We have a BIG fire celebration coming up next week and with it comes a BIG Full Moon! So before we jump headfirst into the fun Beltane episode, I wanted to take a moment and talk about protection work and Beltane wards. Because with big celebrations, big openings, and big energy like Beltane we are not just calling in joy and abundance. We are opening doors. And that’s a beautiful thing but it also means we want to be intentional about what we’re allowing in and how we’re holding ourselves while everything begins to expand.

So instead of walking into this next week with just our party hats on… I thought it would be really important for us to talk about protection, boundaries, and how we hold our energy steady while the world around us starts to bloom. So today… we’re doing just that. We are talking about protection work and Beltane wards so that when we step into that fire next week… we’re doing it grounded, supported, and fully in our power!

And yes, we’re going to talk a little about the Fae… the fair folk… and how they weave into this energy along with the wards we can set for this powerful turning of the Wheel of the Year.

We've got this!

Charlene

Hearth & Hen Witchy Work Wishes Patreon

Last week in our episode Death, the Veil, and What Comes Next… we sat together in some really big questions. Thank you again for staying with me for it (I know it’s not an easy conversation to have). We talked about the different ways people understand what happens when we die. This week I would like to pick up where we left off and talk about working with death energy.

At its core, death energy asks us to let go. To notice what is no longer aligned, what feels heavy, what feels complete or what has in fact actually ended …. and to allow it to end. And I know that sounds simple when we say it like that but if we’re being honest, this is where a lot of us get stuck. Or where I certainly did. Because even when something isn’t working anymore, even when we know we’ve outgrown it, there’s still a part of us that wants to hold on. It’s natural. We do it out of habit or comfort or sometimes even out of fear of what comes next. So working with death energy as release… is really about creating space to consciously let something go.

If there’s one thing I hope you can take with you after listening today, it’s that Death energy is not something separate from your life. It’s woven into it. It’s in every ending, every shift, every little moment where something no longer feels the way it used to. And the more we allow ourselves to see it, name it and work with it … the less it feels like something that’s happening to us… And the more it becomes something we can move with.

Charlene

Witchy Work Wishes Hearth & Hen Patreon

(Trigger Warning - S5 Ep #182)

Today we are stepping into a topic that I think (at some point) every single one of us wonders about. We’re talking about death and sitting in the mystery a little bit. We are going to walk through some of the ways people have understood death and what comes after it. Not to decide which one is right but just talk about the options and notice what resonates. Because as witches, we don’t always need a single answer. Right? We work with energy and cycles and transformation and death is a part of that.

Death is a sensitive topic for most people. It’s heavy and it usually brings up some kind of feeling. Whether that’s grief, memory, fear, curiosity… or just that painful ache that sits in the background when we think about the people and animals and things we’ve lost. So please know I really appreciate you tuning into this episode and choosing to share this space with me today to talk about it. I promise I am going to be very mindful today.

I do have a trigger warning on this episode. I think most of my episodes are family friendly (kinda ... or for the most part). I don’t edit specifically for kids or children to listen to, but I think generally most all of my episodes can be heard by a pretty wide age range. And I am assuming if you do share any of these episodes with younger ages, you are listening first to see if it’s appropriate. Please do the same thing today. The trigger is not just for kids ... but for everyone. There is a personal sensitive section to this episode with a story of something I experienced. I have decided not to talk about it in depth today, just the overview. But, I will have a post on Patreon over at the person platform of Hearth & Hen with more information about the experience I went through IF (big if) it is something you want to read. So please, accept this as a trigger warning … for you and for any ears listening.

What happens when we die? Across cultures, for many, many generations… people have held very different ideas about what happens after our bodies die. Some of those beliefs are rooted in religion, some in tradition, some in personal experience and some in that deep human need to understand what we can’t fully see. Today we are going to open the door to some of those perspectives. We are going to talk about the veil (that space between worlds) and what could come next. We are going to sit with the mystery a little bit!

We've got this!

Charlene

Patreon Hearth & Hen Witchy Work Wishes