Your Creative & Magical Life
How do we hold on to creativity and magic in a world that tries to separate us from both again and again? This podcast explores that question through the lens of Tarot, nature, and the lived experience of creative and magical humans who are making art, manifesting their visions, and changing the world as they go. Join creativity coach, Tarot reader, and writer Cecily Sailer on a cosmic, conversational journey to help you embrace you creative and magical life!
Episodes
24 episodes
17. The Hanged One: Now I Can't Unsee It w/ Amelia Hruby
For an exploration of The Hanged One, I had to talk to Amelia Hruby, creator and host of the podcast Off the Grid, a show for small business owners who want to leave social media without losing all their clients.These days, the prevaili...
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Episode 17
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1:29:07
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16:21
16. Death: How Do We Want to Live? w/ Mara June
I've deferred The Hanged One episode briefly (it would normally appear here), because this conversation on the Death card unexpectedly took on much bigger dimensions in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which devastated huge areas of...
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Episode 16
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1:32:56
15. Justice: You Are an Agent of Change w/ Maria Minnis
For the Justice card, I HAD TO talk to Maria Minnis, the liberatory Tarot goddess and author of Tarot for the Hard Work: An Archetypal Journey to Confront Racism and Imagine Collective Healing, Maria's book, which came out early th...
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Episode 15
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1:21:00
Microdose 6. Why you need alone time so you can deal with LIFE TIME
In this microdose episode (un-edited and ALMOST under 30 minutes!), I follow up on our Hermit and Wheel of Fortune conversations to explore why it's so important to seek out and enjoy solitude. I talk about solitude as a place to center...
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32:58
14. Wheel of Fortune: Seeing Where the World is Gonna Take Me w/ Ami Plasse
In this episode, we explore the Wheel of Fortune archetype with visual artist Ami Plasse, who I first met in group therapy! We start out this conversation reliving our Wheel-of-Fortune origin story — how we went from strangers in a therapy room...
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Episode 14
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1:38:12
13. The Hermit: Trying to Find the Light w/ Chad Hutchinson
In this episode, we explore The Hermit card with poet and writer Chad Hutchinson, who is also a friend of mine. In our conversation, Chad talks about his personal Hermit story — how he spent much of his adult life "on the run," trying to escape...
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Episode 13
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1:27:28
Microdose 5. Loving ALL Your Creative Parts
In this microdose episode, we apply one lesson of the Strength card (self-acceptance and self-love) to help us explore, name, describe, and meet different parts of our Creative Self. Drawing on the framework of Internal Family Syst...
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23:20
12. Strength: Embracing Self-Love & Inner Resilience w/ Madeleine Gunhart
Can the path to healing and self-love be found within the cards of the Tarot? Join me as we explore the profound lessons of the Strength card in the Major Arcana and its themes of self-love, tenderness, and resilience. Through personal reflecti...
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Episode 12
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1:29:24
11. Discussing TAROT (the Supernatural Horror Film) w/ The Basement Girls
In this collaborative episode with The Basement Girls podcast, we discuss the recent supernatural / horror film TAROT by Anna Holberg and Spenser Cohen, based on the 1992 novel Horrorscope by Nicholas Adams.I had a great time w...
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Episode 11
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1:07:08
Microdose 4. What's fueling your creative journey and how would you like to travel?
This shorter episode is a follow-up to our conversation about The Chariot, where we apply Chariot-inspired questions to our creative work. I talk about the difference between internal and external motivation, and how the two can fuel our creati...
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35:14
10. The Chariot: Moving with Aligned Purpose w/ Hannah Levy
In this episode, we explore The Chariot card with Hannah Levy, writer and editor of the Tarot journal The Rebis, which publishes annually, featuring a different Major Arcana card in each issue. The 2023 edition featured creative writing, nonfic...
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Episode 10
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1:40:49
Microdose 3. Your Art is a Transmission & an Act of LOVE!
This shorter episode is a follow-up to our conversations about The Hierophant and The Lovers, where we turn those cards into guides for our creative work. Here, I'm sharing about how your art is a transmission — a broadcast of sorts, a ...
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20:41
9. The Lovers: That Much Closer to Madness w/ Bianca Alyssa Pérez
In this episode, we explore The Lovers card with poet, teacher, and lover Bianca Alyssa Pérez, whose poetry chapbook Gemini Gospel dances with themes of this card deeply and beautifully, touching on self-love, grief, family, and romance.
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Episode 9
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1:43:43
8. The Hierophant: I Am a Messenger w/ Becky Bullard (aka Democrasexy)
In this episode, we explore The Hierophant with guest Becky Bullard, the creatrix, messenger, and megaphone behind Democrasexy, a project that aims to engage more people in the democratic and civic process by making it easier, more fun, and... ...
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Episode 8
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1:26:51
Microdose 2. Why you need CREATIVE SPACE & how to get it…
In this shorter episode, I stay with The Emperor just a moment longer (see previous episode), and invoke his energy to talk about creative space and why Creative Spirits need it — and deserve it!I talk about The Emperor's relationship t...
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31:05
7. The Emperor: Power Beyond Patriarchy & Embodying Nonbinary Daddy Energy w/ Kelly Marshall
In this episode, we explore The Emperor with Kelly Marshall, a nonbinary writer and yoga therapist who supports people with nervous system recalibration, embodiment, and trauma-informed approaches to yoga, teaching, and community-building. ...
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Episode 7
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1:19:04
Microdose 1. You "abandoned" a creative project and you have FEELINGS about that...
This first shorter episode is for Creative Spirits who've abandoned, ghosted, or otherwise fallen out with a creative project they used to love. What's often standing in the way of a reunion with an abandoned project isn't just time, space, and...
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26:16
6. Divination Cross-Pollination: Tarot & the I Ching (Heaven & Earth) w/ Kat Hosoo Lee
We continue our exploration of Tarot and I Ching with Kat Hosoo Lee, a business mentor for spiritual entrepreneurs, Daoism nerd, and I Ching practitioner. In our last episode, Kat and I laid out the basics, so if you haven't heard it ye...
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Episode 6
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1:37:12
5. Divination Cross-Pollination: Tarot & the I Ching (the Basics) w/ Kat Hosoo Lee
In this episode, we explore divination more broadly, focusing on Tarot and I Ching. This is the first in a year-long series cohosted with Kat Hosoo Lee, who helps spiritual entrepreneurs connect with their purpose, build sustainable businesses,...
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Episode 5
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1:38:58
4. The Empress: Resting in Power w/ Christina Rosales
In this episode, we explore The Empress, the vast creative force that moves through nature and gives us LIFE! Our guest is an Empress herself — Christina Rosales, a journalist-turned-activist who developed a video game about housing justice, wh...
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Episode 4
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1:49:24
3. The High Priestess: Unclench Your Butt Cheeks w/ Ebony Isis Booth
In this episode, we explore The High Priestess with Ebony Isis Booth, a coach who supports primarily Black and Indigenous folks in transformation, leadership, and emotional alchemy. Our conversation explores the second Major Arcana card through...
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Episode 3
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2:02:37
2. The Magician: Bringing Something Into Existence That Wasn't There Before w/ Jessica Jernigan
Since this show is just getting started, and this episode focuses on THE MAGICIAN, I spend a little time explaining what I mean by Your Creative & Magical Life, and I share about my theory of creativity and how magic can how up in different...
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Episode 2
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1:48:48
1. The Fool: We Can Always Begin Again w/ Annar Veröld
In this inaugural episode, I kick things off with a little tribute to Mom and Dad, then we dive right in to explore The Fool and the elements and symbols we see in this very first card of the Tarot. I talk about what The Fool IS an...
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Episode 1
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1:10:03
