Tea Time with Botox Josh

Happy “New Year”… or whatever the hell this is supposed to be. If you’re waking up on January 1 like, “New year, new me, time to slay goals,” but your body feels like a dead iPhone with 5% battery and 58 tabs open… this episode is for you. Because here’s the truth: January 1 is a lie, hunty. It’s a made-up reset date shoved into the dead middle of winter, when nature is literally doing the opposite of hustle. Bears are hibernating. Trees are conserving. Everything is resting, regenerating, and waiting. Yet somehow we’re expected to come out of Q4 like an electrified squirrel at a rave and instantly become the Energizer Bunny. No wonder it fails. In this episode, I break down:  • why the “New Year, new you” trap is designed to keep you burnt out  • how the calendar shift pulled us out of rhythm with nature and into hustle culture  • why your nervous system hates sudden change (and why your resolutions don’t stick)  • what you should actually be doing in January (spoiler: slow down and reflect, not punish yourself)  • why resting is not laziness, it’s strategy And if you’re ready to do this differently, I made something to walk you through it step-by-step. Want the blueprint for January? My course Best Year Yet is $11 and it’s the easiest investment you’ll make in yourself this year. No excuses. It teaches you exactly what to do in January so you stop repeating the same cycle and actually build a year you can sustain. Get it here: https://www.theauricb.com/bestyearyet Now go pour your tea, deepthroat those Oreos if you must, and let your nervous system unclench. January is not the time to force a new life. It’s the time to rest, reflect, and get ready to slay when nature actually says “go.” Come sip more tea with Auric: 🩷 Watch, Like, & Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAuricB 🌈 Follow the chaos, truth bombs + magic on Instagram @theauricb 🧪 Explore the world of personal alchemy at theauricb.com 💌 Get on the inside list: https://theauricb.myflodesk.com/emailsignup 🎙️ Binge more episodes of The Tea with Auric B — wherever you get your podcasts 

In today’s episode, I’m getting brutally honest about something most of us never admit out loud — what happens when you finally give yourself permission to rest… and your nervous system absolutely refuses to let you. This wasn’t the soft, spiritual, self-care era I imagined. No meditation. No yoga. No breathwork. Just me, staring at the ceiling like, “Are you kidding me? This is my healing era?” Instead of resting, I defaulted straight back into survival mode — building, producing, creating, filling every empty space with work… even during a period that was supposed to be dedicated solely to taking care of myself. And guess what? That doesn’t mean I failed. It means I’m deconditioning a lifetime of being in “go mode.” In this episode, I’m sharing the truth about what happens when you stop running after so many years of hustle — the discomfort, the withdrawals, the guilt, the clarity, and the surprising ways healing actually begins to unfold. If you’ve ever wondered why rest feels unsafe… why slowing down feels impossible… or why taking time off turns into a spiral instead of serenity… You’re not broken — you’re human. And you’re not alone. This is my honest, unfiltered breakdown of what healing really looks like behind the scenes… with the hope that my journey helps you feel seen, validated, and gentler with yourself along the way. Tune in, take a breath, and let yourself be human with me. Come sip more tea with Auric: 🫖 WATCH the podcast LIVE on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@TheAuricB 🌈 Follow the chaos, truth bombs + magic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theauricb 🧪 Explore the world of personal alchemy at theauricb.com 💌 Get on the inside list: subscribe to the newsletter for weekly downloads (no fluff, all flame): https://theauricb.myflodesk.com/emailsignup 🎙️ Binge more episodes of The Tea with Auric B — wherever you get your podcasts

Today’s episode is a love letter to every creator, healer, entrepreneur, and chronically overachieving human who thinks they have to grind 24/7 to matter. Let me say it louder: If you have to force it, it’s probably shit. (Just like a fart. Yes, we went there.) This week, I’m breaking down the truth about creative burnout, why rest is actually part of the work, and how slowing down rewires your nervous system out of survival mode and back into flow. No hustle. No guilt. No “I should be doing more.” Just permission to breathe. We’re talking: • why forcing content never creates magic • how to honor the seasons of your creativity • ways to get out of the slump without self-abuse • the energetic cost of always being “on” • and how EASY (and free!) it is to support creators you love If you’re tired, overwhelmed, overthinking everything, or just feeling like your creativity needs a nap and a snack… this one’s for you. Take the pressure off. Take the pause. Let your magic catch up to you. Come sip more tea with Auric: 🫖 WATCH the podcast LIVE on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@TheAuricB 🌈 Follow the chaos, truth bombs + magic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theauricb 🧪 Explore the world of personal alchemy at theauricb.com 💌 Get on the inside list: subscribe to the newsletter for weekly downloads (no fluff, all flame): https://theauricb.myflodesk.com/emailsignup 🎙️ Binge more episodes of The Tea with Auric B — wherever you get your podcasts 

Today… we’re stepping into territory I’ve NEVER taken you before. We’re talking past lives, soul contracts, and the kind of regression work that makes your whole identity go “oh… so THAT’S why I am the way I am.” In this episode, I’m spilling the tea on what past life regressions actually are, why they’re one of the most powerful healing tools you’ll ever experience, and how one single session connected the dots on patterns I’ve carried for lifetimes. And yes — I uncovered who I was. No, I’m not saying it here. But trust me… when you hear it? Your jaw will be on the FLOOR. We’re going deep into the mystical, the psychological, and the downright mind-blowing. If you’ve ever wondered why certain wounds follow you, why certain people feel familiar, or why your soul insists on certain paths… buckle up. This one? It’s going to change how you see your entire story. Come sip more tea with Auric: 🫖 WATCH the podcast LIVE on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@TheAuricB 🌈 Follow the chaos, truth bombs + magic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theauricb 🧪 Explore the world of personal alchemy at theauricb.com 💌 Get on the inside list: subscribe to the newsletter for weekly downloads (no fluff, all flame): https://theauricb.myflodesk.com/emailsignup 🎙️ Binge more episodes of The Tea with Auric B — wherever you get your podcasts

The aesthetic industry loves to sell “self-care” — but what they’re really pushing? Hustle, burnout, and a whole lot of Botox-wrapped bullshit. In this real AF episode, Auric sits down with special guest Jess Cole, fellow practitioner, ritualist, and House of Alchemy member, for a no-holds-barred convo about what it’s really like behind the perfectly curated façade of beauty culture — and how they both said “hell no” to the grind and “yes” to radical, embodied healing. What to expect? Chaos. Truth. Breathwork. Laughs. And some sacred middle fingers. You’ll hear:  • Why the aesthetic industry breeds burnout, not beauty  • The lies we’re sold about “wellness” — and how to break free  • How they reclaimed their power through alchemy, shadow work, and nervous system healing  • And what it looks like to rebuild from the inside out (no filters required) This one’s for the witches with esthetician licenses, the rebels who are tired of hustling for worth, and the humans ready to break the spell of performative self-care. Because beauty doesn’t heal you — you heal you. Come sip more tea with Auric: 🌈 Follow the chaos, truth bombs + magic on Instagram @theauricb 🧪 Explore the world of personal alchemy at theauricb.com 💌 Get on the inside list: subscribe to the newsletter for weekly downloads (no fluff, all flame) 🎙️ Binge more episodes of The Tea with Auric B — wherever you get your podcasts

✨ Just visualize it and it’ll come true! 🕯️ Light a candle, hold a crystal, and the universe will deliver! 🙄 Say it, sit back, and let abundance find you! …Girl, no. In this explosive episode, Auric throws a glitter bomb into the performative, rose quartz-wielding, spiritual-bro nonsense that’s hijacked the manifestation conversation — and replaces it with the real alchemy. Because spoiler alert: Your dreams don’t work if you don’t. And manifestation without aligned action is just a Pinterest board. Auric reveals the two core truths about calling in what you actually desire — and why so many are missing the mark chasing other people’s goals using other people’s energy. This isn’t just another fluff-filled “high vibes only” pep talk. It’s truth bombs, real talk, and tangible shifts you can start making today to align your beliefs, body, and behaviors with what you actually want. So if you’re done waiting for the universe to get off its ass… Hit play. Let’s BAAM! Come sip more tea with Auric: 🌈 Follow the chaos, truth bombs + magic on Instagram @theauricb 🧪 Explore the world of personal alchemy at theauricb.com 💌 Get on the inside list: subscribe to the newsletter for weekly downloads (no fluff, all flame) 🎙️ Binge more episodes of The Tea with Auric B — wherever you get your podcasts

Okay, babe — time to shut that sh*t down and restart. Because if your life feels like it’s glitching, buffering, or crashing into the same damn walls… …it’s probably not your fault. But it is your programming. Here’s the deal: Auric’s cracking open your inner motherboard in this episode and dropping the truth — you’re not the one running the show. From the age of zero to seven, your subconscious got downloaded with code you didn’t even ask for. We’re talkin’ money trauma, shame spirals, limiting beliefs, generational BS, and those sneaky little viruses you didn’t even know were running. And now? Those corrupted-ass files are still working behind the scenes — making your life feel stuck, small, and not yours. But guess what? You’ve got a choice. You can keep clicking through life with expired belief systems like a pop-up virus… Or you can hit CONTROL + ALT + DELETE and start rewriting the code. This one’s not just a wake-up call — it’s your full system cleanse. No sage needed. Just truth. Come sip more tea with Auric: 🌈 Follow the chaos, truth bombs + magic on Instagram @theauricb 🧪 Explore the world of personal alchemy at theauricb.com 💌 Get on the inside list: subscribe to the newsletter for weekly downloads (no fluff, all flame) 🎙️ Binge more episodes of The Tea with Auric B — wherever you get your podcasts

Y’all… we wish this one was made up. Auric. A hospital. A very confused patient. And a moment that will live in his medical history forever. In this hilarious, jaw-dropping, and very wet episode (you’ve been warned), Auric spills the story he’s never told — the time he accidentally made a woman… um… pop off during a medical procedure. It was his first month as a nurse. He was bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and blissfully unaware of how anatomy actually works. One traumatic brain injury patient later, and let’s just say… He learned. The hard way. In front of the entire staff. 😳 But as wild as this story is, there’s always a deeper lesson. And in true Auric fashion, he breaks down the awkward moment that taught him everything about shame, surrender, and how trying to “get it right” usually just f*cks us up. So if you’ve ever felt like you need to have it all figured out before you start? Listen to this one. (And maybe don’t drink anything while you do — you will spit it out laughing.) Come sip more tea with Auric: 🌈 Follow the chaos, truth bombs + magic on Instagram @theauricb 🧪 Explore the world of personal alchemy at theauricb.com 💌 Get on the inside list: subscribe to the newsletter for weekly downloads (no fluff, all flame) 🎙️ Binge more episodes of The Tea with Auric B — wherever you get your podcasts

The story that made your jaw drop last week? Yeah… it gets worse... Last week’s episode left you shaken, stirred, and maybe reaching for a Xanax?!?! YEP SAME! LOL Welcome to the second half of the story I’ve never told publicly — until now. If you thought the tea was hot before… grab a fire extinguisher, babe. This episode picks up at the lowest point of my life — when everything I thought I was building came crashing down. My dream job turned into a waking nightmare, and what happened next was the kind of disruption that changes a person at the cellular level. But true to form, I don’t stay down for long. Because disruption doesn’t just destroy — it redirects. And when you alchemize that kind of darkness? You don’t just rise… You f*cking resurrect. This one’s not for the faint of heart. But it might just be the episode that wakes something up in you. Come sip more tea with Auric: 🌈 Follow the chaos, truth bombs + magic on Instagram @theauricb 🧪 Explore the world of personal alchemy at theauricb.com 💌 Get on the inside list: subscribe to the newsletter for weekly downloads (no fluff, all flame) 🎙️ Binge more episodes of The Tea with Auric B — wherever you get your podcasts

Some stories change you. This one wrecked me. Before all of this...the healing, the alchemy, the house I built from my own fire...I was just a brand-new trauma nurse at Vanderbilt. Wide-eyed. Hungry. Walking straight into what I thought was my dream job. But what happened next? It shattered everything. In this episode, I share the part of my life I’ve never told. Not publicly. Not like this. This is the moment everything came undone. It’s the lowest chapter of my life, the one that nearly took me out - emotionally, mentally, spiritually. But it’s also the moment that started it all… the unraveling that led to becoming the version of me that could finally breathe. If you’ve ever had your world fall apart and wondered if anything good could come from it...this one’s for you. 🎧 Listen to DISRUPTION now. Because sometimes the moment that breaks you… is the exact one that sets you free. Come sip more tea with Auric: 🩷 WATCH THE PODCAST ON YOUTUBE! @theauricb 🌈 Follow the chaos, truth bombs + magic on Instagram @theauricb 🧪 Explore the world of personal alchemy at theauricb.com 💌 Get on the inside list: subscribe to the newsletter for weekly downloads (no fluff, all flame) 🎙️ Binge more episodes of The Tea with Auric B — wherever you get your podcasts

This isn’t just the premiere of Season 2... it’s a rebirth! In this raw, unfiltered episode, Auric peels back the layers and exposes the truth behind what happens when your entire life is built around a mask. The persona. The perfection. The polished image you thought would keep you safe — until it doesn’t. This is the story of what happens when that mask shatters. What’s left when everything you thought made you “you” suddenly isn’t real anymore? Auric walks you through the moment everything cracked… and how what looked like a breakdown turned out to be the beginning of an awakening. From burnout and identity crises to truth, grief, and ultimate realignment — this is a front-row seat to the metamorphosis. If you’ve ever built your life to be admired but not actually lived… this one’s going to hit hard. Welcome to Season 2. It’s unfiltered. It’s unapologetic. It’s time. 🔊 Click play. The mask is coming off for all of us!

Oh meditation! Suppose to be so peaceful. Relaxing. Calming. Refreshing. Zen to the mind! Sure... More like exorcist noises, creaky floors, Taco Bell induced atomic flatulence, and racing thoughts that would make Stephen King’s IT novel look like a children’s book! That’s just a few of the things Josh has experienced over the past several years as he has attempted this thing called meditation. Did he ever succeed?! Listen to find out, as well as learn some tips and tricks to help you with your meditation journey! Warning...belly laughs will occur...drink and eat while listening at your own risk!!!

In a world full of advertisements for hundreds of aesthetic procedures, THOUSANDS of skincare products, and the newest of the new beauty trends, its hard to tell what’s worth it and what is a load of BS. If you are overwhelmed at it all, and wanna know what to avoid and not even waste your time on, then join Josh on this episode where he debunks the junk and warns you of some of the trends to avoid, what’s NOT it’s all cracked up to be, and what could potentially save your face (and your life) from a catastrophic nightmare, literally! The tea is scalding HOT this week hunTEA!

In the final installment of this 3 part series, Josh dives into the final two pillars: Being the ultimate teammate and evolving! Being in a relationship is much like being a teammate on a sports team. But why do we come together so well on a team, but not so much sometimes in a relationship? And evolution is VITAL for any relationship! Wanna know why? Well take a seat and get ready for a fantastic episode to finish your journey into finding the 6 pillars of a good relationship according to the unicorn himself!

In part 2 of this 3 part series, Josh takes you into the world of Love Languages and Sex! So get ready to continue your journey into finding the 6 pillars of a good relationship according to Josh. But only if you can handle the tea sweetie cause it’s coming in hot with this one!

In this 3 part series, Josh tackles one of his favorite topics...Relationships! And boy does he have the tea to spill. Tune in to hear about Josh’s 6 key elements of a relationship and how they can make or break you with your significant other. Josh is not afraid to tell it how it is and what you need to do to fix your sh!t...yes you read that right....YOU, not them, when it comes to all things relationship. So get ready for your dose of realiTEA hunTEA with part 1 as he makes you face the most important relationship you will ever have in your life and how something so simple can be the hardest thing to accomplish when it comes to love!

It’s 2020. If we have learned anything this year it’s the we are fed up with racist, homophobic ridiculousness of human beings and we won’t stand for it. And one would think that people would already know to not piss off nurses as well. Like Mrs. Maureen and her playing cards comment. But yet again here we are with another massive degrading comment to nurses to hit the main stream that is social media and how you don’t bite the hands that assist you and get away with it these days. Josh dives into just a taste of all the crap that is thrown our way as nurses and discusses the degrading of our profession, the bullying, the demeaning comments, the lack of appropriate pay, and our well beings as nurses and how we just won’t tolerate it any longer.

Joining Josh this week for some Tea Time is Dr. Steven Sorr, NMD, a Naturopathic Medical Doctor, yogi, and chef! Josh and Dr. Sorr dive into the world of instant gratification that we seem to live in and unbox just how unhealthy that is, and how it actually is detrimental to our health. Instead of jumping for the prescription pad, we should be getting to the root of the issue and exploring a more naturalist, proactive approach to your health! And not to mention the amazing powers behind Regenerative Aesthetics! So if you are struggling with issues, and tired of reaching for the pill bottle, join Josh & Dr. Sorr in this amazing episode that spills the tea on some other options you may not know exist! It’s all about the NMD HUNTEA!

Stressed. Tired. Overworked. Migraines. IBS. Endless emails. Constant texts and DMs. Work. Work. Work. Sound familiar? Probably. Sound fun? Nope. Didn’t think so. In The New Normal, Josh talks about what life before the COVID shut down looked like and all the success it brought. But also makes us think if it’s truly healthy for us in the long run. And his journey to finding a new normal (and we aren’t talking about quitting your job and being a house wife...although that doesn’t sound like a bad idea sometimes...). One that allows you to enjoy the journey on your way to your destination. After all, all work and no play is no way to be hunTEA!

Tornadoes & COVID & riots, oh my! To say 2020 has been a year so far is the understatement of the century! Especially for Josh’s neck of the woods in Nashville, TN. In this very stripped back and unfiltered episode, Josh dives into these main events of 2020 and refuses to be silent. Being silent and ignoring the harsh reality of what’s taking place is the worst thing you can do.