The Holistic Business Podcast

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Solée Darrell Apr 26, 2018

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Solée Darrell is an intuitive jeweler, artist, and doula-in-training based in Vancouver.

In this episode, Solée opens up about the transition to full-time self-employment, learning to trust herself, and making space for living in the moment. Solée shares about how working through loneliness has helped her to channel her energy into making, and how the freedom of free time spurs creative growth.

We dive into the magic of fire, metal, and the ability to change form, and have some deep talk about circles, triangles, and wizards! Solée offers ideas on how to structure days as a small business owner, and how to make up your rules for yourself.

Solée also shares some of her knowledge around women and birth, what has led her to train as a doula, and the importance of learning about our own bodies.

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Solée studied jewelry with Billy King in Mexico. She was introduced to doula work through an interview she heard with Erica Chidi Cohen of LOOM, and is doing her training with Carriage House Birth.

She worked and trained with with Kate Ellen of Crown Nine.

Both Solée and Sarah have worked with Marlee Grace.

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“Episode 24: Solée Darrell”

Lauren + Vanessa Apr 12, 2018

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Lauren E. Hack and Vanessa Ungaro are House of Lava, a private salon and special events beauty team in Manhattan. Both Lauren and Vanessa are skilled beauty experts with a penchants for crystals, Reiki, and the power to transform women through self-care (and a great blowout).

In this episode, Lauren and Vanessa share how the beauty industry brought them together, and how by following their intuition they have been able to build a successful business in the ever-crowded NYC salon marketplace. We dive into the importance of beauty rituals as a space for meditation and peace, their signature Crystal Cleanse Ritual that brings crystal healing to busy Manhattan CEOs (as featured in Vogue!), and the power of red lipstick.

Lauren and Vanessa offer tips on finding center as entrepreneurs, share how coming from strong matriarchal cultures has empowered them to care for others, and talk about their ability to use hair styling to work on the crown chakra.

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Connect with Lauren and Vanessa:
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“Episode 23: Lauren + Vanessa”

Sandy Sitron Mar 29, 2018

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Sandy Sitron is a Brooklyn-based artist, astrologer, and hypnotist who uses the guidance of the starts to help clients truly know themselves and use that clarity to create lasting change.

In this episode, Sandy offers a crash course in astrology, and shares how her longtime passion became her career. Working through unhealthy relationship patterns led Sandy to seek coaching, and that transformation enabled her to step into her work. Sandy also opens up about finding her voice as an astrologer, and the critical role of Saturn in pushing her forward.

Sandy dives deeply into Saturn because she has an upcoming course in April 2018 all about navigating your Saturn Return. Sandy built this course with Dana Balicki, the coach who changed her life. I’m thrilled to be an affiliate, and if you sign-up through my link you will be able to have an amazing experience with Sandy and support my ability to make free resources like this podcast!

If you’re 22, 29, 37, 44, 51, 58, or 65~ish, Saturn is moving through your chart in meaningful ways. My Saturn Return was a fucking mess, and I wish I’d had Sandy’s guidance to help me harness the energy of Saturn, rather than running away from it.

To learn more about the class – and tons of great tools for working with Saturn – at Sandy’s free webinar on April 2nd, 5th, 8th, or 11th. You can sign-up for the FREE webinar here.

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Sandy mentioned her coach – and now partner in the Saturn Return Workshop – Dana Balicki.

Sandy also mentioned yoga instructor Ashley Newsome with whom she runs a retreat every year. You can learn more about the Cosmic Mind/Cosmic Body retreat in Costa Rica here.

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“Episode 22: Sandy Sitron”

Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman Mar 15, 2018

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Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman is a Plant Spirit Medicine Practitioner, Ritualist, Goddess Scholar, Mother, and Artist. Best known as the director of Active Culture Family, Erin walks a path of community stewardship and service to Gaia through her roles as lead facilitator of the Medicine Mandala Green Magic Apprenticeship program, and as Priestess of Bridge Temple, a remote off-grid mystery school, healing sanctuary, culture farm, and library of earth magic located on sacred land in the Cleveland National Forest of San Diego, CA.

In this episode, Erin shares her path from a Connecticut upbringing to studying art to entering into a deep level of spiritual practice. We discuss chronic illness as teacher, the power of authenticity in marketing, and the shadow of life. Erin describes her role in offering the medicine of negative space and creating community.

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Connect with Erin:
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“Episode 21: Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman”

Courtney Alexander Feb 22, 2018

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Courtney Alexander is an artist, publisher, and the creator of the Dust II Onyx tarot deck. When I first saw images from her deck, I was left breathless with the depth and power that they hold. Courtney mentions in this episode that most of the tarot decks featuring people of color are not in fact made by people of color, and Courtney’s work cuts through that noise to offer a distinct and much-needed point of view for tarot.

In this episode, Courtney explores her journey from studying advertising to committing to being an artist, with stops along the way to explore her identity, body image, and spiritual life in the context of race. We talk about moving through this world in larger bodies, and Courtney shares how her early work examined size in our culture.

Courtney then traces the creation of Dust II Onyx: A Melanted Tarot from her first designs to the foundation point of featuring black people and images on a black background. She shares about learning to trust herself through the process of writing the guidebook, and the challenges of using Kickstarter to launch Dust II Onyx and managing expectations.

Want to preorder the second edition of Dust II Onyx? You can do so here.

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Courtney talks about the story of Roman Charity and how she painted herself into it.

V Magazine is the source of much of Courtney’s collage clippings for Dust II Onyx.

Courtney is inspired by the work of artists Wangechi Mutu and Mickalene Thomas.

Amanda Michelle Jones of Brown Girl Tarot edited the Dust II Onyx book.

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“Episode 20: Courtney Alexander”

Samantha Story Feb 06, 2018

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Classical Chinese Medicine has become a transformative part of my own health and wellbeing, and I am thrilled to have an expert on the podcast to share about her practice and experience! Samantha Story MS, L.Ac is an acupuncturist and healer based in New York City. Samantha stumbled upon Chinese Medicine and in it found the language and framework to describe the way she has always viewed the world.

In this episode, Samantha gives us a primer on Classical Chinese Medicine, how it differs from Traditional Chinese Medicine, and covers the basics of acupuncture and how it works. She also shares about starting her business, overcoming the discomfort of asking for money, the magic of continuity, and working with judgement.

And just when you think it’s over… Samantha turns the tables and asks me about my experience with Chinese Medicine! I talk about receiving treatment at the Daoist Traditions Student Clinic, and the books that Samantha had suggested that I read including The Web That Has No Weaver by Ted Kaptchuk, Between Heaven and Earth by Harriet Beinfield and Efrem Korngold, and Stone Medicine by Leslie J. Franks. I also mention Ro Giuliano of Dreamers and Diviners who was my first acupuncturist.

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See Samantha’s “metal mustache” here.

Samantha studied with Daoist priest Jeffrey Yuen and works at Treatment by Lanshin, Love Is Juniper, and Take Care NYC. She mentioned taking a tarot class with previous pod guest Lindsay Mack and training in breathwork with Erin Telford.

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“Episode 19: Samantha Story”

La Vonne Natasha Caesar Jan 11, 2018

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Welcome to Season Two of the Holistic Business Podcast! I am honored to kick off with the indescribably magical La Vonne Natasha Caesar. La Vonne is a medicine woman with a deep bag of tools who intuitively blends womb knowledge, Reiki, Thai yoga bodywork, and herbalism in her custom Total Energy Alignment (TEA) sessions. Her focus on womb energy and yoni steaming has helped her to facilitate great shifts in her clients, and in herself.

In this episode, La Vonne shares about her life-changing accident that left her clinically dead and shifted the course of her existence from poet and academic to healer. La Vonne’s process of relearning to read, write, walk, and live on this physical plane exposed her to the modalities that would become her work. Her recovery led her through multiple suicide attempts and severe depression, and she shares about the nonlinear experience of living with the memory of death. This is a deep and rich episode, punctuated by La Vonne’s poetic words and infectious laughter that includes talk of urine magic to win the lottery and a vibrational theory of race.

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Connect with La Vonne:
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Lighthouse Vibration Instagram
Jaguar Womban Instagram

La Vonne mentioned the Mystical Yoga Farm where she received her yoga teachers training, and Ananda Ashram where she lived.

She quoted from The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles and Bringers of the Dawn by Barbara Marciniak.

“Episode 18: La Vonne Natasha Caesar”

Lauren Haynes Nov 17, 2017

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Lauren Haynes of Wooden Spoon Herbs is an herbalist with a beautiful product line out of the mountains of Georgia. She came to plant medicine through the DIY and punk scenes, and now offers over 50 remedies and has been featured in Vogue Magazine.

This episode dives right into the meat of running a soul-centered small business! Lauren shares about manifestation magic, southern folk medicine, conversing with plants, and the pressure to produce. We talk about plants for cute-as-a-button dreams, Stranger things, and the importance of good internet access.

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Lauren studies with Appalachian herbalist Phyllis Light.

For amazing online writing on herbalism Lauren recommends Sophia Rose of La Abeja Herbs, Snakeroot Apothecary, Stina Swesey of Mother Mountain Herbals, and past podcast guests Milla Prince, Amber Hill, and Asia Suler.

For more about the intersection of energy and bodywork, Lauren suggests books by Candace Pert and Anne Kent Rush.

“Episode 17: Lauren Haynes”

Barrie Cohen Nov 03, 2017

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Hedge witch Barrie Cohen of Beezie Textiles is a fiber artist working to integrate plant magic and fabric for beauty and healing. Barrie’s experiences working on farms introduced her to herbal medicine and the deep lore of flowers. Now, she is using her art to craft custom garments and home goods full of plant power!

In this episode, we jump into the disconnect of growing up separated from the food system, the importance of washing your face, magical meanings of plants, and the synchronistic gifts of New York City. Barrie explores her journey to owning her own business, and shares a bit about how it is shifting in the next few months. She also shares about natural dyes and offers some tips to get you started.

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Barrie uses Scott Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs to learn about their lore. She also recommends the work of Catherine Yronwode at Lucky Mojo.

“Episode 16: Barrie Cohen”

Rochelle Eisenberger Oct 20, 2017

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Rochelle is so rad. She’s an herbalist with a private practice and retail shop and will just wrap you up in her passion for plants and help you to heal. I met Rochelle while teaching at Everyday Magic and was taken by her warmth and willingness to share about her winding path to owning an herbal medicine bar in downtown Durham, North Carolina.

In this episode, we talk about gentrification, chronic illness, Jesus and fundamentalism, yarrow (praise be to yarrow), and Reiki as spiritual draino. Rochelle shares about the personal experiences that led her to herbalism and how they shaped her beliefs around what healing really is.

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Connect with Rochelle:
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Rochelle’s shop is inside Everyday Magic and next to The Zen Succulent.

Rochelle mentioned the Weston A. Price Foundation and the work of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.

“Episode 15: Rochelle Eisenberger”