This week on Waking Up The Witch, we sit down with the one of Taylar's bestie - Jessi Utley, whose life story is woven with resilience, compassion, and a whole lot of heart. From growing up in Illinois to stepping into her calling as a nurse practitioner, Jessi takes us on a journey through the moments that shaped her including the messy, the magical, and everything in between.

She opens up about navigating her parents’ divorce, the surprising discovery of a half-brother later in life, and the ways family dynamics carved both challenges and strength into her path. Jessi’s decision to pursue nursing came from her deep desire to care for others, and she shares what it’s really like to work in urgent care, hospice, and inside the homes of the people she serves.

We also explore her relationship with music, self-care, and the inner work required to stay grounded while holding space for others. This conversation is full of tender honesty, personal growth, and reflections on love, support, and the complexities of being human.

✨ Themes We Explore

• Growing up in Illinois and navigating shifting family dynamics
• The emotional impact of divorce and discovering a half-sibling
• Finding purpose through nursing and caregiving
• Lessons from urgent care, hospice work, and home visits
• How music, self-care, and connection support her wellbeing
• The dance between personal growth and professional responsibility
• Creating healthy relationships and honoring what truly matters
• The importance of family support and community care

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This week on Waking Up The Witch, we sit down with the radiant Morgan Blackman, a holistic wealth coach who weaves financial wisdom with spiritual grounding in the most magical, empowering way.

Morgan shares her story of growing up in a Caribbean immigrant family in Toronto—where money was often a source of stress—and how those early experiences shaped her desire to help others heal their relationship with wealth. Her journey led her to create a coaching practice that honors both the practical and the energetic sides of abundance.

Together, we explore what it means to shift your money mindset, invest with intention, and root your financial life in values that feel aligned with your spirit. Morgan opens up about ethical investing, the role gratitude plays in magnetizing abundance, and how community support can completely transform your money narrative.

This conversation is the perfect blend of grounded strategy and soulful awakening—an invitation to view wealth as something holistic, healing, and deeply personal.

✨ Themes We Explore

• Healing your money mindset
• How Growing up in a Caribbean immigrant family influenced Morgan's approach to wealth
• Blending financial literacy with spiritual wellness
• Ethical investing as a form of alignment
• Why gratitude amplifies abundance
• The power of community in building wealth
• Transforming generational financial patterns
• Investing with clarity and intention
• Redefining wealth to include health, relationships, and emotional wellbeing

Follow Morgan on IG @morgannblackman and visit her website at www.morganblackman.com

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This week on Waking Up The Witch, Amber and Taylar sit down with the luminous Hope Allen, a holistic aesthetician whose healing journey is as powerful as the work she now offers the world.

Hope opens up about her complicated childhood, the ache of family estrangement, and the resilience it took to rebuild her life from the inside out. Through her story, we explore how grief can carve new pathways, how vulnerability becomes its own medicine, and how tending to the body can become a sacred doorway into deeper healing.

Together, we unpack the beauty of embracing change, honoring the aging process, and creating safe spaces—both on the skin and in the soul—where people can feel truly seen and supported.

If you love stories of transformation, lived wisdom, and the softer side of healing work, this conversation will land right in your heart.

✨ Themes We Explore

• Hope’s journey from hardship to holistic healing
• The emotional landscape of family estrangement
• How grief and loss reshape our inner world
• Self-care as a spiritual and emotional practice
• The power of vulnerability in reclaiming one’s voice
• Beauty, aging, and radical self-acceptance
• Community support as a pillar of healing
• Creating environments where people feel safe + nurtured
• Using personal wounds as catalysts for helping others

Follow Hope on IG @wildcrafted_esthetician

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This week on Waking Up The Witch, Amber and Taylar sit down with the incredible Samantha Turpin—therapist and death doula—to unravel the layers of grief, legacy, and the great mystery of what happens when we leave this realm.

Samantha shares her path into end-of-life work, the supernatural experiences that shaped her journey, and why embracing mortality can actually bring us closer to our power, our truth, and our purpose. Together, we dive into the art of holding space for transition, the importance of tending our grief (in all its forms), and how legacy work can become a spell of remembrance—one we write while we’re still alive.

If you’ve ever been curious about death doulas, paranormal encounters, or how to navigate grief with more compassion and less fear, this conversation offers comfort, clarity, and a whole lot of magic.

✨ Themes We Explore

How accepting grief + mortality can ignite empowerment

The role of a death doula as a sacred companion at the end of life

Grief beyond death: identity shifts, life transitions, ancestral wounds

Samantha’s paranormal experiences and how they guided her calling

Legacy work as a ritual of meaning-making

Why our culture avoids death—and how to reclaim openness

Blending therapeutic tools with intuitive, spiritual practices

How planning for death can dissolve existential fear

Follow Samantha on IG @next_chapter_counseling or visit her website nextchaptercounseling.com

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This week on Waking Up The Witch, Amber and Taylar welcome back our dear friend Jaxon, who returns to share his fascinating journey from leaving Mormonism to stepping fully into his path as a professional dream worker.

Together, we wander through the dream realm—exploring how our subconscious speaks in symbols, how lucid dreaming can expand our spiritual awareness, and how our nighttime visions can guide deep personal growth and healing.

Jaxon offers powerful insight into the art of dream journaling, techniques for remembering and working with dreams, and the magic that unfolds when we learn to listen to the messages waiting for us in the quiet of the night.

If you’ve ever woken from a dream that felt too real to ignore, this conversation will open your heart to the wisdom that lives beyond the veil of sleep. 🌙

✨ In this episode we explore:

• Jaxon’s transformation from faith to freedom
• The mystical language of dream symbolism
• Techniques for lucid dreaming and recall
• How dreams reveal the soul’s path of growth
• Using dreams as portals for healing and self-discovery

Follow Jaxon on IG @jaxon_jungiancoach and book a session with him at innerechoescoaching.com

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This week on Waking Up The Witch, Amber and Taylar sit down with the luminous Lora Cheadle ~ Betrayal Recovery Expert, spiritual channel, and trauma-aware coach ~ for a deeply healing conversation on betrayal, transformation, and reclaiming your power.

Once a corporate attorney, Lora’s journey through personal betrayal became the initiation that guided her into her truth as a spiritual teacher and guide. Together, we explore how the wound of betrayal can become an unexpected doorway to awakening—revealing deeper layers of vulnerability, authenticity, and soul growth.

This conversation moves through the tender spaces of love, trust, and self-worth, touching on how societal expectations shape our stories and how choosing compassion, self-love, and spiritual connection can help us rise stronger than before.

If you’ve ever faced heartbreak, loss, or the unraveling of your identity—this episode will remind you that your healing is sacred, and your rebirth is pure magic.🌹

✨Themes we explore:

• The alchemy of pain into personal power
• Building resilience and hope through spiritual connection
• The lifelong path of growth, compassion, and self-trust

✨Connect with Lora:

Free monthly updates from The Librarians, the keepers of collective wisdom: www.CoffeeWithTheLibrarians.com

Free Betrayal Recovery Guide: www.BetrayalRecoveryGuide.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/loracheadlelifechoreographer

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loracheadle/

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Facebook Lora: https://www.facebook.com/lora.cheadle

Podcast: https://loracheadle.com/flaunt-podcast/

Books!

FLAUNT! Drop Your Cover and Reveal Your Smart, Sexy, & Spiritual Self: https://www.amazon.com/FLAUNT-Cover-Reveal-Smart-Spiritual/dp/1608686213

It’s Not Burnout It’s Betrayal: 5Tools to FUEL UP & Thrive: https://www.amazon.com/Its-Not-Burnout-Betrayal-Thrive/dp/B0DSTSTRN1

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This week on Waking Up The Witch, Amber and Taylar sit down with the radiant Zania, host of the Retrospective Paths podcast, for a soul-nourishing conversation on healing, growth, and the magic of storytelling.

Zania opens up about her journey through postpartum depression, the lessons she’s gathered along her healing path, and the inspiration that sparked her own podcast. Together, we explore the importance of self-love and boundaries, the ways music and spirituality can transform us, and how sharing our stories creates deeper connection and community.

✨ Themes we explore:

• Healing through postpartum depression
• The role of self-love and boundaries in personal growth
• Music and spirituality as transformative tools
• Childhood experiences and their ripple effect into adulthood
• The inspiration behind Retrospective Paths
• The power of storytelling and community

This episode is a beautiful reminder that our paths—no matter how winding—can become powerful medicine when shared with others.

Follow Zania on IG @the_retrospective_paths_pod & TikTok @Retropathspodcast

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TW: SA, Child Abuse

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In this deeply vulnerable and powerful episode, our host Amber opens her heart and shares the first chapter of her story—the moments that shaped her, the wounds she carried, and the path that began her awakening. From a childhood marked by challenge and heartache to the shadows she had to walk through to find her light, Amber speaks with raw honesty, tenderness, and courage.

This is more than a story of survival, it’s a sacred unfolding. It’s about reclaiming your voice, choosing love after pain, and trusting the magic that lives within you, even when the world tries to dim your spark.

In This Episode, Amber Shares: 🌙 Her early experiences and the challenges that shaped her resilience 🌙 The wounds and trauma she carried into adulthood 🌙 The pivotal moments that cracked her open and began her healing 🌙 How self-discovery, love, and spirit guided her back home to herself 🌙 The power of reclaiming her magic and stepping into her truth

✨ A Soul Reminder from Amber: 🕯️ “Your story doesn’t define you, your healing does.”

Follow Amber on IG @moonbeeswellness and TikTok @moonbees_medford

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