Self-care has become the go-to buzzword of our burned-out era. And let’s face it—queer people need it. We’ve survived enough: familial rejection, spiritual trauma, political erasure, and the daily microaggressions that cut deeper than they should. So when the world feels like too much, yeah—sometimes a face mask, some candles, and a full Netflix blackout…
Wellness
The Sacred Pause: Spiritual Rest as Resistance
I’ve been thinking a lot about rest lately. Not collapse. Not zoning out. But real, intentional rest. The kind that lets your nervous system exhale and your spirit come back into your body. And let me be honest—it’s hard. As a queer, trans, neurodivergent witch, I’ve spent most of my life running on survival mode.…
Eron Vito Mazza on Sacred Rage: The Role of Anger in Magic & Spellwork
In modern spiritual practices, anger is more often than not seen as an affliction—something to be healed, avoided, or even feared. But I am of the mind that anger and rage have a rightful place in magical settings. Anger has its role in magic just as much as love, healing, and all the so-called “lighter”…
Eron Vito Mazza on Sacred Queerness
As a queer person who grew up in deep red rural Oklahoma, I was bombarded with the notion that my feelings and my existence were wrong. I was taught to be ashamed of my body and the pleasure it was built for. Whether it was by a sermon telling me I deserved death, or society…
Silence and Solitude: The Two Lost Spiritual Gifts
By Eron Vito Mazza In a world that is hyper-connected, noisy, and bearing down on us at all times, I wonder if we even remember what silence sounds like. Solitude is sometimes seen as a luxury or as a punishment. Being separated from the class as a child, prisoners being separated from society behind bars…
“No” Is My Love Language
By Eron Vito Mazza It does not take a genius to know that we live in a world that demands more time, energy, and attention. We have jobs that like to increase our responsibilities, and we have personal lives that are always demanding more of us. Boundaries are vital for our mental, physical, and spiritual…
Revenge Is Sweet, But Forgiveness Has Fewer Calories
By Eron Vito Mazza “I’ve had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You know why? While you’re carrying a grudge, they’re out dancing.” -Buddy Hackett Ah, forgiveness. We hear that we should do it, but more often than not, we don’t want to. We have been wronged, violated, even! We…
The Alchemy of Intention: Turning Thoughts into Reality
By Eron Vito Mazza What if I told you, on a certain level, we can create the world around us? Would you say I had gone crazy to think we had such control over some of the circumstances that occur in our lives? Well, I guess I have gone off the deep end, because we…
Stillness Speaks: The Life-Changing Effects of Meditation
By Eron Vito Mazza In this fast-paced, nonstop world, it seems if you slow down for even a moment, you will find yourself either left behind or ran over on life’s highway. But what if downshifting is what we’re naturally programmed to do? What if we are meant to take breathers instead of pushing ourselves…
These Lesbian Influencers Are Revolutionizing Reaching People in Need
St. Louis therapists Cindy and Christina Hardin-Weiss’s health videos have views in the multi-millions.