Magickal Tools for Making
the Most of Motherhood
The journey to parenthood is unique to each individual. For many moms, parenthood is seen as a great blessing, something we’ve dreamed about, hoped for, and maybe even planned for. For some of us, becoming a parent is a long and challenging road that we achieve only after undergoing fertility treatments or going through the adoption process. For others, the sudden revelation that a new little human is on the way can be surprising, confusing, overwhelming, and maybe even devastating, as our own lives immediately take a back seat to the duties, expectations, and pressures of parenthood.
Whether becoming a parent was an accident or something you went to great lengths to accomplish, you’re here now, or you’re at least on your way there, so congratulations! As every experienced parent will tell you, you’ve got a rocky road ahead of you, but it’s a delightful journey, nonetheless. While there’s no single secret to being a good parent, no specific magick spell to make everything perfect and easy, there are many things you can do to make the most of your experience. We’ve written this book not to offer parenting advice (you’ll get plenty of that as it is) but rather to share with you some effective tools you can use to help your own everyday life as a parent run a little more smoothly and enjoyably. With real talk from real moms coupled with practical tips and techniques for bringing a little more magick into your life, you’ll learn how to relieve stress, overcome frustration, increase your energy, relax your body and mind, feed your own passions, and much more.
The book begins with an exploration of your personal journey to parenthood, offering strategies for preparing your body, mind, and spirit for conception, as well as how to care for yourself, set your intentions, and set your boundaries during the early stages of pregnancy. We offer tips for connecting spiritually to your baby pre-birth, simple stretching exercises you can do to help relieve discomfort, and a sampling of magickal tools, rituals, and meditations you can use right now to ease fears, get motivated, and support a successful pregnancy. You’ll also find an interpretation guide to those vivid and bizarre dreams that often come with pregnancy. Later in the book you’ll find practical, magickal ideas to utilize after your baby arrives and begins growing into a child, from bedtime magick to magickal mealtimes, bathtime magick, playtime magick, relaxing and energizing techniques to keep you feeling your best, tips and tricks for keeping your romantic life alive, magickal beauty tips, psychic development games, strategies for achieving your own dreams, and more.
Feel free to jump around to the sections you need the most right now, or read straight through from the start. We’ve designed this book to be used as a support and reference you can turn to again and again whenever you need an extra boost of magick to help you along the wild road of life as a parent.
This book will help you to be healthy, mindful, and present to the process of motherhood while encouraging you to grow as an individual. Just as your child grows, so too may your mind and spirit flourish and thrive to new heights you never thought possible.
Regardless of how you got here and where you’d like your journey as a mother to lead you, here’s a prayer, written anonymously, that fits perfectly into where you are right now. Let this be your guiding light as you step onto a new path of greater health, greater happiness, and greater fulfillment.
Today may there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise, and love. It is there for each and every one of us.
—anonymous