The Madelyn Moon Show (Previously Mind Body Musings)

Episode 273: Gahl Sasson is an established author and has been teaching workshops on Storytelling, Kabbalah, Astrology, and Mysticism around the globe for over 20 years. His first book, A Wish Can Change Your Life, has been translated into over eight languages and is endorsed by HH the 14th Dalai Lama. His second work, Cosmic Navigator, is the essential reference guide to understanding your astrological makeup. He recently published a book on the astrology of 2018 and 2019. He is a contributor to the Huffington Post, and Astrology.com, and has been named “Los Angeles’ Best Astrologer” by W Magazine. He is a guest lecturer at USC, Tel Aviv University, and teaches at Esalen, Omega Institute, University of Judaism, and the Open Center in NYC. He has appeared on CNN, ABC News, KTLA-TV Los Angeles to name a few. In 2017 his academic article, Symbolic Meaning of Names in the Bible was published by the Journal of Storytelling, Self, & Society. He currently resides in Los Angeles but gives seminars and workshops regularly in over 13 countries. His web site is www.CosmicNavigator.com Show notes: Candor is a company fiercely devoted to being radically honest. Madelyn’s go-to morning beverage is their nootropic Matcha Coconut drink: it warms up her spirit and provides sustainable energy throughout her entire workday. Go to www.choosecandor.com/maddy and use code “MADDY10” for 10% off your next order.Embodied Archetype Retreat: Learn how to integrate your “shadow sides” so that they not only feel welcomed in your life but they also create more love, peace and feminine/masculine harmony. Apply here.Feminine Spirit School: this school is the one-stop-shop for all things feminine energy! Learn about the feminine/masculine, shadow sides, ancestral healing, boundary setting, empowerment, sensuality and sexuality, sovereignty and so much more. Sign up here.The significance of Gahl's name.The significant impact that Gahl's name has had in his life. In America, roughly 50% of the most popular names are from the Bible.Different spellings of your names have different energies, but they all carry the same story.When debating what to do in life, it’s important to ask: what would your name do?Your name is cross-cultural. When things are repeated amongst cultures, we need to pay attention.What lies behind your name contains all of your DNA. What do you do if you’re named after someone you don’t like?Your name is the most important word in your life and is what creates the most emotion for you.What do nicknames do to our souls?People who don’t like their names normally have a problem with themselves — there is a part of themselves that they're denying. How Gahl feels about people changing their names. Transgender and changing your name.Gahl's story of how he almost had a different name.Does Gahl believe in coincidences?Having a strong connection to naming your children a particular name.The significance of the Lord of the Rings’ names.Are last names as important as first names?Must-read book: Circe by Madeline Miller  Connect with Gahl:New York City EventNewsletter SignupWebsite Facebook Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Episode 272: Madelyn Moon was recently interviewed by Sam Asser of the Inner Experience Podcast. Madelyn enjoyed this episode so much that we wanted to share it with all of you. Madelyn and Sam discuss what it means to feel safe to be in your feminine essence as a modern-day woman. They discuss why receiving help can be so hard and how mainstream society plays a huge part in this struggle. They also talk about how to let go of perfection and soften your edges physically (and energetically) to begin to create change and a deeper connection to yourself. It's a juicy episode that they both enjoyed so much that they kinda forgot they were recording. Show notes: Candor is a company fiercely devoted to being radically honest. Madelyn's go-to morning beverage is their nootropic Matcha Coconut drink: it warms up her spirit and provides sustainable energy throughout her entire workday. Go to www.choosecandor.com/maddy and use code "MADDY10" for 10% off your next order. Masculine and feminine polarity work and intimacy offers you the depth of relationships and friendships that is possible. “To really feel safe in your feminine, you have to be really close to your masculine.” How to set goals that are nourishing and feminine. Madelyn was raised to be aggressive and driven and why she’s grateful for that.  "It is such a gift to be seen as weak." The damage that comes from “doing it all.” Madelyn’s disconnection from her feminine and how she reclaimed it. Her need for perfection, wanting to be "one of the guys," and her toxic masculinity. How to energetically and physically soften your edges. “When we embody softness in our body, we energetically begin to embody softness.” How she creates art out of things that upset her.  How do you find the blend between expressing form your heart and show/performance? How Madelyn moved out of perfection. What it means to be in your ‘messy’ feminine. Why Madelyn is really bad at friendships and is learning to be okay with that. How to feel a trigger and also feel pleasure in your body. Connect with Maddy: Facebook Instagram Subscribe to podcast on iTunes Download my Four Favourite Feminine Embodiment Practices Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Episode 271: Dr. Justin Lehmiller received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Purdue University. He is a Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute and author of the book Tell Me What You Want: The Science of Sexual Desire and How It Can Help You Improve Your Sex Life.Dr. Lehmiller is an award-winning educator, having been honored three times with the Certificate of Teaching Excellence from Harvard University, where he taught for several years. He is also a prolific researcher and scholar who has published more than 40 academic works to date, including a textbook entitled The Psychology of Human Sexuality (now in its second edition) that is used in college classrooms around the world. His research focuses on topics including casual sex, sexual fantasy, sexual health, and friends with benefits. His studies have appeared in all of the leading journals on human sexuality, including the Journal of Sex Research, Archives of Sexual Behavior, and The Journal of Sexual Medicine.Show notes: Candor is a company fiercely devoted to being radically honest. Madelyn's go-to morning beverage is their nootropic Matcha Coconut drink: it warms up her spirit and provides sustainable energy throughout her entire workday. Go to www.choosecandor.com/maddy and use code "MADDY10" for 10% off your next order.Dr. Justin Lehmiller led the largest sexual fantasy study in the United States with 4,000 people.What led him to do this research?What are paraphilias? Where does sexual fantasy shame originate from?What is allowing for sexual openness in more recent times?Dr. Justin Lehmiller's religious thoughts and background.2-3% of people don’t have any sexual fantasies.The way we perceive ourselves in our own fantasies and why we change ourselves.Women typically don’t put as much emphasis on the other people in their fantasies, whereas men do.Women see themselves as the object of desire, whereas men see themselves as acting on their desire.Women often don’t see a specific person in their fantasies—women just want to be desired.Heterosexual women often have fantasies about being with other women.The research around threesomes and why they’re the most popular sexual fantasy. Sexual fantasy vs. sexual desire How to determine when we want to act upon a sexual fantasy.Common sexual fantasies—including sex in public places, fetishes, the rap fantasy. How do you navigate the rape fantasy situation when you’re actually a victim of rape?Generally, people enjoy sexual submission more than sexual dominance.Defining: “consensual non-consent”Most people are fantasizing about the same things.People who share their fantasies generally are happier and healthier in their relationships.Connect with Justin:WebsiteTwitterFacebook Book: Tell Me What You WantAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Fierce self-honesty is a huge part of our personal growth and critical to living life as a sovereign being. It's essential to check in with ourselves often to see if we're operating as an empowered being, or if we're trying to manipulate and control others to get what we want. Madelyn Moon discusses the three fierce burning questions that you should ask yourself moment-to-moment in life and love. These powerful questions will help you to determine whether you're coming from a place of sovereignty or if you're coming from a conditional place. Let these three questions be your guiding light as to how to proceed with the special moments in your life. Show notes: Question 1: Is this going to bring me closer or further from being a vessel? Question 2: If I don’t get the response from them that I want or expect, will I still be glad I did it or asked? Question 3 (part 1): Suppose her complaint about her lack of attention never ends, what would you need to do to be okay with that?  Question 3 (part 2):  Suppose his attention or feeling of burden never ends, what would you need to do in order to be okay with that?   Bonus question: What would a queen (or insert another archetype) do? The masculine and feminine perspective from David Deida Must-read book: Dear Lover by David Deida, The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida, and Calling in the One Masculine feels burdened by life. Feminine doesn’t feel enough love. Her convo with model, Ali Tate-Cutler, about being bitchy. 3-part Polarity Podcast Episodes: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Free Gift: Four 10-Minute Practices for Feminine Embodiment HERE Connect with Maddy: Facebook Instagram Subscribe to podcast on iTunes Download my Four Favourite Feminine Embodiment Practices  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Episode 269: Corinna Rosella is a writer, herbalist and tarot reading practitioner based in Joshua Tree, CA. Born in rural Humboldt County, California, some of her earliest childhood memories were of making friends with the flowers and trees growing in the vacant lots behind her house, and sitting in her dad’s vegetable garden. Most of Corinna’s adult life was spent working in social services and community-based non-profits, with gardening and cannabis jobs on the side. In her mid-twenties, she picked up her first tarot deck and started learning by reading for others and herself. Corinna also spent more than 3 years in Latin America, including more than 2 years living in Oaxaca city working as an ESL teacher, and lived a short while in Barcelona studying Global Health at the University. In 2015 she ended up back in Humboldt County, working in the health care system and attained her master’s degree in Applied Anthropology, all the while cultivating more than 30 medicinal plants in her backyard- prompting her to start making herbal medicine to give to friends and community members In early 2018, Corinna Rosella made rise up! good witch her full-time job. Her background in community organizing, social work, health education and research greatly informs the work she does with herbalism, tarot, her writing and the rise up! good witch podcast. Show notes: Corinna Rosella’s relationship with making healing plant medicine. Our responsibility for acknowledging our history, especially in the spiritual community. “We are all in a deep learning process of how to be better.” The reality of having “the racial conversation” in order to grow. The meme background that Corinna created: “Maybe you manifested it, or maybe it’s white privilege.” “It is important that we all understand that pretty much none of us are self-made.”  Corinna Rosella’s stance on manifestation.  Being able to let go of the ownership of something and knowing that all ideas pass through us. Why it's okay to feel uncomfortable talking about white privilege.  How to educate ourselves on the current news, but not get wrapped into the negativity. “In general, if something doesn't affect us, that's our privilege. We have the privilege to ignore it. And if we want to see systemic change, if we want to see collective healing, what we have to do is open our eyes.” Corinna’s recommendations:  Good Ancestor Podcast with Layla Saad Sharon Holmes  Rachel Rickets - Spiritual Activism 101: Anti-Racism Webinar Marisa de la Pena  When to speak up and when to listen. Making sure that the full moon circles in practices are not contributing harm to communities of color or indigenous cultures. The importance of using plants from our own lineage. White sage and palo santo are being overharvested.  The word “tribe, gypsy, spirit animal” should not be used by white people—it’s not respectful. Corinna’s recommendations to get in touch with your ancestry.  If Woman Rose Rooted by Sharon Blackie “It's only through discomfort that we have room to grow and change.” Must-read book: Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts Connect with Corinna Rosella: Website Instagram Podcast Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Episode 268: Every human has shadow sides that can rule their reality if they aren’t accepted and integrated into their life. In this powerful episode, Embodiment teachers Madelyn Moon and Jamie Wollrab discuss real examples of how embodying shadows will change your life— as well as your family, your business, your trauma and how you feel about yourself.  Madelyn and Jamie offer their profound insight into the work they've done to heal their shadows/trauma by embracing the part of themselves that they didn't want others to see. "Whatever is touched and experienced fully, dissolves." Once we fully feel into our shadows—the bitch, the slut, the bully, etc, they break apart and dissolve. Madelyn and Jamie explain the process they'll be leading at the retreat in November to embody your shadows to unlock greater freedom, self-expression, love and empowerment. Through chakra clearing, vocal work, embodiment and polarity work, you'll leave the event forever beautifully changed. Show notes: “Until we bring the unconscious mind into the conscious mind, it will rule our lives and we will call it fate.”  The process and power of giving our inner critic a voice so it doesn’t run/ruin our lives. Jamie's acting student who had a rich embodiment experience with her shadow. The thing we want to hide from everyone is what will restore us. We are only as light as we are dark. When we embrace our flaws, it actually augments the light side of us. What is actually the shadow? The metaphor of the shadow and a castle to help you understand this work. The bitch and slut archetypes and why they aren't bad.  Reclaiming your inner bitch and slut. “We are all wounded healers.” The embodiment process of embracing parts of you that you don’t want others to see. It's okay to be a teacher and to say "I don't know." Let Rooted Lyfe help you create your own at-home oasis using their tinctures, topicals, bath bombs, and their newly launched Cellulose Sheet mask. Save 10% off your purchase by using coupon code MADDY10 at rootedlyfe.com.  Rooted Lyfe Podcast Episode with Danielle Smith HERE Channeling Joan of Arc and Kali. Whatever is touched fully, dissolves—once we fully feel it, it breaks apart. Jamie's issues with his father and how he processed through his shadow. The art of dissonance. The Embodied Archetype Retreat: Giving a Voice to the Hidden Shadow, November 15-17, 2019. Apply HERE. Connect with Maddy: Facebook (and/or “follow” my profile HERE) Instagram Mind Body Musings Podcast Coaching Get your free gift HERE Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Episode 267: Has your period ever gone missing for months at a time? Did you jump for joy for a second? Not having to deal with cramps, tampons and all the other period nonsense can be nice... for a bit... until it causes panic, frustration and utter confusion wondering where exactly 'it' went. And you might be doing all the right things—eating the right food, getting plenty of sleep, upping your calories, moderately exercising, etc. and yet you're still struggling with not receiving your monthly cycle. So, what gives? In this podcast episode, Madelyn discusses the link between getting your period back and your feminine essence. Madelyn believes that you can do all the right things, but until you're content with being a feminine creature, your period will be aloof. This connection is so important that it's been Madelyn's experience that you won't get your period back until you focus on connecting to your feminine core.  Show notes: LOLA is a female-founded company offering a line of organic cotton tampons, pads, liners and all-natural cleansing wipes. For 40% off your first-month subscription, visit mylola.com and enter MADDYMOON when you subscribe! How different cultures, religion, and family treat having your period.  The impact of how you’re treated at the very moment you get your period. “It’s because of this beautiful system {having a monthly cycle}, that allows every human being you see to exist.” The beautiful ways that we’re starting to celebrate this experience. The important connection towards getting your period back and your feminine essence.  Maddy’s experience of losing her cycle 5-6 times. The additional factors that can cause missing your period: overexercising, undereating, stressed, etc. The badge of honor that Maddy felt with losing her period. Understanding the power within your cycle. Maddy’s intense healing when she lost her period for a year. "How I Got My Period Back by Eating a Sandwich" podcast HERE “The feminine is wisdom. Wisdom lives in the body. The masculine is knowledge. Knowledge lives in the mind.” Creativity comes from your root chakra—the portal of birth. When your yoni/cervix is in a good space, you’re going to be creative and you’re listening to your body more. Your period wants to be honored in her fullness—she wants to know you’ll always be there for her. The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron The Wild Women’s Way by Michaela Boehm  If you shun your wound space, how is she ever going to want to open, to release? The shift of being grateful for your period and the cleansing experience of it.  How Madelyn now views her period.  Speak kindly to your yoni—use your body to show how you feel and your body will feel it. You have the power to evoke your period simply by saying she’s safe to arrive. Connect with Maddy: Facebook (and/or “follow” my profile HERE) Instagram Mind Body Musings Podcast Coaching Get your free gift HERE  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Episode 266: Cheryl Muir is a catalyst for twin flame healing and ascension. After meeting her twin in 2017 and navigating her own Dark Night of the Soul, Cheryl noticed the lack of practical and helpful information out there on navigating the twin flame journey. Fusing the traditional with the spiritual, Cheryl's healing modalities include coaching, guided meditations, intuitive chanelled messages as well as her own twin flame teachings. Cheryl has been featured by the BBC, The Huffington Post, Elephant Journal and Tiny Buddha, as well as the Plenty of Fish and Go Dates blogs. To find out more about Cheryl's work and how she can help you, visit www.cherylmuir.com.Show notes:To get a free 30-day trial of Audible + 1 free book, go HEREHow Cheryl met her twin flame, the journey they embarked on, and the intense triggers that continued for 18 months.How Cheryl knew he was her twin flame.What is a twin flame and why are they here?An explanation of the “dark night of the soul” and what this means if you’re going through it.Deciphering between soul mates and twin flames.Cheryl’s thoughts on getting married to your twin flame.“Twin flames are here for lessons and soul mates are here for blessings.”You only have one twin flame. They're your mirror and your biggest trigger.“Heal what hurts.”The bubble analogy (her download depiction) of a twin flame.Maddy’s experience with her twin flame.“We heal through connection; we don’t heal through isolation.”Problems arise when we start to put hierarchy above the other types of relationships.Not everyone has a twin flame and not everyone meets their twin flames in this lifetime.For some people, it’s not necessary for them to meet their twin flame.We shouldn’t expect a certain behavior based on the relationship label we put on them.“It’s so dangerous to think that there's one person to complete you.”Twin flames are not here to make you feel terrible—twin flames should still make you feel emotionally safe.Connect with Cheryl:WebsiteFacebookTwitterInstagram Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Episode 265: It's not a secret that Madelyn Moon suffered from disordered eating and body dysmorphia for years. Her story has been featured in many podcasts and mainstream publications—just Google search "Madelyn Moon and binge eating" and a whole host of options appear. However, how she currently feels about her body/food/exercise is not something she's openly discussed for a bit, so this episode is an inside glimpse into where she's at on her healing journey. She doesn't just tiptoe around this body image topic in this episode either—she lets you know exactly what her workouts and food choices look like now. She answers your burning questions, including—do you still struggle with disordered eating? Are your workouts planned? How is your diet structured? How do you go into the real world and date? Even though this is an old topic for her and something she's discussed a million times, this episode is a fresh take on where she's at now and is not to be missed if you've struggled with a poor body image. Show notes: Four 10-Minute Practices for Feminine Embodiment HERE Madelyn's background with fitness and her body image. She built a physical armor by body-building to convince herself she was a guy as she saw nothing special about being a woman. The "bad" body image days that she still experiences. Her "creature of habit" daily diet. Why she still knows around how many calories she eats. “I’m all about sugar. I am not someone at all that limits it.” The extreme hunger that she experienced when she was recovering. Podcast episodes around binge eating HERE Her junk food love and waffle sandwiches The current relationship that she has with her body.  Her tip about ab checks. Why she hardly ever weighs herself. Why she thinks there’s too much focus put on intuitive eating and what she thinks is more important. “Intuition is important. It’s not everything.” “I have released resistance around food because I have released resistance around me.” By accepting the shadow, food becomes nothing. Modcloth Offer - only valid for a limited time. To get 15% off your purchase of $100 or more INCLUDING all sale items, go HERE and enter code MADDYMOON at checkout. Hurry to get an extra 15% off on all sale items through the end of August. Madelyn's exercise - how often she exercises and what kind of exercise.  Why food is more important to her than workouts. This particular practice she has been doing for the last 2 years. How she deals with weight gain.  If you’re taking something out, you want to fill it in with something. How to embody more feminine energy with your movement. Her current struggles with disordered eating. Panic moments with eating out. Connect with Maddy: Facebook (and/or “follow” my profile HERE) Instagram Mind Body Musings Podcast Coaching Get your free gift HERE  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Episode 264: Alexandra Roxo is a transformational mentor, healer, writer, and artist who is extremely passionate about empowering women. Her writing on personal growth and female empowerment, the divine feminine resurgence, moon ritual, and modern spirituality can be read on Girl Boss.com, Teen Vogue, Mind Body Green, and Playboy. She has been featured in many publications for her deep, sensual, and raw approach to healing and transformation, and has also been named a "modern spiritual leader" by Well + Good.Her 15 years of meditation practice and moon ritual is what inspired her to create Moon Club as a place to gather for deep sharing and deep practice relating to the internal spiritual journey. She is working on her first book with the publisher Sounds True, out in early 2020 and will be leading retreats in 2019 at 1440 Multiversity, Kripalu Center, and Maha Rose Mexico and enjoying life between NYC and LA!Show notes:3 spots left! Sign up for Maddy's 4-week women's coaching group to explore sacred feelings, shadow sides, feminine and masculine embodiment and archetypes. To register, send tuition to 'maddymoon' on Venmo.What happens when we clench our jaw and how it’s connected to our emotions.How Alexandra's body feels before she hosts a ceremonial retreat and her grounding rituals.How to be a transmutation chamber for other people’s shit.“I definitely don’t recommend everyone being a healer or practitioner of energy without really deeply knowing yourself and without knowing your own wounds.” Why it took her 15 years of doing plant medicine and holistic healing before she taught it publicly.The 4-year-old hiatus that she took from relationships to heal her own wounds.A new perspective on having a relationship “work out."Changing the old paradigm of having it all together in relationships.The liberation of being a “messy lover” and clearing and healing yourself.If you're a teacher in the world, you cannot hold back the dark parts. Previous podcast episode with Laya Martin HERE.It’s a lie that once you meet “your person” that everything is great.Maddy’s block with not being able to be physical with a man when she's not in a relationship.Maddy’s tantric experience and going to a play party."Sex energy is the highest magic."Why Alexandra no longer enters into the space of playing with sex magic if she’s not in a relationship.Whatever wounds you have come out in the sex energy field.“If you’re interested in having a beautiful sexual experience, have them with yourself.”You have to be in a great relationship with your body or your pussy and heart will close.Must-read book: Dear Lover by David Deida Alexandra's Sex Life Season: Voyeuristic documentary series about titillating sexual and erotic experiences HERE A free month of Moon Club HEREConnect with Alexandra: Alexandra Roxo's InstagramWe Are Moon Club InstagramAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands