Happy #hyggereadathon day!!! Today I am resting up after getting my covid vax yesterday- So relieved to finally have it! Tonight is the inaugural bookclub meeting for Miss Willa‘s bookclub- ibuprofen will be my best friend!!! I can‘t wait to see how you all fit in an hour of cozy reading in community ❤️
Wishing a blessed Samhain to everyone who celebrates this season! I am sharing one of my many altar spaces (embroidery courtesy of the lovely @StaceGhost And thought I‘d share books my beloved Grandma and Dad shared with me as part of my Ancestor journey- please feel free to share books you have been inspired to read by ancestors also🖤Mine will be tagged- and I love all of them!
Post 2/2: Stacey these were all so amazing (coffee too even though on first post) The packaging of the chocolate alone was decadent!!!! The candle and spray smell divine!!!! and the Witches Bells are gorgeous! Thank you so much for this incredible box- I am so grateful for all of it!!! 🖤🖤🖤
Thank you again Ashley -I love having a Witchy holiday 🖤
post 1 of 2 with my fun witchy books and a coffee I am beyond excited to taste!!! Thank you Stacey- opening this package was a genuine celebration of the Day 🌖🌑🌔🖤🖤🖤 #mws
Thank you Ashley for hosting!!!!
Thank you so much Kaleah!!!! I love my #ahr package 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡and i am so happy about the chocolate!!!! Yummmmm
In previous chapters we read about learning to trust ourselves, then this sentence appears! It is a terrifying perspective for those of us who have lived with domestic violence- but in a specific context it is most likely a vital truth. The context of fear, trust and safety- and how do we ever find it after the death of that experience? That is when we have to discern between fear because of danger vs fear because of trauma. Thoughts?
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Sedna is mentioned in the first part of this chapter so i thought i would share the Goddess card reflection of her I have. If you read it I would be curious to hear how it was received or impacted your thoughts in relation to this chapter and yourself.
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My responses are leaving high school, endings of friendships, home the way i lived in it and going to college, then leaving college and going to work- then end of childhood and beginning of adulting…. and of course life after divorce - This cycle does play out in numerous ways through life experiences.
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Went to hear this author speak about her book and experiences (Leanna Renee Heiber) and Then took a ghost tour with the group (of Shepherdstown) - A lot of fun!! BUT So cold!!! I wore my hat made by @MommyOfTwo and it was perfect!!!
My #ahrs and #mws packages are in the mail as of yesterday. I have now received both my #allhallowsreadswap package and my #modernwitchswap package and am impatiently waiting with anticipation and excitement!!!!
This chapter was interesting- It seemed to have a significant overlap with parts work as well as shadow work. The part that gives up, the part that gets distracted, the part that perseveres… I can relate to all of it. The concept of shadow work is in accepting the parts of ourselves we are uncomfortable with. Through a somatic lens it‘s recognizing the body and brain want us to be safe. My ADHD brain is better suited to some tasks!
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Sorry- I am definitely a week or so behind.
I do believe names are important- and are why people have nicknames, change their name, use a married name or keep their name from birth. I personally love hearing how people came by their names too. I think names may speak about who we are- there are people who shorten their name and people who use completed names- go by formal address or first names. It all helps us start the conversation.
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Happy Indigenous People‘s Day. The map of WV lands courtesy of an interactive map on savetheboundarywaters.com . Braiding Sweetgrass is a non fiction book I love and thanks to #lpmbc I read Love After The End- a book I absolutely loved and recommend. The third book was read by a local book club and recommended so i bought it this weekend. Please consider sharing your favorite books by Indiginous authors #Indiginouspeoplesday
Happy #hyggehourreadathon day! Wherever you are! Hope to see you are able to enjoy an hour of cozy, comfy reading in community 🧡
I think about how we all have our own perspectives and often struggle to see a big picture or accept other perspectives as valid. I would love to be able to feel grounded more often with clearer understanding of situations.
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We often have “a feeling” but do not know how to respond. Have you ever questioned your intuition? I know that my intuition is often right but sometimes i ignore it because it is “inconvenient “.
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This is something that lives in my thoughts all the time… We are being fear mongered about immigrants.. vaccines… books…and because our brains are hard wired to seek safety it is easy for some people to give in to the fear mongering. In the end Baba Yaga was the provider of safety….
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I have always felt a bit of connection to Baba Yaga. When my daughter was little she would ask me which disney princess i was and i always told her i was Baba Yaga. I believed deeply in the wisdom of the crone and fear mongering of witches….
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Happiest of Birthdays @Gissy 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I hope all your birthday wishes come true ! (and with a little luck your bday package gets mailed this weekend 😘)
Happy Belated Birthday Elizabeth!!! I hope this is an amazing year for you!!!!
I have been wondering why this subgenre is so popular. As someone who has been stalked and assaulted I have a hard time finding the romance in any of this- it lends more to horror for me (although i did think Hooked told a good story and was shocked i liked it) But when reading chapter 2 in the book I wonder if this is a different way to understand the dark man in our psyches. Or is this representing our Shadows and our own dark sides? I have
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The sentence before this refers to the way families of origin impact emotional health, then recognizes the way culture impacts mental health. The discussion around this is the source of many books. In this case the dark man is the entity that threatens our cultural health. What are ways we can create and strengthen our emotional energy when culture is ruled by a predator?
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Do you recognize parts of yourself that can feel toxic but are actually also healthy and necessary?
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This chapter was intense! Was there a quote or thought you want to discuss? Please post and share!
Have you ever considered what archetypes you embody? Both the light and shadow side?
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Jamie!!!!! I love everything- but OMG! Autumn colored embroidery floss!!!! I am so thrilled 🧡Perfect choices- and the Romantasy Coloring book has so many fun pictures 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡Thank you so much for a beautifully curated #fff package!!!
Happy #hyggehourreadathon day! It is the day before Mabon and Mabon season! The Fall is beginning and cozy begins to have all the nuances the Fall weather in the Northern hemisphere brings! My cozy tonight will be stuffed apples, reading and candles because it is rainy today. Pictures are from last nights fire- it was lovely! Can‘t wait to share our reading hour together 🧡
Thank you so much Gissy!!! I love everything in this birthday package!!! So many fun things!! I love the book tote!! It‘s gorgeous! I‘m hoping to have an opportunity to play the card games…. and i love the embroidery!!!! It‘s all beautiful ❤️😘❤️Thank you so much!!!!
I can picture myself lost in the woods, and just meeting an ancient looking librarian who invites me to stay for a while. All the rest, all the thoughts, all the quiet and all the conversations. Cafe with miraculous coffee… and the clearly adopted Motto “Not all who wander are lost”
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It‘s #hyggehourreadathon day 💛8-9 your time! Take a picture and share your cozy reading zen with us!
Above is my zinnia patch that has somehow survived the lack of rain where everything around it died!!! It definitely made me smile.
Feel free to create a post and share your image- or keep it private. But I hope you enjoy this - even a wordy description or imagined space…
#wildwomenreading I loved how this chapter brings our awareness to the parts of us that we have buried. Some are better gone, and some we may mourn. Are there any parts of yourself that you mourn and perhaps can be revitalized?
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#wildwomenreading Share here- or create a post! #womenwhorunwiththewolves
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Chapter 1 of Women Who Run With The Wolves. Responds here, or create your own post! This holds true for all of today‘s posts!
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Today is always hard for me. It was my first month in WV. I watched the towers fall in disbelief from my new job as a Spec Ed teacher. I was cut off for a week from my family and close friends. My friend from HS was there as a cop. My uncle was there as a fire man- my cousin was there as a fireman, my brother was there after- initially to rescue people but soon to recover remains the towers were no longer in view from my childhood kitchen window.
NPR had a 2022 article and because Children in Evergreen Colorado had to face the horror of a school shooting yesterday i am sharing some books related to ending gun violence.
#overcomingevilempires #antifabookclub
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Welcome to the discussion of the intro!!! Add comments here- but also feel free to create a discussion post as well if you have a question or thought you want to have engagement with, just remember to tag everyone.
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Happy #hyggehourreadathon day! I am sad that Summer is winding down- and also looking forward to tonight to get cozy with my books and thoughts!
pickThis is the first book i completed in 3 weeks! I‘ve really struggled to sink into any of the 4-5 other books i‘m reading. but this was easy, silly and hea…
And so our journey begins! Feel free to comment here and on your own page and on each others pages as we begin this community of Wild Women reading. Over the next week consider posting about A particular segment you read and why it spoke to you. I am tagging everyone who requested so far- please tag the group in your posts so we can all participate- and feel free to add more on storygraph! This week is all about the intro!
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