Realness, Rebellion and Sovereignty | The Self-Loving Witch

[@TheNonAestheticWitch]

I used a hex two days ago to escape my abusive relationship, I watched this last night after spending my first day alone, and everything you touched in this really hit hard. Im building that altar to myself dammit, here's to our empowerment as witches, as people!

[@robinpenn7167]

You as a practitioner, as a magical advisor and inspirer are such an antidote to all the fearful and stilted, insecure, policing bullshit that happens in other witch, spiritual, and pagan spaces. Thank you again so much for existing.

[@libbylong9059]

Thank you; I needed every word of this today. 💙☮

[@emmaroseascension]

I love your witchy activist mode! I feel that witchcraft is an important part of changing and empowering self and the world to evolve and grow. This was just what I needed to watch today. It straightened my head out. Thank you for your magickally political content. Mwah!

[@nostromois]

Bless you for speaking up for Palestine. Thanks for all the great info and wisdom. Love.

[@ericaf6851]

So happy to have you as a witchy teacher! I Love that you are a ‘real world mystic’- feels so grounded and purposeful ❤️

[@TerryKilll]

Again I just simply amazed by your your projection of power how magick transforms our lives

[@beanbaghagwag]

Even an old hag like myself can learn so much from you every September. Thank you. You shine❤

[@kelly-annmaddox]

🥲🥰😍

[@mrfox282]

Bloody ‘ell! I needed this today! Thank you. I’ll take a pep talk wherever I can. Keep keeping it real and slaying all over.

[@reverend_moon]

"You have a mythology inside you." Dammit, this was so needed. Thank you. 333rd like. 🌞

[@reverend_moon]

Also #youcanwitchforthat 😂❤

[@thechaosvibration1181]

I rarely watch magick content creators anymore, but anytime I check your stuff out it's good! I think people think that they don't know enough, but they probably know enough and lost themselves in the voice of everyone else's. Good job as usual. Congrats on the new book.

[@elineeugenie5224]

... Too hard for me to do when I'm not in Witch mode... Kelly-Ann. Oh yes. PS taking notes 🔥💜

[@MsLieslieslies]

Rarely have I said FUCK YEAH with such freuqncy and volume whilst watching KZbin. THANK YOU for the energy you transmitted in this vid!

[@kelly-annmaddox]

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[@pastellewitch]

Really needed this video. I didn't realize until I heard you that now that my situation is no longer dire (out of abuse, building a community, etc) that I feel like I can't use magic/witchcraft for "more". I'll definitely be journaling about that.

[@SorcererLord]

Thanks so much for being so damn real about how spirituality and magic should be applied to the real world and its problems and not be the metaphorical equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears. Reminds of something an India guru said once about, what use is it if you can meditate peacefully in the deserted woods of the Himalayas? Some noise will come by and disturb your peace. Whereas if you learn to carry the inner calm and power with you in the middle of the crowded marketplace then your peace can never be disturbed.

[@kelly-annmaddox]

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[@MarisasMoonlitCreations]

Hi Kelly Ann, I have your book Rebel Witch and I just want to say that hearing and seeing you via KZbin is so wonderful. I have been feeling stressed lately and your words are so soothing

[@kelly-annmaddox]

❤❤❤

[@dee-deetaylor219]

Such a potent valuable video, as always. Thank you. Sending so much love to you Kelly-Ann.

[@lauriestarseed169]

Thank you 😢🙏

[@ericaf6851]

Yum! Thanks for another delicious video KAM!

[@alexandraengler579]

I love the concept of witchcraft around “self dietizatoin”. The AUDACITY!! lol. And how well that concept flows into lore, seeing yoruself as the creator of your own world, AND the inspiration for it. And looking at the self in terms of devotion. Then ofcourse, then Kelly-Ann, the shadow work enthusiasts, has the gumption to bring the shadow-self into the self-deification process: to love those shadowy parts out of existence… or maybe re-home them in a better purpose. And the “taxi driver” mirror work of honesty and pep talk. And to focus these things towards better living one’s truth. I SO appreciate your consistently jam-packed-with-goodies-content. And im really digging the self love September stuff. Thank you again for posting this video.

[@MalenaLuna444]

I’m really interested in reading this book! 😮This book is meant for me to read esp at this time.

[@preciousbloodmoon51]

I fucking love you. Your philosophy on witchcraft has helped me so much

[@KellySmithDavis]

This was the pep talk I had not realized I needed. Thank you, Kelly-Ann! 🧹❤

[@geodex177]

I'm so glad to have found your channel when I did. That commenter was dead wrong, it was so deeply refreshing and validating to find a spiritual person that wasn't operating on purely vibes and wants to be truly present in this world with all the good AND bad that comes with it. ❤❤

[@kelly-annmaddox]

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[@nataliasegal8674]

Amen to being a real world mystic. I am actually working on developing my own godess and system of ethics based on doing good in this world and the name of the goddess is basically a short form of the word compassion in Russian! :D It's also kind of mystical and science based at the same time. I've wanted to create something like that for a long time, but your videos made me feel less silly about it and gave me the permission I needed! Thank you for being you! :) I can't wait to tell you more about it when I have my coaching session with you. Everyone else...do yourselves a favour and have a coaching session or a few with Kelly-Ann! She's awesome!

[@AnyaEnchanted]

I loved this. Thank you.

[@cataphractus9800]

Thank you for being such an inspiration for me and I am sharing your advice with my daughters too. Hero!! 💖

[@kelly-annmaddox]

🥲🫢😋😍🥰😊

[@noelr.6276]

Thank you for everything you do Kelly-Ann, and for being who you are. I can easily say that I got back in touch with my spirituality a few years ago primarily because listening to you and how real you are reminded me of all the things I used to care about that got lost in the noise of modern life. And it helped shine a light when nothing else did while I was trying to escape a dense fog of grief. Your authenticity spoke to me then as it does now, and I'm grateful that you share your views and knowledge and feelings with all of us. ❤

[@kelly-annmaddox]

The fact that a cord was created between your spirituality and you in your grief-striken state is enough to make me smile. The fact that my videos had something to do with that makes me absolutely delighted. ❤ Thank you for allowing me into your dark time. I am so glad I could do something to help. X

[@WitchofCrowSummit]

Yay! Self love September!! ❤

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Cannot WAIT 🤩

[@sorceress_eye]

This is my first time, listening to your self-love September's, can't wait to just binge watch all of your previous content, and continue to watch as you go along😊

[@tyarraybarrola1295]

You've always been an incredible source of inspiration. Thank you for kicking off SLS with powerfully creative ideas, encouragement, and realness. My favorite chaote ❤

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Wow, thank you, doll 😘

[@TarotMagpie]

There's something about the way you spoke in this video that has me wanting to use it almost as a meditation. I so appreciate your work, and I am so here for self-love September this year!

[@anayrre2062]

You support me Kelly Ann, more than I can describe. ❤️ We are lucky to have you.

[@kelly-annmaddox]

🥲🥰😍😋 Thank you darling. I am so glad I can be of service.

[@wavingcat5]

There’s something about your realness and your connectedness to other living beings in this world that makes me trust and embrace this message. Other people I know use magic for themselves but because they don’t really give a shit about others I don’t want to emulate them. Coming from you, I WANT to connect with myself and deify myself. An altar to my lore is such a captivating idea and everything you’ve said breathes like a bellows on the flame of my spirit.

[@violetenchantress]

Kelly Ann.. I am sending so much love and gratitude your way. This video was exactly what I needed in this moment. Today I have just felt debilitated and powerless and weak. All of your words have inspired my spirit so that I can see through the mist and the gloom and work out how I will empower myself today, to survive and thrive. Thank you so much, for always sharing your light. I love you. ❤

[@kelly-annmaddox]

You got this, angel face. 🥰😍 I am so glad I could help x

[@lrhamorgaia]

A witch wearing a powerful red and glittery eye shadow just dragged me out of a slump. Thanks.

[@kelly-annmaddox]

@@lrhamorgaia 😍😍😍

[@arachnesweb5473]

I so appreciate you talking about how hard it is to care, and how much that can hurt, and yet, how we have a responsibility to keep doing just that. And as you put it, it’s self-loving to do that. I believe that people who are going so hard on numbing out right now are going to find that they have numbed all their good feelings too. You can’t ignore reality and also be part of it. Being part of the world does hurt, and yet, you model how it also brings such joy to be part of this world. I think one really cannot have one without the other. Thank you for always keeping it real and doing the hard work of showing up as yourself and being part of this world. ❤❤❤

[@AlexGreeneHypnotist]

Much more love being sent to you. I've been getting some intense dreams lately, including meeting Hekate. This video is important to me. I must have seen it so many times already. ❤

[@KiiruKiringu]

Thank youuuu! For SLS I am bingeing on all of them from 2014. I need them the most this year .Haven't even watched this video yet. I just wanted you to know that you are appreciated ❤

[@kelly-annmaddox]

You are so welcome! 😍🥰 It makes me so happy to know that people still go through all the old resources. I made them evergreen for this exact reason. X

[@brisebastiano4974]

You've been an inspiration to me for years Kelly-Ann, thank you🖤

[@rowanspindlecreek2658]

Care for yourself before you Scare yourself is such a powerful mental shift. I struggle so much with anxiety and the like that I needed that reminder today. Thank you

[@kelly-annmaddox]

In my new book, I've written about shaping your practice to honour your mental health, figuring out which elements of the craft might be high-risk for you etc. I think it's so important to know that the craft can be shaped entirely to our needs and never needs to include self-abandonment. ❤

[@irisiperle3369]

I have been following you since 2013, so that is more than a decade! 💜🖤❤ Self Love September is my favorite although so very many of your videos are my favs. Thank you Kelly- Ann for our Annual Self Love September Ritual 💜🖤❤

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Thank you, angel ❤️💘

[@Grey_Chaote]

Yes!!! I think this is one of the first times I've personally heard of somebody celebrating witches who practice mostly defense magick. I consider myself a karmic Chaote. Binding, protecting, banishing and hexing are my strong suits. I really appreciate you speaking of these types of workings in a positive light, as practitioners like myself tend to get a lot of backlash. Thank you again! Blessed be🖤✨

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Yesss baby! Do your defensive thing. 💪✋️✨️🪄 The world needs that energy right now.

[@Grey_Chaote]

@@kelly-annmaddox 🙏🏼💕🫶🏻✨

[@yourimaginaryenemy]

This was SO inspiring! Thank you, Kelly-Ann 💜 💜 💜

[@AuntyKsTarot]

This is like the back up for my readings and work last night (it had been to long since I worked for me). Soundtrack: riot girl.

[@kelly-annmaddox]

❤ Oh HELL FUCKING YES. Riot girl forever.

[@peckishpagan]

I’ve had some heavy things going on, so I’m REALLY looking forward to reading your book. It’s on preorder 😉 Thank you for doing self love September again. You’re such a gem!💎🩵

[@kelly-annmaddox]

I hope you enjoy the book, my lovely. Sorry you're going through tough times. x

[@peckishpagan]

⁠@@kelly-annmaddoxthank you love, but it was inevitable and I am already learning so much more about myself. That’s what tough times do. I’m all about self deification, though!! I remember this from your patreon. I actually created a deity (me-ity?) based on that message. Stay amazing!

[@autimarie]

So excited for SLS. Thank you 🖤

[@kelly-annmaddox]

You are so welcome! 🥰😍

[@autimarie]

Kelly-Ann I love this video so much. I love the forest setting. I'm having a forced rest day, had several hours of seizures this morning...This video is giving me strength 🙏. Forever grateful for you 🖤

[@EmilysTarotandMagick]

Wonderful Kelly-Ann. Thank u for these powerful reminders 💓 This hit me in the heart. I am so grateful to receive these words and also to know that there are many people in this community and others who are passionately moved to create change for the better and to advocate for justice and equality admidst the horrors currently occurring in this world. I was so disappointed recently talking at work as I often do about Palestine, and a colleague - also a mum - started saying that she thinks the government are doing their best and that they are protecting us here in UK from a world war by continuing to send arms and by not calling for a ceasefire. I was flabbergasted tbh - what you said about some folks seeing that they have a right to safety and protection but not others!!! Thank you and self-love September blessings Xxx

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Honestly, I can see why that dismayed you so much. I am particularly appalled by people who think they're such 'Good Mothers' whilst being comfortable with the idea that other people's children are being sacrificed for their PERCEIVED sense of safety which is totally false. No government that would condone this happening to anyone's children is safe when it comes to your own. ❤

[@EmilysTarotandMagick]

@@kelly-annmaddox yesssss it was pretty shocking. I think that ‘perceived safety’ is so insidious and pervasive. It’s common amongst school mums I know as well. That was part of my response in the moment but I was def surprised they felt that way and have been thinking of more things I wish I had said in that conversation since. Definitely not going to stop bringing it up! Instances like this remind me more of how important it is to keep leaning in and keep speaking out. So helps to have community and trusted ppl to speak to for support. 🙏 ❤️ Xx

[@kelirichey-me3pf]

This video is timely especially for me.. reminding me I am not utilizing my witchcraft to it’s maximum..thank you!!

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Glad it was helpful! 💋🔥💘

[@AuntyKsTarot]

I'm listening between work calls, so it's taking awhile. I like the cartoon character comment. There are modern mythical archetypes that I love, that fight this world and worlds similar to our own that I find inspiring in how to resist and they can be apart of the work - especially the work of taking down global white supremacy and colonialism at home and elsewhere. A lot of the right is using spirit and a god to hold up oppression, it's important to use all the gods and archetypes and curses to counter their prayers

[@shellycottrell433]

Beautifully, passionately, lovingly conducted ❤

[@ericaalbini6037]

Thank you for this video and for all your work Kelly-Ann! I am looking forward to the new book coming out: "low and shitty" is very much the vibe right now, but there is so much that we could do for the world... Thank you for addressing this and helping us to do it even when feeling low ❤️

[@spacewagon]

Thanks as always Kelly-Ann. So much priceless good stuff here! 🙏🙌

[@Florence881]

You are amazing, I am so glad I found your channel, you are a f&$king witchy inspiration 🖤

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Thank you so much! 🥰

[@Web.ofmagic]

👏👏👏 what a way to kick off Self Love September!! ❤ I wrote down so many quotes and notes from this. Absolutely beautiful.

[@GGMoonish]

Definitely needed this today, thank you 😮🙏💜🌸

[@beautyndsoulm1400]

Love your style!

[@ent1121]

LOVE your thoughts on being a real world mystic - YES! ❤️‍🔥✨

[@beakywitch6260]

Wonderful, wonderful video, full of wisdom and emotion. X

[@kelly-annmaddox]

@@beakywitch6260 🥲😋🥰😍

[@vannesagannon4555]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤fantastic xxx🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@naturalchaotic]

thank you so much kelly ann your videos are everything

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Glad you like them! 🥹

[@Sovereign.Alignment]

🦋 🦋 🦋

[@Spookyluke666]

I’ve found this quite encouraging thank you new subscriber here !

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Thanks for subbing! 😍😋🥰

[@thenerdycrone]

Beautiful Pep talk, thank you 😀

[@barbararoberts7082]

I love being out in the woods ❤💗

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Saaame, baby

[@ladyamalthea85]

I would assume you'd been replaced by an imposter if you stopped talking about the big issues!!! One of the things that I love about your work is your passion for making the world better. I like the term "real world mystic". I think it applies to me. It's National Threatened Species Day here in Australia today, I'm seeing a lot more talk about it this year than previous, I feel like more people are talking about it, more people are wanting to help.

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Exactly! If I stop talking about the real world shit, I have been overtaken by a foreign entity. 😂❤ So glad people are getting involved with talking about endangered species. It's a very depressing subject but it's better to face it than turn away and let the people who are harming the planet win all the time.

[@laurenesorensen5310]

This whole this is a poem. I’d perform it if you already hadn’t done so. I am forwarding it to my closest friends.

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Wow, thank you ❤

[@vannesagannon4555]

❤❤❤

[@kellysardella928]

Witchcraft has beyond any doubt accelerated my healing , my confidence & to live authentically. It's ALWAYS there & that security makes me feel steady in this chaos. I have such deep gratitude for practitioners like you who empower others to follow their path & to use our skills for the good of the collective

[@kelly-annmaddox]

❤ I love how confident you are that witchcraft has made all the difference. Me too, 💯

[@kellysardella928]

You ,your channel & book has helped me so much,forever grateful ​@@kelly-annmaddox

[@kelly-annmaddox]

​@@kellysardella928🥹🥰😍💋💘 Thank you SO much xx

[@HollarMoonMountain]

Ooooo look at you! Witchin in the woods!!🙌🏼🫶🏻

[@schizorap]

Fun video Kelly-Ann

[@antwanzhane_mawayd]

that Taxi Driver bit

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Haha, babe, you ALWAYS understand me. ❤

[@abitterwind]

I've written this in comments in other videos, but truly my practice continues to be non-existent because I no longer have an altar due to lack of space at home. I had space for altars when I lived with my father years ago, but for the last 6 years living with my husband, we live in such a tiny flat where we can't even fit nightstands. Our bed goes from wall to wall. We don't even have a full sofa, just a small one. And the other spare room that used to be my witchy room where my altar was 3 years ago, is now my daughter's room. I experimented with having my altar on a tiny shelf at the feet of my bed, but my daughter constantly destroyed my altar because she loves the crystals, worst of all they were choking hazzards. She also loved to steal the images I put up. Moreover, the lack of intimacy of just me being alone with my altar was non-existent. I couldn't go to my altar whenever I needed it emotionally, because my husband would have to enter the room to get dressed or undressed for one reason or another (work, shopping, meeting with friends, errands...), there was a total lack of intimacy, it wasn't "my space" at all. Going to my altar had to be restricted to X-Y-Z hour of the day, and not when I needed it emotionally. This way, my practice was completely useless because it wasn't assisting me when I needed it. I experimented with multiple travel altars, in different sizes and formats. Boxes, makeup bags, purses.... Nothing worked for my needs. I've read your book 4 times, and it fires me up so much, it makes me want to do soooo many things, and yet... I do almost nothing because what my heart really misses is an altar, and I've tried to convince myself that I don't need one, but the heart wants what the heart wants. When I lived with my father, my practice thrived for two decades, and I thrived as a person. In the last 3 years, the only thing I do consistently is affirmations and scripting in one notebook. It makes me feel so good, and I've manifested so many things by writing down affirmations. The one thing I haven't been able to manifest is the money required to live somewhere bigger. And the daily reminder of where I actually live weighs me down, and makes my practice non-existent. I can't even light candles in my home because my daughter adores to run up to them and blow them out, she's obsessed with any candle she sees LOL it's funny but it makes my life creatively UNfulfilled. Sigh. Anyways. This video is amaaaazing, but I've tried to many creative ways to connect with my witch self, but without a permanent place to call my own, an altar that is there for me to rest and connect, I just can't do anything else. I experimented with making the local library my altar. I wanted to go there to rest and connect, but nobody could watch my daughter, so I stayed home day after day, overstimulated every second of the day. And that's how it's been for years. Sigh.

[@lizzardly]

at one point in life my altar lived in a bathroom cabinet. it had a child lock on the door to protect it from the littles and snoops. I could shut the door whenever I needed to and have MY time without interruption. I just had to make sure to not get completely lost in time there.

[@calxellis]

You are an inspiration

[@PookelyP]

Hello Kelly Ann Maddox 🐙

[@aseeyahrhinesmith1413]

You always make me look at Witchcraft from a different perspective, just like the hangman in tarot.

[@kelly-annmaddox]

😍💋💘🔥 I love that.

[@SageroseVin]

Gosh Kelly-Ann your words are always so fucking holy! Whenever I feel like I need to hear wise words, you always deliver. ❤

[@kelly-annmaddox]

❤ Thank you, darling x

[@lofiegg]

Thank you ❤

[@tomlinwilding]

OMG that’s it. That’s who I am. I am the “fuck off” witch. This is so me

[@kelly-annmaddox]

@@tomlinwilding Hehe, I love this self-realisation 😀 💖

[@possibly_maybe]

The setting is bringing me back to some of your old videos filmed walking around in nature, and I'm just struck by a feeling of immense gratitude for the abundance of knowledge I have been able to gain from your words over the past decade I've been watching. I was 16 when I first found your channel and now I'm 26, it's been a long long journey and I'm only now finally discovering that profound self-love and understanding that I never thought was possible at 16. And your work has played a HUGE role in my journey!! Thank you, Kelly-Ann 🤍

[@tomlinwilding]

Here because you are an activist and i don’t follow many tbh

[@cookiesontoast9981]

Yes! Since I began my journey I have (as a man) turned around to myself and said "I've always kind of wanted to get in a cute dress and put on some makeup deepdown" And fuck it, I'm gonna implement it into my practice, because why the hell not! 😌 I don't know if I would ever have the confidence to do it outside but in the solitude of my practice I'm free. I very much value self love and care, everything feels harder if you don't look after yourself. Looking forward to my first year of Self Love September that I'm actively present for! :) One thing that's been brining me a lot of confliction is my highly Christian mother in law that I've been forced to live in the same house with for years now.. she's trying to "help" me in her own way and I recognise that. But I can't help but get increasingly more frustrated with the judgements she keeps throwing at me, and I'm trying to stop caring at all and be self empowered. Maybe that could be my first attempt at a hex. 🤭 And please, keep talking about Palestine and all that stuff as much as you feel necessary. I fall into the "People who feel they don't do enough but want to do more but are locked into their heart" hearing you speak what needs to be said sparks the fire into me too. This Earth very much IS "Heaven" (And once again sorry for the long ass comment, I try not to but you just get my blood and brain pumping with your talks!)

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Don't apologise for the length of this AMAZING comment. ❤ I enjoyed reading every word of it. I'm so glad that you are going to explorer more self-expression in your practice. Yessss, do it. 😍 And thank you for encouraging me to keep speaking up. That means a lot. X

[@TerryKilll]

This is the second video of yours I watched tonight, you said you may never know the impact you had on someone else's life. Besides impacting mine, I also want to say Damn, Kelly Ann you are very sexy in your power. You radiate beauty of life. Just saying!

[@roberthubbard3302]

Even having a walk in the woods can be a very spiritual thing.

[@activistwitch]

HEX THE PATRIARCHY!!! YES!!!!

[@amyalexandria444]

🍀✨️🧿🕊💫

[@MeAndMyStaff]

Kelly-Ann, thank you for standing up for your beliefs and values, and for sharing this with us. You combine both rawness equally warmth when you speak and that makes it so interesting to listen to what you have to say. Side note: Many years ago I had the privilege to interact and learn from one of the most influential peace workers in our modern history: James O’Dea, former Washington Office Director, Amnesty International, and one of the first things he shared was that Peace Work is hard work. It requires dedication, humility and yet toughness. To be able to hold space for people despite the challenges and difficulties you may encounter on your journey together with them. Peace Work is not for the faint hearted. So you do indeed have followers that understand and support your political views and your right to speak freely about it. Blessings🪶

[@kelly-annmaddox]

🥲❤️✊️ Thank you so much x