This week on Waking Up The Witch, Amber and Taylar sit down with Sadie Olson for a juicy, joy-filled conversation about confidence, magic, and letting your inner witch have some fun.

Sadie shares her journey from growing up Catholic to fully embracing her identity as a witch and psychic medium—one shaped by travel, healing, and deep trust in divine timing. From sacred sites across the globe to the everyday rituals that anchor her, this episode is an invitation to loosen your grip, follow your intuition, and let play be part of your spiritual practice.

We talk manifestation, nervous system regulation, business confidence, and what Sadie calls “spiritual puberty”—that moment when your soul outgrows the old rules and asks for more. This conversation is full of practical tools, honest reflections, and a reminder that joy is not a distraction from the work… it is the work.

✨ Themes We Explore

• Growing up Catholic and questioning spiritual identity
• Blending energy work, intuition, and natural healing
• Travel as initiation: Bali, India, Korea & beyond
• Stepping into witchcraft and mediumship
• Manifestation tools like scripting, EFT tapping, and intuition activation
• Confidence, vulnerability, and showing up online
• Building community through Hot Witch University
• Regulating the nervous system while expanding belief
• Embracing big dreams, playfulness, and divine timing

Follow Sadie on IG @iamsadieolson and visit her website at hotwitchuniverse.com

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What if connecting with Spirit was less fear… and more fun?

This week on Waking Up The Witch, we’re joined by Barbra Banner, a psychic evidential trance medium who said yes to her gifts later in life—and never looked back. Barbra shares how Spirit shows up through laughter, love, and unmistakable signs, reminding us that the veil is thinner (and friendlier) than we think.

We talk about reincarnation, soul evolution, and the healing that happens when messages from loved ones come through exactly when we need them. This episode is full of warmth, humor, and those "did that just happen?" moments that make you question everything you thought you knew about the afterlife.

If you’ve ever felt watched over, received a sign you couldn’t explain, or sensed a loved one nearby—this one’s for you. 🌙✨

Follow Barbra on IG @bannermedium13 and TikTok @barbrabanner13 and visit her website at bannermedium.com

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This week on Waking Up The Witch, Amber and Taylar sit down with the powerful Danielle Crease, a personal trainer and breathwork coach whose story is rooted in survival, embodiment, and radical self-trust.

Danielle shares her journey from a challenging childhood in Miami to a life-altering near-death experience caused by a boating accident—an initiation that cracked her open and reshaped everything she thought she knew about herself, her body, and her purpose. She speaks candidly about navigating depression, reclaiming her strength, and learning how breath, movement, and community became her medicine.

Together, we explore what it means to honor the body as a sacred vessel, to feel the full spectrum of human emotion without bypassing, and to rebuild a sense of safety and power from the inside out. This episode is a reminder that healing isn’t linear—and that sometimes our greatest awakenings come from the moments that almost break us.

✨ Themes We Explore

• Surviving a near-death experience and spiritual awakening
• Growing up in Miami and navigating early adversity
• Depression, embodiment, and nervous system healing
• Breathwork and movement as portals to empowerment
• The role of community in recovery and growth
• Self-care as an embodied, lived practice
• Embracing grief, joy, and everything in between
• Redefining strength after trauma
• Turning pain into purpose

Follow Danielle on IG @embodiedbydcfit and visit her website at www.strengthbeyondcircumstance.com

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This week on Waking Up The Witch, Amber and Taylar welcome Mike Mayes, also known as the Blue Collar Astrologer, for a raw and real conversation about authenticity, astrology, and carving your own path.

Mike shares stories from his upbringing in Louisville, Kentucky—shaped by contrasting parental influences, punk rock energy, skate culture, and a father involved in a motorcycle gang. His early life was anything but conventional, and those experiences became the fuel for a winding journey through skateboarding, acting, stand-up comedy, and eventually, astrology.

We talk about what it means to live truthfully, even when the road looks nothing like what you were taught to expect. Mike opens up about how astrology became a tool for self-understanding and healing, offering insight into Chiron, personal wounds, and the power of aligning with who you actually are—not who the world told you to be.

This episode is an invitation to embrace your weird, your wisdom, and your wild path—and to trust that every detour is part of the map.

✨ Themes We Explore

• Growing up in Louisville with layered family dynamics
• Punk rock, skate culture, and shaping identity
• Navigating a non-linear life path
• From acting and comedy to astrology
• Authenticity as a spiritual practice
• Astrology as a tool for growth and healing
• Chiron, wounds, and wisdom
• Embracing your unique calling
• Aligning with your true self

Follow Mike on IG @bluecollarastrologer and TikTok @astrologermikemayes and visit his website at astro-mike-mayes.web.app

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This week on Waking Up The Witch, we sit down with the one of Taylar's bestie - Jessi Utley, whose life story is woven with resilience, compassion, and a whole lot of heart. From growing up in Illinois to stepping into her calling as a nurse practitioner, Jessi takes us on a journey through the moments that shaped her including the messy, the magical, and everything in between.

She opens up about navigating her parents’ divorce, the surprising discovery of a half-brother later in life, and the ways family dynamics carved both challenges and strength into her path. Jessi’s decision to pursue nursing came from her deep desire to care for others, and she shares what it’s really like to work in urgent care, hospice, and inside the homes of the people she serves.

We also explore her relationship with music, self-care, and the inner work required to stay grounded while holding space for others. This conversation is full of tender honesty, personal growth, and reflections on love, support, and the complexities of being human.

✨ Themes We Explore

• Growing up in Illinois and navigating shifting family dynamics
• The emotional impact of divorce and discovering a half-sibling
• Finding purpose through nursing and caregiving
• Lessons from urgent care, hospice work, and home visits
• How music, self-care, and connection support her wellbeing
• The dance between personal growth and professional responsibility
• Creating healthy relationships and honoring what truly matters
• The importance of family support and community care

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This week on Waking Up The Witch, we sit down with the radiant Morgan Blackman, a holistic wealth coach who weaves financial wisdom with spiritual grounding in the most magical, empowering way.

Morgan shares her story of growing up in a Caribbean immigrant family in Toronto—where money was often a source of stress—and how those early experiences shaped her desire to help others heal their relationship with wealth. Her journey led her to create a coaching practice that honors both the practical and the energetic sides of abundance.

Together, we explore what it means to shift your money mindset, invest with intention, and root your financial life in values that feel aligned with your spirit. Morgan opens up about ethical investing, the role gratitude plays in magnetizing abundance, and how community support can completely transform your money narrative.

This conversation is the perfect blend of grounded strategy and soulful awakening—an invitation to view wealth as something holistic, healing, and deeply personal.

✨ Themes We Explore

• Healing your money mindset
• How Growing up in a Caribbean immigrant family influenced Morgan's approach to wealth
• Blending financial literacy with spiritual wellness
• Ethical investing as a form of alignment
• Why gratitude amplifies abundance
• The power of community in building wealth
• Transforming generational financial patterns
• Investing with clarity and intention
• Redefining wealth to include health, relationships, and emotional wellbeing

Follow Morgan on IG @morgannblackman and visit her website at www.morganblackman.com

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This week on Waking Up The Witch, Amber and Taylar sit down with the luminous Hope Allen, a holistic aesthetician whose healing journey is as powerful as the work she now offers the world.

Hope opens up about her complicated childhood, the ache of family estrangement, and the resilience it took to rebuild her life from the inside out. Through her story, we explore how grief can carve new pathways, how vulnerability becomes its own medicine, and how tending to the body can become a sacred doorway into deeper healing.

Together, we unpack the beauty of embracing change, honoring the aging process, and creating safe spaces—both on the skin and in the soul—where people can feel truly seen and supported.

If you love stories of transformation, lived wisdom, and the softer side of healing work, this conversation will land right in your heart.

✨ Themes We Explore

• Hope’s journey from hardship to holistic healing
• The emotional landscape of family estrangement
• How grief and loss reshape our inner world
• Self-care as a spiritual and emotional practice
• The power of vulnerability in reclaiming one’s voice
• Beauty, aging, and radical self-acceptance
• Community support as a pillar of healing
• Creating environments where people feel safe + nurtured
• Using personal wounds as catalysts for helping others

Follow Hope on IG @wildcrafted_esthetician

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This week on Waking Up The Witch, Amber and Taylar sit down with the incredible Samantha Turpin—therapist and death doula—to unravel the layers of grief, legacy, and the great mystery of what happens when we leave this realm.

Samantha shares her path into end-of-life work, the supernatural experiences that shaped her journey, and why embracing mortality can actually bring us closer to our power, our truth, and our purpose. Together, we dive into the art of holding space for transition, the importance of tending our grief (in all its forms), and how legacy work can become a spell of remembrance—one we write while we’re still alive.

If you’ve ever been curious about death doulas, paranormal encounters, or how to navigate grief with more compassion and less fear, this conversation offers comfort, clarity, and a whole lot of magic.

✨ Themes We Explore

How accepting grief + mortality can ignite empowerment

The role of a death doula as a sacred companion at the end of life

Grief beyond death: identity shifts, life transitions, ancestral wounds

Samantha’s paranormal experiences and how they guided her calling

Legacy work as a ritual of meaning-making

Why our culture avoids death—and how to reclaim openness

Blending therapeutic tools with intuitive, spiritual practices

How planning for death can dissolve existential fear

Follow Samantha on IG @next_chapter_counseling or visit her website nextchaptercounseling.com

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