The WitchHunt Podcast Alexandra Hughes

Welcome to episode 44: The magic of money alignment: a radical conversation with accountant, financial strategist, conscious entrepreneurial thought leader & badass witch Amanda Peeler. 

 

In this candid conversation, Amanda shares how her post-partum anxiety guided her towards taking her power back and embracing her soul calling. We explore the intersections between capitalism, motherhood, entrepreneurship, money, magical forests, and what it means to move through life as conscious women business owners — aligned and in integrity. We talk about how we can contribute to sustainable, regenerative living, conscious marketing.  

We get deep and real, and you’re going to love it — and her.

 

Enjoy!

 

More About Amanda & Her Magic

 

Amanda Peeler is the Founder of The Aligned Strategy, an accounting firm that serves small woman owned businesses, with a mission to put more money back into the hands of sacred women and conscious people. After a decade in Corporate Accounting & Finance, Amanda took a hiatus to heal from burnout. What she found was the money was never going to be enough to compensate for the hustle and that alignment was key. Now she spends her time investing deeply in her clients to help them heal their relationship with money, learn to understand what they value, and ultimately help them achieve their dreams by empowering them with their finances. She and her husband have 18 month old identical twin girls, Elizabeth & Emma, who are truly their greatest joy. Amanda loves to spend her time reading, cooking something new for her daughters, and asking endless questions to determine the reason we are all here. 

 

 

👇 Free download to help you master the Art of Cyclical Living  

For me, the piece of social conditioning that kept me from hearing my intuition FOR DECADES was my addiction to busy doing. And, I’ll be honest, slowing down and resting when my body calls for it is still (and probably forever will be) a growth edge for me.  

 

This is why I created The Cycle: Your Guide to Cyclical Living is a simple framework and practical tool that will help you harness nature's ancient wisdom in your modern everyday life. It’s a free download that includes: a Cycle Poster Print, a description of the cycle’s 4 phases and some practical start-up tips for those new to cyclical living.

 

  You can check it out alexandrahughes.com/thecycle

Welcome to episode 45: From Earthschool to Bliss (and back again), with Allison Littlefeather Holaday, an indigenous medicine woman, galactic energy master and Earthschool survivor of 3 near-death experiences.

In this episode, Allison non-challantly answers some of those age-old existential questions we all have: Why are we here? What’s the purpose of suffering? What’s on the other side of this life?

Specifically, Allison speaks to the concept and her lived experience in the hardest dimension of all — Earthschool. She talks about suffering and chronic illness, how she’s come to honor her call to be of service through her many gifts, and how she navigates this world as an open channel.

Allison also shares what she saw and felt on the other side, during her near-death experiences, giving us insight into what lies beyond the veil and reminding us of the Mystery we are all here to surrender to.

There is great magic and wisdom in this episode.

Enjoy!

 

More about Allison and her magic

Allison’s decades-long spiritual journey dramatically intensified after she experienced three near-death experiences in this lifetime, transformative spiritual ascensions which led to a deep and powerful awakening - revealing that she’d been a Medicine Woman and healer in many past lives. 

Recognizing on a very deep level the power that comes from energy and intention, Allison committed to channeling her spiritual strength toward the exploration of healing modalities and humbly offering her abilities in service to others. Allison has dedicated her life to sharing that power with others suffering from a variety of emotional wounds, physical discomfort, and spiritual pain. As Allison helps others, her gifts continue to expand exponentially. She is the grateful founder of Energy Release Therapy (ERT), a powerful channeled healing modality that allows her to “pull” trapped energy from people using an ancient technique and understanding gathered from centuries of wisdom.Allison is an intuitive master medicine woman healer with 18,000 years of wisdom to tap into each individual and heal whatever needs to be released. She is also a medium, master channeler, animal communicator/healer, reiki master, spiritual ascension teacher, public speaker, galactic energy master, and past life healer.  Allison’s core belief is that unconditional love is the truth of who and what we are meant to be.

From helping clients break unhealthy habits, repair relationship bonds and experience new levels of personal healing satisfaction, to connecting with a better understanding of the needs of their loving animals, Allison's individualized treatment approach is specifically tailored to each client’s needs. Time and again the incredible transcendent power of her treatments changes lives.

 

👇 Free download to help you master the Art of Cyclical Living  

For me, the piece of social conditioning that kept me from hearing my intuition FOR DECADES was my addiction to busy doing. And, I’ll be honest, slowing down and resting when my body calls for it is still (and probably forever will be) a growth edge for me.  

The SINGLE BIGGEST THING that took me from getting my to-do's done in a way that was exhausting to one that was (get this) REGENERATIVE, was learning how to match up what I was emotionally, energetically and physiologically best suited to what I was choosing to do. In other words, I was tuning into my body in order to optimize my energy and time.     

This is why I created The Cycle: Your Guide to Cyclical Living is a simple framework and practical tool that will help you harness nature's ancient wisdom in your modern everyday life. It’s a free download that includes: a Cycle Poster Print, a description of the cycle’s 4 phases and some practical start-up tips for those new to cyclical living.

→You can check it out alexandrahughes.com/thecycle

 

Welcome to Episode 46 of the Witchhunt podcast: Unveiling witchy truthbombs in a commodified world —  with truth teller, visibility & money Witch, Danielle Cohen”In this episode, Danielle and I dive deep into what it really means to be a witch in today’s world. 

We explore the delicate dance of speaking our truth and staying aligned to our value of walking gently on the earth in a world that has managed to commodify just about everything — magic, included. 

We talk about weaving magic and wisdom into our visibility and money healing journeys, and the role that nervous system regulation plays there. 

When I went back to listen to this episode in search of scroll-stopping quotes, it felt as though the entire conversation was one such quote! 

Get ready for some gentle, wisdom-based truth telling in this incredibly thought provoking, heart opening conversation. 

Enjoy!

xx

Alex

*Correction: I mispronounced Karen Keskinen, founder of Witchschool Canada's last name. It's Keskinen and not Kenisken.

And here's the link to the BBC podcast I mentioned, Witch, with presenter India Rakusen. And here's the link to Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estés's book Women Who Run With the Wolves, where, Dr. Estés unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, and stories, many from her own family, in order to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through the stories and commentaries in this remarkable book, we retrieve, examine, love, and understand the Wild Woman and hold her against our deep psyches as one who is both magic and medicine.

 

More About Danielle.

Using a range of coaching, consulting, somatic, creative, and spiritual practices Danielle helps forces of good with big dreams birth and sustain their most aligned work (the paid and unpaid kind). Her work is trauma informed, loving, powerful, and rooted in anti-oppressive values.  Website www.danielle-cohen.com

 

👇 Free download to help you master the Art of Cyclical Living  

For me, the piece of social conditioning that kept me from hearing my intuition FOR DECADES was my addiction to busy doing. And, I’ll be honest, slowing down and resting when my body calls for it is still (and probably forever will be) a growth edge for me.  

This is why I created The Cycle: Your Guide to Cyclical Living is a simple framework and practical tool that will help you harness nature's ancient wisdom in your modern everyday life. It’s a free download that includes: a Cycle Poster Print, a description of the cycle’s 4 phases and some practical start-up tips for those new to cyclical living.

You can check it out alexandrahughes.com/thecycle

 

Welcome to Episode 47 of the Witchhunt podcast! 

 

🍂 🐦‍⬛ From Half Lives to Healing, From Trauma to Temple: A deep dark honest dive into feminine power with JewWitch, Shapeshifter & Community Builder, Shoshana Sperling. 

 

This is a very special episode because I interview Shoshana and her familiar, Rosa, IN PERSON at one of my new very favorite spaces and places, Community OutWitch — a local neighborhood community centre for Witches and friends, in the Toronto area. 

During our conversation, Shoshana shares how she was naturally attracted to spirituality and ritual as a child, sensitive to all sacred spaces. And how she navigated atheism as a child Witch. We talk about her 2020 Witch awakening and experience at Witchschool Canada and she shares how she alchemically birthed Community OutWitch. Goddesses, the JewWitch version of the Origin story, and the importance of honoring the transitional points in the Wheel of the Year all come up in this beautiful conversation.

And cherry 🍒  on top is our invitation to an in person Solstice ceremony AT COMMUNITY OUTWITCH that I’m calling Luz, which you can learn more about at alexandrahughes.com/luz 💃 Shoshana keeps me in stitches and has the warmest, kindest energy ever.

Listen in for a light hearted, yet deep episode where you get to know this wise woman and her magic. 

Enjoy!

xx

Alex

 

 

More about Shoshana.






Shoshana Sperling has a repertoire of 1000 voices and has thrilled Toronto-area audiences with her solo monologues for years. Her voice can be heard on many cartoons including Elinor Wonders Why on PBS, Paw Patrol and Charlie Colorforms. She conceived of, co-wrote and performed two CD’s for children with her band The Monkey Bunch entitled “Sho, Mo and the Monkey Bunch” and “Power to the Little People” which was nominated for a Juno.

As a freelance writer, Shoshana has written for the National Post, Now Magazine, Elephant Journal and is a regular contributor to Today’s Parent Magazine and Chatelaine Magazine. Most recently she has produced and performed in a monthly Cabaret at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre called “Feel The Burl” with her writing partner, Lisa Brooke. 

Today she's a Shapeshifting Coach & Mentor who helps women with who hate to be in the limelight (which feels like just about anywhere) find their power and speak their truths. She is also founder of Community OutWitch, a community and events Centre for Witches and friends in the heart of Parkdale, Toronto. 

Email her for Shapeshifting workshop events and private packages, at motherwarrior2@gmail.com.  

 And check out Community OutWitch offerings here.

 

Both Shoshana and Alex are on borrowed territory of the Mississauga of the Credit, the Anishinaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.  




 

 I'm beyond deeeeelighted to share with you the juiciest Witchhunt episode everrrrrrr: Communing Romantically with Nature: An Invitation to Talk (& do) Sex Magic, with Kiki Keskinen and Shoshana Sperling. 

This episode, serendipitously airing under a Pisces full moon is a little different than most. Because while we do dive into the stories of our guests, Kiki Koskinen, and Shawna Sperling, what we talk most about is their teachings around the hot and sexy and mysterious topic that is sex magic. 

Think: birds, bees, blueberries, olive oil & trees.

Think: sacred wheel of consent.

And get ready for a whole new take on the radical and revolutionary act that is experiencing delicious juicy pleasure as a woman today.  

Without further ado, let's dive into the magic of communing romantically with nature that is your body and the joy it's made to give you.

xx

Alex

 

More about Kiki & Shoshana and their upcoming Sex Magic Workshop

Shoshana is a voice actor, writer, Witch, mom, community builder and main organizer at Community OutWitch in Parkdale. Kiki is a Witch by lineage and founder of WitchSchool Canada — an 11-month curriculum offering a feminine spiritual basis for social activism, as well as ecological respect for Mother Nature and Her wisdom.

 

Together they host a series of Sex Magic workshops, led by Kiki at Community OutWitch. This is for you if you're ready to tap into the hidden power of sex and sensuality while connecting with a community of open-minded individuals, exploring ancient rituals, and unlocking a new level of pleasure and fulfillment.  Contact  to secure your spot. Spaces are limited.

I’m so excited to introduce this love filled, wise and beautiful soul who I've had the privilege of learning from over the last three years.

In this deep and poignant episode, Nisha talks about how magic wove its way into her life through the serendipitous arrival of teachers, who arrived in the shape of friends, parents of friends, neighbouring yoga teachers and more. She talks about the relationship between trauma and wisdom and how this shapes our intuition. We also explore the importance of reverent, generous and gratitude-centred practices of devotion to nature, and she explains her beautiful understanding of the ecology of leadership.

Nisha’s energy is powerful, gentle, full of love, and oh so beautiful. Her wisdom is deep, and her truth critical in today's world. This is not an episode you want to miss. 

Enjoy!

 

Upcoming Ceremonial Workshop: RISE 

On Friday October 29, I’ll be hosting RISE, a Ceremonial Workshop curated for women who are ready to detox from the patriarchal narratives that have made their way into our pathways, and step into the truth & power of the woman they were born to be.  Investment: $111 (can be applied to future work with me over the coming year!).  

If this resonates, you can learn more at https://www.alexandrahughes.com/rise

 

More about Nisha and her magic

Nisha Moodley is an integrative leadership coach, with 15 years of experience leading mastermind groups, online courses, and over 50 retreats. She was first trained to work with subtle energy nearly 30 years ago, and has since received in-depth Health Coach & Executive Coach trainings, become a Family Constellation facilitator, and deepened her practice through breathwork training, ancestral healing, and archetypal studies. All of these teachings and modalities (and others) are integrated for coaching that works not just on the level of mindset, but also through much deeper healing and integration. Nisha is the mother of two small children, a newbie land steward, and is constantly seeking to understand the deeper systemic and historical implications of the individual and collective challenges we face today, weaving those considerations into the work as well.

You can find Nisha at NishaMoodley.com