October 4, 2023 • 20 mins
This week to get to know about Stephen's metaphysical passions as we discuss his Moon Ceremonies, along with our hot-take on the 2023 alien horror movie No One Can Save You.
Topics covered:
- Our connection to the moon
- Starting moon ceremonies
- How the ceremonies have evolved
- How to join Stephen's monthly ceremonies- now on Zoom
- No One Can Save You (2023)- names and numbers behind the scenes
- How would we react to an alien invasion?
- Would you be good having aliens from out space as neighbors?
- And much more!
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Until next time, stay happy!
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Steve (00:02):
Hello, returning Happies and new listeners.
This is Steve Bennett Martin.
And this is Stephen
Stephen (00:06):
Martin Bennett.
And welcome to A Lifetime of
Steve (00:09):
Happiness, the podcast where we take you on our journey
through what is helping to keepus happy while hopefully bring a
smile to your face along theway.
Stephen (00:16):
In this month, we're switching our focus solely from
movies and TV shows To sharemore about other areas of our
life that also bring us truehappiness.
And today, we're talking aboutthe moon, as well as the movie,
No One Can Save You.
Steve (00:34):
Excellent.
And before we moon everyone,what's been keeping you happy,
my love?
Stephen (00:38):
Well, last week was my birthday.
Yes.
And someone did an excellent jobof celebrating me.
Remy! Well, Remy, and you! I'lltake it.
Yes, you did a very good job.
We did dinner with my family onFriday night.
Dinner with friends and a horrorthemed escape room.
(01:03):
On Saturday night.
Sunday night was just us.
And then Monday night was dinnerwith your family.
The presents were wonderful.
You curated a good list frompeople.
And the creative things that yougot me off list were amazing as
(01:24):
always.
Including what Remy got for me.
Yes.
The horror themed escape room.
So we, we enjoy escape rooms.
The, like,
Steve (01:33):
for my birthday last month, I think we talked on the
podcast about we'd do it, awizard themed one, and it was a
good time, and we had fun, butwe also love our horror.
So when we found out there wasan intense escape room in our
area, we said, count us in, aslong as we're not buried in a
coffin, which was one of theoptions.
Which is one of the options,yeah! Yeah, as long as it's not
that one, we'll
Stephen (01:52):
do it.
And so we did one that was kindof Bates Motel themed.
You know, creepy motel owner,you're trapped there.
And there were legit
Steve (02:02):
scares.
Yeah, it was very well done, andI was very happy with it.
So I'm glad you enjoyed yourbirthday
Stephen (02:08):
weekend.
I very much did.
But my darling, what is makingyou happy?
Steve (02:13):
I have decided to take the extra time and energy that I
have from caring and worryingabout my day job, to do
something that better serves meand other people, which is life
coaching.
I did a certifications and I'vecreated better SRQ and I'm going
to do a focus on sexuality andrecovery.
(02:34):
And I think that it's a greatstart for some wonderful things
to come in 2024.
That is
Stephen (02:41):
absolutely amazing.
And I'm very happy for you.
I mean, we could just end upbeing like the helper family.
Like, I, you know, I did lifecoaching things, and I could
focus on, like, shadow work andspirituality.
You focus on sexuality andrecovery.
Just think of all the people
Steve (03:01):
we could help.
I'm starting it soon.
You can start with me.
Okay.
But one thing that you startedlong ago that we're focusing on
today is your moon ceremony,specifically your full moon
ceremony.
Yes.
Why the moon?
Have you always felt drawn toit, or did something change?
So,
Stephen (03:18):
I've always been drawn to the moon.
From the time I was little, Iwas fascinated with the
different phases and seeing themin the sky.
As a small child, I didn'tunderstand why it looked
different at different times.
We lived on top of a high hillin rural West Virginia.
So I was able to clearly see thestars in the moon every night
(03:40):
and I would refer to the quartermoon as King Kong's fingernail
because that you know, you lookat it and it kind of looks like
that bit at the top of yourfingernail and You know, there
were always stories about theman in the moon and how you
could see its face when it wasfull, or that the moon was made
of green cheese.
And you love your cheese.
(04:01):
Yes.
And when you'd go to the beach,you'd hear about how the tide
was affected by the moons.
And then as I got older, I begannoticing my moods were also
affected by the moon.
Steve (04:13):
Yes, I realized how much not only my mood is affected by
the moon, but everyone else'saround me when I started working
in memory care in senior living.
Oh
Stephen (04:21):
my goodness.
Steve (04:23):
Do you miss senior living, full
Stephen (04:25):
moons?
No, I do not.
Steve (04:28):
Well, what this love of the full moo So after covid,
Stephen (04:34):
I began t a metaphysical store here I met
some amazing people Becca andSky, Hillary an were doing all
these wond I wanted to be partof it what things in the spirit
world fascinated me.
And And at the time, there wasan absence of Moon Ceremonies in
(04:59):
Sarasota, Full Moon or New Moon.
And, you know, since I starteddoing it...
Yeah, there seems to be many,many more.
Steve (05:08):
Yes, well, for people who are hearing Moon Ceremony are
like, What is that?
Do they just dance under thelight of the moon naked?
As much as I wish the answer wasyes, what is a Moon Ceremony?
Stephen (05:19):
So yes, there there is not dancing at ours.
Steve (05:23):
And we can't
Stephen (05:24):
be naked.
No, for me, the ceremonies areabout community first and
foremost.
It's a group of people, most notknowing each other at the
beginning of the evening whofind a bond by the time that we
finish.
You know, at the beginning, weintroduce ourselves and we talk
about what brought us there thatevening.
Then we share what's troublingus because too often we keep
(05:46):
those things inside because wedon't want to borrow bother
others with our issues.
But I feel some pain is onlyhealed by the gentle act of
belonging.
Then we go around and we sharewhat's making us happy right
now.
And it can be anything from a TVshow you saw or something that's
happening in your life.
For the Full Moon Ceremonies,that's all about letting go of
(06:09):
something that no longer servesus.
For the new moon, that's allabout manifesting good things.
We want to come into our livesand for each we do a meditation
and then a ceremony where we putthose intentions out into the
universe of what we want tohappen.
And we close off by sharing myspecial moon tea.
Yes,
Steve (06:29):
and members of your moon crew joke about how people just
come for the tea, but what roledoes the tea play in the
ceremony, and just ceremonies ingeneral?
Stephen (06:37):
So, tea ceremonies are a bonding between the host and
the participants, and it's alsokind of a sealing of the
spiritual vows that are madethat night.
Steve (06:46):
Yeah, and it has lots of delicious ingredients, but some
of them seem random.
Is there like purpose orintention behind them?
Or how'd you get the recipe tobe what it is?
Well,
Stephen (06:55):
the tea was definitely a trial and error.
The first attempt I did was on aNew Year's Eve, and I remember
saying to you, This may tastelike ass, but I promise it's
good for you.
And you didn't drink much of it,because it was bad.
I
Steve (07:08):
know, as someone who...
Ha
Stephen (07:11):
No! But I knew that it had to taste good for the people
coming to the moon ceremony, soit was back to the drawing
board, trying to match flavorsand find the correct balance.
Now, some of the things that arein it, without giving away
everything Lavender is forprotection, healing, and peace.
Peppermint is to remove negativeenergy.
(07:33):
Chamomile is for relaxation.
And the other ingredients willstay our special little secret.
You'll have to come to the MoonCeremonies to
Steve (07:41):
have it.
Even the ones that promptabortions?
Yes.
Okay.
Stephen (07:46):
Yup, even those.
But
Steve (07:48):
not the intention
Stephen (07:49):
of the tea?
No, that is not the intention ofthe tea.
One of the ingredients may causethat.
Yes.
Steve (07:55):
Well, of the 12 different names and themes for the full
moons and you doing this forquite a while, I only realized
that I only realized recently,like there's one for each month
and they repeat but like Goodshow darling.
Yeah.
But do you have a favorite moon
that
Stephen (08:09):
you look forward to?
So I always love the flowermoon.
It's in spring.
Growing up north, spring is myfavorite season because that's
when the dreariness and thingswent away and everything came
into bloom.
And so the flower moon is namedafter how nature is in full
bloom by that point.
And it asks you to allowyourself to fully bloom and I
(08:32):
love that idea.
Steve (08:33):
And are there any bad moons like the blood moon or
evil moons that are
Stephen (08:37):
bad?
No.
I've learned that there'snothing about the moon to dread.
It's all about personal growth,and that's never a bad thing.
Yeah, and
Steve (08:46):
I've gotten the pleasure of seeing your ceremonies evolve
over the past couple years.
What is one part of theceremonies today that you
weren't expecting or hadn'toriginally planned for?
Stephen (08:56):
I almost expected them to be more like just a class.
I didn't expect people to stayand fellowship afterward.
But after being that vulnerableand sharing with each other at
the beginning of the ceremony,The moon crew is bonded by the
end of the evening and they justwant to talk more and I love
Steve (09:15):
that.
Yeah.
And what is something you'd loveto try for a future ceremony but
haven't had the chance to testit out
Stephen (09:20):
yet?
So I would love to tackle somedeeper healing, really diving
into the shadow work portion ofspirituality.
So I'm gonna be thinking on howto.
Create that for a moon evening.
Yeah.
Steve (09:34):
And speaking of creating more opportunities, we recently
added the zoom component whereyou can attend virtually.
And after the last class, I canhonestly say it works well and
you hear everyone.
Well, everything works asexpected.
So how did that come about andwhy is that important to you?
Stephen (09:50):
So the virtual option was definitely a learning
experience.
Our friend Misha, who owns.
Cypress Pillar Healing Arts withher husband and friend business
partners.
They have classes that they dovirtually.
And I just kept thinking, that'ssuch a good idea, and she's
like, you should really thinkabout it.
And I want everyone to be ableto participate and have a
(10:13):
similar experience to those inperson.
So that virtual option isimportant because there are
those that don't live in town,or maybe just can't make it in
person that night.
We had somebody that was sick,didn't want to infect people,
but still wanted to be there.
And I want them to be able toexperience this community and
the healing as well.
Steve (10:33):
Well, you are certainly spreading the love to friends,
family, and people that arefinding you alike.
Yes.
And how has leading the ceremonychanged your life?
Stephen (10:44):
In such ways that I never actually thought possible
growing up, there was a part ofme that wanted to be a teacher
and another part that wanted tohelp people like be a
psychiatrist or something.
And I'm getting such fulfillmentfrom being able to do.
both of teaching and helpingpeople, and I've gotten to meet
(11:04):
such fabulous people and I trulyfeel like we're making a
difference.
in each other's lives when we dothis.
Yeah, we
Steve (11:11):
truly are.
And if a listener wanted to getmore information about how to
join us, either IRL or in zoom,how would they do that?
So
Stephen (11:18):
the easiest way is thanks to you.
You can go to link tr.
ee, you know, link tree slashrising Phoenix SRQ.
I'm sure that you will be kindenough to put it in the show
notes.
I
Steve (11:34):
will consider it.
That's gonna be a yes.
And we also just haven't beenspending our entire week working
on changing Sarasota and theinternet and the world for a
better, happier place.
No.
We have also been watching somereally good TV and movies.
What is the horror movie youchose for the movie for the
(11:55):
week?
Stephen (11:55):
So, I chose No One...
Can save you.
I loved it.
And I did too, and I didn'texpect to as much because I
didn't realize Alien moviesreally aren't what I would
gravitate towards.
Yeah general.
This was damn good It was really
Steve (12:15):
good It is a 2023 American sci fi horror film
written and directed by BrianDuffield and stars Caitlin
Deaver we best know him forwriting the 2017 horror
Stephen (12:28):
Comedy babysitter which we absolutely fell in love with
and that's where you know, ourgirl that later went on to do
Ready or Not.
Yes.
Steve (12:38):
Yeah.
And then Caitlin Dever, I, Idon't know her, do you?
Stephen (12:42):
So I do she was on the last few seasons of that show,
Justified, on FX that I loved.
Steve (12:47):
Yes.
Well, the IMDb.
IMDBBBBBBB Says, an Exiledanxiety ridden homebody must
battle an alien who's found itsway into our home Yeah,
Stephen (13:01):
and that's pretty that's a good
Steve (13:03):
start.
That's a
Stephen (13:04):
good start.
That's all you need right?
Because you don't want to giveaway too much If you haven't
seen it yet, but like what Iwasn't
Steve (13:10):
expecting was for the alien to like be in her home
Like 15 to 20 minutes in likethis movie what I loved about it
is that like it hit the groundrunning It had like the couple
minutes to be like this is kindof what we're doing with the
idea But I just I love
Stephen (13:27):
it Not only is she isolated by living out in a
rural area by herself She's alsoisolated from the town because
of an accidental tragedy in herpast.
Do you think that that isolationshe's had to deal with made her
more or less likely to
Steve (13:46):
survive?
I think in general that Thepeople that like are in that
isolation and it's liketypically seem to become at
least in media survivalistsYeah, so I mean in theory the
more people around you the morelikely you are to survive
something tragic But it doesn'tseem that way in TV.
And I mean TV is real life.
So exactly.
Stephen (14:05):
Yeah, and I agree completely now What did you
think of Brianna's a character?
Steve (14:09):
I wanted to know what she did that was so messed up that
the whole town hated her and ittook a while We said we found
out and I was like Okay, fairenough, but like, not, not, but
not irredeemable, it'sunderstandable.
When you're a kid, and thingshappen like you're a kid, and I
feel like the whole town didn'taccept that or understand that,
(14:30):
would you
Stephen (14:31):
have sold the house and moved to another town for a
fresh start?
Steve (14:34):
I would have done that, like, I mean, and it's...
Her parents, I mean, for herparents, why didn't they move
after all of that happened?
Oh, and I wonder...
I know that they're not in thepicture by the time that we get
Stephen (14:44):
here, but like...
Right, her mom's dead and wedon't know where the dad is.
I, like, I didn't pay enoughattention to her mom's tombstone
to see how soon after thetragedy did her mom die, like,
did the scandal of the tragedycause her mom to die?
I don't know.
Steve (15:02):
Just too much math, but overall I liked her well enough
for a character she fought likehell, and what did you think of
the aliens?
Stephen (15:10):
So, the aliens...
We're really interesting becausethey were different sizes shapes
and abilities.
Yeah, it
Steve (15:16):
starts off very much like the Classic alien we expect
except for whatever reason thisfeet like creep the hell out of
me That was the creepiest part,but then yeah, they go into
different versions,
Stephen (15:28):
right?
yeah, like there's one that wasreally tall that looked kind of
like A giant praying mantis thatcould crawl over the top of her
house.
There was another one that wassquat and short to the ground.
One had telekinesis.
One had, like, swords for hands.
That was really fascinatingthat, you know, in all the, a
(15:50):
lot of the alien movies they alllook the same and blah blah
blah.
I liked this.
Steve (15:55):
I did like it as well.
And one thing that it took me awhile to realize, I think you
had to say something before Irealized, they don't really talk
in this movie, like, at all.
I think there's one sentence ofdialogue, or like maybe one or
two
Stephen (16:06):
phrases.
And it's not even by a maincharacter, it's someone not in
focus, in the background, andyou hear them go, There she is.
Yeah.
Just at that level.
And you don't even see who'sreally saying it.
Steve (16:21):
And near the end I think she said I'm sorry once.
But, like, the fact that, like,what I love about when you have
so few words is that the wordsthat you do use just have that
much more power.
Yeah.
But it was an interestingexperience to see how you could
build such a plot and have itdevelop without the use
Stephen (16:39):
of words.
And we were pretty decently farinto the movie before we
realized there was no dialogue.
And that's...
It didn't feel unnatural.
It did not.
Because she was carrying...
The performance with her face,her emotions, her movement, the
(17:00):
cinematography was carrying thestory.
Like, everything had a purpose.
And it was funny that dialoguewasn't necessary to tell us the
story.
Like, we got it completely.
There was sound, obviously.
But
Steve (17:16):
there was no dialogue.
And we won't spoil the endingspecifically, but we will ask
if...
Like aliens in general want totake over the entire population
it seems but it seems like inthis movie throughout the movie
that they Have this sort ofparasitic symbiotic relationship
with them where they can bothSurvive if you don't want to
have the alien burst out of yourchest because you're not
(17:36):
cooperating But you're like coolalien live inside me You can
like live on like how do youfeel about living in a world
where half of your neighbors arealiens or most?
of your neighbors are aliens, so
Stephen (17:48):
Like, do they bring the knowledge and the technology to
create a utopia and do you stillhave, like, even working
symbiotically with them, do youhave enough free will that
you're all not just drones,like, the bell rings and you go
out to the field, the bell ringsand you come to eat, the bell
(18:10):
rings, you go to sleep, thattype of thing, if it's more
like, You and the alien areexisting together and you're
going about your life, butthings are better.
There's not war.
There's not hunger.
I don't know, that, that soundsbetter.
Steve (18:22):
I mean, I guess we'll see if there's room for questions
and answers in the orientation.
Stephen (18:29):
What about you?
Would you, would you join up, orwould you be like, oh girl?
Steve (18:33):
I wouldn't mind if half of the people in society were
aliens, because we're allalready so different and unique
anyway, that it doesn't matterwhere you come from, as long as
you're not trying to like, dot,like, As long as you're not
nefarious in your intentions,either individually or
collectively.
Yeah.
I don't know whether I wouldwant to be, like, have an alien
in me, but I wouldn't mind if,like, Ashley and everyone next
(18:57):
door were, like, aliens.
Stephen (19:00):
Yeah, I mean, I would live next door to an alien.
Yeah.
I'd,
Steve (19:04):
I'd, I'd have one as a friend.
I just wouldn't want to be one.
Some of my
Stephen (19:08):
best friends are aliens.
Steve (19:10):
Yes.
Well, on that note, we'd love tohear what you think of The Moon
or about the movie No One CanSave You.
You can do that by emailing usat happylifepod at gmail.
com.
Or
Stephen (19:22):
you can get in touch with us on a couple of the
socials, whether that isFacebook or Instagram.
Both at Happy Life
Steve (19:29):
Pod.
Yes, and until next timeeverybody, STAY HAPPY!
Hello, returning Happies and new listeners.
This is Steve Bennett Martin.
And this is Stephen
Stephen (00:06):
Martin Bennett.
And welcome to A Lifetime of
Steve (00:09):
Happiness, the podcast where we take you on our journey
through what is helping to keepus happy while hopefully bring a
smile to your face along theway.
Stephen (00:16):
In this month, we're switching our focus solely from
movies and TV shows To sharemore about other areas of our
life that also bring us truehappiness.
And today, we're talking aboutthe moon, as well as the movie,
No One Can Save You.
Steve (00:34):
Excellent.
And before we moon everyone,what's been keeping you happy,
my love?
Stephen (00:38):
Well, last week was my birthday.
Yes.
And someone did an excellent jobof celebrating me.
Remy! Well, Remy, and you! I'lltake it.
Yes, you did a very good job.
We did dinner with my family onFriday night.
Dinner with friends and a horrorthemed escape room.
(01:03):
On Saturday night.
Sunday night was just us.
And then Monday night was dinnerwith your family.
The presents were wonderful.
You curated a good list frompeople.
And the creative things that yougot me off list were amazing as
(01:24):
always.
Including what Remy got for me.
Yes.
The horror themed escape room.
So we, we enjoy escape rooms.
The, like,
Steve (01:33):
for my birthday last month, I think we talked on the
podcast about we'd do it, awizard themed one, and it was a
good time, and we had fun, butwe also love our horror.
So when we found out there wasan intense escape room in our
area, we said, count us in, aslong as we're not buried in a
coffin, which was one of theoptions.
Which is one of the options,yeah! Yeah, as long as it's not
that one, we'll
Stephen (01:52):
do it.
And so we did one that was kindof Bates Motel themed.
You know, creepy motel owner,you're trapped there.
And there were legit
Steve (02:02):
scares.
Yeah, it was very well done, andI was very happy with it.
So I'm glad you enjoyed yourbirthday
Stephen (02:08):
weekend.
I very much did.
But my darling, what is makingyou happy?
Steve (02:13):
I have decided to take the extra time and energy that I
have from caring and worryingabout my day job, to do
something that better serves meand other people, which is life
coaching.
I did a certifications and I'vecreated better SRQ and I'm going
to do a focus on sexuality andrecovery.
(02:34):
And I think that it's a greatstart for some wonderful things
to come in 2024.
That is
Stephen (02:41):
absolutely amazing.
And I'm very happy for you.
I mean, we could just end upbeing like the helper family.
Like, I, you know, I did lifecoaching things, and I could
focus on, like, shadow work andspirituality.
You focus on sexuality andrecovery.
Just think of all the people
Steve (03:01):
we could help.
I'm starting it soon.
You can start with me.
Okay.
But one thing that you startedlong ago that we're focusing on
today is your moon ceremony,specifically your full moon
ceremony.
Yes.
Why the moon?
Have you always felt drawn toit, or did something change?
So,
Stephen (03:18):
I've always been drawn to the moon.
From the time I was little, Iwas fascinated with the
different phases and seeing themin the sky.
As a small child, I didn'tunderstand why it looked
different at different times.
We lived on top of a high hillin rural West Virginia.
So I was able to clearly see thestars in the moon every night
(03:40):
and I would refer to the quartermoon as King Kong's fingernail
because that you know, you lookat it and it kind of looks like
that bit at the top of yourfingernail and You know, there
were always stories about theman in the moon and how you
could see its face when it wasfull, or that the moon was made
of green cheese.
And you love your cheese.
(04:01):
Yes.
And when you'd go to the beach,you'd hear about how the tide
was affected by the moons.
And then as I got older, I begannoticing my moods were also
affected by the moon.
Steve (04:13):
Yes, I realized how much not only my mood is affected by
the moon, but everyone else'saround me when I started working
in memory care in senior living.
Oh
Stephen (04:21):
my goodness.
Steve (04:23):
Do you miss senior living, full
Stephen (04:25):
moons?
No, I do not.
Steve (04:28):
Well, what this love of the full moo So after covid,
Stephen (04:34):
I began t a metaphysical store here I met
some amazing people Becca andSky, Hillary an were doing all
these wond I wanted to be partof it what things in the spirit
world fascinated me.
And And at the time, there wasan absence of Moon Ceremonies in
(04:59):
Sarasota, Full Moon or New Moon.
And, you know, since I starteddoing it...
Yeah, there seems to be many,many more.
Steve (05:08):
Yes, well, for people who are hearing Moon Ceremony are
like, What is that?
Do they just dance under thelight of the moon naked?
As much as I wish the answer wasyes, what is a Moon Ceremony?
Stephen (05:19):
So yes, there there is not dancing at ours.
Steve (05:23):
And we can't
Stephen (05:24):
be naked.
No, for me, the ceremonies areabout community first and
foremost.
It's a group of people, most notknowing each other at the
beginning of the evening whofind a bond by the time that we
finish.
You know, at the beginning, weintroduce ourselves and we talk
about what brought us there thatevening.
Then we share what's troublingus because too often we keep
(05:46):
those things inside because wedon't want to borrow bother
others with our issues.
But I feel some pain is onlyhealed by the gentle act of
belonging.
Then we go around and we sharewhat's making us happy right
now.
And it can be anything from a TVshow you saw or something that's
happening in your life.
For the Full Moon Ceremonies,that's all about letting go of
(06:09):
something that no longer servesus.
For the new moon, that's allabout manifesting good things.
We want to come into our livesand for each we do a meditation
and then a ceremony where we putthose intentions out into the
universe of what we want tohappen.
And we close off by sharing myspecial moon tea.
Yes,
Steve (06:29):
and members of your moon crew joke about how people just
come for the tea, but what roledoes the tea play in the
ceremony, and just ceremonies ingeneral?
Stephen (06:37):
So, tea ceremonies are a bonding between the host and
the participants, and it's alsokind of a sealing of the
spiritual vows that are madethat night.
Steve (06:46):
Yeah, and it has lots of delicious ingredients, but some
of them seem random.
Is there like purpose orintention behind them?
Or how'd you get the recipe tobe what it is?
Well,
Stephen (06:55):
the tea was definitely a trial and error.
The first attempt I did was on aNew Year's Eve, and I remember
saying to you, This may tastelike ass, but I promise it's
good for you.
And you didn't drink much of it,because it was bad.
I
Steve (07:08):
know, as someone who...
Ha
Stephen (07:11):
No! But I knew that it had to taste good for the people
coming to the moon ceremony, soit was back to the drawing
board, trying to match flavorsand find the correct balance.
Now, some of the things that arein it, without giving away
everything Lavender is forprotection, healing, and peace.
Peppermint is to remove negativeenergy.
(07:33):
Chamomile is for relaxation.
And the other ingredients willstay our special little secret.
You'll have to come to the MoonCeremonies to
Steve (07:41):
have it.
Even the ones that promptabortions?
Yes.
Okay.
Stephen (07:46):
Yup, even those.
But
Steve (07:48):
not the intention
Stephen (07:49):
of the tea?
No, that is not the intention ofthe tea.
One of the ingredients may causethat.
Yes.
Steve (07:55):
Well, of the 12 different names and themes for the full
moons and you doing this forquite a while, I only realized
that I only realized recently,like there's one for each month
and they repeat but like Goodshow darling.
Yeah.
But do you have a favorite moon
that
Stephen (08:09):
you look forward to?
So I always love the flowermoon.
It's in spring.
Growing up north, spring is myfavorite season because that's
when the dreariness and thingswent away and everything came
into bloom.
And so the flower moon is namedafter how nature is in full
bloom by that point.
And it asks you to allowyourself to fully bloom and I
(08:32):
love that idea.
Steve (08:33):
And are there any bad moons like the blood moon or
evil moons that are
Stephen (08:37):
bad?
No.
I've learned that there'snothing about the moon to dread.
It's all about personal growth,and that's never a bad thing.
Yeah, and
Steve (08:46):
I've gotten the pleasure of seeing your ceremonies evolve
over the past couple years.
What is one part of theceremonies today that you
weren't expecting or hadn'toriginally planned for?
Stephen (08:56):
I almost expected them to be more like just a class.
I didn't expect people to stayand fellowship afterward.
But after being that vulnerableand sharing with each other at
the beginning of the ceremony,The moon crew is bonded by the
end of the evening and they justwant to talk more and I love
Steve (09:15):
that.
Yeah.
And what is something you'd loveto try for a future ceremony but
haven't had the chance to testit out
Stephen (09:20):
yet?
So I would love to tackle somedeeper healing, really diving
into the shadow work portion ofspirituality.
So I'm gonna be thinking on howto.
Create that for a moon evening.
Yeah.
Steve (09:34):
And speaking of creating more opportunities, we recently
added the zoom component whereyou can attend virtually.
And after the last class, I canhonestly say it works well and
you hear everyone.
Well, everything works asexpected.
So how did that come about andwhy is that important to you?
Stephen (09:50):
So the virtual option was definitely a learning
experience.
Our friend Misha, who owns.
Cypress Pillar Healing Arts withher husband and friend business
partners.
They have classes that they dovirtually.
And I just kept thinking, that'ssuch a good idea, and she's
like, you should really thinkabout it.
And I want everyone to be ableto participate and have a
(10:13):
similar experience to those inperson.
So that virtual option isimportant because there are
those that don't live in town,or maybe just can't make it in
person that night.
We had somebody that was sick,didn't want to infect people,
but still wanted to be there.
And I want them to be able toexperience this community and
the healing as well.
Steve (10:33):
Well, you are certainly spreading the love to friends,
family, and people that arefinding you alike.
Yes.
And how has leading the ceremonychanged your life?
Stephen (10:44):
In such ways that I never actually thought possible
growing up, there was a part ofme that wanted to be a teacher
and another part that wanted tohelp people like be a
psychiatrist or something.
And I'm getting such fulfillmentfrom being able to do.
both of teaching and helpingpeople, and I've gotten to meet
(11:04):
such fabulous people and I trulyfeel like we're making a
difference.
in each other's lives when we dothis.
Yeah, we
Steve (11:11):
truly are.
And if a listener wanted to getmore information about how to
join us, either IRL or in zoom,how would they do that?
So
Stephen (11:18):
the easiest way is thanks to you.
You can go to link tr.
ee, you know, link tree slashrising Phoenix SRQ.
I'm sure that you will be kindenough to put it in the show
notes.
I
Steve (11:34):
will consider it.
That's gonna be a yes.
And we also just haven't beenspending our entire week working
on changing Sarasota and theinternet and the world for a
better, happier place.
No.
We have also been watching somereally good TV and movies.
What is the horror movie youchose for the movie for the
(11:55):
week?
Stephen (11:55):
So, I chose No One...
Can save you.
I loved it.
And I did too, and I didn'texpect to as much because I
didn't realize Alien moviesreally aren't what I would
gravitate towards.
Yeah general.
This was damn good It was really
Steve (12:15):
good It is a 2023 American sci fi horror film
written and directed by BrianDuffield and stars Caitlin
Deaver we best know him forwriting the 2017 horror
Stephen (12:28):
Comedy babysitter which we absolutely fell in love with
and that's where you know, ourgirl that later went on to do
Ready or Not.
Yes.
Steve (12:38):
Yeah.
And then Caitlin Dever, I, Idon't know her, do you?
Stephen (12:42):
So I do she was on the last few seasons of that show,
Justified, on FX that I loved.
Steve (12:47):
Yes.
Well, the IMDb.
IMDBBBBBBB Says, an Exiledanxiety ridden homebody must
battle an alien who's found itsway into our home Yeah,
Stephen (13:01):
and that's pretty that's a good
Steve (13:03):
start.
That's a
Stephen (13:04):
good start.
That's all you need right?
Because you don't want to giveaway too much If you haven't
seen it yet, but like what Iwasn't
Steve (13:10):
expecting was for the alien to like be in her home
Like 15 to 20 minutes in likethis movie what I loved about it
is that like it hit the groundrunning It had like the couple
minutes to be like this is kindof what we're doing with the
idea But I just I love
Stephen (13:27):
it Not only is she isolated by living out in a
rural area by herself She's alsoisolated from the town because
of an accidental tragedy in herpast.
Do you think that that isolationshe's had to deal with made her
more or less likely to
Steve (13:46):
survive?
I think in general that Thepeople that like are in that
isolation and it's liketypically seem to become at
least in media survivalistsYeah, so I mean in theory the
more people around you the morelikely you are to survive
something tragic But it doesn'tseem that way in TV.
And I mean TV is real life.
So exactly.
Stephen (14:05):
Yeah, and I agree completely now What did you
think of Brianna's a character?
Steve (14:09):
I wanted to know what she did that was so messed up that
the whole town hated her and ittook a while We said we found
out and I was like Okay, fairenough, but like, not, not, but
not irredeemable, it'sunderstandable.
When you're a kid, and thingshappen like you're a kid, and I
feel like the whole town didn'taccept that or understand that,
(14:30):
would you
Stephen (14:31):
have sold the house and moved to another town for a
fresh start?
Steve (14:34):
I would have done that, like, I mean, and it's...
Her parents, I mean, for herparents, why didn't they move
after all of that happened?
Oh, and I wonder...
I know that they're not in thepicture by the time that we get
Stephen (14:44):
here, but like...
Right, her mom's dead and wedon't know where the dad is.
I, like, I didn't pay enoughattention to her mom's tombstone
to see how soon after thetragedy did her mom die, like,
did the scandal of the tragedycause her mom to die?
I don't know.
Steve (15:02):
Just too much math, but overall I liked her well enough
for a character she fought likehell, and what did you think of
the aliens?
Stephen (15:10):
So, the aliens...
We're really interesting becausethey were different sizes shapes
and abilities.
Yeah, it
Steve (15:16):
starts off very much like the Classic alien we expect
except for whatever reason thisfeet like creep the hell out of
me That was the creepiest part,but then yeah, they go into
different versions,
Stephen (15:28):
right?
yeah, like there's one that wasreally tall that looked kind of
like A giant praying mantis thatcould crawl over the top of her
house.
There was another one that wassquat and short to the ground.
One had telekinesis.
One had, like, swords for hands.
That was really fascinatingthat, you know, in all the, a
(15:50):
lot of the alien movies they alllook the same and blah blah
blah.
I liked this.
Steve (15:55):
I did like it as well.
And one thing that it took me awhile to realize, I think you
had to say something before Irealized, they don't really talk
in this movie, like, at all.
I think there's one sentence ofdialogue, or like maybe one or
two
Stephen (16:06):
phrases.
And it's not even by a maincharacter, it's someone not in
focus, in the background, andyou hear them go, There she is.
Yeah.
Just at that level.
And you don't even see who'sreally saying it.
Steve (16:21):
And near the end I think she said I'm sorry once.
But, like, the fact that, like,what I love about when you have
so few words is that the wordsthat you do use just have that
much more power.
Yeah.
But it was an interestingexperience to see how you could
build such a plot and have itdevelop without the use
Stephen (16:39):
of words.
And we were pretty decently farinto the movie before we
realized there was no dialogue.
And that's...
It didn't feel unnatural.
It did not.
Because she was carrying...
The performance with her face,her emotions, her movement, the
(17:00):
cinematography was carrying thestory.
Like, everything had a purpose.
And it was funny that dialoguewasn't necessary to tell us the
story.
Like, we got it completely.
There was sound, obviously.
But
Steve (17:16):
there was no dialogue.
And we won't spoil the endingspecifically, but we will ask
if...
Like aliens in general want totake over the entire population
it seems but it seems like inthis movie throughout the movie
that they Have this sort ofparasitic symbiotic relationship
with them where they can bothSurvive if you don't want to
have the alien burst out of yourchest because you're not
(17:36):
cooperating But you're like coolalien live inside me You can
like live on like how do youfeel about living in a world
where half of your neighbors arealiens or most?
of your neighbors are aliens, so
Stephen (17:48):
Like, do they bring the knowledge and the technology to
create a utopia and do you stillhave, like, even working
symbiotically with them, do youhave enough free will that
you're all not just drones,like, the bell rings and you go
out to the field, the bell ringsand you come to eat, the bell
(18:10):
rings, you go to sleep, thattype of thing, if it's more
like, You and the alien areexisting together and you're
going about your life, butthings are better.
There's not war.
There's not hunger.
I don't know, that, that soundsbetter.
Steve (18:22):
I mean, I guess we'll see if there's room for questions
and answers in the orientation.
Stephen (18:29):
What about you?
Would you, would you join up, orwould you be like, oh girl?
Steve (18:33):
I wouldn't mind if half of the people in society were
aliens, because we're allalready so different and unique
anyway, that it doesn't matterwhere you come from, as long as
you're not trying to like, dot,like, As long as you're not
nefarious in your intentions,either individually or
collectively.
Yeah.
I don't know whether I wouldwant to be, like, have an alien
in me, but I wouldn't mind if,like, Ashley and everyone next
(18:57):
door were, like, aliens.
Stephen (19:00):
Yeah, I mean, I would live next door to an alien.
Yeah.
I'd,
Steve (19:04):
I'd, I'd have one as a friend.
I just wouldn't want to be one.
Some of my
Stephen (19:08):
best friends are aliens.
Steve (19:10):
Yes.
Well, on that note, we'd love tohear what you think of The Moon
or about the movie No One CanSave You.
You can do that by emailing usat happylifepod at gmail.
com.
Or
Stephen (19:22):
you can get in touch with us on a couple of the
socials, whether that isFacebook or Instagram.
Both at Happy Life
Steve (19:29):
Pod.
Yes, and until next timeeverybody, STAY HAPPY!
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