Witch Wednesdays

Excited to welcome back Susan Ottaviano to chat about her newest book, Plants That Heal.
Plants That Heal by Susan Ottaviano and Chris Young is an illustrated guide that beautifully intertwines practical plant wisdom with soulful reflections, offering readers accessible methods to nurture their bodies, calm their minds, and reconnect with nature. This collaboration follows their prior success with The Green Witch’s Guide to Magical Plants and Flowers (Skyhorse, 2023). Plants That Heal presents simple, approachable recipes ranging from teas, tonics, and elixirs to body care, home remedies, and seasonal dishes.
Eight core themes—healing the mind, body, home, soul, heart, skin, hair, sleep, and life equips readers with tools to integrate wellness practices into their daily routines. It features easy-to-follow instructions for crafting herbal infusions, soothing bath blends, and delectable dishes like lavender-infused chocolates, watermelon and mint granita, and hibiscus-poached pears. Every recipe is vegan-friendly, designed to enhance well-being, relaxation, and joy.

What sets this book apart is its stunning illustrations and wellness insights, making it both art and guide. Plants That Heal is a keepsake meant for display by your bed, in your kitchen, or on your altar. You'll find: 
- Intentional Entertaining: Host gatherings from summer garden parties to intimate rituals, incorporating healing foods and plant-based elements such as garden goddess dips, refreshing strawberry cocktails, and vegan cakes.
- World of Beauty: Create your own tincture and oils for rejuvenation, including Inner Peace Oil, Cleopatra’s Seducing Oil, and Josephine’s Violet Serenity Bath Salts, among others.
- Eat Healthy to Heal: Enjoy salads and seasonal recipes that nourish the body, featuring delights like Blood Orange Tonic, Cherry and Oatmeal Energy Balls, and Chilled Carrot and Ginger Soup.
- Real Life Plant-Based Living: Find simple, approachable ways to weave plant wisdom into daily routines for improved health and balance, with ideas like Lavender and Sage Cleansing Sticks, Pomander Balls, and Orange and Eucalyptus Cleaning Spray.

Find the book and Susan:
Book: https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781510785380/plants-that-heal/
Website: 2greenwitches.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/2greenwitches

Susan has been a groundbreaking food stylist and recipe developer for over twenty years. Her work has been featured in magazines, cookbooks, and advertisements from Bon Appétit to Grey Goose to Uber Eats.

Best known as the lead singer for the pop band Book of Love, Susan and her bandmates recorded five albums for Warner Brothers Records/Sire Records. Book of Love was a fixture on the Billboard Dance Club charts throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with multiple hits in the top ten. The group reunited in 2016 for a sold-out world tour to mark their 30th Anniversary.

Her evocative artwork, which explores food, femininity, and sexuality, has been featured in numerous gallery shows, including a Spring 2023 group show titled “Eat It” at Collar Works Arts Organization.
She earned a BFA in Painting from The Philadelphia College of Art and has been awarded post-graduate certificates from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park and the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City. She lives in New York’s East Village.

Come join the chat today with Toni Savory, creator of The Four Selves Oracle: Pathways to Integrating Shadow and Light.
The Four Selves Oracle presents a system to marry the four selves—the physical self, the conscious self, the subconscious self, and the superconscious self—which exist within us all, bringing them into balance and communion so we may each be a whole, healed being. The Four Selves Oracle invites you to look deeper into the aspects of yourself that are affecting your ability to work at a superconscious/divine level. Card spreads present in such a way to clearly see shadow aspects, light aspects, and pathways to find balance. With beautiful illustrations by Carrie Paris, this deck will take you on an enriching and empowering journey into yourself.
 
Find the deck and Toni:
 
www.thecardgeek.co.uk
www.worlddivination.com
www.instagram.com/thecardgeek
www.youtube.com/c/thecardgeek

Toni Savory is the founder of the World Divination Association. She is the author of Siren’s Song Oracle, winner of Best Deck Release, World Divination Association 2023. Carrie Paris has a passion for divination and ancient ceremonial rites that invoke the spirit of divining communities.

Having the most fun chat today with fellow podcaster, Zoey, about all things intuition, overcoming anxiety, numerology and so much more!
Zoey Greco is the spiritual teacher, numerology expert, and intuitive guide known for helping thoughtful, sensitive people reconnect with their inner voice in a world that constantly tells them who they should be.
For more than a decade, Zoey has worked with thousands of people around the world navigating identity shifts, life transitions, and moments of deep personal redirection. Her work blends intuition, emotional intelligence, and grounded spirituality in a way that feels both wise and refreshingly magnetic and is shaped by a lifelong relationship with intuitive perception. At a very young age Zoey began recognizing and exploring her gifts before eventually dedicating her career to helping others develop trust in their own.
Her philosophy, You Already Are, challenges the idea that transformation requires becoming someone new. Instead, Zoey teaches that real change happens when we learn to recognize and embody who we already are beneath all the conditioning, fear, and performance. Part of what makes Zoey’s voice resonate is her ability to bring warmth, humor, and cultural awareness into rich, nuanced spiritual topics. Her guidance feels less like traditional self-help and more like the kind of late-night conversation where a friend finally says the thing that helps everything click into place.
In addition to intuitive development, Zoey is also known for her work with numerology; using this ancient wisdom as a tool to understand personal patterns, relationship dynamics, and the larger life cycles we all move through.
Find Zoey and everything we talked about:
Free access to Zoey's monthly pajama party
Intuition Quiz
Website
Instagram
TikTok
YouTube
Podcast

Zoey Greco is a spiritual teacher, intuitive guide, and the host of the podcast Higher Self Hotline. Her work explores the intersection of intuition, emotional intelligence, and ethical spirituality, helping people rebuild trust with themselves in a world full of external noise. Through her You Already are philosophy, Zoey teaches that transformation is not about becoming someone new, but about remembering and embodying who you already are beneath conditioning, fear, and performance.

Thrilled to welcome a favorite author of mine, Lorraine Anderson, to chat about her newest book in the Apothecary series, Beauty Apothecary: Soulful Remedies to Foster Beauty Inside and Out.

Beauty Apothecary is for anyone who wants to explore and cultivate beauty, from the inside out. Anderson invites readers to embracing a holistic self-care practice that they can complete at home (complete with recipes for homemade body treatments, ointments, moisturizers and more) split into three sections: the foundations of beauty, inner beauty (exploring a beautiful mind, heart, and soul), and outer beauty (recipes to help look and feel our best). She wants readers to take a moment for themselves and understand that beauty isn't just physical. It's about what "uplifts, inspires, grounds, and nourishes you and brings you a sense of harmony...Living beautifully simply means living intentionally and authentically." 

Find the book and Lorraine:
Beauty Apothecary: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Beauty-Apothecary/Lorriane-Anderson/Sacred-Apothecary-Series/9781923208018
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiritelement/?hl=en
Website: https://www.spiritelement.co
Lorraine Anderson is an LA-based bestselling author (author of ⁠The Witch’s Apothecary⁠ ) as well as a tarot reader, astrologer, spiritual teacher, and more.

Questions about alchemy and its place in modern day? Eliza is here with answers!

The Alchemical Imagination is the first book of its kind to address the ancient subject of alchemy through the lens of contemporary creativity. From an expert teacher of modern alchemy across disciplines, Eliza Swann distills this arcane science into an accessible series of philosophies and techniques to help readers find a deeper connection to their own creativity. Part workbook and part historical journey through the lives and practices of the great alchemists, The Alchemical Imagination highlights often-overlooked female alchemists and queer alchemical imagery and traces their many contributions to contemporary art, handing this ancient craft to a new generation.

The Alchemical Imagination brings the alchemical worldview to 21st-century artists in pursuit of expanding their creative life and practices. Swann brings a modern, queer, femme perspective to alchemical theory in a voice that is lively, fresh, and grounded in their fifteen years of teaching alchemy in universities and community organizations.

Find the book and Eliza:
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Alchemical-Imagination-Creativity-Catalyst-Transformation/dp/1578639018
Website: www.elizaswann.com
School: ⁠golden-dome.org
Instagram: @thecircularserpent and @goldendomeschool
Eliza Swann is an interdisciplinary artist, intuitive, writer, and educator based in New York City. They are the founder of the Golden Dome School, now Emerald School, an alternative school that explores the mystical dimensions of art, and has taught at leading institutions including the Pratt Institute, the Philosophical Research Society, and the Hammer Museum.