It's been some ups and a lot of downs. Faith doesn't excuse us from mental health issues. How do we deal with the hellscape that is mental health and also allow our gods to be there for us to help us cope?

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This week's episode is a special one, for one, it has its first-ever guests! Carla the Chancellor of the Regnbue Aett for Awaken the North, and Megan who is a baby heathen, but a long-time gay. It's June so I wanted to talk about being gay and being a heathen and trying to find our place and actually be who we are, with zero explanations and zero judgment.

As promised, I would post the links to the resources that Carla mentioned

Glaad

It Gets Better Project

The Human Right Campaign

Point Foundation

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

National Center for Transgender Equality

All Out

And as always:

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Did you know that there is no wrong or right way to set up your altar? Welp, there isn't, so lets talk about it.

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https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Asatru-Modern-Guide-Paganism/dp/0806541121/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=essential+asatru&qid=1686451261&sr=8-1

I never got a picture, I'll try to get a shot of it in the next podcast!

I had no clue what I wanted to talk about today, but as I talked, I realized what I needed to talk about, a lesson I had just learned. Listen to the gods!

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Its been awhile and boy did things go sideways for me. But I'm back, better and ready to move forward!

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https://www.amazon.com/Wanderers-Havamal-Jackson-Crawford/dp/1624668356/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=580631180382&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9013127&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=16157898398454685725&hvtargid=kwd-846228154280&hydadcr=9997_13532475&keywords=wanderer%27s+havamal&qid=1684958355&sr=8-1

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Apologies for my extended absence. I discuss racism in paganism today.

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I have finally created my own yellow brick road and I have reached my own emerald city. So my path has been laid out, here are the last few touches needed before I pivot to taking you along with me on my weekly learning and thoughts, and new connections. 

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This one was a doozy for me. I discuss some of the emotions I felt coming into Norse Paganism and some of the emotions I had once I had taken the steps I needed to. 

As promised in the audio

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I get a little more raw here than I have in the first few episodes. Here I am trying to make sense of things and realizing I can't and that what I believed or was "supposed" to believe just didn't add up. One more stepping stone from Christianity to Heathenry.

I discuss my sexuality and even hint at my gender identity while I look back on why Christianity wasn't for me, and why converting to Norse Paganism was the best path for me. 

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