Standing at a crossroads? Between who you were and who you're becoming? Hecate is with you.

In this episode, we explore Hecate—the torch-bearer, the key-holder, the goddess of liminal spaces who teaches us that wholeness means holding all phases simultaneously, not choosing between them.

We're recording this between Winter Solstice (December 21st) and Chinese New Year (January 29th, 2026), in the final weeks of the Wood Snake year before the Fire Horse gallops in. This liminal time between shedding and forward motion is Hecate's domain—the threshold where transformation happens.

What we cover:

• Hecate's true mythology (before patriarchy made her "just the crone")
• Why crossroads are initiations, not destinations
• What it means to claim your keys and your sovereignty
• How to hold the torch for others while walking your own path
• The maiden-to-mother threshold and teaching from the in-between

Plus: A guided Hecate practice for standing at your inner crossroads.

If you're in liminal space right now—if you're neither one thing nor another, if you're shedding but not yet ready to run—this episode is for you.

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Medusa wasn't born a monster. She was a woman, a priestess, a rape survivor who was punished for her own violation. Patriarchy turned her into a warning: this is what happens when women have boundaries too fierce to cross.

But what if the transformation wasn't a curse? What if the serpent crown was sovereignty, and the petrifying gaze was the ultimate boundary—the power to stop anyone who approached with harmful intent?

In this episode, Casey reclaims Medusa's story and explores:

• The real myth of Medusa
• Why the serpent crown is sacred feminine wisdom, not monstrousness
• The petrifying gaze as absolute boundary: "Look at me with respect, or do not look at all"
• Rage as protective medicine—holding the line, not lashing out
• The difference between traumatized rage and sovereign boundaries

• Who the real monsters are (spoiler: not Medusa)

Casey shares her own ongoing healing journey with sexual trauma and what Medusa continues to teach her about holding sacred boundaries in partnership.

Content warning: This episode discusses sexual violence and may be activating for survivors. Please ensure you have support.

Includes a practice for reclaiming your gaze and your power to protect yourself absolutely.

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Lilith is the goddess who said no. The first woman, made equal to Adam, who refused to submit and was cast out for claiming her sovereignty.

In this episode, Casey reclaims Lilith's story from the demonization and explores what she actually teaches: autonomous sexuality, sacred refusal, primal rage, and the power of saying no without apology.

You'll discover:

• The real myth: Lilith as Adam's equal who chose exile over subordination
• Lilith as the serpent teaching Eve to wake up and claim knowledge
• The difference between immature rage (lashing out) and integrated rage (protective boundaries)
• Why Lilith is essential for domestic violence survivors: "Get out. You deserve better."
• Lilith doesn't hate men—she demands they show up as equals
• The evolution from traumatized Lilith to sovereign Lilith to softening in right relationship

Casey shares her full Lilith journey: from PTSD and immature rage, to suppressing Lilith and ending up in emotional abuse, to reclaiming sovereignty and learning to trust again with her partner Matt.

Includes a practice for reclaiming your sacred no.

If you've been called too much, if you've been exiled for your truth, if you've ever chosen yourself over subordination—Lilith walks with you. This episode teaches you that exile isn't punishment. It's freedom.

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Welcome to the goddess episodes. We begin with Persephone—the maiden who descends to the underworld and becomes Queen of the Dead.

In this episode, Casey reclaims Persephone's myth from the patriarchal telling of innocent victim to the initiatory reading of sovereign queen. You'll discover why the descent wasn't an abduction but an initiation, what dies when the maiden goes down, and what it means to become queen of your own underworld.

You'll explore:

• The myth retold: Why the pomegranate seeds were choice, not trap
• What actually dies in the descent (innocence, control, the old identity)
• How Persephone becomes sovereign through the underworld, not despite it
• The six-month rhythm: honoring descent time and emergence time
• Why you don't descend once—you spiral back to Persephone throughout your life

Casey shares her own Persephone initiations—from her first heartbreak at fifteen to the fall five months ago—and what it means to keep choosing the depths, to keep eating the seeds.

Includes a guided descent meditation to meet Persephone in your own underworld.

If you've ever lost yourself completely, if the earth has opened beneath you, if you've been dragged into grief or rupture—you've met Persephone. This episode teaches you how to become queen.

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Shadow isn't just the "bad" parts of yourself. It's everything you've disowned—including your power, your wildness, your sexuality, and your joy.

In this episode, Casey explores Jungian shadow work and why most people misunderstand what shadow actually is. The work isn't to fix your shadow or transcend it—it's to integrate it and let it make you whole.

You'll discover:

• What shadow actually is (and why it includes your gold, not just your wounds)
• Why "love and light" spirituality bypasses the real work
• How spiritual bypassing keeps you stuck in surface-level healing
• The difference between shadow work and shadow integration
• How shadow changes as you move from maiden to mother
• Why your judgments of others reveal what you've disowned in yourself

Includes a shadow practice to help you recognize what you've been rejecting in yourself.

The goddesses live in the shadow—Persephone rules the underworld, Lilith refuses exile, Medusa's gaze forces you to face what you've hidden. This episode teaches you how to reclaim the parts of yourself that hold your greatest medicine.

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You can't think your way through initiation. Descent work that stays in your head isn't actually descent at all.

In this episode, Casey explores why the body is essential for transformation—and why years of intellectual understanding can leave you completely stuck. Drawing on her MA in Body Psychotherapy, she explains how trauma, grief, and rage live in your tissues, not just your thoughts, and why the goddesses work through embodied experience.

You'll learn:

• Why your body remembers what your mind has tried to forget
• Nervous system basics: fight, flight, freeze, fawn, and the state of safety
• How to recognize which goddess lives where in your body
• The difference between embodied spirituality and "spirituality in your head"
• Why you can't rush initiation—the descent happens at the pace your body can hold

Includes a guided embodiment practice to help you listen to what your body has been trying to tell you.

The goddesses aren't abstract concepts—they're forces you feel in your bones, blood, and breath. This episode will teach you how to come home to your body.

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Initiation isn't a metaphor. It's the death of who you were and the birth of who you're becoming—and there's a terrifying void in between.

In this episode, Casey explores what initiation actually is: not the sanitized self-help version, but the real thing that breaks you open and changes you forever. You'll learn why initiations choose you (not the other way around), why death and rebirth are literal experiences, and why comfort was never the goal.

You'll discover:

• How to recognize if you're in an initiation right now
• Why the liminal space—the underworld, the void—is where transformation actually happens
• The difference between "hard times" and true initiations
• Why initiation is a spiral, not a linear path you complete
• How Casey teaches from the threshold she's walking (maiden-to-mother)

If something in your life feels like it's falling apart, you might be exactly where you need to be. This episode will help you trust the descent.

Reflection practice included.

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Welcome to Priestess Initiations: The Goddess Coven. This is where we begin.

In this episode, Casey introduces herself—not as someone who's arrived, but as a priestess teaching from the threshold she's walking. With a Master's Degree in Body Psychotherapy and Jungian training, she bridges depth psychology with lived goddess wisdom.

You'll learn:

• Why this podcast exists (and why Casey isn't on social media)
• What initiation actually means—and why it's not a metaphor
• Who this work is for: witches, healers, sensitives, and anyone ready for real transformation
• What this podcast is NOT: self-help, wellness culture, or spiritual bypassing
• Casey's own edges in claiming public priestess work

This is shadow-positive spirituality for people who know transformation isn't pretty. If you're walking the maiden-to-mother descent, if you've been through initiations that broke you open, if you're ready to reclaim what's been exiled—welcome to the coven.

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