Blood Moon Radio

Embodying Empress

Blood Moon Radio host Coraley Letcher is joined by dancer, choreographer, author, and educator Alexandra Beller for this two-part conversation exploring creativity, embodiment, meaning-making, and the intelligence of the body. Alexandra’s work lives at the intersection of movement, creative expression, and somatic awareness. Her upcoming book, The Anatomy of Art: Unlocking the Creative Process for Theatre and Dance — now available for preorder — expands on her years of teaching artists how to cultivate deeper awareness, trust themselves creatively, and reconnect with the why beneath their work. As the final special guest episode of Season One: The Empress Rising, this conversation beautifully embodies the archetype through themes of creativity, nurturing, sensuality, self-awareness, connection, and the power of embodied expression. This episode touches on: ✧ Modern Motherhood ✧ Finding Spirituality in Process, Place, and Self ✧ Embodied Awareness ✧ Systemic Harm ✧ Art as Connection ✧ Creativity as Meaning-Making If you enjoy this episode, tune in for Part Two of the conversation — and make sure to follow or subscribe so you don’t miss the closing episodes of Season One. Alexandra can be found at: www.alexandrabellerdances.org [www.alexandrabellerdances.org ] https://www.anatomy-of-art.com/ [https://www.anatomy-of-art.com/] | Instagram @alexandrabellerdances If you’d like more from Blood Moon Radio, including memberships, tarot readings, and products, visit: www.bloodmoonradio.com [www.bloodmoonradio.com] Join us on Podmatch [https://www.joinpodmatch.com/coraley] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Remember & Return

In this episode, host Coraley Letcher is joined by Stevie award-winning founder, and speaker, Joanna Zhang. Joanna's business, The Operations Genius, is the world's first fractional VA service. Through her work, she aims to help other businesses thrive and grow beyond what would traditionally be available to them. She shares the impact a spiritual awakening had on her personal life and its influence on her approach to business — particularly leadership skill and style. In this episode we discuss: ✧ Business Leadership ✧ Conscious Business ✧ Embodied Spiritual Awareness ✧ Shadow Work ✧ Intersection of Spiritual Knowledge and Business Operations ✧ Reclaiming Voice You can learn more about Joanna at www.operationsgenius.net [www.operationsgenius.net] If you enjoyed this episode, check out Season One, Episode 5 Awakening with the founder of The Awakened Company, Catherine Bell. Find more of us, purchase merch or memberships at www.bloodmoonradio.com [www.bloodmoonradio.com] Are you subscribed? Join us on Podmatch [https://www.joinpodmatch.com/coraley] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Useful Illusions

Do you have to believe in magic for it to work? Elizabeth Bromstein doesn't think so. Written after leaving her white collar marketing job to create perfume and read tarot full-time, her book "No Magic Required" explores symbolic systems, behavioural science, and teaches about tarot. This conversation delves into the personal, the magical, and the mysterious while sprinkling of humour, connection, and our best fruit salad recipes into the fray 🍒 *This episode contains mature themes and language In this episode: ✧ The Science Behind Scent and Memory ✧ Pattern Recognition ✧ Behavioural Psychology ✧ Age-gap Relationships ✧ Linguistic Influence on Perception To purchase perfume or a tarot reading, or connect with Elizabeth visit www.beaumontdriveperfumes.com [www.beaumontdriveperfumes.com] | Instagram @beaumont_drive Skeptical about magic, but love our vibe? Unapologetic Alchemy is an episode where we deconstruct the "too much" woman in conversation with a registered clinical counsellor and university instructor. Support Blood Moon Radio — visit www.bloodmoonradio.com [www.bloodmoonradio.com] When you subscribe, you help keep our independent media production thriving. Join us on Podmatch [https://www.joinpodmatch.com/coraley] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Sentient Medicine

Somatic practitioner, psychedelic guide, and witch Leslie Draffin joins Coraley Letcher for a deeply grounded conversation on self-sovereignty, embodiment, and what it means to live in right relationship—with ourselves, each other, and the world around us. In this episode of Blood Moon Radio, we explore the connection between body awareness and healing, the role of the nervous system in reclaiming your voice, and how personal transformation intersects with the current social and political climate. Speaking from Texas, Leslie shares her perspective on what it means to stay present, aware, and engaged during times of uncertainty. This conversation moves through somatic healing, trauma, advocacy, animism, and the belief that nothing is separate, and that awareness itself can be a form of medicine. If you’ve been feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or unsure where your voice fits in, this episode offers a grounded and expansive place to begin again. Show Highlights: * Somatic healing and nervous system regulation * Self-sovereignty and embodiment * Psychedelic integration and personal transformation * Reclaiming your voice and advocacy * Living in right relationship (animism & interconnectedness) * Navigating uncertainty and staying present Ways to stay informed or support: Follow creators sharing firsthand experiences and consider supporting organizations doing human rights and equity work, such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Friends Service Committee. As always, do your own research and choose what aligns for you. Find Leslie at: www.lesliedraffin.com [www.lesliedraffin.com] | Instagram @lesliedraffin If you enjoyed this episode, our conversation with witch, artist, and author Monica Bodirsky, (Season One, Episode Seven) Sacred Rebellion, also touches on advocacy, witchcraft, and feminine power. Want to support our indie pod? Find more of us, and ways to do that at www.bloodmoonradio.com [www.bloodmoonradio.com] Subscribe and never miss our latest episodes! Join us on Podmatch [https://www.joinpodmatch.com/coraley] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Inner Sanctum

In this episode, host Coraley Letcher sits down with Daniel Anderson, a somatic spiritual guide whose work focuses on self-acceptance and striving to make life an experience that is lived, rather than endured. The conversation touches on shadow work, the politics of spirituality and religion, dark nights of the soul, the power of forgiveness and the transformations that happen when we face challenges, experiences and ourselves head-on, rather than circumventing. The conversation wanders through different topics, but the underlying message is the same. Trusting yourself is the key. In this episode: ✧ Challenges Men Face in Spirituality & Society ✧ Performative Versus Authentic Magic ✧ Dark Night of the Soul ✧ Organized Religion Versus Modern Spirituality Work with Daniel: www.coachdanielanderson.com [www.coachdanielanderson.com] If you enjoyed this episode and want more like it, Season 1, Episode 16, Celestial Kink, with special guest Lucy Baldwin is similar. You can write to us using the contact form at www.bloodmoonradio.com [www.bloodmoonradio.com] Don't forget to subscribe! Join us on Podmatch [https://www.joinpodmatch.com/coraley] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.