Creative Magic

Lucy H. Pearce and Christine Rose discuss contemporary dystopian fiction - The Circle - on the Creative Magic Book Club.Listen to the Extended Episode for $3/ month or more at www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce.comJoin us for our next sesion where it's a reader Q& A for Burning Woman - May 12 on Zoom. Join for $6/ month or more at www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce.comThe Circle is for lovers of 1984, Brave New World, The Handmaids Tale - a tech utopia/ dystopia published in 2013, set in the near future.A clever examination of where we are going with social media and the dominance of likes and follower numbers.It makes you more conscious of the way tech is shaping our world, our interactions, our creative choices and our very selves, as you read you see it everywhere and can't unsee it.Available in paperback, ebook, audiobook and film starring Tom Hanks, Emma Watson and John Boyega. Film available on Netflix and Prime.About the BookTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - a dark, thrilling and unputdownable novel about our obsession with the internet'The Circle is 'Brave New World' for our brave new world... Fast, witty and troubling' Washington PostWhen Mae is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. Run out of a sprawling California campus, the Circle links users' personal emails, social media, and finances with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of transparency. Mae can't believe her great fortune to work for them - even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public ...'An elegantly told, compulsively readable parable for the 21st Century' Vanity Fair'Prescient, important and enjoyable . . . a deft modern synthesis of Swiftian wit with Orwellian prognostication' GuardianAbout the AuthorDave Eggers is the author of many acclaimed books, including The Circle; What is the What and Zeitoun.He is the founder of the publishing house and magazine McSweeney's and the cofounder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing center that has inspired similar programs around the world.His work has been translated into forty-two languages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Enjoy this full length extended episode from the vaults on the house! Receivemore bonus content and extended episodes, join the book club or the coven on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceDee Mulrooney is a multi-disciplinary Irish artist. Inhabiting a female body and all that it entails is the main preoccupation of her work. Exile, class, displacement, social history, longing and belonging are some of the themes explored by Dee, through various media, including painting, drawing, film, storytelling, and performance. Her art is fiercely authentic, and she leaves no stone of her own personal healing journey unturned. Dee works with the alchemical aspect of transmutation in her art, using this process to deal with difficult topics, including, abuse, death and loss. Dee’s performance art is provocative and has a political point to make, highly social, collaborative and community building. She is driven by story and symbolism, how we remember and interpret history and women’s role and their bodies within that. She exhibits and performs regularly and had an award-winning show at Edinburgh Fringe 2023.https://deirdre-mulrooney.com/www.Instagram.com/deemulrooney*Trigger warning re abuse and baby death, and Irish Mother and Baby homes – to skip this section around 15-22 mins*We talked about:The central theme of womanhood in her work and contemporary vulva-tastic culture!Her alter ego Growler – an 84 year old vulva and mother of God and creating ritual theatreHow one of the most traumatic events in recent Irish history emboldened her to drawThe colonisation of the creative space by patriarchy and capitalismArt and activism Women’s creativity, high art and the EstablishmentArt as alchemy and transmuter of painIn the extended episode we discussed:The impact of empire…and how quickly things can changeHer experience of childhood hallucinations and being exorcised Imbas – the Irish insightHer advice on overcoming fear in order to make or share the work you are called toWe mentioned:Empire podcastBurning WomanTuam Mother and Baby Home The Babog projectMeggan Watterson – Magdalene RevealedImbasSile na gigsAbout your HostLucy H. Pearce is the author of multiple life-changing non-fiction books, including Nautilus Award silver winners Medicine Woman, Burning Woman, and Creatrix: she who makes. Her writing focuses on women’s healing through archetypal psychology, embodiment, historical awareness and creativity. Lucy founded Womancraft Publishing, publishing paradigm-shifting books by women for women, in 2014. lucyhpearce.com  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join host Lucy H. Pearce, the book’s author, Pam Grossman, and the members of the Creative Magic Book Club for a deep dive into Magic Maker - The Enchanted Path to Creativity.We discuss:The central image of the magic makerCreative gifts and demonsThe ways we can incorporate magic into creativity.Grab the Extended Episode for just $3 at www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceAbout the AuthorPam Grossman is a writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history. She isthe host of the internationally beloved podcast, The Witch Wave and the author ofWaking the Witch.****Join us for the next Creative Magic Book Club – our next book is The Circle by Dave Eggers and we meet on Zoom on March 3rd – 7pm. This is dystopian fiction about creativity, community and social media for those who loved The Handmaid’s Tale or Brave New World.www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce***The Creative Magic Coven is gathering for our second meeting in March – join us www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceA monthly Zoom gathering with myself and a small group of other creative magic makers.A held and sacred space.Dedicated time to reflect on your process.The chance to seek creative insight and support from myself and the other coven members on specific projects we are working on or things we want feedback on.Inspire each other.Support each other as we make creative magic in these uncertain times.***Join me for the MULTI PASSIONATE CREATIVE ONLINE COURSEWEEK 1 – BEYOND OVERWHELM - strategies for core-self strength, learning what drive us, what nourishes us and how we can find our enough.WEEK 2 – BEYOND CHAOS -organising time, energy, information and resources so you can create your heart out and stay sane.WEEK 3 – BEYOND PROCRASTINATION moving from first ideas to finished projects.+ Live classes+ Lifetime access to recordings+ Course slides+ Reading list+ Dedicated private Facebook groupSIGN UP NOW Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As I rest and begin to weave Season 5 of the podcast, here, for your listening pleasure is the most listened to episode of all time in its full extended format, remastered, for your listening pleasure.Did you know you can enjoy the extended versions of all Creative Magic episodes a week early as a paid Patreon member - so sign up now!Free Multi-Passionate Creative class January 27th – sign up hereThe Multi-Passionate Creative online course starts Feb 17th - early birds to Feb 2nd. Find out more...***Creative Magic Book Club - Join us for our March read, The Circle by Dave Eggers www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceCreative Magic Coven - Join us or upgrade - www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceRima Staines, a UK artist whose work straddles myth, magical realism and the folk arts. Her visual world is an umber and madder-infused chapel of misfits and magicians, story-rich and alchemical. Her paintings, which feel both ancient and familiar at once, have been exhibited and published internationally. In 2018 she was a finalist in the 'Best Artist' category of the World Fantasy awards.Rima has a long-held fascination with the idea of the liminal - that which lies at the edge of culture and society as well as the literal boundaries between one place and another, both metaphorical and real - and with the power of art that comes from that place. Her work is a kind of “Iconography of the Otherworld”. She lives in the south of England.Links:www.rimastaines.comwww.patreon.com/rimastainesInstagram: @tilsamkaFacebook: facebook.com/rima.stainesFollow Creative Magic on Instagram: @CreativeMagicPodcastYour host Lucy H. Pearce – www.lucyhpearce.com Instagram: @lucyhpearce FacebookWomancaft PublishingWe talked aboutRima’s writing - Art and the Landscape of Belonging – join her Patreon to readThe changes required at midlifeCreativity and daily life a balance between desire and necessityThe beauty of particular differenceHer drive and need for authenticityThe Otherworld and how we can access itNeurodiversity – Epilepsy, Downs Syndrome and autism.Motherhood and creativityNeurology and creative magicHer visual art which she describes as “Art in a minor key”Synaesthesia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join me for this FREE introductory class to The Multi Passionate Creative on Tuesday January 27th, 7-8.15 pm UK time LIVE on Zoom. SIGN UP FREE NOW – and we will send you a recording the following day if you cannot make it live. https://tinyurl.com/2026MPCLucyThe FREE class will cover:- What a multi passionate creative is.- Language and lenses for understanding ourselves as multi passionate creatives.- Common challenges and struggles.- The myths.- The reality.JOIN ME for the MULTI PASSIONATE CREATIVE ONLINE COURSEWEEK 1 – BEYOND OVERWHELM - strategies for core-self strength, learning what drive us, what nourishes us and how we can find our enough.WEEK 2 – BEYOND CHAOS -organising time, energy, information and resources so you can create your heart out and stay sane.WEEK 3 – BEYOND PROCRASTINATION moving from first ideas to finished projects.+ Live classes+ Lifetime access to recordings+ Course slides+ Reading list+ Dedicated private Facebook groupSIGN UP NOWCREATIVE MAGIC BOOK CLÚB - join now Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Between the Seasons book episode explores Nightbitch a novel by Rachel Yoder, a work of magical realism about a mother longing to reclaim her identity of artist.Named a best book of the year by Esquire and Vulture and recognized as a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction. It was adapted for screen in 2024 by writer and director by Marielle Heller, starring Amy Adams.https://www.racheljyoder.com/This episode weaves my own reflections on the themes of the book, with women’s voices from our Creative Magic book club, readings from the book and excerptsJanuary 8th - Womancraft Submission Zoom call – link hereJanuary 9th- Feb 13th – submissions open at Womancraft Publishing – find out more.January 13th – Creative Magic Book Club – Magic Maker by Pam Grossman – sign up hereJanuary 20th Free Multi-Passionate Creative class – sign up hereFeb 10th  - The Multi-Passionate Creative and The Multi-Passionate Entrepreneur, starts, early birds to Jan 30th. Find out more...***We talked about:Creative mothers – the inherent strugglesWhat we cannot talk about – the experience of motherhood andWriting new stories – our own storiesMothering in patriarchyMammalian motheringMaternal rageIdentity – loss of, finding it again through creativityExtended Episode just $3 at www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceA deeper dive into identityThe public body of mother and the artist’s need for time alone and secrecyMaternal inheritance and our maternal ancestorsThe feeling of loss of time and careerWanda White – the author of the book in the book!Want more?A full episode of my second conversation with Sarah Detweiler is available on the $6/9 dollar Patreon tiers.At this level you can also join us for future book clubswww.patreon.com/lucyhpearceResourcesNightbitchThe Rainbow WayThe Artist’s WayAll FoursBurning WomanMoods of MotherhoodCrow MoonMotherhood Until YesterdayI’m a Writer But…About Rachel YoderNamed a best book of the year by Esquire and Vulture and recognized as a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction. It was adapted for screen in 2024 by writer and director by Marielle Heller, starring Amy Adams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A brief look at all the creative magic coming up in JanuaryJanuary 8th - Womancraft Submission Zoom call – link hereJanuary 9th- Feb 13th – submissions open at Womancraft Publishing – find out more.January 13th – Creative Magic Book Club – Magic Maker by Pam Grossman – sign up hereJanuary 20th Free Multi-Passionate Creative class – sign up hereFeb 10th  - The Multi-Passionate Creative and The Multi-Passionate Entrepreneur, starts, early birds to Jan 30th. Find out more...*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A seasonal round up from Lucy – her highlights of Season 4 and looking ahead to our next Between the Seasons Book Specials.As well as snippets from a festive conversation with friend of the pod, witchy author, Sarah Robinson as we share how we celebrate Christmas and some of our favourite Christmas traditions – all things mince pies, cranberries and Christmas trees.In the Extended Episode – there’s oodles more from just $3/ month on PatreonWe talk Christmas wreathsHyggePlus bonus Seasonal extracts from the book that we co-authored – The Kitchen Witch Companion.ResourcesJoin the Book Club on PatreonThe Kitchen Witch CompanionSarah’s autumn episode – Magical WandersPam Grossman’s episodeWomancraft Publishing SubmissionsSign up for my new free class: The Multipassionate CreativeAbout SarahSarah Robinson is the best-selling Womancraft Publishing author of multiple books on magic and witches including: Yoga for Witches (now in French, Chinese, Polish and Farsi), Yin Magic, Enchanted Journeys, The Kitchen Witch Companion, The Witch and the Wildwood and Womancraft Publishing’s fastest selling pre-order ever, Kitchen Witch: food, folklore and fairy tale. Her newest book Witch Country: Seeking the Witch in the British Landscape is out on October 31st.A yoga teacher and author based in in Bath, UK. Her background is in science; she holds an MSc Psychology & Neuroscience and has studied at Bath, Exeter and Harvard universities. She is host of the Witch Country podcast.You can listen to Sarah’s popular episode from Season 1 of Creative Magic – Let’s All Run Away and Live in the Woods, and learn from her and myself in the Weaving Magic with Words epsidoe in Season 3, as well as discvoer some of her favourite books in a bonus episode on Patreon – for $6/ month. Join her for her Masterclasses live on Zoom on October 29th and November 5th.  Find Sarah online:Website: www.sentiayoga.comInstagram: @Yogaforwitches @thisiswitchcountryPodcast: Witch CountryInsight Timer: Enchanted Journeys with Sarah Robinson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Tracy Breathnach is an Irish author, speaker and somatic performance artist, based in the UK, exploring heart-centred living and loving. The main themes of her work are intimacy, authenticity and aliveness. She has worked extensively across arts, community and education settings, primarily in the UK for over 25 years, as well as now offering transformational coaching and mentoring to clients around the world.In November 2025, she launched her first non-fiction book called In Other Words Love, Learning to intimately love our lives. The material is also offered as an e-course available online: Words for Love.Tracy’s practice as research PhD (University of Aberystwyth, 2018) explored identity, narrative and trauma in autobiographical birth-storytelling. Following this she developed a project called ‘Birth Café’ with People Speak Up in west Wales to create a space for women to share their birth stories from their bodies.Tracy is a highly experienced freelance consultant in Culture, Health and Wellbeing and most recently worked as the Programme Manager for Wales Arts, Health & Wellbeing Network. She has led on the award-winning Wales-wide artists’ wellbeing programme How Ya Doing? for WAHWN, as well as several arts programmes for staff wellbeing in health boards.www.tracybreathnach.comFB: https://www.facebook.com/trebreathnachInsta: http://www.instagram.com/trebreathnach @trebreathnachLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-tracy-breathnach-13113133/To buy the book In Other Words Love: https://amzn.eu/d/e0sGyUSWe talked aboutSoul friends - anam cara.The soul path and following your blissTrauma and agencySurrender, creativity and birthLaw of AttractionWriting her bookBeing a writer who loves feedback and sharing via performanceIn the Extended Episode - 2 hours longWorking together teaching Burning WomanSoul and maskingResourcing – what it is, how it works and how to do itHow we can set ourselves up for peace and creativity in the midst of the current political and economic climateResourcesBurning WomanMedicine WomanBenedict CumberbatchGina MartinHer new book, In Other Words LoveJules HeavensJoan DaviesNLPIEMTAuthentic MovementMary Daly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Essie Jain is an English singer and songwriter, who has been performing and recording music for over two decades. Her songs have traveled far and wide out into the world and gently weaved themselves into the fabric of people’s lives, daily healing practices and stories. She has almost 600K monthly listens on Spotify.Essie often works alongside her husband, guitarist and long term collaborator Patrick Glynn, for both recordings and live performances. They live in Los Angeles with their daughter Opal.Most recently, Essie and Patrick made an album of folk songs together, The Rose In Bloom, which was released on March 7th, 2025Her website InstagramEssie on SpotifyWe talked about: ·      Holding space for people’s responses to our work and boundaries·      Creative collaboration with our partners·      Music and healing·      Making a living as a creative·      Founding an indie labelIn the extended episode just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:·      How creativity prepares us for the challenges of parenting·      Betting the house on your creativity·      Channelling the energies of death into musicResources MentionedCreatrix: she who makesBig Magic – Liz GilbertSongs Featured in this EpisodeO, I Love You – from Until the Light of Morning I’m Not Afraid of the Dark– from Until the Light of Morning The Healing from As I ReturnThe Blessing from As I Return Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pam Grossman is a writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history. She isthe host of the internationally beloved podcast, The Witch Wave and the author ofWaking the Witch and What Is A Witch. Her newest book, Magic Maker- The Enchanted Path to Creativity has just launched. She is also co-editor and co-author of theWitchcraft volume of Taschen’s Library of Esoterica series. Her writing has appeared innumerous media outlets, including The New York Times, The Atlantic, TIME.com, andmany more. She divides her time between Brooklyn and the Western Catskillsalongside her husband and their two feline familiars.www.pamgrossman.comInstagram @phantasmaphilePodcast – The Witch WaveWe talked about:Women and surrealist art OccultureHer podcast, The Witch WaveCapitalism and magicBeing visible as a witchBeing taken seriously by the mainstream media when talking about magicWitchcraft - The Taschen AnthologyHer new book Magic MakerArchetypes of magic – Witch, Magician and Magic MakerWhy creativity is vital nowIn the Extended Episode – just $3 a month on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceWe dive deeper into capitalism and magic, bring the Taschen anthology of Witchcraft to life, women artists who are just coming into mainstream awareness and the work of Amy Hale bringing forward the work of Ithell Colquhoun.ResourcesAmy Hale – Creative Magic EpisodeArtists mentioned: Leonora CarringtonRemedios VaroHilma af KlintIthell ColquhounAgnes PeltonGertrude AbercrombieLeonore FiniPamela Colman Smith Waking the Witch Magic Maker- The Enchanted Path to Creativity Witchcraft volume of Taschen’s Library of Esoterica series – ed. Jessica Hundley Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sangu Mandanna is a British–Indian author of adult, young adult, and middle grade fiction. She is best known for her fantasy romance novels The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches and A Witch's Guide To Magical Innkeeping.We talked about:Whimsy and cosy fictionThe magical books that made herHer writing processHer publishing journeyThe difference between writing for YA, children and adult readers.Writing inclusive charactersBelonging and communityWriting sex scenesIn the Extended Episode www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceWe dive deeper into neurodivergence, being seen and invisibilityAs well as an additional extract from The Very Secret Society Of Irregular WitchesJoin us for the Creative Magic book club www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Robinson is the best-selling Womancraft Publishing author of multiple books on magic and witches including: Yoga for Witches (now in French, Chinese, Polish and Farsi), Yin Magic, Enchanted Journeys, The Kitchen Witch Companion, The Witch & the Wildwood , and Womancraft Publishing’s fastest selling pre-order ever, Kitchen Witch: food, folklore and fairytale. Her newest book Witch Country: Seeking the Witch in the British Landscape is out on October 31st. A yoga teacher and author based in in Bath, UK. Her background is in science; she holds an MSc Psychology & Neuroscience and has studied at Bath, Exeter and Harvard universities. She is host of the Witch Country podcast.You can listen to Sarah’s popular episode from Season 1 of Creative Magic – Let’s All Run Away and Live in the Woods, and learn from her and myself in the Weaving Magic with Words episode in Season 3, as well as discover some of her favourite books in a bonus episode on my Patreon – for $6/ month. Join her for her Masterclasses live on Zoom on October 29th and November 5th. Find out more at Womancraft Publishing Find Sarah online:Website: www.sentiayoga.comInstagram: @Yogaforwitches @thisiswitchcountryPodcast: Witch CountryInsight Timer: Enchanted Journeys with Sarah Robinson We talked about:The Season of the Witch – whether it’s over commericalised and what it means to usTime release magicSocial media, performance and authenticityThe importance of digging for rootsBalancing whimsy and the dark history of witch hunts.The place and witch that impacted her most as she researched Witch CountrySome of our favourite good witches from 20th century film In the extended episode – over 15 mins of extra content just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about: The backstory as to why Sarah is “friend of the pod”Apple magicReal world social media content making strugglesWitch marks – what they are and how to find them.An extra extract from Witch Country   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crowned ‘the defender of female awesomeness’ by Cooler magazine, everything Lisa creates is an invitation home to yourself. To your voice, your rhythms + your own reality. A reality that’s remembered + respelled by you. She writes, teaches + shares in the sweet spot between feminine philosophy, sensual creativity + personal myth-making. Her work is rooted in the depth of Hélène Cixous, the erotic truth-telling of Anaïs Nin + the accessible ritual of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. She is the best-selling author of Witch, Code Red, Love your Lady Landscape, Self Source-ery + Venus. www.lisalister.com/Instagram @sassylisalisterJoin us for the Creative Magic Book Club www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceToday we talked about:The Importance of Writing and Telling Our own storiesCyclical intelligenceHer mutism as a childThe witch wound – women being silenced down through lifetimes, ancestral fear of speaking outBeing seen – and discernment as to who we share our skills withCreating the most magical version of ourselves that our soul most longs forNavigating paradoxEDS (hypermobility) and magical womenNeurodivergent women and maskingPublishing and self-publishingBeing too muchProlificWomen in creative processJoin us for a deeper dive in the extended episode – just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce Where we get raw and real, and share our personal experiences of publishing and self-publishingAn extract from her book, Witch.We mentionedWomancraft PublishingCode Red Love Your Lady LandscapeWitch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman is the artist and illustrator of "The Divine Feminine Oracle", The Spellcasting Oracle” and “The Sutras of Unspeakable Joy”. She is a visionary artist who merges magick and technology with traditional mediums to create new interpretations of myth and archetype. Through her work she explores shamanic, astrological and mythological constructs to interpret the liminal worlds of the Divine Feminine, incorporating art and talisman to create a third phenomenon, or magical reality. Her art was included in Witchcraft - Taschen and features in The Divine Feminine Oracle that she created along with Meggan Watterson, on the covers of The Mistress of Longing and Gina Martin’s Daughters of the Goddess series. In honor of the Great Mother, and as personal witness, she creates all work under the pseudonym "SheWhoIsArt".www.etsy.com/shop/SheWhoIsArt Website: www.shewhoisart.comFacebook: facebook.com/shewhoisartInstagram: @shewhoisWe talked aboutThe soul in artArt as a vessel for the sacredSacred Feminine perspective on current eventsFeminine representation in the Bible and why it goes untaughtHer work with Megan Watterson on the Divine Feminine Oracle.Her artmaking process – creating lightSymbology of the FeminineFinding and trusting the real in this post-truth worldIn the extended episode – over 45 mins of extra content just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:Perimenopause and menopause – wise woman insightMigraine and creativitySymbology – the Alphabet vs the GoddessAncient women cave paintersHer twinkle boxAI as a creative and business toolThe female roots of modern Western abstract artHer religious backgroundFacebook and IG jailBalancing our creatrix and business partsResourcesBurning WomanThe Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred ObjectsDiscover Your Inner Symbols – MasterclassThe Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image Women Who Run With the Wolves and Mother Night – Clarissa Pinkola Estes – listen to our Creative Magic special on Women Who Run with the WolvesThe Holy Wild: A Heathen Bible for the UntamedThe Great Cosmic Mother Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sophie Messager bridges worlds that rarely meet. A former reproductive physiologist with a PhD, she traded her microscope for a medicine drum after experiencing the transformative power of an empowered birth. Her decade-long journey as a doula, birth educator, and author of Why Postnatal Recovery Matters deepened her exploration of the rhythms surrounding women's transitions.Now a holistic life transition mentor, Sophie guides women through significant life thresholds—from birth to perimenopause and beyond. Her unique combination of scientific expertise and spiritual insight allows her to serve as a compassionate space holder for those seeking to harmonise their analytical and intuitive selves.Her new book The Beat of Your Own Drum: the history, science and contemporary use of drumming as a path for women’s wisdom, health and transformation is published by Womancraft Publishing and available everywhere now.Her podcast The Wisdom Messengerwww.sophiemessager.comWe talked about: Drumming as nervous system regulationDrumming and birthBridging the intellectual and spiritual worldsWearing many hatsIntuitive drum and intuitive danceWomen’s life transitionsReclaiming childhood joysNeurodivergence and regulationHow we have lost regulation in contemporary patriarchal society.For a deeper dive, join us for the Extended Episode – just $3/ month, exclusively on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce - where we discussSchuman ResonanceMicrodosing – drumming and psylocibin.ResourcesThe Beat of Your Own DrumBurnout – Amelia NagoskiCome as You Are – Emily NagoskiJane Hardwicke CollingsThe Emerald – The Revolution will not be PsychologizedJeff StrongPeter LevineWomen Making Noise conversation series Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joanne Harris (OBE, FRSL) is the internationally renowned and award-winning author of over twenty novels, plus novellas, cookbooks, scripts, short stories, libretti, lyrics, articles, and a self-help book for writers, TEN THINGS ABOUT WRITING. In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Sheffield and Huddersfield, is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.She performs in a live music and storytelling show with the #Storytime Band.She also has a form of synaesthesia which enables her to smell colours. Red, she says, smells of chocolate.www.joanne-harris.co.uk/Author image credit - Kyte PhotographyWe talked about The film adaptations of Chocolat that didn’t happenHer cover artworkDeveloping her voice as a writerThe different forms of magic in her booksOn discovering magical realismImposter syndromeWriting and motherhoodHow she writesFood as a love languageMoving beyond the archetype of the white male writer and the assumptions that go along with that.Belonging and being an outsiderHer advice for writersIn the extended episode just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:Her great-grandmother who was a witchCosy books, current book trends in fantasy and armchair murder mysteries and reading for comfort in a world gone madHow she researches her booksHer current creative rabbit holePlus some of her thoughts on magic from her most recent books – The Moonlight Market, Chocolat and Vianne.ResourcesChocolat (book) Chocolat (film) The Five Love LanguagesThe Moonlight Market Vianne 10 Things About Writing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Victoria Firth is a writer, theatre maker and performer based in Yorkshire. Her work is concerned with embodiment and connection, exploring things lots of us feel but don’t really talk about. Her one-woman show, about childlessness and reinvention, ‘How to be amazingly happy!’ toured nationally; she curated a collection of writing on the presentation of the body – inspired by her live art performance ‘The Butter Piece’; her poetry has recently been published in Northern Gravy's anthology. She is now producing her second play 'Batty!' exploring witches as role models for women othered by social norms and our reciprocal connection with nature. She can be found walking on the moors or wild swimming with her dog Blaidd.Website: https://www.victoriafirth.co.uk/BATTY! Information and tour dates: https://www.victoriafirth.co.uk/batty/Instagram: @msvhf Facebook @msvictoriafirthWe talked about:·      Her new show – Batty, about a midlife woman reclaiming her wildness·      Making space for our creativity as women·      Redefining success…and failure·      The three stages of creativity·      Becoming a performer in midlife·      Navigating the inner battle between the creative drive and the need for inner safety·      “the bell that keeps ringing”·      The invisible economy of the arts·      Creativity, magic and being highly sensitiveIn the extended episode, just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:·      Perimenopause ·      Structural divergence and patriarchy bustingBooks MentionedBurning WomanThe Highly Sensitive Person – Elaine N. Aron Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Detweiler works out of her home studio undulating between her art practice and motherhood. She explores beyond the traditional boundaries of painting by including various hand embroidery techniques and mixed media materials into her work. Motherhood, nostalgia, and themes that touch on the universality of the human experience all have significance in her work.An award-winning artist, Sarah has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions in galleries across the country and virtually. She exhibits regularly at Paradigm Gallery in Philadelphia where she has had 2 sold out solo exhibitions.www.sarahdetweiler.comwww.instagram.com/SD_Artifactswww.paradigmarts.org/collections/sarah-detweilerWe talked about:·      Hidden Mothers·      The shame umbrella·      Weirdness, feralness and domesticity·      The Creative Rainbow Mother archetype·      My book The Rainbow Way – the Artist’s Way for creative mothers·      Creative evolution and getting bored·      Her definition of successIn the extended episode just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:·      The crossover between ADHD and Barbara Sher’s Scanners and Elaine M. Aron’s highly sensitive person·      Creative rabbit holes ·      The feral forties and perimenopause and Women Who run with the Wolves·      Her ADHD puppet alter egoBooks MentionedThe Rainbow Way: cultivating creativity in the midst of motherhoodCreatrix: she who makesWomen’s Bodies Women’s Wisdom – Christiane NorthrupLynn V Andrews – Jaguar WomanShe of the SeaBig Magic – Liz GilbertThe Creative Act – A Way of Being – Rick RubinBurning WomanWomen Who Run With the Wolves Nightbitch – Rachel YoderWeaving Our Way Beyond Patriarchy – A Womancraft CompendiumRefuse to Choose – Barbara SherThe Highly Sensitive Person – Elaine N. Aron Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Lucy and special guests as they celebrate the magic of the sea in an atmospheric episode weaving prose, poetry, music and musings on how the sea can inspire, heal and transform. Featuring extracts from the new audiobook of Lucy's She of the Sea and many special guests including:Sarah Robinson - bestselling author of Yoga for Witches and Kitchen Witch sharing a folktale from the Faroe Islands www.sentiayoga.comMolly Remer - author of 13 books, including, Walking with Persephone sharing some of her poems and stories celebrating the everyday magic that can be discovered on the shore. www.brigidsgrove.comClare Beloved reading sea-salted poems from her new book Somewhere Between Derelict and Divine - www.clarebeloved.comEleanor Brown - singer-songwriter shares her Selkie Song https://eleanorbrown.bandcamp.com/Stella Tomlinson - author of several soulful books for women, sharing about selkies www.stellatomlinson.comJaine Rose - visual artist reflects on why she is a sea witch www.jainerose.comListener stories - Suzanne Brewer and Annette Vaucanson Kelly on selkies and the sea.Join us for a deeper dive in the Extended Episode, available on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce for $3/month to unlock:More from the She of the Sea audiobook Extended contributor pieces includingMolly’s incredible ancestral connection to US maritime history as well as hear some of her newest and as yet unpublished sea poemsExtra poems from Clare BelovedA brand new Eleanor Brown song, not available anywhere else Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.