Hey human, I'm glad you're here. <3

Well, hi there!

I am Amanda, aka MamaBear; nice to meet ya!

What a pivotal moment this is. I am finally doing the damn thing!

Welcome to my website, and welcome to my blog! I am so pleased, and so grateful, that you found your way here.

This has been a LONG time coming.

I started up a blog page back in 2021 and it flopped. Mainly because I made only two posts…. Life is weird, okay? We’re all just doing our best, and clearly that was not my blogging moment. Turns out, I didn’t believe that my voice or thoughts mattered at that time.

Things are so very different now. I’m sure I’ll tell you all about it eventually, if you stick it out with me. I tend to be a long story long person, rather than a long story short one, but we'll get there!

Anywho.

The general consensus shows that blogs often have one underlying theme, and I grappled with that for a while. I have so many things that bumble around in my brain all day, every day. I want to share so many of them. But they don’t always boil down to one particular theme. I let that hold me back big-time for a while. But again, things are so very different now. So, here we go!

I am an eclectic person at heart, so in staying true to my nature, my theme is eclectic encouragement.

I am a businesswoman, so naturally some of my posts are going to be informational. You can look forward to learning about different techniques I use for energy healing and holistic living, diving deeper into Spiritual topics, and some guidance for your witchy/warlock practice (if that’s your vibe) alongside recipes, yoga journey details, health and wellness tips, and much more.

I plan to tell you about all the things going on in my noggin. Pulling from every aspect of my life, I will share stories from my life experiences in hopes that you feel less alone in your own. I’ll compose paragraphs about the things that weigh heavy on my mind at the end of the day, so that maybe you feel slightly more seen. And I’ll hold space for you, dreaming of a world where we all feel understood. Or at least more understood than we currently feel.

It’s my wish that you find solidarity here. Life can be really challenging, and you’re not alone in navigating it. The struggle is so real for almost every single one of us, and I think part of my purpose in life is bringing deeper transparency to our timeline. So, I’ll share moments of ecstatic joy, as well as ones filled by overwhelming grief, because we cannot have one without the other. And anyone who only shares happy times is totally faking it.

I find it crucial to my mental health to remember the power of duality. Without light there is no darkness, and without darkness there is no light. Every valley has a mountaintop somewhere. And even if it isn’t a mountaintop, it’s a hilltop, at least!

I’m trying to say - there is always a silver lining.

Don’t worry, this isn’t a toxic positivity blog, and I don’t promote “good vibes only.” I have simply become acutely aware of the connectedness of it all. Some of the most incredible things in my life have come from the wreckage of the worst tragedies.

So, I am grateful for both.

Anyway.

A little bit about me, as promised!

I am a healer and a lover girl to my core. I will tell it to you straight, no sugarcoat, while I give you the shirt off my back. The most important title I hold is Mom; I had my son at 20 years old and my daughter when I was 21. They are the lights of my life, and the reason I am still alive today. I am an artist - I love all things crafty and I especially love to paint and make collages. I solely own and operate a cleaning company as my 9-5, if you will. Music is my lifeblood - I listen to a wide variety of genres and indulge in live music as often as possible. I am a recovering addict and alcoholic; I've been clean since 2011 and Cali-sober since 2025. We do change, we do recover. I was raised a devout Lutheran here in Michigan and spent my 18th birthday at rehab in Tennessee. I left organized religion in 2017 and found Omnism in 2022. I am a practicing eclectic witch (no, I will not hex anyone, ever) and I have fallen in love with all forms of energetic healing and holistic living over the course of the last 7+ years. I am not expert at anything in life, yet, but I do have lots of wisdom to share. I am so geeked at the opportunity to do so.

Oh, and I was married and divorced before I hit 25. But that's a whole thing. A story for another day.

I’m going to ramble in the posts ahead, I'm sure. But when I do, I’ll keep it real and vulnerable, and I hope you feel a little bit safer in your own skin because of it.

Thanks a million for being here. I’m really excited to embark on this journey with you by my side. Stay tuned and hop in bish, we’re evolving.

Talk soon, Kloveyoubye!

-          MamaBear