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Bad Luck and Magic
by Mal Burden
Enter the portal into the space of Bad Luck & Magic, where life isn’t perfect, and we don’t expect it to be. What we can expect is a consistent practice of self-love and soul-expression, balancing our mindset, and taking intentional action to live our most aligned life. Listen for the perfect mix of Personal Development + Spirituality, with a lil Female Empowerment - But don’t worry, anyone in need of support, encouragement, and celebration is welcome here ✨ Love, your Cosmic Life Coach
Episodes
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104: When you're tired of abandoning yourself (self trust & sovereignty)
This episode is for those moments when you're tired of living your life on everyone else's terms. You want to drop the good girl, perfectionism, people-pleasing persona that you're tired of playing. Maybe you realize that trying to control what people think or do is getting you nowhere and is...
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103: Change Your Entire Reality With This One Shift
This episode covers the 3 main components of energy (thoughts, emotions, and actions). Our ability to reprogram our beliefs, express our emotions, and build self trust through our actions can radically shift our energy, and in turn how we experience life. If you feel stuck and motivated to create…
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102: The Year I Completely Started Over (disconnection from self to rebuilding from authentic truth)
Have you ever daydreamed of completely starting over in your life? If so, you probably resonate with the idea of no longer recognizing the person you see in the mirror and wonder if you'll ever be able to find your spark again. In today's episode I'll share my personal experience of no longer...
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101: Be The Vibe: Shift Your Energy, Mindset, and Actions to Radically Recreate Your Life
Today we are talking about becoming the vibe of the person we actually want to be… How our thoughts, emotions, and actions create our reality The roles we play and our Self-Concept Challenges becoming Opportunities For more Magic... Special Offer For the month of October, 30 minute Tarot…
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100: Your Creative Energy Matters. How to Start a Project & Keep Going
Episode 100 isn’t just about celebrating a milestone—it’s about helping you start, stay consistent, and evolve in your creative journey. If you’ve ever wanted to begin a project, keep going when it’s hard, or grow into the work you’re meant to create, this episode is for you. Your energy...
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99: Between Chapters - Lessons On Resistance & Rejection From the Liminal Space
This episode is for the folks currently navigating the liminal space between 2 life chapters. We are exiting out of our old life (old habits, patterns, mindsets), but have yet to land into our new life that seems so full of excitement and promise. This space can feel unsettling, unclear, and is...
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98: Sunday Reflections (Decisiveness, Ugly Truths, Crushes)
Join me and my dog Pepper for Sunday Reflectios, a new series I’m playing around with where I open my journal and share the lessons I’ve learned from the previous week. PJs are on, an the coffee is hot. My goal is the practice showing up in a new way while helping others feel seen and encouraged...
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97: August Vibe Check (Bold Conversations, Heart Meets the Mind, and Sacred Structure & Creativity)
August opens with a sharp breeze of awareness. We’re entering a new season of intentional connection—where relationships, commitments, and creative choices are under the microscope. The middle of the month delivers a grounded sense of clarity. Mercury stations direct in Leo, helping us express...
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96: July Vibe Check (Rebellious Communication, Questioning Commitments, & Reviewing Self-Confidence)
Sparks are flying this month! The biggest news is Uranus will be bringing shake ups and liberation within how we communicate, think, and learn. The Gemini area of your chart will experience radical change and shifts over the next 8 years. By mid-month we will have a Full Moon in Capricorn,...
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95: June Vibe Check (Emotional Expansion, Seeking Adventure, & Imperfect Action)
Baby, it’s June and we are finally emerging from the cocoon! 🦋 This month we welcome in Soft Girl Summer (blast Lana Del Rey and cry at the beauty of a sunset at the beach), let yourself feel deeply and don’t forget to fill your own cup 🤍 We have some beautiful energy helping us to nurture...
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94: May 2025 Vibe Check (Illumination, Sudden Change, & New Connections)
May 2025 feels like a month of shining a light on what’s been hidden in an effort to heal. What’s been lurking in the shadows that needs attention so we can shed skin and transform. Rebirth moments. Lightbulb moments. Sudden hits of clarity. New ways of connecting. More structure and commitment...
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93: Activating confidence and motivation towards our deepest desires
Activating confidence and motivation towards our deepest desires This is a month where we are finally catching up to ourselves. The eclipses and retrograde energies from March/April had us rethinking what we values and how we show up in our lives. We may have felt our foundation was crumbling...
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92: Be About It. Build Lasting Love, Stability, and Soulful Foundations (New Moon in Taurus)
This week carries a powerful, dynamic tension that begins with a T-square featuring the Sun in Taurus at the apex, squaring both Mars in Leo and Pluto in Aquarius. This aspect sets the tone for some intense, yet transformative energy. The Sun in Taurus seeks comfort, security, and stability, but...
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91: Ignite your Spark. Bold Ideas, Fierce Action, and Grounded Action.
Last week the Full Moon in Libra brought our emotions around our relationships and finances to the surface. We now have more clarity around where we stand and how we can best move forward. Luckily, our ability to initiate necessary conversations and passion-led projects will get ignited with...
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90: Clearing the Fog. Relationship Clarity and Balance Under a Full Moon
This week the energy is building and the fog is lifting. We are gaining clarity around the give and take in our relationships. That is because we are approaching a Full Moon in Libra, and we will now have both Mercury and Venus coming out of their retrograde periods bringing ultimate clarity to…
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89: Riding the Waves: Embracing Desire and Aligning with Destiny
This week we are walking the walk and talking the talk. This is a week where our thoughts, emotions, and actions are aligned and on the same page (Thank God!) We just experienced a New Moon Eclipse in Aries, sparking a desire to step into a new era of independence, passion, and leadership. Those...
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88: Pioneering Uncharted Waters Towards a Passionate and Ethereal Future (New Moon Eclipse in Aries)
The first portion of this week will bring a conclusion to a review we've been undergoing within our values, what we feel passionate about, and our ability to initiate. Venus and Mercury are traveling retrograde together and will be moving back into Pisces by the weekend. This shifts our heart and...
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87: Igniting our Inner Warrior. We are Fearless, Passionate, and Independent. (Sun in Aries)
This is a BIG week for the Sun as he's moving along bringing a new awareness and energy to multiple planets. This is a part of a major storyline that is happening in our lives because we are also inbetween 2 eclipses which always bring destined change into our lives. This is especially true if…
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86: Death of the Good Girl. Facing our Fears & Releasing Perfection (Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Virgo)
We have officially entered the eclipse portal! Every 6 months we typically have 2 eclipses that bring fated change into our lives. The Full Moon Eclipse this week will be taking place along the Virgo / Pisces axis, helping us release any emotional baggage that we are meant to clear out as we…
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85: Independent thinking & bold communication (Mercury in Aries)
When the planet of our mind (Mercury) moves into passionate Aries, we are ready to start the courageous journey towards our new life. We get a taste of how we're ready to release following the status quo and embracing a more true and independent way of being. We feel enthusiastic, energized, and...
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84: Recalibrating Your Relationship to Love & Finances (Venus Rx in Aries)
This week we are swimming in dreamy Pisces energy - we have multiple planets making significant aspects in this changeable sign, as well as a New Moon in Pisces on Thursday. Not to mention this New Moon will be linked to the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse happening in Pisces on September 7th! So charge...
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83: The Spiritual Act of Nurturing Our Own Needs (Mars direct in Cancer)
This week we are taking action in a more intentional way, especially towards how we care for ourselves. How was the Full Moon in Leo for you? Last week our fears and limiting beliefs were illuminated to us, reflecting a mirror on how we keep ourselves small and avoid taking the courageous actions...
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82: Embodying our confidence, courage, and self-expression (Full Moon in Leo)
We're opening our hearts this week On Wednesday we reach a peak moment in our jjourney of confidence, courage, and self-expression as we experience a Full Moon in Leo. This full moon will shine a light on how we've stepped into our personal power since the New Moon in Leo back on August 4, 2024....
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81: Analyzing new opportunities with openness and discernment
Last week, we initiated a new cycle with the New Moon in Aquarius. This energy is encouraging us to embrace what makes us unique over the next 6 months because we will begin to discover how expressing our eccentricities can benefit the collective. On Tuesday, we are noticing forward movement and...
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80: Individuality, Community, and Breaking Free from Limitations (New Moon in Aquarius)
This week we are going to really feel into our inner-Aquarius as we have 3 planets transiting through this freedom-loving sign. Our vitality (the sun), our transformation (pluto), and our thoughts (mercury) are all expressing their energy through the lens of Aquarius now and we will also…
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79: Entering a New Era in your Personal Transformation Journey
We are now in Aquarius Season, allowing us to tap into our inner Rebel, the part of us that dares to be different and recognizes how showing up in our own unique way is liberating to the collective. As the Sun joins up with Pluto, we are finding strength, vitality, and renewal in how we are...
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78: Expressing our Emotions in a New Way (Full Moon in Cancer)
This week, we are really in our heart-space. We are being led by our intuition and higher self. We are trusting in the support of the Universe, and we're also trusting in ourselves. We start the week with a Full Moon in Cancer - we have reached a peak moment and we may notice our emotions feel…
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77: Setting the Foundation. Creating inspired rituals that support your body, mind, soul.
L ast week, we welcomed in a fresh new year. As we come off of the busy-ness of the holiday season, this week we begin to settle into a routine. As Mars, the planet of action, retrogrades back into Cancer we may find ourselves reflecting on what we want to change about our dynamics at home and…
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76: Creating a Uniquely Aligned Life with Artist, Teacher, and Welder, Alexa Berrong
In this episode, I sit down with Alexa Berrong, an inspiring artist, teacher, and welder whose life journey has been anything but conventional. Alexa and I grew up together in Georgia, and throughout the years, I’ve been deeply inspired by her ability to create a life that is authentically…
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75: Endings & New Beginnings. Navigating Liminal space (New Moon in Capricorn & Venus in Pisces)
This week we enter this liminal space between two distinct periods in time. We have one foot in 2024, processing all we have experienced over the last 365 days and the other foot in 2025, daydreaming of all the possibilities to come. We may feel overwhelmed, trying to take care of any business we...
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74: Asserting Your Needs and Desires. Becoming Your Biggest Advocate (Chiron direct in Aries)
Now that the Sun is shining through the stable and goal-oriented earth sign, Capricorn, our vitality can be found in how we are taking inspired action towards our future. We may notice a poignant pressure to commit, be patient, and set boundaries as Saturn (Capricorn's ruling planet) makes…
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73: Laying the Groundwork for Future Success (Sun in Capricorn)
We are likely still buzzing from all the insights and conversations we had over the weekend. We're coming down from a Full Moon in Gemini high. Mercury is now out of it's retrograde and we're able to move forward with our plans, ideas, and communications with more ease and flow. Plan to do...
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72: Questioning our mindset and how we communicate (Full Moon in Gemini)
The start of this week is pretty quiet, giving us a chance to feel into the energy shifts from last week. On Sunday we experience a Full Moon in Gemini, and it’s ruling planet Mercury will be going direct after it’s retrograde cycle the last 3 weeks. This signifies that we are reaching a point of...
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71: Connecting to your evolving inner-knowing & authentic self-expression
We kicked off the final month of the year on Sunday with a New Moon in the optimistic and adventurous fire sign, Sagittarius. This energy sparks our curiosity and desire to create new experiences for ourselves. This week, we gain new insights during our mercury retrograde journey as the Sun links...
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70: Embracing Personal Freedom and Embarking on a New Adventure (Mercury Retrograde and New Moon in Sagittarius)
This week, our thoughts and ideas begin to slow down as Mercury turns retrograde in Sagittarius on Monday until December 15. We are being asked to reflect and review what freedom means for us and what new adventure we’re calling in. This notion is doubly supported by a New Moon happening in...
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69: Discover your unique role in supporting the greater good of society (Pluto in Aquarius)
This week heralds in a new era as Pluto (the planet of transformation, death & rebirth, power, control, and regeneration) moves into the rebellious, unconventional, and society-focused sign of Aquarius for the next 19 years! We have learned major lessons around Pluto’s time in Capricorn -...
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68: Expressing and Advocating for Your Most Authentic Self with Roller Derby Skater, Mara Reitzfeld (Meatball)
In this powerful and inspiring episode, I sit down with Mara Reitzfeld, aka Meatball, a roller derby skater, advocate for the queer community, and all-around champion of self-authenticity. We dive deep into Mara's journey of discovering and embracing their true self, both on and off the track.…
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67: Embracing change and creating stability through what we value (Full Moon in Taurus)
The big news this week is that we have Venus (the planet of love and finances) entering committed and goal-oriented Capricorn on Monday. On Friday, we experience a peak moment of the seeds we planted back in May as the moon becomes full in Taurus. On the same day, Saturn will station direct -...
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66: Overcoming limiting beliefs and embracing new creative opportunities (Mercury in Sagittarius)
Our thoughts and communication will take on a more adventurous and optimistic outlook over the next couple of months as Mercury moves into Sagittarius. Not only that, but as Mars moves into Leo - we are excited to express ourselves in a confident and bold way. As we begin the first official week…
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65: Setting Intentions for a New Era of Confidence and Passion (New Moon in Scorpio)
This week we are beginning a new cycle related to our personal transformation and what we are truly passionate about from the depth of our souls. We experience a New Moon in Scorpio on Friday, inviting us to set intentions of where we want to see death and rebirth cultivate in our lives.…
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64: Navigating Personal Transformation and Truth (Scorpio Season)
Happy Scorpio Season! This week we are diving into the depths of our soul and uncovering what is true for us. We are no longer satisfied with what's surface level and keeps the peace, we want to feel passion, intensity, and transformation. For more weekly insights, horoscopes, and New Moon/Full...
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63: Entering into a new phase
Change and transformation is happening in a profound way at the moment, can you feel it too? It’s inevitable that after a period of time we must re-design our lives, connections, and creative projects to be in alignment with where we are in the present moment. After 2 years of Pep Talks with Mal,...
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62: Trials & Tribulations: Navigating tests from the Universe.
Have you ever noticed that when you are working to manifest something you really want in your life, the Universe begins to send situations, opportunities, and people your way that relate to what you desire? At times those opportunities can seem to flow easily, but chances are many times they feel...
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61: 2 Years of Pep Talks! Gratitude & Love for you and your sypport! Excitement for what’s to come!
If you’re working on your own creative project, this is your sign to stick with it!! 🤍✨ Sending so much love and gratitude to you - I wouldn’t have kept up with this podcast for as long if it weren’t for you tuning in!
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60: A Guide to Living in Alignment (following your intuition and path to expansion)
How do we go from going through the motions to being fully connected with ourselves and inspired by our lives? The key is in living in alignment. In this episode we talk about •what living in alignment means •discovering our top 3 values •intuition vs fear •aligning our thoughts, words, actions...
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59: Tapping into Your Confidence, Intuition, and Resilience with Brittany Leitner
Get ready to dive into an inspiring episode featuring the bold and confident Brittany Leitner! She's not just a dear friend but also an award-winning poet and freelance magazine journalist whose work has graced pages at Oprah Daily, StyleCaster, Time Out New York, Bustle, The Zoe Report, and…
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58: Putting Yourself Out There
We've all been there... on the cusp of an extraordinary opportunity or on the verge of sharing something we've soulfully created, and then we allow ourselves to back out of it. Expressing ourselves comes with a lot of pressure and fear of the unknown, but how much are we risking if we don't put...
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57: What to do when You’re Overwhelmed, Overstimulated, & Overbooked
Are you someone that tends to get overwhelmed easily? It can be incredibly difficult maintaining a sense of balance and ease when our days are more-or-less planned from the time we get up until we go to bed. This episode talks about why we may not feel recharged even when we "relax", ways we can...
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56: Don't Postpone Joy
This episode is just a reminder that although there may be parts of our lives that we wish were different, we don't have to delay our happiness and joy. Sure, we can work towards better circumstances for ourselves but if we are constantly waiting for everything to be in alignment to experience...
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55: People Pleasers and Perfectionists Unite!
If we want to live our most authentic, inspired, and aligned life there’s absolutely NO WAY that we can rely on our People Pleasing & Perfectionist tendencies as a source of validation and way to stay ‘safe’. Most of us learned these coping skills early in life, but that doesn’t mean we can’t…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Enter the portal into the space of Bad Luck & Magic, where life isn’t perfect, and we don’t expect it to be. What we can expect is a consistent practice of self-love and soul-expression, balancing our mindset, and taking intentional action to live our most aligned life. Listen for the perfect mix of Personal Development + Spirituality, with a lil Female Empowerment - But don’t worry, anyone in need of support, encouragement, and celebration is welcome here ✨ Love, your Cosmic Life Coach
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Mal Burden
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