Self-Care for Cycles

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We interrupt this Winter hiatus for an important announcement…We’ve got a new name! Apparently “It’s Just A Phase” was…well, just a phase, but we’re still the same cyclical, intuitive, witchy show you know and love.

While we’re here we wanted to also give a quick update on what Kristen and Janine have been up to over the past month or so. Tune in for a quick check-in!

We miss you and we’ll be back soon. xoxo

Mentioned in this episode:

Kristen’s upcoming workshop- Cycle Magic: Harnessing Your Period Power for More Creativity and Flow
Superpower Your Natural Cycle - Good Witch Kitchen
Janine’s new Feel Good Retail Podcast
The Annual Advisory - Feel Good Retail
FREE GUIDE: Soul Statement - Feel Good Retail
‘An Atlas Of Rare and Familiar Color’ - The Harvard Art Museums' Forbes Pigment Collection

Your hosts:
Kristen Ciccolini | Good Witch Kitchen | @goodwitchkitchen
Janine Mulone | Feel Good Retail | @feelgoodretail

Keep in touch!

Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles
Twitter: @selfcare4cycles

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As we head off on a holiday break, we wanted to leave you with answers to your most pressing questions! After two “seasons”, we wanted to make sure to check in and make sure we were all on the same page and y'all came through with some great questions. We discuss:

The rituals and practices that are constant in our practices
How we research our topics
What it means when you bleed with the full/new moon
How we apply the moon phases to our businesses
Our favorite tarot cards
Why some people experience depression before their period
& resources for shadow work

Thank you all for making this season amazing! We’re wishing you a wonderful, safe, and relaxing holiday season.

Mentioned in this episode:
* Janine’s new Feel Good Retail Podcast * Holisticism’s new The Twelfth House Podcast * FREE GUIDE: 5 Steps To A Feel Good Holiday Season * Kristen’s Journal Prompt Highlight * “September Song” by Agnes Obel * TED conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert (jump to min 50 to learn about her letter from love practice) * Episode 6: Honoring The Creative Cycle * Lacy Phillips — Unblocked Inner Child * Goldmining The Shadows by Pixie Lighthorse * Romancing The Shadow by Connie Zweig

Keep in touch!Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

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It’s never a bad time to talk about breaking up with capitalism! In this episode, we discuss practices you can incorporate into your daily life - personal, business and spiritual - to do just that. While capitalism is a much bigger system that any of us individually can overthrow or transform, we can work to dismantle our reliance on it, relationship to it and begin to detangle our actions from the harmful effects of this system.

Mentioned in this episode:
* Moonbeaming - ‘Protection Magic Techniques’ * Witch The Vote - ‘Capitalism 101’ * So You Wanna Be A Witch - ‘Queer Witchcraft and Anticapitalism with Anna Joy’ * Holisticism - Divesting From Wellness Capitalism * NYT - ‘The Most Powerful Conservative Couple You’ve Never Heard Of’ * The 5 Best Alternatives To ULINE * Boston Globe - ‘Profit Sharing Is A Win-Win’ * Episode 0 - The Cycle Of White Supremacy * Episode 16 - Cyclical Activism * Forage and Sustain (+ gift guide) * Alicia Kennedy - ‘On Chocolate’ * The Better World Shopping Guide * Sephora ‘Starter Witch Kit’ Backlash * Alternatives to Cleansing With Sage

Keep in touch!Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

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Let’s take a tour through the solar year! The Wheel Of The Year includes 8 Sabbats (or holy days) including 4 solar festivals and 4 seasonal festivals, each marking the passage of the seasons and honoring the never-ending cycle of nature’s fertility. By examining these mile markers through the year, we can align our self-care and rituals to connect more deeply to the earth — something we could all use a little more of these days.

Mentioned in this episode:
* Celtic Women’s Spirituality: Accessing The Cauldron Of Life by Edain McCoy * Goldmining the Shadows by Pixie Lighthorse * Self-Love Potion * Cord Cutting Rituals

Keep in touch!Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

Celtic Women's Spirituality: Accessing the Cauldron of Life

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What better week to talk Tarot than Halloween? We both use Tarot personally and professionally so today, we wanted to give an overview of this magical, mystical (and shockingly practical!) tool. We dive into our personal relationships with Tarot, an overview of The Major Arcana, The Minor Arcana and The Court Cards, our favorite resources and some ways to get started.

Mentioned in this episode:
* Samhain Spread * Honoring Your Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestral Veneration by Mallorie Vaudoise * Decks + Rachel True’s True Heart Deck + Smith Rider Waite Deck + Neo Tarot + Amenti Oracle Deck + The Marigold Tarot + The Lioness Oracle Deck + Spolia Tarot + Gypsy Witch playing cards + Spirit Speak Deck * Simple monthly tarot spread * Episode #9: Let’s Get Elemental * Resources for learning tarot: + Between The Worlds (previously Strange Magic) podcast + Biddy Tarot + 78 Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack + Lindsay Mack’s “Tarot For The Wild Soul” podcast + Soul Tarot School + Jessica Dore tarot classes

Keep in touch!Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

US Games Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Cards

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Today, we’re joined by writer and historian Rayshauna Gray to discuss breaking painful cycles. In addition to her work with Harvard University, The Cambridge Historical Society, Boston Book Festival, and National Organization for Women’s Legislative Task Force, Rayshauna blends history, theology, astrology and tarot to explore topics like intergenerational trauma and imposter syndrome.

She created #TheHeartWorkIs Framework, the Modus Operandi deck, and is currently finishing her first book, Roseland, which narrates the last 200 years of the nation’s history through the stories of seven generations of women in Gray’s family. She is brilliant, generous and oh-so-kind. We know you’ll be as fascinated by this conversation as we were!

Mentioned in this episode:
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2* * Modus Operandi deck * #TheHeartWorkIs Framework * Follow Rayshauna on Instagram * Learn more about Rayshauna’s work

Keep in touch!Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

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Anyone else feel like they could use a little reconnection lately? Call it gut feelings, instinct, whatever you want - but intuition is a muscle we all have the ability to develop. We know the idea of starting to work with intuition can be intimidating, so we have 5 super simple (and free!) steps that can be done together or individually to begin working to tune in. Happy channeling!

Mentioned in this episode:

Illuminatives
Everyone is Intuitive: Part One

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Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

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To us, cyclical activism is a practice of being politically involved in a way that is ongoing and sustainable. In the same way that we use cycles to create supportive personal self-care practices, we can use cycles to ensure we are taking action towards collective change in a way we can keep up long-term.

If you have ever felt overwhelmed or unsure of how to get involved, this episode is a great place to start!

Mentioned in this episode:

Superpower Your Natural Cycle (SYNC) membership program
Episode 004: Self-Care for Mercury Retrograde
Elizabeth Gilbert on spiritual fitness
Resistbot
Witch the Vote podcast: Election Day Astroweather
Vote.org
Vote Save America

Keep in touch!Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

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We have a very exciting show for you today! One of our favorite witches, Sarah Potter, joins the show to take us on an adventure around the color wheel! Sarah is a professional witch, color magic practitioner, tarot reader, and true beam of light. We know y'all are going to love this one!

We talk about:

Sarah’s journey to becoming a witch in suburban NJ
Communicating with animals
What is color magic?
How to use color magic for self-empowerment (and how you might be already!)
Color rituals for creativity
Which colors align with seasons and moon phases
Sarah’s new Color Magic Year Ahead readings

Mentioned in this episode:

FREE WORKSHOP 9/30: The Patriarchy vs. Your Body
Follow Sarah on IG: @iamsarahpotter
Email Sarah to book a reading + be added to her newsletter: tarotwithsarahpotter@gmail.com
Sarah’s Weekly Tarotscopes for Astrology.com
“I Asked A Witch About Manifesting & It Made Me Realize I’ve Been Doing It All Along”

Your hosts:
Kristen Ciccolini | Good Witch Kitchen | @goodwitchkitchen
Janine Mulone | Spring Tide | @spring__tide

Keep in touch!
Website: itsjustaphasepod.com
Instagram: @itsjustaphasepod
Twitter: @justaphasepod

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Today's episode is all about water energy! This week, we enter fall, making it the perfect time to go with the flow, show a little tenderness and focus on what feels good. We talk about:

Our fall intentions
Understanding water energy through the cycles: fall, waning moon, luteal phase
The Cups in the tarot
Self-care for fall
Waning moon practices
Tips for switching up nutrition and exercise for this phase

Mentioned in this episode:
Check your voter registration! nationalvoterregistrationday.org * The Lioness Oracle Tarot * What’s In Season: September * Crockpot squash tip * Video: How to cut a spaghetti squash * FREE WORKSHOP 9/30: The Patriarchy vs. Your Body*

Keep in touch!Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

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How are your hormones doing, bbs? A little out of whack? You’ll know it if you dread your period every month, and the pain, mood swings. cravings. and other rage-inducing issues that come along with it.

But we’ve got your back, friends! This episode focuses on the gentle nutrition-based method for balancing your hormones and easing menstrual cycle problems. Kristen does a deep dive on seed cycling for a happier period, and Janine makes sure to ask all your burning questions as we go.

Don’t forget, Kristen is teaching a free workshop on taking your power back from the patriarchy and superpowering your cycle on September 30th. Get the details and RSVP below.

Mentioned in this episode:

FREE WORKSHOP on 9/30: The Patriarchy vs. Your Body
Nap Ministry | Rest as Resistance — Twitter | Instagram
Episode 007: Get To Know: Kristen + Good Witch Kitchen
Blog: What Is Seed Cycling?

Keep in touch!Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

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Self-care for cycles is what we're all about here at It's Just a Phase Pod. We're flipping the script on our usual structure of sharing ideas based on the phase you're in, and instead, prescribing some self-care activities based on the energy of your mood, helping you use natural cycles to find a better balance.

We want you to feel amazing bb!

Mentioned in this episode:

romanybotanicals Narcissus flower essence
Laurel Tree Healing Arts Hey You’re Okay essence

Your hosts:
Kristen Ciccolini | Good Witch Kitchen | @goodwitchkitchen
Janine Mulone | Spring Tide | @spring__tide

Keep in touch!Website: itsjustaphasepod.com
Instagram: @itsjustaphasepod
Twitter: @justaphasepod

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We’re back, friends! And this episode is packed with those Full Moon, back-to-school vibes that are in the air this week.

We share what to expect in this next “season” of It’s Just a Phase, give the Cosmic Update on the Full Moon in Pisces and the numerology of September, and get down to business talking about the best way to harness that back-to-school energy we all feel this time of year.

Mentioned in this episode:

Time Magic: Planetary Hours + Productivity
Asana
How to Make a Planetary To-Do List
Deep Work by Cal Newport
Catland Books
Beekeeper’s Naturals B.Chill Hemp Honey Sticks
Wooden Spoon Herbs Anxiety Ally
Episode 1: Four Phases, Four Seasons

Your hosts:
Kristen Ciccolini | Good Witch Kitchen | @goodwitchkitchen
Janine Mulone | Spring Tide | @spring__tide

Keep in touch!Website: itsjustaphasepod.com
Instagram: @itsjustaphasepod
Twitter: @justaphasepod

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

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This week, we answer YOUR questions about cycles! Now that we are 10 episodes in (#itsreal!!) we thought this was the perfect time to check in and make sure y’all understand not only the concepts behind living cyclically, but how to apply them to your real life. We also announce Summer Camp - 4 weeks of mini-episodes and embodiment practices to enjoy in the month of August. We discuss:

How to get started with cycles (no, you’re not just lazy if you haven’t tried it yet)
Eating for your menstrual cycle
Journaling with the lunar cycle
What cycles we really pay attention to
How to use cycles when you’re changing industries
Summer Camp - coming to your feed next week (!!)

Mentioned in this episode:

Alignment time via @mizmaggieb
Episode 006: Honoring the Creative Cycle
Episode 001: Four Seasons, Four Phases
What is Seed Cycling?
Many Moons planner (bookmark this for 2021!)
Moon Phase app
Time Passages app
Moongiant.com

Keep in touch!Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

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This week, we explore the elements through the lens of self-care and discuss a ton of ways you can start working with them. Put simply, the elements can be viewed as building blocks for understanding how to embody cycles. Having a firm grasp on the elements helps us to really utilize the information we’ve given you this season on different practices and cycles without having to study each one individually.

We discuss:

The 5 Elements: Fire, Earth, Air, Water & Ether
How Kristen & Janine use elements in their personal practices
The energy and function of each element
Tarot suits associated with each element
The cycle of the zodiac through the elements
Ideas for how to work with each element for self-care

Mentioned in this episode:

Witch Wave Podcast - Elemental Meditation
Jessica Dore on Twitter
Episode 2: Everyone is Intuitive

Keep in touch!Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

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Today, we’re getting to know your co-host, Janine Mulone, and her business, Spring Tide (now Feel Good Retail as of 2021)! Janine is a business witch who guides thoughtful humans through moments of growth and transformation using equal parts intuition and intellect - aka she helps brands grow without burning out or selling their souls.

We talk about:

Intuitive business and bridging the gap between left and right brain
What Spring Tide means and why it was the perfect name for her business 😉
How Janine got started melding intuition and strategy
Building a new paradigm…NBD
How Spring Tide and Janine’s approach has expanded over time
What it looks like to work with Janine
Business rituals + her birth chart
The phase she is in - developing, transforming and growing her own business

Want to work with her? Email her janine@feelgoodretail.com to learn more!

Mentioned in this episode:

Episode 4: Mercury Retrograde Survival Guide
Hauswitch blog: Let’s Talk About Sage
Alternatives to Cleansing With Sage
HausMagick by Erica Feldmann (recipe for Clearing Spray on pg. 93)
LightHaus Holy Smoke Sage Spray
Open Window Spell Kit (the one with the bell)

Keep in touch!Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

HausMagick: Transform Your Home with Witchcraft

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Today, we’re getting to know your co-host, Kristen Ciccolini, and her business, Good Witch Kitchen! Kristen is a holistic nutritionist who helps clients care for their bodies and improve period symptoms by marrying evidence-based nutrition and spiritual practices.

We talk about:

The difference between culinary nutrition and functional nutrition
How Good Witch Kitchen was started
Kristen’s own journey with health and wellness
What she was doing before she became an entrepreneur
How Good Witch Kitchen and Kristen’s approach have evolved over time
What it looks like to work with Kristen
Business rituals and how her birth chart impacts the way she works
A new membership program she is currently developing to integrate nutrition and spirituality for better health (!!!)

Want to work with her? You can get in touch by emailing kristen@goodwitchkitchen.net or filling out the form on her website. And don’t forget to sign up to receive her free guide “Syncing With The Moon For A Better Flow”.

Mentioned in this episode:

The Feminist Wellness podcast (episodes on people-pleasing: #67, #68, #70)
The Cauldron
The Academy of Culinary Nutrition certification program
- Kristen’s experience with the Culinary Nutrition Expert program
Journal prompts to explore your relationship with food

Keep in touch!Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

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Creativity isn't only reserved for the artists of the world. Whether you're painting the next museum masterpiece or making dinner for yourself, we all have the ability to create.

For the bigger projects that take more of our energy, we like to honor the creative cycle so we're firing on all cylinders in each of its phases without totally burning out.

Initiation
Growth
Completion
Rest
In this episode, we talk all about these stages, what each one entails, how it looks in our own businesses, and some suggestions for moving forward.

Also in the Cosmic Update: a full moon / lunar eclipse and a tarot spread to reflect on the past month.

Mentioned in this episode:

Tarot spread: monthly check-in
Electional astrology
Astrology for Real Relationships by Jessica Lanyadoo
Cafe Astrology natal charts
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

Keep in touch!Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition

Astrology for Real Relationships: Understanding You, Me, and How We All Get Along

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Today's episode is all about fire energy y'all. Now that we've entered summer, it's the perfect time to embrace the juicy, creative essence of the season. We cover:

New segment for you: the Cosmic Update! What to expect this week in terms of moon phases, astro weather, and more so you can plan your life accordingly.
Summer intentions
Mercury retrograde updates
Understanding fire energy through the cycles: summer, full moon, ovulation
Self-care for summer
Full moon practices
Tips for switching up nutrition and exercise for this phase

Mentioned in this episode:

Janine's Ground & Groove playlist
Taran Killam performing "Call Your Girlfriend" by Robyn on SNL
Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism by Sarah Lyons

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Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism

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Mercury goes into retrograde on June 18 — dun, dun, DUNNNN!

Real talk: it's not that bad. Not if you know how to plan for it.

We give you the basics on the internet's favorite scapegoat: what it means literally and energetically, its positive and negative implications, how to handle shadow periods, and some handy tips for making it to the other side unscathed. We also share some of our own embarrassing communication snafus, so make sure you share yours with us too so we can all feel better about it.

Mentioned in this episode:

Astro Twins

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Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

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What do cycles have to do with patriarchal oppression? Spoiler alert: EVERYTHING!

In this episode, we talk about how society is set up to serve men's hormonal cycles (among their other interests), where it's Groundhog Day every day. Women and those who menstruate have a much different experience hormonally, and we share how to honor the fluctuations of your cycle and break free from patriarchal standards of living (with tips for those who don't menstruate as well).

We talk solar vs. lunar cycles, tarot representations of masculine and feminine energy, where we see the patriarchy affecting business and health, how we honor cycles in our own lives, and suggestions for books, apps, and other practices for connecting to that feminine, cyclical energy.

Mentioned in this episode:

WomanCode by Alisa Vitti
In the FLO by Alisa Vitti
Blog: Using Moon Energy to Get in Sync With Your Menstrual Cycle
Period Power by Maisie Hill
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
MyFlo App period tracker
Moon Phases app
Moon app
Moongiant.com

Keep in touch!
Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You

In the FLO: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life

WomanCode: Perfect Your Cycle, Amplify Your Fertility, Supercharge Your Sex Drive, and Become a Power Source

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This week it's all about Intuition 101. We dispel the myth that you — yes YOU, dear listener — can't access your intuition without special abilities, we talk about how self-care comes into play, how to figure out how your intuition speaks to you, and we share all about our pathways to becoming more intuitive beings.

Plus, we have practical tips on how you can start strengthening your inner voice ASAP. Download the free guide on the episode page here.

Mentioned in this episode:

The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron
Tune In by Sonia Choquette
Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Playing Cards

Keep in touch!
Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

Tune In: Let Your Intuition Guide You to Fulfillment and Flow

Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Playing Cards

The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

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Living cyclically is something all of us do, whether we realize it or not. Some of us just go a little deeper. There are SO many different types of cycles that we'll be talking about on this podcast, but our first episode sticks to the basics.

We start with the four seasons as the overarching system for being tuned in to cycles, how they correspond with the phases of the moon and our menstrual cycle, the types of energies aligned with each phase, and how we like to practice self-care throughout each one.

Cycles/energies discussed:

Winter // New Moon // Menstrual // Earth Energy
Spring // Waxing Moon // Follicular // Air Energy
Summer // Full Moon // Ovulation // Fire Energy
Fall // Waning Moon // Luteal // Water Energy

Mentioned in episode:

Moonology by Yasmin Boland
WomanCode by Alisa Vitti
Top-down processing

Keep in touch!
Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

Moonology: Working with the Magic of Lunar Cycles

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Our first episodes were scheduled to launch today, but with everything that’s going on in the country right now, we felt it was better to address the current fight for racial justice than dive in with our launch as planned.

The only cycle that matters right now is the one we must work together to break in order to create equality, serve justice, and banish white supremacy.

We believe 100% that wellness is political. Doing the work of exploring ingrained racism in our own beliefs, and understanding how we participate in the problem can help us do better to keep people of color safe and well. We’re going to talk a lot about self-exploration on this podcast and this is a fundamental piece to go deeper on.

We know this is difficult to navigate, but if you’re a white person, join us in committing to the work.

Resources and ways to contribute:

Donate:

Your local Black Lives Matter chapter
Black Visions Collective
Reclaim The Block
Minnesota Freedom Fund
Your local bail funds for protestors

Resources (to learn & act)

Showing Up For Racial Justice
Anti-Racism Resources (created by Rachel Ricketts)
Anti-Racism Resources (created by Sarah Sophia Flicker and Alyssa Klein)
75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice
Rachel Cargle // Instagram + The Great Unlearn + Public Address
Rachel Ricketts // Instagram + Spiritual Activism Course + Patreon
Layla Saad // Instagram + Good Ancestor Podcast + Book “Me and White Supremacy”
5 Racist Anti-Racism Responses ‘Good’ White Women Give to Viral Posts

Keep in touch!
Website: selfcareforcycles.com
Instagram: @selfcareforcycles

Self-Care for Cycles: Recent Episodes

Kristen Ciccolini and Janine Mulone