Hexotica | Craft a Self-Reliant AF Alternative Lifestyle with Christine Rice

Want to create abundance in business while managing ADHD and surviving the daily news sludge? ☠️

Want to NOT feel like an icky little capitalist piglet because you're trying to SELL STUFF when people are out there protesting for basic fn human rights?

If so, this episode is for you!

I'm sharing 5 of my BIGGEST life revelations for creating abundance in business, even when you have a massively distracted, neurospicy squirrel-brain like mine, AND the news is a dumpster fire.

I’ll show you how to:

🪄Prod your ADHD brain into taki...

Starting a goth business comes with huge advantages most conventional entrepreneurs will never have.

But knowing how to use those advantages is the difference between a goth business that remains a beautiful hobby, and one that can become a profitable AF source of income that can support your spooky lifestyle. ☠️

In this episode of the HEXOTICA podcast, I share my unfiltered take on the 7 built-in strengths goth entrepreneurs already have that all come from my personal experience.

Including:

🪄Why goth branding makes finding your dream customer or client SO much easier (or have...

STRUGGLING in your business despite working your ASS off at it? Your business systems might just be what you need to examine!💫

In this episode of the Hexotica podcast, I break down the 5 essential business systems every online business owner needs to create consistent income, reduce overwhelm, and build a profitable online business that actually runs smoothly.

Inside this episode, you’ll learn:

🪄How strong business systems can make things FASTER, EASIER, and LESS STRESSFUL for you!

🪄Tools, software, and hot tips to help you design business systems that work for YOUR life a...

It’s time to attract your tribe and finally call in the people who get you, want what you offer, and are ready to buy.

In this episode, I’ll show you how to attract your tribe, find your ideal clients, repel the misfits, and build an audience that actually converts into DREAM clients 🥰

You'll learn:

🪄The missing “stinker filtration” system that’s attracting wrong-fit people into your funnels

🪄The 3 essential traffic foundations you need to attract a highly targeted audience

🪄The secret to creating content that speaks directly to your ideal clients...

Wanna boost your business visibility without social media BURNOUT?🔥

In this episode, I share my number one recommendation for getting business visibility at NO COST if you're sick of the social media grind!

I show you exactly what you can use to build an organic, evergreen marketing system that's perfect for solopreneurs (especially neurospicy ones!)

Like music for your ears, you'll learn:

🪄3 ways specific ways that marketing with social media may be negatively impacting your business

🪄An alternative that I recommend using instead that is FAR BETTER at helpin...

How to activate and nurture creative abundance to transform your life - including the two different ways you may be BLOCKING it! 🪄💫

In this episode, I explore what creative abundance means and how two different approaches can help you get - so long as they both BALANCED.

I share:

🪄My personal experience feeling true creative abundance for the first time - and how it changed MY LIFE!

🪄What makes creative abundance possible for some people, while others struggle to experience it

🪄The FASTEST track to creating financ...

Madame Creatrix was an 18-year-old high-school theatre student when her grandmother -- who had been deceased for 10 years -- came to warn her of a horrific event that then occurred days later.

That spiritual visitation and the Dark Night of the Soul that she entered soon after changed her life forever.

From her early years of grief and confusion, she discovered her spiritual gift and life's mission.

Eventually, she created the thriving business and spiritual persona she has today as Madame Creatrix, Emotional Support Witch.🪄🔮

In this episode of the Hexotica podcas...

If your “passive income” still needs you babysitting it every damn day… it’s NOT actually passive!

In this episode, I’m breaking down 5 ways to make passive income online that actually pay you back without eating up all your time trying to keep them selling. 🪄 💸

I've created income from all 5 and can swear up and down these are the real deal - the ones you do not want to miss out on if you're doing ANYTHING online every day!

Including:

🪄The MUST-MAKE passive stream that's super easy for even the noobiest o...

Want to AI and FUTURE-PROOF your creative freelance work income streams so you won't be completely out of work in a few years when the AI agents and robots take over? 🤔

Whether you run a freelance biz or not, this episode is PACKED with helpful strategies and hot tips to keep you in the game longer than your competition, even if you're just getting started or you've been at it for years like I have. 🔥

We're taking on AI with creative vengeance and covering:

🪄 What's happening to the creative freelance work industry...

You want to SAY SOMETHING about what's happening with politics, the news, and the world - but HOW? 🤔

How do you navigate the anger, help empower people who are suffering, and make a meaningful impact with your content - WITHOUT turning off your audience by going totally off-brand?

In this episode, I'm showing you how to manage the balance between marketing your brand and sharing your political concerns. 💫

In it, I share some of the exact same strategies I used to manage multiple brands over 9 years working as a freelance social media...

Learn the secret behind the most successful business people: how to MANIFEST more clients and customers!🪄🔮

If you've been grinding away at your dream, but you call in a little metaphysical help now and then, this episode of the Hexotica podcast explores the as-yet unknown aspects of The Law of Attraction that you may be missing.

I go beyond the basics of manifesting to discuss advanced, nuanced ways that we show up in our businesses when we are seeking new clients and customers, including:

🪄Some of the many reasons why our manifesting efforts get block...

After 26 years as an American expat living in Australia, I know ALL the downsides of this country...

And I have a better solution for Americans who are keen to escape the current chaos of the U.S.

Including what to do for work!

So if you're an American eyeing this great country as a political refuge, but you have no idea how to make it happen or what you'd do for work, this is for you, fellow Yankee Doodle Dandy. 🤠

I'm going to share with you what I love - and hat...

Start your New Year off with something FAR more critical to rethink than just goals if you want to make 2026 a better year than 2025!

Listen to this episode of the Hexotica podcast to find out what that is and why it is SO fn POWERFUL in helping you make MASSIVE changes for the better in your life.

In this episode, I share:

🪄 The big mistake many people make when trying to stick to their goals

🪄How to get into energetic alignment with your goals and habits to help make them f...

For digital nomads looking for accommodation and home and pet owners looking for affordable alternatives to kennels, TrustedHousesitters used to feel like a godsend...

Until the day their 2023 private-equity buy-out resulted in the inevitable enshitification of the site, which culminated with a new, ridiculous booking fee in late 2025.

So in this episode of Hexotica's podcast, I share an unhinged rant against TrustedHousitters, but also private equity, hyper-capitalism, the cost of living crisis (especially here in Australia), and the hunt for alternatives to Trustedhousesitters.

I cover:

🪄Why my rage is not just abo...

Are you struggling to get consistent daily sales in your witchy Etsy shop?😭

If you've been doing EVERYTHING you can think of and that Etsy experts have told you to do - but you're STILL not seeing consistent sales - then a 'marketing flywheel' may be the missing system that you need.

In this episode, I break down exactly what a 'marketing flywheel' is and how it can help you get the momentum you need to turn a sales trickle into a sales FLOW.

In this episode, I c...

There’s an ugly dark side to Etsy: Most shops never get ranked in the Google Search Results (SERPs)!

Listings get buried, algorithms punish guesswork, and some sellers can waste months working their hineys off with nothing to show for it!

Without the right up-to-date SEO strategy, even the best products can vanish into the digital nethersphere.

So in this episode of Hexotica's podcast, I share what's working with Etsy SEO, including:

🪄The brutal truth about Etsy stats (and what It takes to get sales!)

...

If 2025 and the upcoming holiday season are draining your bank account faster than you can say “festive late-stage capitalism,” this episode will feel like PAYBACK and may restore your faith in the advantages of living in a modern, high-tech, highly connected world. 🎄💸

I’m sharing the surprisingly enjoyable, stress-free, and legit way to make money while traveling near and far.

A method so overlooked that most people don’t even realise they’re sleeping on free accommodation, easy income, AND built-in cuddles (!).

If you’re craving a financial win, a change of scenery, or just a way to e...

These 10 neurospicy-friendly rituals are designed for people who crave freedom, creativity, and FUN, but who STRUGGLE to feel grounded and productive.😭

They are the EXACT SAME DAILY rituals that I've used over the years to go from HOT MESS to super self-disciplined BOSS BIATCH! 🤘

I’ll show you how to:

🪄Practical, sort-your-shiz-out advice and tips that'll help you build a solid foundation for building your dream life and business, no matter how much of a neurodivergent, overly-distracted squirrel brain you have! 🐿️

🪄Gamify TF out of your habits...

What can we learn from badass, confident women who have learned how to overcome their ''ugly duckling'' fears and impostor syndrome, who always DO everything they set out to do, and do it all while never giving AF what other people think about them?🤔 It's a question I've been OBSESSED with most of my life!✨

So in this episode, I share what I've found out about BADASS WOMEN, including:

🪄 The two different types of confidence and why we need BOTH for true badassery

🪄 5 traits most badass women have in common and...

Here's how I became a self-employed freelance digital nomad in less than 4 months without any savings or freelancing experience! 🪄✈️

No matter how old you are now, let me show you how you could ENTIRELY transform your life to become free to roam the world while you get paid.

In this episode of the HEXOTICA podcast, I share:

🪄How a break-up, a job loss, and turning 40 was the kick in the ass I needed to make my next BADASS EVOLUTION (a year I crossed off multiple life dreams!)

🪄What I did and what...

If you're confused, BORED, or just neglectful of email marketing, this is my attempt to get you EXCITED by not only all the opportunities you're missing out on, but how freakin' EASY it can be once you set it up! 🪄💌

Not only will I explain the BIG difference between email marketing VS newsletters, I also share:

🪄Why you need BOTH types of email in your online biz and a breakdown of how much MONEY you could make even with a teeny-tiny list!

🪄 Hot tips for writing your broadcast emails and what to focus on when you...

If you practice any kind of money manifestation rituals, here are 4 that will help you amplify your magnetism and speed things TF up! 🪄💫

In this episode, you'll learn:

🪄 The 3 tried-and-true manifestation rituals that have always worked for me - but that were slow AF

🪄 How a shocking Angel Card reading helped me clear a massive manifestation block this year

🪄 The extraordinary FAST results I manifested THE DAY AFTER practicing the 4 manifestation rituals I share with you here - and why one was above all the great amplifier!

So if you...

If you're sick of all the bad news, negativity, and angry people on social media to the point where it's leaving you feeling drained and hesitant to show up for your business, this episode is for you!

Learn how to channel your rage instead of reacting, how to transmute your energy into influence, and how to turn calm confidence into the ultimate manifestation power!💫

In this episode, you'll learn:

🪄 What 'transmute energy' means and why knowing how to do it can transform your entire LIFE!

🪄 How not protectin...

When your content flops and nothing sells, it's not you or your ideas that are wrong; it's your sales messaging. 🪄💸

Learn how to create demand for your offers in this episode of hexotica's podcast, including:

🪄Why EVERY piece of content you create CAN (and should!) be a part of your overall sales process

🪄 The difference between copywriting and sales messaging and why you need both

🪄 A sales message example (and surprise!)

If you want to start growing an audience of BUYERS, not just followers, don...

Does manifesting really work? HOW does it work?

And if it DOES work, why the hell isn't everyone who believes in it not MILLIONAIRES living in mansions already??

RIGHT??

In the episode of Hexotica's podcast, I break it down for you in 5 expletive-filled lessons. ⚡

Not only will you gain a clear idea about what the Law of Attraction is and is not, you'll understand what the SECRET SAUCE is to making magic happen, which is the part I only recently figured out myself.

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

How to identify ten sources of pressure to conform that will sabotage your dream of creating the alternative lifestyle you want!🪄💫

Listen to this episode if you grew up in the suburbs and only enjoyed going to Bible school because of the craft projects. 🤘

Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄🦢 The SWAN Transformation Marketing Strategy Guidebook: my FREE printable guide to start and grow your online business + get into 'The Inner Sanctum,' Hexotica's primary newsletter. 👇

https://swan.hexotica.link/

When people die in a state of anger or fear, their energy can get stuck around the place they left behind, according to Angel Guide and space-clearing specialist Sam Ritchie. ☠️

And if you just happen to have the bad luck of moving into a home haunted by this spiritual energy, it could be quietly sabotaging your ability to manifest money, sell your home, or simply feel at ease! 🤯

Don’t miss this fascinating interview with Sam Ritchie, Angel Guide, unique oracle card reader, and space clearing specialist.

Hear how she grew up thinking that sens...

What the HEX is an organic traffic strategy vs all the OTHER ways to get eyeballs on your biz? 🤔

In this episode of Hexotica's podcast, I cover the essential organic traffic strategy that I MOST recommend for new online business owners to learn as soon as they launch their witchy websites and BEFORE they start either social media or content marketing.

You'll learn:

🪄What an organic traffic strategy is and how it has evolved since the arrival of AI

🪄How an Instagram update in July 2025 has compl...

Did you know that you can build a website on software that doesn't just sell your stuff, but that can pay for itself and become an additional income stream? 🪄💸

Most software subscription costs keep going up and up as your business grows.

But if you want those costs to go DOWN each month, then listen up, cygnet, this episode is for you.

I'm going to share with you how to build a money-making website like a Marketician.🪄💸

You'll learn:

If choosing an online marketing niche for your creative business has been stuffing you up, this episode of hexotica's podcast is for you!

You'll learn:

And juiciest of all, how to STAND OUT in a saturated ni...

If you always feel like you're chasing deadlines and a never-ending to-do list but never feel GOOD about how much you get done, this episode is for you. 🪄⏰

I share 3 ADHD-friendly time management strategies that will help you wrestle back control (without boring productivity hacks that make you allergic to following a schedule!) I cover:

Sometimes all it takes is a single moment of clarity to stop playing small and take a big leap forward in life. 🪄🐣💫🦢

A single moment that helps you learn how to go after the life you want...

And start taking up space!

In this episode, I share 3 deeply personal experiences that permanently changed the direction of my thinking and my habits in an instant.

And helped me stop playing small.

Three moments of clarity that I experienced at three different times in my life that helped me massively shift my confidenc...

Tired of Googling 'how to start an online business' and ending up drowning in a sea of jargon and girlboss fluff?

In this episode, I reveal a few rarely talked about things that I know from 16 years of experience that'll save you days, if not MONTHS of your time.🪄⏰

In this episode, you'll learn:

🪄What you DON’T need to waste time or money on to get started

🪄What to invest in early on that’ll spare your future self a lot of headaches

🪄The essential foundations, systems, and workflows of busin...

Ready to build additional income streams or a business that gives you more freedom and money?

Discover how to ''craft'' the RIGHT business for your SELF-RELIANT AF alternative lifestyle without burning out or wasting time!

In this episode, you'll learn:

🪄 Why most creatives waste time chasing income ideas that don’t fit their lives

🪄 How to avoid the “shiny object syndrome” and start with the right biz + marketing models for you

🪄 What to look for when you hire a business coach or mentor to help you gain clarity on the right busin...

Feeling overwhelmed in life as well as your marketing?

Discover how lack of clarity—NOT having too much to do—is the real root of feelings of overwhelm.

Listen to this episode to learn how an identity-based strategy and focused marketing systems can help you reclaim your time, energy, and sanity. 🪄💫

I also share one requirement to being able to act on clarity, and three practical ways of clearing overwhelm on a day-to-day basis.

You'll be able to use these strategies in both your life and in your creative business.

🎁 Downlo...

If you’ve ever woken up thinking, “This isn’t the life I wanted” or “I’ve messed everything up,” this episode is for you.

You’ll learn what to do when you feel like a failure—especially if you’re overwhelmed by shame, stuck in procrastination, or drowning in self-doubt.

I’m sharing 10 powerful steps drawn from my own journey as an unconventional, neurodivergent Gen X creative—so you can start untangling the thoughts and beliefs that keep you stuck and finally start building the life you actually want.

Inside, we’ll cover:

Sick of cookie-cutter business advice that doesn’t get people like you? Hexotica is the podcast for creative rebels, neurospicy visionaries, witches, goths, and all you beautifully weird humans who want to build a self-reliant AF, freedom-filled life without selling your soul or pretending to like LinkedIn.

Hosted by Christine Rice, Hexotica’s founder, digital biz mentor, and unapologetic laksa addict, this show is part business strategy, part mindset alchemy, and part “wtf-am-I-doing-with-my-life” pep talk.🎉

In this welcome + intro episode, Christine shares: