Cara Kovacs is an empowerment coach creating a culture change within the business realm. With magical witchy foundations, an intersectional feminist approach, and a values-aligned methodology, we talk all about how cara came to find her voice and locate her own ethics and practices in a coaching industry that has a bit of a reputation for being predatory or exploitative towards clients. We also dig into the distinctions between why someone might want to work with a coach v.s. a therapist, our own experiences with shifting needs in therapy, how embodiment is crucial to any work that seeks to ch ..read more

you're in for a treat! Gata (she/they) is a Queer Afro Caribeña Angry Feminista, and c0vid cautious baddie with a maskie. She created the Bureaucratic baddie series of online workshops: how to file your taxes, how to sue your landlord, and how to sue pretty much any person, government agency, or corporation in the state of CA.  Gata and Tavi talk about the "still-coviding" life, intersections of race, ableism, imperialism and cultural disposability in our current reality, her work on the upcoming virtual Pandemic Solidarity For the Long Future event for BIPOC, and how collective liberatio ..read more

The Universe is speaking. Are you listening? Do you know how to?  This first episode of 2024 invites you on an international conversational journey to slow down, tune in and get grounded, with sisters and co-authors, Nyasha Williams and Grace Banda. These creators have blessed us with Elemental Alchemist: a bright, bold, and de-colonial oracle deck and guided journal set that seeks to guide us lovingly along our paths towards connection with the 5 elements (including Spirit), our Earth, each other, our ancestors, and ultimately our own bodies, minds and spirits. We get into:  -exactl ..read more

Kelli Frances Corrado (She/Her) is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, teaching artist and occasional visual artist, “a quilt of memories and mysticism.” In this special musical episode of ru!gw, we delve into Kelli’s unique approach to music-making and field recording, the relationships between music, creativity and physical and emotional space, how kelli weaves various self-care practices and rituals into her life and artmaking practices, our shared deep musico-aesthetic love of Bjork, and how kelli’s life trajectory was changed forever by a spectral spiritual connection with her la ..read more

Ep 104: death, decomposition, rebirth: a saturn return scarytale In this first solo storytelling episode, Tavi shares an exhilarating, inspirational tale about tree medicine, growing up out of your twenties, finding your way on new paths, and learning how to listen to and trust your own intuition through it all. If you're currently navigating major tectonic losses, changes, or transformations--like Death or Tower card moments--this episode might be for you ..read more

ep 103 with Chaney Williams In this episode, we go in-depth about systemic cultural and MIC biases against midwives, doulas and holistic birthwork in general, health disparities for Black birthing parents, parallels between Western medical perspectives on midwifery and massage therapy fields, and advice for interested families on how to search for and choose a midwife or doula. We also discuss the core issue of burnout amongst midwives and doulas–before, during and after their training–as well as some insidious systemic barriers to adequate training in this field, medical-cultural transphobia ..read more

Happy Spring! In our March episode of rise up! good witch, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Brunem Warshaw of Well Deep Remedies to chat about polyvagal herbalism, systemic barriers to formal herbal medicine training, disability justice work, connecting with ancestral practices in culturally appropriate ways, and how to keep our herbal practices accessible for ourselves and our communities. Brunem also shares some valuable resources (for anyone around the world!) to get involved in protecting trans healthcare and supporting rural queer organizers--links found below! Brunem Warshaw (t ..read more

Part 2 of 2 of our interview with Given Q Davis of Blooming Fire Healing. In this final half of episode 101, we cover our current special interests--Prince! Jean-Michel Basquiat! Others!--Given's moving and thorough tarot spread for 2023 the Chariot year, variety between drag scenes, and how performing stand-up comedy can affect your sense of self. Also, Tavi's apothecary webshop is now open, wow! For pictures of the full tarot spread, and a blog post about some related self-care practices we can lean into, join the patreon for just $5 a month ..read more

Happy Black History and Futures Month! In this first episode of 2023, your new host Tavi Elise chats with an old friend: Portland-based performer, musician, healing artist and tarot reader, Given Davis. We move through all sorts of juicy topics–drag as healing magic, magic as activism, surviving the worlds of stand-up comedy and the non-profit industrial complex, problematic reiki work, and much more! Stay tuned for Part 2 of this convo, coming soon–Given does a Chariot year tarot reading that you won’t wanna miss! All music in this episode is from Given’s album, “The Way Be Lit”!! Follow Give ..read more

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