There is something magical about the beginning of a new term during Solstice season. The light lingers longer, the world feels more alive, and possibility seems to hum quietly beneath everything. Lately, I have been reflecting on the joy of learning and why children so often seem happier and quicker to laugh than adults. Part of it may be that they do not yet have mortgages or taxes to pay. But I suspect a much larger part is that children are constantly discovering. Everything is new,...

Lately, I’ve been reflecting on protection—specifically how protection magic is both one of the most sought-after topics and one of the most overlooked in practice. I say that without judgment, because I’ve done the same. Protection Magic was actually the first six-week class I took at BearBridge Academy, and I threw myself into it. I warded my home, created protection gris gris (mojo bags) for my family’s vehicles, and set up personal protections in multiple forms. For a while, everything...

I’ve been reflecting on what it truly means to be a healer. One misconception about healing is the idea that the one being healed simply returns to their previous state, unchanged. But healing does not erase what was—it guides a transition. Sometimes that transition is back toward health or balance, but no person, spirit, animal, or plant emerges untouched by the process. Healing leaves marks. A healed cut may become a scar. A body that overcomes illness carries the memory of it in...