Monica Monfre is a long time friend, teacher, dancer, and BRCA1 positive genetic mutation holder. In this episode we talk through how she navigated the loss of her sister to breast cancer, and how that experience has shaped her life since – inevitably discovering her own predisposition to ovarian cancer.
You might hear me learning in real time what some of the terms Monica is uses to describe the experiences of breast and ovarian cancer are, and that's the point of this conversation – to become more familiar with the language of our reproductive health and to reduce the stigmas that go along with things like cancer, menopause, hormone therapy, etc.
Overall this is a conversation about the agency you have over your body and health, the wisdom of our bodies and following our intuition - especially when it comes to preventative care - and the importance of naming your identity, and sharing about your health experiences.
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Eps 042: How to work with all phases of the moon
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The phases of the moon have been observed in awe and wonder for centuries. In this episode I discuss each of the 8 main phases, and how they're overlayed onto our days, months, years, eras in life, and even in the stages of our gardens (literal and figurative).
This episode also acts as a framework for folks who are interested in working more intuitively with the monthly lunar cycles as a framework for energetic peaks, ebbs and flows.
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Hello November!! These lunations of this month are fortifying and cathartic.
The Full Moon in Taurus on November 5th is BEAUTIFUL and deeply fulfilling and rejuvenating and it wants you to RECEIVE.
The New Moon in Scorpio on November 20th is conjunct Mercury retrograde and wants us to uncover the deeper narratives that are holding us back from our desired evolutions.
It's a beautiful month of lunations to work with and be fully present to – tune in to learn more about how to work with these energies and how they'll likely be showing up in your own life.
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Welcome Scorpio season!
The witchiest season of the year is here friends, and in these new few weeks ahead we have so much planetary support guiding us into flow, release, cathartic clearing, and deep integration and healing. Bc I'm actually very excited about this season, I start the episode describing which area of life Scorpio season will likely be activating for you.
I'm also trying something new and giving a theme to each week:
Tune in to hear more about how each of these weeks will unfold, and the energy you can tap into to help direct your own creative cycles.
Reminder that Constellations Scorpio Season is $111 through 10.28!! Our first call is on Halloween 10.31, and if you're desiring community, support, and alignment through these murky waters ahead – we got you. Join us!
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10.23 Sun enters Scorpio
10.24 Mercury trine Jupiter & Saturn Rx
10.28 Mars trine Jupiter & Saturn Rx
10.29 Mercury trine Neptune Rx, enters Sagittarius, then opposes Uranus Rx
11.02 Venus square Jupiter
11.04 Mars enters Sagittarius
11.04 Mars trine Neptune Rx, opposes Uranus Rx
11.05 Full Moon - Taurus 13°
11.06 Venus enters Scorpio
11.08 Uranus Rx re-enters Taurus
11.09 Mercury Rx through 11.29
11.11 Jupiter Rx through 03.11.26
11.12 Mercury Rx conjunct Mars
11.17 Sun trine Jupiter & Saturn
11.19 Mercury Rx re-enters Scorpio, trines Neptune, then opposes Uranus Rx
11.20 New Moon - Scorpio 28°, Sun conjunct Mercury Rx (cazimi)
11.21 Sun opposition Uranus
11.22 Mercury Rx trine Saturn Rx & Jupiter Rx
11.22 Sun enters Sagittarius
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Welcome to a very special episode! My incredible and inspirational mom, Joan Maloney, joins me to share a little of her backstory – the journey it took for her to get from small town book worm, to receptionist/delivery driver, to thriving business woman with a highly successful graphic design studio.
In this episode she shares stories about her resiliency – from navigating sexual harassment, to starting a business in the midst of physical recovery from back to back car accidents, to running a studio while parenting a young daughter.
She was doing it all before we knew how to crawl, and she blazed a trail for all of us to walk down – must more easily that she did.
I hope you enjoy this little window into her life and our relationship, and be sure to check out her forthcoming book!
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I’m thrilled to be sharing this episode describing the pillars of what living a Designed Life means - the practices, processes, perspectives, etc. For so many years I’ve been operating with these pillars in my life and they’ve been infused into my work, but only recently did they fully coalesce into these principles.
The main 3 that operate in a cycle are:
This cycle is then supported by 4 secondary pillars, each connected to a different element:
I describe in detail what each of these pillars mean and what they look like in action so you can understand your own life through the lens of Design.
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How often do we carve out time, to then only use it by succumbing to distraction or squandering it with petty little projects? How often do we arrive at a moment of spaciousness only to then not feel capable of immersing ourselves fully into it?
In this episode I layout my schedule for the two weeks I'll be on a solo self-guided retreat – the projects I plan to work on, the books I plan to read, and the activities I plan to enjoy.
I recorded this episode at 10pm the night before I flew out because I was having a lot of creative blocks around what I wanted to share this week and it took me awhile to arrive on this topic. But as I was journalling (in an attempt to stay up all night to get to the airport at 4am) the idea of sharing how I'll be using my time during this solo experience felt timely and relevant.
So also please know that it's not the most structured and cohesive eps I've ever recorded!
I'd love to what resonated for you from anything I shared here, and can't wait to update you on how the trip unfolds!
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It may not be eclipse season anymore but these lunations are definitely serving spicy!
The Aries Full Moon on October 6th will bring something fiery to the surface that requires your healing and attention. What in your relationships have you potentially be avoiding? Then the New Moon in Libra on October 21st feels like a day to commit to all the ways you want to show up with love, compassion, and responsible reciprocity. What are you ready to seed with regards to how you give your affection?
Tune in for soooo much energetic guidance, tons of reflections, and lots of suggestions for how to productively and practically apply this energy.
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Today marks the start of Fall here in the northern hemisphere, and in honor of the energetic pivot point, I'm sharing the audio accompaniment to my Autumn Equinox substack post.
You can follow along with the article, and unlock the ritual for the Equinox if you are not a paid subscriber.
Listen/read for insights on the energy of the Equinox, along with the astrology of the moment, and reflection questions for how to explore and root into this energy for yourself.
Wishing you all a beautiful Equinox!
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We're coming off of eclipse season and yeah - it's time to get organized! If you felt like the last month took everything up in the air, flailed it around, and dropped it in whole new places - don't worry, because this next season is here to help you lean into harmony, justice, balance, coherence, and connections to bring everything back into order.
We have several planets in strong placements this month too, which means that the work and progress we've been striving for is about to get a big boost of momentum.
Overall, I'm excited for this month, and I hope you are too – it'll be packed with great community vibes, really cathartic experiences, lots of focused motivation, and generally some charged energy.
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It is such an honor to have this chat with my long time friend, teacher and mentor Lindsay Fauntleroy! Lindsay is the founder of The Spirit Seed School, where she brings her knowledge of indigenous healing modalities, alternative medicines, and threads of connecting to spirit all together to support creators and leaders to heal in their own right.
In this episode we talk about her journey to entrepreneurship, the evolutions of her business and how she's traversed them, her mission and vision for why her work in this world of colonialism, patriarchy, sexism, and division is so necessary, and so, so much more.
She ends with a pledge that is a prayer for all of us, that had me in tears as we wrapped up our convo.
I'm so thrilled to be offering this conversation to you, and I hope you gain so much wisdom from this chat :)
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Everyday fear (not the kind of fear that arises when we're actually physically in danger) can sometimes operate under the surface – informing our decisions, directing our responses, and moving us in specific directions with us really knowing it.
Especially when we're in the middle of big life transitions and transformations, fear of not knowing what's ahead is naturally likely to crop up.
In this episode I dissect the physical, mental, and energetic components of fear, so that when it arises for you, you can more easily turn your awareness towards it, and know how to manage it.
Note: this episode is not for anyone who is experiencing immediate or literal danger, or is struggling with phobia. Please seek profession support in both instances.
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It's officially eclipse season friends!
This last eclipse series of 2025 harkens us back to Spring of 2025 and Fall of 2024 – there's a theme of growth and unravelling in a part of your life and it's getting a boost of stimulation this coming month.
The Pisces eclipse at the North Node on September 7th ushers in a new layer of connectivity, openness to possibility, and dissolving of boundaries that have kept us from the unification we're naturally born to desire. This moment might have you feel like you're spiraling a bit, but you can trust that after the dizzy spell dies down, you'll be on the path you need to now walk.
This eclipse connects back to the eclipse in Pisces on Sept 18, 2024 and will connect to the eclipse on Aug 28, 2026.
The Virgo eclipse at the South Node on September 21st as for us to continue a similar theme – of consciously (or unconsciously) shaking up the systems and structures and compartmentalized parts of our lives that have been holding us back from deeper connection, unification, understanding and fairness. This will likely be represented in the collective, but also within yourself. What defense mechanisms supported you and created safety for you in the past, but are no longer helping your energy now?
This eclipse story connects back to the eclipse in Virgo on March 14, 2025, and will connect to the upcoming eclipses in Virgo on March 3, 2026 and Feb 20, 2027.
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Welcome Virgo Season/ eclipse season!
This month I have a very special cohost and fellow astrologer, life coach, yoga teacher, Jess, with me to explore and translate the very full energy of Virgo season - because everything is better with friends!
This new season begins officially on August 22nd, but the Virgo New Moon on August 23rd fully initiates us into the tone shift. From there we have multiple planets changing signs, Uranus stationing retrograde, and (perhaps the most important of all) two eclipses!
What does this all mean?
This month is a turbulent, friends. Everything is going to be getting shaken up. But if I had to sum it up into a few main themes I mention – unboundaried compassion, experimentation and play in relationship, undoing patterns and wounds of perfectionism, affirming ways to embody heart-centered energy, and major beginnings and endings. Everything is on deck.
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The more resourced and supported you are for the rollercoaster energy of this month, the more you'll step out of Virgo season with hair do in tact, sunglasses still on, and a bounce in your step even after the wild ride.
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It’s been 5 weeks since I’ve been on IG, and here’s what I’ve learned:
In this episode I chat through all the ways I’m witnessing my brain change in real time as I spend more and more time away from this platform. And how in the “de-conditioning”, I’m discovering all the value I’ve been craving – via other outlets of connection, and self-expression.
At the end of this episode I leave you with the question:
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Now that I'm officially off of IG for the foreseeable future, I'm bringing some of my personal like updates to the pod!
After a month of hosting friends and family, throwing big gatherings at the house, and generally being way more social that usual, I'm digesting everything that's been shifting in my day to day life, my sense of identity, and my understanding of my roles in community online and IRL.
I chat the energetic influence of Uranus in Gemini, the Saturn-Neptune conjunct in Aries, and Pluto in Aquarius and how these major planetary placements are impacting me, my clients, and also you – and most importantly how we can work with them so they don't work us.
Comment and let me know if you've also been feeling the big shifts in your own life, and be sure to check out Constellations for astro support through August and beyond.
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I have the pleasure of hosting the incredible Kaitlyn Kessler!
Being in Kaitlyn’s orbit has been so inspiring simply because she exudes this level of alignment in all of her work and communication. It's alignment that’s not just beautiful, but it's also subtly ultra bold and very brave.
We recorded this episode a few months ago before she made the massive move to Spain from Charlotte, SC. It’s so fun to listen back and hear her declarations of what she was anticipating her life to look like once she landed in Europe, and to now be witnessing all of that unfolding for her in real time.
We talk a lot in this episode about the power of telling your own story, and we go back and forth between the benefits of being seen in public and also how scary it is to put yourself out there, and be seen.
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This month we're invited to explore the intersection of leadership, community, and responsibility.
With Mercury still retrograde in Leo and Saturn in Aries influencing the Full Moon in Aquarius, the first half of the month invites you to examine your long-term plans, structural power dynamics, and your role as a leader, particularly within community contexts.
This Full Moon wants to ask you: How do we balance personal authority with collective responsibility?
The New Moon in Virgo continues this theme by offering a potent time to reflect on how you communicate, express your ideas, and lead with integrity.
Virgo’s earthy practicality supports grounding these ideas into real, tangible practices — but with Uranus squaring the lunation, you’re also invited to be bold and visionary, shake up stale narratives, and ditch perfectionism in favor of purpose-driven presence.
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Welcome Leo Season!
Officially beginning July 22nd, this month includes a Mercury RX, along with several planet ingresses (sign changes) – many of which activate the Saturn–Neptune conjunction in Aries.
What does this all mean?
We’re going be reviewing a lot of the ways in which we do things, the ways in which we show up and demonstrate leadership, how we express ourselves and find harmony in our relationships, and what we want to uphold in our ever evolving identities.
And, if that doesn’t sound like enough fun, there’s also going to be even more erosion of systems and structures that used to make sense, but are in the process of being released for new things to be built.
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Today I'm joined by fellow designer, creative, artist, and curiosity-follower Kristina Bleiler of Gem Creative Co. Kristina has been such an inspiration – since the moment I started following her I knew she brought a special playfulness, depth, and inquiry to the creative work she does.
In our conversation we talk about the power of community - online and in person, her experience of growing up in the church, and how moving away from that foundation, and into a life emboldened by her own curiosity, guided her to be an entrepreneur and leader with integrity and openness.
Kristina was such a joy to chat with, and I hope you get as many gold nuggets out of this episode as I did!
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