In this episode of Let’s Get Wyrd Podcast, Betsy and Dave explore the sacredness of medicine space and the importance of intention, preparation, and protection when working with plant medicines and ceremonial healing practices.

Betsy shares personal experiences and deep insight into being genuinely called into ceremony, how to create sacred space, why facilitators matter, and the difference between using medicine for healing versus escape. Together, they discuss spiritual responsibility, energetic protection, aftercare, and the profound lessons that can come through uncomfortable journeys.

This conversation offers a thoughtful look at healing, consciousness, trauma, and the deeper purpose behind transformational experiences.

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Tune in….and let your soul expand, your mind sharpen, and your life illuminate.

In this powerful and eye-opening episode of Let’s Get Wyrd, Betsy and Dave dive into the often misunderstood world of spiritual and energetic protection, what it really means, why it matters, and how to recognize when something in your energetic field may be out of balance.

This conversation isn’t about fear. It’s about awareness, empowerment, and reclaiming sovereignty over your own energy.

Together, Betsy and Dave explore how our energetic fields (auras) interact with the world around us and why moments of stress, trauma, emotional depletion, substance use, or prolonged low vibration can leave us more vulnerable to energetic attachments or interference.

Drawing from Betsy's work in quantum healing, intuitive guidance, and shamanic clearing, Betsy breaks down complex spiritual concepts in a grounded, relatable way, sharing real-life stories, client experiences, and practical tools anyone can use to strengthen their energetic boundaries.

• What your energetic field is and how it interacts with others

• Signs something may be draining or attaching to your energy

• The difference between unconscious energetic attachments and deeper entanglements

• Why free will alone isn’t always enough to clear energetic interference

• How gossip, emotional cords, and dependency can act as energetic attacks

• Crystals such as selenite

• Salt baths, scrubs, and cleansing showers

• Essential oils, smoke cleansing, and intention setting

• Visualization techniques like energetic shields and protective bubbles

• Ways to protect your home and land, including crystal gridding and working with land spirits

• When certain environments carry energy and why leaving a space may sometimes be the healthiest choice

Betsy also shares powerful real-world experiences involving homes, land, animals, and families, illustrating just how interconnected energy, environment, and personal well-being truly are.

The key takeaway from this episode:

Just because you can’t see energy doesn’t mean it isn’t affecting you.

Awareness is the first step toward healing, protection, and reclaiming your power.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This episode is for educational and inspirational purposes only and is not intended to replace professional medical, psychological, or psychiatric care. If you or someone you know is experiencing severe distress or mental health challenges, please seek support from a qualified professional.

In this mind-bending episode of Let’s Get Wyrd, Betsy Herden and Dave Setum dive deep into the nature of past lives, parallel timelines, and quantum reality… and why your soul may be choosing to come back to Earth again and again. Is time really linear? Are we living multiple lives at once? And is Earth actually the hardest level in a cosmic game? Using powerful analogies from video games to light passing through a crystal, this conversation explores how consciousness moves through reality, what déjà vu might actually mean, and how soul contracts, karma, and familiarity shape your life experience. But it doesn’t stop there… This episode takes a turn into authenticity, healing, and personal responsibility, unpacking:

1. What karma really is (it’s not just punishment)
2. Why “speaking your truth” can actually be harmful
3. The difference between authentic giving vs transactional energy
4. How to recognize patterns from other lifetimes
5. Why some things feel easy (and others don’t)

00:24 – Listener Question: Past Lives & Multiple Realities

01:27 – Are All Realities Happening at Once?

02:18 – The Crystal & Light Analogy (Understanding Time)

03:10 – Slaughterhouse-Five & Being “Unstuck in Time”

05:14 – Earth as a Video Game (Why We Keep Coming Back)

07:41 – The “Pause” Between Lives Explained

09:00 – Why Some Skills Feel Familiar (Past Life Carryover)

11:27 – Can You Relearn Past Life Abilities?

12:09 – Déjà Vu, Travel & Familiar Energy

13:37 – Soul Contracts & Karmic Relationships

14:39 – Giving vs Transactional Energy

16:01 – Authenticity vs Obligation

18:21 – The Truth About Apologies & Shame

20:29 – “Speaking Your Truth” (The Hidden Problem)

21:42 – Projection vs Self-Reflection

23:30 – The Chameleon Archetype Explained

24:17 – Business, Authenticity & External Advice

26:01 – Be Careful Who You Take Advice From

27:03 – Why You Should Question Everything

28:02 – Final Thoughts: Get Wyrd & Stay Curious

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What if the patterns shaping your life were created before you even had a choice? In this episode of Let’s Get Wyrd, Betsy and Dave dive deep into the Root Coaching Program, exploring how early life experiences create subconscious patterns, archetypes, and emotional triggers that influence our relationships, behaviors, and decisions. From the Defender archetype to the Suspended state, this conversation reveals how our wounds show up in real-time and how to bring awareness, shift patterns, and reclaim control of your reality. If you’ve ever felt stuck in repeating cycles, over-explained yourself, avoided confrontation, or struggled with communication… this episode will open your eyes. Key Takeaways

• Your core patterns are formed early in life
• Awareness = the first step to transformation
• Archetypes are activated when wounds are triggered
• The Defender = over-explaining + needing to be understood
• The Suspended = avoidance + delayed action
• Most conflict comes from misperception, not reality
• Healing starts when you stop projecting and start observing
• Communication = energy clearing

00:17 – What is the Root Coaching Program & why it was created

01:23 – How childhood programs your subconscious patterns

02:56 – Signs your root wounds are controlling your life

03:23 – How to rewire your brain & shift your reality

04:30 – Archetypes explained (your behavioral “poker tells”)

06:57 – The Defender archetype: why you over-explain & build resentment

08:30 – “Taking tally” and how it silently destroys relationships

09:39 – The Unsolvable Problem pattern (why nothing feels fixable)

20:43 – Live example of a trigger happening in real time

25:30 – The Suspended archetype: avoidance, delay, and emotional buildup Learn More Visit: www.milluminate.me Explore upcoming classes & coaching programs Follow for more content on:

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Channeling vs Being a Conduit: What’s the Difference?

Spirit Guides, Channeling, and Discernment Explained

What does it really mean to be a conduit or to channel? And are they actually the same thing?

In this episode of Let’s Get Wyrd, Betsy and Dave unpack one of the most misunderstood topics in spirituality: channeling, mediumship, energetic boundaries, and discernment. From spirit communication and intuitive messages to guides, imposters, energetic overwhelm, and the physical toll of spiritual work, this conversation goes deep into what really happens when you open yourself to unseen information.

Betsy shares her perspective on the difference between letting information come through you versus allowing an energy to speak through you directly. She also opens up about the importance of spiritual boundaries, why not every being telling you it’s a guide should be trusted, and how practice, discernment, and energetic hygiene are essential for anyone developing intuitive gifts.

This episode also dives into:

• Channeling vs being a conduit
• How spiritual messages are received
• The role of clairvoyance, claircognizance, clairaudience, and clairsentience
• How to tell whether energy is trustworthy
• Why some spiritual experiences can feel draining or overwhelming
• Mediumship, energetic merging, and reading spirit safely
• Why everyone has gifts, but not everyone knows how to hone them

If you’ve ever been curious about channeling, spirit guides, intuitive development, psychic gifts, energy work, or mediumship, this episode offers a grounded and thought-provoking perspective on the weird, beautiful, and sometimes risky side of spiritual awakening.

Watch all the way through if you’ve ever wondered:

What’s the difference between channeling and receiving intuitive information?

Can spiritual beings lie?

How do you know if a message is real?

And what does it actually cost the body to stay open energetically?

If this episode resonates with you, make sure to like, subscribe, and share it with someone exploring their gifts or walking a spiritual path. And if you have a question you want covered in a future episode, drop it in the comments below.

00:29 – Today’s question: conduit vs channeling

01:09 – Betsy’s definition of channeling and spiritual perception

02:39 – Are channeling and being a conduit the same thing?

04:08 – Why Betsy does not let most energies speak through her

05:11 – Can spirits lie? The truth about imposters

06:02 – How to test whether an energy is trustworthy

07:12 – Why discernment matters more than blind trust

09:24 – When not to deliver a spiritual message

10:20 – The dentist story and reading the room

12:09 – Why some people are not ready to receive spirit communication

13:19 – The problem with “leaky mediums”

13:44 – The energetic toll of channeling and mediumship

15:15 – Setting boundaries with spirit in everyday life

15:59 – Retreats, channeling, and post-session exhaustion

17:23 – Headaches, energetic overwhelm, and being too open

18:56 – Healings, guides, and energetic surgery

21:12 – When a helpful being turns out not to be aligned

22:29 – Spiritual gifts require practice and trial and error

23:19 – Merging with energy to understand how someone passed

24:15 – Why some spirits just want to be seen or heard

25:08 – Tapping into a recently passed soul

26:30 – Merging in, backing out, and staying aware of self

27:12 – What energetic merging actually feels like

28:21 – Honing your gifts and learning safely

29:05 – Final thoughts and viewer questions

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What does it actually mean to raise your vibration… and how do you do it fast?

In this episode of Let’s Get Wyrd, Betsy and Dave dive into one of the most talked-about (and misunderstood) topics in spirituality: raising your vibration, grounding your energy, and shifting your emotional state in real time.

This isn’t just theory—this is real, practical insight.

From breathwork and energy visualization to nature, food, gratitude, and emotional awareness, Betsy shares multiple ways you can shift your state quickly—whether you’re at home, at work, or stuck in a situation you can’t escape.

They also unpack something most people overlook:

👉 Raising your vibration isn’t about floating away—it’s about staying grounded while expanding.

Inside this episode:

• The fastest ways to raise your vibration instantly
• Why grounding is just as important as “going high vibe”
• Breathwork techniques to shift your energy in minutes
• How food, nature, and environment affect your frequency
• The emotional scale: shame, guilt, fear, anger, and beyond
• Why gratitude is one of the most powerful energetic states
• How to stop getting pulled into other people’s low energy
• Why you can’t force others to grow with you

00:38 – Viewer question: how to raise your vibration fast

01:19 – Quick (and unexpected) ways to shift your energy

02:11 – Nature, grounding, and “touching grass”

03:23 – Food and vibration: what you eat matters

03:48 – The biggest misconception about high vibration

04:28 – Why grounding is essential for growth

05:29 – Energy, connection, and intention

07:08 – Breathwork technique to raise your vibration instantly

09:20 – What to do when you’re stuck in low-energy environments

10:14 – Dropping into your heart space (not thinking it)

10:59 – Using joy and memory to shift your state

12:22 – Music, energy, and emotional elevation

13:04 – The emotional scale: shame, guilt, fear, anger

17:12 – Giving, gratitude, and getting out of your head

18:59 – Gratitude as the highest vibration

20:04 – Why it’s easier to pull people down than lift them up

21:20 – Rewiring your mindset through awareness

23:27 – When others aren’t ready to grow with you

24:50 – The 3 paths of growth in relationships

27:05 – Final thoughts: raising consciousness together

This conversation is real, raw, a little weird (as always), and incredibly practical.

If you’ve ever felt stuck, drained, or overwhelmed—and wondered how to shift your energy quickly—this episode will give you tools you can actually use.

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Is witchcraft actually evil… or have we misunderstood it completely?

In this episode of Let’s Get Wyrd, Betsy and Dave take on a controversial topic and break it down in a way that challenges everything you thought you knew about witchcraft, energy, manifestation, and sacred practices.

This conversation goes far beyond labels.

From the historical suppression of herbalists and healers to the modern-day rebranding of “spells” as manifestation and affirmations, this episode explores how fear, control, and misunderstanding shaped the narrative around witchcraft and why it still impacts how people think today.

But here’s where it gets interesting…

What if:

• Prayer, manifestation, and spells are all the same thing?
• Your words and thoughts are already influencing energy around you?
• Gossip, judgment, and negativity are forms of “cursing” energy?
• Sacredness isn’t about rituals—it’s about what you actually feel?

Betsy shares powerful insights on:

• The real history behind witchcraft and its connection to healing
• How society rebranded spiritual practices based on fear
• Why intention and emotion matter more than the words you say
• How conflicting energy (saying one thing, feeling another) affects your reality
• The difference between doing rituals… and actually feeling them

Hot Topics:

• manifestation vs prayer vs spells
• energy cords and how we affect others energetically
• sarcasm, intention, and mixed signals to the universe
• why sacred practices have lost meaning over time
• how to reconnect with true sacredness in everyday life

This is one of those conversations that might challenge your beliefs…

But that’s the point.

00:00 – Welcome to Let’s Get Wyrd

00:28 – Today’s topic: witchcraft & sacredness

01:31 – What does it mean to be sacred?

02:05 – Witchcraft: misunderstood history and suppression

03:25 – Herbalists, healers, and the origin of fear

05:02 – Are we all practicing “witchcraft” already?

06:30 – Chanting, prayer, and energy across religions

08:01 – Feeling vs thinking: how to trust your intuition

09:11 – Manifestation, spells, and affirmations explained

10:00 – Gossip, negativity, and “cursing” energy

11:27 – Tone vs intention: why energy matters more than words

13:11 – Sarcasm and conflicting energy signals

14:43 – Why affirmations don’t work if you don’t believe them

16:36 – Are we all influencing energy all the time?

17:40 – Why spiritual language had to be rebranded

18:35 – Religion, divination, and belief systems

19:10 – Pagan roots of modern holidays

21:11 – Question everything: why curiosity matters

21:47 – The real origin of voodoo dolls (unexpected truth)

23:28 – What sacredness actually feels like

24:18 – Lost traditions: offerings, gratitude, and intention

25:16 – Why feeling matters more than words in rituals

26:05 – Sacred space vs going through the motions

27:09 – Why most rituals have lost their meaning

28:10 – Final thoughts: take what resonates

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And remember—take what resonates, leave what doesn’t.

Let’s get wyrd.