She will be greatly missed. Retha Wright (1957-2021) passed not long after we aired this episode. Please listen as a way to honor the spark that she shared with the world. Her jubilant laugh, her sense of curiosity and awe, and most importantly

S2 Episode 4: Reverend Lindsey Franklin on Religion In Today's World

Jun 12th, 2021 32m 10s

Learn about the guest, Reverend Lindsey Franklin:On Richmond Hill's website: https://www.richmondhillva.org/Twitter: https://twitter.com/lfrankli?lang=enInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindseyfranklin/Reverend Lindsey Franklin joins the Op

S2 Episode 3: Dr. Bruce Greyson on Near Death Experiences

Mar 3rd, 2021 29m 2s

Learn about the guest, Dr. Bruce Greyson:On his website: https://www.brucegreyson.com/Buy his book: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250792259UVA Division of Perceptual Studies: https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/Dr. Bruce Greyson is

S2 Episode 2: Doing Life Her Own Way

Dec 6th, 2020 52m 40s

Coach and licensed counselor, Andrea Shipley, shares how she built her own remote business in order to live and work from her converted school bus (skoolie). She shares the challenges, roadblocks, and spiritual lessons learned on this journey.

S2 Episode 1: Energy is Everything

Oct 19th, 2020 52m 23s

Energetic healer and soul guide, Sepidar Misaghian, shares how she discovered her unique methods of energetic work, what she sees when she practices, and her philosophy around science and spirituality. Learn about Sepidar here:Website: https://

Episode 9: Say Yes To Yourself

Sep 11th, 2020 52m 40s

In this episode, we interview, Rosalyn Berne, Ph. D, (https://www.rosalynberne.com/) and delve into our intuitions, the lines between science and spiritual, ethics and truth, interspecies communication, and our moral obligation to share what we

Episode 8: Decide What You Believe

Mar 29th, 2020 40m 7s

Tiffany Hopkins is a marketing consultant and medium, living in the spiritualist community of Lily Dale, New York. She made the intentional choice to slow down her life when she moved to Lily Dale. In this interview we talk about breaking out o

Episode 7: Just Be Brave

Jan 31st, 2020 49m 26s

Aurora Higgs talks identity, femininity and transgender advocacy and issues in this episode. We explore topics on unmasking ourselves, the importance of trying on new personas, ignoring our fears, chaos magic (and the actual science behind why

Episode 6: Love is Everything

Dec 6th, 2019 35m 35s

In this episode, Michelle Mercurio and Cora Kessler interview artist, writer, style-icon and Ambassador of Peace, Beatrix Ost. For this episode, we traveled to Beatrix's estate in Charlottesville and got a glipmse into her magical world, create

Episode 5: Emotional Data

Nov 8th, 2019 36m 17s

Join us as we speak with Courtney Allison Brown, a data visualization artist who focuses on mental health, wellness, and healing based in Richmond, VA. Her primary work to date is a series titled “Emotional Planes," which explores the different

Episode 4: From Whence We Came

Oct 25th, 2019 38m 57s

This insight episode delves into the topics we've been thinking about as the weather turns cooler and Halloween and the Day of the Dead approaches. Cora and Michelle talk about the masks we wear, how we let things go and how our ancestors have

Episode 3: The Shadows Make The Light More Beautiful

Oct 11th, 2019 46m 45s

In this episode, Amy Markham talks art, creative practice, cancer and magic. Join us for this free-flowing conversation covering everything from fortune-telling to Joseph Campbell to Carl Jung and Marcel Duchamp. See if you agree that the magic

Episode 2: Trust, Fall & Fairness

Sep 27th, 2019 18m 9s

Cora and Michelle discuss words they've been thinking about as the season transitions from summer to fall and discuss identity, our stories and some rules that we live by. Open Sesame! *We're learning - Please excuse the audio issues in this ep

Episode 1: Gateway to the Magic

Sep 13th, 2019 31m 49s

Tune into our first full episode where we interview psychic, healer and coach Seo Kelleher about her journey to trust her intuition and restructure her world...and the worlds of her her clients!Music by https://www.wheatpennyproductions.com/---

Intro: Trust Your Magic

Aug 27th, 2019 21m 27s

In this episode, Cora Kessler and Michelle Mercurio dive into the core concepts of the Open Sesame podcast. You'll learn how we met, why we're here, and the seeds we're planting for this community. Our mission is to help you question what you t

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