Episode 173 Mystic South Gathering 2026 with Heather Greene

Episode 175 Personal Empowerment Through Energy with Herman Petrick

Episode 175 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:02 Episode Opening: * The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. * Submissions: * Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. * Subscribe * Ad-Free episodes are now available of Toward A Better Life through Patreon. As a paid subscriber you can enjoy episodes without advertisements. All you need to do is visit Patreon, search for Toward A Better Life Podcast. * AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. * Free Discovery Call * By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:05:59 Chat with Herman Petrick * Herman Petrick is an internationally renowned energy healer and spiritual guide with well over a decade of experience in holistic wellness and transformation. Originally from Portland, Oregon, he honed his unique abilities in energy healing while residing in New Zealand, where he developed techniques for clearing negative energies, closing dark portals, and channeling healing frequencies to promote harmony and positivity. Today, based out of his practice at globalenergyclearing.com, Herman specializes in remote energy clearings for individuals and properties, addressing issues like sleep disturbances, anxiety, depression, and intentional negative energy placements to help clients reset and reconnect with their true selves. A sought-after speaker at events like the Sedona Yoga Festival, Herman continues to inspire global audiences with his dedication to energy cleansing and personal empowerment. 1:54:22 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Herman Petrick * Website: https://globalenergyclearing.com/ [https://globalenergyclearing.com/] * Contact Herman: https://globalenergyclearing.com/contact-us/ [https://globalenergyclearing.com/contact-us/] Toward A Better Life * Website: https://towardabetterlife.com/ [https://towardabetterlife.com/] * Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/KevinPennell [https://www.patreon.com/cw/KevinPennell] * Kevin Pennell: https://towardabetterlife.com/contact/ [https://towardabetterlife.com/contact/]

Episode 174 Embody Your Spiritual Path with Michael Wilson

Episode 174 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:00:52 Episode Opening: * The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. * Submissions: * Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. * Subscribe * Ad-Free episodes are now available of Toward A Better Life through Patreon. As a paid subscriber you can enjoy episodes without advertisements. All you need to do is visit Patreon, search for Toward A Better Life Podcast. * AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. * Free Discovery Call * By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:05:57 Chat with Michael Wilson * Michael is a psychotherapist with an extensive background in psychotherapy, and Transpersonal Psychology [https://www.bps.org.uk/member-networks/transpersonal-psychology-section] (or Spiritual Psychology), and Environmental Psychology e.g., Nature Connection. He is a Druid member with the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids. Michael lives and works in Northumberland incorporating regular visits to the Scottish Highlands and Islands for long nature immersions. He has written several additional excellent books on psychology as well. 1:06:09 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Mchael Wilson * Website: http://www.michaelwilson.uk.com/ [http://www.michaelwilson.uk.com/] * Michael's Publications: http://www.michaelwilson.uk.com/publications/ [http://www.michaelwilson.uk.com/publications/] * Michael's New Book & Events: http://www.michaelwilson.uk.com/pathways/ [http://www.michaelwilson.uk.com/pathways/] Order of Bards Ovates and Druids * Website: https://druidry.org/ [https://druidry.org/] Toward A Better Life * Website: https://towardabetterlife.com/ [https://towardabetterlife.com/] * Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/KevinPennell [https://www.patreon.com/cw/KevinPennell] * Kevin Pennell: https://towardabetterlife.com/contact/ [https://towardabetterlife.com/contact/]

Episode 173 Mystic South Gathering 2026 with Heather Greene

Episode 173 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:16 Eclipse - By Mac and Cheese (Used with Permission) 0:05:59 Episode Opening: * The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. * Submissions: * Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. * Subscribe * Ad-Free episodes are now available of Toward A Better Life through Patreon. As a paid subscriber you can enjoy episodes without advertisements. All you need to do is visit Patreon, search for Toward A Better Life Podcast. * AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. * Free Discovery Call * By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:10:34 Chat with Heather Greene * Heather Greene is an acquisitions editor with Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd [https://www.llewellyn.com/]., a freelance religion journalist and author of the award winning book Lights, Camera, Witchcraft: A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television. [https://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738768533] Heather has been studying both Witchcraft and film for over thirty years. She has a B.A. and an M.A. in Film Studies. Heather also co-hosts The Witches Movie Coven podcast and she's on the board of the Atlanta-based Mystic South Conference. When she gets a few quiet moments, Heather can be found in her studio restoring dolls, singing along to a playlist, sipping tea on the back porch, or tending to her two very needy cats. 1:00:34 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Heather Greene: * Website: https://www.heathergreene.net/ [https://www.heathergreene.net/] * Heather's Book: https://www.heathergreene.net/book-1 [https://www.heathergreene.net/book-1] * Contact: https://www.heathergreene.net/contact [https://www.heathergreene.net/contact] Mac and Cheese: * Website: https://macandcheese.cheesebrowmusic.com/ [https://macandcheese.cheesebrowmusic.com/] Mystic South: * Website: https://mystic-south.com/ [https://mystic-south.com/] Toward A Better Life * Website: https://towardabetterlife.com/ [https://towardabetterlife.com/] * Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/KevinPennell [https://www.patreon.com/cw/KevinPennell] * Kevin Pennell: https://towardabetterlife.com/contact/ [https://towardabetterlife.com/contact/]

Episode 172 Tarot - A Guide For Livng with Steve Hounsome

Episode 172 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:00:53 Eldur - By Hem Netjer (Used with Permission) 0:06:27 Episode Opening: * The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. * Submissions: * Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. * Subscribe * Ad-Free episodes are now available of Toward A Better Life through Patreon. As a paid subscriber you can enjoy episodes without advertisements. All you need to do is visit Patreon, search for Toward A Better Life Podcast. * AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. * Free Discovery Call * By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:11:28 Chat with Steve Hounsome - Tarot-A Guide for Living Steve Hounsome has been working with the Tarot since his teenage years, over 45 years ago! From his beginnings as a Tarot reader he developed his own style of working with and teaching the Tarot that he called 'Tarot Therapy'. In 1999 he published the first of his three volumes of books entitled 'Tarot Therapy', more recently adding 'The Tarot Therapy Workbook' to the series. He created two Tarot decks with accompanying books and continues to teach and promote use of the Tarot for personal and spiritual development by therapeutic means. He has created three Courses with Philip Carr-Gomm, creator of the Druidcraft Tarot, including the newly released 'Tarot Therapy'. Steve's recent books are 'Tarot for Grief' and new for 2026 'Tarot for Living and Dying'. 1:07:49 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Steve Hounsome: * Website: https://www.tarottherapy.co.uk/ [https://www.tarottherapy.co.uk/] * Steve's Books: https://www.tarottherapy.co.uk/printed-books [https://www.tarottherapy.co.uk/printed-books] * Contact Steve Hounsome: https://www.tarottherapy.co.uk/contact [https://www.tarottherapy.co.uk/contact] Hem Netjer: * Website: https://hemnetjer.band/ [https://hemnetjer.band/] * Bandcamp: https://hemnetjer.bandcamp.com/ [https://hemnetjer.bandcamp.com/] Order of Bards Ovates and Druids: * Website: https://druidry.org/ [https://druidry.org/] * Join the Order and Train in Druidry: https://druidry.org/our-courses/train-in-druidry [https://druidry.org/our-courses/train-in-druidry] Toward A Better Life * Website: https://towardabetterlife.com/ [https://towardabetterlife.com/] * Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/KevinPennell [https://www.patreon.com/cw/KevinPennell] * Kevin Pennell: https://towardabetterlife.com/contact/ [https://towardabetterlife.com/contact/]

Episode 171 The Fourth Branch of The Mabinogi with Damh the Bard

Episode 171 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:13 Prologue - Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi by Damh the Bard (Used with Permission) 0:05:56 Episode Opening: * The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. * Submissions: * Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. * Subscribe * Ad-Free episodes are now available of Toward A Better Life through Patreon. As a paid subscriber you can enjoy episodes without advertisements. All you need to do is visit Patreon, search for Toward A Better Life Podcast. * AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. * Free Discovery Call * By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:09:58 Chat with Damh the Bard and the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi Damh the Bard is a modern-day Bard whose spirituality and love of folk tradition is expressed through his music, storytelling and poetry. His performances are both entertaining and educational, speaking directly to the heart, and never without a good splash of humour. With twelve outstanding albums, and singing and speaking engagements all over the world, Damh has become one of the most popular contemporary Pagan musicians – a musical storyteller who works within the world of myth: where the Elves dance on Midsummer's Eve, where the trees talk, and the Hollow Hills take you into the Otherworld, where the Goddess rides her horse, guiding you to magic, and the Horned God and Greenman of old call to you from the shadows of the Greenwood. He began his Spiritual Journey at a very young age, often found in the school library reading through books on magic and the supernatural. Damh was initiated into a Ceremonial Magic group at age 18. He then discovered Paganism, which led him to Druidry, joining the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids [https://druidry.org/] in 1994. On the Summer Solstice of 2010, he was installed as the Pendragon of the Order, taking over from the artist Will Worthington who had been the Order's Pendragon for the previous 19 years. Damh served the Order as Pendragon until the Summer Solstice of 2025 when he passed the role over to Matt McCabe. His Path is an Animistic Way that sees and acknowledges the connection between all life. That Spirit is within all things, from the pebble to the mountain, from the raindrop to the oceans, all alive, vibrant, conscious, and part of the Great Web. To Damh the Path of the Bard, the Skald, the Scop, is to sing of that connection and bring that magic to life through music. Along with his musical concerts, Damh has also given talks, run workshops, and participated in panel discussions at conferences and camps in the UK, Europe, Australia, Canada, and the USA, with his favourite topics including: Awen the Mead of Poetry and the Creative Quest; Animism; Magic and Seership; Tree Lore; Mythology; and Wilderness Awareness. 0:48:37 Son of the Waves - Damh the Bard (Used with Permission) 0:54:29 Continued Chat with Damh the Bard and the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi 1:14:29 Oak Broom and Meadow Sweet - Damh the Bard (Used with Permission) 1:19:16 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Damh the Bard: * Website: https://www.paganmusic.co.uk/ [https://www.paganmusic.co.uk/] * Y Mabinogi: https://www.paganmusic.co.uk/y-mabinogi/ [https://www.paganmusic.co.uk/y-mabinogi/] * Connect with Damh the Bard: https://www.paganmusic.co.uk/contact-2/ [https://www.paganmusic.co.uk/contact-2/] Order of Bards Ovates and Druids: * Website: https://druidry.org/ [https://druidry.org/] * Join the Order and Train in Druidry: https://druidry.org/our-courses/train-in-druidry [https://druidry.org/our-courses/train-in-druidry] Toward A Better Life * Website: https://towardabetterlife.com/ [https://towardabetterlife.com/] * Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/KevinPennell [https://www.patreon.com/cw/KevinPennell] * Kevin Pennell: https://towardabetterlife.com/contact/ [https://towardabetterlife.com/contact/]