Julia Skinner, PhD

Pickles and Prophecy: An Online Tyromancy and Pickling Workshop Live 2-hour Zoom class: October 3, 11 AM EST Have you ever told your fortune with a block of cheese? Or cast a spell with a jar of pickles? Join the world’s only professional tyromancer (cheese for…

Join us here! $25 gets you the live class and recording

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Pickles and Prophecy today!

We’ll tell our fortunes using cheese (bring your own cheese: the more veins, holes, etc the better!)
And play around with using fermentation and fire cider for spellwork.

Come kick off spooky season with us! Class is online + recorded. 11 am-1 pm EST.

Tickets 🎟️ 👇🏼👇🏼

we can feel grounded in turbulent times It’s easy to feel spread thin, and besides evergreen advice like limiting social media time (more on that below), creative spirits need advice specific to us. Specific to continuing the work …

New newsletter: finding grounding as a creative in turbulent times (plus a practice for reimagining your relationship to social media)

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Just a lil reminder that I’m leading a super special fermentation and writing workshop next year in the Burren, Ireland.

There will be pickles! Journaling! Special guests! New friends! Time in nature in a unique and magical landscape!

Please join us: www.bogandthunder.com/our-fermente...

…a portable planner you actually like using.

Let me know below! OR email me (julia@root-kitchens.com)

Working on a fun holiday gift guide and need input from my fellow entrepreneurs!

What is a unique gift that someone’s given you that ended up being really beneficial for your work (or work/life balance?)

I don’t mean a new laptop or money, but something like a good eye mask for airplane naps, or…

I hadn’t seen the Milky Way in years until this weekend’s camping trip. I feel filled up in a way I didn’t know I needed (but also I did know: we need to witness the cosmos to hold ourselves in perspective)

Big theme this week with creativity coaching clients:

What if our relationship to self was reciprocal rather than extractive?

We talk a lot about reciprocity and the natural world, but what if that extended to your inner world too?

You’ll get simple kitchen rituals and recipes (at least one, maybe more) customized to the moment for you. I infuse each one with some nice, supportive energy work and deep magic, so it’ll keep working in the background for you.

Let me know if you’d like one! $30 each, for now.

Think mindful eating alongside breath work for seeking presence and clarity.

Using fermentation to transform a circumstance into something better (PS I am also teaching that in a live class on Friday!)

Or visualization practices in tandem with composting or repurposing food scraps for release.

Trying something new this month combining all my areas of professional expertise:

Customized kitchen rituals: send me your question, sticking point, or what you want to release or call in for your work or life…

This is a sweet, fun, easy lil way to start manifesting things you want.

Yes! And also: if you get in touch with the author of a paper to ask for a copy, there's a 0% chance they'll say no. And in a lot of science-adjacent fields, people post their papers on the completely free arXiv (arxiv.org) after it's published or even upon submission.

That last one!

What if grief, felt fully and released in its own time, were allowed to be a teacher and friend rather than staying hidden in the shadows?

We have a lot of baggage around grief: individually and collectively.

But what if feeling grief was less about about suppressing and controlling the experience, and more about curiosity, gentleness, release, and co-creating?…

Radical Creators is for creatives looking for clarity and a big uplevel to your next big thing

Even if you’ve joined me before, this program reaps benefits every time (and more so the more you do it)
$21, or free with my autumn group programs

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Radical Creators is for creatives looking for clarity and a big uplevel to your next big thing

Even if you’ve joined me before, this program reaps benefits every time (and more so the more you do it)
$21, or free with my autumn group programs

rootsandbranches.squarespace.com/learn-more-r...

Next year I’m leading a super special retreat in the Burren in Ireland.

we’ll be fermenting food and deepening our writing practices over the course of 4 days.
I’ll be weaving in my creative ecosystems framework, fermentation lessons, and wisdom from special guests, plus a few extra surprises 👇🏼

Thank you so much! This feels like exactly the kind of aligned event I want to do more of. So happy it’s finally here

Here’s where to learn more: so excited to ferment, write, and just generally make some magic and mischief with you!

www.bogandthunder.com/our-fermente...

Next year I’m leading a super special retreat in the Burren in Ireland.

we’ll be fermenting food and deepening our writing practices over the course of 4 days.
I’ll be weaving in my creative ecosystems framework, fermentation lessons, and wisdom from special guests, plus a few extra surprises 👇🏼

1-hour creative ecosystems session - Julia Skinner, PhD A 1-hour session for deep, focused work on 1-2 areas of your creative process or current projects.We'll choose which part of your ecosystem needs the most support right now, then focus our energy and ...

On a whim, I’ve made 1-hour private coaching sessions $45 for the next 48 hours.

If you need some support for your next writing or other creative project, want to build routines, set goals, or find ways to weave pleasure back into your daily practice, come grab a spot!

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1-hour creative ecosystems session - Julia Skinner, PhD A 1-hour session for deep, focused work on 1-2 areas of your creative process or current projects.We'll choose which part of your ecosystem needs the most support right now, then focus our energy and ...

On a whim, I’ve made 1-hour private coaching sessions $45 for the next 48 hours.

If you need some support for your next writing or other creative project, want to build routines, set goals, or find ways to weave pleasure back into your daily practice, come grab a spot!

calendly.com/julia-skinne...

Thank you!!

Holy shit y’all it’s been 10 years since I earned my doctorate 🥹😳

My mom always taught me that faith and science were interconnected, and science deepened her faith by sparking wonder. We granted had very different beliefs but I always found that idea beautiful

I have a PhD and do energy work and cast spells and keep an altar to my ancestors. I’m living proof that magic and science can coexist

My 8-week program to build a lifelong sustainable writing practice starts soon, in a space that’s supportive and helps you work how you work.

You also get free access to Radical Creators 7 day creative expansion challenge, and group energy work sessions for creatives.

My 8-week program to build a lifelong sustainable writing practice starts soon, in a space that’s supportive and helps you work how you work.

You also get free access to Radical Creators 7 day creative expansion challenge, and group energy work sessions for creatives.

Pamplemousse the brown tabby with a surprised expression

Mama Cat the black cat on the floor rolling over with her tongue slightly out

Borrowing 2 of @bookishjulia.bsky.social’s cats for this one