Getting to Know Woo

Episode 27 - Getting to Know Past Lives

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are back to discuss past lives and their impact on present time.
In this episode, they talk about:
The fun of riding bikes
Ideas formed in childhood
The beauty of this ice cream sandwich
An energetic boost for healing happening now
How to access your own information/intuition
How to de-energize past life patterns
And more!
Plus...
The audiobook of Natasha's Healing Your Inner Child is now available anywhere you get your audiobooks!
Individual readings are available again for now.  Learn more or book one here
Learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com
Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Episode 26 - Getting to Know Divine Timing

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are back to discuss friendship, divine timing, and more.
In this episode, they talk about:
A unexpectedly deep dive into the meaning of friendship
The energy of divine timing
Learning to trust where you are
Finding comfort in your smallness in the universe
Being okay with impermanence of your own beliefs
Pulling a card for the week: The Seer
And more!
Plus...
The audiobook of Natasha's Healing Your Inner Child is available for pre-order!  Learn how you could get it free at audiobooks.com
Individual readings are available again for now.  Learn more or book one here
Learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com
Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Episode 25 - Getting to Know Moving

Aaaaaand we're back!  After three and a half stressful months host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett Christensen, are here to talk about their cross-country move, its effects, the tools they are each using to manage, and more.
In this episode they talk about:
Ranking the most stressful times in their lives
Experiencing the "both...and" of life
Shoutouts to Brett's family for all their help during the move
Confidence despite reasons not to be confident
Venus in retrograde = relationships
Surrendering to what is happening now
Grounding into the present
This week's Energy Report: Receive the Joy!
Brett & Natasha's separate relationships to Pizza Night
Working with hypervigilant parts
And more!
 
Plus:
Individual readings are available again for now.  Learn more or book one here
Natasha's Awakening mentorship is booking now for new clients to start in September.  Learn more here.
 
Check Yourself Before You Rec Yourself:
Deuxmoi
Queer As Fact - A queer history podcast
The Barbie Movie
Heartstopper
Arrested Development
Barry

Episode 24 - Getting to Know Grounding

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are back to talk about grounding and it's importance in your self-healing work.
In this episode, they talk about:
Their unpredictable publishing schedule
The difficulties of moving on a tight timeline
Feeling a pull (or push?) toward minimalism?
The pandemic clearing out friendships
How energy healing has given Natasha the gift of knowing herself
How grounding helps you distinguish your information from others
The "sexier" parts of energy healing
The myriad ways people dismiss "woo" stuff
How are auras like math?
Our minds are powerful
This week's energy report
And more!
Plus...
Podcast listeners get a 10% discount on Natasha's new class, Grounding is Your Secret Weapon.  Just use code WOOZINATORS at checkout! 
Natasha's new book, Healing Your Inner Child is out now, wherever you get your books!
You can learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com
Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Episode 23 - Getting to Know Indigenous Wisdom with Asha Frost

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are so excited to talk with indigenous medicine woman Asha Frost, author of You Are the Medicine.
In this episode, they discuss:
Asha's viral blog post "Dear White Woman Who Wants to Be Like Me"
The experience of appropriation and disrespect for indigenous lived experience
The overwhelming experience of receiving hostility
Taking up space as an indigenous voice to shift the narrative around the use of indigenous practices
Working through putting yourself out there as an introvert
Humility is not equal to smallness
Honoring the individual gifts everyone has
Seeing ourselves as equal to--not above--other living things
Growth & life going in cycles
The anti-hustle message of bear medicine
Asha's diagnosis with lupus at age 17
Exerting your sacred no
Practices for healing ancestral trauma
How "resilience" can bypass healing
Normalizing things not being easy
Too much talk about wordle
Natasha's on meth now...well dexmethylphenidate
Time confusion during pandemic
And more!
Plus...
Get a free class on inner validation when you pre-order Natasha's new book, Healing Your Inner Child. Details at highestlighthealing.com.
You can learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com
Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.
 
Mentioned in this episode:
Asha's website
Asha's latest book, You Are the Medicine
Asha's instagram
Asha's oracle deck, The Sacred Medicine Oracle
 

Episode 22 - Getting to Know Creativity Magic with Lisa Quigley

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are thrilled to talk about creativity magic with Lisa Quigley, the Creativity Witch.
In this episode, they discuss:
Taking time for creativity where you can get it
Shifts in relationship to her creativity after becoming a parent
Ritualizing the start of a new project
The crisis after her first published book came out
Re-wilding creativity
The toxic effect of capitalism and patriarchy on creativity
Still looking for a name for our listeners
Todd the Senior Foster Cat is at it again
So Help Me Todd is a drama??
Brett & Natasha sift through (but don't quite unpack) their baggage around bragging & self-love
Recommendations for LGBTQ+ friendly states?
This week's energy report: power struggles, slip 'n' slides, and acceptance
Does Natasha sound drunk?
And more!
Plus...
Get a free class on inner validation when you pre-order Natasha's new book, Healing Your Inner Child. Details at highestlighthealing.com.
You can learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com
Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.
 
Mentioned in this episode:
Lisa's website
Lisa's instagram
Lisa's substack

Episode 21 - Getting to Know Crystals with Nicholas Pearson

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are so excited to have author Nicholas Pearson on the show.  They talk about crystals and stones and Nicholas's new book, Crystal Basics Pocket Encyclopedia: The Energetic, Healing, and Spiritual Power of 450 Gemstones.
In this episode, they discuss:
Nicholas's start in minerals at 8yo with his grandfather
How science & spirituality are describing the same things in crystals
The historic and living spiritual practices with crystals & minerals
His random but fateful assignment to work in a natural history museum
the importance of personal experience
The drawn between certain rocs and certain people
Meditating on a stone before learning the geology of it
The geological promiscuity of copper
Nicholas's personal approach to getting to know stones
His personal approach to getting to know stones
Inviting crystals or stones to work with you
The environmental and ethical implications of the mineral trade
What to do when a crystal breaks
The effect of shape on a crystal
That time Jon Stewart almost ran over Natasha
Unlearning self-criticism
Investigating areas where you are blocked
Considering your actual capacity when making plans
Controversy! Natasha likes TikTok!
This week's energy report
And more!
Plus...
Pre-order Natasha's new book, Healing Your Inner Child, and get a free class on inner validation.  Details at highestlighthealing.com.
You can learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com
Getting to Know Woo is a weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.
 
Mentioned in the show:
Nicholas's website
Nicholas's instagram
Nicholas's tiktok
The Problem with Jon Stewart
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
 

Episode 20 - Getting to Know Empaths with Tanya Carroll Richardson

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are so excited to have prolific author and gifted intuitive, Tanya Carroll Richardson to the show.  They talk about empaths and Tanya's new book, Empath Heart: Relationship Strategies for Sensitive People.
In this episode, they discuss:
Natasha claiming her own name!
A recent breakthrough for Brett
The power of speaking your thoughts out loud
Neural pathways for speech production and hearing
How listening to you inner child parts creates space for decisions
Tanya's many books and TWO upcoming oracle decks
How much this book resonates for Brett & Natasha
The high rate of codependency among empaths
Defining what she means by "empath"
Cultivating the ability to turn empathic abilities on or off
Feeling & Absorbing versus Observing & Witnessing
Empaths don't have to feel & absorb to get intuitive information
Learning to take up more space in the world
Regularly checking in with your own feelings
Knowing your north star priorities
Sitting with uncomfortable energy
This week's energy report
And more!
Plus...
Pre-order Natasha's new book, Healing Your Inner Child, and get a free class on inner validation.  Details at highestlighthealing.com.
You can learn about about Natasha's 3-month mentorship offering, Awakening at highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com
Getting to Know Woo is a weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.
 
Mentioned in the show:
Tanya's instagram
Tanya's facebook
Tanya's website
Lala Clothing
Washington Post Dinner Recipes
Pea the Feary
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Friend of the Pod and gifted human being, Jonathan Koe
Astrologer and friend of the pod, Britten LaRue

Episode 19 - Getting to Know Real-Life Healing Stories with Beth Newell

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are excited to start a new recurring interview series featuring real-life healing stories from Natasha's clients.  Hopefully, hearing the specific issues they faced, the tools they used and what it was all like will bring comfort, inspiration, or insight to others.
This week, they welcome comedy writer, Reductress founder, and former kind boy king, Beth Newell.
In this episode, they discuss:
Beth's heckler comedy impulses
Her brother's unexpected death
Transferring her workaholic energy into spiritual practice
Looking for answers externally
Unexpected benefits of healing work
Not enough support for emotional work in society
"Running into" your inner child
Not feeling accountable to everyone any more
Having your own back
Toxic Femininity and how women are taught to be
Beth's past life as a kind boy king
How not comforting Brett was to Natasha
Brett's basically a black belt now
The energy of the coming week
The unexpected gifts of grief
Fighting the flow
And more!
Plus...
Pre-order Natasha's new book, Healing Your Inner Child, and get a free class.  Details at highestlighthealing.com.
You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com
Getting to Know Woo is a weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.
 
Mentioned in the show:
Beth's substack: bethnewell.substack.com
Elyse Myers and Braden Bales on TikTok
Many Lives, Many Master by Brian L. Weiss, MD
The Artists Way by Julia Cameron
Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Natasha's Energy Report on Mind Body Green
 

Episode 18 - Getting to Know Healing Trauma with Devin Brooks

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are happy to interview Devin Brooks, Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapist.
In this episode, they discuss:
Devin's start in music therapy
Working with complex trauma
Protecting your energy when working with disregulated people
Checking your agenda at the door
The definition of trauma
The difference between PTSD and Complex Trauma
How trauma stops development of the self
Thrill-seeking as a trauma response
Feeling "bored" by healthy relationships
Lack of childhood memories as a symptom of trauma
"Easy Child" syndrome
Safety feels uncomfortable when you're used to chaos
Tips for sitting with discomfort
Gaining vocabulary for your feelings
Brett's McGuyver pop filter
Natasha's birthday weekend
Our two new senior foster cats
How fear affects people and animals
Getting through "The Messy Middle"
True Self or Future Self
"Human beings, not human doings"
And more!
Plus...
Pre-order Natasha's new book, Healing Your Inner Child, and get a free class.  Details in the show.
You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us
Also, if you sign up for Natasha's newsletter, you'll get three free guided audio meditations, including one on clearing your chakras!
Send questions or show topic suggestions to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com
Getting to Know Woo is a weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.
 
Mentioned in the show:
Devin's Instagram
Somatic Experiencing Therapy
Internal Family Systems
Natasha's Energy Report on Mind Body Green
Friend of the Pod and gifted human being, Jonathan Koe