How to self-heal 'mysterious' illness (and why this is also a 'mysterious' call to your witch)

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In this episode, whilst honouring the depths of darkness that mysterious dis-ease can take us to, Nicole shares the importance of seeing illness not as something ‘victimising’ (as our society is conditioned), but an opportunity for personal healing and deeper connection to our bodies, inspiring self-love and feminine empowerment that awakens our inner witch and connects us to our self-healing inner apothecary. She also shares some deeper self-enquiry prompts, and explores her way of mapping our health.

What You’ll Learn from this Episode:

Mysterious illnesses - including conditions like chronic fatigue, autoimmune issues, and feminine cycle symptoms - are a secret call to our ‘inner witch’ and her self-healing power and magic
Our illnesses are actually ‘initiations’ - doorways to parts of ourselves that we’ve not before seen, rather than conditions that are to be passively endured - though this challenges mainstream medical and societal norms around ‘health’ which often has us feel victim to health challenges
According to universal magical healing laws and principles, suppression is the true cause of dis-ease - anywhere we suppress, creates an energetic block and energy get stuck
The law of ‘like cures like’ means that what ‘causes’ something will also ‘cure’ it. Holding up a mirror to aspects within ourselves offers us self-reflection that stimulates ‘self-healing’
We can heal ourselves - by working with the elements of ‘self-illumination’ and ‘self-love’ (via harnessing ‘archetypal remedies’ as a ‘mirror’ to lost aspects of ourselves that we’ve shamed), which helps us un-suppress aspects of ourselves that have been hidden and have manifested illness
As we heal ourselves, our wounds become our gifts - and that helps us to live our destiny as the healer witches we came here to be
We can also map our healing in a Soul Map, which is also a tool we can harness to know our gifts.

Resources and things that we spoke about:

Register your interest in our Secret Witch’s Apothecary Membership: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership
Join our Secret Witch Facebook Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch
Like us on Social:

Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/archetypalapothecary/
You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety

Website: http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk
YouTube episode: https://youtu.be/a88SqDaxR5E

Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know.

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Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox

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How to self-heal 'mysterious' illness (and why this is also a 'mysterious' call to your witch)

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published about a year ago

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What You’ll Learn from this Episode:

Mysterious illnesses - including conditions like chronic fatigue, autoimmune issues, and feminine cycle symptoms - are a secret call to our ‘inner witch’ and her self-healing power and magic
Our illnesses are actually ‘initiations’ - doorways to parts of ourselves that we’ve not before seen, rather than conditions that are to be passively endured - though this challenges mainstream medical and societal norms around ‘health’ which often has us feel victim to health challenges
According to universal magical healing laws and principles, suppression is the true cause of dis-ease - anywhere we suppress, creates an energetic block and energy get stuck
The law of ‘like cures like’ means that what ‘causes’ something will also ‘cure’ it. Holding up a mirror to aspects within ourselves offers us self-reflection that stimulates ‘self-healing’
We can heal ourselves - by working with the elements of ‘self-illumination’ and ‘self-love’ (via harnessing ‘archetypal remedies’ as a ‘mirror’ to lost aspects of ourselves that we’ve shamed), which helps us un-suppress aspects of ourselves that have been hidden and have manifested illness
As we heal ourselves, our wounds become our gifts - and that helps us to live our destiny as the healer witches we came here to be
We can also map our healing in a Soul Map, which is also a tool we can harness to know our gifts.

Resources and things that we spoke about:

Register your interest in our Secret Witch’s Apothecary Membership: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership
Join our Secret Witch Facebook Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch
Like us on Social:

Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/archetypalapothecary/
You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety

Website: http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk
YouTube episode: https://youtu.be/a88SqDaxR5E

Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know.

If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it!

Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox

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How to express your soul in the world from inner wisdom and authenticity (and why that's healing) 1:14:06

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Kim Kaase. Kim is the creator of Authentic Influence, a transformative messaging framework designed for experienced coaches, mentors, and visionaries. With a background in high-level sales and business strategy, she helps purpose-driven entrepreneurs craft clear, aligned messaging that resonates deeply - without resorting to hype or manipulation. She empowers her clients to amplify their impact while staying true to their soul voice and values. Her mission is to revolutionize marketing by fostering genuine connection, integrity, and sustainability in business. In this episode we explore the true value of ‘authentic’ soul expression - and why it’s so important, both personally and in our businesses as healers. Reflecting on Kim’s healing journey, her spiritual awakenings and the realisation that true self-expression requires surrendering to a deeper divine guidance, she dived into the distinction between ‘authentic influence’ and ‘manipulation’, the ongoing nature of reclaiming our authentic self (and the fears and challenges that come up with that), and the revolutionary potential of AI in capturing and harnessing our true message (even though it may seem the very opposite of authenticity). She expressed the importance of aligning with our soul to express our gifts, as a powerful reminder for aspiring healers that sharing our voice is the remedy. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: We can often feel unsafe to express ourselves due to the expectations of society - which often have us stuck in patterns of staying on the hamster wheel, burning out, people-pleasing and hiding our magic To begin the journey back to authenticity requires us to get quiet, pause and attune to our inner wisdom - even though that can feel challenging (and we also might not like what we hear) - we have to have time to ‘gestate’ our rebirth Facing our fear of expressing ourselves isn’t easy, and requires deep courage and acceptance that being authentic and sharing our voices may result in both adoration and criticism (and staying open to seeing that’s okay!) As aspiring healers, it’s important to learn a new way of business and marketing that comes from a more feminine lens (supported by the masculine), rather than some of the more ‘traditional’ marketing approaches which come from the lens of lack and manipulation. To do that, we need to learn to have ‘authentic influence’ - to embody the frequency of purity and truth - which is different from ‘manipulative’ marketing. Whilst we might think that AI is robotic and the opposite of authenticity, AI can be a really supportive container to hold our message as we begin to create - offering a masculine structure of remembering our values, whilst allowing us to focus on authentic expression. There are different levels of consciousness (intuitive, intellectual, willful, reactive) which influence how we market ourselves as healers - and it’s helpful to have awareness of these (and which level we, and the people we can serve are in) to reach people authentically. There’s no ‘right’ in how we express our message as healers - only learning to be had. We just have to start expressing our souls, and be open to learning what meets people where they are. Resources and things that we spoke about: Kim Kaase’s Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kimberley.kaase LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimkaase/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimkaase/ Nicole’s Links: Join our Secret Witch’s Apothecary Membership: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Join our free Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: https://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/iamnicolebarton Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/archetypalapothecary/ You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary Resources Mentioned: Books - The Body Knows the Score: https://a.co/d/fecU3TM YouTube Episode: https://youtu.be/Dw29wqtrj4o Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole is diving into how our struggles, challenges, things going ‘wrong’, and even our trauma can become our remedies - and how we can reclaim our power and stop fighting that alchemy process. Sharing her own personal journey, she explores how we enter ‘remedy states’ each time we meet challenges - and how we have been conditioned to shy away from and avoid our darkness, which often leaves us (innocently) locked in that wounded state, ‘resisting’ the lesson. Instead, she shares how we can open to learning new skills to meet ourselves lovingly in our triggers, wounds and challenges, so that we can receive the gold from them. Exploring how our gifts are found in our wounds - and how we can cultivate self-love, safety, vulnerability, and deeper intimacy with them in order to heal ourselves - this episode offers a transformative perspective of challenges as opportunities for growth. And it does this in a way that doesn’t also have us ‘bypassing’ our pain, but honouring and acknowledging it - aka truly healing it. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: ‘Lessons’ are often to be found in all the things that go ‘wrong’ in our lives - our challenging experiences or traumas not met well in childhood often lead us to a cycle of suppression and fear of adversity This can ‘lock us in’ to a remedy state that clouds who we are, leaving our scared, wounded inner little girl in charge of navigating our challenges - until we reclaim our power by welcoming and loving her, so that we can pause and go into find the gold in them We assume that healing should be a quick fix sticky plaster that immediately solves our challenge - but really, true healing often involves a healing response that takes us back to the moment we experienced a soul rupture, so that we can revisit it and decide again - whilst we unsuppress whatever was suppressed. That moment is where our lesson is, which makes our moments of challenge opportunities for healing People can often be our biggest triggers, but they are also ‘remedies’ and mirrors for us in our healing - that’s why Nicole has created the Secret Witch’s Apothecary Membership We often need to create a sense of safety for our child to meet triggers - because for the Secret Witch, especially, this way of working is largely not something that’s been modelled. It requires us to learn new healing skills - like nervous system tending, true self-love and acceptance, and capacity to hold the tension and pause in our triggers - and these skills can take a little time, tenderness and love to learn. Resources and things that we spoke about: Links to things mentioned: Join our Secret Witch’s Apothecary Membership: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Book a Soul Reading: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/soulreading Our Links: Social: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nicoleamandabarton Facebook Group - Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary YouTube episode: https://youtu.be/18OEr6K9j64 Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to harness the power of sister circles for healing 1:05:03

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Gemma Brady. Gemma is the founder of Sister Stories, which is on a mission to make going to Women's Circles as common as yoga class. She has dedicated her life to creating spaces for people to tell important stories. Beginning her career as an award winning filmmaker, she believes in the healing power of storytelling and created Sister Stories as a means of offering women an opportunity to come together and experience the transformative power of being seen and heard. In this episode Gemma and Nicole explore the transformative power of sister circles and how our personal stories facilitate healing - for both ourselves and others. Exploring the understandable fears associated with stepping into spaces of sisterhood - like vulnerability, and the fear of persecution - and the importance of fostering unconditional love, honouring our triggers and having the courage to share our voices, we illuminate the vital need for sisterhood in the permission-giving reclamation of our authentic expression - and how that’s the medicine for the world (including the mainstream!). What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Sister circles are a potent space of healing and permission-giving, providing a space for self-discovery, expression and gentle activism - which can help change the world through compassion, connection and community Both in leading and participating in sister circles, being authentically ourselves, and acknowledging our vulnerabilities, is crucial for creating deep healing We can often feel the fear of joining a circle of sisterhood - and if we feel we can’t share anything else, simply naming our fears can be so healing in and of itself Listening is also a vital, courageous act - it allows people to hold space for each other’s complex stories and can activate deep self-illumination - people are remedies, and circle allows others to mirror where we need love As facilitators, we aren’t there to ‘get it right’ or be ‘more advanced’ - our role is as a gentle steward, creating and holding space for the group - if you’re just starting out, keep it simple and be authentic, rather than thinking you have to ‘do more’ - the medicine is in you expressing your unique authentic self (aka ‘being’ your remedy). Resources and things that we spoke about: Gemma’s Links: Website: https://www.sisterstories.co World Class Accredited Circle Facilitator Programme: https://www.sisterstories.co/doors-open-sister-stories-facilitation-online-training-2025 Social: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sisterstoriesuk Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SisterStoriesLDN Our Links: Register interest in our Secret Witch’s Apothecary Membership: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Join us this 24th April 2025: Taster event - Heal Yourself, Become the Healer - enrolling now - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/heal-yourself-become-the-healer-a-sacred-initiation-to-your-witchy-gifts-tickets-1290199043069 Social: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nicoleamandabarton Facebook Group - Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to navigate a relationship (authentically) when your partner isn't 'witchy' 1:06:56

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole vulnerably addresses the common challenges that Secret Witches can face in romantic relationships - being our true selves when our partners are not ‘witchy’ . Discussing the natural fear of judgement, shame and rejection - and how our ‘difference’ can feel like we are living “secret” lives, feeling lonely and disconnected and leaving us feeling unheard and unseen - she shares how to take tender steps to empower ourselves into liberating our authenticity. In this episode Nicole talks openly about her personal journey with childhood trauma and abusive relationships, exploring how embracing her true self helped transform her current partnership. She offers practical journaling prompts, advice on the inner work and answers listener questions on how to find alignment with partners, as well as sharing why ‘difference’ is actually crucial to union. She also guides you into cultivating an inner safety to share your vulnerability, and how to work with self-healing (and self-validation) for deeper intimacy and connection. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: As ‘witches’, we can often feel deeply fearful about being our authentic selves in our romantic relationship - bringing up the witch wound fear of being judged and abandoned - yet opening up to expressing ourselves doesn’t always have to obliterate our lives, and we can open to it tenderly, with small steps ‘Difference’ isn’t a bad thing - we actually need polarity in relationships, because that’s what creates union as we complement each other - so being a ‘witchy’, mysterious feminine essence being in a relationship with a logical masculine essence being may not actually be quite as bad as our inner little girl imagines Being our authentic selves is vital in deepening intimacy and connection in our relationships - and even attracting soul-aligned partners - even though it will likely feel deeply vulnerable We often need to cultivate a sense of ‘inner safety’ within ourselves first, welcoming our authentic ‘witch’ home to ourselves first - until it’s inevitable that no one can reject this part of ourselves (or if they do, we welcome this part of ourselves so deeply that this becomes okay) We can do this by beginning to do the inner work (such as working with archetypal remedies) to discover our wounding patterns and how they are contributing to us abandoning our authentic self - and by surrounding ourselves with likeminded souls until our expression starts to feel safe We don’t have to jump to boldly declaring our witch status - we might start small by sharing aspects of our witch, such as loving wild wanders or enjoying full moon rituals - tender steps and deep love for the parts of us that feel unsafe is the way. Resources and things that we spoke about: Our Links: Register interest in our Secret Witch’s Apothecary Membership: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Social: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nicoleamandabarton Facebook Group - Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/archetypalapothecary/ You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary Resources: Adam Quiney episode: Ep 33 -How to Own the Gold of your Soul’s Essence - https://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/secret-witch-podcast/episode-33 Join our Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Join our Membership: https://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk Youtube Episode: https://youtu.be/5YutFXrBHYk Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to harness homeopathy for self-healing 1:14:48

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Marcus Fernandez. Marcus has been practicing and teaching homeopathy for over thirty years worldwide. His journey in homeopathy has been marked by dedication to both education and practice, having founded the Centre for Homeopathic Education (CHE) in London. Marcus’s vision is to make homeopathy accessible to everyone. He firmly believes in empowering people to take charge of their families’ health and well-being through homeopathy. His contribution to the field was recognized in 2021 when he was made a Fellow of the Society of Homeopaths for his outstanding service to the profession. In this episode, we explore Marcus’s journey from aspiring rockstar to acclaimed homeopath. Diving into the science and art of homeopathy as a ‘magical’ energy medicine system for self-healing, we studied some basic universal principles - such as ‘like cures like’ - and historical and alchemical roots of homeopathy that make this ancient wisdom body effective. Providing an inspiring and compelling case for the ancient practice's relevance and efficacy in modern times, Marcus addressed some of the common doubts and fears about homeopathy - and fears that can come up around embracing more ‘magical’ healing methods - making a stand for trusting our wisdom on what’s ‘Truth’. He also offered practical advice on how listeners can incorporate homeopathy into their lives. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Homeopathic principles say that illness is really caused by ‘suppression’ - differing to mainstream medicine, which often suppresses symptoms without addressing underlying issues, homeopathy seeks to treat the root cause, leading to true healing Homeopathy empowers individuals to heal themselves by aligning them with their internal truth and natural healing capacities, encouraging trust in personal intuition and holistic health practices The remedies work on the law of similars (‘like cures like’) and, traditionally, involve highly diluted substances that retain the energetic essence of the original material, akin to principles in quantum physics (although science is still ‘catching up’ to homeopathy) Remedies in effect take us back to times in our lives where we experienced trauma, so that we can ‘choose again’ - whether to release the trauma or remain holding it Homeopathy is also something that’s been doubted and ridiculed as ‘pseudo-science’ which can have Secret Witches feel the fear of being judged as ‘lunatics’ if they work with it - and yet, when we try it, our embodied experience often reveals that it works All the healing wisdom we need is already within us - we are not broken, we have all we need already - if homeopathy calls to us, we can try it out for ourselves and live into our own experience of it with an open mind and trust of our inner wisdom and truth Beginners can start with homeopathic kits and guides like Marcus's book "Homeopathy at Home," gradually exploring remedies for common ailments while understanding the principles and subtleties of holistic healing. Resources and things that we spoke about: Marcus’s Links: Homeopathy at Home - Marcus’s book: https://marcus-fernandez.com/ Website: https://marcus-fernandez.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcusfndez/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009253627766 Helios Basic Remedy Kit: https://www.helios.co.uk/en/shop/basic-36-kit Our Social: Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Join our Membership: https://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk Resources: Homeopathy and Human Evolution - Martin Miles - https://www.homeopathicbooks.com/product/homeopathy-and-human-evolution/ Story: Aura Child - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1907203710 Books - The Body Knows the Score: https://a.co/d/5152PDp Youtube Episode: Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to heal our body's pains (magically) 1:03:33

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole is sharing ‘Magical Healing 101’. Exploring her perspective on how to heal our body’s physical pains by entering an initiation into our witch and learning to harness alternative healing ‘magic’, she invites listeners into a new ‘worldview’ of healing science and art that contrasts to the ‘mainstream’ way. Nicole discusses her own journey with pains like chronic fatigue, menstrual pains - endometriosis - and thyroid imbalances, exploring ‘allopathic’ versus ‘holistic’ healing, emphasising the need to illuminate underlying causes of physical pains. In this episode Nicole explores the importance of expressing our uniqueness (rather than suppressing ourselves, which is the ‘cause’ of disease), explaining some universal laws. She invites you to claim your power to heal yourself, sharing how we can do that by learning to work with our ‘inner apothecary’ of archetypal remedies, and offering some ‘practical’ steps to begin this - along with an invitation to reclaim your self-healing power. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Mainstream medicine (allopathy) differs in its worldview about ‘quick fix’ healing to alternative, holistic approaches which focus on unsuppressing our souls and principles of ‘like cures like’ Because of that, mainstream medicine can struggle to heal ‘mysterious’ pains that are really pointing us towards the deeper, root-cause underlying patterns The Witch can help us to reclaim our power - our pains are often unseen ‘initiations’ into our self-healing gifts - and a deeper understanding of ourselves True healing requires us to not suppress, but address underlying emotional and psychological causes that manifest physical symptoms Archetypal Remedies offer both a psychological and physical map to our healing - and learning to harness our ‘inner apothecary’ of remedies can empower us to heal ourselves This requires an openness to a new worldview, perhaps a slower pace of healing - and being willing to be in the messiness of discovery - which we can feel resistance to in a world where we’ve been taught there’s a ‘quick fix’, but it’s worth it when it truly heals us Resources and things that we spoke about: Join our Secret Witch’s Apothecary Membership: Register your Interest here: https://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Our Social Links: Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/archetypalapothecary/ You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our free Secret Witch Sisterhood: http://www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk Youtube Episode: https://youtu.be/PXfhplul4zc Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How 'practical witchcraft' and 'ritual' can help us reclaim our self-healing power 1:01:40

14 weeks ago1:01:40

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Emma Griffin. Described as a real-life embodiment of Molly Weasley from Harry Potter, Emma is a modern-day full-time witch, healer, and author whose work guides women back to alignment by reconnecting with the ancient wisdom of their ancestors. Rooted in the interconnectedness of nature and the soul, Emma’s teachings aim to awaken the innate magic within us all, helping women rediscover their purpose and authentic selves. Emma’s new book, ‘The Witch’s Way Home’ serves as a roadmap for self-discovery, healing, and stepping into authentic power. In this juicy episode we explore Emma’s personal journey, marked by moments of stress, illness, grief, and self-discovery, and how it awakened her to the transformative self-healing power of witchcraft and ritual. Exploring challenges like infertility and cancer diagnosis, we explore how healing the ‘witch wound’ - aka reclaiming our true, authentic full expression of who we are - can help us manifest health. Diving into ancient, feminine, ancestral wisdom, seasonal living, emotional release - and the importance of presence, self-love and sisterhood - we explored the healing process and how the witch can help us reclaim ourselves. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Witchcraft can save our lives - literally. By embracing the power, magic and authenticity of the witch, we can heal on all different levels - including physical, mental-emotional and spiritual Whether we are ‘witches’ or not, the route of healing is really via healing our suppression and suppressed trauma - and reclaiming our authentic voices (which the witch holds a mirror to) To heal, requires us to face the ‘witch wound’ - we have to overcome societal judgement and fear of being a witch and sharing our true, authentic self-expression As we do, bravely own who we are - whether that’s a witch or something else - we connect more deeply to those who are like us (including our dream clients, if we are here to be healers) We must embrace the ancient wisdom of our ancestors - they knew that the real route of healing is through story-telling around the fire, ritual, creativity, presence, seasonal living, sisterhood and self-discovery There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ in practical witchcraft and ritual - it’s really individualised and intuitive, and we can play with things to see what works for us (and keep a journal of discovery to note what does and what doesn’t) Ritual and witchcraft practices do not have to be long and elaborate - we can weave them into our day, just bringing ourselves to presence and setting intentions. Resources and things that we spoke about: Our Social Links: Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/archetypalapothecary/ You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Register interest in our Secret Witch’s Apothecary Membership: coming soon - http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Join our free Secret Witch Sisterhood: http://www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk Emma’s Links: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/emmagriffinwitch Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@emmagriffinwitch You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@emmagriffinwitch Website: www.emmagriffinwitch.co.uk Emma’s Books: Find Your Soul Path: Discover the Magical Life Within - https://a.co/d/6trRRUu The Witch's Way Home: Magic, Spells and Rituals to Lead You Back to Your Most Powerful Self - https://a.co/d/5Nli4mz Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to self-heal 'mysterious' illness (and why this is also a 'mysterious' call to your witch) 1:04:32

16 weeks ago1:04:32

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole explores her radical approach to health which views ‘mysterious illness’ as a transformative initiation into self-healing and a sacred call to our witchy healing gifts. Nicole’s point of view is that illnesses that often go unexplained by mainstream medicine - such as chronic fatigue syndrome, ME, burn-out, auto-immune issues and menstrual disorders like endometriosis - are calls to embrace our own magical healing power and wisdom. In this episode, whilst honouring the depths of darkness that mysterious dis-ease can take us to, Nicole shares the importance of seeing illness not as something ‘victimising’ (as our society is conditioned), but an opportunity for personal healing and deeper connection to our bodies, inspiring self-love and feminine empowerment that awakens our inner witch and connects us to our self-healing inner apothecary. She also shares some deeper self-enquiry prompts, and explores her way of mapping our health. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Mysterious illnesses - including conditions like chronic fatigue, autoimmune issues, and feminine cycle symptoms - are a secret call to our ‘inner witch’ and her self-healing power and magic Our illnesses are actually ‘initiations’ - doorways to parts of ourselves that we’ve not before seen, rather than conditions that are to be passively endured - though this challenges mainstream medical and societal norms around ‘health’ which often has us feel victim to health challenges According to universal magical healing laws and principles, suppression is the true cause of dis-ease - anywhere we suppress, creates an energetic block and energy get stuck The law of ‘like cures like’ means that what ‘causes’ something will also ‘cure’ it. Holding up a mirror to aspects within ourselves offers us self-reflection that stimulates ‘self-healing’ We can heal ourselves - by working with the elements of ‘self-illumination’ and ‘self-love’ (via harnessing ‘archetypal remedies’ as a ‘mirror’ to lost aspects of ourselves that we’ve shamed), which helps us un-suppress aspects of ourselves that have been hidden and have manifested illness As we heal ourselves, our wounds become our gifts - and that helps us to live our destiny as the healer witches we came here to be We can also map our healing in a Soul Map, which is also a tool we can harness to know our gifts. Resources and things that we spoke about: Register your interest in our Secret Witch’s Apothecary Membership: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Join our Secret Witch Facebook Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Like us on Social: Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/archetypalapothecary/ You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Website: http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk YouTube episode: https://youtu.be/a88SqDaxR5E Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to heal by reclaiming your 'True Feminine' - the Witch as you've not yet met her 1:10:05

18 weeks ago1:10:05

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Sri Namaste Moore. Sri Namaste and her husband Baba Richard are co-owners of InfiniteCouple Enterprises rooted in transforming lives and legacies. As an Oracle, Mystic, Master Metaphysician, and Wonder Worker, Sri Namaste’s passion is to realign men and women to their innate harmony, honoring their distinctions while celebrating their synergy. She seamlessly integrates metaphysics, mysticism, and elegant philosophical truths, delivering laser-sharp clarity with practical applications. Her work is a testament to leadership, wisdom, and the boundless potential of those who dare to live their genius and leave an indelible legacy. In this episode we explore Namaste’s profound, radical worldview of what it means to embody the ‘True Feminine’ (and how the Feminine can be both ‘yin’ and ‘yang’, and we don’t have an ‘inner Masculine’’). We dived into the distinction between ‘feminist’ and ‘feminine’, and the cultural conditioning, societal fear and trauma we innocently hold around the Masculine, which often has us ‘competing’ with men for ‘power’, rather than embracing our polarity and that we *both* have different, unique gifts. We reflected on the different gifts - and explore how the witch’s gift is really to heal through love, doing the inner work and embracing the receptive Feminine to work her mysterious magic, rather than rebel against the patriarchy. Namaste also shared a practical womb invitation for beginning to connect with our Feminine ‘essence’ (and shared why that’s different to our Feminine ‘energy’). What You’ll Learn from this Episode: There’s a difference between being a ‘Feminist’ and being ‘Feminine’ - and the witch can (innocently) lean towards being ‘feminist’; competing with, and trying to be, men, rather than embodying the qualities of being feminine that can help us to feel true joy, harmony and synergy - and to be who we came here to be This is a cultural wounding around the Feminine, which Namaste believes is often misunderstood as having an ‘inner masculine’. She believes we don’t host ‘inner masculine’; instead, women have Feminine yin *and* yang - Goddess Kali being a great example of Feminine yang, and it still being distinctly feminine essence There’s a distinction Namaste makes around Feminine ‘energy’ versus ‘essence’, and that our True Feminine is found in our essence, and can be viscerally connected to via our bodies. Embracing our essences, rather than focusing on energy is helpful to reclaim the True Feminine The Masculine and Feminine have different gifts that help us create harmony and synergy - they are both unique and yet complementary to each other. For example, men’s power is about impact, which is more direct, hard and external, whereas women’s power is about influence, relating and subtle heart-based change There is much understandable trauma around this topic - and fear of the ‘patriarchy’ (especially for the witch) - and so we are called to work through this trauma with love and patience (Namaste offers a womb practice for this). We can transform traumas by reclaiming the gifts and understanding they bring, turning our wounds into sources of power and insight. What’s reflected in the outside world often holds a mirror to more collective patterns - and in the world at the moment there’s a lot of fear around powerful Masculine figures, which are calling us into healing and integration of our Feminine essence to create feminine expression and empowerment. Resources and things that we spoke about: Namaste’s Links: Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@iamnamastemoore Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnamastemoore/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/IAmNamasteMoore/ Website - https://www.infinitecouple.com/ Body of Work: Feminae - https://learn.infinitecouple.com/feminae Resources: Alison Armstrong - The Queen’s Code - https://www.alisonarmstrong.com/products/queenscodebook.html Alison Armstrong’s Secret Witch Show episode - https://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/secret-witch-podcast/episode-24 Nicole’s Links: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/iamnicolebarton Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/archetypalapothecary/ Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Check our our Secret Witch Membership: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Not ready? Join our Free Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk YouTube episode: https://youtu.be/A4zegV7KUWg Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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Why sisterhood is vital in our healing (especially for your Secret Witch, who may want to hide) 1:09:13

20 weeks ago1:09:13

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole is exploring the profound importance of ‘sisterhood’ in the healing journeys of women - especially those who are ‘Secret Witches’. She dives into how Secret Witches can feel resistance to sisterhood, yet being part of a supportive, magical community of likeminded women can truly transform our lives - helping us overcome fears, self-doubt, mistrust and the ‘witch wound’ that hold us back from having a voice and expressing our authentic selves and living our true destiny as healers. In this episode we explore the self-healing magic that sisterhood offers us - including self-reflection, a space for vulnerability, a place for discovering our gifts and gold via the mirror that others hold for us to our wounds and triggers. She explores how the ancient feminine wisdom of sisterhood offers provision of a safe and intentional space for us to engage in healing ceremony, share experiences and receive reflections that aid self-illumination - *if* we consciously choose to work with sisterhood this way - with sisters being remedies for us. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: For Secret Witches, there’s nothing so healing as sisterhood to help us learn how to fully express our true, authentic selves - it can help us overcome our fear of judgement and being outcast - and other fears we have around stepping into our witchy gifts Being able to be intimate with others is important in the journey of becoming a healer for ourselves - and in living our destiny as healers for others People are remedies and act as mirrors for our own self-illumination (aka loving healing) Safe spaces of vulnerability and reflection are so vital for our healing - especially in a world where we have learned to operate as silos (keeping ourselves disconnected and isolated in our masculinised culture) Sisterhood serves as a space in which we can discover our gifts, and practice honing our skills as healing practitioners There is opportunity for ‘reflection’ within conscious sisterhood spaces that allows us access to our own inner wisdom - which activates real healing (as opposed to advice and ‘quick fix’ solutions which take us away from our wisdom) True healing comes from within, facilitated by the supportive environment of a sisterhood that encourages self-reflection and personal growth Resources and things that we spoke about: Register Interest in our Secret Witch Membership: http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Social: Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/archetypalapothecary/ You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: http://www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk You Tube Episode link: https://youtu.be/wo7b2pCocP0 Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to work more deeply with reiki and energetic alchemy for self-awakening 1:14:49

22 weeks ago1:14:49

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Yolanda Williams. Yolanda is a Reiki teacher and host of the fabulous ‘Reiki Radio’ podcast. She is an Energetic Alchemist, also certified in Wellness Counseling, through Cornell University. Her work facilitates new levels of self-connection and reveals the dynamics of mind, body and energy. Yolanda's classes include Usui Reiki, all levels, in San Diego, as well as mentoring and intuitive awakening courses, online. In this episode we explore all things ‘energetic alchemy’. We dived into Yolanda’s uniquely deep perspective of Reiki, investigating how it can be a powerful portal of ‘inner work’ and self-awakening that offers healing of the mind, body spirit - rather than something ‘external’ as it is often seen. We discussed some of the surface-level misunderstandings of reiki, and explore the nuances of how we can harness energetic alchemy for ourselves - beyond outsourcing our power to others - to actually peel back layers of ourselves, see where we are projecting, connect to our intuition and unlock hidden aspects of ourselves. Including our unique gifts! What You’ll Learn from this Episode: When we first feel a call to energetic alchemy, we can feel alone in our journey - we might know we are sensitive, but can feel ‘weird’ or ‘odd’ in that. Energy healing can help us begin to understand this aspect of ourselves - in whatever form that takes Reiki is a tool that can help us find a way into energy healing - and it can be interacted with differently to how we commonly know it to be harnessed. In other words, we can harness energetic alchemy for ‘ourselves’ - rather than simply outsourcing our healing to others - and in doing so, we can own our power to peel back layers and go on an inner journey of self-awakening and transformation There’s an interconnectedness between mind, body and spirit - we can’t disconnect it, and as we begin to look inwards to what’s been suppressed, healing manifests - energy healing helps us learn we can choose that process consciously Energetic alchemy can help us reclaim the gifts of being a sensitive woman and learn how to distinguish our energy from others, empowering our own self-regulation and intuition Not everyone will experience their intuition in the same way - some are visual, some feel things, some know things - and as we become more aware of our own sensitivities and gifts, we can learn to embrace our intuition more fully There’s an importance in ascending into a spiritual path to see what’s ‘the same’ - *and* also surrendering to being the physical ‘vessel’ that collects the rain - aka descending into the body and embracing our uniqueness. All energetic alchemy tools are bringing us ‘home’ to both of these things. Resources and things that we spoke about: Yolanda’s Links: Website: www.theenergeticalchemist.com Download The Energetic Alchemist App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pr7qxgkavurc.psu4m8l95app&pcampaignid=web_share Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/teareiki Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/teareiki Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/reikiradio Nicole on Reiki Radio Podcast - She’s a Secret Witch… Are You?: https://open.spotify.com/episode/46eKVpH71CYPxKVcGsvmT9?si=5tD33dRcQmqgLChW_AksHA Register Interest in our Secret Witch Membership: http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Social: Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/archetypalapothecary/ You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: http://www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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Sharing My Magical Voice and Risking Being Burned at the Stake - Special Interview with Nicole Celebrating 100 Episodes 1:21:56

24 weeks ago1:21:56

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On this unique, celebratory 100th episode of the Secret Witch Show today Jamie Wozny takes the hostess role for a special interview with Creatrix of the show, Nicole Barton. Nicole is a witch on a mission to help Secret Witches - aka secretly magical women who hide their power - to live their true destiny by expressing their unapologetic magic. She does this by helping women to heal themselves, discover their gifts and heal the fear of expressing their authentic selves. Through her Top 10% Secret Witch Show podcast and her Archetypal Apothecary™ healing modality - which have helped multiple TENS of thousands of listeners - Nicole guides women to understand their soul’s unique plan and harness it to become the magical healer witches their souls were destined to be. In this episode we dived into how and why Nicole created the Secret Witch show, how she healed herself through the show by embodying her Feminine power and expressing her magical voice - and how she risked being burned at the stake for her true expression - celebrating all the magic and joy that has been created along the way! We explored that the show has become an ‘apothecary’, serving archetypal medicine in each episode, and explored the themes of voice liberation, vulnerability and the healing journey with the witch as an archetypal remedy in her own right. Nicole wants to offer a special thanks to Jamie Wozny for being an incredible hostess for this episode - I love you, woman. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: The Secret Witch is a sensitive woman who is secretly powerful and magical and longs to live her destiny but who feels burdened and burned out by her mundane life of busyness where she runs around people-pleasing and feels exhausted. By working with the ‘witch’ as a mirror for aspects of ourselves we have shamed, we can open to our inner apothecary for self-healing, discover our healing gifts and learn to express them in the world The Witch as an archetypal remedy - aka a lens for self-discovery - represents healing, creation and feminine power and true soul expression - and that’s what she helps us reclaim - if we can have a courageous, vulnerable, open heart to our possibility There can be a lot of fear that arises in the journey of self-healing and becoming a healer. That’s normal - our fear is often a confirmation of the path we are being called to. *And* embracing and sharing our vulnerability, fears and authentic selves is crucial in reclaiming our voice and power - even (and especially when people think we are ‘weird’). Reclaiming our gifts and voice is an embodied journey of ‘living into’ our medicine. We each have our own unique archetypal remedy to share - and we have to reclaim our gifts through an embodied experience, rather than learning intellectually - and working with archetypal remedies is a great way to do this. The podcast is a great example of how Nicole lived into her medicine as she listened to the intuitive nudges, and healed and expanded herself, leaning into her true soul expression. Healing is an ongoing process; it will never be ‘complete’ - the real gift is learning the art and science of loving, compassionate self-healing so we can provide that for ourselves throughout our lives, learning to tenderly meet challenges and reclaim our gifts from our wounds - and celebrate our small victories, taking the next aligned-action as we go Sharing our voice can be scary, because of the witch wound - and if we are fearing that, it’s just a sign there’s more healing to do of our inner witch (who has often experienced much trauma in her lifetime). This is something that Nicole has lived into - and is still living into - as she’s journeyed with creating the podcast - and here we are, with a treasure trove of 100 episodes later, with a Top 10% show that has helped thousands of women! It’s so worth the journey. Resources and things that we spoke about: Register here to hear more about our Secret Witch Membership… http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Social: Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Sign-up to receive our Luna News: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/subscribe Website: http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to express your Feminine magic - unapologetically - in a world where that's terrifying 58:45

26 weeks ago58:45

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Sophie French. Sophie supports women to unlock and unleash their unique expression and gifts into the world, to tap into their heart's desires and to go for them with deep self-trust and self-belief. She utilities a combination of neuro-linguistic programming, emotional release and embodiment practices along with energy and strategy work to provide a holistic approach to the woman who is ready to be all she's ever wanted. In this vibrant episode Nicole and Sophie dive into all things ‘unapologetic feminine soul expression’, exploring how self-illuminating where we have suppressed ourselves (rather than submitting to pathologising things like ‘depression’) helps us heal and discover our true selves and embrace our creative soul expression - and how that can be a healing remedy for others, in ways we don’t always expect. Performing her poetry for us and exploring how she rebirthed herself through it, Sophie explores how her self-expression and story-telling became a form of alchemy of darkness to light, and how she tended her nervous system to be able to express her true self in a world where that’s scary. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: It is vital to our mental and physical health to live out our full, unapologetic expression - numbing and suppressing our true selves literally has us become burned out, depressed and anxious We can begin to heal through unsuppressing ourselves, via self-discovery - which includes facing our darkness, feeling everything fully and challenging the societal tendency to numb and avoid discomfort Expressing our emotions can be an alchemical process which unlocks deeper creativity and joy - Sophie’s poetry is a great example of this deep expression of her soul, and came through her in this alchemical way - as I always say, our gifts are found in our wounds That said, we can consciously choose the edge we meet, giving ourselves permission to go at our own pace and choose when we go in - this is an intentional healing process of soul-expression It’s important to regulate our nervous systems - much more important than it is made out to be in our society so we can express safely. We must create space for the slowness of this process Healing can be found in anything that has us back in touch with feeling ‘alive’ - not just traditional ‘remedies’ but through music, and dance, or anything that has us feel alive and connected. Resources and things that we spoke about: Sophie’s Links: Sophie’s Revival Clarity Sessions: www.sophiefrench.co/mentoring Sophie’s Heroine's Journey : https://www.sophiefrench.co/journey Sophie’s Poetry Book: https://amzn.eu/d/dAnsPAK Sophie’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sophiefrench.co/ Social: Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Sign-up to receive our Luna News: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/subscribe Website: http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to manifest your magical dream life as a healer witch 54:27

28 weeks ago54:27

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole is diving into all things ‘manifestation’ of our magical destiny as aspiring healers, exploring the challenges of manifesting our dream lives, the importance of self-healing, permission-giving and embracing our inner power. She explores the power of the witch - and the difference between manifesting from wounding versus love. Exploring the deeper nuances of the law of ‘manifestation’ (one of 8 elements of the Secret Witch path), Nicole emphasises the importance of healing self-illumination of our unconscious wounding so that we can choose to create what we desire. She invites you to tune into your body, open your heart and recognise the hidden power you do already have to create whatever your heart longs for - if you open to the possibility of your inner witch and her apothecary within to help you peel back the layers of trauma and open to magic. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Manifestation is an important element in the journey of embracing our gifts as healers - yet it has a nuance that is often misunderstood in the ‘self-help’ world (in that we are *already* powerful creatrixes) We can begin to create what our heart desires by self-healing, and addressing and loving our unconscious inner-wounds, rather than attempting to sticky-plaster, quick fix or bypass them with affirmations We innocently manifest all kinds of thing we don’t want from unconscious wounds - physical health issues, such as burn out, often manifest from deeper underlying traumas that have been suppressed - and healing is in learning to express them and become more conscious To truly manifest a more magical life, we must give ourselves permission to embrace our fears and desires, peeling back the layers, welcoming them and loving them into liberation The witch can help us do that, initiating us into our creatrix power, as well as our healing power We must love our inner little girl who often feels fear to create our dreams - she’s the one often unconsciously creating what we don’t want (innocently) - and if we love her, and make her feel safe, this is the way to true healing and transformation - and embracing our gifts. Resources and things that we spoke about: Book: Existential Kink, Carolyn Elliot - https://amzn.asia/d/6JDjSdG Join our free Manifesting with the Moon Ritual - www.nicolebarton.co.uk/moonritual Social: Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to follow the intuitive whispers and become who you really are 51:40

30 weeks ago51:40

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Maude Hirst. Maude is a Meditation Specialist, Founder, Speaker, Coach, and Author of the Intuitive Whispers Oracle Deck specialising in making meditation and its life-changing benefits accessible to all. Maude was an actress best known for playing Helga in the hit TV show Vikings before becoming a leading wellness practitioner and founder of the bespoke meditation company EnergyRise. In this episode we dived into the importance of connecting to our ‘intuitive whispers’ in the journey of healing transformation - and how to deepen into our wisdom so we can embrace our true selves. Exploring Maude’s personal journey of navigating darkness in her life, she highlighted the four stages of healing and how she journeyed from a career in acting - where she felt disconnected - to her spiritual awakening and how she learned to trust her intuitive nudges to embrace who she is, and create an Oracle Deck that helps others access their own intuition. Listen to the end for our perfect card pull! What You’ll Learn from this Episode: We are all ‘actresses’ in life; most of us need to learn how to stop wearing masks and playing ‘character roles’ and truly embrace our authentic selves - and we can begin this journey by tuning into our intuitive whispers The process of healing transformation requires four stages - Listening (to our intuition), Clearing (our limiting beliefs), Rebuilding (consciously creating our true self), and Action (taking aligned steps) Fear can come up in the journey of connecting to our intuitive whispers - and it’s important to welcome and embrace that, moving through it, rather than avoiding it - darkness is part of the journey to ourselves Tuning into our intuition is a daily practice - connecting to our bodies and grounding into nature can really help us to hear ourselves - as can intuitive journaling, or pulling Oracle cards It can be challenging to own who we are - especially as healer witches - because there is societal conditioning to overcome - that’s just another layer of the onion to be healed, and an invitation into the next spiral around the stages of healing transformation. Resources and things that we spoke about: Maude’s Links: Maude’s Website: www.maudehirst.co.uk Maude’s Intuitive Whispers Oracle Deck (new release): https://maudehirst.co.uk/intuitive-whispers-oracle Maude’s The members Club for the Mind: https://maudehirst.co.uk/membership Maude’s 121 Mentorship: https://maudehirst.co.uk/mentorship Maude’s Social: Twitter - https://twitter.com/maudehirst Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maudehirst You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/c/maudehirst/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/maudehirstyoga/ Our Social: Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to heal ourselves with our own 'Inner Apothecary' - so that we can pass that wisdom on as healers 53:54

32 weeks ago53:54

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole is exploring the importance of self-healing using our ‘inner apothecary’, explaining what exactly that is, and how we can work with anything as a remedy symbolically for deep healing self-illumination work. She explores the role of the Witch (and the aspects of healer and creatrix) in accessing our apothecary for reclaiming lost parts of ourselves, encouraging listeners to know their power to heal themselves - physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. In this episode Nicole teaches about the art and science of magical healing and its universal laws, and how important it is to learn to work with these to heal ourselves so that we can become healing activators for others. She empowers you to be able to play with Archetypal Remedies for your own healing, so that you can one day become a guide to others on their healing journey. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Healing is an art and a science, grounded in universal laws and principles - and when we take self-responsibility for learning this art and science, we can heal ourselves Physical manifestations are expressions of lost parts of our souls that are wanting to be reclaimed - and we can do this by working with Archetypal Remedies for self-healing We each have an “inner apothecary” of Archetypal Remedies - energy remedies that we can work with ourselves for self-illumination and healing Anything can be a remedy, as long as we work with it symbolically, intentionally and responsibly We can tune into our inner remedies through archetypes, symbols and nature - examples of Archetypal Remedies include the Rose, the Bee and the Moon - each of these things can teach us about lost, suppressed aspects of our souls (for example, the Bee is a symbol of our busyness) We each have a unique soul map of remedies to work with, and doing so helps us to heal, and reclaim our gifts As we heal ourselves, we become a remedy for others similar to us (“like cures like” principle) - and this is how we truly ‘become’ healer witches. Resources and things that we spoke about: Base Formula Blogs - Essential Oils as Personalities / Using Aromatherapy to Embody your Chosen Archetype: https://www.baseformula.com/blog/essential-oil-personalities https://www.baseformula.com/blog/aromatherapy-archetypes Social: Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Next Crucible: https://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/moonritual Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to engage with shadow work to claim your inner magic as a healer 1:05:22

34 weeks ago1:05:22

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Nikki Van De Car. Nikki is the author of over a dozen books on magic and crafting, including the bestselling ‘Practical Magic’. She is an indigenous creator, focusing on exploring the ways in which stories inform how we understand the world and ourselves. She is a woman in search of magic, in the crunch of leaves and the scratch of a pencil, the brush of lips on a temple, and the sound of voices raised in song. In this episode Nicole and Nikki delve into the shadow work and how our shadow can have us hiding ourselves (and our inner witch) - with Nikki sharing her story of how she embraced her identity as a witch by befriending her shadow. We discussed the importance and therapeutic value in feeling our emotions, welcoming and accepting ‘all’, integrating our darkness, and dispelling the stigmas around our fear, guilt and shame - especially for ‘Secret Witches’ who want to become healers. We explored the integration of our shadow through self-illumination - and how it can help us reclaim our wholeness and creativity. Nikki shared some ‘practical’ methods including a beautiful meditation, ritual, working with symbols and nature magic. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Shadow work involves acknowledging and befriending the darker aspects of ourselves, rather than trying to eradicate them - this process helps us achieve self-illumination, self-healing and a return to wholeness We tend to suppress our inner witch as adults, though our inner child remembers a time when we were free to express that magic - and we can reclaim this with deconditioning Emotions such as anger, sadness and envy are best to be expressed, not suppressed - acknowledging and welcoming these emotions is essential for freedom and creativity Shadow magic doesn’t have to be something we carve huge chunks of time out to ‘do’ - we can integrate it into our every day, making shadow work and magic a part of our lives - by being in ongoing self loving illumination. That said, there are also lots of fun practical rituals we explored if you want to journey that way! Recognising and loving the inner child is crucial in shadow work - it’s helpful to remember that our shadow is really just the scared, childlike part of us, who wants love. We can provide that love by imagining we are speaking to this part of ourselves as if it were a best friend or a small child Resources and things that we spoke about: Social: Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Our Next Group Journey: https://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/luna Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk Nikki’s Website: nikkivandecar.com Nikki’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikkivandecar Nikki’s New Books: The Wheel of the Year: A Guide to Sabbats, Lunar Cycles, and the Stars Above My Wheel of the Year: A Celebration of Nature's Magic Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to create space for your healer witch in a busy, mundane world 56:50

36 weeks ago56:50

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole explores one of the biggest challenges most Secret Witches face: how we can overcome the challenge of balancing our busy lives with our deeper calling to being a healer. She dived into the crucial topic of how to create space for our healer witch, offering a practical ‘workshopy’ episode and guided meditation for women who feel a deep spiritual calling to become healers, but struggle with self-doubt and burn-out - and don’t feel they have space to delve into the deep work. In this episode, as part of her #HundredHealers vision, Nicole provided both practical steps for time-management, mental and physical space creation and advice on how to integrate magic into our daily life - and a healing journey with an Archetypal Remedy for activation of the part of you that knows how to manifest a magical life: your inner Creatrix, also exploring what resistance to that really means for our healing. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: The fear and doubt that arises as part of becoming a healer is normal - and not a sign you’re not cut out for it (it’s the ‘Secret Witch’ wound - and just means there’s healing to do of your wounded healer) Feeling we are lacking time and space to do the deep work in our busy mundane lives is part of this wound - and wants some loving healing (the practical workshop and journey in this episode was potent for helping that) Cultural views often label necessary healing work as ‘selfish,’ ‘self-indulgent’ or ‘non-essential’ - a perspective that gets internalised by many women, making it harder to prioritise our spiritual growth Resistance is a healing invitation. It is showing us there's something butting up here against what we know - and we want to go into that with loving curiosity. Like: “why am I feeling resistance? What is my belief here?” There are some very practical steps we can take to create space for our witch - and, if we have resistance to those, it’s a sign there’s more healing to do around choosing ourselves and claiming our purpose as a healer - we can do this by journeying with Archetypal Remedies (and particularly the Creatrix, who knows her manifesting power) Resources and things that we spoke about: Join our upcoming 5 week journey with Archetypal Luna: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/luna Listen to the show on the “How, What and Why of Archetypal Remedies” : www.nicolebarton.co.uk/secret-witch-podcast/episode-68 Download our Starter Pack - www.nicolebarton.co.uk/sign-up Social: Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to work with the power of the moon to own our Feminine magic and gifts 49:32

38 weeks ago49:32

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole is exploring how women can connect with the power of the moon to reclaim their Feminine magic and gifts. She explains a ‘new’ magical way to harness the power of the moon - as a deep ‘archetypal’ symbol, or remedy - that can help secret witches overcome their fear and self-doubt of their magic, helping you get in tune with the moon for deep, healing self-illumination. In this episode, Nicole also provides more ‘practical’ guidance on cultivating a relationship with the moon, and deeper connection to your natural rhythms and cycles, helping you face any resistance to embracing your inner magic and healing gifts. She briefly explores spiritual ‘ascension’ versus soul ‘descension’ and how you can begin to own your unique gifts and step confidently into your role as a healer. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: So many magical women feel the deep fear of their inner magic - mostly struggling with doubting themselves, and feeling disconnected from their Feminine bodies, magic and unique gifts Many women feel the deep and symbolic call to the moon - but perhaps don’t realise that there’s more to her magic than meets the eye; Luna is an archetypal symbol that helps us reclaim our Feminine magic, mystery and stop doubting our healing gifts The moon represents an archetypal remedy with deep feminine attributes such as slowness, sensuality, wisdom, and the capacity to be with darkness and emotions. Connecting with Luna’s rhythms and cycles can help us attune to our own Feminine body’s natural cycles - something which many Secret Witches are disconnected from in our mundane, logical, head-driven society Moon ritual is a powerful way to embody our magic, and there are practical invitations in this episode to help you get started with working with the moon Resources and things that we spoke about: Download our Starter Pack - www.nicolebarton.co.uk/sign-up Join our Next Group Journey with Archetypal Luna: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/luna Social: Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to embrace the mystery and trust our natural rhythms - even when we are tempted to mistrust 1:04:55

40 weeks ago1:04:55

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Simone Stevens. Sim is an intuitive energy healer, Sekhem practitioner, Psychic medium and practising witch, who is dedicated to offering healing ceremonial sessions, treatments, ritual circles and workshops to guide the mystically and spiritually curious to find their innate magic and alignment. Sim focuses her work around connection to energy and spirit, be that of Spirit realms, plants, ancient energy healing practices, divination tools, sound or crystals. Sim believes that supporting clients to work more closely with their intuition is the portal to profound, positive, and aligned change in their lives. In this episode we explored how to embrace magic and mystery and how to learn to trust our intuition - even when we are conditioned to mistrust it. We explored the common ‘Healers Journey’ of initiation into the mystery (often via burnout and panic attacks), and how us feeling disconnected from our true selves is often the way we are called into our gifts. We explored the importance of stillness, honouring the natural rhythms and cycles of our bodies - and even navigating mistrust of others in our ‘spirituality’ - to reclaim our innate magic. We dived into some practical steps of tuning into our ‘gut feelings’, and a deeper exploration of intuition versus ego - and the importance of self-compassion along the way. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: For those who long to be healers, embracing magic and mystery is vital - though we can often have wounding and fear around trusting our intuition that wants to be healed for ourselves first The mundane world can lead us sensitive souls to manifest symptoms of burn out and panic attacks which can feel like ‘rock bottom’, even when we look like we’ve ‘got it all together’. These are actually a sign of a deeper call into our intuition and magical healing gifts - often these messy dark portals of mystery are catalysts for our deeper purpose - and a required part of the path It can be hard to open when we feel like this, and it is often in the moment where we think there’s no other choice that intuition kicks in. Staying curious helps us open more fully to trusting our intuition, begin to hear our body and open to our magic - it often requires us to ‘unlearn’ years of conditioning Practising stillness and carving our time for self-illumination are essential to help us tune unto our natural rhythms and intuition - and this can be cultivated with a practice Sim shares regarding listening to our ‘gut feeling’, to build our ‘intuitive muscle’ The more we heal self-doubt of our magic and intuition, the more others meet us in that - it can be a common fear for the Secret Witch to think that others will judge her as a ‘lunatic’, but when we truly welcome our intuition, and magic, others can too It’s important to hear our intuition, and it’s taking aligned-action that actually heals - each time we act on synchronicities or inner nudges we are building trust in our intuitive voice Resources and things that we spoke about: Join our journey with Archetypal Luna: https://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/luna Social: Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Simone’s Email - sim@sensesbysim.co.uk Simone’s Instagram - @sensesbysim Simone’s Website - https://www.sensesbysim.co.uk Simone’s The Intuitive Shadow Course this October 2024 - https://www.sensesbysim.co.uk/intuitioncourse-1 Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to harness Universal Laws of Healing to become a healer 1:02:45

42 weeks ago1:02:45

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole is discussing how to harness ‘universal laws’ of healing to become a healer. She explores the interesting intersection of science and magic, highlighting the importance of acknowledging universal laws and principles that are often overlooked by conventional scientific paradigms. The episode illuminates various healing laws - such as the Law of Similars, the Law of Direction of Cure, the Law of Potency, and the Law of Return of Old Symptoms, among others - stressing the importance of understanding these laws for true magical healing, rather than ‘quick fixes’. In this episode we explore the importance of seeing that there are laws built into magic - and that true magical healing is an inside-out process grounded in universal truth. Nicole invites listeners to observe how these universal laws manifest in their own lives and the practice of healing, inspiring women to embrace their magical gifts and navigate the fear of their ‘magic’ with love - and the ‘unapologetic’ mysterious magic of Archetypal Remedy, Luna. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: There are lots of Universal Laws and Principles of magic, which often get overlooked when magic is dismissed as ‘invalid’ by science’s ‘logical’ approach This can have magical women in fear about trusting their gifts - because often, magic is more intuitive and mysterious Yet science is beginning to catch up and recognise things that magic has explained for years - for example, homeopathic miasms can be defined by epigenetics now These universal laws are baked into magical healing, and teach us so much - for example, The Law of Similars explores why it is ‘us’ that is the medicine, rather than our ‘tools - because like cures like - people are activated by our story The Law of Direction of Cure explores that true healing works inner to outer, not by ‘fixing’ external symptoms The Law of Return of Old Symptoms explores why things can get worse before they get better - and why that’s a good thing! Overall, it’s really interesting to dive into these laws, and it’s important to walk a magical healing path that bakes these principles into it. Resources and Things that We Spoke About: Download our Starter Pack - www.nicolebarton.co.uk/sign-up Sneak Peek of our Next Group Journey with Archetypal Luna: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/luna Social: Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to journey with real, healing 'inner child' work (rather than the phantasy of 'quick fixes') to realise our magic 1:39:49

44 weeks ago1:39:49

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is William Apple. William is Founder of Aion Psychodynamic Coaching and with a passion for understanding the depths of the human psyche, and a commitment to personal growth and transformation, William offers a unique approach to coaching and mentoring that transcends traditional "Life Coaching" paradigms. William's most influential Teacher, and Mentor by proxy - within the realms of Psychology - would be Carl Jung. Like Jung, William has found a devotion within himself to explore and cultivate an intimacy with Psyche, and Her Mother, The Unconscious, and this Intimacy is driven by a likewise strict devotion to the Child of Logos, Analysis. All of which likewise led William naturally towards Traditional Western Alchemy and Mysticism; making Carl Jung William's most naturally aligned "professor". In this deep and brilliant episode we explore how to journey with ‘inner child’ work and ‘shadow work’ (rather than the phantasy of ‘quick fixes’) for deep healing. We dived into the psychological reasons we tend to favour ‘quick fix’ approaches to healing, what we mean by ‘real’ inner-child work - and how curiosity, intimacy and self-illumination are key to healing and realising our magic. Listen to the end - William shares truthfully at the end that becoming a healer is one of the most challenging callings we can have, sharing why healing ourselves is important along the way. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Our biggest wounding comes from the ‘unlived life of our parents’ which leaves us with unmet needs that become our wounds - and this can be healed with ‘true’ inner child work. The challenge is, much ‘inner child work’ is often related to from a place of ‘quick fix’ projection and phantasy by modern coaching and self-help industries - ideas of ‘go play with your little girl’ embodiment practices - which are helpful in some ways, but often lack the depth of healing Caveating that ‘real’ is our own projection, William explores that how he sees the ‘real’ journey of healing is grounded in a lifelong journey of understanding our biases, projections and conditionings - and ‘phantasies’ - with loving, curious self-illumination - which some could call the ‘deep work’ Projection is not a ‘bad thing’ - we have projected onto ‘projection’ if we think it is! It is a great thing to get curious about - we are even projecting things that we deem to feel ‘good’ (because that reveals where we have met an unmet need) As aspiring healer witches, we have been called to no easy task - the work of healing ourselves isn’t easy (and is ongoing) *and* as healers, we also have a responsibility for accountability, self-awareness and avoiding projecting of our unmet needs Common fears of becoming a healer - including fear of failure, self-doubt and fear of being judged and abandoned are rooted in shame, and can be healed through deep, loving self-illumination Inner child work, parts work, shadow work and ancestral healing are all serving to help us reclaim our magic - ultimately all offering us a way of deepening intimacy with ourselves Resources and things that we spoke about: William’s Website: https://www.aionpsychodynamiccoaching.com/ William’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/will.apple.12 Brene Brown: Daring Greatly - https://brenebrown.com/book/daring-greatly/ Bessel van der Kolk: The Body Keeps the Score - https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score David Bedrick: Unashamed your Life - https://www.davidbedrick.com Nicole’s Social: Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Nicole’s Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to connect to our intuition so we can become true wise women (even if we doubt our magic) 52:20

46 weeks ago52:20

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole explores the importance of being attuned to our ‘intuition’ as healers - especially when we doubt our magic. Exploring the common challenges of the ‘Secret Witch’ (a secretly wise-woman born here to be a healer) as self-doubt, imposter syndrome, and lacking confidence in - or mistrusting - our gifts, she dives into how to embrace our deeper purpose by healing our healer’s wounding around ‘magic’. In this episode, Nicole illuminates a practical path for reconnecting to our bodies for deep, intentional healing and reclamation of our inner-wisdom and intuition - to unlock our healing powers, and transmit our unique remedy. She explores her mission to create a movement of 100 new healers, and the power of working with Archetypal Remedy, Luna - or the moon - to help us learn self-healing tools for healing our inner healer and expressing our gifts. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Many women experience self-doubt and imposter syndrome about their healing gifts and abilities - and rather than this being a sign to give up, it is a call to learn to trust our intuition and connect with our inner wise woman. Becoming a healer or wise woman involves learning to heal our fear of that, which often manifests due to cultural conditioning around magic and ancestral trauma (aka the witch wound). To begin to heal our witch wound and inner healer’s disconnect from our intuition, we need to cultivate an intimacy with our bodily sensations - rather than just feelings or emotions. We must embody our own gifts and healing experiences to be able to teach and guide others - authentic teaching comes from our lived and embodied wisdom. *And* we all have something we have embodied - and therefore, so long as we are teaching from where we have been, and where we are now, there’s a gift to be found that we can help others with. Learning to attune to our sensations and their meanings takes time - there’s no rush to be a healer - true healing is a slow, deep process (our culture values ‘quick fixes’, yet meaningful transformation takes time). Resources and things that we spoke about: Join our Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Social: Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to heal ourselves with wild herbs 57:54

48 weeks ago57:54

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Salena Walker. Salena is a dedicated Welsh herbalist deeply rooted in her ancestral heritage and native herbal practices, has nurtured a thriving herbal clinic since 2015, expertly growing a diverse range of herbs to benefit her patients and students. With over two decades of teaching experience, her true passion lies in empowering individuals through knowledge, enabling them to cultivate and craft their own herbal remedies. In this episode we explore the deep-rooted connection between humans and nature through the lens of herbalism, and how we can harness plants, more magically, to heal ourselves. We delved into the topics of rewilding, the spiritual and energetic archetypal power of plants in self-healing, and the gifts to be found in embracing the traditional, non-linear, Feminine herbal wisdom approach with plants - versus a more masculine, clinical way of working with herbs - exploring a more intuitive way we can begin to heal ourselves (and others) as the wise women of the village. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Herbal medicine is deeply rooted in tradition - it’s not actually ‘alternative’, it was original medicine - and we can ‘reactivate’ our innate and ancestral wisdom for self-healing There has been a masculinised over-scientification of herbal medicine which can deter women from trusting their feminine, intuitive relationship with plants, and leave them feeling under-confident in their gifts Each individual has an innate capacity to connect with plants for healing - and we don’t need to outsource our healing to others, but others do make good guides into our deeper wisdom As aspiring wise women, we hone our gifts by learning to work with self-healing - embodying our skills before helping others, like medicine women would have Herbs are potent not just physically, but also emotionally, spiritually and energetically - they are spirit guides, and are living beings with unique individual souls and properties - we can begin to learn from them, as teachers, if we treat them like friends Reconnecting with nature and its cycles offers a way to healing and reconnection with our deeper wisdom for healing on all levels - we can begin that by going into the wild, and beginning to cultivate a relationship with plants Resources and things that we spoke about: Social: Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk Salena Walker: https://www.salenawalker.earth https://www.youtube.com/salenawalker https://instagram.com/salena_walker https://www.facebook.com/salenawalker.earth https://twitter.com/NaturalSalena Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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Secret Witch 101 - how to heal your 'Secret Witch' so you can stop hiding and live your destiny as a healer 58:35

50 weeks ago58:35

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole explores the concept of the ‘Secret Witch’ and how to embrace your destiny as a healer. She shares the fears and doubts that women called to be healers often face - illuminating the signs of a calling to ‘healing’ (including feeling lost in a chaotic life, being a sensitive empath, experiencing burnout, and going through a messy portal). The episode provides insights and guidance for ‘Secret Witches’ who are ready to embrace their gifts and step into their role as healers. Nicole dives into the journey of healing the 'Secret Witch' within and becoming a fully expressed healer, including the need for self-healing, sisterhood, and the importance of embracing all aspects of ourselves (both light and dark). She explains the misconception of ‘quick fixes’ in the healing industry, and the importance of taking time to ‘become’ a healer - and the layers of personal and ancestral wounds that need to be journeyed with, explaining how Soul mapping and Archetypal Remedies can guide the process. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: The Secret Witch is a woman who longs to become a healer but is held back by 3 common fears of losing control (failure), security, and approval (which have her hide her gifts) Signs that indicate a call to becoming a healer and being a ‘Secret Witch’ include feeling lost in a chaotic life, being a sensitive empath, experiencing burnout, and going through a messy portal Embracing the role of a ‘healer’ requires us to learn how to authentically face and heal our ‘Secret Witch’ healer fears, so we can fully step into our deeper gifts and purpose. The journey of healing the 'Secret Witch' within and becoming a fully expressed healer takes time and personal healing (which is not often something that’s taught) The true art and science of self-healing involves embracing all aspects of oneself, including the light and dark - the Secret Witch is really a call to deeper LOVE - quick fixes’ and outsourcing our healing to others are not effective in the long run Healing personal wounds and ancestral wounds are essential in the process of becoming a healer - and having a soul map for that and our archetypal remedies can guide the healing journey and help discover and express our gifts more easily. Resources and things that we spoke about: Social: Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Starter Pack: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/subscribe Posts: The truth about ‘belonging’ as a healer: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10168437028860564 I see healing through a different lens: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10168440039030564 Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to open your heart to magic - even when you feel stuck in the mundane 1:05:17

52 weeks ago1:05:17

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Genevieve Davis - or Sasha Stephens as is her real name. Genevieve was living a miserable, drab life until, at the age of 43, she experienced a profound magical transformation - and she has been teaching and writing about magic ever since. With a distinctly practical and down to earth approach to magic, her philosophy is simple: magic is available to all , and a good teacher merely nudges people to rediscover the magic they already possess. An author of 22 books, Genevieve runs The Academy of Magic, an online teaching resource for all magically-minded people. In this magical episode, we discuss the power of magic in healing life's mundanity. Genevieve shares her personal journey from rock bottom, with a mundane life of debt and disempowerment, to discovering magic and changing her destiny. We dive into the significance of storytelling, the misconception of magic in our culture, and the crucial role of ‘inner healing’ for real manifestation, illuminating the importance of facing fears and opening to self-healing. We also dived into being openly ‘magical’ in a logical world, the empowering importance of ‘honesty’, and practical advice for integrating magic. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Genevieve’s vulnerable story highlights the deep power of self-illumination in our healing, highlighting the moment she realised she had to save herself, and was not a victim - which was her own opening to what she calls real ‘magic’ Magic is really another word for our internal ‘creative’ power - and it’s really life-changing when we begin to see that change comes from within Real magic is created when we truly self-heal - it is ‘inside out’ healing; we have to do the inner work (that often involves looking at our childhood wounding) to heal our outer world This concept of ‘magic’ transcends traditional views around manifestation and healing, which teach it is all about the external and ‘doing’ Real magic and healing require honesty, and facing discomfort and fear - stepping into challenges is a necessary part of our healing and expansion, especially as healers Magic is something that science can’t explain - and it can be tempting to approach it logically - but it really isn’t a linear process; we have to *feel* it our way into it. Resources and things that we spoke about: Social: Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk Genevieve’s Resources: Genevieve’s website and Academy of Magic - https://becomingmagic.com Genevieve’s latest book - Feasting on Magic https://www.becomingmagic.com/feasting-on-magic/ Becoming Genevieve - Nicole’s favourite book of Genevieve’s https://www.becomingmagic.com/the-books/ Becoming Magic / Magic Words - Genevieve’s recommended books https://www.becomingmagic.com/the-books/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/magicgenevieve/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/magicgenevieve/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIrjWePspxO7eUwKqRQsY0A Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How 'burnout' can be a portal to connecting with your magic and gifts 1:01:05

1 year ago1:01:05

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole is diving into one of the common ‘symptoms’ that shows up for women who have come here with magical gifts: burn out . Burn out is something that many sensitive women experience - and Nicole shares her own point of view and journey with this, explaining her radical worldview that whilst we judge ourselves for not being able to ‘keep up’, burn out is really a deeper call into our magic and gifts. In this episode Nicole explores why this is, how we’ve been conditioned to shame ourselves for what’s just the sensitive constitution we were born with - and how it’s really a sign that there’s some healing to do of our wounded healer. She explores how, contrary to what we’ve been taught, our wounds become portals to our deepest gifts, offering some enquiry about burn out to help guide you in self-illumination. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: We are taught that all the things that are Feminine - our bodies, our softness, our tenderness, our radiance, our joy, our pleasure, our vulnerability, our depth, our hearts - don’t matter, and to forget about them and be more in the ‘Masculine’ logic, drive, force, push - but really it is being embodied in our ‘Feminine’ essence that creates miracles It is the deeper ‘energetic’ choice into that which has us embody our feminine - and when we make that deeper ‘energetic’ choice into our Feminine magic, the world sees it and shifts how it responds to us Being in the body helps that - and what has us embodied in our Feminine essence is unique for us all - some helpful prompts to discover how to embody your Feminine magic include asking: what would feel luxurious for me? What would feel softening for me? What would feel joyful for me? What do I need? Being in our Feminine actually has us create miracles without forcing - creative ideas flow through us when we follow the joy, though this can be hard to trust. It can be helpful to be in a journaling exercise of looking for ‘disconfirming evidence’ that we ‘can’t’ trust magic - look for proof of the miracles that occur when we are following our Feminine joy and flow Part of Feminine magic is also being with the darkness - fully feeling our feelings - letting them move through us - and so it’s important to love and welcome these aspects of ourselves for deeper healing and opening to magic - it’s what transmutes us to our divinity. Vulnerability is a key piece of the alchemy - when we learn to show up in the truth of our hearts, we are received and can experience our true radiance and being fully seen as who we are - and that’s the biggest miracle of all Resources and things that we spoke about: Social: Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk Website: www.jamiewozny.com Instagram: @jamiewozny Lightworkers academy- https://app.arketa.co/iframe/denmeditation/series/dcnwEq2SNKEDRhCQILe8 Soul Medicine: Finding Your Power Through Healing and Transformation from Within® to Fulfill Your Soul Purpose - https://momence.com/Divinely-Human%2C-Inc./Soul-Medicine%3A-Finding-Your-Power-Through-Healing-and-Transformation-from-Within%C2%AE-to-Fulfill-Your-Soul-Purpose-/100326781 Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to Create Miracles by Embracing your Feminine 1:02:23

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On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Jamie Wozny. Jamie is a modern day seer and priestess of the Divine and she uses her own powerful, intuitive and energetic mind, body & spirit healing gifts to assist to liberate the light seekers of this world. She does this by guiding you to embody your power, live in your flow & live as your unique divine truth; divinely connected, soul, heart & Source led. Working with her activates fulfilment of your Divine Mission. In this episode Jamie and Nicole explored how to open our hearts to miracles, by embodying our inner Feminine magic. We explore what our inner ‘Feminine magic’ even is, and how the ‘energetic’ shift into our Feminine essence - which Jamie defines as softness, vulnerability, openness and joy - can help us come down into our bodies and open our hearts to being the fullness of our souls. And, of course, create miracles in life and help us embrace our healing gifts! What You’ll Learn from this Episode: We are taught that all the things that are Feminine - our bodies, our softness, our tenderness, our radiance, our joy, our pleasure, our vulnerability, our depth, our hearts - don’t matter, and to forget about them and be more in the ‘Masculine’ logic, drive, force, push - but really it is being embodied in our ‘Feminine’ essence that creates miracles It is the deeper ‘energetic’ choice into that which has us embody our feminine - and when we make that deeper ‘energetic’ choice into our Feminine magic, the world sees it and shifts how it responds to us Being in the body helps that - and what has us embodied in our Feminine essence is unique for us all - some helpful prompts to discover how to embody your Feminine magic include asking: what would feel luxurious for me? What would feel softening for me? What would feel joyful for me? What do I need? Being in our Feminine actually has us create miracles without forcing - creative ideas flow through us when we follow the joy, though this can be hard to trust. It can be helpful to be in a journaling exercise of looking for ‘disconfirming evidence’ that we ‘can’t’ trust magic - look for proof of the miracles that occur when we are following our Feminine joy and flow Part of Feminine magic is also being with the darkness - fully feeling our feelings - letting them move through us - and so it’s important to love and welcome these aspects of ourselves for deeper healing and opening to magic - it’s what transmutes us to our divinity. Vulnerability is a key piece of the alchemy - when we learn to show up in the truth of our hearts, we are received and can experience our true radiance and being fully seen as who we are - and that’s the biggest miracle of all Resources and things that we spoke about: Social: Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk Website: www.jamiewozny.com Instagram: @jamiewozny Divinely Human by Jamie Wozny: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8YIlrpEIsnXCIFJLHCvSFg?view_as=subscriber Free Meditation: https://jamiewozny.ck.page/iamthelight Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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How to heal your 'inner healer's' fear of judgement and rejection so you can share your gifts authentically 1:09:50

1 year ago1:09:50

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On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole explores the juicy topic of one of the most common fears of becoming a healer, teacher or guide: the fear of ‘judgement’ and ‘rejection - and how to heal it so you can share your gifts authentically. She explores the Archetypal Remedy that you can harness to begin to unconditionally love and approve of yourself enough to not need approval, sharing a vulnerable story about her own experience of rejection and how going *into* the experience of rejection helped her heal her fear. In this episode we explore the 3 stages of reclamation of our wild, authentic, true expression, why it’s important for healers that we are authentic, the signs we are being called to heal our fear of judgement and rejection - and the most important things to do as a beginning step into this self-healing. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: The common fear of being a healer and being ‘judged’ and ‘rejected’ is part of the Witch Wound, which makes sense due to epigenetics and how we feel this fear ingrained in our bodies The challenge with healing our fear of ‘judgement’ and ‘rejection’ is that we have to experience it to fully liberate ourselves from it We can take small, tender steps into learning to heal our expression, rather than having to make big leaps - steps that have us expand with a well-tended nervous system The deep work of healing involves us learning to unconditionally love ourselves, harnessing Archetypal Mama She-Wolf’s (or Lupa’s) self-motherly energy. When we love ourselves deeply enough, others rejecting us can’t have the same impact There’s a swing between the poles of Good Girl and Rebel that is often needed as we begin to heal our fear of judgement and rejection - and claim our true ‘wildness’ - but the real alchemy is in the ‘third way’; the way of learning to be our true, authentic selves, from love and vulnerability - baring our souls as the medicine they are. Resources and things that we spoke about: Social: Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Society: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Next Crucible: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/lupa Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk Books: Peter Levine; Waking the Tiger https://www.somaticexperiencing.com/se-books Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox…

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Where to begin in your journey of opening to becoming a healer - how to work with our Starter Pack and Illumination Workbook - BONUS EPISODE 41:18

1 year ago41:18