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High Priestess Hype Club is a weekly podcast hosted by Mary D'Alba and Julie Atkinson.
Join your witchy friends as they talk about being a magical person in this mundane world.
We'll give you tools to walk out into this world as your best self, supported by the power you have within!
Walking Through the Fire: Lion’s Gate, Mercury Retrograde & Solo Magick
The High Priestess Hype Club Podcast is BACK—roaring into Leo Season with sacred fire and cosmic clarity. 🔥✨
In this powerful episode, Mary and Julie explore the energy of the 8/8 Lion’s Gate Portal—a spiritual window of manifestation, courage, and rebirth. This year we also feel the intensity of Mercury Retrograde in Leo. We talk about what that really means and how to walk through the fire without burning out.
You’ll hear about:
🦁 The bold energy of Leo season and how to embody it
🌀 Solo magick, solar rituals, and spiritual independence
🔥 How retrograde energy can support your evolution
✨ Tools for working with this portal for personal and collective growth
This is a soulful, real-talk episode filled with insight, laughter, and deep magick.
🎧 Hit play, share with your coven, and let this portal activate your highest potential.
💻 Want more? Dive into Mary’s Lion’s Gate blogs for rituals, reflections, and spiritual tools at marydalba.com.
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About Us
Meet Mary
Mary D’Alba is a psychic medium, wellness coach, and creative force who helps people awaken their magic and live unapologetically empowered lives. Through her intuitive gifts, soulful storytelling, and artistic expression, Mary guides others to reclaim their joy, purpose, and spiritual connection. She’s also a poet, painter, photographer, and devoted dog-petter, channeling beauty and insight through everything she touches. Mary is your cosmic hype woman—here to help you trust your intuition, embrace your power, and remind you that you are magick.
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Meet Julie
Julie Atkinson is a grounded healer, witchy mom, and unapologetic truth-teller with a metal heart and a mystical spark. She stirs together Reiki, ritual, and righteous rage to craft healing that’s both magical and real as hell. Whether she’s dancing it out, stitching spells into protest blankets, or stomping through the woods to a heavy metal soundtrack, Julie is here to remind you that healing is sacred and so is your rage. Pour yourself an emotional support coffee and tune in for magical tools, hot takes, and hard-earned hope.
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