Creative Magic

Dr Tracy Breathnach is an Irish author, speaker and somatic performance artist, based in the UK, exploring heart-centred living and loving. The main themes of her work are intimacy, authenticity and aliveness. She has worked extensively across arts, community and education settings, primarily in the UK for over 25 years, as well as now offering transformational coaching and mentoring to clients around the world.In November 2025, she launched her first non-fiction book called In Other Words Love, Learning to intimately love our lives. The material is also offered as an e-course available online: Words for Love.Tracy’s practice as research PhD (University of Aberystwyth, 2018) explored identity, narrative and trauma in autobiographical birth-storytelling. Following this she developed a project called ‘Birth Café’ with People Speak Up in west Wales to create a space for women to share their birth stories from their bodies.Tracy is a highly experienced freelance consultant in Culture, Health and Wellbeing and most recently worked as the Programme Manager for Wales Arts, Health & Wellbeing Network. She has led on the award-winning Wales-wide artists’ wellbeing programme How Ya Doing? for WAHWN, as well as several arts programmes for staff wellbeing in health boards.www.tracybreathnach.comFB: https://www.facebook.com/trebreathnachInsta: http://www.instagram.com/trebreathnach @trebreathnachLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-tracy-breathnach-13113133/To buy the book In Other Words Love: https://amzn.eu/d/e0sGyUSWe talked aboutSoul friends - anam cara.The soul path and following your blissTrauma and agencySurrender, creativity and birthLaw of AttractionWriting her bookBeing a writer who loves feedback and sharing via performanceIn the Extended Episode - 2 hours longWorking together teaching Burning WomanSoul and maskingResourcing – what it is, how it works and how to do itHow we can set ourselves up for peace and creativity in the midst of the current political and economic climateResourcesBurning WomanMedicine WomanBenedict CumberbatchGina MartinHer new book, In Other Words LoveJules HeavensJoan DaviesNLPIEMTAuthentic MovementMary Daly

Essie Jain is an English singer and songwriter, who has been performing and recording music for over two decades. Her songs have traveled far and wide out into the world and gently weaved themselves into the fabric of people’s lives, daily healing practices and stories. She has almost 600K monthly listens on Spotify.Essie often works alongside her husband, guitarist and long term collaborator Patrick Glynn, for both recordings and live performances. They live in Los Angeles with their daughter Opal.Most recently, Essie and Patrick made an album of folk songs together, The Rose In Bloom, which was released on March 7th, 2025Her website InstagramEssie on SpotifyWe talked about: ·      Holding space for people’s responses to our work and boundaries·      Creative collaboration with our partners·      Music and healing·      Making a living as a creative·      Founding an indie labelIn the extended episode just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:·      How creativity prepares us for the challenges of parenting·      Betting the house on your creativity·      Channelling the energies of death into musicResources MentionedCreatrix: she who makesBig Magic – Liz GilbertSongs Featured in this EpisodeO, I Love You – from Until the Light of Morning I’m Not Afraid of the Dark– from Until the Light of Morning The Healing from As I ReturnThe Blessing from As I Return

Pam Grossman is a writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history. She isthe host of the internationally beloved podcast, The Witch Wave and the author ofWaking the Witch and What Is A Witch. Her newest book, Magic Maker- The Enchanted Path to Creativity has just launched. She is also co-editor and co-author of theWitchcraft volume of Taschen’s Library of Esoterica series. Her writing has appeared innumerous media outlets, including The New York Times, The Atlantic, TIME.com, andmany more. She divides her time between Brooklyn and the Western Catskillsalongside her husband and their two feline familiars.www.pamgrossman.comInstagram @phantasmaphilePodcast – The Witch WaveWe talked about:Women and surrealist art OccultureHer podcast, The Witch WaveCapitalism and magicBeing visible as a witchBeing taken seriously by the mainstream media when talking about magicWitchcraft - The Taschen AnthologyHer new book Magic MakerArchetypes of magic – Witch, Magician and Magic MakerWhy creativity is vital nowIn the Extended Episode – just $3 a month on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceWe dive deeper into capitalism and magic, bring the Taschen anthology of Witchcraft to life, women artists who are just coming into mainstream awareness and the work of Amy Hale bringing forward the work of Ithell Colquhoun.ResourcesAmy Hale – Creative Magic EpisodeArtists mentioned: Leonora CarringtonRemedios VaroHilma af KlintIthell ColquhounAgnes PeltonGertrude AbercrombieLeonore FiniPamela Colman Smith Waking the Witch Magic Maker- The Enchanted Path to Creativity Witchcraft volume of Taschen’s Library of Esoterica series – ed. Jessica Hundley

Sangu Mandanna is a British–Indian author of adult, young adult, and middle grade fiction. She is best known for her fantasy romance novels The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches and A Witch's Guide To Magical Innkeeping.We talked about:Whimsy and cosy fictionThe magical books that made herHer writing processHer publishing journeyThe difference between writing for YA, children and adult readers.Writing inclusive charactersBelonging and communityWriting sex scenesIn the Extended Episode www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceWe dive deeper into neurodivergence, being seen and invisibilityAs well as an additional extract from The Very Secret Society Of Irregular WitchesJoin us for the Creative Magic book club www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce

Sarah Robinson is the best-selling Womancraft Publishing author of multiple books on magic and witches including: Yoga for Witches (now in French, Chinese, Polish and Farsi), Yin Magic, Enchanted Journeys, The Kitchen Witch Companion, The Witch & the Wildwood , and Womancraft Publishing’s fastest selling pre-order ever, Kitchen Witch: food, folklore and fairytale. Her newest book Witch Country: Seeking the Witch in the British Landscape is out on October 31st. A yoga teacher and author based in in Bath, UK. Her background is in science; she holds an MSc Psychology & Neuroscience and has studied at Bath, Exeter and Harvard universities. She is host of the Witch Country podcast.You can listen to Sarah’s popular episode from Season 1 of Creative Magic – Let’s All Run Away and Live in the Woods, and learn from her and myself in the Weaving Magic with Words episode in Season 3, as well as discover some of her favourite books in a bonus episode on my Patreon – for $6/ month. Join her for her Masterclasses live on Zoom on October 29th and November 5th. Find out more at Womancraft Publishing Find Sarah online:Website: www.sentiayoga.comInstagram: @Yogaforwitches @thisiswitchcountryPodcast: Witch CountryInsight Timer: Enchanted Journeys with Sarah Robinson We talked about:The Season of the Witch – whether it’s over commericalised and what it means to usTime release magicSocial media, performance and authenticityThe importance of digging for rootsBalancing whimsy and the dark history of witch hunts.The place and witch that impacted her most as she researched Witch CountrySome of our favourite good witches from 20th century film In the extended episode – over 15 mins of extra content just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about: The backstory as to why Sarah is “friend of the pod”Apple magicReal world social media content making strugglesWitch marks – what they are and how to find them.An extra extract from Witch Country  

Crowned ‘the defender of female awesomeness’ by Cooler magazine, everything Lisa creates is an invitation home to yourself. To your voice, your rhythms + your own reality. A reality that’s remembered + respelled by you. She writes, teaches + shares in the sweet spot between feminine philosophy, sensual creativity + personal myth-making. Her work is rooted in the depth of Hélène Cixous, the erotic truth-telling of Anaïs Nin + the accessible ritual of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. She is the best-selling author of Witch, Code Red, Love your Lady Landscape, Self Source-ery + Venus. www.lisalister.com/Instagram @sassylisalisterJoin us for the Creative Magic Book Club www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceToday we talked about:The Importance of Writing and Telling Our own storiesCyclical intelligenceHer mutism as a childThe witch wound – women being silenced down through lifetimes, ancestral fear of speaking outBeing seen – and discernment as to who we share our skills withCreating the most magical version of ourselves that our soul most longs forNavigating paradoxEDS (hypermobility) and magical womenNeurodivergent women and maskingPublishing and self-publishingBeing too muchProlificWomen in creative processJoin us for a deeper dive in the extended episode – just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce Where we get raw and real, and share our personal experiences of publishing and self-publishingAn extract from her book, Witch.We mentionedWomancraft PublishingCode Red Love Your Lady LandscapeWitch

Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman is the artist and illustrator of "The Divine Feminine Oracle", The Spellcasting Oracle” and “The Sutras of Unspeakable Joy”. She is a visionary artist who merges magick and technology with traditional mediums to create new interpretations of myth and archetype. Through her work she explores shamanic, astrological and mythological constructs to interpret the liminal worlds of the Divine Feminine, incorporating art and talisman to create a third phenomenon, or magical reality. Her art was included in Witchcraft - Taschen and features in The Divine Feminine Oracle that she created along with Meggan Watterson, on the covers of The Mistress of Longing and Gina Martin’s Daughters of the Goddess series. In honor of the Great Mother, and as personal witness, she creates all work under the pseudonym "SheWhoIsArt".www.etsy.com/shop/SheWhoIsArt Website: www.shewhoisart.comFacebook: facebook.com/shewhoisartInstagram: @shewhoisWe talked aboutThe soul in artArt as a vessel for the sacredSacred Feminine perspective on current eventsFeminine representation in the Bible and why it goes untaughtHer work with Megan Watterson on the Divine Feminine Oracle.Her artmaking process – creating lightSymbology of the FeminineFinding and trusting the real in this post-truth worldIn the extended episode – over 45 mins of extra content just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:Perimenopause and menopause – wise woman insightMigraine and creativitySymbology – the Alphabet vs the GoddessAncient women cave paintersHer twinkle boxAI as a creative and business toolThe female roots of modern Western abstract artHer religious backgroundFacebook and IG jailBalancing our creatrix and business partsResourcesBurning WomanThe Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred ObjectsDiscover Your Inner Symbols – MasterclassThe Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image Women Who Run With the Wolves and Mother Night – Clarissa Pinkola Estes – listen to our Creative Magic special on Women Who Run with the WolvesThe Holy Wild: A Heathen Bible for the UntamedThe Great Cosmic Mother

Sophie Messager bridges worlds that rarely meet. A former reproductive physiologist with a PhD, she traded her microscope for a medicine drum after experiencing the transformative power of an empowered birth. Her decade-long journey as a doula, birth educator, and author of Why Postnatal Recovery Matters deepened her exploration of the rhythms surrounding women's transitions.Now a holistic life transition mentor, Sophie guides women through significant life thresholds—from birth to perimenopause and beyond. Her unique combination of scientific expertise and spiritual insight allows her to serve as a compassionate space holder for those seeking to harmonise their analytical and intuitive selves.Her new book The Beat of Your Own Drum: the history, science and contemporary use of drumming as a path for women’s wisdom, health and transformation is published by Womancraft Publishing and available everywhere now.Her podcast The Wisdom Messengerwww.sophiemessager.comWe talked about: Drumming as nervous system regulationDrumming and birthBridging the intellectual and spiritual worldsWearing many hatsIntuitive drum and intuitive danceWomen’s life transitionsReclaiming childhood joysNeurodivergence and regulationHow we have lost regulation in contemporary patriarchal society.For a deeper dive, join us for the Extended Episode – just $3/ month, exclusively on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce - where we discussSchuman ResonanceMicrodosing – drumming and psylocibin.ResourcesThe Beat of Your Own DrumBurnout – Amelia NagoskiCome as You Are – Emily NagoskiJane Hardwicke CollingsThe Emerald – The Revolution will not be PsychologizedJeff StrongPeter LevineWomen Making Noise conversation series

Joanne Harris (OBE, FRSL) is the internationally renowned and award-winning author of over twenty novels, plus novellas, cookbooks, scripts, short stories, libretti, lyrics, articles, and a self-help book for writers, TEN THINGS ABOUT WRITING. In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Sheffield and Huddersfield, is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.She performs in a live music and storytelling show with the #Storytime Band.She also has a form of synaesthesia which enables her to smell colours. Red, she says, smells of chocolate.www.joanne-harris.co.uk/Author image credit - Kyte PhotographyWe talked about The film adaptations of Chocolat that didn’t happenHer cover artworkDeveloping her voice as a writerThe different forms of magic in her booksOn discovering magical realismImposter syndromeWriting and motherhoodHow she writesFood as a love languageMoving beyond the archetype of the white male writer and the assumptions that go along with that.Belonging and being an outsiderHer advice for writersIn the extended episode just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:Her great-grandmother who was a witchCosy books, current book trends in fantasy and armchair murder mysteries and reading for comfort in a world gone madHow she researches her booksHer current creative rabbit holePlus some of her thoughts on magic from her most recent books – The Moonlight Market, Chocolat and Vianne.ResourcesChocolat (book) Chocolat (film) The Five Love LanguagesThe Moonlight Market Vianne 10 Things About Writing