Southern Fried Witch

Hey, y'all. Just me, ruminating on the truth of scars and how we can't truly erase our past. There's something exquisitely beautiful about scars, especially as they tell the real of a time and a place. As Witches, we know the value of tracing the memories, the history, and by doing so: find ourselves. Love y'all like chicken, Seba To support this podcast, go to: https://www.patreon.com/c/southernf...

Hey, y’all. I know that it’s been a very long time, but if you remember my “Message” from July: I’m holding to my promise. It’s October, the worst of my battle is over, and I’m back. Limping a little, but still standing on the porch. I’m not going to over-edit this one. (That wouldn’t be authentic.) I feel very much like I’ve had surgery and don’t want to pop a stitch. There’s been asshattery and...

Hey, y’all: I’m continuing to release old extra content from Patreon until I can podcast publicly again in October. This is one of my “porch talks” with Terrin from August 25th, 2022 wherein Terrin shares his protection spells and sigils. Good stuff! Love y’all like chicken, Seba To support this podcast, go to: https://www.patreon.com/southernfriedwitch

This episode was originally released as Extra Content for Patreon members on 6.21/22. There’s an energetic flow under everything, and in this episode, Terrin calls it “witchifying” our daily energy flow. Love y’all like chicken! To support this podcast and hear new content from 2023, go to: patreon/southernfriedwitch

Hey, y’all—it’s been a long time since I was able to release new content (except for on Patreon), but I wanted to keep this channel alive until after October. At that point, I’ll be free to share with y’all publicly again! And so, in the meantime: I’m releasing old “extra content” from my Patreon. I’m starting with an episode from the way-back-machine, but then will share all eight extra content r...

Y’all, Seba is still podcasting, but only releasing privately on her Patreon for now. Episodes are released every week, so do check out her page at https://www.patreon.com/southernfriedwitch to keep listening! Thanks and shoutout to Andrew Reynolds for his epic radio voice. To get in touch with Andrew for any voice work (including calmer, less theatrical tonal gems), go to: pressthabuttonz@gmail.c...

I'm still riding down old dirt roads, but lately, I've been running into me. As a little girl, I crafted safe little places to run when my world was crashing to the ground. It appears that they have waited for me, still beating and thumping somewhere in the summer of 1970-somethin.’ To support this podcast, go to: https://www.patreon.com/southernfriedwitch

I've spent a lot of time, y'all, in my woods lately.  As a child, the woods were my momma, the cradle that saved me from trauma, and they still know my name.  Thought I'd share.   Love y'all like chicken, Seba To support this podcast and keep me on the air, go to: https://www.patreon.com/southernfriedwitch

Behold, my field of f***s, and find that it is barren . . . and ready for planting. Let's talk about planting seeds, doing so as part of the Craft, and the responsibility therein. Love y'all like chicken, Seba To support this podcast, go to: https://www.patreon.com/southernfriedwitch

Hey y'all, I know I'm a little late this week.  I'm at the precipice of making a huge choice and I reckon my heart just couldn't beat right for a few days.  But I'm here, slinging mud off my bones.  So, snuggle up on the porch and let’s chat about how contextualization is just as important as intent when thinking through our Craft. A possum comes in to play, but y’all expect that, r...

Hey, y’all. I’ve been thinking about focus lately and how much energy it takes to just stay in place. It turns out, I’ve been treading water. And I’m exhausted. So, I’ve been doing a little manifestation work—creating a path that doesn’t exist quite yet. It’s work, to come out of trauma. Where we land can be a place that we design as witches. To support this podcast, go to: https://www.patreon.com...

Hey, y’all. In a lot of ways, this is my “unsilencing of the lambs,” a love letter to Imbolc. Today’s episode is short, organic, and a bit of a ramble on the idea of a “blood and bone” impregnation, rather than fertilization. In my experience, the darkest nights of the season are also the time of the deepest growth—bony growth—of that which we have sown within ourselves. Hope your Imbolc was wonde...

Hey, y'all: I've dug deeply into this idea of witch shame.  You know, that feeling that comes after a crafting doesn't work, or something horrible happens and you didn't/couldn't stop it.  I also am currently standing in half ruins and wanted to chat with y'all about the critical nature of doing the repair work, rather than just walking away, from the things that matter to my little Witc...

Well, y’all: I wish I could say that everything is fine, but it’s really not. I’m still struggling to share what it’s like to go through trauma as a witch, and hopefully, that will resonate with someone out there. It’s incredibly difficult to practice my Craft right now, and so I’m letting myself go dormant. After all, the killing freeze is not over yet. And I hope to survive it. Sharing my Freefu...

Well, y’all, by now you know that my world blew up a few months ago quite unexpectedly. Tonight, I am just leaning into the microphone to share how I’m walking through trauma as a Witch. When everything fell apart, I ran into the trees, and because of the bonds and covenants I have entered with the land spirits, the woods, my land, my ancestors, and my beautiful “Big Mama” (aka goddess), there was...

This podcast episode hurt. If you noticed that I was gone for a month, this is why. I’m holding on, pushing through, railing at the sky and healing in increments. And I’m so sorry that it took this long to talk. But here it is. It’s raw and all I have right now. I hope you’re still listening. Never give up. Episode notes: The fundraiser to repair my broken farmhouse: https://www.freefunder.com/cam...

Hey y’all. I’ve had an unexpected trauma, and the podcast host of Obscure Appalachia has been so kind as to record a mini episode to explain it for me. I’m struggling to get back on my feet, in every way that that means. Candis, the podcaster and Batchild listener, did indeed strong-arm me into letting everyone know what is happening. I’m so sorry, and I hope to make everyone quite proud of me as...

There aren’t words to express, y’all, what the little gathering in the woods of Alabama meant to all of us. We came from California, Washington, Virginia, Florida, Tennessee, and all the places in between. There wasn’t enough time. There will never be enough time, when Witches come together to heal under the moon. Today, the porch is the woods. If you listen, you are bearing witness to what we fou...

I've been haunted lately, y'all, by those ghosts of years gone by.  Here's what I do about it: I try to work on me.  I don't want my children, nor my friends, to feel encumbered by sorrow or blackened memories when I'm gone.  And so, I work toward becoming (as we all are doing every day) their beloved dead. Happy Samhain.  I'll see y'all on the other side--of this week.  x...

Hey, y’all: I’ve talked a lot about the path of least resistance before as it pertains to nature and the Craft. But, sometimes, we need to “jump a track,” so to speak, rather than just going with the flow. Let’s talk about the momentum needed to do just such a thing, but also how I have utilized “backward design” in my own path to aid in that endeavor. For more on the path of least resistance in n...

Hey, y’all! I’ve been thinking about what we do with ashes, whether they be from spells, rituals, home fires, or garden burns. It’s just incredibly important to consider what created our ash and how to dispose of it in ways that are both magical and responsible to the environment. Today, I’m running through some of these moments with y’all: and it gets a bit scientific and teachy. Along the way, w...

Hey, y’all: I’m on my way back to health and wanted to share with y’all a Witch’s Duh moment wherein I simply forgot to call my energy back home for some time. As sick as I’ve been for nearly a month, it was a no-brainer to do so—but life got away from me, and I became a drained battery. Also, I’m answering the listener letters that are focused on the fear of casting, lest we might hurt someone/so...

Well, y’all: I’m still recovering, but better every day. Snuggle up on the porch and let me tell y’all about the land, the trees, and how it feels to fall and go tumbling into the dark—cradle and all. Sometimes, being a Witch means to accept that we are also just energy, ebbing and flowing, but never quite destroyed. Hope your Autumn Equinox was wonderful! Episode Notes: For extra content and to s...

Hey, y’all: thank you to everyone who reached out and sent good vibes during my illness. I recorded this several days ago—but today, I feel a bit more like myself again. It was pretty scary and knocked the literal wind out of me, my Craft, and my family. What mattered, in the end, was the manner in which my ancestors showed up and supported my spirit. Here’s how I was able to Witchify the most ser...

Well, y’all, I barely kept my rear out of the hospital. I’ve gotten Covid after escaping it for so long and it’s taken me out pretty hard. I thought I’d be able to podcast by today (eight days into the plague), but alas. This virus has me in its clutches still. If you miss content, you can go over to Patreon and sign up to support the podcast. There’s a few “Patreon only” recordings over there to...