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WHAT I’VE LEARNED SO FAR WHILE SOCIAL DISTANCING

This functions more like a collection of musings in a diary entry rather than a more structured form of prose… I’m reminded that no amount of physical distance can separate my love for loved ones. That’s it’s possible to make new friends while in shelter in place. Productivity is only productive when it accounts for my mental and emotional wellness,

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Hand holds match and lights up candle, with succulents in background

THERE ONCE WAS A WOMAN WHO SWALLOWED A FLY

Judging the title, you probably think I’m about to recite a nursery rhyme, but alas, there is nothing fictional about what I’m about to share, as I was the woman who once swallowed a fly— during a meeting when I was pitching to a prospective client while I was still working in the clean tech industry. The night before the

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SPIRITUAL MYTHS ABOUT COVID-19

I don’t subscribe to the various spiritual theories of why Covid-19 is happening. I DON’T think Covid-19 is the way the Earth is “taking revenge”. I DON’T think the old paradigm is ending. I DON’T think it’s a global awakening. I DON’T think it’s happening FOR us. I think we create these reasons because humans crave meaning. We crave meaning

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RECOMMENDED BOOKS AS WE PRACTISE SOCIAL DISTANCING

As promised, here’s a shortlist of books I recently read and thoroughly enjoyed (note that many of these titles are not new), but I should preface that what I deem as ‘enjoyable’ may not be evergreen. I am human, and I am pulled into stories, into fact, into information based on how I am feeling, the alignment of the stars,

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Mimi Young, wu shamanic intuitive and occultist, sits on a kid's messy bed

MORE MEDICINES DURING SHAKY TIMES

The photo of me taken by my friend and fellow witch, Jessie Robertson (photographer and co-director of The Witches of Vancouver documentary) says it all. Life is messy and shaky, sometimes a little more, and other times, we get the reprieve of a little less. When life is shakier, it affects us energetically and physically. I find that when I

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Jars of herbal medicines and concoctions against a marbled backsplash

PLANT MEDICINE RECIPES FOR IMMUNE SUPPORT

Here are some some recipes of what I’ve been doing at home with the family to build IMMUNITY. I discuss the two different types of immunity HERE. “DEFENSIVE” IMMUNITY INFUSION In a saucepan over a stove of 2 L of water, simmer roughly 1/3 cup of Turkeytail mushroom. It helps to break it up first to increase the surface area

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chair with distressed pink paint artfully photographed

WHAT I’VE LEARNED SO FAR WHILE SOCIAL DISTANCING

This functions more like a collection of musings in a diary entry rather than a more structured form of prose… I’m reminded that no amount of physical distance can separate my love for loved ones. That’s it’s possible to make new friends while in shelter in place. Productivity is only productive when it accounts for my mental and emotional wellness,

Read More »
Hand holds match and lights up candle, with succulents in background

THERE ONCE WAS A WOMAN WHO SWALLOWED A FLY

Judging the title, you probably think I’m about to recite a nursery rhyme, but alas, there is nothing fictional about what I’m about to share, as I was the woman who once swallowed a fly— during a meeting when I was pitching to a prospective client while I was still working in the clean tech industry. The night before the

Read More »
Image of the words Spiritual Myths about Covid-19 superimposed over an image of woman with orange dress holding a ritual smoke dish

SPIRITUAL MYTHS ABOUT COVID-19

I don’t subscribe to the various spiritual theories of why Covid-19 is happening. I DON’T think Covid-19 is the way the Earth is “taking revenge”. I DON’T think the old paradigm is ending. I DON’T think it’s a global awakening. I DON’T think it’s happening FOR us. I think we create these reasons because humans crave meaning. We crave meaning

Read More »

RECOMMENDED BOOKS AS WE PRACTISE SOCIAL DISTANCING

As promised, here’s a shortlist of books I recently read and thoroughly enjoyed (note that many of these titles are not new), but I should preface that what I deem as ‘enjoyable’ may not be evergreen. I am human, and I am pulled into stories, into fact, into information based on how I am feeling, the alignment of the stars,

Read More »
Mimi Young, wu shamanic intuitive and occultist, sits on a kid's messy bed

MORE MEDICINES DURING SHAKY TIMES

The photo of me taken by my friend and fellow witch, Jessie Robertson (photographer and co-director of The Witches of Vancouver documentary) says it all. Life is messy and shaky, sometimes a little more, and other times, we get the reprieve of a little less. When life is shakier, it affects us energetically and physically. I find that when I

Read More »
Jars of herbal medicines and concoctions against a marbled backsplash

PLANT MEDICINE RECIPES FOR IMMUNE SUPPORT

Here are some some recipes of what I’ve been doing at home with the family to build IMMUNITY. I discuss the two different types of immunity HERE. “DEFENSIVE” IMMUNITY INFUSION In a saucepan over a stove of 2 L of water, simmer roughly 1/3 cup of Turkeytail mushroom. It helps to break it up first to increase the surface area

Read More »