Magic in the Everyday

Learn how to add magic to everyday life with me, Macarena luz Bianchi, and Derek Seagrief, the Alchemist, Astrologer, and Artist, as we explore simple tools for greater presence, magic, and personal growth. We discuss blending masculine and feminine energies, utilizing insights and practical exercises to cultivate a magical perspective for daily empowerment and fulfillment, emphasizing the transformative power of conscious choice and self-integration. Ready for more magic?

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Highlights 

Astrology is an energetic portrait.

Everything is energy.

What is magic?

Must be conscious

Words are magical oaths. 

Resources

• Book: The Four Agreements - Why and how to “be impeccable with your word…”  

⭐️ Guest Derek Seagrief
Derek Seagrief is an alchemist, artist, author, and astrologer who builds bridges between several disciplines. At 70 years old, he has been doing this for six decades. He lives in Copenhagen, Denmark, with his family. Learn more at seagrief.com

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 0:32 Diving Deep with Derek Seagrief: Alchemy, Astrology, and Wisdom
• 4:02 Exploring the Essence of Magic and Its Everyday Presence
• 5:51 The Power of Will and Imagination in Crafting Magic
• 7:57 Harnessing Magic in the Digital Age: A Technological Perspective
• 9:11 The Art of Creating Change: Inner Causes and Outer Effects
• 13:45 Embracing Doubt and Cultivating Willpower
• 22:35 The Magic of Names: A Deep Dive into Personal Essence
• 31:26 Balancing Masculine and Feminine Energies for Magical Living
• 38:05 The Inevitability of Pain and Growth
• 39:00 Embracing Wholeness and Multi-Dimensionality
• 39:48 Setting Yourself Up for Magical Success
• 40:26 Navigating Life's Playground: Overwhelm and Darkness
• 41:14 The Power of Consciousness and Choice
• 43:05 Integrating Past Experiences for Personal Magic
• 44:36 Creating Magic in Everyday Life: Morning Rituals
• 48:59 Harnessing the Energies of the Day
• 50:54 Aligning with Universal Rhythms for Magic
• 55:23 The Importance of Sleep and Letting Go
• 59:32 Empowerment Through Magic and Conscious Living
• 1:03:53 The Magical Journey: An Example from Egypt
• 1:11:20 Closing Thoughts: Embracing Everyday Magic

Transcript

0:00

Welcome to Magical Mindset with Macarena Luz Bianchi, where we explore the magic of mindset, gratitude, and purposeful living. I'm your host Macarena, and I'm thrilled to have you join me on this journey of wonder, wellness, and wisdom. You can find the episode show notes, your free Magical Mindset Blueprint, and more at xpres.me/podcast, and here's the show.

Derek: 0:30

Rock and roll.

Macarena: 0:32

So hello there, Derek Seagrief. You are someone I consider a dear friend. You're very wise. I think of you as an alchemist, but how would you introduce yourself?

Derek: 0:46

ha. Ha. The short version or the longer version? The short version is like AAAA I'm an alchemist, I'm an artist, I'm an author, I'm an astrologer. And that's enough. Basically, I do many different things because I'm a bridge builder. So I bridge build between different disciplines. And I've been working in these areas since I was, 16, and I'm now 70 plus. So that would give you an idea of , what I would call a long track record behind me of living what I teach. So yes, that there's the simple introduction.

Macarena: 1:21

Absolutely wonderful. So it's always a pleasure. We have a lot of fun in our sessions. I see you at least once a year for my astrological reading. And what I love about it is it's really like a roadmap. It's a map And it's almost the way I see it is, it helps to see what's coming up in case I want to take advantage of it, so if I was planning a trip, I'd like to know where the rest stops are. Okay, that's an opportunity to go to the bathroom, get something to eat, right? With astrology, the way I think of it is, what are the energies in play so that I may capitalize with them and not get too frustrated when things are not going the way I expect. How do you see Astrology?

Derek: 2:06

Okay. Since I've been working with this for 45 years, then again, I'll give a kind of very brief definition. I always start my sessions by reminding my clients that everything is energy so I can describe the horoscope in terms of planets in terms of archetypes, but I prefer to say energy because the horoscope is an energy portrait. And when we understand it's an energy portrait then this is what we would call a frozen moment of time that describes your set of instructions. And throughout the life, then there are stages in which this set of instructions gets tapped into and unfolded and the potential to express is there. So my job is to honor which planets are dominant for that person right now or the next year or so. And to get them to cooperate with honoring those planetary principles. Because this is the way that you're going to get the most out of it. So periods of opportunities, periods of challenges, and yes, you described it. Well, it is a landscape and if you have an awareness of the landscape, then you can make better judgments about many things. So yes, I think that as a diagnostic tool, there's nothing like it. And in my 70 odd years, I've never met a retired astrologer. And I don't intend to retire. It'll be an ongoing thing in the next lifetimes. And all the people that I meet, when they're working with astrology, it's never ending fund of growth and awareness. Because yes, we have the same archetypes, but we use them very differently. So an astrologer can be a very good friend, a coach, a mentor, a guide to help you utilize your energies in the best possible way. So yes, there's your brief description.

Macarena: 3:55

appreciate it. I appreciate your succinct and your wisdom. That's one of the things I really appreciate about you. So when preparing for this, we were thinking about the question of How to bring magic into the everyday life? But before we can even go there, how do you see magic? I use it a lot, like metaphorically. But I know you approach it differently, so please tell us , What is magic to you?

Derek: 4:28

I could say, you ask what is sex to somebody or what is love to somebody you're going to get many different responses. So again, it's the same if you ask me, I'll give you my personal definition. But other people would have their experience of what they understand by magic. So , there's many ways to approach this. First, I would say, going back to this theme of everything is energy. And because everything is energy I think you and I, when considering what would be a valuable topic, worked out that what could be the most important contribution that such a podcast could have. We can talk about a thousand different things. But for me it's so essential to bring the magic back into our everyday life. Cause otherwise it tends to be very predictable and very, a stereotype and very mundane. It's like a black and white TV compared with a color TV. So my way of working with magic is to make this bridge between the different dimensions. To be a bridge builder and introduce these energies into the everyday world. So there's much, much more color. There's much, much more , richness. If we lose the magic in our everyday life becomes extremely boring and extremely predictable and magic is not that. It's most unpredictable, but you can work with it in a conscious way. Scientific definition of magic would be, and I'm quoting what I wrote down here, The science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with the will and the imagination. Now, I can expand upon that means, but it is a science, which is the knowledge of working with energy and it is the art, which is the application of these energies and it's to create change in the environment to occur in conformity with how you are working with the will aspect and the imagination aspect. This is a big subject to come into but basically, the will is, for a simpler definition, it's the Cinderella of modern psychology. And the will is the masculine aspect of our psyche. The ability to externalize what is already available inside us, but the ability, masculine, to bring it forth. That's masculine, that's the will dimension. But before this can occur, you need the feminine aspect that nurtures a thought form, a mindset, an emotional value. The feminine, we call it the imagination. Imagination, look around you, in your room and where I'm sitting, everything has been created by someone who used their imagination. So they converted something, on an invisible plane and then brought it through the wheel and made it physically manifest. So we do this all the time and most people are very unconscious of this process, but I will assure you and our listeners that we're moving rapidly now into the first degree of the age of Aquarius, which Every degree lasts about 72 years. So in the first degree of Aquarius, and you look around, you can see everything is speeding up. Everything is about the ability to bring a thought form out and into manifestation much quicker than ever before in our history as humanity. This is so important to understand. my kids will tell me that I'm like a dinosaur when it comes to the digital world. And they're probably quite right. Because I was one of those who had some of the first computers that were ever made. And we're now talking about, the early 70s. So I had to hand draw all my horoscopes, imagine hand drawing a horoscope and , now our computers are incredibly sophisticated. So my computer at the moment is four years old. That's considered, old in modern terms. But computers nowadays with a touch of a button, I can go back, several thousand years if I want or go forward, however many years I want. Now that is technological advancement, but that's magic as well, I was, with friends who had the first mobile phones I come from Scandinavia, I live in Denmark. And the first mobile phones were huge walkie talkies, walkie talkies that were so heavy and we felt that they were so sophisticated because we could be out in the forest in Norway and talk to someone, around the world. Now, that's what I mean by technological advance shows magic in an obvious way. The power of thought made manifest on the physical plane, but we are entering into an age where you and I and every person out there is going to learn much more effectively what they can do in the everyday life to create magic is to be much, much more conscious of this bridge building ability. We have to be conscious. If I have a physical problem and you go to the hospital and doctors, then you know what's going to happen. They're going to look at the symptoms. They're going to treat outer effects, the symptoms. They never, ever, amen, they don't deal with causes. So if you want to understand magic, you've got to work with the inner and the outer. You've got to look at the causes. You then are the motivating cause, which then affects change on the outer level. And everyone can learn this, And it's something that I truly encourage everyone to be enthusiastic about this because, The majority of people still believe that the outer world outwardly conditions the inner life. And you can see environmental factors, cultural factors, the outside reality affects who we are on the inside. Yes, one can't deny that, but the degree to which it's going to affect you and the degree to which your inner life, your inner world can affect change in the outer, this is the big problem for majority of people. They don't see that they can affect change on the outer. And if you can't see this capacity for your inner life . To be more of your inner life on the outer level. Then you're not going to be a magician, Because this is what it means there are many things that I don't like about our world and then i've spent many years, in my way for working with magic to affect change by creating space and a place by which those energies and those mindsets and those emotional values that I have on the inner level are made manifest on the outer level. so believe me when I say this is magic, but most people will not see it in that way because they still give too much power outside of themselves. This is, normal attitude is self doubt. But the normal mantra that most people say is yes, but the yes, but mantra yes, Derek, I would love to do that. But I'm not a yes, but man, I'm a yes, man, or I'm a no,

Macarena: 11:34

Yes and.

Derek: 11:36

Yeah, because again, this is magic, because think about in ceremonial magical terms, this would be called the magical oath. magical oath is if you say something, then it's very important that you deliver that if you've made a statement, if you have witnesses, it may be on the physical plane, other people, but on the inner planes, there are plenty of Invisible witnesses to what we say and do this is also an awareness of magic. So if I'm saying something. And I'm not doing it, that lessens my magical power. But if I say this is what I'm going to do, and I do it, whatever it is, it can be something very small, like promising my kids we go to a fairground tomorrow. And if I keep on not doing what I'm saying, this neutralizes one's magical power. Now this is so important to get right, that if you want magical power, then first look at the power of sound, what you're saying, And don't say anything that you don't mean and don't change your mind about things. Yes, we're human, but it's so essential you support yourself. Anything that you say is your goal and you want to do, then you've got to work towards that. Now, again, most people will have some issues about their willingness to believe the vision. But , If you set into motion, this is what I want to do, but you have self doubt, then of course, we know the answer. It's already there from the beginning. If you have self doubt about it, then it's not going to go further. You've already sabotaged it. So that's why, most magicians or all magicians have this ability to be very one pointed. And When I say one pointed, 100%. If you want success in anything in life, YOU'VE GOT TO BE 100%! And that means exactly that you've got to put all of your thought life, your emotional life, your vitality, you're investing in it. So if you want it to be successful, get involved totally.

Macarena: 13:44

I love what you're saying But I know that doubt. It's very common, we've all been there. So then is doubt a sign that we're not ready to claim that or to make it? I'm just curious with the things you're saying, How does one deal with doubt?

Derek: 14:01

Okay. So the first thing is to understand is that it's very human and we all have it, but it can be worked through. And as. The answer to many things. If you want to have a stronger will then you practice willpower. If you want to have stronger imagination, then you practice imagination. So it's the same here with doubt. If you keep telling yourself yes, but, or I would love to, but. Derek, you don't know my circumstances. Then you've already made your bed and you're lying in it because you are the author, you are the creator. And if you are the king or queen of your kingdom and you have these doubts, then you know the answer. And of course, this is, I would have to say is one reason why we have, more and more health issues that many people are going through in these years because energy is changing. Energy frequencies are intensifying. I think everyone is quite aware that there's a lot of acceleration of frequencies and the body goes through lots of tension and goes through lots of stress. This is not necessarily negative but if one is in resistance, then the body shows But, so self doubt very human, but it can be cured by practicing, supporting yourself, honoring yourself and don't give power away outside of you. And, many of my clients, will have children and then, many teenagers demonstrate this very strongly. That it's so important for a teenager what their friends say about them and what their friends talk and feel and attitudes, so that is about one's profile. One wants people to talk well of oneself. But if you want their opinion more than you give yourself the support and remove self doubt. Then you're already giving power away to outside of you, and then you can't be a magician, And we all have to go through these different phases, and how quick we learn, that's an individual case. But we all have to go through it. So yeah, the answer is practice. And the answer is, Have look at where you want to go and start bringing up the past about what you can't do or what didn't work last time. Look at where you want to go and invest energy and power in the future in the making where you want to go. And again, I make it sound simple, but actually a lot of things are simple. We complicate it with our self doubt.

Macarena: 16:23

This brings up, as a mindset coach in my practice, how I handle this, Is, people bring up all the garbage and then it's okay, what if that wasn't there? What if that's not? So this brings back like, what is the question we're asking of ourselves? And I think, one of the things that has come up when I tell people about what I do, and the whole idea of the lighthearted living formula, which is wonder, wellness, wisdom, and people I have found, especially the people come to me are ignoring at least one part of this. Sometimes two if we put career and action based stuff and habits under wisdom, most people have enough information and know what to do. But what I find, which is the magic, of course, is the wonder they like curiosity. They're not giving themselves space, which I would call wellness. So giving yourself space to actually contemplate and what are the questions we're asking of ourselves to move through these things.

Derek: 17:21

quite right. I enjoy going to people's homes. And if I look in their bookshelf, in their library, I see some wonderful books, but I also look at is it used? Like the back, is it broken? Is it bent? Can I see that the person is reading this book or it's just there as decoration? As an artist and as an author, I'd much rather see, notes inside a book that the person is dialoguing with that book. Because the dialogue it means that you're creating a relationship and when you create the relationship the energy flows It's not there for what we call a cosmetic just for looking at

Macarena: 17:55

to be fair, most of us do that on a Kindle. Most of us have switched to doing that electronically, by the way. So now you can't judge by a bookshelf. Before, when like that was the only option. But I hear you.

Derek: 18:08

curiosity is essential if we're going to explore, The traditional triangle, triangles are very important in magic, the power of three, but you have The father dimension, the masculine, which is, we can call it archetypically the provider. Then you get the mother, the nurturer. And then you get the third point on the triangle, which is normally the upper point, which is the child. But the child is archetypically the explorer, And we need to be the explorer. We need all three of them but this is what magic is, combining what already exists, but definitely the Explorer is curious. And we've lost that. If you go to a birth in places, clinics, but also hospitals, you'll see that the conversation tends to be as parents to be, how can we avoid pain, right? Instead of the joy of what's about to take place. No, it's all demoted on a very physical level. So now there is no magic in the birth moment. There's no miracle in the birth moment. It's all a matter of physical reference and physical convenience, as to, Oh, the doctor wants to do it on Friday afternoon. Can you, cooperate with that and things like that. So that's the first thing and the miracle of. Having the physical body as a woman open out and to allow the head to pass through. That's a miracle of engineering. And that's magic. And then it closes again. That's magic. But you can see that the type of attitude is people aren't really curious and interested. And, your favorite word in America, awesome. The word means awestruck. I've got three kids and I've been present at all their births and then they've been water births. And I've taken, my last child was a daughter and took her out the water, in the first seconds that she's being born. This is a miracle, but it's magical. And it's this that I want people to understand that if you start, the birth thing with that sense of joy and it's magic and you trust life. Rather than be in a state of defense and fearful of life, and so the contrast is at the end, you've got the birth, then take the end of life. Again, there's no magic or the majority of people in our societies are in total self denial about the death process. the death process is also very magical because you're going to make connection with different dimensions. How well does our society prepare us for making contact with these different dimensions? It doesn't at all. So therefore, I've done a lot of work, I've written books on about the astrology of death, entrance and exit, and I've, written about the, what we call the planetary Bardo states. If we can prepare us as adult human beings for more conscious cooperation with these other dimensions, this is magic. But do you think the church is going to help you with this? They can't, because they have no training or techniques. They can be very good at helping the bereaved, those family members and friends who have lost somebody, but for the actual person going over the other dimensions, they have no teaching and no training to help them. And that's why one normally turns to, the Buddhist societies, because at least they have very strong traditions about how to cooperate with this. So it's from the beginning to the end, and in between is where the magic occurs. On an everyday level, this would mean start the day Be conscious of how you begin the day. What is the, thought form you have when you wake up? Is it, oh, another day same, I'm writing a page in the book of life. Is it going to be the same, thought forms, the same everything that I did yesterday and last week and last year? That's up to each one of us, isn't it? So this is where we can begin it, and this is a suggestion to everyone, out there, Magic is seeing and discovering what already exists, but you become conscious of this relationship with it. And because you're conscious with it, you then have a much more of a dynamic interaction with what already exists. And then through will and imagination, you can direct it. So , here's an example. If I asked each one of you to look at your name and then look at the initials, Derek, so D would be the first initial and then Seagriff S will be the second initial. So test and the challenge and the exercise for each one of you I'll show you mine in a minute, but make a glyph, a diagram, a picture of those two letters that describe your essence. Now, you may think, oh no, I can't do that. You can if you think magically. Here I'm going to show you mine on the screen.

Macarena: 23:16

Oh, wow. That's cool

Derek: 23:18

there's the D, which is , as you can see, it's vase, a bowl, and a bowl contains something. It holds something and there's the S emerging from it. Now you may think that looks like diagram for a nice cup of tea. I'm not sure if I give tea and sympathy to my clients, but what this represents to me and my essence is I am the keeper of the sacred flame.

Macarena: 23:43

Oh, wow,

Derek: 23:43

And this picture illustrates exactly, in these two symbols, the essence of who I am. Got that? This is it. Yeah, this my example, but I want each one of you just to play around with this because this is the way you make connection with the other worlds. We live in multi dimensionality. You can't work with magic if you think binary. Our world is all, in schools and families and society, we still perpetuate the myth of binary, good, bad, east, west, it's ridiculous. And I say it's ridiculous because, where in my generation, where is these 50 plus years gone? We've been learning about right and left brain hemispheres. If I was to say that, in other peoples who are not earth peoples, but we would call them extraterrestrials, they don't have left and right brain. They have one brain. In other words, there's no, they're unified with their male and their female qualities. We still think left brain attitudes or right brain, but our salvation and this is where magic has a great role to play is bridge building between these two areas all the time. So there's a dynamic flow. All right, so I gave you that was one example just to illustrate, if you can see what exists. This deeper level, and you can make it come forth, Then you're already bridge building between these different dimensions. So now , I'm going to give you another one, and each one of you can do this it's a good exercise. You can take your name and you look at the letters in your name, Now these letters,, like language, if we change the sound through the hole in the face and talk Spanish or English or Danish whatever then can we understand it? It's just a different sound. When we look at letters, the combination of letters, we can rearrange them. These are the letters that make up your name, but they can be rearranged. This is what I would do in a workshop. I give people, seven minutes. Seven minutes to create as many new words, but you can only use the letters in your name. And then the record is, I think, 60 words created by a Swedish in seven Pretty good.

Macarena: 26:03

is, this first and last name

Derek: 26:05

Both names. You use all the letters that are there for example, you can see S E A, C, and then R E D, red. You can see straight away there's all kinds of words that there. But the more you create more words, that's the first stage in this. This is my example. Each one of you should do your own example so you can get into this magical theme. When you've done that, and you have to put a time limit on it because otherwise, so seven minutes max, 10 minutes and no more, So a bit of pressure is necessary to create, and then when you've got all these words, then you combine these words. It's like a mantra. You will see their individual words. But when you put them together, they make, a sentence. Now this sentence can be completely crazy. It has no logic whatsoever. But it will make sense to you. It will make sense because you are seeing a relationship between these words and how it reveals something about you. Okay, so my example, Derek Seagriff, using the letters that are available. This is what I come up with. I see red rider. Arid seas. Fakers. I rake fear. Far rah rides side aid. I kiss far rah. Fun It has, for me, this makes sense. I'm very inspired by Egyptian, that's why you get the rah in this. And, people may know what the red rider is and, and yes, I'm very involved in being involved with authenticity means that I'm going to see fakers and what is fake or what is not so real and that. So this combination of words and this rhythm says a lot to me about what I'm here to do. So basically, I'm discovering what already exists, but I didn't see it before, but I'm now seeing it. And that's what magic is, seeing what already exists, but you didn't relate to it, And that everyone can do, because this is about, using the eye, And now I mentioned Egypt, so in Egypt, it's called the eye of light. And you have to look at the eye/I We can say the psychological I, the self, or we can look at the physical eye. But in the end, the eye is a clearest demonstration of the spirit on the physical plane, It captures light and it, of course, gives out light. But if you look at the symbolism of the eye, you'll have The iris the circle in the middle with a dot, that's a symbol for the sun, which is the masculine archetype, that creates all. That's what we call in Egypt, Ra. That's why I call it Fa, Ra, Father Ra, And then you look at the crescent moons, one above and one below, but you see the crescent moon, is it like that? It's the moon. It's the waxing phase of the moon, 14 days of increase of light and the waning phase of the moon, 14 days of decrease of light. So together, They enclose the sun, so therefore you have the sun and moon in our eye, and it's the sun and moon, which is exactly what we've been talking about with the willpower, the solar principle, the masculine, and the power of imagination, which is, of course, magical terms, this is the feminine. So yes, as you do Macarena I am all for developing and encouraging the powers of the imagination. Just look at the word. Look at the word E I hyphen Maggie, magic hyphen nation, E Maggie nation, I magic nation in other words, my world is my, kingdom is one of magic. And my world is, But everyone, can use this ability, but you've got to combine male and female. You will not create successful magic unless you are in a good harmony with your masculine and your feminine principles. This is clear, and the examples I'm giving, I hope, are clear. So enjoy this kind of name working, it's great fun, and of course magic can be fun, but it's also a way of showing you what you didn't see existed, and then it will stimulate you to create, more bridge building between these inner life and the outer

Macarena: 30:38

I love what you're saying. The magic is everywhere. Like I really live like that. And I had this experience the other day. I had some free time and I got to wander around and I knew I was going to have a magical time and you better believe it manifested. It was wonderful. And then it was interesting to hear somebody else having a very different experience

Derek: 31:01

Right.

Macarena: 31:02

on their adventure.

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Macarena: 31:26

So what this brings to mind is, what does it take for people to express their masculine and feminine side? So I think there has to be some acknowledgement, some acceptance. What are the steps to unlocking that prep phase to be able to have more magic and experience more magic and express it?

Derek: 31:51

Okay. So in Eastern teachings they say that only sages, wise people, teachers and children will ever be happy because they play with this theme, they play with it, meaning that if you ask a child, they're drawing, they're painting, you ask a child, what are you doing? What a stupid question to ask. You can see what they're doing, that they're creating, but they don't know what they're doing until it's finished. And it's the same here, that it's essential That when you get involved in a creative process and the magic is creative, there's no question about that. You lose all sense of time, That's the first thing we are obsessed with time and we are so conditioned with time, but hold on time is plastic. Time can be, stretched. And this is a demonstration of magic that when you're enjoying something, time goes quick. You think, wow. Ask any teenager who's playing games on the computer, five hours has suddenly gone by and they thought it was only one hour or two hours, right? And when you're in a situation which is quite boring and frustrating, then it feels as though it's so long and slow and laborious. So it's not outside of us, it's the attitude inside of us. So we know my time is a mindset. And it exists on this plane, on this dimension, but it doesn't exist on the other dimensions. So that's my first point in answer to this, that don't worry about time. And like with a child or the wise person, you are totally absorbed in what you do and it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what the time is. You are fully present in what you do now. So if your mind is split and you're thinking about, we're going to eat for dinner in the next hour or so, how's the magic going to be then? You've already pulled yourself away from what you're doing and then you are lessening your magic. So I point this out because we all do it, but we can learn to shape shift, be fully present in what we do 100 percent and then shape shift and move to another area that needs attention. But we must finish things. You must complete something. You do not leave things unfinished. And if a person has a history of, they're good at starting something, but they don't finish it this will describe, their magic. so if you really want the circuit to be, fully connected, then whatever you begin, however long it takes to finish it, you finish it. so basically, we need to don't worry about, our busy lives, If we're too busy all the time and our diary is fully booked. Unfortunately, I would have to say this is a disease. You don't want busyness. You want activity. All right. You want to be active. You want to be conscious of what you're doing. Otherwise, you're addicted to movement and you've gone into something and you've okay, now I've done that. Now the next task, the next challenge, and then you go fully into that. And then I finished that. And now the next thing yes, you may be, On appearances as though you're successful at doing things and finishing things, but you're not integrating what's been created. We're not learning from what you're doing. You're addicted to movement and moving on to the next challenge, but you're not enjoying life. And what are we here to do? Is it work, workaholic and work until we drop dead? Maybe some people believe that, but no, we're here. The spirit, the soul quality in our lives is the quality of everyday living. So the soul wants us to have good experiences and what some would call bad experiences, but it wants experiences because it can learn from all kinds of experiences. So don't veto. Any experience in a binary, good or bad, everything can be used for the soul to extract meaning from, And then the life is much more enjoyable and meaningful because you are extracting meaning from whatever's taking place in your life. And that's where, the feminine is being very receptive and, we've had conversations the last few days about, the masculine and the feminine cultures. And if we're to emphasize in one, dimension, then the opposite dimension becomes a shadow. And if it's a shadow, then we don't accept it or we don't integrate it. We don't work with it. But then that's the problem before us. And in this world where we live now How we handle the shadow will be dependent upon, how much war there's going to be in the future. If you can integrate , let's call it the darkness within you and understand that darkness is not always negative or evil as, Christian teachings would have us believe. And this is where I could get into some very provocative subjects, but light is a child of the darkness in Kabbalistic terms, this is where after the big bang, the universe went dark, completely dark for billions of years. And then at a certain stage, suddenly all the planets were arranged where they were everything had its structure, but it was from darkness that they emerged this quality Now this is again I refer also to my, what I call teachings from Egypt. This is why they divided the country. Half the country was dedicated to light, the sun god, and half the country was dedicated to what Christians call Satan, but which the astrologers were called Saturn and which the Egyptians called Set, S E T, or Seth. Now, to be a king of Egypt, a pharaoh of Egypt, you had to have the crown of the Upper part and the lower part, the red crown and the white crown. When you had them combined together, you were a pharaoh of a united kingdom. Now, this is very sophisticated. I have to say it because, they understood. That it was the so called shadow side that pushes us into growth. You don't grow unless there's pain And then, we have such a resistance to pain. But in the end, when you grow physically, you have physical pain. When you grow emotionally, there's emotional pain. When you grow mentally, there's a mental pain. And , because you're a so called spiritual being on a spiritual path, don't believe that this is an avoidance of pain. So there's Pain is the inevitability of growing. Suffering is a performance. That's up to each one of us how much, is me, hey, you up there, why me, that's up to us if you want to play the victim role, but pain is part of our journey, because it helps us what I would call harmony through conflict, because of conflict, we are aware of conflict and opposites, contrast enables us to see things more clearly. And then we learn and we move on, hopefully. So our attitude towards pain is a big issue and I would say as a practicing magician, if people want to really understand magic You've got to absorb all forms of experience and have no preference for one If you keep on talking about wholeness. Then I would challenge each person to define what they mean by that. My definition would be, I'm open to every experience there is, I will not veto any experience.

Macarena: 39:16

It all helps you be human

Derek: 39:18

multi dimensional, and that's what it means to be truly whole. We're moving into an age of multi dimensionality, not, this reality or that reality. No, it's many realities coexisting.

Macarena: 39:30

So interesting, this comes up a lot, this whole idea of the full spectrum, to really be open. It's not just The little corner that feels good. we have to be open to everything because that is life. So pretending it's not that it feels like denying. I guess then what needs to happen is I talk about this in the sense of set yourself up to succeed. organize yourself so that you can have magic. in film, when I was a filmmaker, we have a saying that says we prepare so that the magic can happen. But I think it's the same thing applies to a household or whatever our, responsibilities are, whether it's feeding our families or whatever it is, we do it consciously and when it's time to do it, then it frees us up to allow some magic in some other time. there's that bit of setting ourselves up to success. And then I find that a lot of us, are in and out of overwhelm. the other thing you had mentioned that made me think of I talk about it as life is a playground of experience It's not about good or bad. if most of your rides are scary rides, because for whatever reason, if you don't want to do that anymore, it's like you can absolutely reallocate that real estate, so with all of this. How in, in adding magic to everyday life, I think one of the things needs to be addressed is, the overwhelm. And I think that's why, because of this level of maybe cultural or community overwhelm, it's hard to look at the darkness, and for me, I'm a Scorpio, so I guess I'm not afraid of that. I don't mind because. I can navigate

Derek: 41:14

you've got to be comfortable with light and dark and not have, one's attitude will determine the degree and what kind of experiences you get, and this is where mindsets are so important. And all I've said, and what you're now saying is that be careful of judgment it's bit like an allergic reaction. If you have an allergy, you can't accept something, whatever it is. If it's, In milk whatever it is, but you're allergic to it. You can't take it in. And it's the same if you don't like something then you can't take it in. And, now I give the metaphors to everybody that on a circumference of a circle, each point on the circumference leads to the center. It's a different perspective. It's a different way of coming to the center. But celebrate diversity, enjoy the differences, do not feel competitive. You like that or you don't like that. Learn to appreciate. And then you're in this level, which is the feminine quality of designing a life where there's wholeness, where there's cooperation with differences. And that is the path forward for us to create a healthier society, And what we would call a wisdom society, more than a knowledge only society. We need the wisdom. We don't need more knowledge. It's endless. We need the wisdom.

Macarena: 42:38

Yes, and that's why I talk about wonder, wellness, wisdom, which is, are the full expression of mind, body, and spirit, right? So it's not enough. like you said, we've got plenty of knowledge. Everybody knows things. So I really find what's important, like in my line of work is helping people integrate, Right. Helping them embody these things. And I know you talk a lot about the same thing. Like the embodiment.

Derek: 43:03

But, this is the key to everything. And I hope now, we're saying in many different things that I hope could inspire listeners, but for me, as a therapist for 45 years, I would say that, I challenge clients in front of me to look at what happened in their past and I can specify, a time period and certain events, and how have they integrated that in their life at the moment? Because if you don't work with your own life material, then you're not going to be a magician. You have to relate to what you have created, because what you've created on the physical plane, on the emotional plane, relationships and things, and on the mental plane with your thoughts and ideas,, these thought forms come back to us. Some would call that a rebound. Others would call that fate. And as an astrologer, I would call that the planet Saturn. That brings us back into our own self created reality. If you don't take responsibility for what you have created, then how can you come further as a magician? You won't. So the first task is to look at what you've created, and if you didn't like it, then rewrite Rewrite the script. You're the author. Rewrite it, but don't keep on, keeping on with the same mantra and expect, things to be better because if you want change, you got to do things different, Or else that's the Oxford dictionary definition of insanity. doing things the same way as you've always done and expecting change.

Macarena: 44:33

I love this. I love this conversation we're having. So back to bringing magic into the everyday, let's start with the morning. is it the questions we're asking? Is it the intentions we're setting? Is it all of those things? What does a magical day look like?

Derek: 44:51

Ah, this is a book in itself,

Macarena: 44:53

it is. and of course. It's going to be different for everyone. What I'm looking for is for the person who wants more magic in their life, how can throughout the day they invite, that's what I'm asking because magical day is going to be different every day, but where are the opportunities to invite magic into the every day?

Derek: 45:14

Why it starts from the very beginning. How do you enter into a new day? When you wake up, what are the rituals that you do to start your day? Now we all have, Breakfast shower and things like that, but there could be many other rituals, but the most important is when you wake up, are you conscious? This is a new day. There's new opportunities. How will you know carpe diem? How will you seize the opportunity that is presented to you? Because if not it becomes, routine and most people I'm not designing a life. They're just existing, So this is the first thing to be creative is to create, So then, let's say a good example would be Today's a Sunday. So on a Sunday, a day of the sun, where there's increased light, you look back at the last week and you write down four sections. The first section will be, how did I see on the physical event level What was the most important physical event in my life the last few days? In other words, the last week, that's the first paragraph. And then the next paragraph would be, What was the most important emotional experience that I had in this last week? And emotions and feelings is the glue that links us to other human beings. it's going to be about you interacting with other people. That's the key here. So the third section will be mind mental body. Was there any new idea? What was the most potent, new idea or new thought that I had in the last seven days? As , we all aware that we repeat, we have the same thoughts and the same attitudes day in, day out, but there will emerge a particular new thought. And that is very important to register, to get it down. And then the fourth and final section would be How did I experience spirit in the last seven days? Now if our listeners were to make such a diary and every week write down these four sections They're already Seeing It's a great method of becoming more conscious of Of what I'm physically doing, what I'm emotionally involved in, what I'm mentally occupied with, and spirit, in my way of understanding spirit is my life more living. If you have more connection with spirit, then you're more living, and livingness means that you don't have any deficiencies in life, These simple diary notations would be a great way of evaluating. Your life and seeing what you need to do to change it because the more I didn't have many good ideas last week then fine then change it this week. it's all about consciousness So consciousness is the key to everything People come to me as an astrologer thinking that I'm going to be an oracle and tell them all kinds of weird, wonderful things and possibly I do. But basically, I'm showing them, how can you use your energies and your resources better by working with the universal and personal flow to get it better linked. And this is why I'm not promoting just knowledge and information. I'm promoting consciousness. If I can get a person to be more conscious to cooperate with their life, then I've succeeded in helping that person in the right way. So , this will be my, technique to all your listeners. If you want magic then it's a ongoing discipline. It's not just one event, one off. No, you have to be, disciplined that a rhythm attracts magic. And if you want something to succeed, you do it on a regular basis. I love this. So Sunday is good day to do this

Macarena: 49:00

And then what about each day? Are there any other days of the week that have special energy we should be using in our rhythms?

Derek: 49:07

again, I have to laugh because I have a book coming out here in America which deals exactly with this theme of when we are born, we have a day when we are born and we have an hour when we are born. And that what I've done in this book, the first book is to show. This creates a pathway and I place that on the capitalistic tree of life to identify what specific pathway is that person working with in this lifetime. So yes, this is a big science in itself. Seven days of the week. The seven classical planets. Today is Sunday, Day of the Sun. Yesterday was Saturday, Day of Saturn. And then there's Monday, tomorrow, Day of the Moon. Tuesday, Day of Mars. Wednesday, Mercury Day. Thursday, Jupiter Day. Friday, Venus Day. Each of these planets has , of course, a particular vibration. And every hour in 24 hours, Has also one of these planetary thing. So yes, one can be, there's a science here. One can be very specific there are property developers and estate agents here in America that use this planetary system. When someone wants to settle a contract and a deal, and it's going to be solid, they choose a Saturn hour or a Mercury hour during a Mercury day or a Saturday. There's good astrological reasons for this anchoring and earthing. This is, of course, much more specialist but I pointed out because there are many applications of working with energy and working consciously with what energies are available with certain combinations of planets. Yes, but this is something that one can learn, but it's not in just a couple of minutes, I can't really provide the system.

Macarena: 50:50

of course yeah, this is a huge topic on its own. Okay. So then back to the day, like in a regular, any 24 hours. what are the opportunities? So we've talked about like the morning, like how you start the day, the tone of your day, your initial thoughts, and then how you manage that is a big start. And then usually I hear this a lot. Morning starts off great. And then life happens, right? Here's your yeah, but, and then life happens. So then what, is it like the meal times? habit stacking?

Derek: 51:24

I'm not a Muslim, but that's obvious, but I have great respect for, the five times a day meditation, So in other words, for us, as, let's say, more Westerners You can plot the beginning of a day is like when you wake up from the grave of the bed, and that's like sunrise. So that's the East Point, Something is beginning, right? And then it goes to the sun on its journey during the day goes to the highest point at noon. So many traditions have this, recognition that one does something very simple but it's all about consciousness, that you identify. You can say a mantra or a prayer or you make an affirmation at 12 noon. It's a very potent time of the day. and then, I've done this for many years. If you take a circle. You take 12 noon and do the opposite point, six o'clock, Then you have a line that's going through the circle, a vertical line. Ah, but this is a very important statement. In occult terms, this is Walking the razor edge pathway that leads between, these two great realities. My Eastern teachers used to say that the ashrams would start their real work at six o'clock. It's six o'clock in the morning and six o'clock at night. And that's why we always did meditations based on six o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning. and even now whether I want to or not, I always wake up just before six o'clock. It's like an inbuilt calling. So I would advise our listeners if you create This circuit and you are aligning yourself with, the sun at its highest and then it goes down at sunset, Sunset can vary for each one of us, but around six o'clock there's something very magical that you are aligning yourself and lots of magical energies can be created by utilizing these points during the cycle of the day. then, what and how you use it, one would need to go into that a little bit more, but these are the times that every person, you can create your own magic by being conscious and consciousness is the key. What do you want to be conscious of at noon? Affirm, what you're doing and where you want to go. Aspire to the greatest heights, and ask for support. The sun at noon is its most powerful point. Then, absorb this power, Pythagoras would say, "The sun at noon, it casts no shadow." And understand the magical implications of that, there's no shadow. So it's a very potent time for unification with your highest being, and those of you that know some astrology, then this would mean on your birth chart, what we call the midheaven, abbreviated to MC, is called the highest point in the zodiac when you're born. But this is the highest point. This is the point, literally, where the soul enters into the matrix provided by mum and dad, and then enters into the embryo at this point. And that's normally about eight weeks after conception. So there are some technical reasons why the highest point is a point of being overshadowed by your soul. It can only take one, two minutes, I could be on a bus and all I have to do is close my eyes and just make the attunement. You don't have to have ideal conditions, and this is the point about magic, Don't ask for the ideal conditions, work with what there is. if you're driving, then fine, then pull over and just take those three minutes or something, this is the method by which you strengthen your magical vibration because you are aligning your personal world with A greater reality, the universal, and that's where the magic occurs.

Macarena: 55:08

Wonderful. That's very cool. So just we can go full circle here, what would be your, bedtime, we've gotten up to sunset. So What would the attunement right before dream time?

Derek: 55:23

If I'm correct, 38 percent of the American population have a problem with sleeping , that's a huge amount and they require medication to help them sleep. This is sad because deep sleep is our birthright. So i'll tell you what one of the reasons as one example, I don't sleep that much because it's the depth of sleep. It's not the length of sleep, the duration of time. It's the depth of sleep. This is what it means to go deep into another vibration. So this only occurs if you let go of the physical plane and you let go of the worries and anxieties that you may have on the physical plane. And we all have challenges and problems that we're involved in we're human. This is part of why we incarnate on planet earth, but you do not take your Fears and your worries onto the dream cycle because if you do this, the value of dreams to help work with this but what it does is that it keeps you To a certain vibration and then no matter you have maybe eight, nine, ten hours sleep, but you wake up and you still aren't very refreshed because it is the depth you let go of the physical plane and you enter into the other vibrations if you want, this to work. So I would then, ask each one of you to when I let go can you let go and enter into this other dimension quite easily? I hope so, because this is what it would mean to not let one world interfere with the other world. The physical vibration is physical. It's very heavy. when you go into these other vibrations, come on, everybody dreams. So you are well aware Some of you may have conscious recall of certain dreams. You're well aware that in the dream state, whatever you're thinking and feeling can be magically created immediately, whatever it is. On the physical plane, it takes a lot of time to bring the thought life and the feeling life to change the physical. It happens, but it takes much longer time. But on that level, on these other vibrational levels, it's immediate. Hence the power of thought and hence the fact that all thought is energy different frequencies And if we're going to truly become magicians in the age of Aquarius we have to recognize that this is our destiny to be able to create at will and This leads us into or could lead us into all kinds of discussions about the nature of Aquarius, but I want our listeners to recognize that enjoy your sleep state, be refreshed. It's your body that needs sleep, not your brain. This is all stupid, the brain is active, it goes on other areas it wants to recharge and meet other people and work with other dimensions. It's your body that needs sleep, So how much does your body need? If you are a heavier vibration, meaning more fearful, then possibly you need a lot more sleep. So Less fear, deep sleep.

Macarena: 58:21

Fascinating. I've actually Clients who couldn't sleep. I told them about Journaling. The prescription was yes, do your creative journaling in the morning. But also before bed get things out of your head to allow and it's worked without medication So there's something powerful to that

Derek: 58:41

but why aren't we teaching this? people come to you and me to get this inspiration and training. But why aren't we teaching it in our society? Because when you have, 38 percent of the population that has this as an issue. How are we teaching them , but no, as we all know, the pharmaceutical industries have been very successful convincing each one of us that you've got a problem. We got a pill. so they've been very successful at making fear. If you are fearful, you're a good consumer. People like me who are more happy and more at peace. I don't buy so much. I'm not a good consumer because I'm not fearful, but you get a fearful society, they consume more, or I'm missing that. So advertising as well as pharmaceutical companies they stoke up our fears because this is guaranteed better income for them.

Macarena: 59:32

So all of this is about being empowered and I think magic plays a big role in that because if you're conscious of what's going on, if you're aligned to the rhythms of life, then you're free. you're a free agent. You can see things more clearly for what they are, and then if you can choose whether or not to participate in things. I always talk about stuff. I said, in spiritual practice or as a human, you've got everything you already need. All the resources are within you. Now, community is important, which is why it's fun. for example, like my fellow body talkers or my, body intuitive friends. It's not that I think we need, or whether that's like essential oils or crystals. I don't think we need any of those. However, participating with those things provide community. again, this consciousness allows us to do things by choice instead of as an automatic reaction to the bait that's been placed for us.

Derek: 1:00:35

Absolutely. Community is wonderful, an understanding we're moving into an age of community. This is what Aquarius and Air Sign is all about. But I would like just to respect the other word you use, choice. Choice. The Italian psychologist, Roberto Asseggioli, the creator of psychosynthesis, he defined it in a very beautiful definition, Choice gives us dignity as a human being. And I cannot underestimate the power of choosing. The animal kingdom can't choose. We as human beings have the power of choice. So therefore, some would call it free will, but free will is dependent on consciousness as to how free you are. But choosing, what are we choosing? So choice is everything. And again, another point you made the more open we are. the more free we are, So there's a choice to be more open. The choice could be you want to walk away or choose not to, but choosing must help us support our reality. This theme of choosing is so important to get right.

Macarena: 1:01:48

We could do a whole other podcast about that and that's big part, like that's the key point in my gratitude poem. gratitude offers you something, but choice is where the real power is, right? Whether you're choosing gratitude or something else.

Derek: 1:02:03

Exactly. In any situation. But this is magical. This is the point. It is choice that enables us to, connect with our center. So what are the choices that we're making? Everything is based on choice. Identity is maintained by the choices that we have. So when a person has as we all do a challenge , in their personality makeup, and their challenge to unfold a different aspect of their profile. that's what leads to a growth of awareness and a growth of expanded self awareness. So all the time challenged to, expand our awareness, but this is a choice to expand it or keep it as it is. And we want the expansion.

Macarena: 1:02:45

Exactly. So when I talk about life as a theme park of experience, it's not about being punished or learning lessons. It's about expansion. whether your land is filled with horror rides or a food court, you can have those things in balance, you could do anything you want with your real estate. So the whole point is. It's not about punishment. Life is not about punishment. Life is about expansion. So sometimes the easiest way to expansion, like you said, is suffering. And I loved what you said, because I always love that saying pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. And I find like so much of what everybody wants the quick, The magic pill, the magic bullet, the magic, whatever that's instant. What we're saying here it's all about the process. It's all about aligning to the cycles of things. This has been absolutely wonderful. I do want to ask you, because I try to ask this of everybody now . How does WONDER, WELLNESS, and WISDOM apply to your life, your everyday life?

Derek: 1:03:53

I'm gonna give you an example of what you're asking from my history. I have to say, I could give many examples, but I think the example I'm about to give you, Encapsulated in a nutshell this magical way of living that I have on everyday basis, I have family and kids and they also have this emphasis upon. The inner and the outer dynamic. So I'm going to give an example from my past and when I work with a group of people and I take groups to Egypt I have done for 30 odd years. And the first time I went to Egypt in this lifetime. I was in Holland, and I was teaching what we call the 42 cosmic laws of Egypt. Egypt is divided into 42 communes 20 in upper and 22 in lower Egypt. So we were 42 people, my wife and I, and then 42 participants, and they said, wow, let's all go to Egypt. And I said, yeah, it's lovely. Everyone says all kinds of high things when you're in a workshop. But the next day they came with a big bag of money and put it on my table and said, we mean it, we want you to take us to Egypt. So this was in, long time ago, this was in December 1989 that I first went back to Egypt. It was far too many people, I've never done that ever again because I don't like such big groups, but then I did it was my first time back. And then , in this trip. I arranged that on one of the evenings we would do big ritual in Luxor Temple. Luxor Temple is the ancient Thebes and it's opposite the Valley of the Kings I have a very special connection with this temple. And during the previous day I had met an Egyptian guide. And he said to me, Oh, if you're going to do something there, let me be a part of this because they all know me and I'll make sure that you don't get interfered with, and so everything will be protected. I said fine. Come along. So there we were. We were 33 people in the evening at six o'clock, the magical time. When there's unity. So we did this ritual and basically , each temple is like a chakra system. And I worked at making a golden. Ankh Egyptian cross with the group and we turned the key in a particular area which is where the solar plexus and the heart, that link, just where that is, is called the court of Amenophis and the third if anyone wants to know, this temple. And it was very beautiful ceremony and I was very satisfied with what we did. And yeah, and then We left the temple and we went back to hotel and then the next couple of days were in Cairo and we're about to leave on the plane. And then this Egyptian guide who I'd made friends with, he rang me all very excited and passionate. And he said, do you know what's happened? And I said, no, but you're obviously ringing to tell me what happened. So I'm listening. I'm all ears. Tell me. He said the area where you did the ritual, they closed the area. And they said that there was sewerage from the local, villages that was going under the pylon to columns and that the columns needed to be straightened. And exactly in the area where we were working, they dug down two meters and they found 33 statues and these statues were taken out of the ground because they are consecrated. When a temple creates sculptures, we have this in modern day Buddhism as well. You sing and you dance. You present food. The statues are not statues. They become living, they are receiving a God force. And so the temple has that magical capacity to get these statues to become live in and this is something that most perhaps of our listeners will find difficult to understand but so it is these God forces imbue the Temple that's corrected They can inhabit it. So anyway the authorities then created a new museum called the New Museum of Luxor where all these statues are there, And I point this out because some of the statues are small and some of them are very, big and many of them, many of the most beautiful ones fantastic exquisite examples of the high point in sculpturing. They are. Figures, gods and goddesses looking into eternity, because the Egyptians understood this principle about working with time and timelessness, which is of course why I'm particularly connected to them haven't mentioned it, but my first work as a young man was as a sculptor. And I had exhibitions in London and New York as a 23, 24 year old. That was my profession. I was quite good at it. so therefore for me , it's not just sculpture. I recognize the power imbued in these statues of a livingness. so I give you this example that my first time back in Egypt in this lifetime was with that Dutch group and that was the Karma. I had to be at that place at that time with this group turning the key to open and of course my Egyptian friend guide said, okay, Derek, you've got to come back every year with a group of Scandinavians and open up more temples. And so I have, so therefore, for me, magic is not only, what most people think is granting a personal desire. It's also, As I showed you in the diagram, that drawing, I'm a keeper of the sacred flame which simply means I'm a custodian of certain knowledge and wisdom. And then I try to get that out. So by taking groups to Egypt, I've 30 odd years, that's my way of introducing these eternal teachings to a group of people that would be interested in working with an Egyptian way teaching. Connected with these teachings. So that's magic to align,, and I go to England, Southern England, and that's another tour called In the Footsteps of Merlin. And then we do a Merlin magic, but magic, every nation, every country has its magic. And so yeah let's bring magic back into our lives on an everyday level and be very Conscious of our creative potency to turn the world that we see and experience into the world that we want to live in.

Macarena: 1:10:19

Yes!

Derek: 1:10:20

This is, my dedication to magic. I'm a person that's very much working against fear, Fear is the most tyrannical thought form on the planet, the most, powerful emotion that there is, but it's limited. basically that's part of my real work, confronting fear so I hope that gave just an example on another level of what this magic means,

Macarena: 1:10:45

wonderfull

Derek: 1:10:46

Thank you Macarena for making it possible, for us to have this conversation and I hope that it's been interesting and a bit inspirational for our listeners to hear us share our worldviews.

Macarena: 1:10:58

I appreciate you, Derek, and all your wisdom and guidance today and every time we get together. So, Thank you so much. I really appreciate, your perspective and I like how easy to follow. A lot of it is and inspiring for us to explore more things. So thank you so much

Derek: 1:11:18

My pleasure. So everyone Bring out the magic in the everyday, be magicians, enjoy, be joyful being MAGICIANS!

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Wow. What a journey we've been on together. I hope this episode has left you feeling inspired, empowered, and ready to embrace the magic in your life. I'd love to hear about your experiences and insights. Please tag me on social media using the hashtag magical mindset podcast, or leave me a DM to share your wins. Challenges and aha moments. Let's keep the conversation and the magic flowing beyond this episode Thank you so much for tuning in and for being a part of this magical community Until next time keep shining your lights and embracing the wonder of each day. You got this