I was afraid of the dark as a kid. Afraid to the point where I’d rather wet my bed than get up and go to the toilet if the light had been left off. But it had a lot less to do with an unyielding night and more to do with what lurked within. Which I think is what most people experience. I could easily curl up in dark spaces that I knew, and find comfort in them, but the wide open darkness was another story.

Around the age of twelve, I started combating those fears–at least the fictional ones–with magic. If the monsters of my mind could harm me, then surely the magic of my mind could protect me?I would picture myself with shields and a fist ready to ignite a monster with rasengan-like energy. Can’t hurt me if you have to get through a solar flare shield to do it.And it really helped.

These days, I don’t need to do that nearly as much and it has kind of evolved to help with my moods. On my way to work, I power up. I plug into music and just will that refreshing and reassuring magic through my body, colours and flowers blooming and bouncing off of me. 

De-stress yourself from the inside. Even if you know that you still have a lot to do and think about it, let mind magic strip you down and put you at ease so you can tackle those issues as your best self.