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  • Cranberry holiday spiced cider

    cranberry – abundance, energy, healing, loveorange – cleansing, love, divination, luck, money, renewalstar anise – psychic power, luckcinnamon – personal & spiritual power, spirituality, healing, success, victory, protection, love, luck, lust, strength, prosperityginger – luck, healing, retribution, energy, personal powerblack pepper – protection, ward off negative energy, break blockagesclove – attract good luck, protectionhoney – [read more]

  • Banana fish gorilla shoelace with a dash of nutmeg! [read more]

  • Boundaries

    i saw a quote today that really hit me hard. it said, “boundaries will feel mean when you’ve spent your whole life over-giving.” i do this a lot. i put everyone else’s needs ahead of mine, regardless of whether it’s just an inconvenience or something that causes me to ignore one of my own serious [read more]

  • “Early to bed and early to rise makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.” Benjamin Franklin, “Poor Richard’s “Almanac” I’ve been up since 4:30am. Here’s hoping I hit the trifecta. [read more]

  • “Decaf is cruel and unusual punishment.” ~ Rachel Morgan (character), “White Witch, Black Curse” by Kim Harrison [read more]

  • New Year’s Ceremonies

    These are from Mary Katherine Spain. For further information about Mary Katherine and her work ninepillarshealing.com. SACRED FIRE: Fire cleanses us, purifies us. Incorporating fire into a New Year’s ritual is very powerful. Here are a few ideas: Write a letter to last year describing the 1) lessons you learned, 2) confessing the hard stuff, [read more]