Moonbeaming

How To Tell If We Have Psychic Abilities, Doing Magic When Chronically Ill, and How To Channel Anger with ADHD: Listener Questions, Answered! Mar 12, 2025

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Have you ever wondered how to enhance your psychic abilities? Do you feel guilt for avoiding your magical practice? Do you struggle to channel intense emotions?

Sarah’s mailbag is overflowing with questions from her glorious patrons, and in this episode she dedicates some time to answering them. She shares the discovery of her psychic gifts, why she doesn’t want to channel the dead, and how her magical practice changed when she became chronically ill. She also explores the role of consent in accessing guides, and the best methods of harnessing emotional and energetic intelligence to channel intense feelings skilfully.

You’ll learn:

How to unlock your psychic gifts
How to reinvigorate your magical practice when you’re lacking energy
How to effectively channel your energy
Why you should stop comparing your present self to past versions of you
How to effectively release frustration

If you feel a block in your practice, this episode is for you.

You can check out the Moon Studio Patreon here.

Listen to Sarah on Living in this Queer Body, Asher Pandjiris’ podcast, here.

Listen to Moonbeaming episode 179, How to Use Your Spiritual Gifts: Sarah’s Origin Story, here.

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Secrets to Success: How to Love Yourself and Find Intrinsic Validation with Liz Tran, Executive Coach & Founder of Reset Mar 05, 2025

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Do you hold yourself to impossibly high standards? Do you struggle to validate yourself? Are you scared to start new things for fear of wasting your time?

In this week’s episode, Sarah is joined by executive coach, founder of Reset, author, podcaster, trained meditation teacher, and reiki master Liz Tran. Liz candidly shares the bumps in her road to entrepreneurial success, revealing how, by harnessing self-compassion, she has been able to trust her intuition and reach incredible success. Sarah and Liz explore the importance of intrinsic validation, motivation, and self-trust as tools for growth. Personal development and professional success go hand-in-hand in this fascinating episode packed full of actionable examples and insights.

How to find your path
How to differentiate your intuition from anxiety
What it takes to write a book
The importance of intrinsic validation
Why your brain’s negativity bias impacts growth
How to love yourself when you feel like you’re failing

If you’re ready to be freed from the shackles of perfectionism and embrace growth through learning about the world and yourself, this episode is for you.

Liz Tran is the founder of Reset, where she works as an executive coach to the CEOs and founders of the fastest-growing companies in the world. Liz is also a meditation teacher and studied at the Samyak Ashram in Dharamshala, India. She is the creator of the podcast, Reset with Liz Tran, and the author of THE KARMA OF SUCCESS. Through both these mediums, Liz brings the support of coaching to a broader audience.

Check out Liz’s Instagram here

Purchase Liz’s book, The Karma of Success, here

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How I Deal with Haters (Part 2): The Hater Within Feb 26, 2025

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Do you blame yourself when others treat you badly? Do you trust your intuition? Have you ever tried forgiving yourself?

Following last week’s episode about dealing with haters in a societal sense, Sarah now gets personal. Diving into a specific instance of mistreatment, betrayal, and public slander, Sarah outlines how our subconscious, shadow self, and inner child can sabotage our growth if we aren’t willing to heal. She outlines the importance of self-love and self-reflection to overcome the judgements of others.

You’ll learn:

Why we don’t always leave bad situations, even when our intuition knows the truth
How your inner child’s unmet needs can sabotage your chance to grow
Why we have to look to ourselves for healing
The importance of self-forgiveness
Why we downplay our intuition

If you can be your own worst critic, this episode is for you.

Listen to How I Deal with Haters (Part 1) here

Trashing: The Dark Side of Sisterhood by Jo Freeman published in Ms. magazine in 1976

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Being Known, and Not at All by Devon Price

How I Deal with Haters (Part 1) Feb 19, 2025

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Do you fear being perceived? Are you afraid to share your thoughts with the world? Do you take the opinions of others to heart?

With the online world now infiltrating almost all aspects of our lives, the fear of judgement from others is more pertinent than ever. But what if you let go of that fear? In this episode, Sarah shares her experience of dealing with haters. She presents practical, energetic and existential ways to deal with criticism. This is a deep dive on misogyny, the psychology of haters, and how to make your art even as a highly sensitive creative.

You’ll learn:

How to identify concern trolling or perfectionism trolling
What people really mean when they say they don’t want to be perceived
About the energies behind criticism
How to creatively channel jealousy
How to recognize when someone’s nervous system is dysregulated
Practical ways to have boundaries so you can make the work you are supposed to make in the world

If you’re holding back from putting yourself out there for fear of negative feedback from others, this episode is for you.

Let’s go crazy by Lauren Hough

The Right to Art: fandom, parasociality, and the big thief of it all by Eliza McLamb

Is it true love, or is it parasociality? by Devaney Wolfe

Watch Eliza McLamb on A Bit Fruity here

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Clear Channels Workshop.

The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction by Ursula K. LeGuin

Demystifying the Mystic’s Process: How to Create In Chaotic Times Feb 12, 2025

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Do you find creating difficult? Does the instability of the world right now impact your creativity? Have you ever wondered what Sarah’s creative process looks like?

In this timeless episode, Sarah walks you through how she creates podcast episodes, courses, newsletters, books, meditations, and more. Filled with tangible steps and guidance, Sarah encourages you to learn from others but ultimately create for yourself.

You’ll learn:

The difference between interdependence and codependence in the creative process
Why everything you create is for you, first
How to strengthen your intuition
How structure precedes flow
The ins and outs of the Carrier Bag of Creation
Why it's important to include the subconscious mind in creation

By the end of this episode, you'll be able to get out of your own way and create with ease!

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Secret Portal Business: Brand New Vibes for 2025 Feb 05, 2025

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Is your business stressing you out? Not sure where to put your energy? Don’t know how to actualize your desires?

Last year, Sarah made peace with the notion of letting her business go. In doing so, she gave herself the space to make the Moon Studio the best it can be, and to support the life she wants to live. Jam-packed full of prompts and practices, this episode will guide you back to the root of what you really want, showing you how to make your desires work best for you and your life force.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

What to include in your map for 2025
What changes and shifts are required to fulfill your desires
How to recognize when societal expectations are blocking you
How to know when it’s time to redesign your lifestyle
How to hold yourself accountable to your dreams
How to know when to let go of a dream

If you’re ready to address the blocks standing in the way of your version of success, this episode is for you!

Listen to Moonbeaming episode 188 with Brooke Manning here.

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Why Is It So Hard To Rest? Jan 29, 2025

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Are you scared to slow down? Do you feel guilty when you take a break? Do you know how to rest? In this overstimulating time of incessant calamities, our collective energy is palpable, and rest is needed more than ever. In this episode, Sarah breaks down three reasons why it is so hard to rest in our dominant culture. She shares methods for finding your own restful rituals and resisting the demands of urgency and self-extraction. Sarah also shares more from her mini-sabbatical last year, what happened, and what she found out.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

Why it is so hard to rest
What happens when we rest
How to retrain your nervous system
How to avoid shame and guilt when resting
How the foundation the U.S. is built on impacts rest
Different methods of rest

If you feel overwhelmed, overworked or overstimulated, if you are desperate for rest but simply don’t know where to start, this episode is for you.

For more on the originator, Tricia Hersey, of the Rest as Resistance Movement, go here, and read her book here.

Listen to Moonbeaming episode 160 with Aidan Wachter here

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We’ll be creating a special in-person event together in Los Angeles February 15th, sign up here.

Chronically Ill Friendships, the Power of Vulnerability, and the Gifts of Death with Brooke Manning, Poet and Death Doula Jan 22, 2025

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How do you support a friend with a chronic illness? Do you have a chronic illness and are wondering how to create more support and transparency? In this episode, Sarah meets with close friend Brooke Manning to discuss the ingredients of a nurturing, long-lasting friendship. Brooke explores the crossover between death and friendships, and how both require vulnerability, curiosity, and acceptance. This conversation will help support you in navigating relationships and change.

In this episode you’ll learn

How to authentically nurture your friendships
Ways to support chronically ill friends
How to identify your boundaries in friendships
What accepting death can gift us
How to begin a death practice

If you want to invest in relationships and community more in 2025, while still taking care of yourself, and open to the gifts of change and endings, this intimate conversation is for you.

About Brooke: Based in Toronto, Brooke is a queer, polyamorous, polytheistic pagan, artist, musician, poet, clinical hypnotherapist and death doula. Brooke facilitates monthly death-positive workshops and is currently studying Psychotherapy at the Gestalt Institute of Toronto.

Check out Brooke’s website here.

Follow Brooke’s Instagram here.

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To the Omniaudience and Beyond with Laraaji Jan 15, 2025

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How can laughter enhance our meditative practice? What can non-linear sensations teach us? How is minding our own business a spiritual practice? Today, we are joined by the one and only Laraaji to take a deep dive into the omniverse. Get ready to embrace the non-linear and understand the power of this moment!

In this episode you’ll learn

How laughter can enhance your practice
What the non-linear can teach us about ourselves
How to find safety in the omniverse
Why minding your own business is spiritual

Don’t miss out on this enlightening and joyful conversation.

About Laraaji: Ambient experimental musician & Laughter Playshop Guide lives in Harlem NYC. Has recorded over 50 Solo and collab albums of original music for inspirational and healing listening since 1978. List includes Ambient #3 (Day of Radiance) produced by Brian Eno, Flow Goes the Universe, Vision Songs Vol 1, Unicorns in Paradise, Segue to Infinity. LARAAJI currently tours as a solo and collaborative musician/Laughter Playshop guide internationally. With a vision of deep listening sound baths and therapeutic laughter releasing.

Check our Laraaji’s website here.

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