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This Scorpio New Moon on Monday 9 November is a moon of release. It’s the season of the Phoenix, burning to ash so we can rise renewed. With Mercury and Venus both retrograde, this isn’t a time for shiny new intentions. It’s a time to look at what we’re ready to let go.In the first of our new guest-interview episodes, I’m joined by Jessica, founder of Ash & Origin. Jessica was initiated as a Grim Reaper, and her work lives in the shadow, in death and in renewal. We talk about endings, transformation, and finding our way back to ourselves when life has pulled us away.In this episode:– The energy of the Scorpio New Moon: water, fire and transmutation– The Phoenix archetype and what it asks of us– Shadow work and why the dark matters– The Return Ritual: remember, release, returnNew Moon journaling prompts:– What am I still carrying that I already know is finished?– Where am I keeping something alive out of fear, loyalty or habit?– If I let this part of me die, what is waiting underneath?Find Jessica and The Return Ritual, her 21-day guided journal, at ashorigin.com and on IG you'll find Jessica @ash_originFind me at fredereka.com and on Instagram @freddyjohnstonxoxIf this episode stirred something in you, please share it with someone who’s in their own Phoenix moment.

One Hundred Days of Rewilding: Launch POD!Listening to Pain, Reimagining Healing, and Trusting Embodied IntuitionKatie, a dance movement psychotherapist, hosts a launch event for Freddy Johnston’s self-published book One Hundred Days of Rewilding, outlining the evening’s reading, and Q&R (responses).Freddy reads from the opening of the book, describing how a prior manuscript “stepped aside” after a June diagnosis of fibroids and adenomyosis following months of worsening symptoms, repeated GP visits, and frustration with being offered hormonal interventions like the Mirena coil without imaging; she pushed for an ultrasound/MRI and reacted to a seven-month wait for gynecology. The discussion challenges “gold standard” medical framing, emphasizes agency, “healing as liberation,” and listening to pain rather than suppressing it, while addressing fear-based decisions, women’s health knowledge gaps, medical language power imbalances, and support for patients. There is a discussion around concerns about “leaning into pain” and how this could be misconstrued, given the racial bias in pain management (in who is and is not prescribed painkillers, in documentation, and in stereotypes about Black women’s pain tolerance).Freddy also describes a womb-led pilgrimage to Chartres Cathedral and the role of creativity, community, and play in transmuting anger and illness.Time stamps below, read on for details about the upcoming guest on November's New Moon pod.00:00 Welcome and Book Launch00:31 Katie Introduction and Somatic Healing02:36 Tonight Agenda and Creative Flow03:31 Meeting Through Movement and Art05:15 Introducing Author Freddy05:52 Book Reading Health Wake Up Call11:59 First Book Vulnerability and Process15:45 Questioning the Gold Standard20:54 Body Politics and Womens Health Gaps22:18 Community Stories and Creative Activism26:08 Pain as Teacher26:49 Shaking Out Trauma28:41 Listening to Pain31:48 Rewriting Medical Language36:32 Leaning In Question38:00 Pain and Bias42:48 Support at Appointments44:39 Womb Led Pilgrimage46:51 Chartres Heart Return48:07 Trust and Making It Work50:32 Practical Spirituality51:43 Ending With PlayNext up on November 9th, Jessica from Ash & Origin, on developing her entrepreneurial voice and what prompted her to develop Ash & Origin in the first place.Where to buy One Hundred Days? UK and Europs https://amzn.eu/d/05FBWoobAmerica https://a.co/d/05WBAKDx

✨ Book launch tomorrow, Wed 28 October✨Doors open 7:45pm UK time on Zoom. Join me for a dance party, a conversation with my dear friend Katie, and a short guided creative process. No experience needed. Sign up HERE🌙Darling beans of the universe, it's been a minute! In this short poderoo I share where the pod is heading. From now on there’ll be a solo episode around each full moon, and a conversation with a woman entrepreneur finding her voice around each new moon. First up, in November, will be Jessica from Ash and Origin 🥳🌟🥳Also in this episode:The addiction to intensity in the entrepreneurial world, and why I’m choosing to talk with people who are responding rather than reactingHow One Hundred Days of Rewilding came to be: following a simple healing protocol for 100 days while living with adenomyosis and fibroids, and watching what shiftedGoing from barely managing a walk along the seafront to walking Margate to Broadstairs and back, no probsThe belief hiding behind “I can’t afford it”A self-publishing tip for anyone with a book brewingThe question at the heart of the book: what’s your fibroid? What’s the stagnation in your own life that’s ready to be freed up?📖 One Hundred Days of Rewilding is out now on Amazon 📸 Follow along on Instagram, the best place to find out what’s happening: @freddyjohnstonxoxAre you thinking about writing or self-publishing your own book? Let me know in the poll below. If there’s enough interest, I’d love to chat more about it on upcoming pod's or even create a course on getting your story started.Also, there's. One Hundred Days of Rewilding Playlist I'm linking to.Chat soon, my loves 💛

Freddy shares a raw, honest Sunday morning update from Margate... diving into her 50-day "Free the Fibroid" healing journey using qigong, visualization, and energy work, and what it's taught her about stagnation, self-trust, and liberation. She opens up about survival mode and the winding path to flourishing boldly, reflects on grief following the recent deaths of Carolyn Elliott and Glen Hansard, and shares an exciting update about her upcoming appearance at the OM Yoga Show. A tender, unfiltered conversation about healing your body by listening to it instead of fighting it.

Freddy records an early morning update from her kitchen in Margate, overlooking the sea, sharing a wild month of health discoveries. After finally getting a comprehensive private ultrasound of her uterus, she received confirmation of adenomyosis and fibroids.However! Instead of defaulting to allopathic solutions, she dove deep into a Qi Gong healing protocol, hypnotherapy, and an embodied art process drawn from her Tamalpa training. She reflects on the empowering shift of taking ownership of her own healing, the shocking statistic that nearly 60% of hysterectomies are fibroid-related, and her growing vision of a community art project to honour women's unheard health stories. She also muses on perimenopause, feminine power, fear-based living, and what it really means to believe "I am enough."Connect with FreddyInstagramWebsiteFree Meditation