The Blogging Platypus

Today we are going to talk a little bit about boundaries.  Sometimes boundaries can have a negative connotation in our minds.  Many of us are raised, especially as women (not all women, but this includes people who identify as female) in society, we're often the ones who are told to be like accommodating to other people.  To put their needs first. While, yes, this is helpful, it may not always be healthy though.  When you keep saying no to what you want to do and are not able to pursue what you want, that's a problem.  I'm not saying if you want to go pursue a wild scheme or things like that, but when you're saying yes to something that you don't want to do, it can kind of put you in a weird position where you kind of start to lose track of who you are or what you want. Boundaries are a challenge.  I learned about it in school for my Master's program and I still have a hard time with boundaries because I don't want to be looked at as the bad person, t...

Image via Pexels I finally got around to printing and cutting out the 60+ affirmations that I compiled earlier this year. Sure, some may consider affirmations to be hokey, along with witchcraft, but that’s not my view. As I have been on my journey of rebirth, new things are appealing and call out to me. While I am fortunate to have lived so many different lives, the one that is currently in my path is not one that I would have expected or chosen for myself. However, there are times and circumstances that are out of your control. I had my life lined up and was working towards my well-established goal. I did all of the coursework, attended my residencies, changed my degree, then graduated with my MS degree in clinical psychology with a specialization in applied research. Research was what made my brain light up and become flooded with all of those feel good chemicals. I was working towards my goal of becoming a principal investigator (PI) and lead my own research studies in an atte...

The seasons are definitely a-changin, with the chill of Autumn filling the morning air and pumpkin puree has found its way into my homemade creamer. Coffee creamer that is worthy of (vegan) Uggs is possible any time of the year once you begin to make your own creamer. But, oh, does it taste so good on the cool mornings of late September. There is magic in the air, can you feel it? So, I am a green green witch, in that reading and learning about this side of life is relatively new to me and keeping up with the various rituals can be overwhelming, especially for a newbie like myself. Living with a chronic pain condition can also zap my ability to concentrate and remember things, as well as deplete my energy faster than a vampyre. I recommend taking a few sacred days to learn about a handful of events that fall on the wheel of the year and slowly incorporate some of the traditions that accompany the various dates of the year. One of the upcoming seasonal events is called Mabon, whic...