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Today's Magic, Past Curses, and Future Spells
Laura Paisley Beck
October 31, 2025
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Today’s Magic
Happy Halloween, Witches!
[insert my full body laugh here]
Which of you feel the witchy energy in the air? There is good magic building right this minute as you read this. Strong shifting of energy, good, powerful energy. And I feel so fortunate to be a part of it.
Lighting the Way Forward & Passing the Flame
Take a moment to look back over the past five years and recognize the change-makers in your community. Who shows up time and time again to uplift others, create safe space, and forge collaborative alliances with value-aligned organizations?
Heidi Duss at the OPEN Foundation Annual Fundraiser, 2023.
Here in Madison, WI, one powerful Goddess of Change (or Good Witch, in my book) is Heidi Duss. She has every right to be proud of her accomplishments as Director of OPEN.
As she stated in her newsletter today:
Over the past five years, we’ve:
🌈 Built a safe, affirming online platform now 150+ members strong — with corporate partners supporting their employees in joining and finding a welcoming space to network, connect, and grow.
🌈 Established signature programs like the LGBTQ+ Career Fair and Transform, supporting trans and gender-expansive individuals as they gain confidence and advance in their careers.
🌈 Formed meaningful partnerships with dozens of employers and community organizations throughout Dane County.
🌈 Expanded visibility and amplified leaders in our community — creating spaces for belonging and empowerment.
🌈 Strengthened our organizational foundation with clear processes and sustainable systems.
🌈 Partnered with the Center for Community Stewardship as our fiscal sponsor — gaining invaluable guidance and accountability.
🌈 Hired consultants and partnered with UW–Madison and Edgewood College to offer impactful internship and learning opportunities.
It is with utmost gratitude and honor that I have been tapped by Heidi Duss to be the new Director of OPEN Foundation.
✨ Out at Other Magic Events ✨ Which Will You Choose?
As you may imagine, we have a lot more work to do. And we do that showing up together in safe spaces, creating change together, and riding these waves of positive social impact we create.
So please join me out in these community events.
✨ Out at Overture ✨Today is the last day to register!
✨ !Yo Quiero Dinero!✨
✨Madison Non Profit Day ✨
✨ Past Curses ✨ Which No Longer Serve Us!
Most of my life, my mother told me I was a witch, and her mother was a witch. That I was a curse on her from her mother. Now I take that kind of sort of as a compliment?
This is your journal prompt:
If you could be any witch you wanted to be, which witch would you choose? and Why? Would you cast spells or curses?
How much can you own your witch identity in the most positive way?
✨ Future Spells ✨ Which Wonders Will Work?
Tell me, how can we collaborate for a collective wave of good? If we could collectively cast one spell, what would it be?
I’ll share the most inspirational ones in the next newsletter (with your permission).
Let’s work wonders, shall we?
As I say in my Be the Glitter Podcast, we can outshine the darkness out there.
Sending you lots of love,
Wa’am
aka Laura Paisley Beck
https://linktr.ee/waamwrites
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