Yes! There are gifts in grief!

Yes! There are gifts in grief!

Another sneak-peak from my Sacred Tears: A Witch’s Guide To Grief. I promise: this post doesn’t include ANY clichés e.g., ‘that which doesn’t kill us makes us stronger’…’loss makes us appreciate what we have’….’grief is a sign of having loved’…. NONE OF THAT. Many of...
Thursday Tarot Tips: A Tarot Exercise For Seeking Closure

Thursday Tarot Tips: A Tarot Exercise For Seeking Closure

Closure. Ugh. The desire for closure is a main reason people book Tarot clients readings with me. “Why did they leave?” “Why did they die?” “Will I ever get answers?” and the more direct: “Will I ever get closure?” The closure question makes me cringe, but I also...
Grief And Compassion

Grief And Compassion

This is another excerpt from my new book Sacred Tears: A Witch’s Guide To Grief, which will be released on June 8…but you can pre-order it, here. Compassion is a surprising companion on the grieving journey. We may not realize that companion is there until it quietly...
Thursday Tarot Tips: Moving Through The World After A Loss

Thursday Tarot Tips: Moving Through The World After A Loss

This topic is explored further in my forthcoming book Sacred Tears: A Witch’s Guide To Grief which can be pre-ordered at this link. In a perfect world, we’d all get plenty of time to process our grief before facing the world again. But even those fortunate...
Exploring The Grief Spiral: Tools For A Grieving Witch

Exploring The Grief Spiral: Tools For A Grieving Witch

The following is a preview of my forthcoming book: Sacred Tears: A Witch’s Guide To Grief. Pre-order here. Western culture tries to streamline and box-check the wild, raw, and unpredictable process of grieving. We call it stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression,...
Thursday Tarot Tips: The Toughest Time

Thursday Tarot Tips: The Toughest Time

Using Tarot To Navigate The First Days After Loss The following is a partial excerpt from my forthcoming book Sacred Tears: A Witch’s Guide To Grief which will be hitting the shelves on June 8! But if you pre-order, you’ll get it even sooner! After your loss, you may...
Grief Magick: When Loss Happens

Grief Magick: When Loss Happens

The following is an excerpt from my new book Sacred Tears: A Witch’s Guide To Grief. available for pre-order at this link. In the days that followed my loss, I sat on the couch and stared at nothing. The tiny person who had so quickly shaped my world was suddenly...
Thursday Tarot Tips: Prepping Yourself To Do A Reading

Thursday Tarot Tips: Prepping Yourself To Do A Reading

What’s the best way to prepare yourself for a Tarot reading? Some Tarot readers take a breath, mutter a small prayer to themselves, shuffle the cards, and start the reading. Others soak in a salt-water bath, open all of their chakras, make extensive offerings to their...
Casting A New Spell: Witchcraft After Loss

Casting A New Spell: Witchcraft After Loss

The fires happened fast. The following is an excerpt from my new book “Sacred Tears: A Witch’s Guide To Grief,” now available for pre-order. One afternoon at the end of summer of 2020, the air carried a faint hint of smoke. By that evening, the sky across most of the...
Thursday Tarot Tips: Reading For Yourself

Thursday Tarot Tips: Reading For Yourself

One of the biggest concerns I hear from would-be Tarot readers is related to self-reading. Here are some of the things I typically hear: “My cousin’s friend’s sister who’s a Tarot reader says no one is supposed to Tarot for themselves.” “When I read for myself, I...