Ep 128 - How to create a New Year vision that comes from soul, not strategy
WITH Nicole barton
Happy New Year witches! A huge welcome back to the show! This new Year is feeling powerful - and, if you’re a Witch into manifesting magic - aka creating your magical life - then I want to share and invite you to our free taster event coming up this Thursday. I’ll be leading circle in our Meet your Witch ceremony - if you’ve enjoyed listening to the show, and you’re feeling called by some strange pull to taking the tender first steps with your Witch, I invite you to join us in this heart-opening ceremony where you’ll begin to open to your heart’s deeper vision. Which is very apt for today’s show - you can join us at https://meetyourwitch.eventbrite.co.uk/ - claim your free ticket and step into 2026 from your Witchy power! And yes, there’s a replay so we will send that if you can’t join live.
On the Secret Witch Show today, Nicole opens the New Year with a deep, magical exploration of what it truly means to create a vision from soul rather than strategy. She speaks to the Secret Witch who longs for manifestation yet fears it, who has learned to either hustle or rebel, who wants to step into her Creatrix power but feels blocked by doubt, burnout, resistance or confusion about what she even desires. Nicole invites us into a different way of creating - one rooted in the Feminine, in ‘feeling’ rather than ‘thinking’, and in allowing our hearts to reveal the woman we long to become.
In this episode we explore why strategic visioning often collapses our magic, how the Witch can find the ‘Third Way’ beyond push-or-collapse, and why soul visions feel impossible, terrifying and wildly honest. Nicole shares the personal initiations that shaped her own vision - including withdrawing her daughter from school, and recreating her entire life around creating a soul-business and soul-led homeschooling - a dream that once felt utterly impossible. Through story and deeper teachings of the laws of manifestation, she guides you toward opening your heart, illuminating your resistance, and beginning to discover the soul vision held quietly in the fabric of your cells.
What You’ll Learn from this Episode:
A soul vision can only be accessed through feeling, embodiment and the heart - not through thinking, strategy or the logical Masculine “what do I want?” approach
The Witch’s true creative power emerges when she moves beyond both poles of hustling /forcing and collapsing/rebelling — and enters the ‘Third Way’ of soul-led creation
Manifestation is not about figuring out the HOW, it’s about holding a heart-led, impossible-feeling vision while tending the wounds and shadows that pull us away from it
We are always creating - but without a soul vision, we unconsciously create from wounding, fear, doubt and the unmet needs of our inner little girl
A true soul vision will feel confronting, unrealistic or even terrifying, because it reveals the deeper truth of who we are and calls us into our power and possibility
Soul creation requires vulnerability and courage - the willingness to trust the mystery, meet resistance honestly, and take aligned action even when the path feels impossible or unclear - but it’s worth it!
Resources and Things that We Spoke About:
Our Links:
Join our Apothecary Membership for the Witch’s Vision workshop: Manifest a Magical 2026 (Jan 22nd): www.nicolebarton.co.uk/membership
Claim your space at our free Meet your Witch Taster Event (Jan 15th): https://meetyourwitch.eventbrite.co.uk/
Social:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nicoleamandabarton
Facebook Group - Secret Witch Sisterhood: www.facebook.com/groups/secretwitch
Instagram - @iamnicolebarton
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You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@secretwitchsociety
Tiktok - @archetypalapothecary
Free Moonlit Apothecary Love Letters: www.nicolebarton.co.uk/moonlitapothecary
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Thank you,
Nicole and Team Secret Witch xox
