This week, Josephine returns after time away in Greece, where she was guiding a retreat.

She reflects on what it truly means to receive. We can move through the motions of self-care, but are we really allowing ourselves to soften into the deepest, most vulnerable parts of who we are?

She also shares her thoughts on turning 40, and explores a tender question: when we look back nostalgically, what is it that we’re really missing in the present?

And finally, a very special Halloween sound journey for Samhain. Blending her own voice and poetry into song, Josephine guides you towards your truth, inviting you to meet the darker, quieter parts of yourself and allow them to be felt, witnessed and held this Hallow’s Eve.

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How can we find compassion, if we are constantly striving for perfection? Why does capitalism effect even our decision to live a simple life, in order to be we must consume. In this weeks podcast I reflect on the pressure of perfection and how it might feel to release control and let ourselves just be.

Listen to the end for short but deeply restful guided meditation.

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This week we greet the Autumn Equinox followed by a full moon. I am too exhausted to actually take to the mic and talk(please forgive me). But I've put together a beautiful autumn inspired sound journey, gentle rain and a deeply soothing crystal soundbath to help guide you towards the space of reflection and rest.

Themes to consider this season:

• Balance, where is your energy and focus placed. What needs reassessing before the darker months are here.
• Crossing a threshold towards the soul, for external to internal. Reflection and self growth.
• Journey towards winter, as the veil thins how can you honour your ancestors and journey.
• Gathering in preparation, we are in the final harvest, what must you call in to support yourself this winter.
• Exhale/release/letting go
• Change be beautiful, how do you greet it? With ease? Resistance? fear....
• Letting go and shedding is necessary
• Moving closer to the underworth, the veil thinning of Samhain is around the corner.
• Mabon rituals and traditions honor the themes of balance, gratitude, and release
• Gratitude: what are you grateful for? Make a list.
• Shadow ritual, what fears might be present. write them down, then light a candle for hope and burn the list.

Fall Weather

It is the summer’s great last heat,

It is the fall’s first chill: They meet.

–Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt

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