Backyard Magic
Welcome to The Backyard Magic Podcast: Simple Magic for Wherever You Are.
Grab a cup of tea and join acupuncturist, Chinese medicine and shamanic practitioner Nicole Berrios in her messy backyard for rambling conversations about all things witchy and magical. We go down the rabbit hole on many topics including herbalism, shamanism, astrology, human design, spirituality, witchcraft, tarot, seasonal living, nervous system healing, and the quirky little magical moments happening right outside your back door.
You don’t need to fly to a remote destination or spend tons of money on fancy supplies to feel magical. The magic is wherever YOU are. And Backyard Magic is here to remind you of that.
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See you in the backyard!
Episodes
19 episodes
Simple Rituals for Lammas/Lughnasadh
The wheel turns again! In this episode, we go over the meaning behind this cross quarter holiday of the wheel of the year, its history and mythology, its significance in modern day, and simple ways to celebrate it. Joi...
Why Summer Makes You Restless AF
Join Nicole in the backyard where we welcome in monsoon season in the desert. We talk about summertime and the fire element in Chinese medicine theory and go over how this can show up and impact you in your daily life (hint- restle...
Simple Ways to Protect Your Energy
We all know about physical hygiene, but have you heard of energy hygiene? Join Nicole in the office (the backyard is too much of a mess today) for rambling conversations on psychic and energetic protection. You’ll hear about the simple things N...
Simple Ways to Connect to Your Intuition
Ever needed help tuning into your own intuition? We got you!Join Nicole in the backyard as she discusses what she does to stay connected to her intuition, and shares about her recent experience of her intuition feeling blocked. ...
How to Work with Weather Spirits for Summer Solstice
Join Nicole in the backyard for this short and sweet episode where we cover something called weather shamanism. We talk about honoring the spirits of weather and using this technique to create a simple summer solstice ritual...
Rituals to Celebrate Your Solar Return (Birthday Magic!)
Birthdays are fun because they often have magic baked right into them, hiding in plain sight. But you can take it up a notch by doing more intentional magic and rituals to celebrate a birthday, like your own personal new year but without New Ye...
Low-Effort Magic for When You’re Exhausted
Have you ever been completely and utterly exhausted, but still want to show up and experience magic anyways? If so, then this episode is for you.Join Nicole in the backyard as she gets real with burnout recovery, dealing with exhaustion,...
Help! What Am I Supposed To Do for the Blue Moon?!
The May 31st blue moon in Sagittarius promises to be a big one, and witchy leaning folks may feel pressure to do some big magic for it. But is it really necessary?Join Nicole in the backyard for a quick mini bonus epi...
Simple Rituals for Burnout Recovery
Welcome to the backyard! In this episode, we’ll be getting raw and real and talking about what it’s like to experience burnout, how to work through it, and how to still be magical in the process.Nicole shares a simple ritual for helping ...
The Forgotten Magic of Singing
Weird energy got you down lately? Same here. If you’ve been finding yourself riding the emotional roller coaster, this is a helpful episode for you.Join Nicole in the backyard as we tap into the power of voice, song, and using your voice...
When Your Magical Plans Completely Fall Apart
Sometimes even the best laid magical plans can go up in flames spectacularly (sometimes even literally- like when you go to smoke cleanse your house and set off all the smoke detectors).What do you do when your beautifully planned ritual...
Easy Magic for Beltane Anyone Can Do
As the wheel of the year continues to turn, we welcome Beltane, a cross-quarter holiday that celebrates creativity and the life flourishing all around.Join Nicole in her office today (not in the backyard) for ramblings and musings about ...
How to Find the Magic in the Desert
Join Nicole in the actual desert backyard today. Background audio complete with birdsong, beeping cars, and airplanes, oh my!We talk about the magic of the desert, learning to love the land on which you live, and deeply connecting to the...
Spring Magic: Flowers, Rain, and.. Irritability?
Welcome to the backyard! In this episode, we’re diving right into spring, where we discuss the wood element (it’s a Chinese medicine thing), the magic of it, and the pitfalls.Nicole goes on a tangent about hormones, and then mashes up Ch...
What I Didn’t Expect From Fighting With My Weeds
What happens when you finally decide to tackle the weed forest in your backyard? Aside from a lot of cursing and frustration, something magical, that’s what!In this episode, I share how an incredibly mundane (and obnoxious) task turned o...
An Inconvenient Type of Magic
Getting sick wasn’t exactly part of the plan… but it did provide the perfect invitation for me to enter a portal of stillness.In this episode, I’m talking about what it’s like to be completely knocked on your butt, kicked out of your nor...
Low-Effort Magic for Spring Equinox/Ostara
Happy Spring Equinox! And if you're in the southern hemisphere, happy autumnal equinox!In this episode I'm giving the lowdown on all the little rituals I'm doing to celebrate the spring equinox, Backyard Magic style.We talk everyt...