This episode gets deliciously witchy.
I'm joined by fellow witch Mikhaila Gaffen Stone, a board-certified behavior analyst, Human Design strategist, author, and Professional Life Untangler, for a conversation about the invisible spells we absorb from family, culture, and all the rules women are taught to follow.
We explore the patterns behind people-pleasing, burnout, and self-doubt, and what it takes to break their hold.
Mikhaila blends behavior science, Human Design, and deep inner wisdom to help women untangle old conditioning, trust themselves more fully, and create lives and businesses that actually fit who they are.
If you've ever wondered which beliefs are truly yours and which ones were handed to you, you're going to want to hear this conversation.
03:32: Witchcraft as self-trust and energetic clarity
What it means to bring witchy practices into business. The focus is on tuning into personal energy, using tools like cards or a pendulum for clarity, and trusting what feels right instead of defaulting to outside approval.
04:44: Building business from what feels aligned
The discussion highlights a summit created without over-focusing on conventional business rules. The emphasis is on starting with meaningful conversations and following excitement, even when the strategy feels unconventional.
05:07: Choosing voices that matter over rigid criteria
Podcasting as a space where strong voices sometimes matter more than strict application rules. This point reinforces the idea that intuition and purpose can guide better decisions than formulaic gatekeeping.
09:42: Practicing a clean no
Building stronger boundaries: say "no, thank you" without over-explaining. This creates a new experience in the body and helps reveal that other people's reactions are not proof that you did something wrong.
11:49: What Human Design is
Human Design offers insights tailored to the individual, allowing them to understand their unique attributes and challenges. Mikhaila advocates for testing this knowledge in everyday life to discover what resonates and what might be conditioned behavior.
15:38: Looking beyond Human Design type into deeper patterns
Profiles, push-pull dynamics, and the way conditioning shows up in behavior and language. This is described as a deeper level of untangling the stories that keep people stuck.
20:15: Signposts that show when you're off course
The conversation explores how discomfort, resistance, and recurring friction can signal misalignment. These signs can reveal whether a person is moving the wrong way, using the wrong approach, or seeking too much external validation.
21:24: Reading alignment and out-of-alignment cues
A framework for identifying how different qualities feel when they are in or out of alignment. The point is to notice whether the experience feels expansive or restrictive, and to use that as guidance.
25:19: Coming home to yourself
The final reflection encouraging listeners to stop twisting themselves into someone else's formula and instead build a life and business that honor who they really are.
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