Please enjoy this conversation with my doula and close friend, Meryl Seward. We detail her journey to becoming a doula, what drew her to birthwork and what all of it even means - to us. You can find Meryl at https://www.instagram.com/merylthedoula/. If you have any questions, as always, you can reach out to me. If it's doula related, I can be reached at [email protected] or https://www.instagram.com/lilyflowersdoulacare/.  - We are both getting our certification through Cornerstone Doula Trainings. Our opinions expressed in this episode are just that - our own opinions. Certification is not necessary in some states, but it is something that felt important to me. It should not be a gatekeeping tactic to keep people from doula support though! Note: we say it in the podcast, but it's nice to have it in writing... Doula care is non medical support. https://www.cornerstonedoulatrainings.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This episode is just a little bit more about my choice to say yes to birthwork and my approach to it. I am excited to be in a career that allows me to constantly grow and to support other humans. I hope you'll appreciate the baby sounds and short form episode for what it is - an accurate bit of life for me right now. I am soaking it all in and doing the best I can for myself and my family. I hope you're doing the same thing!  Sidenote: I'm sure it will be talked about in the next episode, but I wanted to link my Doula Trainers: Cornerstone Doula Training - https://www.cornerstonedoulatrainings.com/. They are an amazing organization filled with incredible people and I'm honored to be a part of and learn from the community.

CW: talking about bringing my child into the world. Thanks for coming back after all this time to hear what I've been up to. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Woah. You've probably all forgotten about Mer's Net... but I haven't forgotten about you! These last few months have been a whirlwind. I explain it all in the intro that I recorded on the same day I interviewed Jessica Reis (which was a couple of months ago). She was gracious enough to join me for a conversation in death work. What is it, how and why we should care are among some of the things we talk about. She answers so many of your questions submitted via my Instagram. Thank you all for the questions and a huge thank you to Jessica for her wisdom. This interview has been one that I've been dying to release (pun intended? Fuck yeah), but just could not find the energy in me to do so until today. Thank you all for your patience and support. As always, be kind to yourselves and those around you, cover your face, and wash your damn hands. Find Jessica Reis: https://www.instagram.com/deathempath/?hl=en | Schedule a call: https://calendly.com/deathempath/1hr-guidance-call-first-call | linktr.ee/Deathempath | Find me: https://www.instagram.com/tarotwithtux/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week on the podcast, Brittany (AKA: AstroWeatherLady), joins me to talk about solar, lunar and Saturn returns... oh my! Lots of information on this episode. As always, a big thank you to our guest this week. She brings the knowledge, passion and creativity! I hope you'll find her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/astroweatherlady/ and Etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/astroweatherlady/. As I mentioned in the intro to the show, Mer's Net may be going to a bi-weekly release schedule. I kept up with the weekly releases for as long as I could, but my hope is that with the less frequent releases I can devote more time to my guests and the conversations that we are having. Thank you so much for listening. You can find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tarotwithtux/, Patreon https://www.patreon.com/mersnet, and book your reading via DM on Instagram or https://tarotwithtux.as.me/schedule.php. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Have you ever wondered about your own past lives or felt called to explore the topic a bit? My dear friend, Audrey, joins the podcast today to talk about past/parallel lives, honoring the death process and passed loved ones. As we recorded this, a loud thunderstorm descended on my home. I chose to leave the thunder in because it felt energetically in tune to what we talked about. You can find Audrey on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theariadnethread/ where she posts her intuitive musings and offerings or https://www.instagram.com/audrey_in_writing/. Please reach out to myself or Audrey with any questions or things you'd like to hear us cover on the podcast. I'll take any excuse to have her back on! You can find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tarotwithtux/ or Patreon https://www.patreon.com/mersnet. Keep your eye out on my Instagram to lock in your mini reading... To those that joined in for the first round of mini readings to raise money for https://www.instagram.com/healer_wounded/?hl=en's PTSD treatment, THANK YOU. As always, thank you all for listening. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Edit: in the beginning of the episode I refer to something as a trellis. I meant Japanese Torii Gate. Alyssa from Message in a Bottle Healing joins us this week on the podcast to tell us about her modality of healing: Biodynamic Resonance Technique. If you have never heard of it, just settle in and enjoy the show. You can find Alyssa on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/messageinabottle.healing/ or her personal account https://www.instagram.com/alyssameowzoso/. DM Alyssa via the Message in a Bottle Healing account if you'd like to book a session of your own! My Great Grandpa used to call the brain a computer -- and our body is no different. Combine the mental healing you've been doing with some bio-computer healing. Here is a link with more information on the technique. https://www.bio-dynamicresonance.com/ | As always, thanks for listening and be sure to follow me on Instagram or Patreon https://www.patreon.com/mersnet | I am also offering mini readings for $10. 50% of the proceeds go to https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-gabriella-evangeline-the-wounded-healer. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We start off season two of Mer's Net with a solocast. I asked you all for questions and got back some really great ones. Tux and I sat down to answer the questions. Aliens, communication with the other side, intuition/claire senses are just some of the things talked about on today's episode. I did mention not doing 23andme. I recognize this is privilege for me to not feel the need to thanks to other family members being able to keep records. I totally think you all should do whatever you have to do to obtain the answers you seek. I also had planned to record the answer to "how does Andrew feel about being married to a witch" before this came out, but we have had a rough weekend. Doing my best and honoring where I'm at... Be sure to find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tarotwithtux/. All of the important links can be found in my Instagram bio. You can book your reading with me via DM or via the link in my Instagram bio. You can email me at [email protected]. My Patreon is https://www.patreon.com/mersnet where you can find extended episodes of Mer's Net along with a new series I'm releasing during August called Deity of the Day. I also do readings for the Patrons monthly as well. These may be pick a pile readings or me tapping into the collective so you can take what you need. Thanks for listening! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The dynamic duo from Between Sistars join me today to talk about Hecate and Oya! Monete Moon Goddess and Wyzdom D Vine brought all the wisdom about a deity they each work with in their own practice. This is actually a Patreon only series I'm doing called "Deity of the Day", but I wanted to be sure to share this episode on my main feed because these two ladies are where this idea originated from! I was listening to their goddess series on Between Sistars and realized that I may never work with all of the deities that fill the spiritual landscape, but I'd love to at least get to know some of the many deities from the people that work with them in their practices... so here we are! Monete covers her practice with Hecate, as our deity of Monday. Wyzdom shares how she honors Oya in her practice, as our deity of Wednesday. Be sure you go find these ladies on social, listen to their podcast, and maybe even join the first ever Sistars Circle (if you're seeing this before 8/15/2020). Important links for the ladies: https://www.instagram.com/betweensistars/ - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-ever-sistar-circle-tickets-113875470598 - https://www.instagram.com/wyzdom_dvine/?hl=en - https://www.instagram.com/monete_moongoddess/?hl=en - https://www.gardenofeva.art/ - Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1DU0ORBUQRUDgzef01nX1h?si=BcuyzKUCSvC85OGKMRNsaA | As always, you can find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tarotwithtux/ or Patreon https://www.patreon.com/mersnet to listen to the rest of this series as it gets posted! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The great Tiara Pigg from 11th and Delphi joins me today to talk about the new generation of image setters and way-showers... the rainbow souls. They can be found among the babies born after 2000. What's it like to parent rainbow souls? How can we be better parents or adults in these children's lives as they grow into adulthood? Much gratitude to Tiara for chatting about this topic with me. Be sure you find her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/11thanddelphi/, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRMihq2F7qI3hne6H7Lwfxg, or her website to book your ancestoral reading or rootwork and purchase spiritual tools https://11thanddelphi.com/. As always, you can find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tarotwithtux/ and Patreon https://www.patreon.com/mersnet. DM or click link in bio to book a reading with me. Our Patreon donation to https://www.instagram.com/healer_wounded/ has been made and the receipt can be found on Patreon. DM on Instagram or email me [email protected] with any questions, comments or guest suggestions! Thanks for listening. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app