Turning back to Crystals

Soft lessons in trust, energy, and the quiet way crystals meet us where we are.

I want to start this by saying I want this to be an open conversation! Please feel free to share your thoughts and opinions or whatever speaks to you!

I wanted to tell you about yesterday, as the sun began its glorious golden descent, I made my way to a little strip downtown, drawn not by chance but by a quiet tug of intuition. I visited only one shop—The Healing Hedge Witch—a name that felt like a promised whisper. I think this shop might just change my life.

You should know that when I was small, I had a pull toward stones. Not just the sparkle of them, but the captivating hum that i still carry in my bones to this day. Do you feel this too? Even then, I sensed a language buried in their silence. I had only a child’s wonder tangled in the overwhelm of not knowing where to begin. Which, I suppose, is why learning something so ancient and endless as crystals has always been an emotional mountain—beautiful, but steep—especially for someone navigating life with heartstrings tuned to high sensitivity.

Here I am, older, trying to fill in the gaps of my childhood and overcome obstacles I let get in my path.

Yesterday I walked into The Healing Hedge Witch and got two bracelets and 4 stones. Then, when I went home, I ordered 4 rings off Etsy from ShopLamansi.

Here’s what I got:

• ¹Tigers Eye (bracelet)

• ²Tourmalinated Quartz (bracelet)

• ³Aquamarine (Stone)

• ⁴Angelite (stone and ring)

• ⁵Carnelian( stone)

• ⁶Amethyst (stone and ring)

• ⁷Sunstone (ring)

• ⁸Citrine (ring)

Here’s where i’m at:

I found myself being incredibly drawn to the Angelite. While I feel as if losing my connection to crystals has left me somewhat out of touch, I am certain Angelite is what I need right now. Angelite is good for intuition, awareness, expression, and dreaming. This makes sense for where i’m at in my life, as I am going through a lot of (exciting) transitions. In these changes I have been thinking I need to let myself have a childlike dreamy haze around it. Being drawn to the sight of the crystal, and then the meaning solidified that for me. I felt myself in touch with the universe and my universe. I ordered the ring on Etsy because I find jewelry to be more personal to me, to feel the weight of it’s presence.

What about you?- Do you prefer to wear your crystals or have them in a pocket or pouch?

The second crystal that’s been quietly speaking to me is Tiger’s Eye. Since slipping the bracelet onto my wrist, I’ve felt a sort of grounding dialogue unfolding. Tiger’s Eye encourages balance, courage, strength, and abundance. And right now, that courage and strength feel especially needed—as I try to balance my dreamy nature with real-world action.

Tell me, what crystal helped you through a transitional period?

I’ll admit something tender here: for a long time, I held a quiet bias against Tiger’s Eye. It’s not that I disliked it, but I convinced myself—somewhere along the way—that it wasn’t for me. That it was a stone meant for someone braver, bolder, more certain in their steps.

But lately, there’s been a soft clarity forming. A mutual understanding between the stone and me. I’m beginning to see Tiger’s Eye not as a mismatch, but as a mirror—reflecting back the very qualities I’m learning to claim. Still, there’s caution. A flicker of skepticism I can’t quite name. A lingering doubt, as if part of me is preparing for disappointment, just in case it doesn’t “work.”

Maybe that’s where my resistance stems from: the need to have something—or someone to blame if I don’t feel the shift. Maybe it’s easier to believe the stone wasn’t meant for me than to admit I’ve been the one standing in the way of its vibration.

Because here’s the truth I keep returning to:

For any of this to work, you have to allow yourself to believe.

And belief is its own kind of bravery.

Maybe this isn’t just about a stone—maybe it’s about learning to trust again. Myself, the process, and the unseen ways healing begins.

While it has been a while since i’ve been ‘into’ crystals, I know that they are always there for me. I think the unexplainable blockage was me not being fully ready yet. Whatever whimsy that entails.

But now I am.

And it feels like coming home—to minerals, to magic, and to myself.

1. Balance, courage, strength, abundance

2. Intuition, clarity, courage, balance

3. Cleansing, letting go, calm, luck, trust

4. Intuition, awareness, expression, Dreaming

5. Passion, confidence, strength, courage

6. Joy, intuition, calm, clarity, focus, healing

7. Light, joy and optimism

8. Prosperity, success, manifestations, confidence