Have a little laugh, sip some tea, and discover new ways to see spirituality from beyond the box of society, guidebooks, and that new-age influencer everyone seems to follow. Join hosts Alisa and Mel as they ground down and dive deep into big spiritual concepts everyone always hears, but are not always accessible. Through story-telling, social experiments, and funny but educational bits you'll be sure to see spirituality from beyond the box.
Melissa Sorokolit x Alisa Hartley
We're announcing our mid-season break for the rest of Summer.
This week, Alisa chats all about Cancer energy and the tarot card that is ruled by the crab. Hope you enjoy the episode! Don't miss out on new episodes. You can join our Patreon for bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, insights into Celtic lunar cycles, each month and much more! patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @your.nature.within @alisa.hartley
Mel flies solo in this episode talking about Oak spiritual properties and this lunar cycle themes including the potential of something to grow into a mighty Oak tree and how we can approach difficult feelings surrounding the disappointments in life. Don't miss out on new episodes. You can join our Patreon for bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, insights into Celtic lunar cycles, each month and much more! patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @your.nature.within @alisa.hartley
In this episode, Alisa and Mel chatted about the new wave of interest in ancestry, its historical dark origins, as well as the ways connecting to our ancestry may bring us hope. You can join our Patreon for bonus episodes, early access to public episodes, workshops, a monthly creative space featuring new tarot spreads, insights into Celtic lunar cycles, and much more! patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @your.nature.within @alisa.hartley
In this episode, we chatted about how we can find ways to notice when we're avoiding emotions and how to allow ourselves to work through emotions. You can join our Patreon for bonus episodes, early access to public episodes, workshops, a monthly creative space featuring new tarot spreads, insights into Celtic lunar cycles, and much more! patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @your.nature.within @alisa.hartley
A powerful and exciting chat about choices and how they affect our lives, Celtic Oak and acorn energy and insights, inevitable endings and beginnings, control vs. surrender, and the profound clarity we find in darkness when we are forced to find the light. Digressions include the importance of low bar consistency, the rebirth of our social lives after lockdown, and a huge shoutout to Mel's awesome ringtone… Don't miss out on new episodes. You can join our Patreon for bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, insights into Celtic lunar cycles, each month and much more! patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @your.nature.within @alisa.hartley
In this week's bonus episode, Alisa flies solo and chats about everything related to the tarot cards ruled by Gemini and Mercury. As we reach the halfway point of Mercury retrograde, she offers some prompts for reflecting on this energy within and ways you can connect to this energy outside of you. As above, so below. Till next time, friends. Join our Patreon here for bonus episodes, tarot spreads, lunar tree info, and extra cool shit: www.patreon.com/unboxingthetarot
A loaded baked potato of an episode includes discussions of the change and delays of seasons, Roe vs. Wade, and spiritual capitalism. Digressions include the ethics of MLM's, online coaches, and McDonald's penetrating the spiritual industry. --- Shownotes: Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good Book by Adrienne Maree Brown The Rise of Spiritual Capitalism by Derek Beres Spiritual Capitalism: An Oxymoron By Shoaib Ul-Haq --- Don't miss out on episodes! You can join our Patreon for bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @your.nature.within @alisa.hartley
In this week's bonus episode, Alisa and Mel talk about the evil inner critic and how it stops us from doing what we love as well as our success. We dive into real-life stories and examples from our lives and how we've noticed our biggest bully is sometimes ourselves. Join our Patreon here for bonus episodes, tarot spreads, lunar tree info, and extra cool shit: www.patreon.com/unboxingthetarot
In our first bonus episode of season 2, join us as we pull a card and share stories that reflect the way that energy has shown up in our lives. We discuss King of Cups symbolism including the chaos and beauty of water energy and processing emotions. Digressions include stressing from one thing to the next, why sports is both therapy and reality TV for men, why the internet scares us away from rocks and other spiritual practices, and why scuba diving is f*cking insane. Join our Patreon here for bonus episodes, tarot spreads, lunar tree info, and extra cool shit: www.patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @your.nature.within @alisa.hartley
This week's episode is a mixed bag, a treat bag party favour, if you will - we covered the topics of the “capital C” Community (building one online and how to find one in real life), we dove into the Taurus eclipse and Celtic willow tree cycle, we chatted about the tarot cards associated with this astrological time, and we offered a few ways for you to tap into this energy personally. Digressions include miniclip.com, the phone numbers from childhood you'll never forget, giving yourself time to heal your social battery after a time of collective trauma, and how to befriend your neighbours in a non-creepy way. Don't miss out on episodes! You can join our Patreon for bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @your.nature.within @alisa.hartley
Welcome to season 2, baby! We're here in this chatty episode to discuss our new concept for the podcast this season and to give you some quick life updates. Digressions include why you should value what you don't want as much as what you do want, Wintering and the inevitable coming of Spring, Drag Race, how to make yogurt, and why the delicate balance between ascension and grounding is key. Submit your thoughts to us or enter our contest to win a free spiritual reading from Mel (details in this week's episode) unboxingthetarot@gmail.com Join our Patreon here for bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month, and much more! Patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @your.nature.within @alisa.hartley
Awake in a Dream - 9 of Swords In this episode, Alisa and Mel discuss all that has to do with the dream realm, about this Sagittarius season, and the Celtic Elder lunar cycle. The hosts also do a spiritual reading on how to deal with ‘nay sayers' as requested in a mailbox submission. Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
For those who missed our announcement on our Instagram @unboxingthetarot we are on our break after closing off Season 1! Season 2 is coming soon, in the meantime feel free to write to us topic suggestions, insights, and more at unboxingthetarot@gmail.com
This week, Alisa is joined by a very special guest Kayla-Jane of Word Alchemy. Their chat includes the importance of therapeutic self-expression in your healing journey, an intro to the stages of Alchemy, why diving into your personal natal chart surpasses anything you'll ever read on Instagram. Digressions include coaching courses that cost $3,333, imbalanced Aries energy, toxic positivity, and courageous leadership. *You can find Kayla-Jane on IG @alchemy.of.writing. *Sign up to the open mic here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/embers-of-revival-poetry-storytelling-open-mic-night-tickets-290354326607?aff=ebdsoporgprofile *Register for the Alchemical Astrology course here: https://www.curiotarotschool.com/alchemical-astrology-co-create-with-your-cosmic-path *Find your natal chart here: https://astro.cafeastrology.com/natal.php Thanks for listening! Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Get in touch with us: unboxingthetarot@gmail.com
In this week's episode, Mel (she/they) discusses the one thing they wish they knew earlier as someone who came out as queer later in life. Subjects include coming out later in life, validating bi and pansexual relationships when you're dating a cis man, not having to ‘prove' your queerness, internalized homophobia, and mourning times before you came out. Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
In this week's episode, Mel and Alisa dive into the very real world of shitty tarot and psychic readings. Mel put a call out in a tarot community thread asking people to share their bad experiences, we unexpectedly received hundreds of replies, and we have the honour of sharing a few of these responses with you here on the pod. Digressions include our personal experiences with witchy cults and upsells, living with our very un-spiritual partners, and murky green vibes. Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
On this very special episode, Alisa & Mel host Kendell Holmes. Kendell is a Tarot Reader, Energy Worker, and Astrology Enthusiast. By combining her empathic nature, intuitive insight, and background in psychology she provides services to help you through periods of change or uncertainty. In this episode, we discuss using Astrology not only for birthdays but for any significant events in our lives. Digressions include why we think people are partying on the stars, why we think Jim Carry in the Mask is a vibe, finding out a spiritual path after times of difficulty, and how psychology led us to spirituality. You can connect with Kendell on: Instagram: @cosmic.puddle Twitter: @cosmic_puddle Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
In this episode, Alisa and Mel read two mailbox moments and chat about some of the questions listeners sent in including how to find a spiritual community and psychedelics at parties vs. as a medicine. Digressions include syncing up on our spiritual periods, creating spaces to let your freak flag fly, spiritual Drano, the gender of rona, and finding the right knowledge at the right time. Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
Hi all, it's just Mel this week and Alisa is covering our bonus episode. Mel discussed how she's been moving through the sudden loss of a pet and shares her experience in the hope that someone else who may be experiencing something similar can find some comfort through hearing about her experience. Donate to Warren Peace Bunny Sanctuary Here: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/warren-peace-bunny-sanctuary/ Video about bunnies as pets & Warren Peace Bunny Sanctuary here: https://globalnews.ca/news/8538583/documentary-bunnies-lake-country-bc-sanctuary/ This episode is dedicated to Marvel and all the other pets who have made such a loving impact on our lives.
This episode is all about Wintering. Your hosts discuss their wintering cycles and personal experiences in their caves over this season. Mel shares a bit about the Celtic wheel of the year and the celebration of Imbolc, the return of Spring. Digressions include playing Mario for ten hours a day, shameless plug jingles, and placebo olive oil Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
This episode is devoted entirely to our collective card of 2022, The Lovers. We start the episode with a heart-felt mailbox moment you won't want to miss sent in by one of our lovely Patreon members. We then take a deep dive into the history of the elusive Lovers card, where it originated, its previous names, and its meanings. Digressions include wealthy Italians, walking the line of polarity, secret societies, and the concept of blind fate. Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
In this episode, Alisa and Mel elaborate on some of the details of The High Priestess as spoken about in this week's public episode. As well, Mel talks about this Birch lunar cycle and offers a collective tree spiritual reading. Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
In this episode, we get right down to the goods as our hosts Melissa & Alisa count down their top 5 spiritual ‘lessons' as if it's a MTV Music Video Countdown from the early 2000's. Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
In this episode, we share a very *dreamy* mailbox moment sent in by one of our listeners, Mel shares their curated list of ways you can kick your phone habit, as well as some unique and intentional ways to build a more fulfilling experience with the online world. Digressions include the return of carrier pigeons, pop bottle tornado machines, and falling down slippery social media slopes. Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
In this episode, Mel and Alisa discuss New Years Resolutions; how to make the most of them, and how to avoid the ones that are bullshit designed to make you feel like you're not enough. Digressions include different types of dreams, learning lessons from dreams, manifestations vs. intention setting, reflections on closing out the year, and how it's equally as valuable as starting a new one. Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
Welcome to our Patreon's first-ever bonus episode! In this episode, we dive into some of our personal rituals and reflect on what rituals mean to us. Feel free to share some of your rituals, any thoughts on any of our episodes, or ideas you may want to hear from us on! Email: unboxingthetarot@gmail.com Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.withi
Our hosts Alisa and Mel dive into the history of Christmas and how it originated from Pagan traditions. Discussions also include the origins of some of your favourite holiday traditions such as Christmas trees, mistletoe, gift-giving, and more! Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
In this episode, Alisa and Mel read some of the best shitposting found in the r/tarot subreddit. Whether you're unfamiliar with Reddit or know its humorous powers, strap in for our funniest episode yet, one that you won't want to miss. Topics include why tarot cards are too big for our tiny hands, worst readings, and what it is to be a deck slut. Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
In this episode, Alisa and Mel talk about how the media teaches us to hate women, Mel's para-social relationship to Taylor Swift, spirituality as a trend, and buying your clear quartz from winners, the energy of this Eclipse, and discerning your truth. Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
In this episode, Alisa and Mel discuss the numerology of 7, early childhood memories of bingo gambling, how stressful it is to have people sing ‘Happy Birthday' to you, healing the art wound, inner child healing, learning to validate your artistry, and why your unique creations are needed in this world. Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
In this episode, the hosts Alisa and Mel talk about noticing the cycles in nature within ourselves including within our spiritual and physical bodies. They also discuss the materialism within the wellness industry, unlearning what we've been taught we need in order to embody a spiritual practice, and how to find your unique expression of the spiritual stuff and face the final boss in Super Smash Bros. Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
In this episode, discussions include the new Celtic lunar cycle Reed and how it may apply to you and our current season, what we're currently reading, insights on taking the seat of neutrality, the power of the collective imagination, and why your mortgage is an illusion. In an exciting first, we pull THREE cards for you instead of just one. *This episode includes a disclaimer about our last episode and what you can expect from us moving forward.* Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
In this episode, we discussed the many issues of ethics and MLM-style tactics within the spiritual and wellness communities. Discussions also include why the internet isn't real, fragmented information, and why the content we see in our online world can be misleading, being both helpers and people who need help, and sharing ideas on how we can give back to our communities and support those around us. Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
In this episode, we pulled the Two of Pentacles. We discussed how to notice the void outside of our perception and how our choices are not binary. Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
In this episode, we pulled the Hermit Tarot card. We talked about working with the duality of Hermit energy, living and embracing the seasons of your life, being in your Hermit era, how to use the Hermit as a guide, setting boundaries online, what even is a mercury retrograde, and how to make one good spiritual soup. Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
In this first episode, we pulled the Strength Tarot card. We talked about some of the harmful structures in society that try to keep us on the ‘one way, straight train' of living. Discussions include an introduction to the Tarot and the spiritual phases we encounter in life that exist within the Tarot structure and archetypes, the threshold between trauma and enlightenment, how privilege affects our spiritual life, how the Strength card connects to this Celtic lunar cycle (Ivy), and personal stories of how Strength energy has shown up in our lives including in relationships and balancing leadership. Don't forget to check out our Patreon where you can choose from three tiers that offer a variety of extra fab content including early access and bonus episodes, access to workshops, a creative space featuring new tarot spreads, and insights into the Celtic lunar cycles each month and much more! Join our Patreon here. https://patreon.com/unboxingthetarot Connect with us on Instagram: @unboxingthetarot @alisa.hartley @your.nature.within
© 2020-2025 Ivy Podcast Discovery LLC
