#witchrising

Welp, we finally got that snow we was all hopin’ for. I’m so bummed that We are all so sick that we can’t really go out and enjoy it much. 😭💕🎄 It’s alright though. Other than periodic bouts of misery, I generally feel really good - being sick is a natural part of life, and the western tendency of over dramatizing it and making one out to be sinful or bad in some way for experiencing pain is toxically patriarchal and not helpful in the healing process. Getting sick is just the body’s way of processing all the yuck we are naturally exposed to, and it’s a blessing to be given time and space to stop and digest everything that we have been through. Being sick is sort of like going to sleep. It makes you stronger in some ways. It helps you see things differently. It’s refreshing in an unusual way.Being sick on Christmas was just our bodies’ way of telling us we needed to be alone for the holidays. A-ok with me. 🎄🌱✨ . . . #StrongBack #SoftFront #WildHeart #FairfieldIowa #Healing #home #homeiswherethestorybegins #integrate #Iowa #KeepItWild #LifeDeathLife #mama #MedicineWoman #motherhood #sisterhood #peace #postpartum #rest #rebirth #selfcare #selflove #shadowwork #spiritual #StoryTelling #ThereIsAMotherInUsAll #wildwomanrising #wisewomantradition #wisewomanrising #witch #witchrising (at Fairfield, Iowa)

Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there patiently, until the song that is your life falls into your own cupped hands and you recognize and greet it. Only then will you know how to give yourself to this world so worth of rescue. . . . #Clearing #MarthaPostlewaite . . . 🕷✨🌗 . . . #EmmelineJane #childhoodunplugged #fiercelittleones #gratefulmama #HomeIsWhereYourStoryBegins #ittakesavillage #letthembelittle #littleandbrave #loveyourself #motherhoodbliss #motherhoodrising #mamayogi #oureverydaymoments #postpartum #rebirth #SelfCare #SelfLove #ShadowWork #spiritual #StoryTelling #StrongBackSoftFrontWildHeart #theartofbeingamother #theartofmotherhood #theartofslowliving #wildandfree #wildwomanrising #wisewomanrising #witchrising (at Fairfield, Iowa)

Floating Star. . . . Sitting on the couch tonight with my hubby. He’s humming some tune while fiddling with some headphones. It reminded me of “DayMan/NightMan” from It’s Always Sunny, so I started singing the song. He looked at me, cock eyed and goofy smiled... had NO EARTHLY IDEA what I was singing... I changed the subject and mentioned how stunning some places in the world are (our screen saver shows waterfalls, pools, lakes, and just stunning sites from Iceland, New Zealand, Germany, Tasmania, just everywhere)... without missing a beat he says “Yeah, but none of them hold a candle to Iowa.” Cue both of us giggling like the giant space nerds we are. We then proceed to sing Frontier Psychiatrist together by the Avalanches. We really are soul mates. 🖤🕷🍷 . . . #EmmelineJane #childhoodunplugged #fiercelittleones #gratefulmama #HomeIsWhereYourStoryBegins #ittakesavillage #letthembelittle #littleandbrave #loveyourself #motherhoodbliss #motherhoodrising #mamayogi #oureverydaymoments #postpartum #rebirth #SelfCare #SelfLove #ShadowWork #spiritual #StoryTelling #StrongBackSoftFrontWildHeart #theartofbeingamother #theartofmotherhood #theartofslowliving #wildandfree #wildwomanrising #wisewomanrising #witchrising #FairfieldIowa #iowa (at Fairfield, Iowa)

“I’m just a big girl lost in a sea of self loathing. Help me, I’m drowning, she said coldly. I have to prove I’m worth knowing. I used to be more materialistic I was also prettier back then So is it a pretty person’s club? You all want to be strong You all want to be sure But you know You KNOW You’ve come so much further Just by virtue of existing You can look at someone like me And know in no way could I hold a candle up to you Look at that! I slipped into judgment like my favorite tube top I lost myself. I lost myself. I’m coming home. Wash away the pain. Wash away the hatred. Rinse clean the scowling loathing bitterness. Drink from the cup of compassion.” . . . #NoMudNoLotus #shadowwork #StoryTelling #homeiswherethestorybegins #poetry #writersofinstagram #Healing #home #integrate #Iowa #KeepItWild #LifeDeathLife #mama #MedicineWoman #motherhood #sisterhood #peace #postpartum #rest #rebirth #selfcare #selflove #spiritual #Tarot #wildwomanrising #wisewomantradition #wisewomanrising #witch #witchrising (at Fairfield, Iowa)

You know. #nomudnolotus . . . #art #paint #creatrix #artistrising #Healing #home #homeiswherethestorybegins #integrate #Iowa #KeepItWild #LifeDeathLife #mama #MedicineWoman #motherhood #sisterhood #peace #postpartum #rest #rebirth #selfcare #selflove #shadowwork #spiritual #StoryTelling #wildwomanrising #wisewomantradition #wisewomanrising #witch #witchrising (at Fairfield, Iowa)

This is becoming clearer and clearer to me in every way. The more I resist, fight, strive, the further my goals slip away. The more I relax into the moment, into the radical truth of what I am and all that is in every way, the more clear the path becomes, and resistance feels like a far off distant memory. Why would I resist what is natural, what feels good, what is easy to do? I’m not saying it’s always butterflies and roses, or that it’s not sometimes hard or painful, but it becomes simple in a way. May this beautiful new time bring about clarity,?strength, and harmony for us all. #art #paint #creatrix #artistrising #Healing #home #homeiswherethestorybegins #integrate #Iowa #KeepItWild #LifeDeathLife #mama #MedicineWoman #motherhood #sisterhood #peace #postpartum #rest #rebirth #selfcare #selflove #shadowwork #spiritual #StoryTelling #Tarot #wildwomanrising #wisewomantradition #wisewomanrising #witch #witchrising (at Fairfield, Iowa)

Worms in the Wood . . . The dark, sacred night. I find the sweetest solace alone, in the morning, in the complete quiet of our space. The refrigerator is humming. The Minisplit sounds like a marching band trying to pump out heat. Our downloaded sounds humming like rain in the bedroom, a faint glimmer. My tinnitus ringing like a screaming banshee for only me to hear (& those of my companions who understand the pain of tinnitus). Everyone should read William Shatner’s autobiography - his wisdom on tinnitus and many more topics is profound, and he is a gentle teacher worthy of highest praise for his wisdom alone. The tightness and rattling in my chest as mucus builds up and periodically shakes free. The scratchiness of my throat and esophagus from months of congestion, coughing, nausea, and post nasal drip slowly makes me feel less temporal and more ephemeral, astral. The pain in my head, from inflammation and congestion waxes and wanes and sometimes I am graceful and sometimes I am as mean as a snake. Emmeline is doing way better than Drew and I, but she’s also much more physically active and has a much better diet (thank you 2.5 years of breastfeeding and counting!) and lifestyle I think (adults really should make time to play more). Night time gives me space to see these moments for the beauty and sweetness they do contain. Spending so much time preparing, deeming, and planning had given me a guilty urge to “be here now,” to take her in completely, to stop worrying so much about the future. Time will pass without any help from me. ❤️ #art #paint #creatrix #artistrising #Healing #home #homeiswherethestorybegins #integrate #Iowa #KeepItWild #LifeDeathLife #mama #MedicineWoman #motherhood #sisterhood #peace #postpartum #rest #rebirth #selfcare #selflove #shadowwork #spiritual #StoryTelling #Tarot #wildwomanrising #wisewomantradition #wisewomanrising #witch #witchrising (at Fairfield, Iowa)

The decorator ❤️🎄✨ . . . #EmmelineJane #childhoodunplugged #fiercelittleones #gratefulmama #HomeIsWhereYourStoryBegins #ittakesavillage #letthembelittle #littleandbrave #loveyourself #motherhoodbliss #motherhoodrising #mamayogi #oureverydaymoments #postpartum #rebirth #SelfCare #SelfLove #ShadowWork #spiritual #StoryTelling #StrongBackSoftFrontWildHeart #theartofbeingamother #theartofmotherhood #theartofslowliving #wildandfree #wildwomanrising #wisewomanrising #witchrising #FairfieldIowa #iowa (at Fairfield, Iowa)