Trusting the Descent: Art, Awakening, and Coming Home to Yourself
Thu Feb 05 2026
On today's episode, I'm joined by Emily of @eccarterart, where we talk about spiritual awakening, grief, art as a portal, energetic sensitivity, and what happens when the life you were living can no longer hold who you are becoming.
In this episode we explore:Spiritual awakening without the glitterEmily shares her experience of what is often called a “spiritual awakening” and how disorientating, overwhelming, and destabilising it can feel when it first arrives. We talk honestly about the fear of “going mad,” the need for frameworks, and the importance of support, therapy, and grounding alongside spiritual opening.
Art as a bridge between worldsEmily speaks about her journey from art teacher, to burnout, to loss, to becoming a spirit painter. We explore how art can become a language for energies, emotions, ancestors, and archetypes that have no other place to land.
Emily shares about painting with eyes closed, using colour intuitively, and allowing spirit to lead rather than the rational mind. Art as relationship, trust, and listening.
Trust as a lived practiceA central theme of this episode is trust. Trusting intuition. Trusting the body. Trusting what is coming through, even when the logical mind resists.
Emily shares how choosing trust led, improbably, to her first solo exhibition and how things began to move once she stopped trying to control the outcome.
Energetic sensitivity and hygieneWe spend time talking about energetic sensitivity, particularly in teaching, caregiving, and creative work. Emily reflects on how overwhelming it was to carry other people’s emotions in the classroom, and we explore the idea of energetic hygiene as essential, not indulgent.
From visual “scraping” practices, to changing clothes, to salt baths and intention, we talk about simple ways of clearing what's not ours to carry.
Where the body speaksWe explore how the body communicates information. We talk about where different energies are felt, how meaning shows up somatically, and how over time the body becomes a reliable language rather than something to override.
Gods, goddesses, and archetypal alliesEmily shares her relationship with Medusa and Freya, and how these energies have been present throughout her life long before she had language for them.
We talk about archetypes not as distant beings to worship correctly, but as energies that walk with us, protect us, challenge us, and help us reclaim parts of ourselves that were silenced or shamed.
Nature, mud, and rejecting purity cultureOur conversation ventures into land, forests, the sea, dirt, mud, and the deep discomfort I have with purity culture.
We talk about how connection not being about cleanliness or perfection, but touch, mess, play, and remembering that we are of the earth, not above it.
From forests and fungi to caves, sound, and ancient art, we explore creativity as a fundamentally human act rather than something reserved for the talented or trained.
Coming out without being rejectedEmily speaks candidly about the fear of being seen as “too much” or “too strange” once she began sharing her spiritual and artistic work, and the surprise of discovering that most people were not shocked at all, and how often the fear of being ourselves is far greater than the reality.
This is an episode about honouring the slow, unglamorous work of becoming whole.
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On today's episode, I'm joined by Emily of @eccarterart, where we talk about spiritual awakening, grief, art as a portal, energetic sensitivity, and what happens when the life you were living can no longer hold who you are becoming. In this episode we explore:Spiritual awakening without the glitterEmily shares her experience of what is often called a “spiritual awakening” and how disorientating, overwhelming, and destabilising it can feel when it first arrives. We talk honestly about the fear of “going mad,” the need for frameworks, and the importance of support, therapy, and grounding alongside spiritual opening. Art as a bridge between worldsEmily speaks about her journey from art teacher, to burnout, to loss, to becoming a spirit painter. We explore how art can become a language for energies, emotions, ancestors, and archetypes that have no other place to land. Emily shares about painting with eyes closed, using colour intuitively, and allowing spirit to lead rather than the rational mind. Art as relationship, trust, and listening. Trust as a lived practiceA central theme of this episode is trust. Trusting intuition. Trusting the body. Trusting what is coming through, even when the logical mind resists. Emily shares how choosing trust led, improbably, to her first solo exhibition and how things began to move once she stopped trying to control the outcome. Energetic sensitivity and hygieneWe spend time talking about energetic sensitivity, particularly in teaching, caregiving, and creative work. Emily reflects on how overwhelming it was to carry other people’s emotions in the classroom, and we explore the idea of energetic hygiene as essential, not indulgent. From visual “scraping” practices, to changing clothes, to salt baths and intention, we talk about simple ways of clearing what's not ours to carry. Where the body speaksWe explore how the body communicates information. We talk about where different energies are felt, how meaning shows up somatically, and how over time the body becomes a reliable language rather than something to override. Gods, goddesses, and archetypal alliesEmily shares her relationship with Medusa and Freya, and how these energies have been present throughout her life long before she had language for them. We talk about archetypes not as distant beings to worship correctly, but as energies that walk with us, protect us, challenge us, and help us reclaim parts of ourselves that were silenced or shamed. Nature, mud, and rejecting purity cultureOur conversation ventures into land, forests, the sea, dirt, mud, and the deep discomfort I have with purity culture. We talk about how connection not being about cleanliness or perfection, but touch, mess, play, and remembering that we are of the earth, not above it. From forests and fungi to caves, sound, and ancient art, we explore creativity as a fundamentally human act rather than something reserved for the talented or trained. Coming out without being rejectedEmily speaks candidly about the fear of being seen as “too much” or “too strange” once she began sharing her spiritual and artistic work, and the surprise of discovering that most people were not shocked at all, and how often the fear of being ourselves is far greater than the reality. This is an episode about honouring the slow, unglamorous work of becoming whole. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- All of the Magick: The A Pinch of Magick App: IPhone - download on the App Store Android - download pn the Google Play Our (free) magickal Community: Facebook Group Magickal Journals Explore on Amazon Rebecca's Author Page Website RebeccaAnuwen.com MagickalHabits.com Instagram For Magick: Click here For a Sacred Pause in Nature: Click here For CharmCasting: Click here For Merlin, my Dog: Click here