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Waking Up The Witch

Waking Up The Witch

By: Taylar Pickett & Amber Weaver
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"Waking Up The Witch" is not just a podcast; it's a journey of self-discovery, spirituality, and embracing the mystical within our everyday lives. Hosted by Amber and Taylar, our show is a captivating storytelling experience that delves deep into the realms of spirituality, witchcraft, deconstructing religion, alternative medicine, and so much more. We invite you to explore the magical tapestry of existence with us, one episode at a time.

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Waking Up The Witch
Spirituality
Episodes
  • Blending Finance and Spirituality with Morgan Blackman
    Dec 5 2025

    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

    Subscribe to "Waking Up the Witch" for more mystical tales and enlightening conversations.

    You can WATCH this episode on our Waking Up The Witch YouTube channel 👀

    Connect with us on social media, and don't forget to leave a magical review! 🧙‍♀️✨

    TikTok & Instagram @wakingupthewitch

    Support the Podcast:

    - Patreon : patreon.com/wakingupthewitch

    Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review and rate our podcast wherever you're listening now and share it with your friends. Your support helps us continue to bring you inspiring stories and witchy magic.

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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • Finding Purpose Through Adversity: Hope Allen's Journey
    Nov 21 2025

    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

    Subscribe to "Waking Up the Witch" for more mystical tales and enlightening conversations.

    You can WATCH this episode on our Waking Up The Witch YouTube channel 👀

    Connect with us on social media, and don't forget to leave a magical review! 🧙‍♀️✨

    TikTok & Instagram @wakingupthewitch

    Support the Podcast:

    - Patreon : patreon.com/wakingupthewitch

    Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review and rate our podcast wherever you're listening now and share it with your friends. Your support helps us continue to bring you inspiring stories and witchy magic.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Death, Grief & the Paranormal: A Conversation with Samantha Turpin
    Nov 15 2025

    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

    Subscribe to "Waking Up the Witch" for more mystical tales and enlightening conversations.

    You can WATCH this episode on our Waking Up The Witch YouTube channel 👀

    Connect with us on social media, and don't forget to leave a magical review! 🧙‍♀️✨

    TikTok & Instagram @wakingupthewitch

    Support the Podcast:

    - Patreon : patreon.com/wakingupthewitch

    Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review and rate our podcast wherever you're listening now and share it with your friends. Your support helps us continue to bring you inspiring stories and witchy magic.

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    1 hr and 27 mins
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