What's Haunting You?

'WHY?' Update - Reconciling With What No Longer Works - Alchemizing Abuse & Trauma

My life circumstances have been forcing me to face pain I had long buried in order to alchemize it with the intent to create a better, more sustainable way of holding space for unspoken stories of trauma, abuse, or even confessions, stories we hold back only because we love others and know our story will hurt someone else. When is protection self-harm? Where is the balance? These along with how to alchemize our pain that we've held on to in order to protect the innocent are things going to be exploring next along with sharing anonymous stories in a healing space. Algol and the New Moon in Taurus are impacting us in a major way right now. If you want to know more about the mythology of the "Demon Star" Algol and how it impacts us now there's an excellent podcast you can listen to: Algol / with Amaya Rourke - starnightdwell [https://open.spotify.com/episode/2n5Thc4pdL0aT3MlaUFinC?si=Qs2dSFleT_-BvYqNp7n18g] . Go to MsMicah.com [https://msmicah.com/] to follow my other channels to hear more of the private stories. You willalso find my email or texting options if you want a story shared.

The Meanings of Love - Pt. 2 (Exploring the Different Words For Love - The Last Four)

Concluding with the last four (Greek) words for love. The second episode will focus on the more romantic forms of love including, Ludus, Eros, Mania, and Pragma. Let’s explore how these can all show up in different types of relationships and how relationships can develop different forms of love. I wanted to conclude by talking about how I’ve experienced all these different forms of love and how the best relationship I’ve ever had has all of the healthy forms of love and what that looks like to me from my experience(s). I’d love to hear any questions, comments, examples from your own life, or future topic ideas. Please comment here or for more private messages you can email whatshauntingyou@gmail.com [http://whatshauntingyou@gmail.com/] or text 480-382-7596. Thank you to Jim Hesterman [https://www.jimhesterman.com/] for his help with audio and visual production. MsMicah.com [https://www.msmicah.com/love] References can be found in my Substack and Patreon posts via my website.

The Three Factors That Created Valentine's Day

Any holiday that revolves around gratitude has my attention and love is a favorite topic of mine so for this bonus episode I just want to briefly share the three factors that likely played into the creation of Valentine’s Day. Plus, this bonus episode feels like a nice filling to the sandwich of my love episodes right now, with the second part of “The Meanings of Love” coming out at the end of the month. Learning the history of something we feel programmed to celebrate helps me appreciate it more while also feeling more empowered to celebrate it in the way I want to and not the way I’m told to. Personally, I deeply respect the choices of St. Valentine and I’m excited about the upcoming Spring season but can leave the rest. For example, I didn’t realize St. Valentine was the patron saint of more than love before doing research on this episode! One of my hobbies is curating music for different kinds of playlists. Looking for romantic playlists? Visit my Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/user/12162974580] profile or Tidal [https://tidal.com/@msmicah]. Go to my website if you want to message me here or at MsMicah.com [https://www.msmicah.com/] with questions, comments or show ideas, or email at whatshauntingyou@gmail.com . Thank you to Jim Hesterman Photography [https://www.jimhesterman.com/] for audio and visual production.

The Meanings of Love - Pt. 1 (Exploring the Different Words For Love - The First Four)

**Since February is a month of purification and love and with all that’s going on in the world, I wanted to begin season two with a focus on the different Greek and Latin words for love. I have found it easier to understand love when I can break them down into different types and apparently, psychology is doing this more and more as well. There are eight main forms of love that I’m going to focus on in the first two episodes of this season. What each one is when it’s healthy and what the unhealthy version looks like.**Edit: This first episode covers the meaning along with the healthy and unhealth expressions of Philautia, Agape, Storge, and Philia and how they shape our early life as well as how that impacts us as adults. I hope you can appreciate why understanding how love operates for each of us is an important topic, especially right now. I’d love to hear any questions, comments, examples from your own life, or future topic ideas. Please comment here or for more private messages you can email whatshauntingyou@gmail.com [http://whatshauntingyou@gmail.com] or text 480-382-7596. For the video version you can go to my YouTube [https://youtu.be/2T9nj6GK-mA]. Thank you to Jim Hesterman [https://www.jimhesterman.com/] help with audio and visual production. MsMicah.com [https://www.msmicah.com/love]

Yule Monsters, Christmas Ghost Stories & Romcoms - 'WHY?' Holiday Bonus

Thank you to those of you sharing my podcast! This bonus episode had to be a quick recording due to life circumstances but I wanted to sum up some research I did on the history of the popularity of telling ghost stories at Christmas time and during Yule. Of course, how these got me thinking about the popularity of romcoms. Please forgive the quailty of the recording. Fran, the blogger I mention can be found at: www.whingewhingewine.co.uk.