{"podcast":{"title":"Salt & Sovereignty: Witchcraft, Hekate, Shadow Work & Spiritual Healing Podcast","slug":"salt-sovereignty-witchcraft-hekate-shadow-work-spiritual-healing-podcast-7317857","podcast_index_feed_id":7317857,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/salt-sovereignty/feed.xml","website_url":"https://saltandsovereignty.com","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/salt-sovereignty/podcast_cover_20260428_070408_101e6c609e13542671480ef8d2fb1857.png","author":"Ashley Pemble","episode_count":17,"summary":"Salt & Sovereignty is a witchcraft and spirituality podcast exploring Hekate, shadow work, trauma healing, and spiritual awakening. This podcast is for those seeking to reclaim their power through spiritual practice, self discovery, and personal growth. This show grew out of my own journey through trauma, therapy, witchcraft, and devotion to Hekate. I don’t claim to have all the answers. I share what I’m learning as I walk this path, including the doubts, the breakthroughs, the messy middle, and the quiet moments of magic that remind me I’m not alone. Episodes explore topics like: Hekate devotion and signs Shadow work and inner healing Witchcraft for beginners and personal practice Spiritual awakening and intuitive development Healing after trauma through spirituality These conversations live at the crossroads between the practical and the spiritual. Sometimes that means grounding, sometimes ritual, sometimes simply learning how to listen to yourself again. This is a space for curiosity, sovereignty, and self trust. Take what resonates and leave the rest.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T00:19:10.820990+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/salt-sovereignty-witchcraft-hekate-shadow-work-spiritual-healing-podcast-7317857"},"episode":{"title":"Doomscrolling, Nervous System Exhaustion, and the Grief of Realizing You're Not Broken","slug":"doomscrolling-nervous-system-exhaustion-and-the-grief-of-realizing-you-re-not-broken","published_at":"2026-06-25T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/salt-sovereignty-witchcraft-hekate-shadow-work-spiritual-healing-podcast-7317857/doomscrolling-nervous-system-exhaustion-and-the-grief-of-realizing-you-re-not-broken","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/salt-sovereignty-witchcraft-hekate-shadow-work-spiritual-healing-podcast-7317857","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/salt-sovereignty/2941226","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/327982/2941226/salt-sovereignty/2026_06_24_16_59_14_25dbcdbe-102f-44ee-ac45-a83d678e0e19.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley reflects on doomscrolling, nervous system exhaustion, emotional overwhelm, and the grief of realizing she was never broken to begin with. After months of constantly reaching for noise, distraction, podcasts, videos, and stimulation, Ashley shares what surfaced during a recent Brainspotting therapy session and how silence began revealing deeper layers of grief, trauma, self-blame, and emotional exhaustion. This is not a productivity conversation or a “fix yourself” episode. It’s an honest reflection on chronic overstimulation, survival mode, emotional healing, and learning how to return to yourself gently instead of performatively. In this episode: Doomscrolling and emotional avoidance Why silence started feeling unbearable Nervous system exhaustion and chronic fight-or-flight Grieving years of believing “I’m broken” Trauma, self-worth, and internalized shame Learning to sit with yourself without trying to fix yourself This episode is for anyone who feels emotionally overwhelmed, disconnected from themselves, exhausted by constant stimulation, or afraid of what silence might bring up. Maybe healing is not becoming someone new. Maybe it’s learning how to stop abandoning yourself when things get hard.","meta_description":"In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ashley reflects on doomscrolling, nervous system exhaustion, emotional overwhelm, and the grief of realizing sh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":730,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/salt-sovereignty-witchcraft-hekate-shadow-work-spiritual-healing-podcast-7317857/episodes/doomscrolling-nervous-system-exhaustion-and-the-grief-of-realizing-you-re-not-broken/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/salt-sovereignty-witchcraft-hekate-shadow-work-spiritual-healing-podcast-7317857/doomscrolling-nervous-system-exhaustion-and-the-grief-of-realizing-you-re-not-broken.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}