Is anyone else feeling the weight of the world right now? Every time we open Facebook, we encounter war, famine, environmental destruction, political upheaval, prophecies, warnings, conspiracy theories, and frightening predictions about what may be coming. Some of what we see is real and deserves our attention. But mixed among those realities are people who profit from keeping us frightened, outraged, and scrolling. The truth is that none of us knows precisely what lies ahead. For those who have experienced an awakening, this can feel especially intense. We may become more sensitive to emotion, injustice, contradiction, and the energy of the people and information around us. But sensitivity without grounding can become overwhelm. Not every fearful feeling is a prophecy. Not every disturbing post is a revelation. Not every repeated claim is the truth. Sometimes the most spiritual thing we can do is put down the phone, care for our bodies, sit in silence, and listen for the voice beneath the noise. The Gospel of Mary tells of the soul encountering seven powers that attempt to restrain it. We understand these powers as human conditions—the fears, wounds, desires, attachments, and inherited distortions that keep us disconnected from our divine nature. Mary’s soul does not overcome them through violence. She recognizes them and discovers that they no longer have authority over her. An early Christian text called the Gospel of Truth describes ignorance as a nightmare and calls us to strengthen those who stumble, feed the hungry, give rest to the weary, help people rise, and “awaken those who sleep.” This is our work. Not to prepare for the future by becoming more frightened, but to prepare our souls by becoming more conscious. Whatever lies ahead, humanity will need grounded people who can discern without losing compassion, feel deeply without being consumed, and respond from love rather than fear. Today, ask yourself: What is mine to know? What is mine to do?

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This weekend, the Magdalene Network co-creators are heading to Omega Institute in New York for Meggan Watterson’s retreat, and we are so excited for a few days of immersion, conversation, and Magdalene sisterhood. While we’re there, we’ll also be spending some time with Clark Strand and Sofie Strand, two authors and thinkers whose work we have loved and followed for years. If any of you are going to be at Omega for the retreat, please let us know! We would LOVE to arrange a Magdalene Network meetup while we are there. ❤️ Because we’ll be away, there will be ✨NO Sacred Petitions this Friday through Monday.✨ And speaking of Sacred Petitions... Carrie has now been holding this practice for an incredible 650 DAYS. 650 days of women writing what they are carrying. What they are asking for. What they are grieving. What they are ready to release. What they are becoming. Over time, we began noticing that something was happening in the writing itself. There is actually research around this. Expressive writing has been studied for decades, and the evidence suggests that putting difficult emotions and experiences into words can help us process what we have lived, create meaning around it, and support emotional well-being. But we have also witnessed something the research papers can't quite capture: the power of another woman witnessing your words. There is medicine in being heard. There is medicine in discovering that someone else understands. And there is medicine in finally giving language to something you have carried silently. That realization is part of what inspired our newest monthly circle, Write Right Medicine, beginning in September. And we also want to remind everyone how Sacred Petitions works: ❤️ Every Saturday at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET, Sacred Petitions is open to our entire Magdalene Network community. ❤️ Magdalene Initiates have access to Sacred Petitions throughout the entire week, along with our growing collection of members-only circles, book circles, teachings, replays, discounts, and experiences.

Your Voice. Your Story. Your Medicine. Beginning on the first Wednesday of every month, Magdalene Initiates are invited into a new members-only circle: Write Right Medicine Writing & Healing Circle There is a wisdom within you that is waiting to be heard. Inspired by the writing and spiritual legacy of Mary Magdalene, we enter a space where the feminine voice is not silenced, diminished, or asked to become something else. Mary Magdalene is our guiding presence, reminding us that we are women who, like her, can witness deeply, love fiercely, trust our own knowing, walk through transformation, and have the courage to speak what we have seen and experienced. Through writing and authentic connection, we will explore the stories that have shaped us, not simply to tell them, but to transform them. You don't have to be a writer. You simply need a willingness to explore and to listen to what is ready to emerge. Within the circle, vulnerability is honored, stories are witnessed, creativity is nourished, and every voice has a place. First Wednesday of every month 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET INCLUDED in Magdalene Initiates (Premium) Membership. All others $17 Bring your journal. Bring your story. Bring the words that have been waiting to be written. Where your sacred stories are witnessed. Where your voice is reclaimed. Where your words become medicine. And there is even more on the horizon. Magdalene Network has some exciting publishing opportunities taking shape for 2027, and we’ll be sharing more about that soon. 📚