GRATITUDES: My thank-yous could go on and on, as I truly believe everyone you come in contact with shows up as a teacher to you in some form or another. I want to thank some very special people who have been my guiding light, my compass, my confidants, my voices of reason, my medicine, and my calm within the middle of a mystical sh*tstorm so many moons ago.
To the women who helped to put my best visual foot forward: Eva Gajzer, founder of Office of Oneness, who has been a dear friend and my business strategist since Style Rituals was born. Judith van den Hoek illustrated all the crystal-y fashion sketches in this book and on the website. My book photographer, Amy Dickerson, you followed me to sixteen thousand feet and back with no questions asked, a smile on your face, and always up for anything . . . I couldn’t have told this story without you. Jamie Young, my manager, you provide so much wisdom when it comes to navigating every rabbit hole we jump down. Jessica Sindler, my editor at HarperCollins, for always helping me to remember to keep a beginner’s mind in all I do. My assistant, Sabrina Crockett, for helping me keep my sh*t together.
To the women in the fashion and beauty community who first RSVP’d “yes” to the notion that sage and stilettos can party together: Ruby Warrington, founder of the Numinous, and Chioma Nnadi, fashion director of Vogue.com. I owe a deep thank-you to the editorial world for supporting my business, giving me a soapbox to stand on, and teaching me how to become a writer. A special thank-you to GOOP, Vogue, Time, Well+Good, the Numinous, and L’Oréal.
To the people in my spiritual community, for being my guiding light on an esoteric road less traveled. My teachers at the Four Winds: Dr. Alberto Villoldo, Marcela Lobos, Stephen Feely, Peter Bonaker, Ruby Parker, Dean Taraborelli, Jim Dewell, Julie Hannon, and Elise Kost. My intuitive mentors Asa Hoffman, Marisa Pouw, Betsey Bergstrom, and Reiki Master Raemonica Patterson. My crystal mentors “Shey-Shey,” Brian Cook, Kirby Seid, and Master Jeffrey Yuen.
My family: Mom, Dad, Caitlin, Carrie, Tootsie, Aunt Sissy, Grandma McCann, and the rest of the McCann Clan.
My loved ones, allyu, and colleagues: Thank you for being my guinea pigs when I said, “Look what I can do with crystals!”; housing me in your spare bedrooms when I was on my mystical walkabout; supporting me through the weird and wild; drying my tears and holding my hand on the hard days; making me laugh; connecting me to other amazing people along the way; and adventuring with me to faraway places. Priestess “Ace” Cartter Evans, Kelly Conroy, Christopher Germain, Christina Carathanassis, Kara Kiensicki, Katherine Killeffer, Katherine Mapother, Brian Bowman, Lauren Hack, Vanessa Ungaro, Danielle Donahue, Derek Reynolds, John-Miller Monzon, Annie Ehrmann, Lindsey Fuerur, Tiffany Jackson, Lee Schwalb, Ashley Brothers, Taryn Davis, Tanaaz Chubb, Joelle Arondoski Michaeloff, Christine Schuster, Joel Douek, Satnam Ramgotra, Hekesha, Kin, Astrid, and my O.G. adventure buddy Nicole Thomas.
My clients, you have been my greatest teachers, helping guide me on what to tell the world about stone medicine and so much more in this book.
Those who offered their insight for this book: Q’ero peoples of Peru, President Alejandro Ordoñez and the people of Qochamoqo Village, Andi Scarbrough, Zoe Taylor-Crane, Dr. Mona Dinari, Kirby Seid, Brian, Kendra and Quendi Cook, Guru Jagat, Brook Harvey-Taylor, Adina Mills, Anjanette Sinesio, Carolyn Ford, Einstein, Paul Martinez, Consuelo Casarotto, Don Augustine, Hannah Rae Porst, John Murphy, Joyanne “Joy” Prebyl, Justina Blakeney, Madeleine Murphy, Mona Dinari, Señor Jose Luis, Señora Maria, Señora Valentina, Shey Shey, Shiva Rose, Shaman Stephen Feely, Katherine Wildt, Kristen LaLumiere, Cam Ochs, Lindsay Marias, Sally England, Jamie Bechtold, Londin Angel Winters, Helena Krodel, David Wegweiser, Kerrilynn Pamer, Cind DiPrima, Heather Tierney, Santos and Raymundo, Walter, Tobias and Alysha, Justin Guizar, Ashley Abbot, Rockstar Crystal, Mystic Journey, House of Intuition, Spellbound Sky, Earthen Warrior, Putchipuu, Pound Pendulum, and of course my Spirit Guides.
Thank you all for being the token magic that I carry with me everywhere I roam.
