TOTEM Readings

07/24/2025

We’re dropping a new Business of Woo-themed season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast with some of your favorite practitioners: and among many others!

This special series will be hitting Apple and Spotify staring in September, but will be available early starting August 1st for our paid Substack subscribers.

I’m so pumped to share this honest, authentic look at The Business of Woo from the inside, dispelling myths and level-setting expectations in an industry saturated with bu****it artists.

I learned so much talking to these incredible thought leaders, leaving our conversations feeling seen AND inspired to take on new challenges and expand my offerings at TOTEM.

Want to learn more about our Business of Woo Mentoring Program? Book a free consultation on our TOTEM Readings website or email me for the booking link: rachel@totemreadings.com

06/24/2025

All of the magic happens over at Substack.

Weekly card pulls to help you navigate the coming energy.

Full Moon tarot readings to auger the coming month’s surprises.

Full Moon-themed monthly Deep Dives that dig into Shamanism, Paganism, Psychic and Supernatural phenomenon and more.

How to Read Tarot Card Series. Feng Shui Your Life Series. Working with TOTEM Animals Series. Working with Spirit Guide Series. All about Flower Essences Series.

Every episode of The Skeptical Shaman podcast AND special behind-the-scenes goodies. We’ve just posted three months’ worth of podcast episodes for paid subscribers for summer binging while gardening or laying out at the pool.

And, coming soon, chapters from our in-progress Business of Woo book, arming our readers with HONEST insights into the reality of being a Woo-based business owner.

I mean, I just don’t know anyone that’s putting out content like this, and if you subscribe today you’ll have access to more than 400 unique, substantive posts to enjoy on your spiritual scavenger hunt.

Please head over and check it out. Substack isn’t typical social media: it’s long-form, intelligent, civilized and genuinely soul-affirming.

I hope to see you there.

-Rachel

06/16/2025

We just found this sweet girl on a walk- she was really hot and really thirsty, and I couldn’t find the owner so we brought her into our garage. Because we did that, the city of Austin is now saying we must take care of her for THREE Days- we can’t do this, as we can’t let her in our house- we have a 120 German Shepherd and I don’t think she’ll be safe. Our garage doesn’t have AC. Someone somewhere with animal rescue resources please reach out to me ASAP- shes obviously someone’s pet, and has a red harness on. She’s sweet and, aside from being VERY hungry and thirsty and hot, she’s in good condition. Please comment and/or DM if you can help us help this sweet little girl.

06/11/2025

Join me for this FREE, in-person event here in Austin the weekend of the Summer Solstice: June 21st and June 22nd. No registration required, and parking is FREE!

04/14/2025

“You will live to see man made horrors beyond your comprehension.” -Nikola Tesla

Yes. I’m now a living poppet. Thanks to , who has used HER witchcraft to create a golem in my image.

So f*cking funny!

04/11/2025

Fresh peas and little nugget Parisian “thumb” carrots, fresh from the garden.

To those inquiring about what I’m up to or where I’ve been while not onscreen on IG, here’s the answer: I’m really busy working with actual, living human clients, making and selling flower essences, working in the garden, and walking the dog.

You know. Life stuff.

Remember: social media isn’t a real place. And, if something is free, YOU are the product.

The energy (and the Woo) are off the chain lately. The high strangeness is largely evading capture or constriction in language, let alone pithy, performative posts on IG.

So, go live life. Get some veggies from the garden. Read a book. Go for a walk. Hang out with a friend over dinner.

And stop bothering people as though their absence from social media infers their untimely death or something.

It’s the opposite. We’re not dead when you can’t see us on here. Rather, we’re alive. We’re just out here living— and not “existing” inside of these strange digital rectangles of doom and anxiety we carry with us everywhere.

The smartphone is the realm of the Hungry Ghost.

Don’t get eaten. Don’t eat others. Mind the gap.

-Rachel

03/19/2025

We did it, ! The TOTEM Tarot Deck is sold out on Amazon!

We self-funded and self-published this deck at the height of Covid, unsure of whether or not anyone would buy it— or, for that matter, if life was ever@going to return to “normal” again.

Now, our deck has sold out on Amazon— and the last few copies are ONLY available on our Etsy shop (link in bio). We have no plans to do another run, as we’re hoping to move onto other projects.

If you’ve been wanting to secure on of these tarot decks, I’d recommend sooner vs. later— and take advantage of our current 75% off sale on Etsy!

Thank you to everyone that purchased our self-published labor of love!

03/18/2025

Wow. Thank you all so much!

I love writing, podcasting, divining and sharing video interviews on Substack, and am super pumped to learn that I’ve just passed through a major Substack milestone with all of you— and BECAUSE of all of you!

To celebrate this, I’m currently offering a 25% discount on paid subscriptions, which give you access to weekly card pulls, Full Moon card readings, Full Moon Deep Dives, early previews (and special behind-the-scenes content) from our podcast, The Skeptical Shaman, and special posts about Feng Shui, Chinese Astrology, TOTEM Animals and Spirit Guides of all shapes and sizes!

And, as of yesterday, we posted our first two video interviews with and all about “Staying Sane in the Wood Snake Year”— you’ll want to check these out before we start loving them all behind the paywall.

Appreciate all of you so much. I love writing. I love the Woo. And I actually genuinely love Substack.

Thoughtful, nuanced, long-form content is NOT dead!

Link to our Substack is in bio and stories!

02/25/2025

The Business of Woo: Don’t Lose Frame

Link in stories and bio— post is FREE and up on Substack.

Life isn’t just surviving, guys. It’s about thriving.

This Wood Snake Year is stress testing all of us— my advice? Conserve, rest, and hold the line!

Read the details (and check out some awesome memes) on our TOTEM Readings Substack!

02/10/2025

The TOTEM Flower Essence Deck: a must-have for any Woo-based practitioner wanting to deepen their connection to plant medicine, herbalism, and the magic of nature spirits.

We created and self-published this deck after years of growing and making our own TOTEM Flower Essences— a true labor of love and act of service to Nature.

Our world can feel cold, colorless and empty if magic. But it’s not. Odds are, you just need some flowers— or some beautiful Flower Essence cards!

Flowers are really just magical sunlight storage containers— and offer the unique alchemy of the rays of the sun!

Our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck, TOTEM Tarot Deck, and TOTEM Flower Essences are all available on our TOTEMReadingsATX Etsy Shop— link in bio!

Thank you to all who support our small, Woo-based business by leveraging our home-baked tools!

02/06/2025

In the Austin, TX area and want to check out a very shamanic yard sale? We're doing at my work/ live space on Sunday, February 23rd from 11 AM CST-3 PM CST.

There will be metaphysical, spiritual books. Candle holders. Crystals. Vases. Blankets from our former meditation center. Clothing. And much, much more.

Time to clear out the old, re-home it in style, and make way for the new in this Wood Snake Year.

Please email me to RSVP and get address details: Rachel@totemreadings.com

Hope to see you there!

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01/20/2025

This was a tough one for me.

And I wrote about it.

Please check out my new Substack post, titled “Never Meet Your Heroes, kids”.

The Wood Snake Year is going to bring a LOT of “mask off” moments, and we need to give ourselves permission to change our minds— about our heroes, our beliefs, and the movements we may have thought were helping others.

As recently said on my podcast, The Skeptical Shaman: “Don’t watch what they say. Watch what they do.”

Let yourself change your mind in 2025. It’s okay. We don’t always know, and sometimes we get it wrong.

So, just acknowledge the new reality, grieve, and move on.