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Bali H’ai…. where I birthed a dream

Bali H’ai…. where I birthed a dream

by Monika Carless | Mar 27, 2015 | Quotes

Why an Environmental and Animal Rights Activist Walked Away From Veganism.

Why an Environmental and Animal Rights Activist Walked Away From Veganism.

by Monika Carless | Mar 16, 2015 | Musings

I distinctly remember the day I turned vegan. Through a series of serendipitous events, (I won’t call them coincidences), I found my way to reading books that led me to the plight of factory farmed meat. I couldn’t even call the tortured creatures that lived on...
Nature’s Love Song

Nature’s Love Song

by Monika Carless | Mar 13, 2015 | Quotes

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Samhain Blessings! Here we go, preparing for a mos Samhain Blessings! Here we go, preparing for a most holy night with Candle Magic practices. 

1. From sundown to bedtime, sit by candlelight only, connecting with Ancestors & spirits, while ending the old year

2. Mirror Gaze by candlelight to glimpse
other Selves, from this or past lifetimes

3. Walk your candle throughout the house noticing the shadows on the walls, reflect on your own shadows and the light you carry within.

#samhain
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Dark Moon in Libra, October 10, 2026 Permission g Dark Moon in Libra, October 10, 2026

Permission granted to rest. To receive. To let the tension in the belly to recede as you  become present to this sacred pause.

Libra calls us to balance and harmony, but that isn't always a peaceful process. It often involves dropping masks, speaking to what's meaningful even if it shakes our world, finding courage to be authentic. 

Dark Moon is where Crone and Maiden stand back to back. Where wisdom births  new initiative. 

Pause. What is it that you really need before you expand again with a new lunar cycle? 

#darkmoon
#libramoon
#moonwitch
#moonwisdom 
#moonology
Reading books saved my life, literally and metapho Reading books saved my life, literally and metaphorically.

Through books, I learned that other people around the world were living the challenges I was facing as a child. That made me feel less alone. I also learned that there was a possibility to have a different life, one of beauty and love and safety. That helped me to have hope for the future when as an adult I could organize my own existence. I was reading far above my age group once I learned to speak and read in English, so the books I accessed were not only written for children, but also for adults. They fueled my imagination which became the language of my soul – I could create worlds that served as surrogate places for my inner self to live until I had agency. I could cite hundreds of books that taught me about the world, humanity and courage to keep on.

One book that stands out for me is ‘The Yearling’. Through its pages I could clearly see myself; my love for everything in the natural world, the deep challenges of life and how trauma can affect the one person who should be our strongest ally – our mother. Although I couldn’t have articulated at the time how this book was pivotal to my evolving psyche and how it kept me earthside, I knew that books were my best mentors. Someone had taken the time to write a book, taken a chance on being published, had thrown their inner self onto blank pages, and touched my life with profound effect.

So write your book, it really is that important.

Transforming the Mother Wound, The Dark Pool Trilogy, Love.Lust. Lost. Tessa and the Faeries… plus close to 400 published articles, all came from reading something someone somewhere wrote, hoping somebody would one day read it.  

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Samhain Blessings! Here we go, preparing for a mos Samhain Blessings! Here we go, preparing for a most holy night with Candle Magic practices. 

1. From sundown to bedtime, sit by candlelight only, connecting with Ancestors & spirits, while ending the old year

2. Mirror Gaze by candlelight to glimpse
other Selves, from this or past lifetimes

3. Walk your candle throughout the house noticing the shadows on the walls, reflect on your own shadows and the light you carry within.

#samhain
#candlemagic
#witchsholynight
#folkwitch
#rituals
Dark Moon in Libra, October 10, 2026 Permission g Dark Moon in Libra, October 10, 2026

Permission granted to rest. To receive. To let the tension in the belly to recede as you  become present to this sacred pause.

Libra calls us to balance and harmony, but that isn't always a peaceful process. It often involves dropping masks, speaking to what's meaningful even if it shakes our world, finding courage to be authentic. 

Dark Moon is where Crone and Maiden stand back to back. Where wisdom births  new initiative. 

Pause. What is it that you really need before you expand again with a new lunar cycle? 

#darkmoon
#libramoon
#moonwitch
#moonwisdom 
#moonology
Reading books saved my life, literally and metapho Reading books saved my life, literally and metaphorically.

Through books, I learned that other people around the world were living the challenges I was facing as a child. That made me feel less alone. I also learned that there was a possibility to have a different life, one of beauty and love and safety. That helped me to have hope for the future when as an adult I could organize my own existence. I was reading far above my age group once I learned to speak and read in English, so the books I accessed were not only written for children, but also for adults. They fueled my imagination which became the language of my soul – I could create worlds that served as surrogate places for my inner self to live until I had agency. I could cite hundreds of books that taught me about the world, humanity and courage to keep on.

One book that stands out for me is ‘The Yearling’. Through its pages I could clearly see myself; my love for everything in the natural world, the deep challenges of life and how trauma can affect the one person who should be our strongest ally – our mother. Although I couldn’t have articulated at the time how this book was pivotal to my evolving psyche and how it kept me earthside, I knew that books were my best mentors. Someone had taken the time to write a book, taken a chance on being published, had thrown their inner self onto blank pages, and touched my life with profound effect.

So write your book, it really is that important.

Transforming the Mother Wound, The Dark Pool Trilogy, Love.Lust. Lost. Tessa and the Faeries… plus close to 400 published articles, all came from reading something someone somewhere wrote, hoping somebody would one day read it.  

#writerslife 
#witchlit 
#wordwitch 
#hayhouseauthor 
#booksofınstagram
There's fine print? That's all I've got for you There's fine print? 

That's all I've got for you fine folk today.
Been up since 4 a.m. because my monkey mind tricks were apparently on vacay.

You know the one where you recite a bunch of words all un-related to each other such as confuscious, Alabama, surrender, nail, ribbon, alabaster... yeah, that didn't work. 

Happy writing folks! That's what I did at 4 a.m., wrote a bunch of rubbish in my journal that makes absolutely no sense now, except that I want to go to Kauai. 

But there's probably fine print about that too.

#wordwitch
#paperbackwriter
#bookdoula
#writerslife
#witchlit
It may sound strange to be grateful for the origin It may sound strange to be grateful for the original wound but it has been the foundation of everything I have learned about myself and where I have choice. 
This teaching benefited not only my relationship with my mother (who is passed on but we'll ways be in relationship), yet has extended to many of my relationships, most notably the one with myself.
The most poignant choice I had made was to be responsible for my own life, for how I felt, how I responded to challenges, and how I loved and mothered myself. 

Wow, those were discerning steps!
Hiding behind 'no choice' hurt me. It wasn't easy to change habits, but it did get easier the more I practiced. 

I wrote down what worked for me. Transforming the Mother Wound. Sacred Practices for Healing Your Inner Wise Woman through Ritual and Grounded Spirituality. Available everywhere. 

Sending you love. 💞

#selfhealers 
#groundedspirituality 
#self-mothered 
#wisewomanpath
#transformingthemotherwound
Today was the day. I procrastinated by making app Today was the day.
I procrastinated  by making apple sauce, granola, pulling the last of the tomatoes in the garden, snacking, pacing, making tea, praying to my ancestors, lighting incense, figuring out a last minute snag as to why it wasn't sending... oy!

Even though I've been working on this proposal for several months, crossed every t, and dotted every i, there is so much hope with a proposal that one can't help feeling overwhelmed with emotions.

Where is the fainting couch? Chocolate? A long walk perhaps to move the energy?

There is nothing left to do but wait to hear back. 

💃🖤📚🖨

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