In this episode we're talking about Anti-racism as a spiritual practice and how/why it contributes to Black Lives Matter. As spiritual workers and leaders, our responsibility is to not only support THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT but also to uproot anti-blackness and racism in our psyche, our behaviors, our beliefs and work towards REPAIRING the harm done.

A craftsman is only as good as their tools . . . and the same can be said of spiritual worker. Tarot cards, pendulums, intuition, astrology . . . the number of tools available to us is as long as human history. Each of us are drawn to using different tools and sometimes periods of our lives and spiritual journeys can be marked by the tools we used during those periods. In this episode we talk about how dice recently came to Darla as a tool, how the runes came to Sarah and the steps we can all take to let spiritual tools come to us when we’re ready for them.

In this episode we talk about the tenants of online entrepreneurial wisdom and why most of it doesn’t work for us as spiritual workers. Consistency? How can we be consistent when we’re called to a path that is ever evolving? Is it moral to show up with a consistent message even when you’re constantly changing and deepening your own views? (spoiler alert: it depends!) We also discuss the four models for spiritual care and why they also don’t work for us (and what we’re doing instead). Those models are: Religion Guru-lead Positive psychology Fantasy-driven (making sh*t up) Finally, we discuss the value of spiritual work as labor AND what it might look like in a pandemic.

Welcome to the Cocoon and Cauldron podcast! We’ve recorded and released this podcast right in the middle of a global pandemic. And while the world is certainly upside down at the moment, the path of a spiritual worker is often upside down. In this episode we introduce ourselves, this podcast and what the name “Cocoon and Cauldron” means to us. We also talk about self-care and spiritual-care in the time of quarantine and how we ground — and push — ourselves in with earth-centric spirituality.