Getting to Know Woo

Episode 52 - Getting to Know Witches & Spellcasting with Judika Illes Oct 28, 2024

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are thrilled and honored to welcome back Judika Illes, author of the new book Witches: A Compendium, the latest in her vast contributions to the woo non-fiction library.

In this episode, they discuss:

Blisses & Misses: a new segment to celebrate and encourage our growth
Natasha can just will herself to do things; Brett not so much
Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies
Fun is a core value for Natasha
Brett's an "Obliger" and he doesn't like it
How trusting yourself can help you to trust the universe
Judika loves witches!
Art witches and creativity for spellcasting
Rosalind Norton, Lenora Carrington, Valley Meyers, and other art witches
A prayer is a request; a spell is a demand
How having no other options can empower your witchcraft
The semantics of "intention" and its role in spellcasting
You start to need a spell when you have a dilemma
Do you have to believe a spell will work?
Sometimes the spells that don't work tell us more than the ones that do
Judika explains the most dangerous part of any spell
The importance of being honest with yourself when working with magic
Low level entities that feed on fear
Clearly defining what you want with spellcasting
The risks of using spells to cast revenge
Alternatives to revenge spells
Her book is a celebration of witches
People using Judika's book to do bibliomancy
Even Judika pronounces her last name "wrong"
The Energy Report is back!
And more!

Plus...

There's still time to sign up for Natasha's small-group psychic skills mentorship. Learn more at natashalevinger.com
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Spots are open for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program.
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

Judika Illes's info:

Judika's website: https://www.judikailles.com
Judika's Instagram: @judikailles

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 51 - Getting to Know Gene Keys with Katie Rose Oct 10, 2024

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Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett eagerly welcome intuitive coach Katie Rose to the show to talk about Gene Keys.

In this episode, they discuss:

Definitely learning the lessons that Michelle Obama intended us for learn
Our hearts go out to those affected by Hurricane Helene
A tool to help you cope when you are absorbing energy from collective trauma
The Earth only knows how to be present
Releasing feelings of responsibility for others allows you to better help others
Brett perpetuates slanderous lies about goldfish
Welcome to the prom afterparty!
What gene keys are and how they relate to human design
Gene keys help us identify not only our gifts, but also our shadow parts and learn to love them
Listen as we butcher a beautiful Leonard Cohen quote about being broken
The importance of doing shadow work
Looking at Brett's & Natasha's gene keys
Learning to sit with yoru feelings by holding space for yourself
The interplay between what is innate and what happens after we're born
Two tenets of Gene Keys are knowing ourselves and evolving humanity
How healing yourself helps heal other people
The societal gaslighting of individuality/disconnectedness
Grappling with the implications of believing we choose our lives before we're born
Exploring the empowerment available from believing we choose our lives before we're born
Allowing yourself to take or leave what you want from any system
And more!

Plus...

Natasha is starting a small-group psychic skills mentorship. Learn more at natashalevinger.com
Learn more about about Pattern Shifting, Natasha's new two-session mini-mentorship
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Spots are open for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program. Learn more at natashalevinger.com
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

Katie Rose's info:

Katie's website: https://www.katierosecoaching.com
Katie's Instagram: @helloimkatierose
The Trauma to Transformation Podcast

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 50 - Getting to Know Channeling for Creativity with Nicole Piar Sep 23, 2024

Don't miss Natasha's new workshop called It's Giving High Priestess this Thursday Sep 26 @ 6p PT. It's all about creating the foundation of your inner environment. Learn more or sign up at natashalevinger.com

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are so excited to talk to friend of the show, artist Nicole Piar (aka Ghost Kitten) about how she uses channeling to fuel her creativity.

In this episode, they discuss:

We're all feeling the effects pisces eclipse
Super low energy and strong waves of emotion
Nicole's intense relationship to dreams
Needing to do something physical to shake off a dream
Normalizing dreams as another way to learn, hear, and heal
Differentiating when someone in your dream is a symbol or a visitation
Using channeling to honor your creativity by respecting when you feel a "no"
Channeling to combat choice paralysis
Connecting to nature and everything in the physical realm
Starting out with channeling
How channeling can lead you in directions you couldn't predict
The Flow State is often a channeling state
Channeling as a co-creative effort instead of just receiving someone else's ideas
The kind of channeling Nicole learned, coning
The benefit of the broader perspective given by the beings Nicole channels with
How channeling helps with procrastination
Inner child work can help clear the path for exploration
Guides never feel urgent, frantic, or judgemental
The pliability and flexibility of time
And more!

Plus...

Sign up for or learn more about Natasha's new workshop, It's Giving High Priestess
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Spots are open for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program. Learn more at natashalevinger.com
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

Nicole's info:

Nicole's website: https://www.nicolepiar.com
Nicole's instagram: @ghostkittenart
Wander Kittens: two travel-sized mini-oracle decks and other travel accessories

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 49 - Getting to Know Hypervigilance & Astrology with Britten LaRue Aug 27, 2024

Hey, Woozers! The winner of a half-hour reading with Natasha is none other than BStangl! BStangl, please email us at gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com to schedule your reading! And thanks to everyone who has reviewed the show. Each review helps us reach a wider audience.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are so excited to welcome back friend of the show, Britten LaRue, to talk about the relationship between hypervigilance and astrology, and also her new class Moon to Moon. Link below to a 10% discount for GTKW listeners.

In this episode, they discuss:

How deadlines help Britten to open to receive inspiration/information
"Blackmailing" yourself with a little public pressure
Recognizing and working with your capacity
Orienting yourself toward receiving
The difference in quality of what you produce in relation to how you produce it
Relating to non-woo, non-creative efforts, too
The cost of not making time for "non-productive" aspects of your life
The caustic effects of making all education outcome-based
Why Britten calls her work emergence astrology
How astrology sometimes gets twisted to reinforce unhelpful thought patterns
"What comes up with the information is the information"
Using astrology as a validation for your experience, rather than a predictor
The Body vs The Brow dichotomy
How even your body can clue you in to being in your head
How poor boundaries lead to and reinforce hypervigilance
Checking in with yourself before going to astrology for guidance
When people don't believe in astrology
The unnecessary and unhelpful divorce of physics and metaphysics
How "certainty" perverts the very things it tries to support
"Would you rather be certain or would you rather be amazed?"
Your hypervigilant inner child craves certainty
How to cope with the uncertainty of life by creating certainty in yourself
The moon is inner knowing
Britten's journey to be the Queen of Wands by nurturing the High Priestess
External validation can feel lovely when you already have internal validation in place
The themes and structures of Britten's course, Moon to Moon
And more!

Plus...

Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Spots are open for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program. Learn more at natashalevinger.com
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

Britten's info:

10% Discount on the Moon to Moon course for GTKW listeners: https://brittenlarue.teachable.com/p/moon-to-moon-2024?coupon_code=NATASHA10&product_id=5715795&affcode=326029_falk2jwd
For those who qualify, an Equity discount is also available
Website: https://www.brittenlarue.com

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 48 - Getting to Know Death Doulas with Ashley Oppon Aug 22, 2024

Hey, Woozers! The winner of a half-hour reading with Natasha is none other than BStangl! BStangl, please email us at gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com to schedule your reading! And thanks to everyone who has reviewed the show. Each review helps us reach a wider audience.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are so happy to talk to about death doulas with Ashley Oppon. Ashley is a death doula, hospice nurse, podcast host, and author.

In this episode, they discuss:

Brett's recent trip to the ER (he's fine)
Remembering to ground when you're off base
A lot of energetic layers are being pulled back for people right now, especially relationally
Be soft with yourself
Everyone has a different style for being present
The value of being in "the inbetween"
What if we all valued the "disgusting process" of the cocoon?
What exactly is a death doula?
Working as an advocate for the dying and dead
Growing up with death rituals from her father's tribe in Ghana
In many West African traditions, funerals can be bigger than weddings
Using funerals to celebrate a person's life and to acknowledge the presence of death
Growing up not fearing death because of the frank discussions about it in her family
Helping people with all stages of dying and dealing with death
Some people just want to talk about their lives
Having your own funeral
People seeing their dead loved ones when close to death
How Ashley's relationship to death has changed
The similarities of death mythologies around the world
Letting death inform your enjoyment of the physicality of life
People don't regret helping to physically deal with their loved one's body after death
And more!

Plus...

Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Spots are open for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program. Learn more at natashalevinger.com
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

Ashley's info:

Website: https://www.sankofahealingsanctuary.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sankofahs

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 47 - Getting to Know Hypnosis Aug 09, 2024

Get in, Woozers! We're doing a giveaway! Anyone who leaves a review (or has left one already! (thanks!!)) for the show on Apple Podcasts by August 15 will be eligible to win a half-hour reading with Natasha.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett talk about the power and benefits of hypnosis.

In this episode, they discuss:

Brett is better at Gen Z slang than Natasha
A deeper dive into Natasha's own slang innovations
Natasha's guides make a rare live addition to the show
Bringing lessons from past lives into the present to continue and/or integrate them
Access to joy even during hard work
Viewing your emotional world in three dimensions
Our young brains are in a very malleable state for the first 7-8 years (theta waves)
Our early impressions get stored as fact and won't get updated without conscious effort
The importance of environment
Hypnosis as a way to fertilize and rejuvenate your emotional soil
How hypnosis roots you into your new growth
Brett quitting smoking with hypnosis
Changing the chatter in your brain
Sometimes our brains just need an operating system update
"Curiosity is a huge expander"
The dangers of dogma, whether religious or secular
Inner safety as the key to not being rigid
Certainty is a decision you make
You are already everything
Philosophical lessons from surfing
And more!

Plus...

Natasha's latest recorded class, Big Aura Energy, is available on natashalevinger.com
That class and many other meditations, classes, discounts, and downloads are free for paid subscribers to Natasha's newsletter. Sign up here!
Spots are open for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program. Learn more at natashalevinger.com
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here
Natasha's much-requested meditations to begin/end your day are now available.
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

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 46 - Getting to Know Healing Through Interconnectedness Jul 25, 2024

Get in, Woozers! We're doing a giveaway! Anyone who leaves a review (or has left one already! (thanks!!)) for the show on Apple Podcasts by August 15 will be eligible to win a half-hour reading with Natasha.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett talk about the power of healing through interconnectedness.

In this episode, they discuss:

We are all interconnected even when it doesn't feel like it
You cannot suppress or ignore feelings; they will find a way to be expressed
The parts of yourself you like the least have a lot of information for you
Accepting aspects of your life without taking blame for things that don't belong to you.
Avoiding toxic positivity
Rapid healing through connection
Being present with the future
Recognizing when you are merged with an inner child part
Inner child parts are time travelers
Feeling emotions deeply while remaining present
And more!

Plus...

A new class is coming soon for paid subscribers to Natasha's newsletter. Sign up here.
Spots are open for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program. Learn more at natashalevinger.com
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here
Natasha's much-requested meditations to begin/end your day are now available.
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

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 45 - Getting to Know Altars with Sarah Maher of Village & Vessel Jul 12, 2024

Get in, Woozers! We're doing a giveaway! Anyone who leaves a review (or has left one already! (thanks!!)) for the show on Apple Podcasts by August 15 will be eligible to win a half-hour reading with Natasha.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are excited to discuss altars with Sarah Maher, owner of Village & Vessel, an online and brick & mortar metaphysical shop in Oak Park, IL.

In this episode, they discuss:

Natasha's recent depression
Working through feelings of shame and perfectionism
The importance of an outside perspective
The question is already out there. Now listen for the answer.
How "just being" is an active state
Natasha's encounter with a leprechaun. Yes, a leprechaun
Brett's skeptical part freaking out about the existence of leprechauns
Looking forward to a time that all people are taught to trust and value their intuition
"I am Jewish and whatever dimension I come from." - Natasha
What does a world look like where everyone's subjective experience is valid?
Recognizing black & white thinking as a sign of a trauma response
When you bring something into your home, you are wanting to shift an energy
You work with your altar and it works with you
You can base your altar on anything: four elements, ancestors, a certain time period, a want
Putting your altars to work
Altar making workshops at Village & Vessel
The necessity of ritual for altar work
Spiritual tooth brushing
Some ways to set up an altar for manifestation
Feeling crystal vibrations for the first time
Altars as a bridge between the physical and the spiritual
What to do when you're done with a particular altar
Don't worry: You're not doing crystals wrong
How to reinvigorate an altar you're not connecting with any more
A brief discussion of Ariana Madix and her amazing boundaries
And more!

Plus...

Spots are open again for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program. Learn more at natashalevinger.com
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

Sarah's info:

Website: https://www.villageandvessel.com
Instagram: @village_and_vessel
Tiktok: @villageandvessel

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 44 - Getting to Know an Experience with Angels Jun 21, 2024

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett discuss his recent unexpectedly powerful connection to angels during an energy reading.

In this episode, they discuss:

Wanna ride bikes?
Brett connecting to angels (and specifically Sandalphon)
The importance of developing your loving inner adult
How a loving inner presence can jumpstart or leap frog the need for knowing what it's helping
The startlingly fast results of hypnotism
Card draw for the week: guilt (not gilt)
And more!

Plus...

Spots are open again for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program. Learn more at natashalevinger.com
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here
Natasha's much-requested meditations to begin/end your day are now available.
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

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 43 - Getting to Know Auras & More with Eliza Swann Jun 07, 2024

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are so excited to share this wonderful conversation with Eliza Swann, writer, artist, educator, and author of Auras: The Anatomy of the Aura (A Start Here Guide for Beginners).

In this episode, they discuss:

The way the universe gives you what you need
Declaring your intention and watching the tests roll in
The importance of relational healing
Honoring each other's autonomy and seniority
The importance of an external perspective
Card pull for the week: Home
How Eliza's book came about
Being raised by her aunt who was a witch
Learning auras to talk to plants, animals, etc.
Making zines for classes
How Eliza's teaching has morphed over the years
Finding a new teacher after her aunt's death
Learning "woo" stuff in a much more rigid, academic method
The different layers of the aura, their importance and their arbitrariness
We have so many more than five senses
The ordinariness of psychic abilities
How you look at the aura is entirely personal and context dependent
Your personal cosmology will inform how you connect to the aura
How to approach energy reading without making assumptions about the people you're reading
Doing this work, is knowing yourself
Experimenting and taking notes on your experiments to build knowledge and vocabulary around your own abilities
The language of mysticism is heavily centered around vision, but most people don't perceive energy that way.
The importance of finding a teacher and some thoughts on how to do it
Genius doesn't live in your brain
And more!

Plus...

Spots are open again for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program. Learn more at natashalevinger.com
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here
Natasha's much-requested meditations to begin/end your day are now available.
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

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Where to find Eliza:

Eliza's website: https://www.elizaswann.com
Eliza's instagram: @thecircularserpent
Eliza's school, The Golden Dome: https://www.golden-dome.org/

Minisode 1 - Thoughts I'm Not Sharing on TikTok May 16, 2024

Welcome to our first minisode! These will be shorter, solo episodes with host, Natasha Levinger, sharing miscellaneous topics in the self-healing, self-care, and the wider world of "woo"

In this minisode, Natasha discusses:

Feeling a "no" on social media
The importance of listening to your intuition
Learning how to discern thoughts from pings
Your conscious mind is not a good place to make emotional decisions from
How shifting your own consciousness will help more than just you
How these mini episodes will work
Hyper-vigilance and the "What if?"
Finding your anchor for self-soothing, even when you're with other people
Intuition feels "slower" than messages from a wounded inner child part
Doing something vulnerable will awaken your inner critic; not because it's right, but because it's scared
Accepting difficult people for who they are in order to help determine your own needs
One way to stop merging with inner child parts that are afraid
"How am I relating to this experience? How can I support myself?"

Plus...

Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here
Natasha's much-requested meditations to begin/end your day are now available.
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

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast (plus intermittent minisodes!) 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.

Epsiode 42 - Getting to Know Shifting Perspective May 10, 2024

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are flying solo this time. Join them as they talk about how shifting perspective, zooming out, going higher can help you during difficult emotional times.

In this episode, they talk about:

The danger of compartmentalizing your life
Feeding your soul to fuel your efforts
The skewing effect of identifying aspects of your life as your self
You can regulate yourself, your nervous system even in chaotic circumstances
Once again: "Your pace is your peace"
Having awareness and respect for your physical and emotional needs
Bringing yourself back to center if you've pushed passed your own limits
Expanding your viewpoint, zooming out in order to re-center
The brain loves to find certainty, but certainty is a lie
Card pull for this week: "How Can I Go Higher?"
Your soul contains multitudes and is connected to everything in the univere
And more!

Plus...

Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here
Natasha's much-requested meditations to begin/end your day are now available.
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

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 41 - Getting to Know Lenormand with Erika Robinson Apr 25, 2024

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are thrilled to welcome author Erika Robinson, to talk about her new book, The Language of Lenormand: A Practical Guide for Everyday Divination.

In this episode, they discuss:

How to pronounce Lenormand and where the name came from
What is a Lenormand deck and how does it work?
How new meanings get added to the cards to account for modern phenomena
The relationship between the cards, the reader, and the sitter
Time as it relates to Chronos and Chiros
Lenormand can be a kind, gentle, direct friend if you learn how to use it
There's no such thing as laziness
Many things get labeled as laziness
"Laziness" always means there is an underlying need not being met
The importance of self-compassion for identifying those needs
How capitalism and misogyny contribute to messages about "laziness"
"Treat yourself like a bear."
Card pull: a message from Metatron
Metatron sounds like a mech from an 80s anime
And more!

Plus...

Spots are open again for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program. Learn more at natashalevinger.com
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here
Natasha's much-requested meditations to begin/end your day are now available.
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

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Where to find Erika:

Episode 40 - Getting to Know Quantum Hypnosis with Lisa Quigley Apr 12, 2024

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are thrilled to welcome back Lisa Quigley, the Glitch Witch, to talk about quantum hypnosis.

In this episode, they discuss:

What is quantum hypnosis?
Beta, alpha, and theta brain wave states
The truly bananas nature of reality
Getting the conscious mind out of the way
"Let's just go with weird."
How this work can help even if you don't believe in it
How quantum hypnosis helps open up pathways on your personal development
Why some beliefs are "woo" and others are "normal"
How to navigate communication in difficult times
A mantra for self-centering during an argument
How to tell the difference between being triggered and simply having a reaction to something
"How old do I feel right now?"
And more!

Plus...

Spots are open again for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program. Learn more at natashalevinger.com
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here
Natasha's much-requested meditations to begin/end your day are now available.
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

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Where to find Lisa:

Episode 39 - Getting to Know Your Energetic Self Mar 21, 2024

ATTENTION WOOLIGANS! Get a 10% discount when you sign up for A Spell of Remembering, Natasha's new class to help you awaken your psychic skills and trust yourself beyond your mind. Use code WOO10ASOR! Learn more at natashalevinger.com.
Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are flying solo this time. Join them as they talk about what it means to know your energetic self and the benefits you can derive from it.

In this episode, they talk about:The great exchange rate with the AUD!
Natasha's Chiron return
What it means to be aware of your energetic self
The ways in which we are cut off from our energy
Laying things at The Patriarchy's(TM) doorstep
Objectivity vs subjectivity
Brett accidentally perturbs a cat to make a point
Brett's diatribe about the misuse of science to denigrate energy work
"Systems of Wooiness"
Mistaking anxiety for intuition
Access to your energetic self is available to everyone
The rising acceptance of psychedelics in the mental health system
Reading information about past lives
Learning self-trust as a first step
Believing in the totality of your current existence
Comparing body-level, mind-level, and energy-level work
A card draw to look at the energy of the week
And more!

Plus...

Registration is in its final days for A Spell of Remembering, Natasha's new class to help awaken your psychic skills and trust yourself beyond your mind. Take the quiz and learn more!
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here
Natasha's much-requested meditations to begin/end your day are now available.
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
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Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 38 - Getting to Know Human Design with Heather Mann Mar 07, 2024

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are happy to welcome Heather Mann, the Human Design Hedge Witch.

In this episode, they talk about:

What is human design, anyway?
A human design chart provides a map of your energetic body
The five energy types in Human Design: Manifestor, Generator, Manifesting/Generator, Projector, Reflector
Giving a deep understanding of how your energy interacts with the world around you
A look at how the different energy types function
The role of Reflectors in communities
Aura types and strategies
The effect of social conditioning that runs counter to your type
The importance of energetic hygiene
Self-acceptance and self-love when working against type
Human design is not about what you're here to do, but how you're here to do it
Some examples of how different authority centers work in the real world
How does living against your type show up?
The importance of deconditioning and to live true to type
"Your intuition comes before the chart."
The relationship between our physical and energetic bodies
Card pull for the next two weeks: Ares energy!
And more!

Plus...

A Spell of Remembering is Natasha's new class to help awaken your psychic skills and trust yourself beyond your mind. Take the quiz and learn more!
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here
Natasha's much-requested meditations to begin/end your day are now available.
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Heathers's Information:

Heather's website: HeatherMannHumanDesign.com
Heather Instagram: @TheHumanDesignHedgeWitch

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 37 - Getting to Know Highly Sensitive & Neurodivergent People with Kari Burch Feb 22, 2024

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are excited to welcome Kari Burch, a Radical Occupational Therapist and Visionary Coach, working to create a more neurodiversity- and identity-affirming world.

In this episode, they talk about:

VPR obsession in the House of Levinger
We've been sick, alright??
Can you be bored if you're truly present?
The effect on Kari of her grandmother's Alzheimers
Asking existential questions at a very young age
Becoming an OT, but feeling there are deeper ways to help
"The Myth of the Able-Bodied Person"
Stumbling onto life coaching at a yoga/camping/hiking retreat
Opening the floodgates of self-compassion
Learning about your body and yourself in relation to others
How neurodivergent people are trained to shut down from their own information
Approaching woo topics & techniques with neurodivergent clients
Holding space for clients to figure out what they need
Defining what you are available for
And more!

Plus...

A Spell of Remembering is Natasha's new class to help awaken your psychic skills and trust yourself beyond your mind. Take the quiz and learn more!
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Individual readings are available again! Learn more or book one here
Natasha's much-requested meditations to begin/end your day are now available.
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Kari's Information:

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 36 - Getting to Know Mediumship with Kiersten Hathcock Feb 01, 2024

TRIGGER WARNING: Our interview with Kiersten contains discussion of child sexual abuse, child murder, and partner abuse. If you need to avoid that for your own well-being, the interview starts at 10:03 and ends at 54:54.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are so pleased to finally to welcome Kiersten Hathcock, Intuitive Medium and author of "Little Voices", her memoir about suddenly gaining her psychic gifts and the impact on her life.

In this episode, they talk about:

Kiersten's mainstream upbringing and its effect on her psychic gifts
Seeing spirits suddenly at 36
Husband and children also spiritually intuitive
Getting messages from murdered children
Being guided to police detectives to share information
Realizing she is a sexual abuse survivor
Being separated from her husband for three years
Unknowingly beginning a relationship with an abusive man
How the spirits helped save Kiersten's life
Founding a non-profit with NYPD Dectective Mark Pucci
Listening to signs in her body from spirit
The importance of connecting to your intuition
Relationship & community healing connection to personal healing
The different ways that messages arrive
How message from spirit saved a detective's life
Helping others with the messages in "Little Voices"
Getting Kiersten into astrology
Teaching kids to honor their intuition
Helping spirits move on to the other side
Google as a tool for spiritual growth
Calling in protection against malevolent energies
Kiersten's volunteer work with the National Institute of Law & Justice
Closing her furniture making business
Working your intuition "muscles"
And more!

Plus...

Get 54% off an annual subscription to Natasha's newsletter on substack. Paid subscribers get bonus content and discounts right away. Learn more.
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Individual readings are available again! Learn more or book one here
Natasha's much-requested meditations to begin/end your day are now available.
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 35 - Getting to Know Brett's Psychic Awakening Jan 18, 2024

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, share the exciting recent discovery of Brett's energy reading abilities!

In this episode, they talk about:

Brett's psychic awakening
Talking to all their dead pets
How Brett first found his abilities
Brett almost giving his aura away
Meeting Alex the friendly elephant
Feeling the difference between imagination and information
How to learn to trust what you're reading
Brett & Natasha visiting themselves in another dimension together
Brett meeting his spirit guides
Coming out to the world as a woo person
Oracle card draw for the week: Resting to Integrate
And more!

Plus...

Natasha's much-requested meditations to begin/end your day are now available! Currently only $15.20 (24% off) for the new year!
Paid subscribers to Natasha's substack newsletter get those meditations (and other great bonuses) for free.
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Individual readings are available again! Learn more or book one here
Learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at natashalevinger.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 34 - Getting to Know the Enneagram with Vrin Rao Jan 04, 2024

Happy 2024, y'all. Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are excited to welcome Vrin Rao, Enneagram Coach & Meditation Teacher.

In this episode, they talk about:

Soft launching Brett's energy reading abilities
What is The Enneagram?
How the Enneagram focuses on motivation rather than behavior
The struggle to meet our needs and avoid our fears
The importance of the wing in your enneagram type
How the Enneagram can help dealing with reactivity in yourself and others
How to start the journey to discover your own type
Holding your assumptions loosely
The nine enneagram types and their motivations & fears
How levels of awareness affect how your type is expressed
Don't judge a type by its cover
How the Enneagram relates to introversion and extroversion
The Enneagram and parenting
The instagram version vs the true depth of the Enneagram
You cannot be both self-aware and rigid at the same time
A deeper dive into Brett & Nataha's types
How Brett's Capricorn moon looks in the Enneagram
Now what do I do with this information?
Vrin's upcoming workshop
And more!

Plus...

Natasha's much-requested meditations to begin/end your day are now available! Currently only $15.20 (24% off) for the new year!
Paid subscribers to Natasha's substack newsletter get those meditations (and other great bonuses) for free.
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Individual readings are available again! Learn more or book one here
Learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at natashalevinger.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 33 - Getting to Know End of the Year Energy Dec 22, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, bring you a short episode with a look at the energy of the end of the year.

In this episode, they talk about:

Another name for our listeners!
A brief (and poorly formed) etymology of the word lunatic
Mercury retrograde as a time of miscommunication and revisiting
Shifting perspective to get through difficult communication
"I intend to go higher."
And more!

Plus...

Join Natasha's newsletter on substack! Paid subscribers get free bonuses like access to webinars, meditations, and more!
Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child is currently 5% off at amazon
Learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at natashalevinger.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 32 - Getting to Know Ritual & Astrology with Erin Kelley Nov 30, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are excited to welcome Erin Kelley, astrologer and practitioner of the mystic arts.

In this episode, they talk about:

Energy healing & ritual as aids in grounding
Neptune's effect on Mercury
How the planets influence each other
Being airy and grounded simultaneously
Adding ritual to your astrology practice
Using ritual to put time and attention to what is important to you
A definition of ritual
The role of belief in ritual and manifesting
Our relationships with planets go in both directions
Doing charity on behalf of planets
Building your relationships with planets
Malefic, benefic, and neutral planets
Mercury as a psychopomp
Entreating the planets to help you through ritual
Ritual can be as formal or casual as you need it to be
The power of repetition in ritual
And more!

Plus...

Natasha's teaching a webinar, Set Intentions With Your Spirit Guides, on Dec 12 @ 8pm ET. Normally $22, webinars are free for paid subscribers to Natasha's weekly newsletter on substack.
Join Natasha and astrologer Sarah Lincoln for a live class in Fort Collins, CO called Befriending Mercury Retrograde. Learn more here!
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Individual readings are available again! Learn more or book one here
Learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 31 - Getting to Know Shamanism with David Shi Nov 09, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, welcome David Shi shaman in training and author of Spirit Voices: The Mysteries and Magic of North Asian Shamanism.

In this episode, they talk about:

Help is readily available from the ethereal realm
Learning to lean into this support
A meditation for connecting to your higher self on the daily
The vastness of Source
The damaging and growth-inhibiting constraints of organized religion
Stop and think before you act
The north Asian Tungusic roots of the word "shaman" and its definition
The widespread misuse of the word
Being chosen by ancestral spirits to be a shaman
David's unusual journey to shamanic initiation
Some rituals anyone can use in their own practice
And more!

Plus...

Natasha's newsletter is now on substack! All posts are free for everyone, with discounts and free webinars available to paid subscribers. Sign up or learn more here!
Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
Individual readings are available again! Learn more or book one here
Learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 30 - Getting to Know Grief, Grace & Healing with Tanya Carroll Richardson Oct 26, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are so excited to have prolific author and gifted intuitive, Tanya Carroll Richardson back on the show.

Plus, one lucky listener can win a free copy of her latest oracle deck, Grief, Grace & Healing. Just email us at gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com to enter and we'll draw the lucky winner on the next episode!

In this episode, they cover:

Natasha & Brett's new recording space
Giving away Tanya's oracle deck (email us!)
How environment is crucial to your state of being
How we manipulate ourselves to fit our environment
What you can do to survive an inhospitable environment
Tanya's decision to make this oracle deck have suits
What nudges from your intuition look
How grief, grace, and healing connect and interact
Grace as an energy and a mechanism
Being a vector for grace in the world
The "cool thing" about grief
The unique tools each person acquires through grief
And more!

Plus...

Sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
The audiobook of Natasha's Healing Your Inner Child is now available anywhere you get your audiobooks!
Individual readings are available again! Learn more or book one here
Learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 29 - Getting to Know Eclipse Energy with Verena Borell Oct 10, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are so excited to talk with evolutionary astrologer Verena Borell, Evolutionary Astrologer. Be sure to check out Verena's upcoming class on astrological transits. GTKW listeners will get an extra €50 discount (on top of the Early Bird Price available through October 12). She also offers a free Venus Guide to our listeners.

In this episode, they discuss:

How we are all connected in an evolutionary dance
Astrology is not cause and effect, rather energetic interaction
How astrology can help bring clarity without being fatalistic
Avoiding feeling like a "victim" of your astrology
The importance of not bypassing our emotions, feelings and fears
The moon as a representative of the subconscious and personality.
The magnifying effect of the moon being in the 8th house
How eclipses can be difficult but useful for the ego and our self-identity
Eclipses as catalyst for transformation
Having a birds eye view of the changes eclipses can bring
Holding space for our animal bodies during times of change
Finding people, animals, nature to co-regulate with
Leaning on the wisdom already in your "soul self"
The interconnectedness of healing
What to expect with the Aries/Libra eclipse
How the divine source expresses itself through you
The effect of Venus on this eclipse as the ruling planet of Libra
And more!

Plus...

Sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
The audiobook of Natasha's Healing Your Inner Child is now available anywhere you get your audiobooks!
Individual readings are available again! Learn more or book one here
Learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 28 - Getting to Know Working with Current Energy Oct 02, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, discuss working with the energy currently available from the universe to speed up manifesting change.

In this episode, they talk about:

Send your relationship questions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com
Normalizing all your emotions
Muffling a cats butt
How inner child parts can be disguised as self
Why your emotional reactions can feel disproportionate at times.
We are all time traveling without realizing it
The importance of checking in regularly with inner child parts
Energy for manifesting is speeding up
How to remain positive without spiritual bypassing
Getting a boost from the universe toward your highest truth
Connecting to your body can be an anchor to the truth
Being in the present to stop wrestling with the past
Staying in the present even if the emotions are uncomfortable.
Card pull for this week: own your mastery
And more!

Plus...

The audiobook of Natasha's Healing Your Inner Child is now available anywhere you get your audiobooks!
Individual readings are available again! Learn more or book one here
Learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Mentioned in This Episode:

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 27 - Getting to Know Past Lives Sep 13, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are back to discuss past lives and their impact on present time.

In this episode, they talk about:

The fun of riding bikes
Ideas formed in childhood
The beauty of this ice cream sandwich
An energetic boost for healing happening now
How to access your own information/intuition
How to de-energize past life patterns
And more!

Plus...

The audiobook of Natasha's Healing Your Inner Child is now available anywhere you get your audiobooks!
Individual readings are available again for now. Learn more or book one here
Learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 26 - Getting to Know Divine Timing Aug 30, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are back to discuss friendship, divine timing, and more.

In this episode, they talk about:

A unexpectedly deep dive into the meaning of friendship
The energy of divine timing
Learning to trust where you are
Finding comfort in your smallness in the universe
Being okay with impermanence of your own beliefs
Pulling a card for the week: The Seer
And more!

Plus...

The audiobook of Natasha's Healing Your Inner Child is available for pre-order! Learn how you could get it free at audiobooks.com
Individual readings are available again for now. Learn more or book one here
Learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 25 - Getting to Know Moving Aug 10, 2023

Aaaaaand we're back! After three and a half stressful months host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett Christensen, are here to talk about their cross-country move, its effects, the tools they are each using to manage, and more.

In this episode they talk about:

Ranking the most stressful times in their lives
Experiencing the "both...and" of life
Shoutouts to Brett's family for all their help during the move
Confidence despite reasons not to be confident
Venus in retrograde = relationships
Surrendering to what is happening now
Grounding into the present
This week's Energy Report: Receive the Joy!
Brett & Natasha's separate relationships to Pizza Night
Working with hypervigilant parts
And more!

Plus:

Individual readings are available again for now. Learn more or book one here
Natasha's Awakening mentorship is booking now for new clients to start in September. Learn more here.

Check Yourself Before You Rec Yourself:

Episode 24 - Getting to Know Grounding Apr 25, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are back to talk about grounding and it's importance in your self-healing work.

In this episode, they talk about:

Their unpredictable publishing schedule
The difficulties of moving on a tight timeline
Feeling a pull (or push?) toward minimalism?
The pandemic clearing out friendships
How energy healing has given Natasha the gift of knowing herself
How grounding helps you distinguish your information from others
The "sexier" parts of energy healing
The myriad ways people dismiss "woo" stuff
How are auras like math?
Our minds are powerful
This week's energy report
And more!

Plus...

Podcast listeners get a 10% discount on Natasha's new class, Grounding is Your Secret Weapon. Just use code WOOZINATORS at checkout!
Natasha's new book, Healing Your Inner Child is out now, wherever you get your books!
You can learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Episode 23 - Getting to Know Indigenous Wisdom with Asha Frost Apr 03, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are so excited to talk with indigenous medicine woman Asha Frost, author of You Are the Medicine.

In this episode, they discuss:

Asha's viral blog post "Dear White Woman Who Wants to Be Like Me"
The experience of appropriation and disrespect for indigenous lived experience
The overwhelming experience of receiving hostility
Taking up space as an indigenous voice to shift the narrative around the use of indigenous practices
Working through putting yourself out there as an introvert
Humility is not equal to smallness
Honoring the individual gifts everyone has
Seeing ourselves as equal to--not above--other living things
Growth & life going in cycles
The anti-hustle message of bear medicine
Asha's diagnosis with lupus at age 17
Exerting your sacred no
Practices for healing ancestral trauma
How "resilience" can bypass healing
Normalizing things not being easy
Too much talk about wordle
Natasha's on meth now...well dexmethylphenidate
Time confusion during pandemic
And more!

Plus...

Get a free class on inner validation when you pre-order Natasha's new book, Healing Your Inner Child. Details at highestlighthealing.com.
You can learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Mentioned in this episode:

Asha's website
Asha's latest book, You Are the Medicine
Asha's instagram
Asha's oracle deck, The Sacred Medicine Oracle

Episode 22 - Getting to Know Creativity Magic with Lisa Quigley Mar 20, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are thrilled to talk about creativity magic with Lisa Quigley, the Creativity Witch.

In this episode, they discuss:

Taking time for creativity where you can get it
Shifts in relationship to her creativity after becoming a parent
Ritualizing the start of a new project
The crisis after her first published book came out
Re-wilding creativity
The toxic effect of capitalism and patriarchy on creativity
Still looking for a name for our listeners
Todd the Senior Foster Cat is at it again
So Help Me Todd is a drama??
Brett & Natasha sift through (but don't quite unpack) their baggage around bragging & self-love
Recommendations for LGBTQ+ friendly states?
This week's energy report: power struggles, slip 'n' slides, and acceptance
Does Natasha sound drunk?
And more!

Plus...

Get a free class on inner validation when you pre-order Natasha's new book, Healing Your Inner Child. Details at highestlighthealing.com.
You can learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly 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.

Mentioned in this episode:

Episode 21 - Getting to Know Crystals with Nicholas Pearson Mar 06, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are so excited to have author Nicholas Pearson on the show. They talk about crystals and stones and Nicholas's new book, Crystal Basics Pocket Encyclopedia: The Energetic, Healing, and Spiritual Power of 450 Gemstones.

In this episode, they discuss:

Nicholas's start in minerals at 8yo with his grandfather
How science & spirituality are describing the same things in crystals
The historic and living spiritual practices with crystals & minerals
His random but fateful assignment to work in a natural history museum
the importance of personal experience
The drawn between certain rocs and certain people
Meditating on a stone before learning the geology of it
The geological promiscuity of copper
Nicholas's personal approach to getting to know stones
His personal approach to getting to know stones
Inviting crystals or stones to work with you
The environmental and ethical implications of the mineral trade
What to do when a crystal breaks
The effect of shape on a crystal
That time Jon Stewart almost ran over Natasha
Unlearning self-criticism
Investigating areas where you are blocked
Considering your actual capacity when making plans
Controversy! Natasha likes TikTok!
This week's energy report
And more!

Plus...

Pre-order Natasha's new book, Healing Your Inner Child, and get a free class on inner validation. Details at highestlighthealing.com.
You can learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

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Episode 20 - Getting to Know Empaths with Tanya Carroll Richardson Feb 24, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are so excited to have prolific author and gifted intuitive, Tanya Carroll Richardson to the show. They talk about empaths and Tanya's new book, Empath Heart: Relationship Strategies for Sensitive People.

In this episode, they discuss:

Natasha claiming her own name!
A recent breakthrough for Brett
The power of speaking your thoughts out loud
Neural pathways for speech production and hearing
How listening to you inner child parts creates space for decisions
Tanya's many books and TWO upcoming oracle decks
How much this book resonates for Brett & Natasha
The high rate of codependency among empaths
Defining what she means by "empath"
Cultivating the ability to turn empathic abilities on or off
Feeling & Absorbing versus Observing & Witnessing
Empaths don't have to feel & absorb to get intuitive information
Learning to take up more space in the world
Regularly checking in with your own feelings
Knowing your north star priorities
Sitting with uncomfortable energy
This week's energy report
And more!

Plus...

Pre-order Natasha's new book, Healing Your Inner Child, and get a free class on inner validation. Details at highestlighthealing.com.
You can learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mentioned in the show:

Tanya's instagram
Tanya's facebook
Tanya's website
Lala Clothing
Washington Post Dinner Recipes
Pea the Feary
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Friend of the Pod and gifted human being, Jonathan Koe
Astrologer and friend of the pod, Britten LaRue

Episode 19 - Getting to Know Real-Life Healing Stories with Beth Newell Feb 17, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are excited to start a new recurring interview series featuring real-life healing stories from Natasha's clients. Hopefully, hearing the specific issues they faced, the tools they used and what it was all like will bring comfort, inspiration, or insight to others.

This week, they welcome comedy writer, Reductress founder, and former kind boy king, Beth Newell.

In this episode, they discuss:

Beth's heckler comedy impulses
Her brother's unexpected death
Transferring her workaholic energy into spiritual practice
Looking for answers externally
Unexpected benefits of healing work
Not enough support for emotional work in society
"Running into" your inner child
Not feeling accountable to everyone any more
Having your own back
Toxic Femininity and how women are taught to be
Beth's past life as a kind boy king
How not comforting Brett was to Natasha
Brett's basically a black belt now
The energy of the coming week
The unexpected gifts of grief
Fighting the flow
And more!

Plus...

Pre-order Natasha's new book, Healing Your Inner Child, and get a free class. Details at highestlighthealing.com.
You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mentioned in the show:

Beth's substack: bethnewell.substack.com
Elyse Myers and Braden Bales on TikTok
Many Lives, Many Master by Brian L. Weiss, MD
The Artists Way by Julia Cameron
Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Natasha's Energy Report on Mind Body Green

Episode 18 - Getting to Know Healing Trauma with Devin Brooks Feb 03, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are happy to interview Devin Brooks, Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapist.

In this episode, they discuss:

Devin's start in music therapy
Working with complex trauma
Protecting your energy when working with disregulated people
Checking your agenda at the door
The definition of trauma
The difference between PTSD and Complex Trauma
How trauma stops development of the self
Thrill-seeking as a trauma response
Feeling "bored" by healthy relationships
Lack of childhood memories as a symptom of trauma
"Easy Child" syndrome
Safety feels uncomfortable when you're used to chaos
Tips for sitting with discomfort
Gaining vocabulary for your feelings
Brett's McGuyver pop filter
Natasha's birthday weekend
Our two new senior foster cats
How fear affects people and animals
Getting through "The Messy Middle"
True Self or Future Self
"Human beings, not human doings"
And more!

Plus...

Pre-order Natasha's new book, Healing Your Inner Child, and get a free class. Details in the show.
You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mentioned in the show:

Devin's Instagram
Somatic Experiencing Therapy
Internal Family Systems
Natasha's Energy Report on Mind Body Green
Friend of the Pod and gifted human being, Jonathan Koe

Episode 17 - Getting to Know Your Inner Sanctuary Jan 26, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, talk about allowing yourself to know what you know and act when you're ready.

In this episode, they talk about:

Early birthday presents for Natasha!
Excitement vs gratitude
New recording setup! (sorry for all the "popping p's!"; I'll figure it out)
Real-time application of ICH skills!
Talking to inner child before conflict (or other challenge)
Our imaginary drug dealers need to get their shit together
Sexist dentists (well, one in particular)
Building a magical land
Connecting to future self/guides/etc
Who to invite to your magical land
Natasha's getting buff
This week's energy report
And more!

And...

Pre-order Natasha's book (Healing Your Inner Child) and get a free recorded class! More info to come soon...
You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mention on the show:

Episode 16 - Getting to Know Pure Magic with Judika Illes Jan 18, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are thrilled to interview Judika Illes, author of Pure Magic and about a billion other books on magic, tarot, spells, spirits and all things "woo".

In this episode, they discuss:

The practical nature of magic
What a culture's vocabulary reveals about it
Talking to your ancestors
The role of experience in practicing magic
"If you're human, you can do it."
The importance of "maybe"
Brett's feud with Jen Rondeau
Judy, Judy, Judy! (Brett was wrong)
Natasha's 2023 playlist
Making a playlist for your inner child
Incoming inspiration this week!
And more!

And...

Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, is available for pre-order now on Amazon.
You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mentioned in the show:

Episode 15 - Getting to Know Knowing What You Know Jan 11, 2023

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, talk about allowing yourself to know what you know and act when you're ready.

In this episode, they talk about

Healing Brett's relationship to tradition
The need to understand "Why"
Natasha's new workout
"The Wolf" haircut
Taking action when you're ready
How your inner child affects your interacctions
Giving your inner child "air time"
Knowing when you need to act
How knowledge can lead to self-compassion
We're still in Mars retrograde
Going at your own pace
And more!

And...

Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, is available for pre-order now on Amazon.
You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mentioned in the show:

Episode 14 - Getting to Know Intention Setting Dec 28, 2022

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, talk about setting intentions at this time of New Year's Resolutions.

In this episode, they talk cover

The very inward, hiberating, restful energy right now
How much Natasha loves Die Hard and Bruce Willis
Natasha's good friends Liz and Nene
Natasha & Brett's Hannukah routine, such as it is
Brett's journey into magick (with a c-k)
The power of a regular schedule for spiritual practices
Setting intentions/resolutions
The human need for support systems to effect change
Pairing internal & external goals
Being drawn to making friends locally
This week's energy report
And more!

And...

Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, is available for pre-order now on Amazon.
You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mentioned in the show:

Episode 13 - Getting Know the Akashic Records with Jonathan Koe Dec 14, 2022

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are thrilled to talk to Jonathan Koe, queer mystic, astrologer, energy healer and Akashic Records reader.

In this extra special interview, they talk about

Open lovingness vs love bombing
Feeling intuition in your boady
Intention vs. Impact
Akashic Records as a limitless spiritual resource
Both-And vs. Either-Or
The divinity of the Akashic Records vs. the humanity of the "reader"
Letting trust be your vehicle to learning the records
How to cultivate trust when learning esoteric or "woo" subjects
Growing from and through trauma
You can choose to ignore the advice the Akashic Records provide
How your relationship to the Akashic Records can change over time
Colonialist notions inherent in the concept of the Akashic Records
Caution around the idea of universality
And more!

And...

The Holiday Survival Meditation Bundle is on sale for only a little bit longer. Learn more here.
Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, is available for pre-order now on Amazon.
You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mentioned in the show:

Episode 12 - Getting to Know EFT with Kate Hennessey Dec 07, 2022

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, welcome Kate Hennessey to talk about Emotional Freedom Technique (aka, EFT or Tapping). Kate is an EFT Tapping Practitioner, Licensed Massage Therapist, and Self-Care Coach helping highly sensitive souls and empaths cultivate calm, compassion, and confidence.

In the interview, they talk about

The origins of Emotional Freedom Therapy
How EFT is helpful for those that have trouble sitting still for meditating
And also for those not very connected to their bodies
Kate's path to becoming an EFT practitioner
The breadth of issues that can be addressed by EFT

In the rest of the episode, Natasha & Brett discuss

Brett being excited about making a giant solid aluminum sphere!
Natasha being excited about not wearing makeup (#wokeuplikethis)
The miracle of the eyelash curler
The non-linearity of time
Energy report: angry soup, then clarity
And more!

And...

Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, is available for pre-order now on Amazon.
You can schedule a healing or learn about Natasha's Awakening offering by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mentioned in the show:

Episode 11 - Getting to Know a Solo Episode Nov 30, 2022

...aaaaaand we're back! Well, Natasha's back with a shorter episode as Brett disappoints everyone by getting COVID. (Don't worry, he's fine now).

This week, host Natasha Levinger (sans co-host/husband/producer, Brett) talks about:

Is Natasha intimidating?
Embracing and loving your shadow side
Unexpected cat litter box maintenance
Wanting food to just appear on demand
Natasha's "bachelor" days
This week's energy report: small-scale miscommunication, and riding on top of a wave and laughing
and more!

And...

Pre-order yourself of copy Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, on Barnes & Noble or Amazon!
Learn about Natasha's one-on-one, focused container offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Be the first to find out when Natasha's new meditations are released by signing up for her newsletter. Plus, you'll get three free guided audio meditations right away, including one on clearing your chakras!
Don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Episode 10 - Getting to Know Holiday Stress Nov 16, 2022

Join Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, as they discuss holiday stress! In this episode they talk about:

the different ways the holidays affect people
what it means to be resisting emotions
techniques for allowing all your emotions
the myth of the floodgates
finding a name for fans of the podcast
the source of Brett's skepticism
which of them is low energy today
why their cat, Ron, is addicted to "the Sprinks"
The joy of local news in smaller markets
Brett's ridiculous (but effective!) workout routine
and more!

And...

Pre-order yourself of copy Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, on Barnes & Noble or Amazon!
You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Be the first to find out when Natasha's new meditations are released by signing up for her newsletter. Plus, you'll get three free guided audio meditations right away, including one on clearing your chakras!
Don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Episode 9 - Getting to Know Trusting Yourself, with Dr. Ingrid Clayton, PhD Nov 09, 2022

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are so excited to talk to Dr. Ingrid Clayton, author of Believing Me: Healing from Narcissistic Abuse and Complex Trauma, the compelling and honest memoir of her emotional journey as a trauma survivor.

In the interview, they talk about

Reaching the universal through the specific
"The Levinger Bump"
The widespread damage caused by gaslighting
Fighting the idea of your abuse being "not that bad"
Beginning to identify as a trauma survivor
Complex PTSD
The freedom Ingrid felt when her abuser died
The compulsion and drive to write her story
Investigating her own personal history
Accessing her fight response despite decades spent as a fawner

In the rest of the episode, Natasha & Brett discuss

How much the podcast is like QVC
How to find time for things you want to do
The relative thickness of cardboard
Lack of media coverage for "black" news
"Viscous" is grosser than "gooey"
The energy of the week ahead
And more!

And...

Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, is available for pre-order now on Amazon.
You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mentioned in the show:

Ingrid's instagram and youtube channel
Higher Learning podcast with Van Lathan & Rachel Lindsay
The 1975

Episode 8 - Getting to Know Botanical & Protection Magic with Amy Blackthorn Nov 02, 2022

Join Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, as they discuss botanical and protection magic with Amy Blackthorn, author of the new books Blackthorn's Botanical Wellness and Blackthorn's Protection Magic! They talk about how to listen to plants, giving plants appropriate reverence, Amy's early start with a love of plants, self-defense, martial arts, Amy's 15 years in executive protection, combining real-world security with protection magic, and more!

In the rest of the episode, Natasha & Brett discuss being in a numerological "9 year", the most fallish fall that ever falled, the tumultuous Mars retrograde, techniques for re-centering and groundsing, and more!

And...

Natasha's book, Healing Your Inner Child, is available for pre-oder now on Amazon.
You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mentioned in the show:

Amy's Instagram and Twitter
Tess's weekly online moment of mindfulness, Sunday Circle.
Felicia Bender, the Practical Numerologist
Gingiber Designs & Goods by Stacie Bloomfield
Molly McCord, Intuitive Astrologer

Episode 7 - Getting to Know Holistic Business with Jenner Linden Oct 26, 2022

Join Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, as they discuss holistic business with Jenner Linden, creative mentor and found of The Wild Ones! They also talk about Jenner's entrepreneurial journey and how feminine energy has influenced it, the shift away from degrees as the only signifier of qualifications, opening to receive as a balance to non-stop "doing", her relationship to winter coats, and more!

In the rest of the episode, Natasha & Brett talk about the guilty pleasure of Hallmark xmas movies and QVC, identifying your core values, retraining memories, Samhain and The Deadies, connecting to ancestors, #lovelynuggets, and more.

Natasha's book is now available for pre-order! Head over to amazon to pre-order Healing Your Inner Child: Re-Parenting Yourself for a More Secure and Loving Life.

And...

If you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate and review Getting to Know Woo on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mentioned in the show:

The Wild Ones
Jenner's instagram

Episode 6 - Getting to Know ”Worthy as You Are” with Durgadas Allon Duriel Oct 19, 2022

Join Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, as they discuss his new book "Worthy as You Are" with therapist and spiritual practitioner Durgadas Allon Duriel! They also talk about Durgadas's journey to spirituality and his work as a therapist, the basics and limitations of cognitive behavioral therapy, Affirmative Talks compared to affirmations, and more!

In the rest of the episode, Natasha & Brett talk about the unanticipated benefits of clutter clearing, the dimensional nature of consciousness, Charlie Puth, Natasha's former aspirations to broadcast journalism, middle school popularity, and more.

Plus, Natasha's book is now available for pre-order! Head over to amazon to pre-order Healing Your Inner Child: Re-Parenting Yourself for a More Secure and Loving Life.

And...

You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mentioned in the show:

Episode 5 - Getting to Know Oracle Cards with Tess Whitehurst Oct 12, 2022

Join Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, as they discuss oracle cards with Tess Whitehurst! They also talk about using intuition and inspiration when reading the meaning of cards, communicating with animals, the power of journaling, having conversations with infinity, pocket knives as beautiful objects, and more!

Plus, Natasha's book is now available for pre-order! Head over to amazon to pre-order Healing Your Inner Child: Re-Parenting Yourself for a More Secure and Loving Life.

And...

You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mentioned in the show:

Tess's new oracle deck, Oracle of Portals.
Tess's weekly online moment of mindfulness, Sunday Circle.
Brett's Zoom avatar.
Luis Mojica's podcast, Holistic Life Navigation.

Episode 4 - Getting to Know Intuition Oct 05, 2022

Join Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, as they discuss astrology learning to hear your intuition! They also talk about confusion, the number of animals, co-dependency, where wax comes from, and more!

Plus...

Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Do yourself (and your new favorite podcast) a favor and go get a monthly box from Goddess Provisions!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mentioned in the show:

Episode 3 - Getting to Know Astrology with Britten LaRue Sep 28, 2022

Join Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, as they discuss astrology with Britten LaRue! They also talk about your woo side, the "unknowableness" of love, the importance of energetic hygiene, being open to guidance from the planets, and more!

Plus...

You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Do yourself (and your new favorite podcast) a favor and go get a monthly box from Goddess Provisions!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mentioned in the show:

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
RIP The San Fernando Valley's own Brody Stevens
Britten LaRue's Instagram
Britten LaRue's podcast, Moon to Moon

Episode 2 - Getting to Know Gaslighting Sep 21, 2022

Join Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, as they discuss gaslighting! They also talk about healing procrastination with inner child work, the nature of time and free will, confusion as a subconscious coping strategy, projection, mercury retrograde, and more! Plus a look at the energy of the week ahead.

Plus...

You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Also, check out her new Ask Natasha feature, an affordable way to get insight and tools on a specific question you're dealing with.
Do yourself (and your new favorite podcast) a favor and go get a monthly box from Goddess Provisions!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

Mentioned in the show:

Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett
Tess Whitehurst's Mercury Retrograde Challenge

Episode 1 - Getting to Know Death Sep 11, 2022

Join Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, as they discuss death and grieving. They talk about inner child work, protecting your energy, communicating with the dead, dealing with charged family systems while dealing with grief, the patriarchy's view of intuition and sensitivity, and more! Plus a look at the energy of the week ahead.

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Also, check out her new Ask Natasha feature, an affordable way to get insight and tools on a specific question you're dealing with.
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Getting to Know Woo is a weekly 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.

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