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This is a girl who is using the fire-color of her hair to light a candle

Positive Realism

I saw a video Fiona Apple recently posted on TikTok, and it was inspiring. She talked about a technique she’s using to find greater joy throughout her day. Every time something positive happens – even something as small as noticing a tree – she pauses and focuses on the moment and experience for thirty seconds. […]

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Growth, how to change your life, tarot, mysticism, change

To Grow is to Outgrow

When you grow you outgrow. As your branches extend higher and you create new buds and fruits, the decayed limbs fall off. As you stretch and extend, you find a deepening sense of You-ness. What is not you begins to fall away. Your soul knows where it needs to go: this is who you are, […]

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Ymir, Nordic, Mythology, Tarot, Oracle cards, Destruction, Witch

Giant Destruction: The Myth of Ymir

The giant Ymir is one of my favorite beings in mythology. From Nordic myth, the giant Ymir was the first being in the world, born out of the meeting between fire (Muspelheim) and ice (Niflheim). They converged out of a dark void, and as the force of fire and ice met, there was a great […]

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Drawing, Art, illustration, witch, laughing eye weeping eye, rebecca schoenecker

Saying Yes to No

Saying no takes some getting used to. The No I am talking about is the type where you are asked to do something you really don’t want to do. Your friend wants you to come over late at night, and says this is the only time available for her. Your job asks you to cancel […]

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