556: Friends & Family Spiraling in Dark Times

Ghost of a Podcast: Astrology & Advice with Jessica Lanyadoo

Jessica Lanyadoo

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

"Lorena" believes in community and wants to continue to show up for hers, but as an overwhelmed Angeleno, she is facing burnout amid the fires and political terrors impacting her friends, family and the city at large. She finds herself playing therapist to others' personal and collective traumas, and as much as she wants to keep showing up, is looking for more sustainable ways. 📍 Find loads of extras + a monthly bonus episode of Ghost only on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JessicaLanyadoo 🔮 Learn with Jessica, get her astrology book, and find your free weekly horoscope at https://www.lovelanyadoo.com/ 🧘‍♂️ Get Jessica's new audiobook, Meditations for Your Sign, here: https://tiny.cc/0sywzz 👀 Track transits like a pro! Astrology for Days is available at astrologyfordays.com 🇵🇸 Dahnoun Mutual Aid here: https://chuffed.org/project/115245-dahnoun-mutual-aid ☎️ Reach out your members of Congress and make your voice heard with https://5calls.org/ 🇵🇸♥️ Help to get a family get food and flour in Gaza: https://gofund.me/9e6a8643 🇵🇸♥️ Help provide emergency assistance to displaced Palestinians in Cairo with the Sanad Initiative: https://gofund.me/5b5c8cf1 🦿Learn about the several ways to get involved with Prosthetics for Palestine at https://www.prostheticsforpalestine.org/

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ghost of a Podcast. I'm your host Jessica Lignato. I'm an astrologer, psychic medium,
0:06.6	and animal communicator, and I'm going to give you your weekly horoscope and no bullshit,
0:11.2	mystical advice for living your very best life. Lorraine, welcome to the podcast. What would
0:19.4	you like a reading about?
0:21.4	How do I show up for my friends and family when they are spiraling?
0:25.8	So many people around me are suffering right now. It feels overwhelming.
0:30.1	I live in L.A. and with the fires, the raids and all the political stuff happening,
0:36.0	it's been really affecting everyone around me. People are lashing
0:39.2	out against each other, friends, family. And anytime I hang out, it turns into a therapy session.
0:46.1	So how do I show up? Well, I'm also still recovering from burnout. Yeah. And when you say everybody is lashing out, are you part of everybody in this context?
0:59.6	Like, are you lashing out?
1:00.6	Or is it more like people are lashing out against each other or against you?
1:04.8	People are lashing out against someone else.
1:07.9	Okay.
1:08.3	And I just hear about it.
1:09.6	And then it turns into a therapy session. And are you the therapist in the session? Yes. Okay. And I just hear about it and then it turns into a therapy session. And are you
1:11.9	the therapist in the session? Yes. Okay. And are you a therapist in real life as well? No. Okay. Just checking,
1:19.5	you know. And another question before we like turn to your birth chart is you mentioned that you're
1:25.7	recovering from burnout. Do you mean like life?
1:29.4	Are you like, you know, life or is it specific to the fires or the raids and all the fucking
1:34.0	scary, crazy stuff? No, it's personal. Like, yeah, I'm first generation, Mexican-American. My parents
1:42.8	are from a really part, from really rural parts of Mexico.
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