Finding Stillness in the Storm

Navigating a World in Transition with Spirit, Resilience, and Truth

Sometime between 2 & 4 AM on November 6, 2024, many women across the United States were awakened. It was almost as if they were jolted awake; there was no physical alarm… but there was an energetic one. They couldn’t explain it, but they looked at their phones and discovered that Donald Trump had just been declared the winner of the 2024 Presidential Election.

As one of those women, at 2:56 AM, I looked at my phone, and my heart sank to the pit of my stomach. This wasn’t the outcome I had worked for. This made no sense.

The next day was filled with dread and sadness. The stomach ache wouldn’t leave me; the sense of impending doom was palpable. Hope was lost.

I wondered what would happen to my business, whether I needed to protect myself and erase six years of work because I had come out as a witch and a psychic. I worried for my Jewish husband and my gay and trans friends and relatives. I was terrified of the pending doom and downfall of our great nation.

Half of our nation is in mourning. We’ve had to process a lot of emotions.

As I write this, now a week later, I am less terrified. In fact, I woke this morning feeling joyful. It has been a week of emotions all across the spectrum. I’ll be honest—some days, I’ve awoken and thought, “Oh shit… still here… this nightmare is really happening.” But out of the seven since last week (has it been only seven days? It feels like years), most of my mornings begin the same.