

Moonbeaming
Sarah Faith Gottesdiener
Moonbeaming helps creatives, intuitives, mystics, visionaries, practitioners, and small business owners navigate change and cycles. We explore spiritual concepts, consciousness and energy, archetypes, visual culture, psychology, and effective practices that will help you expand, learn, and grow.
Your host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener, is an artist, author, small business owner and practitioner with over 20 years of experience. Visit the [moon-studio.co](http://moon-studio.co) for more of her education and products.
Your host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener, is an artist, author, small business owner and practitioner with over 20 years of experience. Visit the [moon-studio.co](http://moon-studio.co) for more of her education and products.
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Nov 27, 2024 • 1h 3min
How to Make Prolific Art: Becoming the Bridge, Communing with the Muse, and Tuning into Earth’s Rhythms with Poet Jacqueline Suskin
Do you want to make more art or dissolve your writer’s block? How do prolific artists find the time, energy, and passion to compose art? Have you wondered how to weave your creative practice and the natural world together?In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener and Jacqueline Suskin, a poet who’s written over 40 thousand poems uncover Jacqueline’s creative process for on-demand poetry writing by way of improvisation, muses, and channeling energy.In this episode you’ll learn:How to become the bridge to channel messages from the macro to the microLife as practice through patience and observationHow to tune into Earth’s rhythms and the impact of seasonal cycles of creative workExamples of how to create a simple ritual when receiving creative, intuitive giftsIf you want to renew inspiration and revive curiosity, translate energy transmission into creative projects and collaborate with Earth’s cycles, this episode is for you.About Guest: Jacqueline Suskin is a poet and educator who has composed over forty thousand improvisational poems with her ongoing writing project, Poem Store. Suskin is the author of 8 books, including The Edge of The Continent Volumes 1-3, Help in the Dark Season, Every Day is a Poem, and A Year in Practice, with work featured in various publications including the New York Times, the Atlantic, and the Los Angeles Times. An ecstatic earth-worshiper, she lives in Detroit where she works as a teaching artist with InsideOut Literary Arts, bringing nature poetry into classrooms with her Poem Forest curriculum.Jacqueline’s Links:Book: A Year in PracticeWebsiteInstagram MOONBEAMING LINKSJoin the Moon Studio Patreon.Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.Subscribe to our newsletter.Find Sarah on Instagram.

Nov 20, 2024 • 34min
How To Use Your Spiritual Gifts: Sarah’s origin story
Are you stuck in the sometimes confusing path of spirituality? Do you ask yourself, ‘Is this really for me?’ or ‘Am I required to share my spiritual gifts for a happier life?’Hint: You don’t have to.If you haven’t listened to part 1 and part 2 of this mini series, Thoughts on a Future Spirituality, go back and take a listen before jumping into this final part.In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener gets personal and talks about her early reluctance to mysticism, tarot as a portal to her psychic abilities, and the path to understanding which of her spiritual gifts to keep close and which gifts thrive in broader community. This episode is packed with business tips for mystics, psychics, modern witches, and artists.In this episode, you’ll learn:The concept and practice of timeline weavingEnergetic hygiene for highly sensitive and psychic peopleConsent for the utilization of spiritual giftsAdvice for service-based businessesThe value of lunar practices and archetypes in spiritual and healing workIf you’ve been on the fence about your spiritual path, want to utilize your gifts effectively, or need guidance and preparation on your mystical and creative profession, this episode is for you.MOONBEAMING LINKSJoin the Moon Studio Patreon.Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.Subscribe to our newsletter.Find Sarah on Instagram.

Nov 13, 2024 • 30min
Thoughts on a future spirituality: Unlock Your True Nature, Creating Better Problems, and Having Fun (pt. 2)
Don’t you want better life lessons? Want to learn how to define your spirituality so you can live your life in the truest, magical way possible?If you haven’t listened to part 1 of this mini series, Spirituality is not a self-improvement project, go back and take a listen before jumping into this one.In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener shares how she defines spirituality and its core aspects: prioritization of the Spirit, the natural world, engagement with the truth, its paradoxical nature to the personal and the collective, and the deep connection to creativity.In this episode, you’ll learn:The importance of treating things as alive and worthy of acknowledgmentHow detachment and love can access the truthHow personal vulnerabilities often reveal universal experiencesHow the Many Moons planner is an all-in-one, fun tool to support your spiritual engagement practicesIf you’re looking for how to align with your true nature, to start shifting your perspective, and have fun with spirituality, this episode is for you!MOONBEAMING LINKSJoin the Moon Studio Patreon.Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.Subscribe to our newsletter.Find Sarah on Instagram.

Nov 6, 2024 • 49min
Spirituality is not a self-improvement project: Thoughts on a future spirituality (part 1)
Are you an avid self-help consumer who’s always looking to improve yourself and do you question your life every few years? Have you been wondering if you’re truly in touch with your unique spirituality?In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener introduces common subconscious scripts called The Three S’s of Colonialism: shame, scarcity, and separation, and how spirituality is often misconstrued as a self-improvement project when it’s actually quite different from wellness, self-help, or even religion. Curious?In this episode, you’ll learn:How to release yourself from the co-dependency of self-developmentHow to identify what you may need for trauma healingFor practitioners: becoming more responsible on the language of spirituality, healing, and traumaIf you’re ready to discern what can actually support your ongoing healing and what spirituality genuinely offers, this episode is for you!Moonbeaming listeners, save 40% this fall at www.quarto.com/campaign/witchcraft.Free U.S. shipping for Many Moons until November 8th at 3:00 PM PST. Use code "pod" at checkout.Episodes mentioned:You Are Not Going To Hell: A Conversation with Eryn Johnson about Healing with the HierophantMOONBEAMING LINKSJoin the Moon Studio Patreon. Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.Subscribe to our newsletter. Find Sarah on Instagram.

Oct 30, 2024 • 44min
Astrology For Big Life and Planet Transitions with Jeff Hinshaw of Cosmic Cousins
Do you get anxious about big planetary transits? Are you looking for cosmic allies during these times of collective transitions and transformations?In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener invites Jeff Hinshaw of Cosmic Cousins to share some insight on something many of us are anticipating or curious about: Pluto entering Aquarius. What are the potential challenges of this transition and what does it offer to the collective consciousness?Jeff discusses his favorite astrological support system: asteroids.In this episode you’ll learn:How asteroids bring gender balance to the often patriarchal planetary system in astrologyThe details and nuances that asteroids represent and the 4 feminine archetypesHighlighting Pallas (asteroid) in Aquarius in 2025Big themes the collective consciousness may experienceIf you want to acquire special knowledge on asteroids as a healing resource and need nurturing support during big, collective transformations, this episode is for you!Moonbeaming listeners, save 40% this fall at www.quarto.com/campaign/witchcraft.About Guest: Jeff Hinshaw is the founder of Cosmic Cousins: Soul-Centered Astrology and has made several contributions to the world of astrology. Exploring the intersection of astrology and spirituality, Jeff discusses the connections between astrology and other esoteric practices, such as tarot, psychology, meditation, and yoga. Some of Jeff’s deepest areas of interests, in which he has participated in extensive study and research, is connected to the Planetoids, including: Chiron, Eris, Black Moon Lilith, and the Asteroids. Jeff is captivated by these placements because they offer much needed vocabulary for incorporating more feminine, queer and gender-expansive archetypes into the astrological conversation.More on Cosmic Cousins:Cosmic Cousins WebsiteInstagram @cosmic.cousinsCosmic Cousins Substack MOONBEAMING LINKSJoin the Moon Studio Patreon.Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.Subscribe to our newsletter. Find Sarah on Instagram.

Oct 23, 2024 • 55min
When You Feel Like You Don’t Belong: Healing From External Validation with Xenia Viray of Myths of Creation
Do you feel like you’re different and don’t belong? Have you had different kinds of jobs or businesses or side hustles and still can’t find a good fit? Do you tend to seek external validation to see if you’re on the “right” path?In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener invites Xenia Marie Ross Viray, an imagination healer and frequency artist, and they talk about what to do when you don’t feel like you belong, how to create your own language and opportunities, and simply, how to listen to your heart.This week, you’ll learn:The use of imagination as a healing tool for psychological woundsSaturn’s supporting role in activating your dreams and creative processesDifferences between visions and fantasiesHow self-acceptance unlocks all creativityIf you are insecure about not fitting in and want to create your own vision… this episode is for you.Moonbeaming listeners, save 40% this fall at www.quarto.com/campaign/witchcraft.About Our GuestXenia Marie Ross Viray (she/they) is an imagination healer, frequency artist, and creativity catalyst with a focus on experiential learning containers and writing. She is the eldest of three sisters, and her name means kindness to strangers. Born as a brick-and-mortar fashion business, Myths of Creation is a container for experiments, art, writing, and gatherings at the intersection of creativity, spirituality, and meaning-making. Xenia's offerings are designed to support spirited innovators bring their natural genius into form and include Create Your Cosmology, a course in authentic belief systems, Imaginal Temple, a creative mystical mentorship, the Garden of the Imaginal Substack, and an evolving cornucopia of courses, workshops, and 1:1 sessions which you can find at MythsofCreation.com and @mythsofcreation on IG. MOONBEAMING LINKS:Join the Moon Studio Patreon.Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.Subscribe to our newsletter.Find Sarah on Instagram.

Oct 16, 2024 • 52min
The Discipline of Hope and the Importance of Faith with The Star Card
Has this year…been a year? Have you dealt with one curveball after another? Are you continuously trying to heal and recover from burnout because you feel it in your bones that you will?Whether you’re sick, angry, or very exhausted: It’s. Not. Your. Fault.In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener shares about long COVID and burnout, framing the Star as a card to help us with dark times. She challenges ableist notions in spirituality and shares how the Star card in Tarot offers itself as a symbol of hope, faith, and healing after being dealt with serious trials. The Star card is soul retrieval and this is a guide to recognize the process.This week, you’ll learn:The importance of hope and faith as healing toolsThe three lines in Tarot explained through a Jungian lensWhat the "Sequence of Sight" is within the cards and how to use themPractical application of Star card energyIf you’ve been on a treadmill of unfortunate circumstances, difficult challenges, and want to apply healing through the Star Card’s guidance, this episode is for you!Moonbeaming listeners, save 40% this fall at www.quarto.com/campaign/witchcraft.MOONBEAMING LINKS:Join the Moon Studio Patreon.Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.Subscribe to our newsletter.Find Sarah on Instagram.

Oct 9, 2024 • 36min
Magical Thinking versus MAGICAL THINKING: Re-enchantment and Romance in (y)our World (Part 2)
How do you re-enchant your world when there are constant, repetitive curveballs in your life? Do you seek to improve your life and wellbeing and let that vibrate out to the world?First, if you haven’t listened to Part 1 yet, please go back and do so before you jump into this one.In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener reflects on life challenges and highlights the necessity of tools and practices to remain connected to intuition. She emphasizes the importance of mindful creativity and enchantment in enriching and romancing life.Sprinkle magic in your day-to-day and let it exponentially impact your life like a mycorrhizal network. The episode offers magical maxims, inspiring listeners to integrate intuition and magic into their lives and regain a sense of wonder and connection.This week, you’ll learn:The signaling of what’s missing in your life and questions to ask yourselfSilvia Federici’s work on Re-enchanting the WorldFoundational magical ideas to reinvigorate your daily lifeIf you’ve been exhausted, confused, needing change, and wondering how to re-enchant and romance your inner and outer world, this episode is for you.MOONBEAMING LINKS:Join the Moon Studio Patreon. Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.Subscribe to our newsletter.Find Sarah on Instagram.

Oct 2, 2024 • 1h 1min
Magical Thinking versus MAGICAL THINKING: For the Sceptics and the Believers (Part 1)
Do you believe in magic? Are you both skeptical AND curious about magic? How is magical thinking supportive for trauma survivors, and where does it harm us?In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener examines the psychological phenomenon around “magical thinking,” cognitive distortions that trauma survivors often create.This episode has something for the believer and skeptic alike. This week, you’ll learn:3 ways that magical thinking shows up as cognitive distortionsHow magical thinking can be supportive for trauma survivorsDiscerning certain fantasies, where they come from, and the importance of paying attention to realityTaking responsibility and aligned actionIf you’ve wondered why you think certain thoughts, or favor fantasy over action, this episode is for you.MOONBEAMING LINKS:Join the Moon Studio Patreon.Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.Subscribe to our newsletter.Find Sarah on Instagram.

Sep 25, 2024 • 1h 10min
Support & Alchemize your Nervous System, with Embodiment Educator Sukie Baxter
How do you know the difference between your intuition and your nervous system’s instinct, and why does it matter? What’s a simple exercise that can strengthen your discernment and decisiveness?In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener invites Embodiment Coach Sukie Baxter to discuss the alchemy of the nervous system, its impact for a self-led life, and how they, as self-identified introverts, manage their nervous system when sharing their voice to the public. You’ll learn:how to regulate your nervous system in the momentexercises for developing your sensory skillsthe connection between intuition and the nervous systemself-permission when being in the public eyeIf you’re ready to tap into your senses, unlock your fight-or-flight state, and live a self-led life, this episode is for you.About Guest: Sukie Baxter is an Embodiment Coach, author, speaker and educator on nervous system regulation. She helps anxious humans go from constantly striving for external validation and feeling overwhelmed by stress or self-doubt to becoming purpose-driven individuals who cultivate inner peace, authentic success and fulfillment in every aspect of their lives so that they can create a meaningful impact, unlock their true potential, and live a life of purpose, joy, and abundance.MORE:Whole Body RevolutionYoutube @sukiebaxterMOONBEAMING LINKS:Join the Moon Studio Patreon. Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.Subscribe to our newsletter.Find Sarah on Instagram.