The Geode Guide To Modern Wellness & Woo

From her start as a Baby Borough Mystic, wreathed in the maternal protection of 3 generations to a grownup Ex-ExPat Moonlady, (who just wants her Costco rewards already) with a taste for the niche wisdom and science of her ancient-est ancestors (many of whom seem to be equally enamored with her), currently teaching and sharing while still learning and growing and happily "giving away the store" to her clients. (Listen to the segment where Mal & Stephanie discuss services and offerings to understand the depth and breadth of her generosity). Mal Mathurin is all at once impressive, warmly approachable, otherworldly, and relatable (see her reaction to Vikings!) Malorine Mathurin is an Intuitive Astrologer who uses her clairvoyant, clairsentient and clairaudient skills in her Tarot, Numerology and Divination readings to help her clients. For more than 20 years, Malorine has studied various forms of Astrology and Divination and has a strong passion for helping and nurturing people while they work through karma from previous lives. She uses her Cancer Moon in the 10th house to provide nurturing to her clients in a practical, supportive and grounded way. Malorine’s primary objective is to discharge the karmic issues that are blocking your mental, emotional, spiritual and psychological happiness. In every session and encounter, she aims to offer her client clarity, calm, kindness and understanding in addition to a proactive plan to get to the root of the trauma (s) and develop our dharma (life purpose). Malorine is also a Reiki level 2 practitioner, an IET (Integrated Energy Therapy) practitioner, experienced Tarot reader, Card slinger, Numerologist, Akashic Records channeler (trained through Cristina Cross at Maha Rose) and focuses on past life work within all of her sessions, workshops and classes @moonladyastrology https://moonladyastrology.as.me/schedule.php

What is the purpose of an Aura photo? According to Christina Lonsdale, Conceptual Artist, “It depends on the person taking the photo and their intentions behind it. We often talk about energy, identity, color, life as human beings, the energy that we put into the world, and how this changes because we all change energetically. The photo offers something tangible. It offers this ability to see something you don’t normally see. The biggest thing for me is when someone walks away with something new and surprising.” In this special episode, we're talking to Christina Lonsdale. Christina is a conceptual artist that found her prominence through @radianthuman_, a photography project that uses the Aura Cam 6000. Dubbed “the Annie Leibovitz of aura photography” by the New York Times and a “Dutch painter on acid” by Vogue, she has been an artist in residence at the Whitney Museum of American Art, shot aura photographs on-site at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, and worked with numerous brands including Nike, Google, Nordstrom, Refinery29, and Urban Outfitters. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, W, ID, Vogue, Teen Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Nylon, and Time Out. We sat with Christa to talk about how she found her calling, what an Aura photograph means, how the camera works, what she loves about her work, and her newly released book, Radiant Human: Discover the Connection Between Color, Identity, and Energy. To learn more about Christina and her work click here: https://www.radianthuman.com/ If you like what you hear, please subscribe, rate, and review this podcast.🎧 🪐🌙

Episode 22- Spiritual Guidance Counselor Val Ashford, The Afro Buddha. If you're interested in finding your spiritual path, breaking old habits, or learning how to meditate without dread, this episode is for you. I'm so excited to welcome @theafrobuddha to the podcast! Val Ashford is a Spiritual Counselor, writer, and the founder-owner and creator of The Afro Buddha. She joins us today to talk about her spiritual journey, dating, motherhood, mindfulness, her career, and what she learned along the way. In this episode, we cover thoughts on organized religion, spiritual awakenings, changing careers from graphic design to spiritual counseling, fear, why we resist change, neuroscience, and more. To learn more about Val and her work, click here: https://www.facebook.com/theafrobuddha/ https://www.instagram.com/theafrobuddha/?hl=en

To learn more about Shannon Wilwand or work with her you can click here: shannonwilwand.com

A global Pandemic, violence, poverty, environmental crisis, war, kids in cages...the only thing missing from this nightmare is a giant clown and quicksand. If you're like me, it feels overwhelming, dense, and constant. How, in this time of distress and uncertainty, can we bring more light into the world? According to Sarah Maclean Bicknell, this week's guest, the answer is in our dreams. Sound bizarre but cool? I think so too. I first reached out to Sarah Maclean Bicknell because I was obsessed with dream interpretation. I wanted to learn more about the meaning of my dreams. I thought she would explain what specific images in your dreams mean but what I got was so much more. Sarah Maclean Bicknell is a healer, teacher, and mentor who studied healing and ceremonial work in North American indigenous traditions for 30 years. She incorporated her Celtic roots into her current North American practice. People worldwide seek her out for intuitive readings, workshops, ceremonies, and her soul doctoring practice. She brought incredible amounts of wisdom to our interview, including a way to change our current dystopian narrative. In this episode, we discuss: - What it means when you dreamed about two birds - The healing power of dreams - The greater reality - How to encourage your children to be active dreamers - The gift of imagination - Why the nightmare we're living in is intensifying You can learn more about Sarah through her website: https://sarahmacleanbicknell.com/ If you like what you hear, please subscribe, rate, and review this podcast! If you would like to work more with Sarah, we HIGHLY recommend Sarah's online community, The Village Green. On March 21st, they will be honoring and celebrating the Spring Equinox/ Eostre, and it will only be open to those in the Village Green. You can join the Acorn Plan for 35/month, and it includes ceremonies like this one, a monthly community call, and other beautiful ways to connect and stay supported. sarahmacleanbicknell.com/villagegreen

Psychedelics*-no longer confined to the realms of the mysterious and illicit... What was once a controversial recreational drug is now a recognized treatment for PTSD by both the science and medical field. This is particularly important news for young Veterans. According to the most recent data from the VA, Between 2005 and 2017, 78,875 veterans took their own lives — more than the number of Americans killed in each significant conflict except for World War II and the Civil War. The active-duty Army alone saw a 30% increase in deaths by suicide from 2019 to 2020. While these numbers are staggering and heartbreaking, the pace is not slowing down. Billions of tax dollars go towards the VA. Still, they don't create substantial change because of bureaucracy or poor organization in a system that leaves soldiers and veterans in dire need of support without help. If we know psychedelics exist and science proves their efficacy, why aren’t we using them to help those who have served our country? That's precisely what Jesse Gould, Founder of the Heroic Hearts Project, is trying to do. Heroic Hearts Project (https://www.heroicheartsproject.org/) is a not-for-profit that connects military veterans to effective psychedelic-based therapy programs. In this episode: - Jesse explains what the mission for the Heroic Hears project is - What a psychedelic is - How psychedelics help - The lack of support for Veterans - Where he came up with the idea for Heroic Hearts Project - His own experiences with Ayahuasca Please consider supporting his cause. There’s a variety of ways you can assist his team. Share this episode, share his information, or donate where and when you can. *For this episode, the psychedelics we’re referring to the forms MDMA, psilocybin, and ayahuasca.

The Geode Ep 14: Bringing out the Dead Stephanie (Host of The Geode) & Tanya (editor of The Geode and professional BFF) go an entire episode without referencing hair ties and reflect on 13 installments of THE GUIDE TO MODERN WELLNESS AND WOO. TRIGGER WARNING: MENTION OF SUICIDALITY, DEPRESSION, TRAUMA In this conversation we talked about Tanya’s favorite guest: Benita Mayo https://www.benitamayo.com/ Turning 46 : here’s an article that was written about Linda Evans in 1985, the year she turned 40. Basically, the entire article ruminates on the confusing f8$%-ability of a mummy who fell out of a sarcophagus woman who got cast on Dynasty despite having had enough birthdays to make men feel weird about being attracted to her. San Francisco Papalote Generational Trauma Past Life Regression Hidden History following Shoah Can Spirituality and Medication Work Together? Appropriating the rosary for anxiety Apollo Neuro: Still giving it a try, so do not take initial impressions as a final opinion.

Dr. Caroline Addington get quantitative as she Ruminates on her journey from Academia to Inner Space.  Stephanie welcomes Caroline Addington, Ph.D., Organic Marketing + Content Wizard to The Geode.  IG: @caroline.addington_ website: https://www.carolineaddington.com Bigger Than a Brand: https://www.carolineaddington.com/BTAB https://med.virginia.edu/neuroscience/caroline-addington/ https://www.griffinmath.com/ Eckhart Tolle -  A New Earth - That Which Transpires Behind That Which Appears: The Experience of Sufism - Ram Das - 

 Stephanie chats with a person who is fascinating on so many levels- Gina Rose Baiamonte . Her journey began generations ago, and she tells quite the tale of coming to the understanding that plants around her had something to say.  Spiritual awakening The life and spirit of plants How you can talk to plants A relationship with plants and how they can help you heal Following your heart, your path, Sitting with your gifts and your goals and allowing them to unfold slowly Notes: Mama Medicine: mamamedicine.com Francisca Santibanez: https://plantspirittalk.com/ Gina Biamonte: thebloomgeneration.com Caco: https://moonjuice.com/products/cacao-powder Rituals of Sacred Stone: https://www.amazon.com/Rituals-Sacred-Stone-Magdalenes-Empowerment-ebook/dp/B0792SK5P4#:~:text=%22Rituals%20in%20Sacred%20Stone%22%20is,to%20an%20alternate%20kindle_edition%20edition. Mary Magdelean Revealed: https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Magdalene-Revealed-Feminist-Christianity/dp/1401954901 Her Crew: Grandmother Sarah: sarahmacleanbicknell.com/ Spriti Weaver: spiritweaversgathering.com/ Mama Medicine: mamamedicine.com Star Gazer Lee: stargazerli.com Mary Grisey: https://www.instagram.com/marygrisey/?hl=en Guilty Pleaures: https://www.hbo.com/the-undoing https://www.hulu.com/series/normal-people-57048262-2ca5-41ee-9b57-53bb9b9e1596?&cmp=12472&utm_source=google&utm_medium=SEM&utm_campaign=CM_SEM_Normal%20People&utm_term=normal%20people&ds_rl=1251123&gclid=Cj0KCQiA2uH-BRCCARIsAEeef3mY6nMtvM1593HnGt51epla1BiNTJiK23H03VH5knSnM2okbE8ercAaAh4REALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.dsGina Rose Baiamonte

**Trigger Warning** Pregnancy loss & loss of a close family member mentioned in this episode. Please exercise self-care and listen only if you feel comfortable, or have support. This Episode is Dedicated to the Memory of Rowyn Wood Stephanie (virtually) sits down with the amazingly insightful Shea Graham, a psychotherapist with experience in grief and trauma counseling, to talk about what happens when "the bad thing" whatever it may be, happens to YOU. Who helps the helpers? What happens when loss causes you to question EVERYTHING in your life including your own work? If you have experienced a trauma or loss that has caused you to grieve or to feel grief stricken, please sit with Shea and Stephanie a moment and know you aren't alone. It's a club nobody wants to belong to, so if you bookmark this and come back later, it will be just as meaningful. The takeaway is that light will return; the sun will shine on your face again...and if it isn't today, that's OK. https://www.sheagrahamlcsw.com/

 Aycee Brown speaks to Stephanie about how Human Design & Numerology influence your entrepreneurial spirit and what it's like to be a teen psychic (hint: it's awkward and nothing like Sabrina The Teenage Witch).  Stay tuned at the end for two fun outtakes.  From her website: “The work I do in the world is about transformation. I offer you a deeper look into yourself helping you re-frame who you are. If you're looking for clarity on how to be and work in this world, allow me to guide you.” I’m Aycee Brown. I’m a psychic channel, spiritual guide, and founder of Goodnight Darling Co. who knows what it’s like to live in a mental space of self-doubt and fear. I overcame that through trial and error, taking risks, and betting on myself. This lead to a successful launch of a products based business that's been featured in InStyle, Redbook, and West Elm. It also became the catalyst for my psychic channel abilities that I’ve been hiding from since my teens. From the outside, it may have looked like I was all over the place but internally I knew my one thing. Accepting my psychic abilities helped me to figure out where and why I belonged.  I fell in love with human design as a tool to help my clients live from their core instead of their conditioning. I Serve Entrepreneurs, Executives, Thought Leaders & People Who Are Ready To Dig Deeper Into Their Own Self Discovery."

Meet Stephanie Wood. She's the host of this brand-new podcast: The Geode Guide to Modern Wellness & Woo and this is the official meet & greet.  The Geode is a weekly interview podcast devoted to demystifying the mystical by bringing the best in wellness & woo directly to the listener. Relatable, humorous, friendly host Stephanie Wood brings "A Nice Woo-ish Girl from New York" energy to a genre that is part of the national conversation about what "wellness" really means. A geode's inner magic is a reminder that whatever "it" might be, begins as an inside job.