Are you stuck in the sometimes confusing path of spirituality? Do you ask yourself, ‘Is this really for me?’ or ‘Am I required to share my spiritual gifts for a happier life?’

Hint: You don’t have to.

If you haven’t listened to part 1 and part 2 of this mini series, Thoughts on a Future Spirituality, go back and take a listen before jumping into this final part.

In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener gets personal and talks about her early reluctance to mysticism, tarot as a portal to her psychic abilities, and the path to understanding which of her spiritual gifts to keep close and which gifts thrive in broader community. This episode is packed with business tips for mystics, psychics, modern witches, and artists.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The concept and practice of timeline weaving
• Energetic hygiene for highly sensitive and psychic people
• Consent for the utilization of spiritual gifts
• Advice for service-based businesses
• The value of lunar practices and archetypes in spiritual and healing work

If you’ve been on the fence about your spiritual path, want to utilize your gifts effectively, or need guidance and preparation on your mystical and creative profession, this episode is for you.

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Don’t you want better life lessons? Want to learn how to define your spirituality so you can live your life in the truest, magical way possible?

If you haven’t listened to part 1 of this mini series, Spirituality is not a self-improvement project, go back and take a listen before jumping into this one.

In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener shares how she defines spirituality and its core aspects: prioritization of the Spirit, the natural world, engagement with the truth, its paradoxical nature to the personal and the collective, and the deep connection to creativity.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The importance of treating things as alive and worthy of acknowledgment
• How detachment and love can access the truth
• How personal vulnerabilities often reveal universal experiences
• How the Many Moons planner is an all-in-one, fun tool to support your spiritual engagement practices

If you’re looking for how to align with your true nature, to start shifting your perspective, and have fun with spirituality, this episode is for you!

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Are you an avid self-help consumer who’s always looking to improve yourself and do you question your life every few years? Have you been wondering if you’re truly in touch with your unique spirituality?

In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener introduces common subconscious scripts called The Three S’s of Colonialism: shame, scarcity, and separation, and how spirituality is often misconstrued as a self-improvement project when it’s actually quite different from wellness, self-help, or even religion. Curious?

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How to release yourself from the co-dependency of self-development
• How to identify what you may need for trauma healing
• For practitioners: becoming more responsible on the language of spirituality, healing, and trauma

If you’re ready to discern what can actually support your ongoing healing and what spirituality genuinely offers, this episode is for you!

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Episodes mentioned:

You Are Not Going To Hell: A Conversation with Eryn Johnson about Healing with the Hierophant

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Do you get anxious about big planetary transits? Are you looking for cosmic allies during these times of collective transitions and transformations?

In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener invites Jeff Hinshaw of Cosmic Cousins to share some insight on something many of us are anticipating or curious about: Pluto entering Aquarius. What are the potential challenges of this transition and what does it offer to the collective consciousness?

Jeff discusses his favorite astrological support system: asteroids.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• How asteroids bring gender balance to the often patriarchal planetary system in astrology
• The details and nuances that asteroids represent and the 4 feminine archetypes
• Highlighting Pallas (asteroid) in Aquarius in 2025
• Big themes the collective consciousness may experience

If you want to acquire special knowledge on asteroids as a healing resource and need nurturing support during big, collective transformations, this episode is for you!

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About Guest: Jeff Hinshaw is the founder of Cosmic Cousins: Soul-Centered Astrology and has made several contributions to the world of astrology. Exploring the intersection of astrology and spirituality, Jeff discusses the connections between astrology and other esoteric practices, such as tarot, psychology, meditation, and yoga. Some of Jeff’s deepest areas of interests, in which he has participated in extensive study and research, is connected to the Planetoids, including: Chiron, Eris, Black Moon Lilith, and the Asteroids. Jeff is captivated by these placements because they offer much needed vocabulary for incorporating more feminine, queer and gender-expansive archetypes into the astrological conversation.

More on Cosmic Cousins:

Cosmic Cousins Website

Instagram @cosmic.cousins

Cosmic Cousins Substack

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Do you feel like you’re different and don’t belong? Have you had different kinds of jobs or businesses or side hustles and still can’t find a good fit? Do you tend to seek external validation to see if you’re on the “right” path?

In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener invites Xenia Marie Ross Viray, an imagination healer and frequency artist, and they talk about what to do when you don’t feel like you belong, how to create your own language and opportunities, and simply, how to listen to your heart.

This week, you’ll learn:

• The use of imagination as a healing tool for psychological wounds
• Saturn’s supporting role in activating your dreams and creative processes
• Differences between visions and fantasies
• How self-acceptance unlocks all creativity

If you are insecure about not fitting in and want to create your own vision… this episode is for you.

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About Our Guest

Xenia Marie Ross Viray (she/they) is an imagination healer, frequency artist, and creativity catalyst with a focus on experiential learning containers and writing. She is the eldest of three sisters, and her name means kindness to strangers. Born as a brick-and-mortar fashion business, Myths of Creation is a container for experiments, art, writing, and gatherings at the intersection of creativity, spirituality, and meaning-making. Xenia's offerings are designed to support spirited innovators bring their natural genius into form and include Create Your Cosmology, a course in authentic belief systems, Imaginal Temple, a creative mystical mentorship, the Garden of the Imaginal Substack, and an evolving cornucopia of courses, workshops, and 1:1 sessions which you can find at MythsofCreation.com and @mythsofcreation on IG.

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Has this year…been a year? Have you dealt with one curveball after another? Are you continuously trying to heal and recover from burnout because you feel it in your bones that you will?

Whether you’re sick, angry, or very exhausted: It’s. Not. Your. Fault.

In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener shares about long COVID and burnout, framing the Star as a card to help us with dark times. She challenges ableist notions in spirituality and shares how the Star card in Tarot offers itself as a symbol of hope, faith, and healing after being dealt with serious trials. The Star card is soul retrieval and this is a guide to recognize the process.

This week, you’ll learn:

• The importance of hope and faith as healing tools
• The three lines in Tarot explained through a Jungian lens
• What the "Sequence of Sight" is within the cards and how to use them
• Practical application of Star card energy

If you’ve been on a treadmill of unfortunate circumstances, difficult challenges, and want to apply healing through the Star Card’s guidance, this episode is for you!

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How do you re-enchant your world when there are constant, repetitive curveballs in your life? Do you seek to improve your life and wellbeing and let that vibrate out to the world?

First, if you haven’t listened to Part 1 yet, please go back and do so before you jump into this one.

In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener reflects on life challenges and highlights the necessity of tools and practices to remain connected to intuition. She emphasizes the importance of mindful creativity and enchantment in enriching and romancing life.

Sprinkle magic in your day-to-day and let it exponentially impact your life like a mycorrhizal network. The episode offers magical maxims, inspiring listeners to integrate intuition and magic into their lives and regain a sense of wonder and connection.

This week, you’ll learn:

• The signaling of what’s missing in your life and questions to ask yourself
• Silvia Federici’s work on Re-enchanting the World
• Foundational magical ideas to reinvigorate your daily life

If you’ve been exhausted, confused, needing change, and wondering how to re-enchant and romance your inner and outer world, this episode is for you.

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Do you believe in magic? Are you both skeptical AND curious about magic? How is magical thinking supportive for trauma survivors, and where does it harm us?

In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener examines the psychological phenomenon around “magical thinking,” cognitive distortions that trauma survivors often create.

This episode has something for the believer and skeptic alike. This week, you’ll learn:

• 3 ways that magical thinking shows up as cognitive distortions
• How magical thinking can be supportive for trauma survivors
• Discerning certain fantasies, where they come from, and the importance of paying attention to reality
• Taking responsibility and aligned action

If you’ve wondered why you think certain thoughts, or favor fantasy over action, this episode is for you.

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How do you know the difference between your intuition and your nervous system’s instinct, and why does it matter? What’s a simple exercise that can strengthen your discernment and decisiveness?

In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener invites Embodiment Coach Sukie Baxter to discuss the alchemy of the nervous system, its impact for a self-led life, and how they, as self-identified introverts, manage their nervous system when sharing their voice to the public. You’ll learn:

• how to regulate your nervous system in the moment
• exercises for developing your sensory skills
• the connection between intuition and the nervous system
• self-permission when being in the public eye

If you’re ready to tap into your senses, unlock your fight-or-flight state, and live a self-led life, this episode is for you.

About Guest: Sukie Baxter is an Embodiment Coach, author, speaker and educator on nervous system regulation. She helps anxious humans go from constantly striving for external validation and feeling overwhelmed by stress or self-doubt to becoming purpose-driven individuals who cultivate inner peace, authentic success and fulfillment in every aspect of their lives so that they can create a meaningful impact, unlock their true potential, and live a life of purpose, joy, and abundance.

MORE:

Whole Body Revolution
Youtube @sukiebaxter

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Having a brave, open heart is easier said than done. If you know, you know. What are you afraid of facing? How does showing your fears reflect on what’s truly in your heart? In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener gives you a heart-to-heart and dives into how to strengthen your heart frequency! Folks, it’s not easy. But it IS necessary work if you want to live an aligned life. So tune in because you’ll learn:

• The power of Heart energy
• How to clear and transmute your Heart frequency
• How this impacts your life, your community

If you’re curious about to un-eclipsing your heart, strengthening your heart’s magnetic field, and leading your life wholeheartedly, this episode is for you!

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So you’re familiar with daily and weekly horoscopes or the infamous Saturn Return… but have you heard about Annual Profections? Are you curious about which themes your life is focused on right now, or why certain themes are popping up? Start here!

In this episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener brings back Anthony Perrotta (astrologer and designer) on the Moonbeaming mic, to serve up a delicious lowdown about Annual Profections. You’ll learn:

• Astrological timing techniques
• The supportive ways of using Annual Profections
• The time-lord of the year
• How to dig deeper to your personal annual profection (hint: class offering soon)
• What an 8th House Annual Profection year is like

If you want to work with a bird’s-eye-view of YOUR year according to this astrological timing technique and want more aligned, guided support, this episode is for you.

Patrons can sign up for Anthony’s class here.

About Anthony Perrotta: Anthony is an astrologer, artist, poet, designer, and curator. His focus is on integrating astrology into everyday life, where the abstract feels tangible. He has a background in fashion, and interior design, and has spent years bridging the gap between his passions. He has studied and practiced astrology for over 15 years, and because astrology is at the heart of everything he does, he has created intersections of art, design, and poetry with astrology.

Pre-order his forthcoming book, AstroStyle.

Anthony’s Links:

Book: Astro Style

Book a reading with Anthony Perrotta.

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