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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 – abundance, healing, immortality [read more]
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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 needs. i’ve done this pretty much forever, because i grew up wanting everyone to like me, and if you didn’t, i was very hurt and tried to find out why and change my behavior so that you would. spoiler: it doesn’t work that way. the… [read more]
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“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]
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“Decaf is cruel and unusual punishment.” ~ Rachel Morgan (character), “White Witch, Black Curse” by Kim Harrison [read more]
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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, 3) and the deep gratitude for any new teacher, discovery, or habit you have gained. Send last year off with a big ole thank you for this stuff! No year is without its gifts. *If you have other people who are creating this sacred space… [read more]