Warning: This episode mentions the loss of an animal companion.

In this episode, we go over Bowlby's stages of grief and ways to cope with each stage. We go over ways to fortify ourselves for future grief. We conclude with a Fire Scrying Ritual for Samhain where we invite in our ancestors and our loved ones who have passed.

Bowlby's Stages of Grief

1. Shock-Numbness

2. Yearning-Searching

3. Disorganization-Despair

4. Reorganization-Recovery

Fair warning: This episode contains cursing!

On this episode, we'll be talking about some of the potential benefits of healthy 12-step groups and the potential harms of unhealthy ones. Definitely not a comprehensive list of all the potential benefits/harms, but I go over the ones that were most noticeable to me throughout my time in the program of AA.

Some of the resources mentioned in the episode are listed below:

Aaagnostica.org (just an ah-mazing website for agnostics and atheists who are trying to get sober)

The Proactive 12 Steps

Rational Recovery

Beyond Belief: Agnostic Musings for 12-Step Life (Daily Reader)

SMART Recovery

SOS (which stands for Save Our Selves)

The Satanic Temple’s Sober Faction Group (which has a FB group with regular Zoom meetings)

Advocacy, Recovery, Community, and Humanity (ARCH) (another FB group with regular Zoom meetings)

Pagans in Recovery (FB group with regular Zoom meetings)

Sober Witches and Pagans (FB group)

Clean and Sober Pagans (FB group)

Good without God (Book by Greg M. Epstein)

The Pagan in Recovery: The 12-Steps from a Pagan Perspective (Book by Deirdre Anne Hebert)

Happy Lughnasadh! I've been doing this Loving Kindness Ritual for years as part of my celebration of this sabbat. There are many Loving Kindness Meditations out there, so seek out the one that works for you, or create your own. This is just my spin on it. May your harvest be abundant!!

In this episode, we're talking about empowering our craft and our sobriety through creating sacred space both internally and externally.

The very first episode of The Sober Witch Podcast!! In this episode, we're talking about the difference between needing to change vs. wanting to change, and how both affect (or don't affect) our level of motivation to actually make a change.

We'll conclude the episode with a super simple ritual for focus and clarity. Some supplies mentioned:

Plate/tray

Yellow/white candle

Crystals=quartz point, Lapis Lazuli

Herbs=cayenne, eyebright, nutmeg, rosemary

Container for herb mix

Paper and pen

Check out thesoberwitchpodcast on Instagram for photos of the card pull, ritual supplies, and ritual steps!

Just a quick introduction to The Sober Witch Podcast! I'm planning the first episode out now, which I'm aiming to have out this Saturday, 7/8. The topic will be all about deciding whether or not we WANT to make a change. And that goes for any change, whether it's to quit using drugs or alcohol, stop codependent behaviors, or end destructive eating patterns. Whatever it is for you.