The Witch's Book of Self-Care: Magical Ways to Pamper, Soothe, and Care for Your Body and Spirit

It’s not about flashiness; it’s about comfort and expression. It’s about creating a special moment, not special in the out-of-the-ordinary sense, but in the recognition that if you pause and allow yourself to acknowledge and connect with that moment, however small, you will realize that every moment can be special just because it’s yours and you’ve

clutter left in a space that is supposed to be calming works against the purpose. Even if you don’t notice it consciously, clutter is a stress that impacts you. You can even start accepting it as part of the space if it is there too long, which isn’t what you want at all.

Women are socialized to care for the people around them by denying or minimizing their own needs. This leads to an erasure of self-worth and a constant putting-off

Like candles, crystals and other stones can be a passive part of your self-care, or they can take a more active part if you charge or program them to direct their energies toward a specific purpose.

When you’re depressed, pushing yourself to do things can actually be detrimental. If you’d sprained an ankle running, you wouldn’t keep running on it, right? You’d take time to heal first, then start doing physical therapy to strengthen it again, and reintroduce activity little by little. A sprained ankle isn’t a failure; it’s a temporary setback.

The practice of magic strives for the same sort of serenity that hygge does.

Are there any elements that make you feel odd or downright bad? Make note of them. Remove them if you can.

Creative self-care absolutely falls under spiritual self-care because it helps nurture something ineffable.

way. It implies that if you’re not wholly immersed in handling things, you are failing somehow.