Podcast | Mindset
Episode 15| August 15, 2023

Discovering Magic in Modern Witchcraft: Vanessa Siliezar

She Grew Up a Generational Witch Without Knowing It. Now She Builds Businesses With Intention.

Vanessa Siliezar grew up a generational witch and did not know it.

As a kid she swore she would never go into business. She wanted to be a marine biologist. Thirty years later, she runs her own companies.

To her, witchcraft is not what Hollywood sells. It is intention, presence, and paying attention.

Cook a meal with love, she says, and you have cast a spell.

In this episode of the Happy Healthy Hustle Podcast, modern witch and entrepreneur Vanessa Siliezar shares how she reads a room as an empath, why she left a twenty-year career to build for herself, and what it means to exchange your ideas for money instead of your time.

Entrepreneurship runs in her family. So does trusting the quiet nudge.

If you have felt a pull you keep talking yourself out of, listen in.

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“You are not exchanging your time for money, you are exchanging your ideas for money.”

– Vanessa Siliezar

Fast Skim & Timestamps

0:00 Meet Vanessa: A Modern Witch
1:01 Her Superpower: Reading the Room
1:44 Witchcraft as Everyday Intention
3:29 Devotee to Mercury, Deity of Business
7:44 Twenty Years of Anticipating Needs
10:22 Entrepreneurship Runs in the Family
11:45 Living Retired While You Work
14:30 Witchcraft Is Intention, Not Hollywood

Key Takeaways

Witchcraft, as Vanessa practices it, is intention and presence, not the Hollywood version.
Being an empath means reading the general vibe of a room, not exact thoughts.
A childhood aversion is not a verdict. She swore off business and became an entrepreneur.
Twenty years of anticipating other people’s needs taught her to build for herself.
You can exchange your ideas for money instead of your time.
Doubt from family often comes with an unconventional path. It does not mean you are wrong.

Three Petite Practice® Questions

1. What quiet nudge or pull have I been talking myself out of?

2. Where am I anticipating everyone else’s needs while ignoring my own next step?

3. What would it look like to trade my ideas for money instead of only my time?

Transcript Chapters

0:00 Meet Vanessa: A Modern Witch

[00:00:09] Dr. Christiane Schroeter: Here with me today is Vanessa, a modern witch and a devotee to Mercury who runs a nonprofit dedicated to sharing knowledge about different practices within witchcraft. Growing up unaware that she was a generational witch, she has a unique perspective on what witchcraft actually is. [00:00:46] Vanessa Siliezar: Hi, Christiane. Thank you.

1:01 Her Superpower: Reading the Room

[00:01:01] Vanessa Siliezar: I am very in tune, an empath. I can read vibes from people, what they are thinking, or if a thought has crossed their mind. I figured it out by asking my friends, did you just think about this, for confirmation. I cannot read the exact thought, it is more the overall generalized sense, and I have to focus on one person.

1:44 Witchcraft as Everyday Intention

[00:01:44] Vanessa Siliezar: I use witchcraft in pretty much every aspect of my life, because it is really your intention, what you want your day to look like, speaking to the universe from your solar plexus, right below your sternum. That is where you really communicate with the universe, looking at nature and being in the moment.

3:29 Devotee to Mercury, Deity of Business

[00:03:29] Vanessa Siliezar: Mercury is a Roman deity for business, commerce, travelers, and merchants. I remember being young and having the thought that I would go into business, and I did not want to, I wanted to be a marine biologist. Well, here I am thirty years later as an entrepreneur running my own businesses. He has always been helpful with finances. Whenever I really needed money, a random rebate check would show up to carry me over.

7:44 Twenty Years of Anticipating Needs

[00:07:44] Vanessa Siliezar: I got my first office job at nineteen as an executive assistant. I excelled at anticipating needs and finding easy solutions no one thought of, like scanning instead of manually filing papers. I had a career of more than twenty years. My favorite memory is an executive director asking me to do something I had already anticipated and completed. But coming across entrepreneurs who did not want to expand their thinking was frustrating. I was researching how to start a company for someone, and I thought, why can’t I do that for myself?

10:22 Entrepreneurship Runs in the Family

[00:10:22] Vanessa Siliezar: My biggest influencer is my grandmother, who had her own travel agency. Entrepreneurship runs in my family. My great-grandfather started a fabric company, going door to door selling fabrics, and it became the go-to place at a mall for bridal wear. My grandmother had her own business, and her siblings did too. Some of those businesses are still running today.

11:45 Living Retired While You Work

[00:11:45] Vanessa Siliezar: My mother and my sister do not really feel I am doing things correctly, the idea that you get a job, work for years, and then retire. But why, when you can live like you are retired, and become a wealth creator, where you are not exchanging your time for money, but exchanging your ideas for money? At that point, why would you retire from that?

14:30 Witchcraft Is Intention, Not Hollywood

[00:14:30] Vanessa Siliezar: People do not understand that witchcraft can be anything. If you make a soup, you are putting ingredients together, and everything has a purpose beyond taste. Basil is good for money, cinnamon is good for protection. You are basically making a spell and putting intention in. If you bake or cook and it is made with love, that is a spell. It is not what Hollywood has made witchcraft out to be. It is very natural and giving, and a lot of love. [00:16:07] Vanessa Siliezar: I have two podcasts, Mindset Mantra, focused on improving our mindset, and Empowered Entrepreneur, tips and tricks from experts to empower other entrepreneurs. [00:16:42] Dr. Christiane Schroeter: Thank you so much, Vanessa.

Meet My Guest

Vanessa Siliezar

Modern Witch, Entrepreneur & Host of Mindset Mantra and Empowered Entrepreneur

Vanessa Siliezar is a modern witch, empath, and entrepreneur who runs a nonprofit dedicated to sharing knowledge about the practices within witchcraft. A generational witch and devotee to Mercury, she teaches that witchcraft is really about intention, presence, and paying attention.

She hosts two podcasts, Mindset Mantra and Empowered Entrepreneur, helping people shift their thinking and build businesses on their own terms.

Meet Your Host

Dr. Christiane Schroeter

TEDx Speaker & Leadership Strategist

I’m Dr. Christiane Schroeter, TEDx speaker, leadership strategist, and host of the Top 1% ranked Happy Healthy Hustle Podcast. I help leaders think clearly, speak with conviction, and take the next step during change.

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