The Priestess Journal

The Version of You That Keeps Getting Skipped
The Version of You That Keeps Getting Skipped
Brianna Donaldson
You've been waiting. Not loudly. In that quiet, knowing way that only the most rooted parts of you can manage. Somewhere along the way, life got louder and you got... Read more...
Can I be Honest?
Can I be Honest?
Brianna Donaldson
Can I be honest with you for a moment? Sometimes I forget that people actually see me. Not in a self-deprecating way. In a genuinely disorienting way. I am over... Read more...
Before the Day Asks Anything of You
Before the Day Asks Anything of You
Brianna Donaldson
When did you last do something that had nothing to do with productivity? Not rest that you scheduled. Not self care that you optimised. Something genuinely purposeless. Something that existed... Read more...
The Tiredness That Has No Name
The Tiredness That Has No Name
Brianna Donaldson
I feel it in my bones right now. Not the kind of tired that a good night's sleep addresses. Not even the kind that a weekend away fully touches. Something... Read more...
Something Is Shifting and Your Body Already Knows
Something Is Shifting and Your Body Already Knows
Brianna Donaldson
You are not imagining it. You've been feeling it for weeks; a knowing simultaneously infused with uncertainty. The strange restlessness at 3am. The feeling that your old life does not... Read more...
I Am Also The Water
I Am Also The Water
Brianna Donaldson
I Am a Human Being,Not a Human Doing I had been so busy tending the flame for others that I forgot I was allowed to sit beside it too. There... Read more...
What Nobody Tells You About Finding Your Way Back
What Nobody Tells You About Finding Your Way Back
Brianna Donaldson
There is a particular kind of lost that does not look like lost from the outside. You are still showing up. Still managing. Still holding the pieces of your life... Read more...
What Is Energetic Recalibration? (And How to Know If You Need One)
What Is Energetic Recalibration? (And How to Know If You Need One)
Brianna Donaldson
Have you ever walked into a room and immediately felt heavy, even though nothing was wrong? Spent time with someone and left feeling drained in a way you could not... Read more...
New Moon: I’m Not Calling In More — I’m Calling Myself Back
New Moon: I’m Not Calling In More — I’m Calling Myself Back
Brianna Donaldson
We aren’t writing a list of 47 goals while pretending we aren’t exhausted and in the depths of winter. We aren’t “acting as if” while our nervous systems are begging... Read more...
You Don’t Need to Be Healed to Be Whole
You Don’t Need to Be Healed to Be Whole
Brianna Donaldson
There’s a quiet belief many people carry into their healing journey — especially this time of year — that they must become better before they’re allowed to rest, receive, or... Read more...
Spiritual Burnout Is Real (And Why More Rituals Aren’t the Answer)
Spiritual Burnout Is Real (And Why More Rituals Aren’t the Answer)
Brianna Donaldson
Rituals are powerful. They can anchor us, support us, and bring meaning to our lives. But when you are in the depths of spiritual burnout, they are not always the... Read more...
How to Know If a Spiritual Space Is Actually Safe
How to Know If a Spiritual Space Is Actually Safe
Brianna Donaldson
The spiritual and healing industry is expanding faster than its accountability structures can keep up with. That is not a reason to avoid it. It is a reason to enter... Read more...
Setting Intentions Is Not Enough
Setting Intentions Is Not Enough
Brianna Donaldson
There is a version of intention-setting that has become a kind of spiritual productivity hack. Write down what you want. Say it with feeling. Believe hard enough. The universe delivers.... Read more...
The Magic Was Never in the Aesthetic
The Magic Was Never in the Aesthetic
Brianna Donaldson
The word witch has been flattened into a visual. Black candles, dramatic altars, the right crystals arranged in the right order. A particular kind of fog-filter Instagram post. A costume.... Read more...