Troubleshooting YOUR Witchcraft problems! Be a Better, More Powerful Witch | Q&A

[@kathrynmcgehee3835]

I'm so grateful to hear your voice after the last few days. Your soothing voice on a comforting needed topic is just what the world needs right now.

[@littlestbroccoli]

Extremely validating to allow ourselves to follow our spirit into what's most spiritual for us at the moment instead of what a performative person would judge it as!

[@novaetsuken5422]

I was the one who asked the question regarding a hard time finding information in books, and I wanted to say thanks for your reply. I definitely do downplay my own experiences and I've had some very interesting ones. Being a witch is a heavy path to walk but putting it into words why we do it is very difficult, and very worth it. As for tarot, I love and respect it so much. I was recently reunited with my very first deck after losing it in a storage shed about ten years ago, and it was like a spiritual slap. I think one issue I do have with the craft is just lack of respecting my own abilities. I think I will focus on that for a while. This video was a huge help to me. Thanks so much Kelly!

[@KINGBELIAL13]

Love the “magician’s mindset” idea!

[@JJapsen]

"When narcissists take on the language of healers.". . . uh, I felt that sentence way too much

[@InspiringAlien]

Those stripes in your hair give me some major goth throwback feels 😆🥰💜

[@crazy4catsRL]

I have had issues with depression and feeling like I'm not doing enough these days too. What has been helping (along with therapy) is literally speaking to the gods at my altar ( although you don't have to do it at your altar). I ask them to help me be productive or get a certain task done. If I get it done great, if not then I try again. Seems simple but its been helping a lot!

[@adrafinnie855]

Love your necklace its cool. Omg that is my path in a nutshell my path has taken a turn from Chaos to Shamanism and I’m enjoying the journey (word witch a lot of research and learning especially folklore) Emersing myself in Spirituality I’ve taken up Reiki and Kundalini yoga 🧘‍♀️. My patron Loki has gone into the shadows and medusa has stepped forward. I really connect with your videos keep them coming.

[@slowmotionsweet]

It never fails! I always feel like I can do anything by the end of your videos! Thank you Queen!❤️🔮😘

[@butterflymoor]

Thankyou so much and so perfectly timed. Listening whilst making supper, recovering from first week of 'school at home' again, trying to find the magic in the mudane with teens and husband constantly in need of something. Grateful for the little practices I learnt when they were toddlers...I still have a candle, a moment to breath, five minutes in the garden listening to my tree. Blessings and prayers are more often said at the kitchen sink (washing up meditation is a thing) or stirring the soup than at an altar. And I still 'play' with my little shrine that we've always called 'the nature table'. For the moment, it's all about keeping it simple. Thankyou all.

[@SimplyWitch]

What a great video! It is great to see that you developed your path and magick in a daily basis. I guess most of us will sometimes be a little lost and feel that reflected in our practice. What I learned long time ago is that my magick is everywhere I see and seek it. But if I don't want to see or seek, it won't be there. With social media we feel that we are always behind, losing something. Or worse, that we are leaving the Gods and Goddesses behind! After I became a mom, I sometimes forget a Sabbath, and get myself looking at someone's video and say "shit, we're already there?" And then, just before sleep, I say thanks for one more sabbath, one more year, with heart and intention, knowing that the Universe appreciates that in the same way it appreciates a workings inside a circle. Thanks dear! It has been a long time since I last came and comment, but this one was really great! Tfs

[@ErisElizabeth]

Witching is where you are. So great to see you in 2021, Kelly-Ann! Thanks for the video

[@akashicsong9904]

100% “witch” is a feeling not an action! I love this way of thinking about it and I totally agree 💗

[@robinettebroadhead7677]

To the second question: I'm currently struggling with depression and divination genuinely helped me realize what I lacked to start healing, both spiritually AND therapy. Just like you said, it doesn't matter what place this need for spirituality comes from, the connection you form is genuine regardless.

[@claremiller9979]

Fantastic video, Kelly-Ann. If the new mum, or any parent, sees this I second the suggestion to build your spiritual practice into your life with kids by involving them. My daughter is super crafty so I've got us making wreaths together to mark the changing of the seasons. She also loves festivals of all kinds (her fave is Diwali, there is a large Indian population where we live) so I've been creating little ritual activities for us to do together like making biscuits, decorating and making up our own celebrations. I don't call it witchcraft, not yet, I'm just including her (and her sister, who mostly likes eating the biscuits and throwing the sticks we collect!) in things I like to put my energy into. I also approach cleaning the house as a spiritual practice, which is helpful considering how much cleaning one does as a parent ;) Hope this helps. You're doing great!

[@Erieswitchcraft]

Hi all. Hope you are having a great day. 🖤

[@mischagraham8798]

I am 44 and forever so grateful to you for all you’ve shared. I’ve been on my journey for close to five years now, and still consider myself unknowledgeable and in my “learning phase.” (Even tho my library is constantly growing and I’m currently soaking up six books like a sponge!) I am solitary and do find it lonely at times, but I’m so very grateful for who you are as a human being and I find it so refreshing that I learn so very much from you. So with a genuine heart, Thank you Kelly!!!💞

[@kelly-annmaddox]

😍 Thanks for sharing where you are with your journey and I'm so glad my videos have helped. X

[@journey_woman]

I loved the question about associating spiritual practice with getting through tough times. I've had a similar experience myself, where I've used my practices to navigate lonely or difficult experiences and then felt a little "guilty" for practising "less" when I've been joyous and in communion with others. Learning to surf recently reminded me of how everything can be part of a spiritual practice and sometimes important shifts (in my case, forgiveness and integration of a healthier paternal/masculine archetype) can come about quite spontaneously while we're happily immersed in flow doing something else.

[@BenjaminBlak]

Yes! Always so happy to see a new video from you! It is also the perfect excuse to procrastinate a little bit and take my morning coffee back to bed. ☺️

[@kelly-annmaddox]

☕😏💋

[@TemperanceLibraRising]

I read the blog transcribed and I felt like I was sitting in the room having this conversation about spiritual and medicinal perspectives of mental health

[@chonelcarroll3275]

For those who don't already know of it, the Witches Box subscription has a book subscription that is specifically for delving into more advanced witchy topics. I don't subscribe to the box becos I live in Nz, but I watch all the in depth Booktube reviews on the books that are chosen and decide which ones to purchase myself from Book depository. I love it becos the books discussed are high quality, and often take me in new directions. Thought that may be helpful for anyone looking for some more advanced inspiration 💗

[@love_istranscendent4223]

I simply adore you and your presence. I am fairly new to the craft and all this wonderful witchy ness. You are so insightful and offer up delicious advise for all of us among this path. You have encouraged me to think outside the box, trust my intuition, and search within to create a spiritual path that is uniquely mine. I feel like I grow and take something to think about and process with each of your videos. Congratulations on your new book. I cannot wait to get my hands on it and read it. Blessings and much love to you Kelly -Ann.

[@DottiethePsychic]

As somebody who deals with depression all I can say is preach on girl preach on

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Thanks, doll. I hoped that my words on that particular topic would make sense and not seen irresponsible, but that is just soooo how I feel about the role of spirituality in my journey with mental health. x

[@AnyaEsma]

Perfect to watch in little chunks during my breaks from work, thank you! 😊

[@phillipsaintjohn777]

As someone who is spiritual but a man (so cannot technically be a witch but DO NOT want to be called a warlock 😂) I find these talks just as helpful for my journey and see your advice comes through even outside the witchdom you are speaking to. HOWEVER you can cast to see animals? 🥺 my native tears would fall if I could intentionally do that (from time to time) is there a spot to see how to do that? Also thanks again for this video. Your energy is always felt and appreciated as a healer and a guide for others on their journey

[@bookwight]

I just wanted to let you know that men absolutely CAN be witches. You may not want that label, in which case never mind, but if you do, feel free to claim it for yourself. Step into it and own it! Your practice and your labels are your choice. 💪💕

[@CaitHil]

Just moved to the edge of America on an island away from the heavy forest three hundred miles out. I am in absolute awe and will now have to figure out the delicate balance of my craft and this new world. Thank you for doing you. x

[@carmmen1384]

Thanks for the Q&A.

[@finchietorre8479]

What a wonderful Q & A! I feel you touched on things that so many of us feel or have felt, are going through or have gone through. I know I am one of them! Lol. This has given me some fantastic ways to approach my little slump I get into now and then as well as feeling overwhelmed with my daily practice. Thank you so much! And thanks to all that submitted those questions, they were great!!!!

[@meadowrae1491]

I needed this video. Soul soothing.

[@Emily46314]

Thank you so much for answering my question!

[@EmilysTarotandMagick]

I loved this Kelly-Ann 💓 I really resonate to the way you talk about living your magick especially when referring to having little ones. I have a 3 year old and a 5 year old and so life often feels very busy - especially now we are having to homeschool (they attend an academy school which is pretty strict and rigid about the assignments and attendance with virtual school) it feels very intense right now and its a good example of how 'witching' doesn't necessarily look like how it normally would or how you would imagine it would. My daughter is actually so interested in the moon cycles especially and she has a few decks and crystals and a spell book for young people and we actually did a full moon ritual together recently to spark creativity and new opportunities. It was really fun and sweet - very different to what I do alone but wonderful and potent nonetheless. I also think it's so important to reassess goals and expectations. I had a goal to restart my dream journalling practice for 2021, which kind of fell by the wayside during the first lockdown in 2020 and I've still not yet started it up and then I realised the other day that I am trying to restart a habit - which was actually too much for me to stick to during homeschooling last year - during yet another cycle of homeschooling; I realised that perhaps it's simply asking too much of myself for right now, so I'm considering what ways I can enhance my dream practice that don't feel like too much right now. Thanks so much for sharing - so much wisdom here. Much love and many blessings heart❤️🌕 😘 Xx

[@sofiiii1]

Hi Kelly, I found your channel last week through the sea of witchy videos on KZbin. I don’t usually comment on videos but I have to reach out to let you know how wonderful your videos are, and how wonderful you are! Not that it is an issue but so many KZbinrs are usually American and sometimes that makes content feel un-relatable for me, it’s refreshing to listen to someone that sounds like me and my friends. That might seem like a small and strange point, but representation is really encouraging for me. I really enjoy your thought flow, way of explaining things etc. So thank you for your content and inspiration, I look forward to watching more of your videos and hopefully supporting you somehow in the future. XX

[@TheMayLight]

What precious thoughts! Thanks for doing this Q&A, how could i have known that those questions resonate with me that accurately. Totally up to your thoughts on these challenges, needed to hear it anyway! Thanks for the reflections❣️

[@cherrycato1940]

Yes I totally agree ...a Witch is a feeling a knowing it just is...certainly is for me Excellent video, thank you. 🌟💜🍒

[@raebookworm4013]

This video is such a serendipitous gift, thank you. You talked about a great many things that I myself have struggled with in the past, especially the part of breaking down what witchcraft actually looks like for us, and figuring out compromises based on health and life. I recently climbed back out of a lengthy bit of depression, and combined some soul searching about what creativity I wanted to accomplish, with releasing a lot of the self flagellation I'd been engaging in when I couldn't spend hours in front of an altar, or painting, or reading. I used a recent hair cut as a letting go ritual, and left feeling like a huge weight had been taken from my shoulders (one that I have repeatedly placed there myself no less.) Thank you for creating this video, it encapsulated many things that I've been exploring and reflecting on. Rock on, you're awesome.

[@peekaboohidenseeken5722]

I've been counting the hours, days to hear your beautiful dancing voice!!

[@kelly-annmaddox]

🥺☺️🤗🙃🥰

[@marestellarum7894]

Me toooooo! I've missed you, Kelly-ann

[@kelly-annmaddox]

@@marestellarum7894 🥰💋🥰💋

[@foxlifeforever2583]

Thank you for this video ❤️🖤

[@gypsywolf2061]

Another comment; I think there are so many ppl not being looked at by dieticians and doctors are not really taught about diet related health in med school. I NEVER had any energy no matter what I did or tried. It turned out that I had celiacs and was undiagnosed for many yrs. for anyone struggling with energy but u are eating and sleeping well, I’d highly recommend seeing a specialist so u can learn what is best and worst for ur body. We are all different in that way.

[@aaronelmore]

Your answering of the question regarding whether seeking spirituality can be conflated with seeking to fill a depressive void really hits home with me as I’ve been wondering similar things recently. I have been wondering whether I come to spirituality more at certain times because I’m feeling more depressed, or whether spirituality steps in to support me as a response to depression. If that makes sense. Either way I’m grateful for your answer and I’m going to read that blog post when I’ve finished your video. Thank you again - as per an interesting and thought provoking video (and I’m not even finished yet!)

[@terraspath2642]

Brilliant! Thanks so much. Blessed Be 🌛🌕🌜

[@HollarMoonMountain]

This video had so much helpful,sweet bits! Thank you doll! Love your hair today!

[@daisytokyotiger]

You always post right on time! Thank you!

[@arisawyer4379]

Always posting a video with exactly what I need to hear before I even knew I needed it. Thank you!

[@butterflymagicwithhottea9291]

Once again, you've delivered relatable and insightful information about spiritual wellness. I do struggle with the term "witch" because it has been misused over millennia. When I use it among people who are in-the-know, there is no doubt about the reverence and mutual respect we afford one another. When I could use it among muggles, there is a decisive and prescriptive response that either dismisses legitimacy or demonizes the term. I get deflated at the need to educate the general public and really not sure that its my job. My level of energy is tied to my own wellness and some muggles take more energy than others. They are also entitled to whatever opinion, no matter how erroneous. I tend to refer to myself as the Spiritual Bohemian because it really speaks to the inclusivity and fluidity that I feel. Yes, that term is my invention. Some might call me an Eclectic Witch. I also try various things as would a Chaos Witch. As soon as I land on one term, I want to expand on its definition. So .... meh, I am who I am .... whatever that may be. Whatever the case, I do practice Witchcraft and it is essential to my spiritual, emotional and mental wellness. Luv you Kelly-Ann. Muahs!

[@SamanthaMenzo]

What a great video to listen to while I work at home. Every time you answered a question I felt myself saying YESSS outloud lol.

[@goddessreverierosehawthorn3724]

Yay! First video of 2021! Waiting to get your book, can’t wait! 😊 📚

[@chuckengley9199]

Love your pink hair streaks Kelly-Ann!

[@AddilynneLastname]

love the video thanks, very good thoughts and ideas, for me I agree that like things that arent nessisarily witchy can be witchy af, like im an artist and I really came into my power when I started bringing art and my creative stuff and process and work into my practice, I think anything can be witchy if you do it as witchy stuff or to connect to the universe or yourself or others, just sharing some thoughts, have a nice day everyone, I also agree that anything can be an offering as long as the intent in there

[@vanessabataille]

Cela fait tellement longtemps, que je ne t'ai pas visité ici sur KZbin. Je me rend compte aujourd'hui que tes mots me manquent énormément. Tu me fais sentir si brave et sur ta chaîne, je me sens en sécurité, ce qui est si rare. Thank you so much. So much for everything. Your words mean a lot. x

[@kelly-annmaddox]

merci beaucoup chérie! 💕💕

[@LennanSmith]

Ok, first, your Lily Munster stripes are *chef's kiss* 😘 Great listening to your heartfelt answers! And, I could listen to you finding the magic at the bus stop ALL DAY! 🤣 POWER TO THE MUNDANE! 🤟

[@rachelharper7319]

Hey, May I add something about being a spiritual parent? I've recently put my alter in the busiest most hectic part of my house...on the kitchen table. What a game-changer! I'm reminded about my practise all day even when I'm tackling my little boy into his clothes and doing the dishes :) I light a candle and repeat a mantra as I go along my day to get my vibe back on. From one mother (of a wild and wonderfully free toddler) to another I hope it helps x

[@claremiller9979]

Excellent. Mine is in my office, which I'm in every day at least once, on a shelf. Access helps a lot!

[@BallJoinedWing]

Tysm kelly. This meant a lot to me

[@zacharyryan484]

Oooh that necklace!! I love it!!

[@kelly-annmaddox]

:D Riiiight?! I love it so much, had it for years!

[@nunoatalaia3963]

I like the idea of feeling over action for witchcraft and magic. But I was wondering, since feelings can be so beyond us sometimes, if "decision" is not an equally useful concept? Maybe it's a crossing of Frankl logotherapy, with basic Crowley "do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law", and some chaos magic. I find it's useful to just at a point "decide" that what I'm about to do is magical. And if it doesn't work it was already magical practice because failure is part of the craft. Sometimes feelings can be a very frustrating material to work with I find.

[@TheHermitPriestess69]

So excited for this !!

[@Bloesemregen]

This was really helpfull, thank you for doing this. 🙏🏻 Much love 💕

[@generexwhite2622]

Something I like to do to connect to the magick of the moment is repeat my magick words as I take nine deep breaths. Then, I usually hit my most bangin' playlist, thank the Earth, then finally smile at the air. Lol!

[@eirincbbunsby305]

I needed this! Thank you

[@elizabethstory3077]

Thank you 🙏 ❤️

[@itsdaffodilia]

About the question about community, local Unitarian Universalist fellowships might be the way to go. To me, it mixes organized religion with individuality. It seemed that everyone had different beliefs but the same values. I know my local one had a goddess group!

[@BallJoinedWing]

I'm actually the one that possed the question and my local uu church has had some serious ethical issues :(

[@itsdaffodilia]

@@BallJoinedWing oh yikes!! Maybe I should look more into it. Thank you!

[@AlexGreeneHypnotist]

The Magician's Mindset exercise should be turned into a form of meditation practice. So much of the mindfulness stuff has the effect of grounding a person in their body, on the earth, in the heere and now - the Magician's Mindset exercise can be a practice which achieves the opposite - one which connects the magician to whatever higher realm or realms one believes in - the realm one accesses when you want to feel that magic is afoot in the world. In Asatru terms, your personal Yggdrassil's roots are fixed in Midgard when you practice mindfulness, but the magician's mindset exercise connects the other realms to you through Yggdrassil's trunk, including Helheim of course. The meanings you draw can be interpreted as the realms connecting with you, and you seeing the world through the filter of the world you're linked to.

[@claremiller9979]

I've pre ordered your book, Kelly-Ann, I can't wait to get my hot little hands on it. It'll be an early birthday present by the time it arrives, and when it does my family will miss me for a few days (or at least a few hours!)

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Thank you so much for the support honey! 💕💕

[@Angela-1974]

Great video ♥️🙏

[@butterflymagicwithhottea9291]

Bam! First comment and coming to watch.

[@butterflymagicwithhottea9291]

Tsk! Ugh, still not first. Darn it. I'll get it one day.

[@kelly-annmaddox]

@@butterflymagicwithhottea9291 You were 🥰

[@butterflymagicwithhottea9291]

@@kelly-annmaddox Yay! Dance of joy, doo-dah. Watch me do my dance

[@nelle734]

How do you respond to someone with the mindset of "This is just an excuse to be culturally appropriative New Age stuff bs"?

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Can you clarify the question? Do you mean how to address someone who is being appropriative in their own practice? Or someone who thinks people who have a spiritual practice are just doing appropriative New Age BS? 🤔

[@nelle734]

@@kelly-annmaddox The latter :(

[@loonyabsolutions]

@@nelle734 following

[@gypsywolf2061]

I never had the gift of having my own child but I raised 2 step sons and was a nanny for several families over the yrs and raised quite a few little ones. For the mom that is having a tough time incorporating her witchiness into every day life, I’d like to say that being a mother in and of itself is part of it all. You brought life into the world and there’s nothing more powerful :) so maybe keeping that in mind would help? You can remember what a goddess warrior u are for carrying a child, giving birth, and now raising them. You could make little protection charms to hang over the crib (dill is very good for protecting and soothing babies) or focus on healing a certain chakra by adding the appropriate crystal to the area as u nurse the baby. Don’t worry momma- u will get back into it!

[@bookwight]

So juicy. I adore your open-minded, fluid take on things. 😘

[@beanbaghagwag]

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