The Magic of Reconnection: Navigating Life's Twists w/ Amanda McCombs

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Hello, welcome to Practically Magic.
I am your host Courtney Pearl and todaywe are doing a combined episode with...
Amanda McCombs [01:43.199]
Amanda McCombs,
Take 25.
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Okay, all right.
All right, three, two, one.
Hello, welcome to Practically Magic.
I am your host Courtney Pearl and todaywe are doing a combined episode with...
Amanda McCombs, not so genius from theinner workings of the not so genius mind.

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Yeah, we did a combined well,we did an interview type in my
first season back in February.
So we thought it would be so cool todo this together and then just kind
of catch up like a recorded catch up.
Get an
catch up.
Get an update.
Yeah.
A lot of life has happened.
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Yeah.
A lot of life has happened.
It was happening from Februaryto November in the same year
and it's only been a year.
I mean, it's only beenall in the same year.

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That's crazy.
McCombs [02:18.367]
yeah, like not even ayear, how long is that?
And I promise, so those of you who cansee us on YouTube, if you're watching,
we did not plan outfits at all.
We were just like, let's hopon, let's get on this Zoom call
and bam, went with it today.
I was like, my gosh,
And I promise, so those of you who cansee us on YouTube, if you're watching,
we did not plan outfits at all.
We were just like, let's hop on,let's get on this Zoom call and bam,
my hat.

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Amanda McCombs
have our green sweaters on today, ourwitches hats, our hair even like wavy
and curly, which I never do curly.
She's always as good about.
nightmare.
I was like, go grab my hat.
It's perfect.
curling her hair.
Amanda
somehow.
McCombs [02:52.083]
Yeah, I have to tame it somehow.
It's out of control.
I love it.

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I would too if I
Amanda
I love it.
I would too if I
Yay!
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All right, so we're gonnastart with our card pulling.
I typically start my episodesthis way, so I've invited
Amanda to pull a card as well.
Do you wanna start us off?
What deck are you going to?
Well, so I have Oracle of the Mermaids.

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I pulled the card.
I haven't looked at it yet.
And this is a new deck for me.
So I don't know what any of it means.
tell me better than I do.
Like I know if I pull it upsidedown, it means one thing, right?
Find out.
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me, you can tell me better than I do.
Like I know if I pull it upside down,
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Find out.
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Usually if it's tarot,
for first.
That's why I'm like Idon't know if it works.
Do you remember last time when youwere like, this one kind of looks
like you and blah, So this one istelepathy, nonverbal communication,
energetic pulses, and mind reading.
Look at that.
I know.
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why I'm like I don't know if it works.
Do you remember last time whenyou were like, this one kind
of looks like you and blah,
Yeah!

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my gosh, and we said that today.
I know.
Yeah!
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We
We are in the zone.
We are like
gosh.
across the
Okay.
I'm going to see if there'sany other meaning to this
while you, it's card number 30.

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Will you pull yours?
Cause I have no idea.
McCombs [04:18.931]
my gosh.
That's crazy.
Okay.
I'm going to see if there'sany other meaning to this
while you, it's card number 30.
Will you pull yours?
Cause I have no idea.
I'm using the lunar deck,
paying attention to thecycles of the moon for
the lunar oracle.
We are paying attention to the cyclesof the moon for my full moon course.
So
yeah, I'm in
I'm like, I should pull fromthe lunar deck and see tonight

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is the third quarter moon.
Of course, those listening,it'll be a later date.
So don't worry about that.
But for the time we're recordingthis, it is the third quarter.
I'm just going to pull.
moon card, says failure is a side effect
yeah, I'm in that.
Yes.
that says, it's a full moon card,says failure is a side effect of
effort and can be learned from.

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been kind of conversing, those of
That's the affirmation.
So, I think that's really,really applicable to this month.
I don't know how your October isgoing, but those of us who are
kind of in the mystical, speak themystical language, we've been kind of
conversing, those of us, and we're like,
Okay.

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October's kicking our butt guys, so.
October's kicking our butt guys, so.
Yeah, I'm exhausted.
I'm ready.
and then like right before wewere recording, they just came
to hang up my Christmas lightsand it isn't even Halloween yet.
They're just, they'renot plugging them in.
We're just hanging them.
holiday at a time, one season at

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One holiday at a time,one season at a time.
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I know we're living in likeright here in this moment.
This episode is goingto come out in November
episode is going to come out in November
and we're thinkingabout Christmas already.
So
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I know, what the heck.
it's a lot.
So what does your card say?
What is your card about?
I know, what the heck.
my gosh.
So, well, it just talks about how we'reable to feel other people's auras.
Hold on, let me grab it,which I think is really true.
We've talked about that a lot.
Once you could all speak withouta sound being made and the
sounds you did make were sacred,purposeful and full of intent.
Now we hear you speak and speaksaying nothing, using air to
create sounds to fill a void.
you.
but none of you understanding thehearts of others as well as you might.
When you begin to reconnect with thesea and the shore and the creatures
that swim beneath the two worlds, youwill begin to understand all peoples
and beings communications without thewords you love to use and use and use.
Hmm.
I mean, it's really long.
It just keeps going, but it's all about
Hmm.
Yeah.
Yeah.
What is
my gosh.

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So, well, it just talks about how we'reable to feel other people's auras.
Hold on, let me grab it,which I think is really true.
We've talked about that a lot.
Once you could all speak withouta sound being made and the
sounds you did make were sacred,purposeful and full of intent.
Now we hear you speak and speaksaying nothing, using air to

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create sounds to fill a void.
you.
but none of you understanding thehearts of others as well as you might.
When you begin to reconnect with thesea and the shore and the creatures
that swim beneath the two worlds, youwill begin to understand all peoples
and beings communications without thewords you love to use and use and use.

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Hmm.
I mean, it's really long.
It just keeps going, but it's all about
you need to shut up.
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Yeah.
Yeah.
okay to not have words.
Sometimes it's okay to be silent.

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Just
is that Courtney, you need to shut up.
Stop talking so much.
Stop filling all the space with words.
Sometimes it's okay to not have words.
Sometimes it's okay to be silent.
Just listen.
Well, you can speakwith your energy, right?
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do that enough.
I do that with my son.
I'm
I don't do that enough.
I do that with my son.
I'm like, look at my face.
Can you tell what I'm feeling right now?
Do I look like I'm happy?
Yeah, we moms get good at that.

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All
The
episode today is to reconnectand kind of give an update on
growth over this last year.
So what do you feel like?
So before we talked on the last episode,you were getting ready for the pageant

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and kind of give an update on growth
and you can kind of update us onhow that all went for you and.
my goodness.
It was a crazy ride.
I kind of, so I'm pretty sure there's,some parts where I was on stage and
I just kind of was like there andI was focused on what I was doing.
And then I would go and sit behindthe curtain and be like, talked to me.
I need to breathe.
need to focus.
well, and you talked about learning from
failure, right?
And we wanted to talk about growth.
So I, obviously didn't win the pageant.
I didn't win any special awardsor anything, but I learned a
lot and I'm doing it again.
So at the end of March, I'mgoing to be back up there.
Like I like, I liked it enough and Iwasn't so scared that I wouldn't do it
again, but I learned so much about myself.
Yeah!
Mm-hmm.
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goodness.
It was a crazy ride.
McCombs
I kind of, so I'm pretty surethere's, some parts where I was on
stage and I just kind of was like
good things.
and
there and I was focusedon what I was doing.

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And then I would go and sitbehind the curtain and be like,
we talk a lot
talked to me.
I need to breathe.
need to focus.
things like
and you talked about learning from
just about
failure, right?
in a
to talk about growth.
So I,
able
obviously didn't win the pageant.

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I didn't win any special awardsor anything, but I learned a lot
it is interview and
doing it again.
So at the end of March, I'mgoing to be back up there.
Like I like, I liked it enough and Iwasn't so scared that I wouldn't do it
again, but I learned so much about myself.

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Yeah!
Mm-hmm.
Yeah
And,
covers
I met some really amazing people thatjust want to do really good things.
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Wow.
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they talk about, we talk a lotabout service and self-improvement
and things like that.
So it isn't just about likelooking pretty in a gown.

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You have to be able to back it up.
Right.
is when, so like
and then, so like the scoring.
It's half of it is interview and youonly get four minutes with each judge
and it's like your speed dating.
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Wow.
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And it wasn't as scary as I thought it
long to make an impression andthat part covers half your score.

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to Vegas, I've always gone with kids.
Yeah.
My teenagers
day is when,
waving
nobody sees the interviews,those are pretty private.
because
day is when, you know,we're doing our costumes and
bunch
gown and opening numberand all that stuff.

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Wow.
And it wasn't as scary asI thought it was gonna be.
Like we were just on thestage in a high school.
It wasn't anything super crazy.
And then I actually,Chelsea Rasmussen won.
She, I think the second I satdown next to her, it was about
a year ago, Christmas time.

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I
involves
down next to her and Iwas like, she's gonna win.
family or
can just tell she's going to win.
What have I been doing here?
But she just, she immediatelycame down and sat next to me and
was just so kind and welcomed me.
And neither one of us haddone a pageant before.
So we bonded over that.

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And a lot of us, even though we didn'twin, we went to Vegas in August and
that's when they did freaking Mrs.
America, like Miss Congeniality.
What the heck?
That was so cool.
so do
got to go down and with a bunchof other ladies and I got to meet

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some really cool people and justhang out in Vegas for a few days.
I drove down there by myself,
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And
Yeah.
left, I was like,
The
time I've gone to Vegas,I've always gone with kids.
Yeah.
My teenagers over here wavingher hand because she did.

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a bunch of cheer competitions down thereor you know there's usually a reason
I'm going down to Vegas that involveskids or family or like my husband
would go down there for work and I'dbe pregnant and I couldn't really like
go do Vegas so do know what I did?
Yeah.
Woot woot!
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That's probably what I would donow at this point in my life.
I'm like, yeah, I'm good.
I'm not like, forget the pecanos,
I went, I went to the,I did go to the pool.
I went to the pool and I did havea drink and I like hung out with
some of the ladies from the pageant.
That was really fun, but really like,
there, I've just,
of Lame.

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McCombs [12:45.815]
I love ancient Egypt.
wish I had...
I don't have the throne anymore anyway.
And then I saw the Titanic exhibit.
Wait, is that your house?
that's
Titanic exhibit.
Wait, is that your house?
that's
Yeah, my dad.
So my dad has like a couple of different
Gosh, really?
Yes!
I saw.
If you ever listen to this episode, whichI'm sure he won't but I'll just I'll
just play it all out there He loves heloves ancient Egypt those he like love
Amanda McCombs

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[ He and I could talk forever.
I have tons of National Geographic'sthat are all about it and like all the
history behind it because there was somuch they're learning so much over there
still and I had I actually got intocontact with an Egyptologist and they
came and Talked to those kids at schooland did a slideshow and showed all these

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different pyramids and mummies and stuff.
It was really really cool
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So cool.
We were both teachers at one point.
were both teachers at one
My teaching career was quite a fewyears ago, but yeah, taught fifth grade.
And so there's just a part ofyou that's always excited to

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share that kind of stuff with
McCombs [14:16.855]
Yeah.
Amanda McCombs
students, little guys.
UGH!
never stops.
And then the Titanicexhibit was really cool.
I've always loved
loved the history with
the history with the Titanic.
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I would have totally donethat if the last time we were
I was like, well, I'm not
little kids.
So we didn't do it because I was like,well, I'm not going to bring little

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kids with me, but I want to go in there.
that's.
you should.
They have a replica of the
They have a replica ofthe grand staircase.
was.
Crazy huge.
life.
Well,
And they have a big piece fromthe Titanic that they brought up.
And you think like they have a little,so they have like the big piece there
and then they have like a little plaquethat says, this is where it came from.
And you zoom in and it's like thistiny, tiny little section of the ship.

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So you get to see like how big it was.
Crazy huge.
that's how I would tear itup in Vegas too right now.
At this point in my life, soundsso, in bed by nine, I would be.
I know I'm such a nerd.
It was so good.
Well, and you think like when you dothe pageant, you have, there's like
a sleepover and it's really just ushaving like, we hang out and we have
snacks and we do a gift exchangeand they get us all matching pajamas
and we get like blankets and stuff.
But then we have the pageantthe next day and hair and makeup
starts at like 430 in the morning.
So we can't stay up late and party.
have to like,
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It was so good.
Well, and you think like when you dothe pageant, you have, there's like
a sleepover and it's really just ushaving like, we hang out and we have

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snacks and we do a gift exchangeand they get us all matching pajamas
and we get like blankets and stuff.
But then we have the pageantthe next day and hair and makeup
starts at like 430 in the morning.
So we can't stay up late and party.
have to like,
Yeah, get to it.
But what a great opportunity.
mean, even just it kind of reminds me ofMiss Congeniality because you think that
these girls are going to be competitiveor you think they're going to be.
I mean, I'm just pulling frommy experiences from high school
is like girls who are pretty aresometimes not nice to you and they're
competitive and they're catty.
Yeah, get to it.
But what a great opportunity.
mean, even just it kind of remindsme of Miss Congeniality because you

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think that these girls are going to becompetitive or you think they're going to

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[ But that's not what thepuddin is like at all.
mean, it sounds like it'sjust so it's you call him.
What did you call it?
Sash sister.
Yeah.
I love that.
Sash Sisters, yeah.
Well, we kinda, we all kindashow up for each other.
And a big part of it like, yes,you look pretty, but a big, of
course, like that's part of it.
You have to do all this hair and makeupand the dresses and the whatever.
here

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up immediately, like as soon as it wastime to sign up to do it again, and...
Yeah!
Of course.
I think we have 20 Mrs.
competitors right now.
I
don't know how many Miss.
Miss is just anybody that's not married.
So if there's anyone listeningthat's not married that wants
to do it, applications are open.

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Come party with us.
But I've already done a lot ofreally cool service things just from
being signed up and networking withpeople that also want to go out and serve.
And I think a lot of us talk about how,like we just had a dinner altogether,
The

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your why for doing the pageant?
And a lot of us talked about the communityand meeting each other and being able
to like have those people that you can.
Mm-hmm.
go to if you need something.
But I've gone and I've like,there's, you saw the kids eat.

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we pack food for kids to haveover the weekends that are low
income that maybe don't have theresources to get food at home.
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that I've gone to.
I went to the equality gala.
Network

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Yeah.
I'm just gonna put on my sash.
That'd
I can be like officially Mrs.
Daybreak.
be awesome is if I alreadyhave so much on my plate.
I'm like, should I maybe thinkabout joining up for this or
doing something like this?
And I'm like, I'm not goingto compete against Mrs.
Daybreak.
Who would I?
Well, and it's not like competing.
It kind of is.
It kind of is.
It's just a title change.
So I get to keep being Mrs.
Daybreak as long as I want to be in the

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Well, and it's not like competing.
doing?
Yeah.
It kind of is.
It kind of is.
It's just a title change.
So I get to keep being Mrs.
Daybreak as long as Iwant to be in the pageant.
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I signed up because I was like,heck yes, I want to keep my title.
That's a hella cool title.
Even though initially I was like,

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to me?
It's scary.
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are scary.
Why are they paying attention to me?
Yep,
It's scary.
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yep.
It sounds super fun untilit's everyone looking at you.
And then you're like,
yours.
I'll be Daybreak's local witch.
And we'll just ride that.
my gosh.

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I to be this and
it.
Yeah!
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turn it all on, right?
train
No, I think it's great.
You take the title of Mrs.
Daybreak, all you want, you'vegot it, you earned it, it's yours.
I'll be Daybreak's local witch.
And we'll just ride that.
my gosh.
Here's our life.
claimed it.
Yeah!
train for as long as we can.

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Amanda
my team.
Yes.
And when you talk about opportunitiesto serve, is something that, I mean,
I put so much on my plate this year.
my last year's been, I've been so excited
You know, when thinking about growthor how my last year's been, I've been
so excited to be doing this podcast.
It's been so fun.
But I think sometimes I've beenputting so much on my plate

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McCombs [19:46.28]
that I'm like, yes to this andyes to this and yes to that.
And then all of a sudden I'm like,my gosh, I have no time for anything.
Including service, including like
Mm-hmm.
Right.
how can I get involved in mycommunity and help in some
way or offer something I have?
to look like, right?
Yeah.

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you know, sometimes it takes like gettingto the point where you're like, wow, I'm
really burning out and I'm so busy andI'm so, I've got way too much on my plate.
And then you go, okay, nowit's time to pull back.
Now it's time to start emptying my plate.
And then I can fill it with what Ireally want it to look like, right?
Amanda

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the nail scratch.
I quit my job.
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Yeah!
I mean, I had to.
had, so I, I've beenreally sick and I've been
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Yeah!
I mean, I had to.
had, so I, I've been really sick and I'vebeen doing lots, all kinds of doctor's
appointments and things like that.
And I just need, I neededto take time to heal.

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Like at the beginning of the schoolyear, last year, my mom died.
And at the end of the school year,we put my dad on hospice and my world
just kind of got turned upside down.
That was after the pageant.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
like by Christmas time by Thanksgivinglast year my dad wasn't my dad anymore

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McCombs [21:00.868]
like by Christmas time by Thanksgivinglast year my dad wasn't my dad
but like
I couldn't believe it when you weresaying what was going on with your
dad and after we'd already done ourinterview with like, this is all the
things that have happened to lastyear and I'm like, are you kidding me?
Really?
Now your dad, I was like,
McCombs
I'm sending it all your way.

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you.
I heckin' it.
And like my...
so I still have problems withthis whole part of my face.
Like I can't really feel it becausethat's where I had my shingles.
So like my whole world just over thelast couple years has kind of been slowly
falling apart, but I think it's so thatthey can come together a different way.

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And I'm learning to find my voiceand I'm like figuring out who I am
because part of being able to do...
Yeah.
these opportunities, the service staff isnetworking and talking to other people.
Because maybe there isn't like away that you can serve right now.
Maybe it's not the right opportunity,but maybe there's something out there.

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But it's okay to have to put yourenergy to other things because
that's needed elsewhere, right?
Like I
my mom
really
when she was sad was serving other people.
So when you're feelingdown, go help somebody else.

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had
Mmm.
I put a lot of that energyinto doing the pageant.
And so I think when I am able to go dothese things, like packing things, packing
bags for you, you the kids eat so thatkids can have meals over the weekend
or helping with donation drives or,

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years
I think last year around Christmas we hadlike a, at the school, we just opened the
doors and we had a bunch of donations for.
local refugees because wehave a huge refugee population
I
had families come and get diapersand I had two whole frozen turkeys.

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I was able to deliver a whole turkey mealto somebody and it wasn't like I wasn't
all over Facebook and all over socialmedia saying like look at what I'm doing
like I'm doing all this stuff like I wentand a lady had just it was Christmas Day.
Yes.
Yeah.
I think Christmas day or Christmas Eve andshe had just gotten out of the hospital
and wasn't able to get Christmas giftsfor her family and I asked what her

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family liked and I went and got stuff.
right opportunity, but maybethere's something out there.
But it's okay to have to put yourenergy to other things because
that's needed elsewhere, right?
and I, one of the things my mom
So I mean that's the kind like that's what
when I am able to go do these things, likepacking things, packing bags for you, you
holidays are to me and so I don'tdid we how did we talk about
my mom's house burning down?
Yeah.
I think Christmas day or Christmas Eve andshe had just gotten out of the hospital
and wasn't able to get Christmas giftsfor her family and I asked what her
family liked and I went and got stuff.
So I mean that's the kind likethat's what holidays are to me and
so I don't did we how did we talkabout my mom's house burning down?
Yeah, I think that
everything at the time that we talked.
Yeah.
I think so.

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everything like that you were going and
Yeah.
going through everythingat the time that we talked.
Yeah.
McCombs [24:14.851]
Yeah, well, I'm like...
We did talk a lot about your mom's message
We did talk a lot about your mom's messageof like her final words to you being
taking care of myself,
yourself.
And that's something that's been comingup a lot for me lately is I won't

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have room to care for anyone else.
can't.
Well, it's like you bring up the holidays.
That's a really, really goodthing to highlight because for
most of us, especially moms, I'mjust going to put it out there.
Mom's listening.
taking care of myself, yeah.
It usually falls on moms to makesure magic happens during Christmas

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time that the gifts are there that
It usually falls on moms to makesure magic happens during Christmas
time that the gifts are there that
Can you play a game on your phone?
Hold on just a second.
My little guy.
Here buddy.
That's my Ragnar.
Okay, go.
Yeah, go ahead.
He has been dying to play.
You know the Kinder Eggs?

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I love you.
that off.
I still
they have like a little toyinside and you can scan it.
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Yeah.
play on them.
I'm going take that off.
I still miss his daybreak.
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it does fall on the moms.

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depressed around Christmas timebecause it's not a slow down
and relax like it should be.
Like the weather's getting colder,the nights are longer, and we're
supposed to be going into hibernationmode and we're combating that energy
with, gotta make sure the lights areup, the, you know, all the things.

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Yeah.
Everything's perfect and pretty.
Everybody gets what they want.
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Everybody gets what they want.
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is it magical?
Is there gonna be enough, you know,magic when they wake up Christmas
morning and they have what they askedfor or at least some of the things they
asked for, know, whatever you can do.
But it's like, when you get in thatmode and you're so focused on that

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and you're not actually thinking aboutwhat do I need, you can't have the
time and energy to go pick up an extra.
Yeah.
turkey and dinner and go deliverthat to someone who needs it.
you know, so like sometimes it'sabout pulling back so that you can
be there in the ways that count orthe ways that like actually matter.

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it magical?
Is there gonna be enough, you know,magic when they wake up Christmas
morning and they have what they askedfor or at least some of the things they
asked for, know, whatever you can do.
But it's like, when you get in thatmode and you're so focused on that
and you're not actually thinking aboutwhat do I need, you can't have the
time and energy to go pick up an extra.
Yeah.
turkey and dinner and go deliverthat to someone who needs it.
you know, so like sometimes it'sabout pulling back so that you can
be there in the ways that count orthe ways that like actually matter.
Right.
Yeah.
Yeah.
my goodness.
Yeah.
Well, and then like deciding notto go back this school year was
really, really hard because it'ssomething that I love to do.
I find teaching and being with kids sofulfilling and we have a great time,
but I like for my physical and mentalhealth, I couldn't do it anymore.
Yeah.

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They're like, there was no,there was no way there it
and
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm thankful that I'm in asituation where I'm able to do that.
And not everybody is able to, but like
really, really hardbecause it's something that
someone, my mom's houseburned down like holly.

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The holidays are kind ofdepressing for me anyway.
great time, but I like for my
my mom still had Christmasdecorations up in her house.
was no, there
going through and going up, goingthrough the trailers and seeing what
Yeah.
No.
is left because before she died, she diedabout six months after the house fire.

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And she had gone through the rubbleto pull out, you know, what do you
grab when your house is burned down?
You just grab whatever you can.
Yeah.
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it down and going through it and man.
Yeah.
There's all kinds of random stuff.

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There's tons of Christmasdecorations, but like it's healing.
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like I have to let it
Yeah.
I
going through the trailers and seeing what
Yeah.
No.
is left because before she died, she diedabout six months after the house fire.
And she had gone through the rubble to
I can't keep all this stuff.
And then, well, so the holidays,like we kind of changed how we
do the holidays at our house.

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And we focus more on having anexperience that we can share together.
We don't talk about like thestuff that we're going to get.
Usually we go have an adventure.
Like last year we wentto the Oregon coast.
I was talking to my eight year old.
Yeah.
about what she wanted for Christmasand she said all she really

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wanted was like everybody to havematching Christmas jammies and to
have Christmas morning together.
Amanda
It was so cute.
stuff.
There's tons of Christmasdecorations, but like it's healing.
But at the same time,like I have to let it
Yeah.
I can't keep, I can't
they don't need all this stuff.
I
Usually we go have an adventure.
Like last year we wentto the Oregon coast.
I was talking to my eight year old.
Yeah.
about what she wanted for Christmasand she said all she really
wanted was like everybody to havematching Christmas jammies and to
have Christmas morning together.
It was so cute.
they don't need all this stuff.
I know.
you, we just did like we havekind of like another Christmas
in summer because all my kids
I know.
Because I will just tell you, wejust did like we have kind of like

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another Christmas in summer becauseall my kids birthdays are in June.
So it's so it feels like, we got likeeverybody, you know, gifts and whatever.
And we did get things in summertimethat we thought they would like.
Yeah.
No things to ride around theneighborhood in and like, whatever.
And already they're like,

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So.
Yeah.
I don't want that.
You can sell that.
I want to give it up.
I want something else.
And I'm like, yeah, not worth it.
Okay.
Well,
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I don't want that.
You can sell that.
I want to give it up.
I want something else.
And I'm like, yeah, not worth it.
Okay.
Well, we kind of, so we just, wedon't wait for a holiday to get a toy.
mean, sometimes we'll use it
mean, sometimes we'll use it for a rewardor something, but if there's something

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that we're wanting, we will get it.
And Christmas time, like we reallyfocus a lot with our family, at least on
being there for other people and looking
can.
serve, right?
at ways that we can.
serve, right?
Yeah.
I think that's a muchbetter memory builder and

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Yeah.
I
value builder for a family.
traditions can get stressful too.
Yeah.
Well, and traditionscan get stressful too.
Right?
Make sure you've moved that elf.
Does Santa have his cookies?
What are we putting in the stockings?
You have to go to all the...
I think that is so creepy.
Yes!
I know!
Right?
Make sure you've moved that elf.
Does Santa have his cookies?
What are we putting in the stockings?
We don't allow the elf in
go to all the...
I think that is so creepy.

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Yes!
I know!
my god.
We don't allow the elf in our house.
Yeah, I told the kids I workreally hard to ward our house from
elves, so I'm not inviting one in
Yeah, we're not like...
I have certain
we
like we have a house gnome thattakes care of and protects our house
all throughout the year we givehim offerings of food and cookies
cookies and I'm like
and I'm like but he doesn't movearound or do anything we don't
touch him he just he sits there
there.
yeah and I'm like otherwise I'mnot letting the fey into our house

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do you have any idea how trickythe fey are I'm not letting them
they are nuts.
just stays there.
Amanda
I've been so I have a, I go downrabbit holes every once in a while
and I get like sucked into podcasts
what is it called?
and I've been listening to this one.
am like, they have
what is it called?
and that's why we drink, but it's real.
I am like, they have been recording foryears and so I decided to go back to the

(30:10):
beginning and I love it because one ofthem does like a paranormal type story
and then the other one will do like,
Yeah.
a true crime story
and like all kinds of
and they tell them to each other becauseone of them loves the one that loves true
crime does true crime and the other onethat loves paranormal does paranormal
and they talk about all kinds of stuffthey've talked about changelings and

(30:34):
what those freak me out and like allkinds of favings and aliens and anyway
they're fun to listen to but they talkeda lot about changelings and those scary
Okay.
Yeah.
Exactly.
You don't want to get involved in all that
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especially if something'ssupposed to move around by itself.
I don't like that.

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Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, you're sleeping.
That's fine.
That's fine.
A little creepy.
A little creepy.
Well, I have the lastepisode of Practically Magic
that hasn't come out yet.
You haven't seen it, but we're talkingabout puppets and I have my puppets
do no harm, but
And puppets are, they can do noharm, but they are an invocation

(31:19):
of a spirit in a doll or doll-like
well and I
Power.
Amanda
when you were talking aboutnot feeling well and I
Power.
that's interesting.
you you were getting ready to go to Vegas,but you were not feeling well at the time.
And I, I'm like, I'mleaving for a pop pit.
Yes.
And I love it because I was like,she took it with her to Vegas.

(31:40):
Like you can.
Yes, you made me a friend.
Yeah!
It's still sitting on my dash!
It's still sitting on my dash!
they're supposed to be good.
They can do no harm.
They're just there for healing.
But if you ever want to giveher, they love trinkets.
So I always offer them little trinkets.
Mine has like little, there'sa little wooden love thing.

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that's cute.
Yeah, the one you gave me, shouldhave grabbed the one you gave me.
It has the cute littlemermaid thing on it.
But so I drive a, I drive a Jeep andit sits up there with all my ducks.
I put over
Ride
just know she's kind oflike your travel spirit.
She's your, like you bring me withyou if you need me, kind of a healing

(32:27):
energy is what it's supposed to be.
It's
very
invoked and yeah,
Thank
going to do any kind oftricky stuff in the night.
Nothing like that.
Yes, very
yeah, no.
no.
No thanks.
Speaking of healing,
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Speaking of healing, Amanda has agreed todo a little energy session with us today.
We're gonna just check.
So this is kind of a goodway to demonstrate Reiki
energy and how this works.
Amanda has agreed to do a littleenergy session with us today.
We're gonna just check.

(32:48):
So this is kind of a goodway to demonstrate Reiki
energy and how this works.
So I'm gonna introduce you for those ofyou who are watching on YouTube, because
if you're just listening, you won't beable to see, but I have Reiki Bear here.
So energy healers like ones that doReiki, we usually have something that can
yeah.

(33:09):
act as a proxy for someonewho's not in the space.
So those clients are people thatare doing Reiki energy from a
distance over the phone or online.
I have Reiki Bear for my Reikiroom and I'm doing healing work.
So we're gonna have ReikiBear be a proxy for Amanda.

(33:32):
All right.
Amanda
act as a proxy for someonewho's not in the space.
So those clients are people thatare doing Reiki energy from a
distance over the phone or online.
I have Reiki Bear for my Reikiroom and I'm doing healing work.
So we're gonna have ReikiBear be a proxy for Amanda.
All right.
Is there any way thatI should have my body?
No specific way.
mean, normally if I was doing afull session, I would be like,
lay on a bed, get comfortable.
So you're just as comfortable as can be.
Okay.
Amanda
where you're at now, I can use mypendulum and we're going to actually
measure your chakras or energy centers.

(33:54):
I prefer to call them.
the last
And we're just going to see
of
for how you're doing right now andany like energy work that you need
done to kind of help balance you.
Okay.
stay here.
Okay.
yay.
So we've talked about growth over the last
of like, what
months, all of the things thathave happened and you've been

(34:15):
through and you're going through.
And then this is gonna give us an ideaof like, what is it that you need now?
Like what is maybe off balanceor what might you need?
gonna
So we're gonna start with the, I'm gonnamove this here so that the camera can see.
We're starting with the roof.
roof.
man.

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And so what we're looking for iswe need to see that the energy
centers are moving in a circle.
The
Wave Media Podcast Network
chakra is Sanskrit for wheel, soit's supposed to look like a wheel.
we need to see that the energycenters are moving in a circle.
The chakra is Sanskrit for wheel, soit's supposed to look like a wheel.
If you can see on the
If you can see
The Wave Media Podcast
on the camera, that is moving
moving and
pretty good.
a nice neat circle.

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So you're very grounded, right?
My hand is not moving, but the pendulumis moving and it's in a nice neat circle.
So you're very grounded, right?
That's good.
You're in a space right nowwhere you feel like I'm embodied.
I'm in my.
Yay.
Yes.
Please.
my body.

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else is not.
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someone else is not.
Ride
I love it.
I love it.
let's take a look at your sacral.
So we're going from the bottom up.
McCombs [36:47.164]
So we're going from the bottom up.
Ride The
Yes, that looks good.
that looks good.
Nice
Nice job.

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Amanda
Nice and balanced
like I'm getting gold stars.
stars for you girl you are rockingit yeah a plus for root a plus for
chakra or for sacral chakra okaywe're gonna look at the solar plexus
Yeah!
Okay, so this is where I wouldprobably say we need a little work.
If you were blocked in the solar plexus.
I want you to...
good question.
Yeah, so there'll be rightabove the belly button.
It's kind of the center of the body.
And the central chakra is the
you girl you are rocking ityeah a plus for root a plus
for chakra or for sacral chakra
of more
plexus
Amanda

(35:58):
your physical body.
where I would probablysay we need a little work.
If you were blocked
Mm-hmm.
Where is that on my body?
Is that like my belly button?
Okay.
Okay.
Yeah, right above the bellybutton, right in the center and.
This is kind of where likeyour personal power comes from,
Yeah, so there'll be rightabove the belly button.
It's kind of the center of the body.

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And the central chakra is theheart, but this is kind of more like
the center of your physical body.
So...
Mm-hmm.
Where is that on my body?
Is that like my belly button?
Okay.
Okay.
Yeah, right above the bellybutton, right in the center and.
This is kind of where like yourpersonal power comes from, like

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where you feel the confidence,self-worth, strength, capability.
It is kind of more gearedtowards self-love than
like the flow of love,if that makes sense.
Yeah.

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So we're gonna think of some affirmationsthat would help get that moving.
So we're gonna think of like,
Okay.
Yeah.
You said, I am strong and capable.
Amanda
down.
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yeah, I'm gonna write these down.
And you can kind of decidewhat resonates with you most.

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So when they say these, if there'sone in particular that you're
like, that's what I need right now.
that's what I need right
Think about that.
Amanda
McCombs [38:47.368]
Okay.
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capable.
I like to use the word warrior.
use
I am a warrior goddess princess
princess
queen of the world.

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Heck yes I am.
my gosh, that's already moving.
Hold on.
Let me start that again.
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burning bright
It's also associated with a flame, ayellow flame or like the light of the sun.
So the more you can think about thatas like a burning bright yellow flame

(38:06):
into
and visualize that you'rejust invoking that energy into
your aura, into your body.
All right, let's try that.
Now sit.
I am strong and capable.
Amanda McCombs

(38:26):
right, let's try that.
Now sit.
Okay.
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I know my self-worth.
I know my self worth.
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[39:50.389]
I know my self-worth.
I know my self worth.
keep infusing that with yellow lights.
keep infusing that with yellow
Imagine it right in thecenter of your body.

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center of your body.
Little
Little by little thependulum is moving now
now and it's moving
and it's moving in a circle
than back and
rather than back and forth, which is good.
that is what we want
So that is what we want to happen.
Yay.

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Cool.
I'm still kind of figuringout, like finding my voice.
Like figuring out.
Yeah, let's do that.
Let's skip.
The Wave
We're going to go straight tothe throat chakra and check that
We're going to go straight to thethroat chakra and check that out.
Okay.
Whoo!
Ragnar, baby.
He's too
loud.
you close
Can you close the door or something?
Sorry.
He's so excited on
so excited on my phone.
Clearly.

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You
Okay
So again, this is not moving right now,which means it's a little bit blocked.
It's moving because I moved it, but
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I want to experiment with affirmation.
Like I speak my truth.

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So again, this is not moving right now,which means it's a little bit blocked.
It's moving because I moved it, but Iwant to experiment with affirmation.
Like I speak my truth.
Yeah.
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Yeah.
that.
I speak my truth.
My needs and wants deserve to be heard.
I think that one is really hard.
already it's moving
already it's moving
which is good you're

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so it's not resisting that which is good
right you can feel
that I mean you can you can tell rightyou can feel the energy go I feel that I
connect with that that resonates with me
sky blue an aquamarine
so repeating that affirmation andthen visualizing the color of sky blue
Ride The Wave

(40:32):
an aquamarine or aturquoise color and just
Yeah
Yeah.
Yeah.
poking that into yourthroat, into your ears.
color.
want to invite.
That's what
when you're meditating or visualizingthat, that's what you want to invite.
That's what you wantto fill your cauldrons.
I like to use cauldrons becausethat's more of the Celtic come from

(40:55):
to them as
when you talk about chakras, butmost people know them as chakras.
So I kind of refer to them as both sopeople know what I'm talking about.
McCombs [42:15.773]
That makes sense.
fill your cauldron.
Fill all your cauldrons.
All right.
And then
Amanda
my first cauldron butI filled it with candy.

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I missed when Target had them.
They had a whole bunch oflike actual metal cauldrons
get me another cauldron.
Amanda McCombs
at Target and
I got one at Home Goods.
I gotta go to Home Goods.
I gotta get me another
Or wait,
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Yeah, I got one at
no, was it Coles?
One of the two?
I can't remember.
I think it was Coles.
a plastic one for decorations, you know,this time of year, but I don't have

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like an actual one that I really need.
Yeah.
I just have a
it's not
bowl that I use for my spells.
I love it.
Yeah, it's not real.
I think a lot of moms,
like me included, just
like me included, just kind of feel someshame when we are not getting our needs

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met, but we're not willing to speak up.
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Yeah.
Yeah.
Because we have to like hold ourselvestogether and do the things for everybody
else, make sure everyone else is okay.
Yep.
Throat chakra
Throat chakra is definitely one that
needs a little extra
I see a lot that needs a little extralove and care, especially for women.

(42:23):
I don't see it as often with men,but that's just my experience.
with that personal power aspect, it can
it's interesting because thesolar plexus, you know, with that
personal power aspect, it can lookvery different in men and women.
mean, men can walk around looking likethey have a lot of self-confidence.
Yeah.
And then when you are doing energywork with them, you realize that

(42:45):
it's all a mask and that they're
love when men get
in need of that.
So I love when men get a chance to,
normal and to
I don't know, break the barrier of whatthey think is normal and to try an energy
work session with me because then theyget to be like, wow, you really see me
and I'm allowed to be vulnerable and

(43:05):
healing work.
express my weaknesses and where I'mstruggling and get some healing work.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
get that cleared, right?
Amanda McCombs
Yeah, well, we all have differentlove languages and things like that.
It's kind of hard to know whatsomebody else needs if they don't
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Awesome!
Ride
know either.

(43:26):
Awesome!
Yeah, yeah.
And that's part of the work that Ido, especially when I'm doing energy
work with people is a lot of timesthey'll come and do a session and
they're like, my gosh, I didn't evenknow that was what was going on.
Like I knew I was strugglingor I knew there was something I
couldn't quite get what I needed.
And I kept running into theselike blocks or these patterns
that I kept falling into.
It's like,
Right.
But it isn't until you have a littlehelp, and that's all it really is.
mean, energy work or whatever,you you want to call what I do.
It's like, I'm not
of the work that I do, especiallywhen I'm doing energy work with
people is a lot of times they'll comeand do a session and they're like,
how
I didn't even know thatwas what was going on.
Like I knew I was strugglingor I knew there was something I
couldn't quite get what I needed.

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And I kept running into theselike blocks or these patterns
that I kept falling into.
Amanda McCombs
journey.
it isn't until you have a littlehelp, and that's all it really is.
mean, energy work or whatever,you you want to call what I do.
It's like, I'm not here to be a guruand tell you how to live your life.
I'm just here to tell you,like, help you through your own

(44:07):
a
journey.
Yes, exactly.
So
I, my friend has some affirmationsthat she, like, I don't know
where she gets them from.
I should ask her becauseshe does my lashes.
I'm in her bathroom a lot, but shegets a dry erase marker and she
writes her affirmations on her mirror.

(44:30):
for.
Yeah.
You're like a facilitator.
I, my friend has some affirmationsthat she, like, I don't know
where she gets them from.
I should ask her becauseshe does my lashes.
I'm in her bathroom a lot, but shegets a dry erase marker and she
writes her affirmations on her mirror.
I think that's an excellent idea.
Yeah.
Amanda McCombs
I might take one or both of these and
and my husband will be like,
my husband will be like, what the heck?
And you know what I'll do?
I'll do what I do
you know what I'll do?
I'll do what I do for clientstypically after a session is I have
some lists of affirmations that arespecific to energy centers and I will

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snap a photo of like, here's a list.
the yellow
recommend that and I just think.
thank you.
here.
Bye guys.
Even like eating foods or having thatcolor around is a really great way

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to integrate that into your aura.
the turquoise.
Yep, the snow jewelry or whateverit is that you particularly like.
And that's where like crystalscan come into play too, as people
like to go, this feels like theone that's going to help me.
So the
I know I'm like looking to see whatI have I don't have any right now

(45:38):
adore myself with stones andcrystals whenever possible.
I know I usually have like all kindsof things on my fingers but I've just
got my like my basic stuff nothinganyway that was really cool thank you
I know I usually have like all kinds ofthings on my fingers but I've just got
my like my basic stuff nothing anyway
Alright.
really cool thank you
Ride The Wave
Yeah, thanks for being my demo today.

(45:59):
I wanted to make sure that you got alittle extra love and care as we're
talking about, you know, what you'vebeen through and the growth of this year.
I think it's appropriate that,you know, also we show that
there's ways to send that
show that
good energy to you and.
to you and.
Get you

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Get you all balanced.
Amanda
of helps me shift my mind set.
Exactly.
Yeah, it's a good way
Exactly.
Yeah, it's a good way to do that for sure.
So, and if anyone's interested inbooking a session with me, you can go to
prism-healing.com and do an energy sessionwith me, a card reading session, a quick

(46:44):
30 minute wellness plan if you would like.
And you can find me on social media atprism underscore healing on Instagram
and TikTok is at prism healing.
That's cool.
And Facebook is CourtneyPearl's Prism Healing.
All of
can they find you?
If they're looking to maybefollow your journey with the Mrs.

(47:07):
Yeah.
All of the things.
all of my things.
So I have, you can follow me on Instagram.
That's probably where I'm the most
all of my things.
So I have,
not
you can follow me on Instagram.
That's probably where I'm themost active at not so genius.
And if you search not so genius on mostplatforms, you can probably find me.
my podcast is the inner workingsof the not so genius mind.

(47:30):
You can find it on Apple podcasts orSpotify, wherever you listen audible.
I love audible.
Yep.
And to follow both of
Yep.
And to follow both of us, you can goto YouTube on Ride the Wave Media and
find not just our podcast, but allthe great podcasts on the network.
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Yeah, we have a wholenetwork of amazing people.

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We really are amazing.
Amanda
We really are amazing.
I was going to ask you because I'mdoing your full moon course, right?
Do you have any spotsleft or is that full?
I may have a spot left.
Yeah, and I am gonna start a newone again at the end of this course.
So with the group we have now,we're gonna have the six people
that are in that nice and intimate
I may have a spot left.
may have a spot.
Okay, I
Yeah, and I am gonna start a newone again at the end of this course.

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So with the group we have now, we'regonna have the six people that are
in that nice and intimate so wecan all get really close together.
And then when the six monthis up, I'm gonna start another
six months, one at the end.
So yeah.
it.
Both of the ones that Ithink I've done two different
a spot.

(48:34):
art exercise type things withyou and I've really liked those.
So you guys should check them out.
It's very healing, very cool.
It's a very
guys should check them out.
It's very healing, very cool.
It's a very cool process.
Thank you.
Yeah, and I try to make surepeople know it's not an art class.
You're not
Thank you.
Yeah, and
It's a healing class.
We're going through the cyclesof healing and cycles of the
full moon throughout six months.

(48:56):
It's gonna be a great thing.
This is my first time offeringit as a six month course.
I've done the workshops, obviously, but I
Well, and the main reason I bring it up isbecause part of it is journaling, right?
So I kind of want to put this in with that
McCombs
and track it and see, cause
Yeah.
do some journaling with it.

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That'd be cool.
Ride
Yes.
And you may even see how some of thisplays out in our last session with what
affirmations did I need or when I wasreplacing energy from what I painted
out, what was it that I was in need of?
And then how has this lastweek been in coming into?
We're now going into the dark moon.

(49:37):
So we're going to talk a lotabout descending into the
darkness, into the shadow work,
can be kind of.
Yes.
It's dark and twisty.
But I love that it kind of coincideswith the phases of the moon so we
can kind of track how that feels.
Some people feel better duringthe dark part and that's when
they feel they're better.
So you never

(49:58):
Seclusion is kind of nice for me.
then I asked you a question.
Yeah, I get that.
Peopling is scary sometimes.
For
Ooh, maybe we should end this.
Sorry.
We did our whole thing andthen I asked you a question.
Ride
I know, but that's okay because noweveryone can hear how that's going to go.
I didn't want to mention you inthe course unless you wanted to

(50:18):
reveal that you were in the course.
That's up to you there.
So thank you for mentioning it.
But
McCombs
this is me signing off.
Witches and wizards, go make magic.
Amanda

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