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Hey Soul Family,

So, while I have been revamping my inner child and shadow working book, I realized that I didn’t properly take the time and space to properly explain dark nights of the soul. In order to explain a dark night of the soul though, I needed to break down psychological theory that is VERY important to know if you want to really know why we experience this dark night. After doing a little bit of research, I wasn’t satisfied with what I found because no one has realized what a dark night of the soul actually is- it is an identity crisis. This identity crisis is one that is unresolved from our teen years and since we resolve that crisis so much later from when we first faced it- this can be a bit of a rollercoaster ride to navigate. Yes, it can very much feel like a dark night.

Hey Soul Family,

The collective has been feeling super icky lately and I’ve realized that this is due to so many people currently feeling burnt out. The way we burn ourselves out is really due to our inability to tap into our divine feminine energies. These are the energies of resting, renewal, rejuvenation, restoration, and receiving. Without this crucial balance, what happens is that we tend to get burnt TF out- usually feeling depleted, stuck, and resentful. Once we begin getting burnt out, we experience symptoms that can range from mild to severe. These symptoms are not just physical either, they are more often than not emotionally based.

Hey Soul Fam!

I want to take a moment to touch upon codependency and breaking down what that means from a psychological level because this has been such a huge theme in the last year. Codependency is not to be confused with BEING codependent. Being codependent is something completely different and the definition of codependent is what most people think of when they hear the term codependency used, yet these terms should not be used of thought of in conjunction of one another. 

Hey Soul Fam!

So, for those of you who haven’t been keeping up with my lives or lunar notes, these next few months are going to be emotionally intense AF. These next few months will be extremely triggering in every way for the collective. I’m not going to front; the collective will basically be experiencing a dark night of the soul that will trigger every fucking body. At this point, there will be no running from your darkness or your demons, as everything will be brought up so that you can finally face and release it. The problem with this process is that MANY people are not actually ready for it. A spiritual awakening is very finicky as fuck when it comes to someone’s psyche, and many people are not psychologically ready to handle their awakening. When someone can not handle the shattering of their cognitive dissonance, dissociation happens. While this isn’t necessarily a bad thing at advanced levels, people can get easily lost before mastering themselves. So, we are going to discuss what dissociation is, how it happens, and how to cope with it when it is happening to you.

Hey Soul Fam!

This week during Thankful Thursday we discussed the origins of prejudice, the documentary A Class Divided, and microaggressions. First we will be talking about the psychological origins of prejudice. What are the theories that surround this topic? What do they say about how prejudice is formed? Then we will quickly go over our documentary of the week. Last but not least, we will be exploring in depth the concept of microaggressions. This is a topic that I believe many people have never really discussed, but it definitely needs some light shone on it. So, that being said, we will be exploring quite a few concepts this week, so buckle up kids!

Hey Soul Fam!

This week during Thankful Thursday we discussed colorism by way of the Clarke Doll experiments and the documentaries: Dark Girls, Dark Girls 2, and Light Girls. For those of you who do not understand this concept, colorism is prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group. Yet before we get into that I want to go over a few terms. These terms need to be defined so that their clear and distinct differences can be understood, since many people tend to use these terms interchangeably and some terms may not be known at all. Prejudice is defined as a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. Discrimination is defined as the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. Stereotyping in the context of social psychology, is an over-generalized belief about a particular category of people. It is an expectation that people might have about every person of a particular group. Microaggression is a term used for brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative attitudes toward stigmatized or culturally marginalized groups. Lastly, racism is defined as prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized. Racism is also defined as the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another.

Hey Soul Fam!

Last week during Thankful Thursday we discussed Self-Actualization and how this concept and theory coincides with our spiritual journey. In my opinion, this journey is intertwined with one another, and you cannot achieve one without fulfilling the other. That is why I believe it is so important to understand the psychological processes one will endure on their spiritual journey. It is important to understand these concepts and learn what it all means. It is important to understand how it will all affect the mind and psyche as we grow and evolve. I truly believe that we can’t grow and reach our highest selves without self-actualizing in the process.

Hey Soul Fam!

Last week during Thankful Thursday we discussed the Law of Attraction, vision boards, and goal planning. In keeping with the theme, this week we discussed Affirmations and Life Mapping using various tools. Here, we will be going over various tools and tests that you can take that will give you a better picture as to who you are fundamentally. The psychological tests that we’ll be going over are excellent sources, but only if you are explicitly honest when you are answering the questions. Psychological tests often rely on your absolute honestly so that the results are the most accurate to the individual. So, if you’re ready to learn a little more about yourself and what makes you, you, then read on!

Hey Soul Fam!

This week during Thankful Thursday we discussed Attachment Styles. Why is this so important to know? Well because our attachment style is how we develop our sense of self. This sense of self when translated into our adult lives is responsible for how we will attach and love others in both platonic and romantic relationships. Attachment styles are solidified usually during the first year of our lives, but for some not up until the third year in cases of neglect or abandonment. Either way, within the first five years of our lives we form our sense of self and this is determined solely by the connection that we have with our parents- primarily our mother. While original studies focused primarily on the role of the mother within this dynamic, newer studies have brought the role of the father to the forefront as well.

Hey Soul Fam!

This week during Thankful Thursday we discussed full moon releasing, the universal laws, the law of attraction, and manifesting through sex magick. How are these things related? Well, when manifesting one is applying these laws to their manifestations! In order to really begin to understand how energy fundamentally works, there are quite a few things that should be looked into and considered. One of those things is of course what the universal laws are but learning how to apply physics and science to energy can bring one a lot of clarity. For those of you who never studied physics, check out this article that explains the fundamentals:

Hey Soul Fam!

This week during Thankful Thursday we Narcissist. We’ve all dealt with narcissist to some degree and we all carry narcissistic traits within us because in all actuality narcissism is a spectrum. In psychology there’s a scale used to evaluate this called the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI), which was developed by Robert Raskin and Calvin Gall in 1979. The one thing about narcissist though is that they tend to share common character traits, but someone with actual narcissistic personality disorder is rare. Most of the people we encounter on a day to day basis exhibit narcissist traits to some degree but often don’t score high enough in the spectrum to make them fall within the parameters of the disorder.