Blood Moon Radio

In this conclusion to Blood Moon Radio’s first season, The Empress Rising, host Coraley Letcher weaves together the season’s central themes with her reflections on the show itself—an incantation to close the circle before we step into season two. ✨In this episode:✧ Rebellion as a sacred right✧ Who benefits when we claim “too much” instead of rejecting it?✧ The Empress as an archetype✧ Voice as both individual and ancestral healing✧ What it means to be a difficult womanKeep an eye out for our bonus content as it’s released during the seasonal break.You can support us through a donation, purchase, or membership by visiting Blood Moon Radio.You can also connect with us on PodMatch.

In part 2 of Embodying Empress, dancer and author, Alexandra Beller, and Blood Moon Radio host, Coraley Letcher, discuss the art, and responsibility, of teaching; creative practice as social critique, personal expression, and, and something that often evolves beyond its original intention; and what the stories we tell about ourselves and others mean within the container of the human experience. Alexandra reflects on her forthcoming book, The Anatomy of Art, and the difference between creating live performance art versus the static work of published writing. As if on cue, The Empress card was pulled during the episode's reading —reflecting the season, the conversation, and Alexandra herself.This episode explores:✧ why we do the work we do — and whether we are in the right work✧ community and our roles within it✧ creative practice: intention, execution, and outcome✧ finding your voice, and accepting that not everyone will resonate with it✧ storytelling as both a useful tool and something to hold with care✧ meaning making and lived experienceThis is the final special guest episode of season one. Our final episode will be a solo reflection tying together the themes and conversations explored throughout The Empress Rising.If you enjoy this episode, Taming Monster with author Jowita Bydlowska, is similar.Alexandra can be found at:www.alexandrabellerdances.org https://www.anatomy-of-art.com/  Instagram @alexandrabellerdancesWe love interacting with you. Find more of us at www.bloodmoonradio.com Join us on Podmatch

Blood Moon Radio host Coraley Letcher is joined by dancer, choreographer, author, and educator Alexandra Beller for this two-part conversation exploring creativity, embodiment, meaning-making, and the intelligence of the body.Alexandra’s work lives at the intersection of movement, creative expression, and somatic awareness. Her upcoming book, The Anatomy of Art: Unlocking the Creative Process for Theatre and Dance — now available for preorder — expands on her years of teaching artists how to cultivate deeper awareness, trust themselves creatively, and reconnect with the why beneath their work. As the final special guest episode of Season One: The Empress Rising, this conversation beautifully embodies the archetype through themes of creativity, nurturing, sensuality, self-awareness, connection, and the power of embodied expression.This episode touches on:✧ Modern Motherhood✧ Finding Spirituality in Process, Place, and Self✧ Embodied Awareness✧ Systemic Harm✧ Art as Connection✧ Creativity as Meaning-MakingIf you enjoy this episode, tune in for Part Two of the conversation — and make sure to follow or subscribe so you don’t miss the closing episodes of Season One.Alexandra can be found at: www.alexandrabellerdances.org https://www.anatomy-of-art.com/ | Instagram @alexandrabellerdancesIf you’d like more from Blood Moon Radio, including memberships, tarot readings, and products, visit: www.bloodmoonradio.comJoin us on Podmatch

Do you have to believe in magic for it to work? Elizabeth Bromstein doesn't think so. Written after leaving her white collar marketing job to create perfume and read tarot full-time, her book "No Magic Required" explores symbolic systems, behavioural science, and teaches about tarot. This conversation delves into the personal, the magical, and the mysterious while sprinkling of humour, connection, and our best fruit salad recipes into the fray 🍒*This episode contains mature themes and languageIn this episode:✧ The Science Behind Scent and Memory✧ Pattern Recognition✧ Behavioural Psychology✧ Age-gap Relationships✧ Linguistic Influence on PerceptionTo purchase perfume or a tarot reading, or connect with Elizabeth visit www.beaumontdriveperfumes.com | Instagram @beaumont_driveSkeptical about magic, but love our vibe? Unapologetic Alchemy is an episode where we deconstruct the "too much" woman in conversation with a registered clinical counsellor and university instructor.Support Blood Moon Radio — visit www.bloodmoonradio.comWhen you subscribe, you help keep our independent media production thriving.Join us on Podmatch

Somatic practitioner, psychedelic guide, and witch Leslie Draffin joins Coraley Letcher for a deeply grounded conversation on self-sovereignty, embodiment, and what it means to live in right relationship—with ourselves, each other, and the world around us.In this episode of Blood Moon Radio, we explore the connection between body awareness and healing, the role of the nervous system in reclaiming your voice, and how personal transformation intersects with the current social and political climate. Speaking from Texas, Leslie shares her perspective on what it means to stay present, aware, and engaged during times of uncertainty.This conversation moves through somatic healing, trauma, advocacy, animism, and the belief that nothing is separate, and that awareness itself can be a form of medicine.If you’ve been feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or unsure where your voice fits in, this episode offers a grounded and expansive place to begin again.Show Highlights:Somatic healing and nervous system regulationSelf-sovereignty and embodimentPsychedelic integration and personal transformationReclaiming your voice and advocacyLiving in right relationship (animism & interconnectedness)Navigating uncertainty and staying presentWays to stay informed or support: Follow creators sharing firsthand experiences and consider supporting organizations doing human rights and equity work, such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Friends Service Committee. As always, do your own research and choose what aligns for you.Find Leslie at: www.lesliedraffin.com | Instagram @lesliedraffinIf you enjoyed this episode, our conversation with witch, artist, and author Monica Bodirsky, (Season One, Episode Seven) Sacred Rebellion, also touches on advocacy, witchcraft, and feminine power.Want to support our indie pod? Find more of us, and ways to do that at www.bloodmoonradio.comSubscribe and never miss our latest episodes!Join us on Podmatch

In this episode, host Coraley Letcher sits down with Daniel Anderson, a somatic spiritual guide whose work focuses on self-acceptance and striving to make life an experience that is lived, rather than endured. The conversation touches on shadow work, the politics of spirituality and religion, dark nights of the soul, the power of forgiveness and the transformations that happen when we face challenges, experiences and ourselves head-on, rather than circumventing. The conversation wanders through different topics, but the underlying message is the same. Trusting yourself is the key.In this episode:✧ Challenges Men Face in Spirituality & Society✧ Performative Versus Authentic Magic✧ Dark Night of the Soul✧ Organized Religion Versus Modern SpiritualityWork with Daniel: www.coachdanielanderson.comIf you enjoyed this episode and want more like it, Season 1, Episode 16, Celestial Kink, with special guest Lucy Baldwin is similar.You can write to us using the contact form at www.bloodmoonradio.comDon't forget to subscribe!Join us on Podmatch

Coraley Letcher, host of Blood Moon Radio, sits down with special guest, Lucy Baldwin to talk about planetary magic, existential kink, shadow work and baneful magic. Lucy is host of Penetrate Radio, a planetary magic practitioner and previous Mystery School Priestess.This 40 minute episode delves into topics like:✧ Embodied Magic✧ Planetary Archetypes✧ Jungian Philosophy,✧ Ethical Practice✧ The Value of Devotion to a Greater EntityWant more of Lucy? Join her free Inner Circle membership at www.remolinacoaching.comIf you enjoyed this episode, our Season 1, Episode 6, Slow Roots, with witch, Sacred Living Mentor, and Raven Tongue Magazine publisher Juliette Jarvis is similar.You can find ways to support the podcast and more at www.bloodmoonradio.comRemember to subscribe so you never miss our latest content.Join us on Podmatch

In part 2 of Unapologetic Alchemy, registered clinical counsellor, Mirey Faema of Heartwise Counselling, Avery Hulbert university instructor at College of the Rockies, and Blood Moon Radio host Coraley Letcher, continue to dissect what it means to be called "too much" as a woman. The conversation delves into ways patriarchal and capitalist systems damage both genders, spirituality in modern life, different ways of being, including living with ADHD and whether women called "too much" would be considered too much as a man. The heaviness of the subject is balanced with lighthearted humour, hope and reflection on how far we have come.In this episode:✧ Tips for Remaining Close as a Couple in Busy Modern Times✧ Are Traits Considered "Too Much" in Women More Accepted for Men?✧ Feminism Defined✧ Embracing Authenticity✧ How Would This Conversation Change With More Diverse Voices Involved?If you enjoy this episode, make sure you have listened to Unapologetic Alchemy Part One!Mirey Faema: https://heartwisecounselling.com/Avery Hulbert: https://cotr.bc.ca/about-us/faculty/avery-hulbert-2/Subscribe so we can keep making magic together ✨Love Blood Moon Radio? Show us some support by visiting our website! www.bloodmoonradio.comJoin us on Podmatch