In this episode, husband and wife Britton and Carolee discuss their journey from leaving Mormonism, healing after infidelity & awakening to the magic within. They share what they call 'the magical story of us' and explain how ritual shadow work has helped them manifest the life of their dreams.

Britton & Carolee's Links:

Website [https://themagicalstoryofus.com/]

Offerings (coaching & programs) [https://themagicalstoryofus.com/offerings]

Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/themagicalstoryofus/]

New Book (out this fall)

Ready to reclaim your body, your power, and your peace? Start here:

1. 💌 Get Midlife Magic in your inbox.
This free email series is your sacred scroll of somatic tools, nervous system rituals, and womb wisdom for mystical midlife women.
👉 Start your Midlife Magic journey here [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/weekly-series]

2.🌙 Ready to stop spiraling and start feeling steady—even on the hard days?
The Inner Circle is your monthly sanctuary for nervous system healing, microdosing support, and sacred feminine rituals. It’s not just a membership—it’s a lifestyle shift for women who are done with surviving and ready to live rooted, regulated, and radiant.
👉 Join the Inner Circle here [https://lesliedraffin.circle.so/checkout/the-light-within] (first 2 weeks FREE)

3. ✨ Follow me for real-talk & rituals on healing burnout, expanding your pleasure, and living fully expressed—every damn day.
👉 IG: @lesliedraffin [https://www.instagram.com/lesliedraffin] + @thelightwithinpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/thelightwithinpodcast]

4. 🍄 Curious about microdosing?
Grab my FREE Microdosing Starter Kit—includes a powerful eBook + guided meditation to help you begin with clarity and intention.
👉 ... [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/microguide]

202. How to Awaken your Magic with Ritual Shadow Work with Britton & Carolee Beckham

In this episode, Bonnie D'Arcangelo shares her wisdom as a clinical herbalist and holistic health consultant. We talk about the healing power of plants, how to connect with plant consciousness and herbal medicines for your most vibrant life.

Bonnie's Links:

Website [https://bonniedarcangelo.com/]

Herbal Store [https://aetherbal.com/]

Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/veusebeia/]

Ready to reclaim your body, your power, and your peace? Start here:

1. 💌 Get Midlife Magic in your inbox.
This free email series is your sacred scroll of somatic tools, nervous system rituals, and womb wisdom for mystical midlife women.
👉 Start your Midlife Magic journey here [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/weekly-series]

2.🌙 Ready to stop spiraling and start feeling steady—even on the hard days?
The Inner Circle is your monthly sanctuary for nervous system healing, microdosing support, and sacred feminine rituals. It’s not just a membership—it’s a lifestyle shift for women who are done with surviving and ready to live rooted, regulated, and radiant.
👉 Join the Inner Circle here [https://lesliedraffin.circle.so/checkout/the-light-within] (first 2 weeks FREE)

3. ✨ Follow me for real-talk & rituals on healing burnout, expanding your pleasure, and living fully expressed—every damn day.
👉 IG: @lesliedraffin [https://www.instagram.com/lesliedraffin] + @thelightwithinpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/thelightwithinpodcast]

4. 🍄 Curious about microdosing?
Grab my FREE Microdosing Starter Kit—includes a powerful eBook + guided meditation to help you begin with clarity and intention.
👉 ... [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/microguide]

201. How to Connect with Plant Consciousness with Bonnie D'Arcangelo

In this episode, Rhonda Britten shares what it means to live fearlessly, gives us actionable steps to start moving beyond the things holding us back and shares intimate parts of her own journey to finding freedom from fear.

Trigger Warning: this episode includes discussion of domestic violence, parental death and suicidal ideation. 

Rhonda's Links:

Website [https://fearlessliving.org/]

Program [https://fearlessliving.org/fearless-living-training-program/]

Books [https://fearlessliving.org/books/] (Leslie is currently moving through the book Fearless Living and HIGHLY recommends it to anyone who loved this conversation)

Free Course (Stretch, Risk or Die) [https://fearlessliving.org/risk/]

Ready to reclaim your body, your power, and your peace? Start here:

1. 💌 Get Midlife Magic in your inbox.
This free email series is your sacred scroll of somatic tools, nervous system rituals, and womb wisdom for mystical midlife women.
👉 Start your Midlife Magic journey here [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/weekly-series]

2.🌙 Ready to stop spiraling and start feeling steady—even on the hard days?
The Inner Circle is your monthly sanctuary for nervous system healing, microdosing support, and sacred feminine rituals. It’s not just a membership—it’s a lifestyle shift for women who are done with surviving and ready to live rooted, regulated, and radiant.
👉 Join the Inner Circle here [https://lesliedraffin.circle.so/checkout/the-light-within] (first 2 weeks FREE)

3. ✨ Follow me for real-talk & rituals on healing burnout, expanding your pleasure, and living fully expressed—every damn day.
👉 IG: @lesliedraffin [https://www.instagram.com/lesliedraffin] + @thelightwithinpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/thelightwithinpodcast]

4. 🍄 Curious about microdosing?
Grab my FREE Microdosing Starter Kit—includes a powerful eBook + guided meditation to help you begin with clarity and intention.
👉 ... [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/microguide]

200. How to Live Fearlessly with Rhonda Britten

In this episode, Dana L. Cox shares about finding harmony during midlife, how to have better boundaries (& more self-respect) and why being told we could 'have it all' leads women to burnout. 

Dana's Links:
Website [https://www.danalcox.com/]
Books [https://www.danalcox.com/updated-resources]
Personalized Support [https://www.danalcox.com/services]

Ready to reclaim your body, your power, and your peace? Start here:

1. 💌 Get Midlife Magic in your inbox.
This free email series is your sacred scroll of somatic tools, nervous system rituals, and womb wisdom for mystical midlife women.
👉 Start your Midlife Magic journey here [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/weekly-series]

2.🌙 Ready to stop spiraling and start feeling steady—even on the hard days?
The Inner Circle is your monthly sanctuary for nervous system healing, microdosing support, and sacred feminine rituals. It’s not just a membership—it’s a lifestyle shift for women who are done with surviving and ready to live rooted, regulated, and radiant.
👉 Join the Inner Circle here [https://lesliedraffin.circle.so/checkout/the-light-within] (first 2 weeks FREE)

3. ✨ Follow me for real-talk & rituals on healing burnout, expanding your pleasure, and living fully expressed—every damn day.
👉 IG: @lesliedraffin [https://www.instagram.com/lesliedraffin] + @thelightwithinpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/thelightwithinpodcast]

4. 🍄 Curious about microdosing?
Grab my FREE Microdosing Starter Kit—includes a powerful eBook + guided meditation to help you begin with clarity and intention.
👉 ... [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/microguide]

199. From Burnout to Badass with Dana L. Cox

In this episode, show host & womb mystic Leslie Draffin shares her powerful story of overcoming shame, reconnecting to her womb and connecting to unconditional love through the Divine Feminine. 

She discusses:

- womb wounds (what they are, how they manifest & how to notice them in your life)

- reconnecting to the Divine Feminine through sacred pleasure & microdosing practices

- why the pain you carry might not be your own

Work with Leslie:

Leslie currently has two ways you can work together. 

Unbound: a 1-1 private 3-month immersion for women seeking to reconnect with their body, heal womb related trauma & work with mushrooms for advanced healing. DETAILS HERE [https://lesliedraffin.podia.com/unbound-3-month-immersion-to-heal-the-womb-and-awaken-pleasure]

The Inner Circle: a monthly group membership for psychedelic integration from a divine feminine & cyclical perspective. JOIN FOR 2 WEEKS FREE.  [https://lesliedraffin.circle.so/checkout/the-light-within]

Ready to reclaim your body, your power, and your peace? Start here:

1. 💌 Get Midlife Magic in your inbox.
This free email series is your sacred scroll of somatic tools, nervous system rituals, and womb wisdom for mystical midlife women.
👉 Start your Midlife Magic journey here [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/weekly-series]

2.🌙 Ready to stop spiraling and start feeling steady—even on the hard days?
The Inner Circle is your monthly sanctuary for nervous system healing, microdosing support, and sacred feminine rituals. It’s not just a membership—it’s a lifestyle shift for women who are done with surviving and ready to live rooted, regulated, and radiant.
👉 Join the Inner Circle here [https://lesliedraffin.circle.so/checkout/the-light-within] (first 2 weeks FREE)

3. ✨ Follow me for real-talk & rituals on healing burnout, expanding your pleasure, and living fully expressed—every damn day.
👉 IG: @lesliedraffin [https://www.instagram.com/lesliedraffin] + @thelightwithinpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/thelightwithinpodcast]

4. 🍄 Curious about microdosing?
Grab my FREE Microdosing Starter Kit—includes a powerful eBook + guided meditation to help you begin with clarity and intention.
👉 ... [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/microguide]

198. Womb Wounds & Unconditional Love with Leslie Draffin

In this episode, Akashic Records Reader and Energy Coach Kanika Vasudeva dives into soul contracts, what are akashic records show us about our soul and the 'big lessons' we're living in this lifetime. This was a profound conversation that gets deeply personal - and we want to include a trigger warning as their is discussion of child loss.

Kanika's Links:
Website [https://artoflifecenter.com/]
3-part free series for Parents [https://artoflifecenter.com/soul-contracts-parent-child]

Ready to reclaim your body, your power, and your peace? Start here:

1. 💌 Get Midlife Magic in your inbox.
This free email series is your sacred scroll of somatic tools, nervous system rituals, and womb wisdom for mystical midlife women.
👉 Start your Midlife Magic journey here [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/weekly-series]

2.🌙 Ready to stop spiraling and start feeling steady—even on the hard days?
The Inner Circle is your monthly sanctuary for nervous system healing, microdosing support, and sacred feminine rituals. It’s not just a membership—it’s a lifestyle shift for women who are done with surviving and ready to live rooted, regulated, and radiant.
👉 Join the Inner Circle here [https://lesliedraffin.circle.so/checkout/the-light-within] (first 2 weeks FREE)

3. ✨ Follow me for real-talk & rituals on healing burnout, expanding your pleasure, and living fully expressed—every damn day.
👉 IG: @lesliedraffin [https://www.instagram.com/lesliedraffin] + @thelightwithinpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/thelightwithinpodcast]

4. 🍄 Curious about microdosing?
Grab my FREE Microdosing Starter Kit—includes a powerful eBook + guided meditation to help you begin with clarity and intention.
👉 ... [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/microguide]

197. Soul Contracts, Karmic Connections & Unconditional Love with Kanika Vasudeva

In this episode, Susan Hensley shares the transformative power of art journaling and discusses why this 'portal for play' can help you move through resistance, channel more joy and create a full and happy life.

Connect with Susan:
Website [https://susan-hensley.com/]
Susan's Book - Art for your Sanity [https://susan-hensley.com/art-for-your-sanity/]
Online Courses [https://susan-s-site-cdca.thinkific.com/courses/artfultransitions]

Ready to reclaim your body, your power, and your peace? Start here:

1. 💌 Get Midlife Magic in your inbox.
This free email series is your sacred scroll of somatic tools, nervous system rituals, and womb wisdom for mystical midlife women.
👉 Start your Midlife Magic journey here [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/weekly-series]

2.🌙 Ready to stop spiraling and start feeling steady—even on the hard days?
The Inner Circle is your monthly sanctuary for nervous system healing, microdosing support, and sacred feminine rituals. It’s not just a membership—it’s a lifestyle shift for women who are done with surviving and ready to live rooted, regulated, and radiant.
👉 Join the Inner Circle here [https://lesliedraffin.circle.so/checkout/the-light-within] (first 2 weeks FREE)

3. ✨ Follow me for real-talk & rituals on healing burnout, expanding your pleasure, and living fully expressed—every damn day.
👉 IG: @lesliedraffin [https://www.instagram.com/lesliedraffin] + @thelightwithinpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/thelightwithinpodcast]

4. 🍄 Curious about microdosing?
Grab my FREE Microdosing Starter Kit—includes a powerful eBook + guided meditation to help you begin with clarity and intention.
👉 ... [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/microguide]

196. Art Journaling for your Sanity with Susan Hensley

In this episode, Dr. Christine Boev shares some of the top things she recommends for women over 35 who want to live their healthiest lives yet.

We discuss:
- 3 main things every woman needs to be doing
- top supplements for perimenopause
- why self-care is essential for midlife

Connect with Christine:
Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/drchristineboev/]
Master Menopause Program [https://mastermenopauseprogram.com/]

Ready to reclaim your body, your power, and your peace? Start here:

1. 💌 Get Midlife Magic in your inbox.
This free email series is your sacred scroll of somatic tools, nervous system rituals, and womb wisdom for mystical midlife women.
👉 Start your Midlife Magic journey here [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/weekly-series]

2.🌙 Ready to stop spiraling and start feeling steady—even on the hard days?
The Inner Circle is your monthly sanctuary for nervous system healing, microdosing support, and sacred feminine rituals. It’s not just a membership—it’s a lifestyle shift for women who are done with surviving and ready to live rooted, regulated, and radiant.
👉 Join the Inner Circle here [https://lesliedraffin.circle.so/checkout/the-light-within] (first 2 weeks FREE)

3. ✨ Follow me for real-talk & rituals on healing burnout, expanding your pleasure, and living fully expressed—every damn day.
👉 IG: @lesliedraffin [https://www.instagram.com/lesliedraffin] + @thelightwithinpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/thelightwithinpodcast]

4. 🍄 Curious about microdosing?
Grab my FREE Microdosing Starter Kit—includes a powerful eBook + guided meditation to help you begin with clarity and intention.
👉 ... [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/microguide]

195. Optimal Health over 35 with Dr. Christine Boev

In this episode, we discuss the brain science & spiritual side of grief with Leigh-Ann Larson.

Connect with Leigh-Ann:
Website [https://www.leigh-ann-larson.com/]
Grief Community [https://leigh-ann-larson.myflodesk.com/griefcommunity]
Her Retreat [https://www.leigh-ann-larson.com/retreats]

Ready to reclaim your body, your power, and your peace? Start here:

1. 💌 Get Midlife Magic in your inbox.
This free email series is your sacred scroll of somatic tools, nervous system rituals, and womb wisdom for mystical midlife women.
👉 Start your Midlife Magic journey here [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/weekly-series]

2.🌙 Ready to stop spiraling and start feeling steady—even on the hard days?
The Inner Circle is your monthly sanctuary for nervous system healing, microdosing support, and sacred feminine rituals. It’s not just a membership—it’s a lifestyle shift for women who are done with surviving and ready to live rooted, regulated, and radiant.
👉 Join the Inner Circle here [https://lesliedraffin.circle.so/checkout/the-light-within] (first 2 weeks FREE)

3. ✨ Follow me for real-talk & rituals on healing burnout, expanding your pleasure, and living fully expressed—every damn day.
👉 IG: @lesliedraffin [https://www.instagram.com/lesliedraffin] + @thelightwithinpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/thelightwithinpodcast]

4. 🍄 Curious about microdosing?
Grab my FREE Microdosing Starter Kit—includes a powerful eBook + guided meditation to help you begin with clarity and intention.
👉 ... [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/microguide]

194. The Neuroscience of Grief with Leigh-Ann Larson

Summer is the 'peak' time for many people's energy and mood. But if you're already burned out, this usually 'magnetic' season can make things worse. 

In this solo episode, Women's Somatic Psych.edelic guide & Womb Mystic Leslie Draffin shares simple rituals to help you slow down, honor your nervous system and move through summer with more ease. 

JOIN the INNER CIRCLE free for 2 weeks (then $111/month afterwards) with THIS special link. [https://lesliedraffin.circle.so/checkout/the-light-within]

Ready to reclaim your body, your power, and your peace? Start here:

1. 💌 Get Midlife Magic in your inbox.
This free email series is your sacred scroll of somatic tools, nervous system rituals, and womb wisdom for mystical midlife women.
👉 Start your Midlife Magic journey here [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/weekly-series]

2.🌙 Ready to stop spiraling and start feeling steady—even on the hard days?
The Inner Circle is your monthly sanctuary for nervous system healing, microdosing support, and sacred feminine rituals. It’s not just a membership—it’s a lifestyle shift for women who are done with surviving and ready to live rooted, regulated, and radiant.
👉 Join the Inner Circle here [https://lesliedraffin.circle.so/checkout/the-light-within] (first 2 weeks FREE)

3. ✨ Follow me for real-talk & rituals on healing burnout, expanding your pleasure, and living fully expressed—every damn day.
👉 IG: @lesliedraffin [https://www.instagram.com/lesliedraffin] + @thelightwithinpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/thelightwithinpodcast]

4. 🍄 Curious about microdosing?
Grab my FREE Microdosing Starter Kit—includes a powerful eBook + guided meditation to help you begin with clarity and intention.
👉 ... [https://lesliedraffin.myflodesk.com/microguide]

193. Slow Summer Rituals (for when healing feels hard) with Leslie Draffin

The Light Within is a podcast for anyone seeking to re-write their life, live in their light and align with their soul's highest purpose. Join Microdosing & Menstrual Cycle Coach Leslie Draffin as she explores spirituality, sexuality, wellness, empowerment, mysticism and the magical world around us. By opening up about her own spiritual journey and interviewing others who are living their purpose, Leslie shares all the ways we can ignite the light within.

Leslie Draffin

Shows