Healing The Spirit: Astrology, Archetypes & Artmaking

What are some subtle, unconscious ways that we resist change? How might we embrace our moment-by-moment truths? We're exploring some pitfalls I've made in the past when planning my upcoming year.In this episode, I discussed sneaky ways that we solidify temporary experiences out of fear and need for survival – and how we can unravel and liberate ourselves.Follow along with the journey! Here's the complete mini-series: Part 1: Don't Get Stuck in The Waiting RoomPart 2: Don't Fix Your ConditioningPart 3: Don't Forget That You're HumanPart 4: Don't Mistake Temporary Experiences as Infinite TruthsPart 5: Don't Confuse Your Wants for Your Desires Sign up for my newsletter to read my essays and be the first to hear about new offerings here.If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

How might we honor and make space for our humanity as we plan for the coming year? We're exploring some pitfalls I've made in the past when planning my upcoming year.In this episode, I discussed how accounting for the unexpected, for boredom, for distractions, and other features of our humanity may enhance our planning. Follow along with the journey! Here's the complete mini-series: Part 1: Don't Get Stuck in The Waiting RoomPart 2: Don't Fix Your ConditioningPart 3: Don't Forget That You're HumanPart 4: Don't Mistake Temporary Experiences as Infinite TruthsPart 5: Don't Confuse Your Wants for Your Desires Sign up for my newsletter to read my essays and be the first to hear about new offerings here.If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

What is our conditioning? How do we relate to our conditioning with more consciousness as we plan the coming year?We're exploring some pitfalls I've made in the past when planning my upcoming year.In this episode, I discussed the difference between fixing vs. transforming our conditioning. Follow along with the journey! Here's the complete mini-series: Part 1: Don't Get Stuck in The Waiting RoomPart 2: Don't Fix Your ConditioningPart 3: Don't Forget That You're HumanPart 4: Don't Mistake Temporary Experiences as Infinite TruthsPart 5: Don't Confuse Your Wants for Your Desires Sign up for my newsletter to read my essays and be the first to hear about new offerings here.If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

The title says it all! We're exploring some pitfalls I've made in the past when planning my upcoming year.Episode I mentioned: 165. The Life-Changing Magic of Authentic Planning: How To Prioritize Your Heart in Streamlining Your ProcessHere's the complete mini-series: Part 1: Don't Get Stuck in The Waiting RoomPart 2: Don't Fix Your ConditioningPart 3: Don't Forget That You're HumanPart 4: Don't Mistake Temporary Experiences as Infinite TruthsPart 5: Don't Confuse Your Wants for Your Desires Sign up for my newsletter to read my essays and be the first to hear about new offerings here.If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

How do we recognize our wounds as portals to new realities? How might accepting and tending to feelings of powerlessness birth deeper devotions of our paths? Where are we creating artificial separations between pain and beauty? Where have we been taught that our powerlessness makes us unworthy? The theme for January 2025 is The Miraculous Portal of The Wound.In this episode, I share some contemplations for us to return to throughout the month. January 2025 sees Mars's return into Cancer while in retrograde. In contrast, Venus moves into Pisces. This is a vibrant month where the highs are high, the lows are low.I also pulled King of Swords from Benebell Wen's Spirit Keeper's tarot, as well as the Psyche card from the Supra Oracle. Sign up for my newsletter to read my essays and be the first to hear about new offerings here.If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

In this engaging conversation, Michelle Pellizzon-Lipsitz, a researcher, creative business consultant, and entrepreneur known for Holisticism, delves into the intriguing concept of intuitive business. She discusses the clash between artistic values and business success, emphasizing that creativity and commerce can harmoniously coexist. Michelle also explores the relevance of astrology in shaping careers, navigating the balance between passion and parental expectations, and embracing imperfection as a path to growth. Her insights illuminate the transformative journey of merging creativity with entrepreneurial spirit.

Where do our spiritual and creative lives intersect? How might our spiritual practices bolster our inner artist? How might our creative practice embolden our inner sage?In this episode, I invited energy and inner child healing practitioner Natasha Levinger for a conversation to discuss the overlaps between creativity and spirituality. Natasha is also a writer and a musician who's spent many years in the world of improv.We explored the fear of listening to our creative inner child & making space for them in our lives, breaking down rigid definitions of creativity, and the difference between openness and codependency.Towards the end, Natasha shared her brilliant take on creative manifestation and some practices she's found helpful in deepening a co-creative relationship with reality.Here's Natasha's bio:Natasha Levinger is a therapeutic intuitive, energy healer, and author of the book, “Healing Your Inner Child: Reparenting Yourself for a More Secure and Loving Life”. She spends much of her time deep diving into all aspects of spiritual and emotional healing in the search to uncover patterns that stop us from being all that we are. Sharing those discoveries with others to help them feel free and fulfilled is her passion and life’s work.You can find Natasha on her website, Substack, podcast, and TikTok. In addition, check out Natasha's upcoming workshop Warriors of Light on December 28, 2024. Sign up for my newsletter to read my essays and be the first to hear about new offerings here.If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

How might we respond to the grief and fear that arise as layers of conditioning melt away? How might we access compassion as we honor difference in our respective paths?The theme for December is Melting The Ice, Revealing The Inner Fire.In this episode, I share some contemplations for us to return to throughout the month. December 2024 starts with a wobbly New Moon in Sagittarius, ruled by a retrograde Jupiter in Gemini. The second half of the month begins with a Full Moon in Gemini, and the month ends with a gentle New Moon in Capricorn. Mars will retrograde in Leo, Venus will enter Aquarius, and we'll have the second Jupiter-Saturn square.I also pulled 6 of Pentacles, 8 of Swords, and The Moon from the Tabula Mundi tarot, as well as the Dream card from The Dragon Mother Oracle. Sign up for my newsletter to read my essays and be the first to hear about new offerings here.If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

How have the shifts in the distribution of information impact the mindset of readers in recent decades? What is the role of spiritual practitioners within the current media ecosystem? How might artists and creators design a path of sustainable, reciprocal relationships with those who enjoy their work?On the one hand, the current media landscape provides an ideal setting for anyone who'd like to share their work. As long as you have internet and a device, you could theoretically share your work with the whole digital world. On the other hand, it can feel increasingly challenging to get our work to the right people, let alone to cut through the noise and make a sustainable living.In this captivating conversation, I invited writer and editor Emily Bingham to share her extensive experience and brilliant insights on these big questions.Here's Emily's bio:Emily Bingham is a writer and editor working at the intersection of nature, wonder and well-being. Her work aims to guide readers to a deeper awareness of and appreciation for the complex living landscapes around us and within ourselves. Most recently she was a reporter for Michigan’s largest digital news site, where she covered nature, the night sky, regional travel and outdoor recreation. She is currently on a self-made sabbatical after nearly 20 years in journalism. In addition to learning what it means to truly rest, she is exploring continued ways of being a facilitator of curiosity and connection – this time through her trainings in astrology, herbalism, flower essences, yoga nidra and guided time in nature. Follow her on instagram at @emilyisoutside for current writings and future offerings.Emily also recently recorded a lo-fi yoga nidra practice, which you can access here. Sign up for my newsletter to read my essays and be the first to hear about new offerings here.If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

Should I work with a mental health professional or a spiritual practitioner? What considerations should I take into account? How do they provide different kinds of support?These are some questions I find myself asking at various points of my journey – both as a mystical practitioner and as someone who also seeks out support. In conversations with clients and students, I find that others are asking them, too. And so, I invited my dear friend, Martha Alter Hines to share her insights and her experiences. For twenty years, Martha worked as a clinical social worker, psychotherapist, and body worker prior to answering her soul's calling to offer spiritual guidance using energy work and astrology.We discussed both what to expect when receiving spiritual vs. mental health support, the intersections and the distinctions between the two, and how to take responsibility for your own spiritual and mental health journeys.If you'd like to go deeper, check out these offerings from Martha: Workshop: Trauma Informed Basics for Astrologers & HealersWorkshop: Virgo & Your Personal TempleConversation with Heather Ensworth & Kristina Lea on YouTubeThe Wholeness Way Series on YouTubeI also encourage you to check out Martha's sessions, courses, and subscribe to Martha's amazing YouTube channel!Here's Martha's bio: Martha Alter Hines, MSW, is a mom, an author, a healer, and an astrologer. Martha has twenty years of experience as a clinical social worker, psychotherapist, and body worker. She has primarily studied Evolutionary Astrology with Ari Moshe Wolfe and Heather Ensworth as well.Martha bridges her trauma informed clinical background with her astrological knowledge, as well as a deep understanding of ourselves as beings of the cosmos, Earth, divine, heart, mind, and so much more.Martha was born in Thailand and grew up in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kenya, and the United States. Therefore, she has a deep passion for alleviating the suffering of our world.Martha is dedicated to serving our world, to helping us each to thrive, and to supporting us to come back into the infinite wisdom and healing that is our natural state of being. Sign up for my newsletter to read my essays and be the first to hear about new offerings here.If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.