Is Ditch the Black Dog Too 'Woo Woo' For You?
Read this post before you decide. You might be pleasantly surprised!
What if I told you that I help my clients to ditch the black dog of depression using tools such as:-
🃏 tarot cards;
✨ crystals;
🧴 essential oils & flower essences;
🌙 moon rituals; and
✨soul journeying and mind rewilding
in my sacred circles, coaching and therapy sessions?
Would you laugh and call me foolish, or would you be curious?
I worry that the tools I use in The Gaian Method™ - including Alchemical Ecotherapy™ and Therapeutic Witchcraft™ might seem too ‘woo woo’ to be taken seriously.
It’s ok. I understand.
You might be ok with me using hypnotherapy and horse-assisted therapy to help you heal, but tarot cards and rituals might be a step too far.
How can rituals, ceremonies and spells possibly help you ditch the black dog?
Before you dismiss me as a weird old crone, you need to know that rituals and soul healing journeys have helped both me and my clients overcome things like:-
😔 low self-esteem;
😢 lack of confidence;
😔 loneliness and feeling disconnected;
😢 healing emotional and psychological wounds caused by abuse, rejection, abandonment, loss, grief, heartbreak and failure;
😔 anxiety, depression, and cPTSD.
😢 social anxiety;
😔 overthinking;
😢 imposter syndrome;
😔 feelings of not being enough;
😢 beliefs that love, happiness, money, or success aren’t available to them;
Sound too good to be true?
What if I told you that scientists have proven that rituals, talismans, and spells actually work?
I understand if you feel cynical about the idea that performing empowering rituals, ceremonies, and spells could help you.
And as for using Tarot and Oracle cards to help you to make good decisions?
Well that’s just silly, right?!
But maybe it’s not as silly as it seems!
Scientists believe that rituals help us feel more in control of a situation.
Article in Psychology Today: Rituals Help Brain Perform Better
For example:
💗 Bereaved people recover faster if they have rituals. Funerals, leaving flowers, and talking to your lost loved one, all help speed up the grieving process.
🍀 Sportsmen are proven to perform better if they wear lucky socks or perform rituals such as eating certain things before a game.
🤞 Students perform better in exams if they have a talisman or ritual.
Scientists still don’t understand how or why rituals, spells, and talismans work.
Research has just proven that they do.
Magick is just science that we don’t understand yet!
The Gaian Method™ combines the healing power of plants and animals, modern neuroscience and a sprinkle of ancient magick to help you ditch the black dog of depression.
They’re natural methods, with zero toxic side effects, and are safe* for even children to take part in.
(*Unless otherwise specified. Some herbal products are unsafe for children or pregnant people.)
Methods that used to be considered too ‘woo woo’ have recently become mainstream.
The old ways of using plants and incense for health are being resurrected.
So scientist's agree that rituals, ceremonies, spells and talismans work.
But what about plant medicine?
Animal assisted therapy?
Crystal healing and Soul Journeys?
Do they really work?
I use a combination of complementary therapies in my work.
Their effectiveness is being proven through scientific and empirical evidence.
Call it witchcraft, call it plant medicine, or herbalism, either way, the principles are the same.
Hypnotherapy has startling similarities to shamanic healing.
People flock to feel the therapeutic benefits of being around horses and nature.
No one thinks twice about using lavender-scented products or drinking chamomile tea to help them relax.
There’s no doubt about it, rituals, soul healing, and magick work.
It may not be magick (although I choose to believe it is.)
But ‘woo woo’ things such as talismans, rituals, spells, whatever you want to call them, work.
So does soul healing.
Scientists know it, and my clients and I experience it every day.
Depression, stress, overwhelm, anxiety, and other blocks to our health, wealth, happiness, love, and success can all be massively improved through taking part in powerful healing rituals.
And that can be life-changing.
(A note for my neurodivergent friends: Therapeutic Witchcraft™ and Alchemical Ecotherapy™ will not ‘cure’ autism, ADHD etc. But they can help you let go of the feelings of being somehow broken or defective. You can feel healthier, happier, and whole.)
What I’m trying to say is…..
…don’t be afraid to try something new, even if it seems a bit too ‘woo woo or ‘out there’.
Don’t miss out on getting rid of some of the psychological and emotional blocks to your happiness, just because what I’m offering isn’t as ‘normal’ as popping a pill or visiting a traditional therapist to talk about it.
Isn't getting involved with witchcraft dangerous?
There's nothing dark or dangerous here.
My methods are natural, with zero toxic side effects, and are safe* for even children to take part in.
I've used the full moon ritual to help a child to get rid of a scary monster that she believed lived under her bed.
The old ways of the witches that used to be considered too ‘woo woo’ are becoming mainstream.
You don’t need to be ‘woo woo’ or to believe in magick or a god to find the rituals I use helpful.
The belief that you’re letting go of the baggage you’ve been carrying with you is all that matters.
(Although, you might find yourself so moved that you’re drawn to start down a spiritual path, just like I was.)
It could be the start of a whole new way of life for you!
Are you ready to try some fabulous new ways to ditch the black dog of depression?
Check out the ways you can work with me at ditchtheblackdog.com
First published at https://ditchtheblackdog.com/think-im-too-woo-woo/