by Jessie Cross | Dec 31, 2025 | Journal Prompts, New Years
A flexible, intention-based alternative to New Year’s resolutions that actually supports change Every January, we’re told to reinvent ourselves. New goals. New habits. New versions of who we should be by this time next year. And yet, research consistently shows that...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 30, 2025 | Journal Prompts, New Years
Soulful, grounded New Year intentions for clarity, alignment, and meaningful change—without hustle, guilt, or pressure Why Intentions (Not Resolutions) Still Matter By now, most of us know how the traditional New Year resolution story so often goes. Grand...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 30, 2025 | Journal Prompts, New Years
Grounding New Year journaling to help release the past, clarify what matters, and step forward with intention New Years has a strange, quiet power. It’s not just a date change. It’s also a psychological threshold, a symbolic reset, and a rare pause between who you...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 9, 2025 | Christmas, Gratitude Practices
How to Share Wishes, Gratitude, and Heartfelt Messages Before Christmas Morning Christmas Eve is already thick with anticipation. Stockings are hung, lights glow softly, paper snowflakes curl at the edges, and there’s that unmistakable quiet of “almost.” In the midst...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 8, 2025 | Christmas, Gratitude Practices, Winter Solstice (Yule)
A Beautiful Tradition for Christmas, Yule, or the Winter Season There’s something universally human about tying a handwritten message to a tree branch. And it’s an ideal time for it. Winter asks us to look inward. A wishing tree (whether kept inside on a...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 7, 2025 | Christmas, Hearth Magic, Kitchen Witchery, Winter Solstice (Yule)
Burning, baking, and blessing the log that symbolizes warmth, renewal, and the return of light at the winter solstice. Long before strings of electric lights wrapped around suburban rooftops, people gathered around firelight (literal flames) to mark the turning of the...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 29, 2025 | December: Cold Moon, Lunar
A Simple Winter Ceremony for Release, Renewal, and Your Final Full Moon Intention of the Year The Cold Moon is December’s final full moon and the year’s last great lantern. It arrives like a quiet visitation. It hangs in the sky with a pale, glacial glow, illuminating...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 27, 2025 | December: Cold Moon, Journal Prompts
Guided full-moon writing prompts for December’s Cold Moon to help release the past, integrate lessons, and prepare your energy for the year to come. December’s Cold Moon arrives like a lantern in the snow. It’s quiet but luminous, gentle but unflinching. It’s...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 27, 2025 | December: Cold Moon, Lunar
The Final Full Moon as a Threshold December’s Cold Moon rises like a lantern above the longest nights of the year. It’s the final full moon of the calendar year. The last great swelling of lunar light before winter tightens its quiet grip. Across cultures, the Cold...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 26, 2025 | Hearth Magic, Kitchen Witchery
When winter settles in and the world outside grows quiet, the hearth becomes the soul of the home once again. Long before modern stoves or twinkle lights, people gathered around the fire for warmth, nourishment, protection, and just a little magic. Winter has always...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 25, 2025 | Hearth Magic
Why we turn toward brightness during the darkest weeks of the year In winter, light behaves differently. It flickers instead of blazes. It glows instead of shines. It pools in corners instead of washing over the world. And in the darkest stretch of the year (the long...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 24, 2025 | Hearth Magic, Winter Solstice (Yule)
Simple rituals to help make your space feel warmer, calmer, and more like a true refuge this winter. Winter knocks softly, but it brings a profound shift. The world grows quieter. Nights lengthen. Wind rattles through bare branches, and you might feel something...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 22, 2025 | Mercury Retrograde, Shadow Work
Mercury Retrograde as a Mirror, Not a Menace Mercury Retrograde has become the internet’s favorite villain. It’s often blamed for every typo, awkward conversation, delayed email, and emotional meltdown. But spiritually speaking, this transit is rarely about...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 22, 2025 | Gratitude Practices, Journal Prompts, Thanksgiving
A gentle, heart-opening guide to creating deeper connection at the holiday table Thanksgiving isn’t just about the spread. It’s about the stories, the warmth, the laughter, and the tiny heart-openings that happen between the bites. If you’re hosting, you already know...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 22, 2025 | Gratitude Practices, Thanksgiving
A simple, heartfelt ritual to bring meaning back to the holiday table Every family has its rhythm. It’s in how you pass the plates, the jokes that always get told, the stories you’ve heard so many times they’ve grown their own roots. Thanksgiving sits at the...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 21, 2025 | Gratitude Practices, Thanksgiving
A Simple, Meaningful Craft for Wishes, Blessings, and Family Rituals Every Thanksgiving, we gather around the table with gratitude, stories, and simple rituals that help us feel rooted in the season. But in a year when everyone is craving more meaning, more...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 21, 2025 | Gratitude Practices, Thanksgiving
A Simple, Heart-Centered Thanksgiving Ritual with Leaves of Gratitude Thanksgiving holds a very particular kind of magic. It’s the one holiday that invites everyone (regardless of belief, background, or spiritual path) to gather around food, warmth, and...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 18, 2025 | Hearth Magic, Kitchen Witchery
How to weave warmth, spirit, and intention into every winter loaf The Winter Solstice marks the turning point of the year. It’s the longest night before the light returns. Across centuries and cultures, people have celebrated this threshold moment with fire,...
