Why You Can't Think Your Way to Feeling Safe

Why You Can't Think Your Way to Feeling Safe

In this episode I take you with me on a life-changing vortex hike in Asheville, North Carolina. This is the story of what happened when I stopped trying to heal in my head and let the earth do what it has always known how to do. The moment I finally understood what grounding actually means. Not as a concept, but as a felt experience in my body. If you've been meditating, journaling, doing all the things and still feel like something underneath hasn't shifted this story and knowledge will shift something in you. In this episode: Why spiritual practices alone keep us stuck without a body-based foundation What happened on the vortex hike that changed everything The moment I finally understood what inner safety feels like in the body Why the earth is the most powerful nervous system regulator available to us This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit allthingsada.substack.com/subscribe [https://allthingsada.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Why Your Spiritual Practice Needs Ancestor Work

In this episode I share the story of the ancestor who started it all. During a meditation focused on finding the roots of my family's money patterns, an ancestor from my father's side showed up. What happened to him changed everything for our family's relationship with money and explained patterns I had been living out my entire life without understanding why. This is the story behind the feast-or-famine cycle. The weekend shopping sprees. The beautiful homes we couldn't sustain. The entrepreneurship roller coaster. All of it was rooted in what was taken from our family. In this episode: The ancestor whose experience shaped our family's money patterns for generations How land, loss, and survival trauma get passed down through the bloodline Why your money patterns aren't character flaws, they're nervous system adaptations How understanding where your patterns started is the first step to healing them This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit allthingsada.substack.com/subscribe [https://allthingsada.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Mexico is Feminine, Abundant and Expansive

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit allthingsada.substack.com [https://allthingsada.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] My first international brand trip in 8 years and it wasn't a press trip at all, it was more like a retreat with deep medicine I never saw coming. Santu Beauty flew me to Guerrero, Mexico for four magical days. I got to experience a temazcal ceremony, thermal springs, a Mexican scrub massage and intentional dinners in community. I'm Ada Rojas — herbalist, Reiki practitioner and former beauty founder. I've been on the internet making content since 2009. I know what a brand trip is supposed to feel like, but this was something else entirely. This episode is in two parts. Part one — free for everyone. I walk you through every day of the trip. Where we went, what we did, what Guerrero actually looks like and feels like. Consider it your invitation. Part two — for Cozy Bruja members. This is where I get personal. What each experience stirred in me. If you've been following along, you already know this trip connects to something bigger. That story lives in my next post about this trip. For now — come to Guerrero with me.

I'm Not Cutting Off My Mom

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit allthingsada.substack.com [https://allthingsada.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] In this episode I'm sharing a reflection on my recent visit with my mom and the complex layers of love, grief, and healing that came up for me afterward. It's a tender and personal moment I felt called to share on behalf of every daughter who has ever felt the weight of outgrowing the woman who raised her while still loving her deeply. The first five minutes are available for everyone. The full episode is for subscribers. WANT TO GO DEEPER? The full written version of this reflection is also available exclusively for paid subscribers including the doctor's note she kept all these years, and everything I couldn't quite say out loud.THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: - You love someone whose pain lives beyond what healing work can fully reach - You feel guilty for growing while someone you love stays the same - You're navigating the tension between your healing and your loyalty to where you came fromJOIN COZY BRUJA If this resonated with you, these are the kind of topics we discuss in depth inside Cozy Bruja aka my Substack subscription. Join us! https://allthingsada.substack.com/ [https://allthingsada.substack.com/]

Ep. 1: The Birth of Innovation

In this episode: - What spirit was actually calling me toward when I stepped away from social media in 2023 - Why true innovation requires psychological safety — and how I had to build that foundation inside myself first - What bruja actually means and why reclaiming it is an act of ancestral return - Why cozy is not a trend but the condition that makes depth possible - The Aries / Leo / Libra through-line that is the map of this entire body of work - Pluto in Scorpio, Jupiter in Cancer — why Cozy Bruja is my literal birthchart - Who this podcast is for — and an honest word for those who don't share my racial or cultural background - How this Substack is structured and why the paid membership now exists Mentioned in this episode My 2023 farewell video [https://www.instagram.com/p/CzC0fQOrp17/] — the intro you heard at the top @AstroCodeFairy [https://www.instagram.com/astrocodefairy/]on Instagram — her breakdown of the difference between fires signs (specifically Aries and Leo energy) was too good @theFlowerChildBruja [https://www.instagram.com/theflowerchildbruja/]on Instagram - spiritual properties of dill Music: Toribio (Conclave) - Habla https://open.spotify.com/track/4meUQXUhGAATMhvNgCLDS5 [https://open.spotify.com/track/4meUQXUhGAATMhvNgCLDS5] The Cozy Bruja Podcast on Substack — https://allthingsada.substack.com/podcast [https://allthingsada.substack.com/podcast] Work with Ada ✨ Reiki Sessions (distance) — https://calendly.com/adarojas [https://calendly.com/adarojas] 💌 Paid Membership ($11/month) — community readings, honest essays, the living room conversation — https://allthingsada.substack.com [https://allthingsada.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web] Find Ada Substack → https://allthingsada.substack.com [https://allthingsada.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web] Instagram → @allthingsada [https://www.instagram.com/allthingsada/] Your soul was born with a map. This is where you remember how to read it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit allthingsada.substack.com/subscribe [https://allthingsada.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]