Daydreaming Wolves

Regular exploratory workshops on building a business in times of crisis are now a core part of the Embodied Business Community. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I ran the first one about a month ago, when the world was still a pretty different place. What feels good in this work is to not make assumptions or give unsolicited advice, but instead to create space for people to share what's up for them, what they are worried or excited about and what they need support around. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ We gather not to fix things, but to be together and show some solidarity. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ If you'd like to be part of this please considering joining the Embodied Business Community - it's $300 for a year of access including monthly group coaching, a comprehensive course, monthly themed workshops, a community on Mighty Networks and a 1:1 session with me. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Link in profile <3 https://www.instagram.com/p/B-PnNpGn7Sc/

Today everything just sucks. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ My body is aching and the more I nap the more tired I seem to feel. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I want to shout at someone who makes decisions I don't get to make and I am over spiritual bypassing that denies our fears. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I haven't been touched in three weeks and its getting to me. We need each other. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I hate few things in life more than change and uncertainty and my window of tolerance is totally maxed out. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Today I am just too tired to let my imagination reach for anything beyond this. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I miss hugs and being outside, swimming in the sea with friends, dogs playing, having energy for anything but bare essentials. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I know it wont be like this forever, but it feels important to be with how it feels today. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ https://ift.tt/2xvTAD5

Remember when baby Ernie was like a third of Orlando‘s size? https://ift.tt/39i2j9n

Happy new moon <3⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I am opening 24 spots for the (renamed) Embodied Business Community and invite you to check it out.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Obviously I've been wondering wether to still go ahead and have decided to say yes for two reasons: I have been helping folks in creating sustainable, feminist online businesses for five years and can offer a lot of tech, design and emotional support around navigating these times and moving things online. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I also believe that we need community, live calls, solidarity and togetherness more than ever. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The Embodied Business Community is a ten module course (teaching you everything from newsletter set up to pricing and ethical social media strategies) that you can work through in your own time, a group coaching experience with monthly calls and themed workshop as well as a community on Mighty Networks. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I also recently started offering bi-monthly exploratory workshops on building a business in times of crisis, which are beautiful supportive spaces. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Enrolment is open till April 8th or until the 24 spots are filled and the price is $300 or three monthly payments of $100 - this includes a one on one session with me and a second one as a bonus if you enrol by March 29th. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Find the link in my profile, comment if you have any questions and please share if you have a second and want to support my work. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-IN-OhHM1o/

Today‘s soothing practice is planting seeds. I don‘t know what spring holds for us, but at least there will be rosemary, thyme and mugwort. Always good to connect with the non human world and its wisdom. https://ift.tt/396SydX

A sweet reminder that now would be a fantastic time to become a Patron and support some small businesses if you are able to <3 ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Patreon is such a beautiful way to make work, tools and resources more accessible while also giving makers some more secure income. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Here are the rewards I am offering at all tiers starting at $3: ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ - Access to a 13 module archive from my Embodied Magic program full of themed ritual ideas, play lists, tarot spreads, self massage practices and meditations - basically a year of magic⁠⠀ - Full moon check ins with journaling prompts⁠⠀ - 10% off witch heart mentoring⁠⠀ - Digital versions of all my zines⁠⠀ - Access to some of my live online classes such as tarot as a light in the dark, zine making and memoir writing (some already available as recordings) ⁠⠀ - Invitations to my Grief Tending Sessions (one happening tomorrow!) ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #softmagic #queerhealing #isolationcomforts https://www.instagram.com/p/B-AM0tdnfvb/

Have reorganized my bookshelves and put my apocalypse reading list together 💕 Hit me up if you want to compare notes on any of these. https://ift.tt/2xeBQvY

This Sunday, virtual + donation based. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ When I did the grief celebrant and death midwife trainings last year I had no idea what was to come and thought I was just doing it to finally confront my own fears, but I guess the time has come to step up and share. I am nervous to offer this, but also glad to know there are so many beautiful people in my community who together with me will make this a good thing. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I believe tending to grief is important and can help us stay more present, adaptable and fierce in our resistance. I'm also certain that a good grief practice does more to bring in joy than repressing emotions does. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ So I am offering a 45 min session of gentle breathwork, guided meditation, a little bit of journaling and some self-massage to ease our lack of touch and connection. No experience needed, all you need to bring is pen and paper (and some massage oil if you have any). ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Some notes: ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ - Crying is okay⁠⠀ - Not being on video is okay⁠⠀ - Feeling dissociated is okay⁠⠀ - Leaving at any point is okay⁠⠀ - Getting angry or frustrated is okay⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Come to grieve life as you knew it, comforts, stability, certainty, abilities, health, whatever you are sad about. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The suggested donation is $2-$8, no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Link in profile. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Feel free to share & invite your friends. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ "Grief is subversive, undermining the quiet agreement to behave and be in control of our emotions. It is an act of protest that declares our refusal to live numb and small. There is something feral about grief, something essentially outside the ordained and sanctioned behaviors of our culture. Because of that, grief is necessary to the vitality of the soul." - Francis Weller⁠ https://ift.tt/2Uorq4R

Artwork by Kathleen of @daughter.of.wands⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ As promised I am sending more podcast episodes your way so that we can least connect through the cosmic internet vibes. <3 ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I really loved talking to Kathleen of @daughter.of.wands for today's episode and have received several tarot readings from her that I still treasure and listen to lots (they are currently on sale for $25). Kathleen is truly magical, very real, very creative and very wonderful. Here is what we talked about: ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ - Tracing our journey through life with tarot journals ⁠⠀ - Transforming harmful patterns in our lives ⁠⠀ - Creating a tarot deck and being in creative flow⁠⠀ - The reality of building a small business under capitalism and worrying about money⁠⠀ - Working with the memories we carry in our bodies⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Although she thinks of herself as an eternal student, Kathleen has been working with the tarot for the past 19 years. Her father was a tarot reader in the 1970s but kept it secret from her until she bought her first set of cards at the initiatory age of 13. He refused to teach her the language of the cards, so she spent many years finding her own way with them. She has taught herself plant medicine and astrology over the course of the last 7 years, and now weaves her love for tarot, astrology, and plant medicine together in her work to support transformation in herself and clients. She is also trained in IET (Integrated Energy Therapy) and Reiki to nourish the space she holds for others. By learning to find the voice within after all these years, she now teaches others how to find their own inner wisdom and that we can be our own healer.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #daydreamingwolves #tarotmagic #hermittimes https://www.instagram.com/p/B99xF3anos3/

I am feeling a bit proud of how we're all coping and what everyone is offering today. I mean, this is huge. I've lived with fear of another war all my life and many of the logistics or threats I have always worried about have arrived or are about to arrive. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ And yet we're still breathing, sharing memes, connecting with each other. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ While I am scared, the quiet and slowness does feel good in moments when I am able to be present. I know there is so much loss and pain yet to come, so much uncertainty and I don't want to deny or bypass any of that. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Had you asked me a year ago what I think would happen in a global pandemic I would have probably not been able to imagine this much kindness and honesty. We're getting down to the bare bones of what it means to be human, of what we've done, what we are doing and what matters and its both ugly and beautiful. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I've never been very open to my anger, but it's really here, I am feeling it now. I am furious about the slowness, the ignorance, the entitlement of those in power. I am so scared for those of us who are most vulnerable and I wish there was less panic buying and more mutual aid and social distancing.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ These feelings are so big and consuming that there is just nowhere else to go.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I am still watching Gossip Girl or spooning Nutella to zone out sometimes (no shame), but I'm also up for saying hello to my fears. Even though I've been isolated for two weeks now I feel less alone than I have in the past. ⁠I think it's too early to think about what collective post traumatic growth will look like and I want to put all my energy into harm reduction right now, but there is lots of both/and - complexity going on I guess. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ https://ift.tt/2QvHalm

Happy half birthday to Erniebear! He has already been through so much in his late - being weaned off and ignored by his mum when he was tiny, joining a new pack (us), a scary dog attack, then moving houses and now isolation. Not gonna lie, raising him is exhausting me at times and esp right now I wish I could offer him more excitement. But waking up with him everyday, even if its at 6am, gives me so much life sustaining joy. https://ift.tt/3dhal5I

I've been comforted by all the amazing free and donation based online things folks are offering and wanted to do a little round up here. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ You are all wonderful <3 ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⋒ Lucy Taylor (@dailydeathpractice) is offering free supportive conversations about death and dying ⁠⠀ . ⋒ Lisa Nagel (@wildsensitivesouls) is offering donation based ancestral ritual dance parties ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⋒Sophy Dale (@sophy_writingmentor) is offering a free Bookfest all about writing and publishing your book ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⋒ Jess Grippo is offering super fun daily dance breaks on instagram @jessgrippo as well as a free 13 day dance and writing program ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⋒ Shauna Janz (@sacredgriefshaunajanz) is offering free ritual circles with supportive somatic practices every Sunday ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⋒ David Elliot (@davidelliott10) is offering groovy free breathwork meditations on Spotify ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⋒ Jennifer Patterson (@corpusritual) will be offering a donation based breathwork group on March 24th, more info coming soon ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⋒ Kate Strathmann (@_wanderwell_) is bringing together a support group for small businesses that have employees and is also offering a workshop on financial resilience ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⋒ Bear Herbet (@bearhebert_) is offering a free writing club three times a week ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I am sure there are many more I might have missed, but this is a start :) I will share more soon!⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ While these things are free please do also support small businesses financially if you can, especially at this time. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Here are also some herbalists I love that are making wonderful medicines worth checking out: Jennifer Patterson @corpusritual, Chanelle Bergeron @moonbymoonapothecary, Kathleen Callahan @daughter.of.wands, Jacqui Wilkins @among_the_wildflowerss, Levi @msteabotanica and Shawn Marie @honestowlherbal https://www.instagram.com/p/B94jPUUHH4C/

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Hey fellow small business owners, I am offering this workshop on Saturday to support others in similar situations through this. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I know this is really, really scary for us and I would love to offer what I can to share resources and information about things we can do right now to lessen the blow and move our offerings online. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I'll be sharing what I am planning on doing for the first half and then answer individual questions about anything from booking systems, taking payments online, anxiety about finding the right words on social media, recording classes and offering virtual sessions. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The link is in my profile (I will also send the body as a business mentor workbook when its out and a replay)!⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I'll also still open 24 spots for the Embodied Business Community on the 24th and you can check that out and get on the waitlist through the link too. All planned workshops and group coaching will go ahead, but the focus for this group program will shift a bit towards community resilience and creating online offerings. https://ift.tt/33qVNM5

I cried hard today and it was so needed. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The last few days I've been resting lots, but I felt so restless in the rest, it was never enough. I miss skin on skin contact. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I got back to work today, very slowly. I meditated, played with the dogs, wrote a bit, recorded readings for two friends and joined @wildsensitivesouls ancestral ritual and dance party. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ After moving my body and sitting at my alter I was finally able to do a proper sob. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I cried for everyone stuck at violent boarders. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I cried for people saying goodbye to their loved ones through phone screens. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I cried for doctors having to make hard choices. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I cried for all the disabled, marginalised, immune compromised and chronically ill folks I love and those I have never met. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I cried about not knowing when I'll see my family again. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I cried for pets being left alone because people got stuck in lock downs.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I cried for everyone who already felt anxious and is once again being let down by our governments. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I cried for small businesses having to close down and fearing about their survival. For everyone who like me does not have any stable income. ⁠⠀ I cried for our elders who are lonely, afraid and unable to get to supermarkets as fast as everyone else. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Lots and lots of crying basically. ⁠Good grief. https://ift.tt/3bcfytJ

Should you stop your launch or promotions?⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ A few clients have reached out over the last few days to ask me about this and I thought I'd share some thoughts here. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Most importantly I think you have to do what feels right for you, of course. We've never been in this situation, all feelings are valid and there is a lot of uncertainty. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ My short answer is no, but I know that's easier said than done. I am totally certain that most of the people in my community can ask themselves if their work is needed right now and with honesty and integrity say yes, it really is. And that's what matters. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I'm occasionally seeing some super random ads on my feed that are along the lines of "Join me for this free workshop to manifest your wildest dreams" and of course that's really irritating right now. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ But so many folks out there really want to support small businesses and stay connected. With so many of us being on lock down it's amazing to be able to take online classes, have Zoom/Skype consultations, join dance parties or listen to podcasts. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ So please don't stop doing what you're doing! I think we just have to reflect the times we're in and that will look differently for each of us. It's not business as usual, but it's definitely not game over. I'll be offering more live classes to my Patrons and run a free workshop about taking your business online next weekend. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ As always it is really important to be kind, honest, transparent and to not buy into the idea that you have to be manipulative or competitive in order to succeed, but that's not news. This is a great time for us to lean into community and really become still enough to embody our values. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I think these are some good questions to ask: ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ - How is what I am offering supportive right now? ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ - Can I keep my messages free from shame and pressure? ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ - What do I need to feel connected to the long term vision of my work? ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I grief for the local businesses that due to lock downs won't make it and I want all of us to get through this with as little harm and as much grid, vision and collective power as possible. ⁠ https://ift.tt/2Uc73bb