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It’s about Framing

Bydruidinthecity December 1, 2014

“Framing” may be a term that many of you aren’t familiar with … and since I’ve only heard it in professional management and leadership arenas, I don’t expect you to be. 🙂

“Framing,” in this context, is about how you phrase things. If you want to say something that you’re not sure will be taken well, you generally will think about how to present your thoughts in a way that will be accepted – you “frame” it.

Changing how you phrase things works when you’re trying to explain to a coworker that they really should wear less skin tight clothing, or if you’re trying to explain why you should do something to yourself. Yes, framing works on yourself just as well as other people!

For a few years now, I’ve told myself that I want to put more magic in my mundane life. Today a teacher in a course that I’m taking said that I want to “put my mundane life in my magic.” Just switching the phrasing around like that … by framing it differently … it was suddenly a whole different prospect. The focus of the statement changes.

Now I need to think about how I’m going to put more mundane life in my magic.

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What’s in a Spell?

Bydruidinthecity November 9, 2011

Over on The Deepest Well, Aine has a series called The Witch’s Circle. This week she began a conversation on Spells.

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Breath

Bydruidinthecity January 21, 2012

A little late again this week on the Pagan Blog Project, but at least I am posting 🙂 This week I’d like to talk about our breath. On a purely biological level, breathing is crucial to our survival as it brings oxygen into our bodies and gets rid of the toxic-to-us carbon dioxide. On a…

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The need to create

Bydruidinthecity November 24, 2013

One of the most stressful times for me is when I can’t seem to accomplish anything. I’ve known this for years, but only recently did I recognize that this is not about accomplishing, but about the need to create. I’m not sure where it comes from, but I need to make things that I can…

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Creating your sacred space

Bydruidinthecity November 6, 2011

Later this month, in the middle of NaBloPoMo, I’ll be moving. Part of the changes when moving is stetting up my new sacred space. There’s a number of different things that you can do for your sacred space depending on how much space and privacy you have. The key about your space is that it’s somewhere that…

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Dahm the Bard

Bydruidinthecity November 12, 2011

Recently I’ve discovered Dahm the Bard. He’s a folk artist that does a lot of pagan related music. His tunes are very catchy and I find that I sing and hum along with the music (even when I’m listening at work!) Here’s one of his pieces from YouTube called “The Winter King”

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Foundations: The Elements [PBP]

Bydruidinthecity March 2, 2012

There are so many different ways to define the elements and most of it depends on what traditions you follow. Wiccans are often heavily involved with the elements, using them to define their working circles as well as invoking them in their work. Other traditional witches that I’ve known use the associations and energies of the elements in their working.

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