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Libra Full Moon 4/12/25

A Full Moon transmission for truth-seekers, fire-starters, and beauty-lovers. This Libra lunation brings clarity, disruption, and transformation. It's about sacred anger, graceful fire, and the new wings you didn’t know you were growing. A call to pause, breathe, and rise with intention. To make good trouble, speak the truth, and honor the power of the in-between. Let this moonlight show you what’s real.

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The Shadow Side of Light

Spirituality can be a source of deep healing—but when misused, it can also cause harm. This blog explores the subtle yet powerful dynamic of spiritual narcissism—where ego hides behind enlightenment. It’s a call for awareness, integrity, and accountability in modern spiritual spaces. Let’s move beyond performance into a practice rooted in humility, compassion, and real inner work.

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Aries New Moon Solar Eclipse 3/29/25

On March 29, a powerful New Moon partial solar eclipse in Aries marks a turning point of radical endings and bold beginnings. With the North Node in Pisces and Neptune entering Aries, this cosmic moment urges truth, surrender, and transformation. Illusions dissolve, revelations rise, and clarity becomes a revolutionary act. We are being called to release the past, face reality, and awaken to a new era rooted in discernment, action, and truth.

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Ethical Persuasion vs. Propaganda

In coaching and wellness, persuasion is powerful—but can easily slip into propaganda. Ethical persuasion informs and empowers; propaganda manipulates. As belief systems go viral, especially at the intersection of wellness and politics, it's vital to lead with integrity, nuance, and critical thinking. Let’s keep it REAL—in practice and in truth.

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Instagram’s Worst Con Artist

Belle Gibson faked brain cancer and built a wellness empire on lies, promoting alternative healing while people abandoned real treatment. The Search for Instagram’s Worst Con Artist exposes how wellness culture and new age conspiracies exploit fear, mistrust, and hope—selling false cures and blaming the sick. It's a cautionary tale of deception, harm, and the cost of false hope.

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Virgo Full Moon Eclipse 4/14/25

March 2025 is a month of profound astrological shifts, marked by two eclipses, Venus and Mercury retrogrades, and Neptune’s rare entry into Aries. These cosmic events stir rapid change, urging deep reflection, recalibration, and decisive action. Themes of evolving values, navigating ideological battles, and balancing intellect with intuition dominate. With chaos comes opportunity—March is a turning point. Will we resist or rise? The choices we make now shape the future. Buckle up—transformation is here.

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Pisces New Moon 2/27/25

The atmosphere is thick with transformation. Whether or not you follow astrology, the shifts are undeniable—change is messy, disruptive, and often uncomfortable. But transformation demands awareness. We can’t change what we refuse to see. History shows us that great upheavals push humanity forward, forcing us to adapt, innovate, and awaken.

Right now, we stand at a critical choice point. Truth has a way of piercing illusions, and in times like these, clarity is both a challenge and a gift. The real question isn’t if change is happening—it’s how we choose to meet it.

Let that truth lead the way.

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The Dress, The Mind, and The Truth

Our perceptions shape our reality, but what if they aren’t as reliable as we think? This post dives into the illusion of belief, using The Dress meme as a powerful metaphor for how our minds interpret the world. Just like color isn’t inherent to objects, our beliefs aren’t fixed truths—they’re shaped by experiences, biases, and expectations. Exploring cognitive science, predictive processing, and scientific research on belief and change, this piece challenges us to question why and how we believe, opening the door to growth and transformation.

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Leo Full Moon 2/12/25

This Full Moon in Leo highlights the power and responsibility of freedom, a theme that will define this year. True freedom is not self-serving but rooted in wisdom, service, and truth. When driven by ego, it fosters entitlement and greed, yet when anchored in collective responsibility, it becomes a force for advocacy and change. Freedom without wisdom creates chaos, and hope without action fades into illusion, but when we align both with responsibility, we forge something lasting. The world is shifting, but we are not powerless—we are the authors of what comes next.

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What Really Makes Us Happy?

I spend a lot of time exposing the shadows of the wellness and New Age industry—helping others recognize what to be on guard for. It’s easy, in those moments, to want to toss the entire thing out—to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Believe me, I’ve been there. Disillusionment does that to a person.

But seeing through the illusion is a good thing. It brings clarity. It allows us to separate what doesn’t serve from what truly does. And in my purpose of helping others, that distinction is essential.

What follows is some of what does work—what is truly helpful.

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You know less than you think you do

We humans greatly overestimate how much we actually know. This cognitive bias, known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, reveals that those with the least knowledge often feel the most certain. A few articles or videos can make us feel like experts, yet true expertise requires deep study, self-doubt, and an awareness of complexity. The consequences? Misinformation spreads, conspiracy theories thrive, and we become susceptible to false certainty.

Maybe REAL wisdom isn’t about knowing everything—it’s about recognizing how much you don’t know.

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The Conspirituality Delusion

How did the wellness and New Age communities become entangled with conspiracy theories and misinformation? In this post, I explore the intersection of wellness culture and disinformation, examining the psychological forces that drive belief and the real harm caused by conspiratorial thinking. Drawing from my experience as a holistic coach and my ongoing master’s research, I unpack how trusted spaces became breeding grounds for manipulation—and how we can reclaim discernment, integrity, and truth.

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Aquarius New Moon 1/29/25

This year began with intensity—natural disasters, power struggles, and systemic shifts. Pluto’s transition into Aquarius brings dismantling before rebuilding, exposing shadows to reveal the light. For the first time since 1778, Pluto in Aquarius ushers in a profound era of truth, accountability, and innovation.

Aquarius energy is like lightning—illuminating and disruptive, sparking transformation while revealing what must end for growth to begin.

The question remains: will we evolve or repeat?

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The Many Faces of Truth

Truth is not always straightforward—it’s shaped by perspective, culture, and experience. From relative truth to technical truth and personal truth, each type serves a unique purpose. Other truths, like moral, historical, spiritual, and social, help us navigate life’s complexities. Clashes between truths often create conflict, but by clarifying the type of truth at play, we can foster understanding, reduce division, and build empathy, turning truth into a journey of connection and exploration in a complex world.

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Cancer Full Moon 01/13/24

Dive into the astrological themes of 2025, beginning with the emotionally charged Full Moon in Cancer and Mars retrograde. Explore how fiery Aries energy demands courage, decisive action, and integrity as the year unfolds. Learn how to navigate emotions, use anger constructively, and embrace conflict as a force for growth. Discover why empathy and self-awareness are essential for transformation and how to identify leaders who embody these values. Prepare for a year of personal and collective change with clarity and purpose.

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The Nodal Shift 1/11/25

The Pisces/Virgo axis challenges us to embody spiritual truths with humility and compassion, transforming dogma and division into unity and grace. As truth-revealing becomes a key theme, we’re called to face disillusionment, lean into life’s messiness, and connect with something greater than ourselves. Real spirituality, as Pisces reminds us, isn’t about escaping the world’s challenges but about showing up fully—grounding divine wisdom in service, healing, and the collective good.

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Capricorn New Moon 12/30/24

Capricorn season calls us to embrace resilience, discipline, and self-mastery as we navigate the challenges ahead. With Mars retrograde and a Capricorn New Moon, we’re invited to reflect on the foundations we’ve built and face truths we can no longer ignore. Grounded in integrity and guided by purpose, this season reminds us that true growth comes from showing up, even when the path is steep.

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Gemini Full Moon 12/15/24

Under the Full Moon in Gemini, we’re called to balance curiosity with discernment, questioning beliefs and seeking clarity amidst an information overload. With Mercury direct and Neptune’s influence, this is a time to distinguish personal, relative, and universal truths, embrace complexity, and foster genuine dialogue. Step into the unknown with intelligence, openness, and thoughtful inquiry.

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Mars Retrograde 12/6/24-2/23/25

This Mars retrograde invites us to slow down, feel deeply, and reconnect with authentic purpose. Balancing Cancer's compassion and Leo's fiery courage, it highlights the importance of heart-centered leadership. As we navigate pauses and challenges, we’re called to embrace the transformative power of emotions, rekindle inner fire, and rise from the ashes with renewed clarity and passion.

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Sagittarius New Moon 12/1/24

The Sagittarius New Moon invites us to explore beliefs, morality, and the balance between light and shadow in spirituality. Real spirituality isn’t about bypassing challenges but engaging fully with life, embracing complexity, and fostering humility, service, and connection. Rooted in the real, this time calls us to align beliefs with truth and actions with compassion.

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