Episodes

  • Episode 10: The Messy Before the Magic - Menopause, Midlife and Remembering Who You Are

    Episode 10: The Messy Before the Magic - Menopause, Midlife and Remembering Who You Are
    Apr 7 2026
    In this episode of Contain Her Magic, Sonia is joined by Dr. Karen Lamb and Dr. Aliza Cicerone, naturopathic doctors and hosts of the Messy Midlife podcast, for a grounded and honest conversation about midlife and menopause. Together, they explore what’s actually happening in the body during perimenopause, the wide range of symptoms women may experience, and why this transition often feels so non-linear and unpredictable. The conversation also opens into something deeper—how this phase can shift identity, reshape boundaries, and invite a more authentic way of living. This is a conversation about learning to hold the complexity of this time without collapsing… and discovering that within the mess, there may be something quietly magical—an invitation to return to yourself and remember who you are. 00:00 – Opening hook: “The messy is also freeing… it’s like a pinball machine” 00:32 – Podcast intro 01:09 – Episode introduction: midlife, menopause & “the messy before the magic” 01:50 – What perimenopause actually feels like (symptoms & shifts) 03:24 – Meet the guests: Karen Lamb & Aliza Cicerone 03:55 – How Messy Midlife podcast began 06:30 – Midlife, authenticity & letting go of perfection 09:39 – Karen’s background: mind-body & sensitivity 13:53 – Aliza’s background: women’s health & menopause 17:34 – Sonia’s personal story (endometriosis & non-linear menopause experience) 20:18 – No “right way”: conventional vs naturopathic approaches 23:10 – Mind-body awareness & listening to the body 25:31 – Boundaries shift: when “no” becomes a full-body no 27:24 – Hormones, identity & reorienting toward self 29:08 – Perimenopause as a turning point & wake-up call 31:10 – Identity shifts, choice & redefining your life 33:17 – What is the “messy” of midlife? 34:06 – The messy is freeing & the “pinball machine” of menopause 36:00 – Midlife as a rise into power & wisdom 36:30 – Recalibration, unpredictability & learning to pause 39:12 – Non-negotiables: sleep, energy & self-respect 39:55 – Support: community & finding the right practitioner 40:57 – Letting go of the “good girl” & old roles 42:12 – From chaos to creation: the magic in the messy 45:16 – Final reflections: community, compassion & grace 48:38 – Holding complexity without collapsing 50:27 – Closing the conversation 51:00 – CTA: resources, podcast, YouTube, support 52:12 – Guided practice: holding the messy with presence 54:00 – Closing reflection: becoming, power & remembering who you are ✨ Continue the Journey Continue the conversation with Dr. Karen Lamb & Dr. Aliza Cicerone on the Messy Midlife podcast, and connect with them on social media for ongoing insight and support. 🎙️Podcast Links: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6gq84HyZA1QM9PTs1EY1yoApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/messy-midlife/id1852048250Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MessyMidlifePodcast 🤍Socials: IG: https://www.instagram.com/messymidlifepodcast/?hl=enTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@messymidlifepodcast 🌿 Curious about sensitivity? Explore the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) quiz mentioned in this episode: https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/ 🌹 Work with Sonia ⏳ Five Minutes Just for You — a short guided practice to help you pause, listen, and reconnect - 👉FREE audio download 📍 Join me in person for my upcoming workshops: Contain Her Magic - Mind-Body Coaching Experience The Well Studio, Knowlton, Quebec - April 25thThe Big Retreat Festival, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK - May 24th ✨ Wherever you are in your journey… trust that something beautiful is unfolding within you. 💫 Stay Connected If this episode felt supportive, share it with a woman who might need to hear it too! 🤍 Support the Podcast: ⭐ Subscribe, rate & review Contain Her Magic ☕ Donate to support the show: https://www.paypal.me/soniabaillon 🌕 Follow Contain Her Magic on Instagram 💬Contact Sonia: containhermagic@gmail.com 💫 Learn more about Sonia's yoga and transformational coaching programs 🌐Website: https://soniabaillon.com 👉 Follow Sonia: Facebook - soniabaillon.com Instagram @soniabaillon YouTube - Embody Your Magic 🎵Soundtrack for Contain Her Magic - Return To Me by Scenic Kiss (Sonia Baillon & Mark Gibson) d1866db961bdc1b14e762f68ef06abaa76629989
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    55 mins
  • Episode 9: Your Truth Will Set You Free - Beyond the Story & Into the Body

    Episode 9: Your Truth Will Set You Free - Beyond the Story & Into the Body
    Mar 24 2026
    There comes a moment when something no longer fits… a quiet knowing that who you’ve been isn’t the whole truth of who you are. There was a you before the journey began — before the world shaped you — and your body still remembers her. In this solo episode, Sonia shares a personal identity shift and explores how identity is held not just in the mind, but in the body — in your nervous system, your posture, your patterns, and your emotional responses. This is a conversation about cycles of becoming — of releasing what no longer fits… and allowing yourself to be reborn into a version of you that feels more aligned. At the heart of it is freedom — the freedom to choose how you show up, and who you become next. Because real transformation doesn’t happen by force… It happens through awareness, embodiment, and the willingness to choose differently — again and again. This is an invitation to move beyond the story… and return to yourself. Wild. Free. And already whole. 00:00 — Podcast intro 01:50 — Opening reflection: identity, story, and the self before conditioning 03:20 — The realization: there was a you before the journey began 05:00 — Meditation experience and releasing old identity 07:30 — Freedom as a core value and stepping beyond past experience 10:00 — Relationship example: shifting from protection to openness 12:30 — Identity, adaptation, and the moment things no longer fit 14:00 — The body as a guide: sensation, posture, and emotional signals 17:30 — Listening to discomfort and returning to your true nature 20:00 — Personal shift: feeling lighter, more aligned, more “you” 22:00 — Identity, story, and the body as truth-teller 24:00 — Bottom-up transformation: becoming through the body 26:30 — Alignment, “frequency,” and how change unfolds 28:30 — The role of choice in embodied transformation 30:00 — The cycle of becoming, letting go, and rebirth 32:30 — Invitation to create yourself anew 33:30 — Guided somatic practice 34:40 — Closing reflections: returning to what your body has always known 36:00 — Outro + ways to support the podcast 🌿Continue the Journey If this episode resonated, here are a few ways to deepen the work: ✨ Contain Her Magic — Mind-Body Coaching Experience An immersive workshop where you don’t just think about change — you embody it. 🔥For women ready to reignite their creative fire - without burning out. ✨ The Well —Knowlton, QC (April 25) Join Sonia in a beautiful, grounded space to experience this work in community. ✨ Big Retreat Festival — Wales, UK (May 24) Experience Contain Her Magic in a powerful collective setting. ✨ Online Workshop - From Stuck to Clear (Introductory) A guided experience to explore your goals through the wisdom of your body. ✨ 5 Minutes Just for You - FREE Download A simple, guided pause to help you reconnect with your body, your breath, and your inner truth — even on the busiest days. 💫 Stay Connected If this episode spoke to you, share it with someone who might need to hear it too — and let us know in the comments: Share your truth! 🤍 Support the Podcast: ⭐ Subscribe, rate & review Contain Her Magic ☕ Donate to support the show: https://www.paypal.me/soniabaillon 🌕 Follow Contain Her Magic on Instagram 🎧 Continue Listening If you’d like to explore this journey of identity more deeply, these episodes expand on key themes from today: ✨ Episode 6 — Redefining Resilience (Part 1 & 2) Exploring how we adapt through life’s challenges — and when those patterns no longer serve us. ✨ Episode 7 — Putting Faith Into Action Trusting your inner guidance and taking aligned steps forward. ✨ Episode 8 — Living by Design Aligning with what truly belongs to you and allowing life to meet you there. 💬Contact Sonia: containhermagic@gmail.com 💫 Learn more about Sonia's yoga and transformational coaching programs 🌐Website: https://soniabaillon.com 👉 Follow Sonia: Facebook - soniabaillon.com Instagram @soniabaillon YouTube - Embody Your Magic 🎵Soundtrack for Contain Her Magic - Return To Me by Scenic Kiss (Sonia Baillon & Mark Gibson)
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    37 mins
  • Episode 8: Living by Design - How Trusting What Belongs Will Lift You

    Episode 8: Living by Design - How Trusting What Belongs Will Lift You
    Mar 10 2026
    What happens when life suddenly takes an unexpected turn? In this engaging and uplifting conversation, Sonia sits down with entrepreneur, yoga teacher, Human Design guide, and author Jaime Moar to explore what it means to truly live in alignment with yourself. When Jaime faced a serious and unexpected illness at a pivotal moment in her life, it deepened her commitment to trusting her inner authority and living by design rather than by default. Through honest storytelling, laughter, and powerful insights, Jaime shares how learning to recognize what belongs to you — and what does not belong to you — can transform the way you move through life. Together they explore Human Design, inner authority, the healing power of community, and practical tools for living more intentionally. And if you'd like a gentle pause after listening, Sonia’s 5 Minutes Just for You practice is available below. 00:00 – “I’m not just going to watch and wait my life away.” 01:00 – Introduction: Living by design and trusting what belongs 03:00 – Jaime’s early life and growing up in the Eastern Townships 07:30 – Discovering yoga and the call to serve others 11:00 – Entrepreneurship, community, and opening a yoga studio 12:30 – An unexpected health challenge shifts everything 18:00 – Healing through community support 35:00 – Human Design and listening to your inner authority 45:00 – Writing That Does Not Belong to Me 1:00:00 – Visibility, growth edges, and showing up authentically 1:02:30 – Do you believe in magic? 1:05:00 – What it means to contain your magic 1:10:00 – Living by design and noticing what belongs 1:13:30 – Invitation to pause: 5 Minutes Just for You 1:15:00 – Community reflection and closing message 🌺Continue the Journey If this conversation aligns with you and you’d like to explore these ideas further, here are a few ways to continue the journey. ✨ Take 5 Minutes for Yourself Pause, breathe, and reconnect with what truly belongs to you. ⬇️Get Sonia’s 5 Minutes Just for You practice. FREE Download! Connect with Jaime If you’d like to learn more about Jaime’s work and stay connected, you can explore her offerings here. 🌿 Visit Jaime’s Website Learn more about Jaime’s work, classes, and offerings: Website 🧭 Human Design Discover how Human Design can help you trust your inner authority and live more in alignment. Human Design workshop 📖 Jaime’s Book That Does Not Belong to Me Order my book locally Order my book on Amazon 📱 Follow Jaime Stay connected and hear more reflections from Jaime: Instagram 🌿 Work with Sonia Explore Contain Her Magic coaching and workshops designed to help women reclaim their light and live in alignment. Learn more here: Contain Her Magic - Mind-Body Coaching Workshop @ The Well (Saturday, April 25, 2026) Contain Her Magic Experience for Festivals & Events 💫 Stay Connected If this episode spoke to you, share it with someone who might need to hear it too — and let us know in the comments: What are you noticing in your life that no longer belongs? Let’s keep the conversation alive. 🤍 Support the Podcast: ⭐ Subscribe, rate & review Contain Her Magic ☕ Donate to support the show: https://www.paypal.me/soniabaillon 🌕 Follow Contain Her Magic on Instagram 💬Contact Sonia: containhermagic@gmail.com 💫 Learn more about Sonia's yoga and transformational coaching programs 🌐Website: https://soniabaillon.com 👉 Follow Sonia: Facebook - soniabaillon.com Instagram @soniabaillon YouTube - Yoga & Transformational Coaching 🎵Soundtrack for Contain Her Magic - Return To Me by Scenic Kiss (Sonia Baillon & Mark Gibson)
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Episode 7: Putting Faith Into Action

    Episode 7: Putting Faith Into Action
    Feb 24 2026

    What does faith look like when your life feels like a matter of survival — and where can it take you?

    In this episode of Contain Her Magic, Sonia sits down with Charity Owens — mother of six, entrepreneur, and former political candidate — for a grounded conversation about faith, grit, and self-trust.

    Charity shares her journey through childhood trauma, homelessness, and moments that forced her inward — into silence, journaling, and the pivotal question: How can I add value to who I am right now?

    What emerged wasn’t passive hope, but decisive action — making a plan, taking one step, and trusting she could build something better.

    This episode is about strength born of adversity, faith expressed through action, and allowing something greater to move through you as you move forward.

    👉Listen to the end for a guided practice to help you put your faith into action.

    ⚠️Content Note

    This episode includes discussion of childhood sexual abuse and homelessness. Please listen with care and take what feels supportive for you.

    00:00 — Open: “It was a matter of life or death…” 00:26 — Podcast intro & episode overview 02:03 — Meet Charity Owens 03:06 — Moving to Thailand & starting over 04:50 — Childhood trauma & early identity struggle 07:17 — Homelessness during military service 09:12 — Entering real estate & entrepreneurship 10:29 — Building a healthcare franchise 13:36 — Embracing difference & divine creativity 15:46 — Life lessons, resilience & survival mindset 18:07 — Entering politics & advocating for women & healthcare 21:03 — Motherhood, grit & endurance 23:37 — The silence moment: no electricity, no distractions 24:58 — Forced meditation & choosing to fight 28:37 — Self-love & adding value to yourself 32:11 — Faith into action: divine connection & flow 34:47 — Service beyond self 38:46 — Women’s creative power & leadership 42:30 — Containing your magic: balance & self-awareness 44:12 — Spell work, manifestation & the 1% rule 48:04 — How to put faith into action (practical steps) 52:31 — RP Girls Home & supporting women 54:15 — Yoga Nidra invitation 55:40 — Guided practice: adding value & taking one step 58:00 — International Women’s Day CTA & closing

    🌿 Continue the Journey

    Connect with Charity Owens If Charity’s story resonated with you and you’d like to follow her work or connect directly, you can find her here:

    🌐Website: ComForCare.com

    ☎️Hotline: (843) 505-7887

    Facebook

    LinkedIn

    🌺Practice with Sonia

    If you’re ready to move from reflection into embodiment, join Sonia’s online Yoga Nidra Workshop — a deep relaxation practice where you’ll create a personal mantra to align your intention, your words, and your actions.

    💖Loving ACTION STEP: Take 5 Minutes Just for You - Feel better, starting now with this FREE guided practice.

    🤍 Support the Podcast: ⭐ Subscribe, rate & review Contain Her Magic 📤 Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it ☕ Donate to support the show: https://www.paypal.me/soniabaillon

    🌕 Follow Contain Her Magic on Instagram

    💬Contact Sonia: containhermagic@gmail.com

    💫 Learn more about Sonia's yoga and transformational coaching programs

    🌐Website: https://soniabaillon.com

    👉 Follow Sonia:

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    Instagram @soniabaillon

    YouTube - Yoga & Transformational Coaching

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  • Episode 6 - Part 2: Redefining Resilience - Softness, Sovereignty & Reclaiming Your Spark

    Episode 6 - Part 2: Redefining Resilience - Softness, Sovereignty & Reclaiming Your Spark
    Feb 3 2026
    Part Two of Redefining Resilience is where this conversation comes together — where resilience is embodied as something that truly sustains us. Sonia Baillon and resilience expert Karen Dean return to the question left open in Part One: how can women soften without losing their power? As coaches and longtime friends, they explore resilience through the lens of choice, self-concept, and relationship — with ourselves and with others — reflecting on breath, movement, and nervous system regulation as foundations for lasting change. Together, they examine how self-compassion and self-forgiveness can reshape identity, and how moving out of survival mode opens the door to sovereignty and inner authority. This episode integrates mindset and embodiment, offering a new understanding of resilience as something cultivated from being rather than simply reacting. A guided breathing practice at the end of this episode helps listeners reconnect with their bodies, their inner wisdom, and their capacity to choose differently. If Part One helped you recognize yourself, Part Two is where everything clicks. 00:00 – Welcome & framing Part Two 02:50 – Karen on softness, feminine energy & responsibility 05:10 – Self-talk, inner child & compassion 08:50 – Whose voice are you listening to? 11:40 – Breath as a tool for resilience 15:00 – Nervous system, stress & choice 18:10 – Movement, music & completing the stress cycle 20:50 – Boundaries, relationships & self-worth 23:30 – Self-forgiveness & growth 25:00 – Containing vs releasing your magic 27:10 – Identity beyond roles and titles 30:00 – Karen’s upcoming work & where to find her 32:50 – Sonia’s reflections: identity, embodiment & redefining resilience 50:40 – Receiving support & self-compassion 54:00 – Guided breathing practice 56:40 – Listener invitation & closing 🌿Continue the Journey | Links & Resources If this episode spoke to you, here are a few ways to continue the journey: ✨ Listen to Part One: Redefining Resilience: Strong, Capable & Exhausted — to hear how this conversation began. ✨ Explore Karen Dean's work: Follow Karen Dean for resilience tools, speaking, and coaching: 🌐 Website: Karen Dean - Resilience Expert, Inspiring Speaker, Bestselling Author 📕Book: We Are Unbreakable | Karen Dean 📱 Follow Karen on Facebook, Instagram & LinkedIn 📧 hello@karendeanspeaks.com ✨ Work with Sonia: If you’re ready to move from survival into sustainable resilience, start with: 🔥 Get Your Spark Back- Contain Your Magic (8-week program) - APPLY HERE 💖Loving ACTION STEP: Take 5 Minutes Just for You - Feel better, starting now with this FREE guided practice. 🤍 Support the Podcast: ⭐ Subscribe, rate & review Contain Her Magic 📤 Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it ☕ Donate to support the show: https://www.paypal.me/soniabaillon 🌕 Follow Contain Her Magic on Instagram 💬Contact Sonia: containhermagic@gmail.com 💫 Learn more about Sonia's yoga and transformational coaching programs 🌐Website: https://soniabaillon.com 👉 Follow Sonia: Facebook - soniabaillon.com Instagram @soniabaillon YouTube - Yoga & Transformational Coaching 🎵Soundtrack for Contain Her Magic - Return To Me & Desire, by Scenic Kiss (Sonia Baillon & Mark Gibson)
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  • Episode 6 - Part 1: Redefining Resilience - Strong, Capable & Exhausted

    Episode 6 - Part 1: Redefining Resilience - Strong, Capable & Exhausted
    Jan 27 2026

    In Part One of this two-part conversation, Sonia Baillon welcomes resilience expert, bestselling author and friend Karen Dean for an honest, deeply human exploration of what resilience really means for women who are strong, capable — and quietly exhausted.

    Together, they reflect on early leadership experiences, feminism, entrepreneurship, and the lived hardships that shaped Karen’s identity, including single motherhood, abuse, and community leadership.

    The conversation widens to examine burnout, boundaries, masculine and feminine energy, self-trust, and listening to gut wisdom. Karen speaks candidly about her desire to soften without losing her power, naming a tension many women feel but rarely articulate.

    Part One ends with a powerful unanswered question: how can women reclaim their softness while still honoring their strength?

    This episode sets the stage for Part Two, where resilience will be redefined in a way that truly sustains.

    00:00 – Intro: redefining resilience and framing the two-part series 02:50 – Introducing Karen Dean and today’s focus 04:10 – Shared history at Mount Saint Vincent University 06:40 – First leadership breakthrough 08:40 – Feminism, leadership, and social justice roots 11:30 – Identity, motherhood, and reclaiming self 14:10 – Abusive marriage and learning “I am enough” 17:10 – Choosing independence and redefining partnership 20:00 – Gut vs heart: embodied wisdom 23:10 – Karen’s book We Are Unbreakable 26:40 – Why are women expected to be so strong? 30:00 – Masculine and feminine energy 33:20 – Burnout and the importance of “just being” 37:20 – Boundaries and self-care 41:00 – The young Crone phase 44:50 – Mirror work and self-love 47:50 – Receiving support 49:30 – Softness vs responsibility (leads into Part Two)

    Continue the Journey | Links & Resources

    ✨ Learn more about Karen Dean: 🌐 Website: Karen Dean - Resilience Expert, Inspiring Speaker, Bestselling Author 📕Book: We Are Unbreakable | Karen Dean 📱 Follow Karen on Facebook, Instagram & LinkedIn

    📧 hello@karendeanspeaks.com

    💛 Work with Sonia Baillon: 🔥 Get Your Spark Back / Contain Your Magic (8-week program) - APPLY HERE 🌿 Choose Me Promo Bundle: 21-Day Starter Challenge for Embodied Joy + Yoga Nidra Workshop. Use coupon code CHOOSEME26 at checkout to get 26% off! 🎪 Contain Her Magic Experience (events & festivals): Contain Her Magic Experience: Mind-Body Workshop & Yoga Journey

    💖Loving ACTION STEP: Take 5 Minutes Just for You - Feel better, starting now with this FREE guided practice.

    🎧 Listen Next: ➡️ Episode 7 — Part Two of this conversation - Drops Tuesday, February 3, 2026!

    🤍 Support the Podcast: ⭐ Subscribe, rate & review Contain Her Magic 📤 Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it ☕ Donate to support the show: https://www.paypal.me/soniabaillon

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    💬Contact Sonia: containhermagic@gmail.com

    💫 Learn more about Sonia's yoga and transformational coaching programs

    👉 Follow Sonia:

    Facebook - soniabaillon.com

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    54 mins
  • Episode 5: Falling Into Grace - How Gratitude and Setbacks Help You Contain Your Magic

    Episode 5: Falling Into Grace - How Gratitude and Setbacks Help You Contain Your Magic
    Jan 9 2026

    In this heartfelt solo episode, Sonia Baillon reflects on “falling into grace,” showing how gratitude in the midst of setbacks becomes a doorway to transformation.

    After a literal fall down the stairs, she shares lessons from her body, mind, and heart, weaving in insights from past episodes on rest, stillness, and self-care.

    Sonia also introduces tools for reclaiming your spark and reaching your goals this year — including her NEW Get Your Spark Back program and Contain Her Magic LIVE Experience!

    The episode closes with a simple mind-body grounding practice and an invitation to remember that even when life knocks you down, gratitude is the way home to your magic.

    🕰️ Timestamps

    0:00 – Opening: We all contain magic – the heart of this episode. 2:10 – Gratitude as alchemy – turning challenge into medicine. 6:30 – The fall – a story of slipping, slowing down, and reflecting. 9:30 – The three containers – mind, body, and emotion in balance. 13:00 – Wisdom from past episodes – rest, nourishment, and self-trust. 21:00 – Falling into grace – finding light in the shadow. 27:30 – Tools for transformation – practices that heal and ground. 33:00 – 21-Day Starter Challenge & Yoga Nidra Workshop. 38:00 – Mind-body coaching – how to align goals with intuition. 42:00 – Is this you? Call to women ready to reclaim their spark. 46:00 – Mini mind-body practice – breathe, ground, and affirm. 47:15 – Closing reflections – gratitude as the doorway home.

    🌿 Continue the Journey

    ✨ Begin Your Transformation Start small and powerful with the 21-Day Starter Challenge for Embodied Joy — a daily self-care reset that helps you reconnect with your body, breath, and spark.

    🕯️ Deepen Your Practice Pair it with the Yoga Nidra Workshop — craft your personal mantra and plant the seeds of meaningful change. Bundle both for 26 % off until January 31, 2026. Use coupon code: CHOOSEME26 at checkout.

    🌸 Explore Mind-Body Coaching Join the Free Intro Workshop to experience how listening to your body’s wisdom can guide your goals and awaken your intuition.

    🔥 Reignite Your Spark Apply for the upcoming Get Your Spark Back & Contain Your Magic Program — a live 8-week group experience for women ready to rebuild their vitality and reclaim their creative fire.

    🎪 Bring the Magic to Your Event Discover the Contain Her Magic Experience — a transformational workshop for festivals and retreats.

    😇Angel Blessings Tarot Cards for some divine inspiration!

    🌕 Follow Contain Her Magic on Instagram

    💬Contact Sonia: containhermagic@gmail.com

    💖If you found value in this podcast, please offer your support by making a donation! https://paypal.me/soniabaillon

    💫 Learn more about Sonia's yoga and transformational coaching programs

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    49 mins
  • Episode 4: The Truth About Witchcraft - Reclaiming Power, Ritual and the Old Ways

    Episode 4: The Truth About Witchcraft - Reclaiming Power, Ritual and the Old Ways
    Dec 17 2025

    Behind the myths, the fear, and the stories of witches lies a power older than time itself—ready to awaken in you.

    In this winter solstice episode of Contain Her Magic, Sonia Baillon pulls back the veil on the true essence of witchcraft as an ancient path of self-trust, ritual, intuition, and embodied wisdom.

    Recorded in the English countryside, Sonia is joined by Shelley Mayes, founder of the witch-owned spiritual shop Flange and Prong, for a grounded, illuminating conversation that dismantles myths and restores the deeper truth of the craft.

    Together, they explore how the old ways—ritual, spellwork, nature connection, and inner listening—offer modern women a way to reclaim their energy, heal the witch wound, and live with intention without burning out.

    0:00 – Welcome & Introduction: Sonia explores what it truly means to contain your magic and honor your energy. 2:30 – The Witch Within: How intuition, creativity, and personal power connect to self-care and transformation. 5:10 – Personal Story: Sonia shares a formative childhood experience that hinted at her magical path. 8:15 – Guest Introduction: Shelley Mayes, founder of Flange & Prong, a modern witch, teacher, and healer, joins the conversation. 12:20 – Witch Archetype & The Old Ways: Discussing ancestral wisdom, herbs, divination, and rituals that remain relevant today. 20:45 – Magic & Spellwork: Understanding intention, manifestation, and how rituals can be used for self-care and empowerment. 28:30 – The Witch Wound: Exploring the historical fear of women’s power, the lingering effects of the witch wound, and reclaiming inner authority. 35:10 – Feminine & Masculine Balance: Integrating energies, honoring cycles, and using both flow and focus to embody personal sovereignty. 42:50 – Containing Your Magic: How to value your energy, set boundaries, slow down, and live intentionally without burning out. 49:00 – Guided Meditation & Closing: A solstice meditation to reclaim your fire, honor your intuition, and step into the new year with empowered magic.

    Links & Resources:

    🌿 Sonia's 21-Day Starter Challenge for Embodied Joy self-care program

    📖 Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés (deep dive into the witch archetype & Baba Yaga)

    🔮 Flange & Prong (Shelley Mays’ witchcraft shop & school)

    💖Loving ACTION STEP: Take 5 Minutes Just for You - Feel better, starting now with this FREE guided practice.

    🎧 Listen to episode 2: The Wisdom of the Crone

    🌕 Follow Contain Her Magic on Instagram

    💬Contact Sonia: containhermagic@gmail.com

    💖If you found value in this podcast, please offer your support by making a donation! https://paypal.me/soniabaillon

    💫 Learn more about Sonia's yoga and transformational coaching programs

    👉 Follow me:

    Facebook - soniabaillon.com

    Instagram @soniabaillon

    YouTube - Yoga & Transformational Coaching

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    52 mins