I have been joyfully unemployed for a couple of months! Join me for a unique episode on the show where I share an inside look at my life story and explore what it means to have a calling, especially if one is not clear. I hope you enjoy today's episode! Be sure to leave a comment <3 xoxo
Join me in welcoming word witch, Kate Belew, to the pod!Kate Belew is an author, poet, and Witch. Her work exists at the crossroads of creativity and magic. She has taught and facilitated circles and workshops worldwide since 2017. She is dedicated to the spirit of poetry, the sacred wild of the planet, and seeks enchantment in all she does. She is a forever student of the plants and the stars. She has an MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College and is an initiated Green Witch. Her roots are in Michigan, and her wings are in Brooklyn, two places she calls home. Here is the link to her website, where you can find her book as well as how to work with her. The whole website is pasted below as well.https://katebelew.com/Post- Episode Correction: I stated that the author of a quote was a black queer activist. I was incorrect in that this was a queer activist, but they are not black. Here is the quote from Dan Savage, speaking on resilience during the AIDS crisis: "We buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night."Link to "Gravy" poem by Raymond Carver hereThanks for listening! Leave a comment if you enjoyed today's episode
What a whopper I have for you today! This one is especially poignant if you have Saturn in Aries because your (OUR) return is coming babe. February 13th, Saturn officially re enters Aries after 29 years absentia. In today’s episode we explore the Kronos wound, adultism - the resentment adults feel towards the young- and generally how to avoid becoming a crotchety old person and instead someone at peace with time! Shared @ end: did you take my dare? Share in the comments how it went! Or as always feel free to email me at JENAOCEAN@GMAIL.comI’m off Instagram right now talk to re-establish my relationship with the ap through some time apart. In the MEANTIME: - you’re invited to my show, When the Rain Stops Falling tickets linked there!- my episode of Naked and Afraid comes out March 1st! Preview is linked here Like this? Make sure you’re Following the show! Next week I have a special guest on for V Day! You won’t want to miss. Clue: Word Witch 😘🐦⬛
How I survived a silent Buddhist retreat, and other thoughts on the commodity of our attention!Welcome back to another episode, if you enjoy this, please send it to a friend and consider leaving me a review ♥️I will be off of Instagram for the foreseeable future perhaps until spring perhaps longer. If you want to get in contact, please email me at Jena ocean@gmail.com. I will still be accepting bookings for one-on-one work at Joyplay.org/bookings.
Join me as we talk way more about snakes than you planned to today! Have mixed feelings about New Year’s resolutions but still want to honestly reflect on the year?This episode is a loving nudge to stop hoarding past experiences and gripping onto past karma, in order to grow into something bigger. Don’t miss the value of this potent time of the year! Grab a cup of tea and join me for today’s year end episode. Link to FEMMES AND THEMS COMEDY think tank January 15th at Reedmor in Portsmouth: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SSN2VHSLiked this episode? Send it to the hottest person you know and leave me 5 stars 😘Join me on Instagram @joyplay__Head to joyplay.org to book with me.
Merry solstice! The light returns little by little until June! Join me for a cozy episode of appreciation for my witchcraft practice, as well as reflections and thoughts for the astrology and lunation of this time of year. Please leave a comment and share this with a friend! I read every one and it is an easy way for you to share warmth with me this winter season. Xoxo Jena
This week I discovered the trifold meaning of the popular phrase Wabi Sabi! Join me in exploring how the concept of imperfection can enrich our lives this holiday season. This episode is packed with quotes, poems, and grounding intentions for how you might release control of outcomes during the holidays and beyond. How can focus focusing on the soil of your own garden instead of the exact yield or outcome of situations help you to be a better witch for yourself and for your community? Let’s dive in.! Let me know when the comments: how are you embracing the concept of Wabi Sabi during your holiday season and your New Year’s resolutions? Also, what would you like to hear next on the podcast? Help me think of ideas as I embark on trying to be consistent and let go of the need for perfection in my own podcast.
Are you afraid of the dark? If so, congratulations! You are human! Join me in this episode as we explore how the darkness, though we try our hardest to avoid it has gifts within it if we are willing to work through our shadows.Sign up for my in person workshop December 3 with my friend Libby Duffy. We will be at Bearwolf brewing from 6 to 8 PM. The workshop will focus on using Tarot as divination when looking ahead to the new year, 2026 the year of the magician and the pool. Sign up for the workshop, fools magic on my website at Joy play.org/events
Join me in this conversation about ADORNMENT! Let’s talk all things style and self expression from the lens of witchcraft and my own personal journey. We will talk about why the phrase “I could never pull that off” drives me nuts, how style has no rules, and why anyone who says it does is wrong. My libra moon had a field day on this one! I end the episode with a handful of practical tips on how to lean into style as ADORNMENT and Magick. I hope you like it! Let me know how you got on in the comments ♥️
Were you brought up in a church that told you divination was evil?Have you ever wondered why? Do you feel the pull to try out cards or even just drawn to the artwork of them?Come on in babe this episode is for you ♥️🐥I’m sharing my journey from my very first deck cracked open on the pandemic, to where I am now: a professional witch and card reader. Hop in the waters bubblin! Work with me: for parties or unique requests dm me @Joyplay__ on Instagram. See my offerings at joyplay.org.
Talking about creation and connection with the realm beyond during this time of the thinning veil!
I’m excited to be back!This podcast is a welcome into my metaphorical living room. We talk about how to exist on the hedges of this world. Witches, seekers, and lovers alike be welcome here ♥️
ALL ABOUT ancestral veneration- why i connect with my ancestors- my journey through conservative christian views- how to connect with ancestors
Join me in welcoming WOLF WOMAN WITCH, Danielle Duslky to the show!Danielle Dulsky is the author of The Night House and numerous other titles including Woman Most Wild, The Holy Wild Grimoire, and Bones & Honey. A heathen visionary, painter, poet, storyteller, and word-witch, she teaches internationally and has facilitated circles, embodiment trainings, communal spell work, and seasonal rituals since 2007. She is the founder of The Hag School and believes in the emerging power of wild collectives and sudden circles of curious dreamers, cunning witches, and rebellious artists in healing our ailing world. Visit her online at http://www.danielledulsky.com. Link to her book’s product page on Amazon: https://a.co/d/eSnTUIC. Link to sign up for a welcoming, homecoming WITCH'S RETREAT this summer! https://www.joyplay.org/event-details-registration/lammas-witches-retreatXOXOX THANKS FOR STOPPING BY THE HEARTH! Catch you next time.
Welcome to a Living Room Chat! Today you are invited into a slowwww down, via a conversation about altars, decluttering, and a delicious visualization meditation at the end. Also, I share about one of my favorite Goddesses from my ethnic region, Saule. Let's slowly remerge from our caves and dens as the light reutrns. If you like this episode, consider giving it a share and leaving a comment!
What stops us form creating the communities we crave? In this episode, we are unraveling why so many of us long for authentic community- but struggle to build it. We're talking nervous system regulation, the aganol breaths of a dying world order, the idden dynamis that keep us isolated, and why the revolution just might be led by emotionally regulated, interconnected and supported, witches. Stick around for journaling prompts at the end. If you want to hangout IN PERSON- I have just launched my LAMMAS WITCHES RETREAT. August 1-3, 2025 in NEW YORK STATE! First 4 women to sign up get early bird pricing! https://www.joyplay.org/event-details-registration/lammas-witches-retreat
April Ajoy is a content creator and podcast host who uses humor to shine a light on harmful, toxic, and sometimes just weird traits of American Evangelicalism. After growing up an evangelist’s kid entrenched in Christian Nationalism and working in conservative Christian media, she saw the harm caused firsthand. Still a Christian, she uses her platform to expose the dangers of Christian Nationalism while promoting a more inclusive faith. April has been featured on Buzzfeed, CNN, Newsweek and more. She’s been married to Beecher for 10 years and they have two daughters together.Enjoy this illuminating and hope-giving conversation with April Ajoy! Recorded in November 2024.Want some extra energetic support during this season of life? Head over to joyplay.org/booking to work with Jena.
Welcome to a Living Room CHAT! I am happy you're here. Pull up a chair and grab yourself a hot toddy. Today we are answering two important witchy questions: 1. how does one BECOME A WITCH? 2. What is the difference between a routine and a ritual? Should I pay more attention to one over the other? And bonus: some thoughts on leaning into structure as a person who despises it. (Capricorn season anyone?) I am happy you are here! Please consider leaving 5 stars and a review <3 xoxo Jena
Join me in today's living room chat! We are talking all about Saturn Return - what it is, how to prepare for it, and a brush-up on astrology overall. Ms Pettey if you are reading this- please don't take it as an offense that you embodied Saturn in my childhood.
Join me for BTS! - RITUALS - TRANSITIONS - LIVING IN TENSION AS A WITCH - THE FIRE OF THE HEARTH - RHYTHMS OF WINTER All thru April I am offering sliding scale reiki! Head to: Joyplay.org and click Book Online to see pricing. <3