The Secret Witch Show

• How to harness the power of sister circles for healing

  On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Gemma Brady. Gemma is the founder of Sister Stories, which is on a mission to make going to Women's Circles as common as yoga class. She has dedicated her life to creating spaces for people to tell important stories. Beginning her career as an award winning filmmaker, she believes in the healing power of storytelling and created Sister Stories as a means of offering women an opportunity to come together and experience the transformative power of being seen and heard. In this episode Gemma and Nicole explore the transformative power of sister circles and how our personal stories facilitate healing - for both ourselves and others. Exploring the understandable fears associated with stepping into spaces of sisterhood - like vulnerability, and the fear of persecution - and the importance of fostering unconditional love, honouring our triggers and having the courage to share our voices, we illuminate the vital need for sisterhood in the permission-giving reclamation of our authentic expression - and how that’s the medicine for the world (including the mainstream!). What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Sister circles are a potent space of healing and permission-giving, providing a space for self-discovery, expression and gentle activism - which can help change the world through compassion, connection and community Both in leading and participating in sister circles, being authentically ourselves, and acknowledging our vulnerabilities, is crucial for creating deep healing We can often feel the fear of joining a circle of sisterhood - and if we feel we can’t share anything else, simply naming our fears can be so healing in and of itself  Listening is also a vital, courageous act - it allows people to hold space for each other’s complex stories and can activate deep self-illumination - people are remedies, and circle allows others to mirror where we need love As facilitators, we aren’t there to ‘get it right’ or be ‘more advanced’ - our role is as a gentle steward, creating and holding space for the group - if you’re just starting out, keep it simple and be authentic, rather than thinking you have to ‘do more’ - the medicine is in you expressing your unique authentic self (aka ‘being’ your remedy). Resources and things that we spoke about: Gemma’s Links: Website: https://www.sisterstories.co World Class Accredited Circle Facilitator Programme: https://www.sisterstories.co/doors-open-sister-stories-facilitation-online-training-2025 Social: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sisterstoriesuk Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SisterStoriesLDN Our Links: Register interest in our Secret Witch’s Apothecary Membership: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Join us this 24th April 2025: Taster event - Heal Yourself, Become the Healer - enrolling now - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/heal-yourself-become-the-healer-a-sacred-initiation-to-your-witchy-gifts-tickets-1290199043069 Social: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nicoleamandabarton  Facebook Group - Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch  Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox

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• How to navigate a relationship (authentically) when your partner isn't 'witchy'

  On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole vulnerably addresses the common challenges that Secret Witches can face in romantic relationships - being our true selves when our partners are not ‘witchy’. Discussing the natural fear of judgement, shame and rejection - and how our ‘difference’ can feel like we are living “secret” lives, feeling lonely and disconnected and leaving us feeling unheard and unseen - she shares how to take tender steps to empower ourselves into liberating our authenticity.  In this episode Nicole talks openly about her personal journey with childhood trauma and abusive relationships, exploring how embracing her true self helped transform her current partnership. She offers practical journaling prompts, advice on the inner work and answers listener questions on how to find alignment with partners, as well as sharing why ‘difference’ is actually crucial to union.  She also guides you into cultivating an inner safety to share your vulnerability, and how to work with self-healing (and self-validation) for deeper intimacy and connection. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: As ‘witches’, we can often feel deeply fearful about being our authentic selves in our romantic relationship - bringing up the witch wound fear of being judged and abandoned - yet opening up to expressing ourselves doesn’t always have to obliterate our lives, and we can open to it tenderly, with small steps ‘Difference’ isn’t a bad thing - we actually need polarity in relationships, because that’s what creates union as we complement each other - so being a ‘witchy’, mysterious feminine essence being in a relationship with a logical masculine essence being may not actually be quite as bad as our inner little girl imagines Being our authentic selves is vital in deepening intimacy and connection in our relationships - and even attracting soul-aligned partners - even though it will likely feel deeply vulnerable We often need to cultivate a sense of ‘inner safety’ within ourselves first, welcoming our authentic ‘witch’ home to ourselves first - until it’s inevitable that no one can reject this part of ourselves (or if they do, we welcome this part of ourselves so deeply that this becomes okay) We can do this by beginning to do the inner work (such as working with archetypal remedies) to discover our wounding patterns and how they are contributing to us abandoning our authentic self - and by surrounding ourselves with likeminded souls until our expression starts to feel safe We don’t have to jump to boldly declaring our witch status - we might start small by sharing aspects of our witch, such as loving wild wanders or enjoying full moon rituals - tender steps and deep love for the parts of us that feel unsafe is the way. Resources and things that we spoke about: Our Links: Register interest in our Secret Witch’s Apothecary Membership: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Social: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nicoleamandabarton  Facebook Group - Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/archetypalapothecary/ You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary Resources: Adam Quiney episode: Ep 33 -How to Own the Gold of your Soul’s Essence - https://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/secret-witch-podcast/episode-33 Join our Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch  Join our Membership: https://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk  Youtube Episode: https://youtu.be/5YutFXrBHYk Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox

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• How to harness homeopathy for self-healing

  On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Marcus Fernandez. Marcus has been practicing and teaching homeopathy for over thirty years worldwide. His journey in homeopathy has been marked by dedication to both education and practice, having founded the Centre for Homeopathic Education (CHE) in London. Marcus’s vision is to make homeopathy accessible to everyone. He firmly believes in empowering people to take charge of their families’ health and well-being through homeopathy. His contribution to the field was recognized in 2021 when he was made a Fellow of the Society of Homeopaths for his outstanding service to the profession. In this episode, we explore Marcus’s journey from aspiring rockstar to acclaimed homeopath.  Diving into the science and art of homeopathy as a ‘magical’ energy medicine system for self-healing, we studied some basic universal principles - such as ‘like cures like’ - and historical and alchemical roots of homeopathy that make this ancient wisdom body effective.  Providing an inspiring and compelling case for the ancient practice's relevance and efficacy in modern times, Marcus addressed some of the common doubts and fears about homeopathy - and fears that can come up around embracing more ‘magical’ healing methods - making a stand for trusting our wisdom on what’s ‘Truth’.  He also offered practical advice on how listeners can incorporate homeopathy into their lives. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Homeopathic principles say that illness is really caused by ‘suppression’ - differing to mainstream medicine, which often suppresses symptoms without addressing underlying issues, homeopathy seeks to treat the root cause, leading to true healing Homeopathy empowers individuals to heal themselves by aligning them with their internal truth and natural healing capacities, encouraging trust in personal intuition and holistic health practices The remedies work on the law of similars (‘like cures like’) and, traditionally, involve highly diluted substances that retain the energetic essence of the original material, akin to principles in quantum physics (although science is still ‘catching up’ to homeopathy) Remedies in effect take us back to times in our lives where we experienced trauma, so that we can ‘choose again’ - whether to release the trauma or remain holding it Homeopathy is also something that’s been doubted and ridiculed as ‘pseudo-science’ which can have Secret Witches feel the fear of being judged as ‘lunatics’ if they work with it - and yet, when we try it, our embodied experience often reveals that it works All the healing wisdom we need is already within us - we are not broken, we have all we need already - if homeopathy calls to us, we can try it out for ourselves and live into our own experience of it with an open mind and trust of our inner wisdom and truth  Beginners can start with homeopathic kits and guides like Marcus's book "Homeopathy at Home," gradually exploring remedies for common ailments while understanding the principles and subtleties of holistic healing. Resources and things that we spoke about: Marcus’s Links: Homeopathy at Home - Marcus’s book: https://marcus-fernandez.com/  Website: https://marcus-fernandez.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcusfndez/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009253627766 Helios Basic Remedy Kit: https://www.helios.co.uk/en/shop/basic-36-kit  Our Social: Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch  Join our Membership: https://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Website: www.nicolebarton.co.uk  Resources:  Homeopathy and Human Evolution - Martin Miles - https://www.homeopathicbooks.com/product/homeopathy-and-human-evolution/  Story: Aura Child - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1907203710 Books - The Body Knows the Score: https://a.co/d/5152PDp Youtube Episode: Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox

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• How to heal our body's pains (magically)

  On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole is sharing ‘Magical Healing 101’. Exploring her perspective on how to heal our body’s physical pains by entering an initiation into our witch and learning to harness alternative healing ‘magic’, she invites listeners into a new ‘worldview’ of healing science and art that contrasts to the ‘mainstream’ way. Nicole discusses her own journey with pains like chronic fatigue, menstrual pains - endometriosis - and thyroid imbalances, exploring ‘allopathic’ versus ‘holistic’ healing, emphasising the need to illuminate underlying causes of physical pains. In this episode Nicole explores the importance of expressing our uniqueness (rather than suppressing ourselves, which is the ‘cause’ of disease), explaining some universal laws. She invites you to claim your power to heal yourself, sharing how we can do that by learning to work with our ‘inner apothecary’ of archetypal remedies, and offering some ‘practical’ steps to begin this - along with an invitation to reclaim your self-healing power. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Mainstream medicine (allopathy) differs in its worldview about ‘quick fix’ healing to alternative, holistic approaches which focus on unsuppressing our souls and principles of ‘like cures like’  Because of that, mainstream medicine can struggle to heal ‘mysterious’ pains that are really pointing us towards the deeper, root-cause underlying patterns The Witch can help us to reclaim our power - our pains are often unseen ‘initiations’ into our self-healing gifts - and a deeper understanding of ourselves True healing requires us to not suppress, but address underlying emotional and psychological causes that manifest physical symptoms  Archetypal Remedies offer both a psychological and physical map to our healing - and learning to harness our ‘inner apothecary’ of remedies can empower us to heal ourselves This requires an openness to a new worldview, perhaps a slower pace of healing - and being willing to be in the messiness of discovery - which we can feel resistance to in a world where we’ve been taught there’s a ‘quick fix’, but it’s worth it when it truly heals us Resources and things that we spoke about: Join our Secret Witch’s Apothecary Membership: Register your Interest here: https://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Our Social Links: Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/archetypalapothecary/ You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Join our free Secret Witch Sisterhood: http://www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk Youtube Episode: https://youtu.be/PXfhplul4zc Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox

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• How 'practical witchcraft' and 'ritual' can help us reclaim our self-healing power

  On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Emma Griffin. Described as a real-life embodiment of Molly Weasley from Harry Potter, Emma is a modern-day full-time witch, healer, and author whose work guides women back to alignment by reconnecting with the ancient wisdom of their ancestors. Rooted in the interconnectedness of nature and the soul, Emma’s teachings aim to awaken the innate magic within us all, helping women rediscover their purpose and authentic selves.  Emma’s new book, ‘The Witch’s Way Home’ serves as a roadmap for self-discovery, healing, and stepping into authentic power.   In this juicy episode we explore Emma’s personal journey, marked by moments of stress, illness, grief, and self-discovery, and how it awakened her to the transformative self-healing power of witchcraft and ritual. Exploring challenges like infertility and cancer diagnosis, we explore how healing the ‘witch wound’ - aka reclaiming our true, authentic full expression of who we are - can help us manifest health.  Diving into ancient, feminine, ancestral wisdom, seasonal living, emotional release - and the importance of presence, self-love and sisterhood - we explored the healing process and how the witch can help us reclaim ourselves. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Witchcraft can save our lives - literally.  By embracing the power, magic and authenticity of the witch, we can heal on all different levels - including physical, mental-emotional and spiritual Whether we are ‘witches’ or not, the route of healing is really via healing our suppression and suppressed trauma - and reclaiming our authentic voices (which the witch holds a mirror to) To heal, requires us to face the ‘witch wound’ - we have to overcome societal judgement and fear of being a witch and sharing our true, authentic self-expression As we do, bravely own who we are - whether that’s a witch or something else - we connect more deeply to those who are like us (including our dream clients, if we are here to be healers) We must embrace the ancient wisdom of our ancestors - they knew that the real route of healing is through story-telling around the fire, ritual, creativity, presence, seasonal living, sisterhood and self-discovery There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ in practical witchcraft and ritual - it’s really individualised and intuitive, and we can play with things to see what works for us (and keep a journal of discovery to note what does and what doesn’t) Ritual and witchcraft practices do not have to be long and elaborate - we can weave them into our day, just bringing ourselves to presence and setting intentions.   Resources and things that we spoke about: Our Social Links: Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/archetypalapothecary/ You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Register interest in our Secret Witch’s Apothecary Membership: coming soon - http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership Join our free Secret Witch Sisterhood: http://www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch Website: http://www.nicolebarton.co.uk Emma’s Links: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/emmagriffinwitch Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@emmagriffinwitch You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@emmagriffinwitch Website: www.emmagriffinwitch.co.uk Emma’s Books: Find Your Soul Path: Discover the Magical Life Within - https://a.co/d/6trRRUu The Witch's Way Home: Magic, Spells and Rituals to Lead You Back to Your Most Powerful Self - https://a.co/d/5Nli4mz Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know. If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it! Thank you, Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox

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