Did magic happen? Or did it not happen? We have the ability to see multiple sides of an experience, and that's actually how we can continue to find faith and find spiritual strength. Get spiritual readings, arts, and thoughts at: http://MelissaShineHuang.com

The more I was able to enjoy nature, the less I needed food as experiences. When one thing nourishes you, the clamor for something else seems to quiet down.

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Thanks for joining my musings on the public bathroom experience: something unpleasant but also forgettable; very self-centered but also one of the most universal. Get spiritual readings, arts, and thoughts at: http://MelissaShineHuang.com

Tools, things, and spells may not work for or appeal to us all the time. I went from cannot own to not wanting to own through the natural process of adapting to life. The important thing is to acknowledge what you already have within you, and give them their power. 

A good resource is the Anatomy of the Witch book or deck by Laura Tempest Zakroff (which I haven't yet read, and just learned about at the time of recording.)

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It’s one the most basic psychological/physical/metaphysical/what-have-you principles at work: change your environment to feel different. 

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An 8-minute break at your favorite nature destination, to recall how we've changed our ways in the past, and where the inspiration for change came from.

Mono Lake is an ancient lake to the east of Yosemite National Park in California. In this essay included in the newsletter and the calendar sent to Mono Lake Committee members, the writer calls for nature writing to change. Awe and wonder is not enough to save our planet; it is decision making that will. 

A 7-minute time travel to the 1870s to find out what John Muir meant when he wrote to his sister, "The mountains are calling and I must go...".  There is a second part to this popular quote, and it's written a year after John Muir discovered his first glacier in the Yosemite.

This is 1 letter out of John Muir's numerous books and correspondence, currently in process of being archived by University of the Pacific.

It's countdown to election day. Are environmental practices on your ballot or part of what you look for in local candidates? Share with us by sending a voice message at http://anchor.fm/naturespirituality.