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Planning the Magical Wellness Journey - working with The Witch's Guide to Wellness by Krystle L. Jordan (Part 2)

  Photo by Kateryna Hliznitsova on Unsplash Like I said in the last post, I really appreciate the thoroughness of Krystle's approach - right from the start of the book, the reader is joining in, not just reading or recapping knowledge, but engaging with it - if the journalling and/or spell exercises are also done.  I'm as guilty as the next person of being an armchair reading witch.  But I'm going to do this book properly - interactively, even if it slows me right down.  Better to be slow and thorough and actually see what works, than cramming in information and then it having nothing to really hook into in my mind because I didn't back it up with actions and considered thought.  So, here are the next set of answers about the introductory section, where the reader is planning their magical wellness journey: mixing magical spirituality with nutrition, movement based practices, meditation and journalling. Ok, here we go - my answers... *** What do you consider to...

RainSky - posts about the sad things, so avoid if you need

  Photo by Alex Dukhanov on Unsplash This Rain Sky post is about a person not there any more, and me over thinking it.  *** Full Moon Day and Grieving, 28.10.23 I have a best friend, my eldest son, who doesn’t want to see me at the moment.   He is depressed and talked to me of reaching out to people and being ignored.   But then he shuts me out.   I was willing to be there, but when I offer, I am repeatedly told no.   Which I don’t understand.   If you are lonely and want companionship and I am your best friend and I offer, but you don’t want me? That means: (a) I am the wrong companion – I am now boring, or I make your mood worse (when I thought I did the opposite); you want a girlfriend, not a friend – or a mum. (b) You are worried you will be unkind – people seem to think depression is just flat or weepy, when in fact it can be very hostile – pushing people away to prove how shit and useless you are to yourself; it’s actually monumentally...