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Welcome to a new series every month called MOONSHINE where we invite special guest Kristina Wingeier, an intuitive astrologer, that we featured in a previous podcast, to share her wisdom with us by providing a cosmic forecast for the upcoming lunar cycle.

Katie embarks on a journey of finding language for something that doesn’t yet have a language. When she looked at the themes during the last few collection trips, she realized there are two main themes that are presenting themselves in a BIG way lately.

Meet our Moonshine Astrologer, Kristina Wingeier. 

This episode is a bit different -- rather than a deep dive into what's happening in this month, we go broad stroke and talk about the importance of understanding your natal chart, the role of interpretation in astrology + more.

Kelly Brogan is the real deal. She is motivated by the truth. Her truth. Your truth. The truth about medications. Wellness. Food. And the capital T Truth. She uncovers the truth + shares it with us readily. A fierce truth-teller. She gets to the bottom of what is truly beneficial for us - and what is not.⠀

Taylor and I share stories from the magical and inspiring, to crazy and creepy, of what happens during our flower essence collection trips! Above all, the motivation behind all that we do, is not to see the world, it's to collect the transformative + healing essences from exotic flowers and all that Mother Nature has to offer ~ for the soul purpose of sharing something that is profoundly meaningful, sacred, and life changing!

In July of 2017, my dear friend Robin flew across the country to help care for her friend and soul sister, Kelly Clark. While she was there, Kelly transitioned out of her earthly body. In this episode, we talk about it. The precious gift of care-giving, how watching your best friend die can be beautiful and change your relationship with living, the grief of great loss, the ceremony of preparing her body, and so. much. more.

Discover how dedicating time to nourishing creative practices is a crucial way to fortify and create resiliency and how embracing your emotional experiences as creative fuel can help teach us to trust the process of life.

I talk with Grace Pundyk about storytelling, simultaneously healing the wounds of our ancestors and children, death, telling the stories of the forgotten ones, following your intuition and how to use creativity to express new and ancient languages of the heart. If you're the kind of person who likes to stretch yourself outside the box, or you could use some loving, supportive tips to 'go for it' in your next weird + wild creative endeavor, have a listen.

Sasha Duerr is an artist and designer who works with plant-based palettes, natural dyes and place-based recipes. She is a professor at the California College of the Arts  with a joint appointment in textiles and fine arts where she designs curriculum and teaches courses in the intersection of natural color, slow food, slow fashion and social practice.

I speak with dear friend Elena Brower about what it means to operate from the heart, how to trust your intuition and what it really means to be powerful. She shares how vulnerability has made her a better parent and how she has worked through habitual patterns with mindful awareness practices.

The godmother of western herbalism, a woman who speaks the exquisite language of plants, your guide to building your own at-home herbal apothecary ... meet Rosemay Gladstar.

This guy is so special! Diego Perez is a meditator, writer, and speaker who is most widely known on Instagram and various social media networks through his pen name Yung Pueblo.

Brigitte Mars is an herbalist and nutritional consultant with almost 50 years experience! She shares what you should put into your home First Aid Kit and tips on how to look at your body, mind + spirit as one whole system to improve your health.

Carrie-Anne Moss is an actress, mother, wife, and owner of Annapurna Living. Though she is blessed with her work, it is her marriage and family that are her deepest callings and have brought Carrie-Anne the greatest joy.

We have with us the founder of Juniper Ridge: Hall Newbegin, who crawls around in mountain meadows and hits the forest trails, capturing the magic of special places around the United States.

Even though I work with flowers, in my heart of hearts, I’m really a girl of the forest. The aromas that Juniper Ridge collect bring me right back into the woods. 

As our culture becomes more open to using plants to not only heal ailments of the body, but also the soul, I am noticing an interesting trend. It's a trend towards a fixation on only a handful of plants, that happen to be psychedelic plants or that impair your usual perception of reality.

Have you ever had a gut issue or know someone who is living with a condition like IBS, Crohn's, Candida or Ulcerative Colitis? Truthfully, I think it's safe to say that we all know at least one person who is looking for an alternative approach to healthy freedom + gut relief. Jini empowers her people with the knowledge needed to face such life altering conditions and the means to connect with and listen to the amazing wisdom contained in your own gut.

Erin is a Transformational Health Coach and Herbalist. After seven years in private acupuncture practice in New York City, Erin now works remotely with women all over the world to resolve hormonal symptoms and nourish fertility.