Even your pain has to be ‘polite’?


Hi Reader,

The other day, I watched a little girl fall while running around in the park. For a split second, she looked shocked. And then she exploded into tears and ran to her mom. That was her first instinct: to express her pain and ask for care and comfort.

And she received it. Instantly.

That moment stayed with me because of the simple truth it held: a child knows what they need and deserve. She didn’t calculate whether her pain was valid enough to warrant attention. She didn’t say “sorry” when she started crying. She just knew: When I hurt, I am held.

But somewhere along the way, we forget this.

We start to believe we have to earn the right to need anything.
That rest is a luxury.
That safety is something we’re only entitled to if we’re “useful.”
That asking for help is only okay if we’ve already proved we’ve suffered enough.

Because here’s what’s true:
If you’re breathing, you belong.

Not because you achieved something.
Not because you’ve struggled enough.
Not because you’ve proved your value.

You belong because you are.

Your existence is part of the sacred order of life. That’s not a metaphor. It’s not a lofty idea. It’s the foundation every real spiritual tradition has affirmed, again and again: being alive is enough.

But we’ve built a world that tells a different story. One where our basic needs like food, housing, rest, and safety are luxuries. Where some people are seen as disposable. Where even our pain has to be palatable to be believed.

And the price of that story is staggering.
Not just in bodies and lives, but in the way it teaches us all to disconnect from our own worth.

Because when we start believing someone else has to earn their dignity, we internalize that same condition for ourselves.

Human rights aren’t theoretical. They’re sacred truths. Everyone deserves care. Not because they’ve jumped through hoops, but because they exist.

This is the root system of Liberation Magic.

Yes, we work with spells, energy, rituals, and intention. But at the heart of it all is this unwavering knowing: You are already enough. You are already whole. You are already sacred.

And when you start living from that place (for real for real, not just in your head) everything changes.

You stop asking yourself if you’ve done enough to deserve care.
You stop waiting for permission to rest, to need, to dream.
You begin to reclaim the power that was never meant to be taken from you in the first place.

If you’ve spent your life feeling like you had to justify your needs…

If you’re tired of proving yourself just to be treated with decency…

If you’re ready to live and lead from a place of undeniable dignity…

Then Liberation Magic might be the exact remembering your spirit’s been waiting for.

Enrollment is opening soon.
Come get on the list.

Courage, truth, and infinite love,


I don’t believe in magic, but I know that it works!

Magic is not a belief system, it’s a practice that works. Don’t believe me? Come try it out. If it doesn’t work, you lose nothing. But if it does… your dream life is about to begin!


“El poder está en la acción.”

— Maritza Schafer

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