 2 because this has been a fun ride. Below are ways to connect with me and support my work. - Linkedtree- To support my work I accept do…
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Episode 204: Abolitionist Dreamscapes With Dr Nicole Truesdell
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This episode is a collaboration between Awaken & Align and Abolitionist Dreamscapes. We are living during a time when our old systems and paradigms are being dismantled. Our main intention for this episode is to explore, how can we reimagine and co-create a different reality. Our conversation weaves through topics of astrology, abolition, dreams, a…
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Season 1 Episode 9: Abolitionist Astrology (Conversation with Laura Chung from "Awaken and Align" Podcast)
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Hey folks! This episode is a long, but good one. This time I am conversation with Laura Chung from the "Awaken and Align" Podcast and we talk all things astrology and abolition. In this present moment we need to look to different reference points to help us make sense of the violence we are seeing and experiencing that is being fed back to us as wh…
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Episode 203: The Millennial Mystics Ashley Probst
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In the latest episode of The Millennial Mystics, Steph and Laura are joined by Ashley Probst, an eclectic witch and tarot reader based in Lāhainā, Maui. You can find her on TikTok spreading witchy tips and magick to her +162,000 fans and she also offers channeled tarot readings with clients. Ashley’s family was directly impacted and affected by the…
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Episode 202: Astrology Forecast For November 2023 With The Millennial Mystics
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In the latest episode, we break down the astrology of November 2023 and highlight everything you need to know about your November horoscope. This month, we're retrograde free, have a shocking new moon in Scorpio, and the Sun bounces into Sagittarius, shifting the collective cosmic vibes. Welcome to The Millennial Mystics, a liminal space where we e…
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Season 1 Episode 8: Justice for the Ancestors
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Welcome back ya'll! Thanks for your patience for the latest episode. In this episode I ask the question "What is justice for our ancestors?" This is a real flow of consciousness this time around as my body, soul, and mind come to a place of acceptance of what is and focus on what possibilities we can dream and conjure to create new worlds. This is …
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Episode 201: On Pluto - From Pain to Power With Tasha Beg
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Tasha is an intuitive astrologer whose soul chose to be a Cancer Sun, Scorpio Rising, and Sagittarius Moon in this lifetime. Prior to her rebirth as a cosmic guide, she spent 10 years on Wall Street. It was there she discovered the exorbitantly high price her soul was paying and sought to cultivate a purpose-driven life for herself. Tasha seeks to …
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Episode 200: Transmuting Your Victim Story to A Manifester
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In the 200th episode of Awaken and Align, Laura shares her personal story of how she transmuted her victim story to one of a manifester which was the inspiration for her book, How To Manifest. She shares her story of how healing her childhood trauma led her to understand the energetics of manifesting. This episode is dedicated to all the survivors …
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Season 1 Episode 7: The Ancestors Are Smart
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Welcome back ya'll! In this episode I talk about how my ancestors had to get creative in getting me to hear them. And it came via a reading with a Hougan in Haitian Vodu that began the cracking open process so I could again hear AND trust my dead. I get into that and more, so have a listen and let me know your thoughts and own stories below! I am m…
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Episode 199: Astrology Forecast For October 2023 With The Millennial Mystics
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In the latest episode, we break down the astrology of October 2023 and highlight everything you need to know about your October horoscope. This month, the eclipse season begins and we have a new moon solar eclipse in Libra and the final lunar eclipse in Taurus. Welcome to The Millennial Mystics, a liminal space where we explore the unseen realms, a…
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Season 1 Episode 6: Talkin With The Dead
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Welcome back ya'll! In this episode I am talkin about the dead and my relationship to them. As always I bring in some astrology and liberation theory and put that in conversation with my experiences both as a kid and now with ancestors and the dead. And I go into my own complicated relationship with my bloodline as a mixed race Black woman. I am my…
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Season 1 Episode 5: Sittin' With Myself - Lessons from Osun
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This is Episode 5 ya'll! I'm rockin and rollin and in this episode I go into some musing about lessons I am learning from Osun through the planet transits of Venus and her signs of Libra and Taurus. For me Venus and Osun energy are parallel and it is through astrology that I learn from and work with my ancestors and Orisa. Here I talk love, relatio…
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Episode 198: Astrology Forecast For September 2023 With The Millennial Mystics
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In the latest episode, we break down the astrology of September 2023 and highlight everything you need to know about your September horoscope. This month, we have the end of Venus retrograde and Mercury retrograde; a new moon in Virgo; a full moon in Aries, and so much more! Welcome to The Millennial Mystics, a liminal space where we explore the un…
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Season 1 Episode 4: Our Ancestors Are Queer
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In this episode I talk about the relationship between our ancestors and queerness. To know our ancestors means to gain a deeper understanding of Self. Which means we have to question the assumptions we have about who we are and how we are trained to see ourselves in rigid/binary ways. This is where queerness enters. For me it was my elevated queer …
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Episode 197: Venus Retrograde, Feminine Energy, & Manifestation With Laura Chung
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In this solo episode, I share what I've been learning and unlearning. All of this during the Venus retrograde and how it relates to the myth of Inanna's descent into the underworld. Reading Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey and how her book has been helping me with my intrusive thoughts. Reflecting on the past year since publishing my book. How I…
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In this episode I open with the Montgomery Brawl of August 2023 as a way to introduce the topic of the Body and how the more we are in our bodies the more we can learn to connect with our elevated ancestors. And this is part of us deconstructing from the dehumanization we learn to do to ourselves and one another in these capitalistic societies. I t…
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Episode 196: Reclaiming The Inner Compass Of Your Life With Find Me Now Co-Founder Stephanie Wilson
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Stephanie Wilson is the co-founder of Find Me Now, an AAPI women-owned brand based out of NYC. Find Me Now responsibly designs energy-focused collections that are in touch with the present and deliver that in-the-moment feeling. In This Episode: Stephanie shares her origins story. Growing up Korean American, how she started her career in finance, m…
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Episode 195: Astrology Forecast For August 2023 With The Millennial Mystics
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In the latest episode, we break down the astrology of August 2023 and highlight everything you need to know about your August horoscope. This month, we have 2 dramatic full moons that bookend the month, Mercury retrograde begins, supportive connections between Mars in Virgo, Jupiter in Taurus, and Pluto in Capricorn, and Venus retrograde makes some…
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This episode I talk about what the spirit and energy of Pleasure has been teaching me, starting with the Orisa Osun and continuing with astrology and the conversations Venus has been having with all us lately. I explore how I have been working with my pleasure through classes, in my dating life and fashion, and through body work. ✨To learn more wit…
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Season 1 Episode 1: What Yemaya Taught Me About Freedom
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In this first episode I discuss how Yemaya, Orisa of the Waters and Mother to Orisa, helped me understand what freedom means for me. To learn and dream with me check out my Patreon - Abolitionist Dreamscapes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dr-nicole-truesdell/support…
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