SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast

In this episode of SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George reconnects with Arin Dosh, SOVEREIGN Magazine®’s In-House Astrologer, to explore the September Full Moon theme of Solving Problems. Arin breaks down the September 26 Aries Full Moon at 3° Aries, highlighting the Aries–Libra tension between decisive action and balance, and explains how Neptune’s conjunction suggests confusion and uncertainty may be part of the problem-solving process. They discuss Mars at 29° Cancer transitioning into Leo, Saturn’s involvement in Aries, and supportive outer-planet dynamics (Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) for innovation and deeper transformation. Arin also outlines key transits fro...

Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George welcomes back Chris Melville, SOVEREIGN Magazine®’s Mindset and Leadership Business Mentor, to discuss the September New Moon theme of Surrendering to the Unknown and Chris’ article “What Starting a Business Really Asks of You.” They unpack why entrepreneurship comes with no guarantees, hidden skill gaps beyond service delivery, and the overwhelm of being “the system” as CEO, CFO, admin, and more. Chris emphasizes releasing the belief that being good at your craft automatically brings clients, and instead building foundations through marketing, signposting, and market researc...

In this episode of SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George welcomes Lea Carole Ronen, a spiritual advisor and energy strategist, to discuss surrendering to the unknown through Lea’s article “Living the Unknown.” Lea recounts leaving a successful Wall Street trading career after realizing the culture of constant striving and unhappiness, feeling an inner “leave or die” choice point, and intentionally burning bridges to fully commit to a self-designed “three-year MBA of life.” She shares a pivotal travel story of leaving a magical beach town for a dusty holy town, questioning her path, and receiving uncanny guidanc...

In this episode of SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George welcomes Cassandra Ares back to discuss the September New Moon issue and Cass’s article “The Magic of Leadership in the In-Between.” Cass shares being laid off twice, including a late 2024 layoff followed by eight months of unemployment, 700+ job applications, 40+ interviews, and the challenge of leading herself while supporting her family. They explore how the “in-between” or “goo phase” can be a space for surrender, presence, and aligned decision-making rather than control or desperation, including noticing how support and “just enough” resources appeared. Cass describes receiving a role th...

Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George welcomes Ashlee Tegen to discuss the September New Moon theme of Surrendering to the Unknown through Ashlee’s article, “When You Don’t Know What’s Next, Write.” Ashlee reframes journaling as a way to hear what you think, not just record your day, and shares her favorite gratitude practice using three columns (past, present, future) to honor what shaped you, find stability in the moment, and “future manifest.” She explains how journaling became a judgment-free safe space during an eating disorder, marital struggl...

Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George welcomes Julie Beck, SOVEREIGN Magazine’s Perimenopause (Peri-Power) columnist and spiritual life coach. Centered on the September New Moon theme of Surrendering to the Unknown and Julie’s article “Trusting the Unseen,” they discuss how perimenopause challenges productivity-driven “masculine” conditioning (control, structure, constant action) and calls women toward “divine feminine” qualities like intuition, flow, and trust. Julie shares the queen archetype as inner power, presence, boundaries, and self-validation rather than dominance.Julie outlines the menstrual cycle as seasonal phases—follicular/spring, ovulation/summer, luteal/autu...

Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George connects with Ashley Dahlem, SOVEREIGN Magazine®’s Birthwork, Body Wisdom & Cyclical Care Columnist, to explore the September New Moon theme of Surrendering to the Unknown through Ashley’s article “Surrender Is Not Collapse.” Ashley shares how she once rejected the word “surrender,” associating it with being walked on and feeling armored, and how her birth experiences reshaped surrender into trust without gripping, allowing missteps and growth. They discuss parenthood as a practice of release, learning to say “I’m not okay,” asking for help, and lettin...

Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George reconnects with Michelle Vande Hey, SOVEREIGN Magazine®’s Love Your Life Columnist, to explore the September New Moon theme of Surrendering to the Unknown through Michelle’s article, “Surrender The Outcome, Not Your Power.” Michelle shares how the common definition of surrender can feel like “giving up power,” which may be retraumatizing, and reframes surrender as trusting the work you’ve done while releasing control of outcomes. Together they discuss how overcontrol can show up as helicopter parenting, micromanaging, or relationship control, often rooted in safety needs...

Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George reconnects with Renee Merkle, SOVEREIGN Magazine®’s Multidimensional Channel and Quantum New Earth Columnist, to discuss the September New Moon theme of Surrendering to the Unknown and Renee’s article “The Moment Before Everything Changes.” They explore the “goo phase,” the uncomfortable in-between where the old life no longer fits and the new hasn’t arrived, and why comfort zones stall growth until nudges become impossible to ignore. Renee explains that the unknown responds to movement, that people may miss opportunities while waiting for bigger signs, an...

Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George welcomes Sovereign Magazine’s Cards of Destiny columnist Heather Ruth, a master numerologist and founder of Pure Soulful Coaching, to discuss September’s New Moon theme of Surrendering to the Unknown through her article “The River Between Certainty and Trust.” Heather explains the Cards of Destiny as a map of a soul contract and clarifies how September’s energy is calculated by combining the month (9) with the year (1) to form 10. She contrasts the visible, celebratory 10 of Diamonds (Leo/Jupiter, abundance and fulfillment) with the Seven of He...

Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George reconnects with Dani Devren, SOVEREIGN Magazine®’s Multidimensional Law of Attraction, Manifestation, and Energy Alignment Columnist, to discuss her article “Release the Grip” and the September New Moon theme of Surrendering to the Unknown. Dani shares how releasing survival-based productivity, control, and urgency creates more joy, safety, and freedom, emphasizing the law of attraction and the law of allowing, showing up from flow rather than force. They explore trusting divine source, “everyday modern-day magic,” and the uncomfortable “in-between” before an uplevel where community support helps prevent ba...

Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George reconnects with Patricia Wald-Hopkins, SOVEREIGN Magazine®’s Multidimensional Wealth Consciousness columnist, to discuss the September New Moon theme of Surrendering to the Unknown and Patricia’s article, “Where Surrender Becomes Strategy: The Wealth Frequency of Clean Decisions.” Patricia explains the coherence field as internal architecture created when physical systems, finances, emotions, boundaries, mental clarity, and relationships align around integrity, and that true coherence moves from mind to heart to body and into the earth. Together they explore releasing the illusion of control through detachment, navigating...

Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George welcomes Ebonie Allard to discuss the September New Moon theme of Surrendering to the Unknown and Ebonie’s article, “Your New Life Will Cost You Your Old One.” Ebonie shares how, after six years living her dream life in a Spanish beachfront penthouse, a sudden call meant she would lose her home, just as she committed to a pilgrimage to Egypt where she became seriously ill. With her business struggling and no sales, she sold or gave away nearly everything and now lives nomadically through...

In this episode of SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George reconnects with Arin Dosh, SOVEREIGN Magazine®’s In-House Astrologer, to explore the September New Moon theme of Surrendering to the Unknown. Arin breaks down the September 10, 2026 Virgo New Moon (18° Virgo), highlighting the paradox of Virgo’s need for certainty and the invitation to find clarity through participation. She explains Mercury’s move into Libra, the New Moon’s sextile to Mars in Cancer, and its conjunction with asteroid Circe, emphasizing intuition, healing, and learning through experience. Arin previews key transits through the next Full Moon, including Mercury’s aspects to...

Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George welcomes back Chris Melville, SOVEREIGN Magazine®’s Mindset and Leadership Business Mentor, to discuss the theme Hitting Rock Bottom” as a prolonged, quiet unraveling rather than a single collapse, especially for entrepreneurs facing high-stakes uncertainty. Chris shares how she landed her first client quickly, then went months without another, triggering fears about money, employability at 55 after a COVID redundancy, and the pressure of supporting two children and leaving her marriage. They connect this experience to corporate burnout, the health costs of nonstop work, and the di...

Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George reconnects with Michelle Vande Hey, SOVEREIGN Magazine®’s Love Your Life Columnist, to explore the August Full Moon theme of Hitting Rock Bottom, with a trigger warning for child loss. Michelle shares how losing her son in October 2018 exposed the limits of motivation and toxic positivity as she faced depression, PTSD, anxiety, and feeling disconnected from herself and motherhood. She explains how choosing to train for a 10K - rather than relying on surface-level goals - helped her uncover a deeper “five layers...

Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George reconnects with Renee Merkle, SOVEREIGN Magazine®’s Multidimensional Channel and Quantum New Earth Columnist, to continue their conversation about money and expand on Renee’s August Full Moon article “Where The Illusions End” for the “Hitting Rock Bottom” issue. Renee shares that rock bottom often arrives slowly through toleration, compromise, and self-abandonment, and discusses how addiction and numbing behaviors can derail one’s soul path until life becomes unsustainable, drawing on personal stories about family loss, substance use, and rebuilding after bankruptcy. They explore roc...

Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George reconnects with Dani Devren, SOVEREIGN Magazine®’s Multidimensional Law of Attraction, Manifestation, and Energy Alignment Columnist, to explore the August Full Moon theme of Hitting Rock Bottom through Dani’s article “Break Open, Not Down.” Dani shares that she has never experienced what most would call rock bottom and once felt guilty about that, but has come to understand survival mode can be subtle and that intuition, reframing, and trust have helped her navigate grief and hardship. Nicole and Dani discuss how transforma...

Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George reconnects with Patricia Wald-Hopkins, SOVEREIGN Magazine®’s Multidimensional Wealth Consciousness columnist, to explore the August Full Moon theme of Hitting Rock Bottom through Patricia’s article “The Coherence Field: Wealth Beyond Collapse.” Patricia defines the coherence field as a practical and mystical mechanism for tapping into a greater field to harvest information for aligned decisions, emphasizing honesty about desire and returning to the sovereign self. They discuss reframing “collapse” as feedback and recalibration, and Patricia shares a vivid jaguar dream that became a turning point in facin...

Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George welcomes Ashlee Tegen, the August Full Moon cover contributor and a self-love relationship coach, to discuss her article “You Don’t Have to Break to Begin Again” and the theme of Hitting Rock Bottom as something that can quietly build beneath outward “functioning.” Ashlee shares her experience with anorexia, infidelity, separation, and a moment of suicidal crisis interrupted by a late-night therapist call that led to emergency counseling and deep personal work. They explore surrender, self-honesty, boundaries, and rebuilding identity beyond motherhood and marriage. Ashle...