Expanded x Ep. 431 - Season of the Witch: A Psychiatrist’s Case for Trusting Your Intuition with Dr. Ellen Vora

Your magic is simply waiting for you to trust yourself enough to reclaim it.


What if we rewrote “laziness” as ease, traded “hustle” for flow, and redefined “success” as balance?

In this episode, Jessica sits down with holistic psychiatrist and bestselling author Dr. Ellen Vora to talk about her new book, Season of the Witch: A Psychiatrist’s Case for Magic. Drawing on her background in science and a spiritual awakening that came through grief, Ellen challenges the stories that taught women to trust logic, productivity, and approval over their own inner knowing.

Together, they explore how to tell real intuition from fear and old wounds, why rest and your body’s natural rhythms may be the key to an aligned life, and how tech, hustle culture, and the pressure to be likable pull you away from your inner compass. Ellen shares the story of losing her mother and the synchronicity that opened her to a more mystical view of life, and how it inspired her life’s work.

Your intuition isn’t something you have to earn. It’s something you can learn to hear again. And when you stop outsourcing your knowing and start trusting yourself, you don’t just change your own life—you make room for a more conscious, connected, and compassionate world.

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In This Episode We Talk About:

  • Reclaiming the modern witch archetype and the intuitive wisdom historically suppressed in women

  • Ellen’s journey from scientific skepticism to spiritual awakening

  • How grief, loss, and synchronicities can open us to a deeper connection with the unseen

  • Understanding the relationship between the analytical and intuitive sides of the brain

  • Why cultural conditioning teaches women to distrust their inner knowing

  • How to distinguish authentic intuition from fear, trauma responses, and wounding

  • The importance of embodiment, nervous system regulation, and physical well-being in accessing intuition

  • Why technology and constant scrolling can disconnect us from our internal guidance

  • Reclaiming feminine energy and restoring balance between yin and yang

  • Honoring menstrual cycle phases, hormonal rhythms, and the body's need for rest

  • Breaking free from hustle culture, productivity pressure, and the belief that rest must be earned

  • Escaping the prison of likability through honesty, integrity, and personal sovereignty

  • Using meditation and stillness as opportunities to receive intuitive guidance

  • Opening to mystery, ancestral connections, and the possibility of meaning beyond what science can explain

  • Moving beyond ego-driven manifestation to discover your unique purpose and contribution to the collective

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