We’re back witches, with a very special episode of “Love, Lust & Magick.” The yuletide season is upon us, which can be a tough time mentally and emotionally for so many of us. So today, the special guest is none other than mental health writer and advocate Ashley Laderer, who also happens to be one of Gabriela’s besties. In this episode we talk about Ashley’s pivot from fashion to writing about mental health, and how sharing her story about living with mental illness gave her newfound purpose. We talk about embracing your brain and all its perceived imperfections, the power of inner child work, and Ashley shares tips for finding a therapist. Then we both discuss some tools we work with to take care of our mental health- tools like therapy, medication, yoga, and journaling. Ashley shares about why she stopped forcing herself to do a gratitude practice, and she shares advice to her younger self on mental health and dating. We hope this conversation lifts your spirits and supports you through the holiday season by adding a little magick to your life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Find Ashley’s writing here::: https://www.clippings.me/users/ashleyladerer -Find Ashley’s “Inner Child Work” article here::: https://www.wondermind.com/article/inner-child-work -Find Ashley on Instragram here::: https://www.instagram.com/ashley_unicorn -Buy Gabriela’s books and tarot deck ::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2172952/gabriela-herstik -Sign up for “Perverting the Tarot”::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/shop -Support the show and Gabriela’s work by joining the Patreon::: https://patreon.com/gabyherstik - Follow Gabriela on Instagram, Threads, and Tik Tok - Gabriela’s website::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Album art by Foie Graphics “Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman