Witchy Work Wishes

Last week we explored wolves from the ground up because before we could understand the symbolism, we first needed to understand the animal itself. We talked about how wolves actually live, the strength of the pack, their intelligence, loyalty, communication, and the lessons we can learn simply by observing nature. This week, I'd love to take the next step. Now that we know the wolf ... and hav...

What is it about wolves that has fascinated us for thousands of years? Is it their loyalty... their intelligence, their haunting calls through the darkness or the way they seem to walk so comfortably between the wild and the wise? This week we are beginning a brand-new two-part series exploring the magic, mythology and symbolism of the wolf. Together we'll journey through wolf folklore and anc...

We can study poisonous plants, understand their folklore, and appreciate their role in magical traditions without ever handling them, growing them, ingesting them, or using them in our spellwork. But then, one day, there may come a time and situation where, after careful thought and with a tremendous amount of knowledge, respect, and caution ... a practitioner may choose to work with the symbolism...

It's summer!  Litha launches this next phase on our Wheel of the Year and for many witches, the summer solstice is a celebration of abundance, vitality, growth, fertility and fire. Our gardens are flourishing, the days are long and the natural world feels vibrant and alive. Everywhere we look, we can see the results of what has been growing since the first stirrings of spring. But the Summer S...

My theme today is about fathers, protectors & sacred masculine energy.  Last month we sat together and explored the Maiden, Mother and Crone energy… and some of the feminine archetypes that move through all of us in different seasons of life. As Father’s Day started approaching, I found myself thinking about the other side of that balance. About masculine energy. About fathers, protectors, pro...

This week we're stepping into the green world of Plant & Hedge Witchcraft. I think when many people hear these terms, they imagine mysterious practitioners deep in ancient forests, gathering rare herbs beneath the moonlight. And while there is certainly magic there, the truth is often much simpler for most of us. Plant witchcraft begins with relationship. A rosemary plant on the windowsill...

It's Party Time! We are talking potions this week ... but probably not in the way most people think. Because potion work isn’t just fantasy bottles glowing neon green on a dusty shelf somewhere. Real witchcraft has always lived in the practical, nourishing, everyday things we create with intention. Tea, coffee, herbal infusions, moon water, simmer pots, honey jars, kitchen magic and comfort re...

There is just something magical about leaving a jar beneath the moonlight and knowing the sky touched it with its energy! And if you’re anything like me, you probably have a few jars tucked around your house right now too.  Different moons. Different moments. Different intentions.  And we are really good at collecting it, but we don’t always talk about what happens after.  So today (as promised) w...

The Maiden, Mother, and Crone energies always seem to find us exactly when we need them. Maybe it's because these aren’t just ancient archetypes or stages we move through once and leave behind… they’re living energies. Cycles really and pieces of ourselves that rise and soften and return again and again throughout our lives. This week in celebration of Mother's Day, we are sitting together...

We did the thing. We showed up for the Fire Sabbat… we lit the candles, called in the energy, celebrated, maybe even pushed ourselves a little outside our comfort zone… and now? Now we are sitting in the after space. In this episode, we are talking about something that doesn’t always get as much attention but is just as important as the celebration itself: Integration Magic. Because high-energy Sa...

May 1st is just a couple of days away and for our Wheel of the Year celebrations, we have a fire festival! And I mean that in every sense of the word. Beltane is here and there is heat. There is movement, passion, creation, connection and just a little bit of that wild, untamed energy that reminds us we are alive. Last week, we grounded ourselves. We talked about protection, about setting up our w...

We have a BIG fire celebration coming up next week and with it comes a BIG Full Moon! So before we jump headfirst into the fun Beltane episode, I wanted to take a moment and talk about protection work and Beltane wards. Because with big celebrations, big openings, and big energy like Beltane we are not just calling in joy and abundance. We are opening doors. And that’s a beautiful thing but it als...

Last week in our episode Death, the Veil, and What Comes Next… we sat together in some really big questions. Thank you again for staying with me for it (I know it’s not an easy conversation to have).  We talked about the different ways people understand what happens when we die. This week I would like to pick up where we left off and talk about working with death energy. At its core, death energy...

(Trigger Warning - S5 Ep #182) Today we are stepping into a topic that I think (at some point) every single one of us wonders about. We’re talking about death and sitting in the mystery a little bit.  We are going to walk through some of the ways people have understood death and what comes after it. Not to decide which one is right but just talk about the options and notice what resonates. Because...

I love the timing of this one showing up for us right now. The Swan Spirit! Because if you follow things even just a little bit from an astronomical or cyclical perspective… we’ve just closed out a really big chapter. A full 9-year cycle has come to an end and here we are, standing at the beginning of a brand new one in 2026.  And over the past few episodes… we’ve been talking a lot about intentio...

Since we’ve been talking so much about ideas forming, things growing quietly before they’re ready to hatch and protecting our energy while we build something meaningful ... I thought it might be the perfect time for us to step into a little conversation about eggshell magic.  Because once you start looking at eggs through a magical lens, you realize they are doing far more than just holding breakf...

The Wheel of the Year is turning once again and today is all about Ostara and The Witch’s Spring Reset.  We have our Spring equinox happening in just a couple of days but this year I want to approach this sabbat a little differently than I have in the past.  If you’ve been listening to this podcast for a while, you know we have talked about the history of the holiday, the symbolism of eggs and har...

Let’s talk about Servitors! Servitors are essentially created energetic entities designed with a specific purpose in mind. Think of them like little magical assistants that you intentionally create to support a goal, a task or a particular type of energy you want working in your life. In many ways servitor magic is simply focused intention, symbolism and creative energy working together. In this e...

It has been so much fun working with this spirit.  Giraffes are kind of quiet, graceful, almost understated animals really when you think about all of the animal spirits we have in this world.  They represent height. Perspective. Distance. Clarity.  They stretch upward to reach the treetops. They look out across the landscape from a vantage point most other animals don’t have. And I started thinki...

Motivation. Energy. Follow-through. You know …. that invisible push that helps us begin (and the invisible wall that sometimes makes beginning feel impossible).  Today’s episode is called Dopamine Magic: The Witch’s Guide to Motivation. And it is a witchy reframe of how motivation actually works, how dopamine actually works, and how we can start collaborating with our own energy instead of constan...

Planting season is an energetic shift. It’s the moment where ideas start stretching and we get that quiet internal whisper of … something wants to grow. Sometimes we know exactly what that something is (like for me last year). And sometimes we really don’t. Sometimes it's just mood. But that’s okay. All of it counts. Planting season is about choosing what we’re going to give our energy to on p...

Today we are going to talk about one of those dates on the calendar that makes people react instantly. The moment you say it out loud, you can just feel the room split in half. Friday the 13th! Some people hear Friday the 13th and they’re like “Nope. Absolutely not. Bad luck. I’m staying inside. I’m not making any big decisions today.” And then there’s the other group, the ones who are like, “Oooo...

Happy February! I am so excited you’re here with me today because this episode is one of those topics that sounds simple (like something we already know) and yet it’s one of the biggest, most powerful pieces of daily magic we practice.  Today’s episode is all about watching our words.   What we say to ourselves, to other people, in our spells… and what we whisper during our meditations. It is abou...

Imbolc sits pretty quietly on the Wheel of the Year for most of us.  It is right between the deep stillness of winter and the first real stirrings of spring. It usually falls on February 1st or 2nd, when the days are noticeably getting longer (even if the weather has not warmed up yet). This is the sabbat of light returning. Traditionally, Imbolc is connected to fire, hearth, and renewal, but not...

Today ….. it’s about Quantum Physics! And, If you’ve ever done spell work, set intentions, worked with moon phases, felt energy shift in a room, or just known something was about to happen before it did, you already understand more than you think you do. You’ve been working with these concepts your whole life. Science is just finally catching up and trying to name them. There’s a quiet meeting poi...