anxiety - Shawn Engel's Witchy Wisdoms

Going along with Monday’s theme of separating reality from your beliefs, I thought I’d create a checklist of questions to ask yourself when faced with such a dilemma. How do you know when you’re seeing things as they are, or merely dancing with the proverbial pink elephant? It’s helpful to do a line of investigation…

Manifestation vs. The Need to Control

By: witchywisdoms October 2, 2017October 2, 2017

WitchyWisdomsaction, anxiety, chariot, completion, control, manifestation, powerful, powerless, struggle, surrender, wands, worry1 Comment

In my early manifestation days, I ran into a lot of blocks wondering where the object of my desire would come from. Where am I supposed to get this cash flow? Where will I meet my soul mate? Maybe if I do this, or play the lottery, or stay at this bar later, everything will…

When You’re Stuck in a Negative Energy Vacuum

By: witchywisdoms September 25, 2017September 25, 2017

WitchyWisdomsanxiety, bad, depression, environment, help, matrix, negative, spiral, strength, tarot, tower, toxic5 Comments

I have been in a situation that I will allude to cryptically, but it is not one I can easily walk away from. There are a lot of personalities that I’ve come across lately that include entitlement and plain disrespect, and it’s kind of turned my entire world upside down. When faced with a barrage…

Abundant Universe Experiment

By: witchywisdoms September 6, 2017September 6, 2017

Exercises, WitchyWisdomsabundance, anxiety, case, effort, evidence, experiment, illusion, participate, participation, perception, proof, universe, witch, witchy1 Comment

This is a super fun, super wild exercise brought to you from the New York Times bestseller, E squared. It is FUCKING AMAZING what your mind can accomplish when you simply just pay attention, Alright, so all this experiment takes is 48 hours and an open mind. That’s it. Now what I want you to…

Taking a Vacation from Self Help

By: witchywisdoms July 10, 2017July 10, 2017

WitchyWisdomsanxiety, caution, depression, guilt, mental health, party, self care, self help, shame, spiral, vacation1 Comment

The title of this post is not an endorsement, nor is it something I intended to do. But, let’s face it, this work is a 24/7/365 JOB. Even as someone who has made this into my line of work and the source of my creativity, I must make a constant, valiant effort to keep it…

WednesdayWisdoms: Dream Journaling

By: witchywisdoms May 17, 2017May 24, 2017

Exercises, WitchyWisdomsanxiety, depression, dream, dreams, energy, fear, fool, inspiration, journal, moon, tarot, truth, wicca, witch2 Comments

Do you have recurring dreams? Or do you just want some more insight into what your mind is trying to tell you? Buy a pretty dream book and let’s get journaling! I like to keep crystals and a dream journal on my night stand. I suggest that if you have recurring dreams you should, too.…