19. Disrupting Your Assumptions About Witches: An Exploration of Elemental Witchcraft with Suzanne Elise Stewart
Release Date: 11/14/2023
35. Exploring Match-Striking For Beginners: Laying Down Your Safety in Activism with Calen Otto
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In this episode of The Disruption Podcast, Tracey Breeden and Michelle Pelton delve into a conversation with Calen Ann Otto about the impact of laying down your safety in the name of justice. Calen expands on disruptive activism, sharing personal stories of protests and the camaraderie found within the movement. They also draw parallels between veganism and other social justice movements, such as feminism and LGBTQ+ rights, shedding light on speciesism and the urgent need to rethink our treatment of animals. Calen is a queer, anti-speciesist travel blogger who explores the big wide world on a...
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34. Exploring Match-Striking For Beginners: The Impact of Laying Down Your Safety to Spark Change
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Welcome back to The Disruption Podcast! In today’s episode we discuss the powerful concept of laying down your safety as a way to spark change in the world. Michelle and Tracey talk about the intricate balance between physical, psychological, and emotional safety and discuss how laying down your safety in these spaces can ignite individuals and communities to rise up and make a difference. Whether you’re speaking up in your workplace, your community, or your home, this episode will inspire you to find and unleash your personal power for positive change! In this episode, Tracey and...
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33. Match-Striking For Beginners: Highlights from Tracey's Book Launch Events During Bisbee Pride
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In this episode of The Disruption Podcast, we highlight some of the recent book launch events for Tracey’s book, "Match-Striking for Beginners." Tracey and Michelle celebrated the Pride Month launch of the book in Bisbee, Arizona, where Tracey delivered several inspiring talks, emphasizing the importance of honoring past disruptors and investing in community. Tracey shares personal stories of overcoming societal rejection and the journey to self-acceptance, awakening the superhero within each of us. Her narrative moves from internal struggles to personal empowerment, spurring her to...
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32. Exploring Match-Striking For Beginners: Expanding JourneyWoman's Mission, Creating Visibility and Impact with Carolyn Ray
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In this episode of The Disruption Podcast, hosts Michelle and Tracey delve into the inspiring journey of Carolyn Ray, CEO of JourneyWoman, and discuss her proactive stance on joy, travel, and social change. Carolyn shares her experience of learning about human trafficking through her daughter's work and her subsequent efforts to raise awareness and educate others via JourneyWoman. Their dialogue then transitions to one of Carolyn's other passions - the critical role of women in transforming the travel industry and advocating for greater accessibility and fair treatment for solo female...
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31: Exploring Match-Striking For Beginners: The Journey Towards Purpose and Empowerment
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In this empowering episode, we delve into the profound topic of finding purpose in one's life. Through the lens of Tracey's new book, "Match-Striking for Beginners," we navigate the intricate journey of self-discovery and personal empowerment. Our conversation explores the essence of purpose, highlighting the internal quest for authenticity and the subtle signs that guide us toward making a meaningful impact. As we embark on this soul-stirring discussion, we encourage listeners to embrace their personal power, stand up against injustice, and discover purpose in what truly moves their hearts....
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30. Exploring Match-Striking For Beginners: How Strategic Collaboration Fuels Change in the Corporate World
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In this episode of The Disruption Podcast, we are joined by Robbie Karp and Jane Randel to discuss their experiences as change-makers in corporate America. They share their insights on driving change within corporate systems, including the importance of being strategic and the critical impact of building alliances. Robbie talks in detail about their work in addressing sweatshop conditions at Liz Claiborne and the creation of the Fair Labor Association. Jane also digs deep into her work to raise awareness about domestic violence and the development of NO MORE, an international initiative...
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29. Match-Striking For Beginners: Collective Action and Activism
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On this week's episode of The Disruption Podcast, we discuss the critical need for collective activism and change within our systems and organizations. As we tease this concept from Tracey's book, "Match-Striking for Beginners," which is set to launch this Pride month, we also tackle the vital need for collective activism and meaningful action towards social change, pivotal themes in Tracey's book. We explore why activism must permeate every organization, why throwing money at problems isn't enough, and how we can use our influence right where we're at to support organizations in stepping up...
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EP 28 Part 2: Exploring Match-Striking for Beginners: Harnessing Your Personal Power to Impart Wisdom to Rising Leaders
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In part two of this two-part series, we delve into the dynamic world of leadership and personal growth with our guest, Nan Watts of Watts Collaborative. Nan moves our conversation towards the Rising Leaders, the next generation of changemakers, who are creating a global community by bridging various entities and shaking up current systems. Michelle and Tracey probe into the evolution of leadership, highlighting the integration of intuition and the pursuit of wholeness. With profound insight, Nan advocates for becoming the embodiment of the qualities we seek and engages us in the necessity of...
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28. Exploring Match-Striking for Beginners: Transforming Self-Doubt into Self-Empowerment with Nan Watts
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In Part One of a two-part series with our special guest, Nan Watts of Watts Collaborative, we delve deep into the complex feelings many confront regarding self-worth and societal expectations. With a poignant blend of vulnerability and wisdom, Nan opens up about her struggles with feeling "enough" and her journey towards quieting the persistent inner voice of self-doubt. Nan explores different facets of her life with us—from her affinity for nature's calming influence to her emergence as a passionate photographer and later, a transformative leadership coach. Together, we engage in a candid...
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27. Exploring Match-Striking for Beginners: The Importance of Fully Embracing Your Value
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In this episode, we continue our discussion of Tracey's new book 'Match Striking for Beginners,' which explores Tracey's roadmap for unleashing your personal power in order to ignite collective action for a better self and a better world. In this conversation, we offer a glimpse into the critical importance of the power and value that individuals, especially women and historically marginalized groups, have inherently and the difficulties people in these groups face in embracing and harnessing that power due to the unique challenges they experience. In sharing a few thoughts and experiences...
info_outlineIn this illuminating podcast episode, we delve into the mystical realms of Elemental Witchcraft with Suzanne Elise Stewart, unraveling the essence of the practice and exploring the profound connection witches share with the earth and its cycles.
Suzanne is an artist, tarot reader, healer, and psychic medium. She has called Arizona home for 53 years, minus the 6 years she resided in Portland, Oregon. Suzanne had an out-of-body experience during a car accident when she was 14 years old that led her to explore the paranormal, her psychic abilities, astral projection and travel, and different healing modalities such as reiki, hypnosis, and meditation.
Through her travels and exploring the West Coast, she realized her deep connection to nature and its importance to her wellness. When she made her way back to Arizona in 2016, she was introduced to a community of healers, witches, psychics, and artists through her new and old friendships. This is when she realized she had been a witch as long as she could remember, but she never knew it had a name. She is a student of many local spiritual teachers in Phoenix, AZ, and enjoyed connecting with communities with different belief systems and spiritual practices. She studied tarot and has been reading cards professionally for over 20 years.
Suzanne is still in Phoenix, living with family and she reads tarot cards for clients when she isn't at her day job. She is hoping to find more time to create another body of artwork shortly. Meteor showers, live concerts, art shows, and connecting with people are some of her favorite things.
In this episode, Michelle, Tracey, and Suzanne talk about:
- The practice of Elemental Witchcraft
- Solitary witchcraft versus coven work and hierarchy
- How witches are connected to the earth and its cycles
- Debunking many misconceptions about witchcraft and witches
- The history of witches … some of which seems to repeat itself even today
Check out this week's episode to get to know what it truly means to be a witch!
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