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Hey, lovelies! My doctor recently recommended I start taking inositol and metformin to help combat potential PCOS and pre-diabetes. I’ve been doing my own research, but I thought I’d reach out and ask for some community wisdom. Have any of you worked with inositol before? If so, do you have a brand you trust and love?

I’m also exploring holistic ways to support my body alongside the supplements—especially for those of you on similar journeys with PCOS or managing pre-diabetic symptoms. Any tried-and-true remedies or rituals you’ve used to regulate your body’s rhythms or boost fertility would be so appreciated. Herbal blends, dietary adjustments—I’m open to it all!

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Outlive the motherfucker. That's what you're going to do. Survive and thrive out of sheer spite if necessary. Live for the day that nature takes it's course and you wake up in a world that no longer has them in it.

Apply where applicable. Repeat as necessary.

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You have been visited by the Badger of Executive Function!

May this tenacious beastie grant you the strength to break through whatever is holding you back from completing that important task you've been meaning to get to, and the energy and motivation to

Do The Fucking Thing.

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If you don't know click the link to find out what yours is (I'm not 100% sure how accurate Wikipedia is though)

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New book ✨️

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Enchanting with touch -

A lot of witchcraft seems to be focused on visualisation as a means of imbuing things with magic, energy work seems almost entirely written to suit those who can visualise images. I am extremely tactile, I am a touchy feely person with busy hands so I decided to share how I “enchant” items.

Enchantment in my book means to take an object and make it magical, whether it be a charm, a ward, an agent of the spell itself.

Kissing things - your lips are far more sensitive than your fingers, they are also very close to your nose so you can incorporate smell into this, too. Take the item, and bring it too your lips gently, place a plush firm kiss whilst focusing on planting your into into the item.

Stroking or brushing - I have heard people try knot magic by braiding their hair, my hair is too short for this, but you could start by brushing your hair. Really smoothing it out, deeply brushing hair or even fur is a great way to transfer magic from your mind to the hands to the object, brushing is very therupeutic and could almost be a trance inducing activity. When I had hair I could sit on, it was a wonderful sensory experience to hand brush it after a wash.

You could also feel the surface of your item by smoothing it with you hands, really get to know the texture, let the magic explore the grain of the wood, the crevices in the stone or the cool touch of the metal.

Crumbling something - You could do this with breadcrumbs for kitchen magic or a bath bomb for bath magic (I wouldn’t crumble a bath bomb imo but I have heard some people prefer to do that.) Guide your intent to your hands and let it over whelm the object in your palms.

Stepping on something - This could be very destructive and great for curses.

Walking around it - Walking around an object features a lot in folk lore, perhaps you could use it to slowly build up intent and magical energy within you?

Throwing or juggling - Juggling is a great skill to learn and I can well and truly say kinetic energy is magical very powerful, throwing and catching something in the air until your satisfied is a fantastic way of enchantment, the weight as you catch it in your hand and watching it fly in the air is just fantastic.

Rubbing it to give it body heat - This is very physical, you can feel the warmth you’ve transferred to this object and its very responsive as well.

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Wisdom teeth came out on Wednesday. Woke up in so much pain today. I hate everything

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This blog is:

🌈 Pro-LGBTQ+

✊🏾 Pro-BLM

⚕️ Pro-Science

🩺 Pro-Modern Medicine

💜 Pro-Choice

🕊️ Pro-Human Rights

🏳️‍🌈 Pro-Trans Rights

📚 Pro-Education

🌍 Pro-Immigrant (No human is illegal)

🪶 Pro-Indigenous Rights & sovereignty

🌱 Pro-Climate Action & Environmental Justice

🚫 Anti- Bigotry, Fascism, Oppression and Especially Anti-Nazi

Here we are pro-people.

We stand for bodily autonomy, human dignity, and equality/equity.

We support LGBTQ+ rights, racial justice, Indigenous sovereignty, and the rights of immigrants.

We believe in accessible healthcare for all, and reproductive freedom.

We respect the land, support climate action, and believe in protecting the earth for future generations. Indigenous communities have long been the stewards of this planet—we must listen, learn, and take action. Protect the water. Defend the future.

Human rights and the health of our planet are not up for debate.

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I believe in magic.

I believe in science.

One does not cancel out the other.

I can charge my tea with intention, using certain herbs to help with what ails me and take my antibiotics.

I can trust in my spells and get vaccinated.

I can balance energy work and seek therapy/psychiatric care

I can carry crystals and charms with me but they won’t set a broken bone or heal an infection

Magic is powerful, but modern medicine is essential. The two can be paired. The two should be paired.

Heal with both hands—one grounded in science, the other in spirit.

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Gentle reminder to all my neurodivergent followers: medications and therapy do not make you less spiritual, less magical, or less witchy.

You are valid and your practices are valid. I'm proud of you.

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When I got into witchcraft, I wish someone I'd spoken to or one of the authors I read would have said just once, "None of the items or incantations in spells are necessary or powerful on their own. These words only work if they resonate within you, and this whole process is a symbolic ritual meant to get your mind to focus on your intention and to feel that it's being done, because YOU are the operant power!"

I'd always wondered why I needed to say something like "So mote it be" to end a spell, which meant nothing to me; or what I was supposed to feel when I read someone else's incantation, which never quite resonated; or follow what I consider to be silly rules about snuffing out candles versus blowing them out. I even read in one of those books written by a well-respected Wiccan author that it was an "insult to the element of fire to blow it out." I laughed out loud and discarded the book. (Btw, stop blowing out candles on your birthdays, you disrespectful jerks! 😹)

I felt like all the complications of spells and rituals that I found were distractions for me rather than aides. I forget which book it was in, but in the beginning it described a woman picking a blade of grass, thinking about her intent, and releasing the blade of grass into the air - and that was her whole spell. I'll always remember that as the moment when it clicked that I am the Power and need nothing outside of myself to create the circumstances I want if I can properly utilize my imagination, will and emotions.

When I discovered manifestation, it only further confirmed what I'd come to realize, and all the remnants of feeling I needed rituals or tools vanished. Now my imagination is my only tool.

Everyone should use whatever method is most effective to manifest/perform magic (they're the same thing in my opinion), and as long as it gets you to a point where you're focused and feel that your will is done, it's a good method.

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Any recs for helping to recover from wisdom teeth removal?

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Checkpoint

Are you having fun? Do you want to keep scrolling or are you just on autopilot?

Have you eaten today?

Have you consumed water today?

Do you need to go to the bathroom?

Have you slept recently?

Do you have any chores in process that you've forgotten about or are putting off? (Laundry that needs taken out of the machine, a dishwasher full of dishes that need put away, etc.)

Have you taken all your meds?

If the answer is "All good," feel free to keep scrolling!

But if any of these reminded you of something you need to do, please take care of yourself. 💕

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to rewild your witchcraft

walk barefoot on stones in shallow streams.

talk to the wind and let it carry away your regrets.

forage for wildflowers to place on your altar, press in thrifted books, or give to loved ones —be careful when identifying

watch sunrises and sunsets. wake up before the sun. bare witness to the painted sky.

spend hours in the woods among the wild. take long long walks or sit still and watch the world.

talk to plants and listen to them. make friends.

get field guides to trees, plants, birds, etc. that are native to your area. learn which are which. bookmark pages that you recognize or want to find.

sing back to the robins. caw back to the crows.

journal by firelight and feel the flame burn your worries away.

gather snow and bring a bowl inside. talk to it and tell it your worries. your fears. let it melt, transmuting your stress and worries into healing nourishment. bring it outside and water the soil. see how things can be changed.

dance. run. move your body to sweat, if this is something you can do

collect stones from the river and try to find the best ones. keep them in your pocket. hold onto them to remember that you’re an animal.

go to a lake and float. feel the water carry you. lifting you from your stress. bring a vial and collect some for spellwork.

make a necklace out of an acorn and thread.

stand in the rain. dance in it. lay down in the grass and let it pour. let it wash fears away, transform doubt to hope. start anew.

𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘

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blueberry cobbler & a cuppa coffee on this beautiful spring day