There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes not from doing too much but from holding too much. The emotions that were never fully felt, the grief that was swallowed before it could be expressed, the anger that had…
Yule falls at the winter solstice, the longest night and shortest day of the year. In the northern hemisphere this occurs around December 20th to 22nd. From this point the light begins its slow return and the days grow incrementally…
Samhain is pronounced sow-en and falls on the night of October 31st into November 1st. It is one of the four great Celtic fire festivals alongside Imbolc, Beltane and Lughnasadh and by most accounts the most significant of the four.…
Mabon falls at the autumn equinox, around September 20th to 23rd in the northern hemisphere. It is the second harvest festival on the Wheel of the Year and the moment when day and night are again equal, just as they…
Pisces, symbolized by The Fish, is the most intuitive and empathetic sign of the zodiac. Ruled by Neptune, the planet of dreams, imagination and spirituality, Pisceans are deeply emotional and creative beings. This Water sign is often described as the…
Lammas falls on August 1st and marks the first of three harvest festivals on the Wheel of the Year. The grain is ready to cut, the days are noticeably shorter than they were at Litha and the first unmistakable signs…
Dreaming of death can be a surreal and sometimes unsettling experience. Many people report waking up immediately after dying in a dream, leading to questions about why this happens and what it could mean. Some believe it is simply a…
Shadow work and trauma healing are both forms of inner work and they overlap in ways that make them easy to confuse. Many people begin shadow work expecting self-awareness and insight, only to find themselves overwhelmed, flooded with emotion or…
In the world of pop culture, some words transcend music and take on a life of their own. One such word is “Abracadabra”, a term famously used in magic performances and now reintroduced to the mainstream by Lady Gaga’s song…
Before we had the language to describe who we were, our families were already deciding it for us. The messages came constantly and mostly without words: which emotions were safe to express, which needs were too much, which parts of…
