The Secret Witch Show

On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole explores the tender edge between hiding and shining - speaking to the Secret Witch who senses she has a 'brilliance' yet still doubts her gifts. With December's darkness as a mirror, she invites us to notice where we've been dimming the diamond within - the inner Clear Quartz gemstone - and remember that brilliance isn't performance or perfection, but honesty, transparency, and the courage to be seen exactly as we are. Nicole shares the crystalline moment she chose to step off a well-worn path and birth the Archetypal Apothecary™, weaving Clear Quartz medicine through the very real fears of over-preparing, waiting for permission, and feeling 'too much' and 'not enough' simultaneously. This episode is a heart-to-heart on reclaiming both our spiritual and logical brilliance, with gentle enquiries to meet your own soft edge of hiding and beginning to discover, embody and express your unique medicine as a healer. What You'll Learn from this Episode: Owning our brilliance isn't arrogance - it's honesty. It's the willingness to see ourselves clearly, without shrinking or performing, and to let our true light be witnessed Hiding once kept us safe - but it now it keeps us small. The same armour that once protected us has become the veil between us and our magic Brilliance doesn't mean having certainty - it means being courageous enough to speak the truth you do have today You don't need another certificate to validate your gifts. Your lived experience is your qualification - your body of work is already being written through you Fear of being 'too much' or 'not enough' is simply the threshold of growth - when we meet it with love and truth, it becomes the doorway to our genius Clear Quartz teaches us that clarity is born from pressure - the very tension we resist may be what's polishing our brilliance. Resources and Things that We Spoke About: Links: Take the first steps in our Meet your Witch free taster ceremony - 15th January 2026 - https://meetyourwitch.eventbrite.com  Join our Apothecary Membership to join us for The Witch's Vision: Manifest Magic in 2026 on 22nd January 2026 - or to journey with Clear Quartz (self-paced): www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership 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 Free Moonlit Apothecary Love Letters: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/moonlitapothecary  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  

On the Secret Witch Show today, our guest is Tad Hargrave. Tad is a hippy who developed a knack for marketing (and then learned how to be a hippy again). Since 2001, he's been weaving together strands of ethical marketing, Waldorf School education, a history in the performing arts, local culture work, anti-globalization activism, an interest in his ancestral, traditional cultures, community building and supporting local economies into this work of helping people create profitable businesses that are ethically grown while restoring the beauty of the marketplace. In this episode, we explore how our deepest wounds often point toward the wisdom we're here to share with the world as healers. Tad offers a refreshing lens on marketing as healing - showing how integrity, honesty, and right-relationship can become sacred acts of service. We speak about transforming our wounds into our gifts, learning to share our magic without manipulation, and reclaiming business as a soulful exchange that honours both the Witch and the world. What You'll Learn from this Episode: Coercion is everywhere - from birth to business - but healing begins when we choose integrity over manipulation We are branded by life - marked by our wounds in ways that show where our true medicine lives Our wounds show us the terrain we know best - the places we can now guide others through with humility and heart True marketing is love in action - remembering that business can be a sacred exchange, not a performance of persuasion Credibility doesn't come from certificates - it comes from 'heft': the weight of having lived, healed, walked the land and returned with wisdom to share When we turn our wounds into architecture - creating real offerings rooted in what we've healed - our work becomes medicine for the world. Resources and Things that We Spoke About: Tad's Links: Website - https://marketingforhippies.com/membership/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/hippymarketer Instagram - @marketingforhippies You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/user/radicalbusiness Our Links: Join our free Meet your Witch ceremony on 15th January 2026 - http://meetyourwitch.eventbrite.com  Join our Apothecary Membership to journey with Clear Quartz: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership>  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 Free Moonlit Apothecary Love Letters: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/moonlitapothecary  Resources: Derick Jenson - A Language Older Than Words / The Culture of Make Believe - https://derrickjensen.org/language-older-than-words/  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  

On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole is guiding us to unearth the soul's vision buried beneath layers of wounding and shame. She begins with her own story - how for years she doubted the synchronicities, signs, and body-nudges that pointed her toward a deeper calling. From her corporate days of pushing past intuition to the burnout that finally invited her to slow down and meet her inner Witch, Nicole shares how learning to trust what she felt in her heart - rather than what seemed logical - became the first step toward remembering her soul's true vision. With the crystalline clarity of the Oracle Witch, she offers a loving reminder that our visions aren't missing - they're simply hidden beneath the armour we built to stay safe. In this episode we explore how the Archetypal Remedy of Clear Quartz helps us move beyond the logic that once protected us and into the intuitive heart that knows. Together we uncover the Clear Quartz wound - the fear of getting it 'wrong', of being 'too much,' or of not being 'clever enough' - and the way it clouds our inner Oracle Witch. Nicole introduces the shift from compensating manifesting ('I want to get…') to generative creation ('who do I want to become?'), inviting us to meet the part of us who already holds crystal clarity on our purpose. Through a gentle guided mini journey, she teaches how to soften the crystalline armour, listen to the intuitive whispers beneath fear, and reconnect with the luminous vision our soul buried for safekeeping. It's an episode for every Secret Witch learning to trust her magical brilliance! What You'll Learn from this Episode: Your soul's vision isn't missing - it's hidden beneath wounding and shame. The part of you that knows what you're here for has never left; she's simply been locked away under the fear of being 'too much,' 'too magical,' or 'not clever enough' The Clear Quartz wound keeps us trapped in logic and doubt. When safety has meant 'prove it', we disconnect from our hearts, override intuitive nudges, and mistrust our inner Oracle - a survival strategy that Clear Quartz helps to soften and heal Manifesting visions from lack is compensating for pain - not creation from soul. When we fixate on what we don't have ('I want to manifest money'), we create from fear. Generative Manifesting asks: 'who do I want to become?' and shifts the focus of our vision from scarcity to soul alignment Clarity comes from feeling, not figuring out. True vision isn't found through logic or planning; it arises through the heart when we slow down, listen inwardly, and allow intuition - not intellect - to lead Clear Quartz is the Vision Guide who mirrors your brilliance. As the Archetypal Remedy of truth and intuition, she doesn't give you something new - she amplifies what's already in you, helping you hear your heart's wisdom and trust the knowing that lives in your bones Self-trust is the gateway to vision. Each time you soften fear, love the parts that doubt, and follow the smallest intuitive nudge, you unearth another layer of your soul's calling - remembering that you are the crystal; you already hold the clarity you seek. Resources and Things that We Spoke About: Our Links: Connect deeper to your inner Oracle - join us in the Apothecary Membership for Clear Quartz: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership>  Social: Join our free Facebook Group - Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nicoleamandabarton  Instagram - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Sign up for our free Moonlit Apothecary Love Letters: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/moonlitapothecary  Resources: Rebecca Campbell - The Inner Temple Oracle Deck - https://soul.rebeccacampbell.me/innertempleoracle/   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  

On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Carly Mountain. Carly is a sought-after psychotherapist specialising in sex, embodiment, rites of passage and relationships. A seasoned initiatory guide, yoga teacher, breathworker and writer, her work has evolved over twenty years of sacred mythopoetic practice and space holding. She is author of Descent & Rising: Women's Stories & the Embodiment of the Inanna Myth. She lives in Sheffield, England with her husband and two daughters. In this episode we explore how descent becomes a sacred initiation into the Feminine - and how death, shadow, and rebirth are required for the Witch to fully embody who she is. Carly shares the medicine of descent and rising - and what it means to embody naked power - shedding the old skins of shame and fear to reclaim our body, pleasure and powerful truth. Together, we speak about how darkness is a calling, the Witch's descent into the underworld, and how these initiations become portals to remembering who we truly are. What You'll Learn from this Episode: Descent is sacred - a journey of initiation that strips away what is false and reveals the truth of who we are beneath the surface The Inanna myth reminds us that the underworld isn't punishment - it's a descent into the body, the shadow, and the truth that waits in the dark The body is the oracle - when we listen to its trembling, pleasure, and pulse, we find the wisdom that's been buried beneath shame Naked power lives in surrender - when we stop performing and meet life with presence, love and eros begin to move freely again The snake teaches us to shed what no longer fits - each skin we release becomes an act of remembering Descent and rising are inseparable - the more we're willing to descend into truth, the more powerfully we rise in love. Resources and Things that We Spoke About: Carly's Links: Website: www.carlymountain.com - sign up for her email  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carly_mountain/ Our Links: To journey with your inner Oracle (or your Rose remedy!), join our 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 - @iamnicolebarton Instagram - @archetypalapothecary You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary Free Moonlit Apothecary Love Letters: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/moonlitapothecary    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

On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole is naming the Oracle Witch within - the part of us with 'spiritual brilliance' who sees clearly, hears guidance, feels truth, and simply knows things that others don't. As the veil thins toward Samhain, she speaks to the Secret Witch who's been taught that logic is what matters and has learned to second-guess her intuition, hide her gifts, or doubt the unseen. With tenderness and truth, Nicole invites us to remember our innate connection to other worlds - and shares the 'Clear Quartz crystal' medicine that amplifies what's already within. In this episode we explore how Clear Quartz (the 'Master Healer') as an archetypal essence helps us move from overthinking and control into embodied spiritual clarity - reclaiming our 'Clairs' (clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, claircognisance) and trusting the Oracle wisdom in our bones. Nicole maps the shadow of over-reliance on logic, honours the wounds that made us dim our brilliance, and offers simple practices and enquiries to rebuild self-trust. It's a seasonal rite of remembrance - and a gentle invitation into October's Apothecary journey with Clear Quartz for those who feel the resonance. What You'll Learn from this Episode: Your 'Oracle' gifts aren't non-existent - they're 'hidden'. Doubt and second-guessing come from conditioning that taught you that 'logic' is superior. Your 'Clairs' (seeing, hearing, feeling, knowing) are recoverable - with practice and compassion Clear Quartz amplifies the Oracle gifts already in you. As the Archetypal Remedy of brilliance and clarity, she doesn't add something new - she magnifies your inner knowing and mirrors the truth so you can finally trust yourself Over-reliance on logic can be a wound. When safety has meant "prove it," we overthink, control, and disconnect from the body - that's a survival strategy, not your truth, and it's exactly what Clear Quartz helps to heal Gold = the alchemy of intuition and intellect. We are not being asked to reject logic and science; we're invited to weave it with body wisdom so our spiritual and intellectual brilliance can work together as one coherent clarity - true healing is science and art. Samhain is a threshold for trust. With the veil thin, it's an ideal season to practise listening for signs, synchronicities and bodily nudges - begin with small playful 'intuition' experiments (note them, track them) and rebuild self-trust. Start simple: inquire, feel, record. Ask where you override resonance, where you hide brilliance, and when an intuition is proved true, journal these 'evidence' moments to soothe the rational mind and reclaim your inner Oracle Witch. Resources and Things that We Spoke About: Our links: Join our Apothecary Membership for the live Create Space for your Witch ceremony on 25th September: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership  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 Free Moonlit Apothecary Love Letters: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/moonlitapothecary  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