CJ berry
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I stand at the threshold of becoming—Maiden, Mother, and soon Crone—walking the spiral with intention, grit, and reverence for every version of myself that brought me here.
First and always, I am a mother. My three daughters are my living legacy—wild-hearted, compassionate, and rooted in authenticity, empowerment, and deep kindness. They are my compass, my fire, and the reason I continue to choose growth, even when it asks everything of me. I am CJ Berry—mother, author, and creative force behind Eden’s Goddesses, a living expression of the Garden of the Adored Mother. My work exists where dirt and ink bleed together—where feral stories, ancestral knowing, recipes, spells, meditations, and the sacred art of healing are not separate practices, but one continuous thread of becoming. My path has woven through community spaces, including my time as host of Synergy – Open Mic, where I held space for voices to rise and be witnessed. That chapter lives within me still, but I now find myself in a quieter, deeper season—one of inward tending, reclamation, and transformation. I practice a grounded, earth-rooted witchcraft—one that lives in the garden, in the kitchen, in the body, and in the unseen spaces between grief and growth. Mine is not a polished path, but a feral one—guided by intuition, shadow work, and the cycles of nature that ask us to both bloom and decay. I was raised in a large family on a small farm, where barefoot summers and mud-stained hands told one version of my story—climbing mulberry trees, tending animals, building worlds from imagination and earth. Beneath that beauty, however, lived the quiet weight of control and the rigid echoes of a religious cult. Even then, I found my escape in stories—pages that whispered of freedom, possibility, and something more. Adulthood brought its own shadows, seasons where survival took precedence over self. But like a river that refuses to be dammed, I have carved new paths—again and again—learning that even in darkness, something sacred is taking root. My work is woven with symbols—berries, butterflies, soil, bone, and bloom. I am drawn to the in-between spaces: where grief meets growth, where endings become thresholds, where the feral self rises and says, enough. I believe healing is not linear, nor is it gentle. It is a return. A remembering. A reclamation of all that was silenced. So I walk forward—grounded in the present step before me, yet deeply aware of the vast, unfolding path ahead. To tomorrow, I no longer wait—I meet it, wild and willing. As above, so below. What we heal in darkness, we grow in the light. CJ Berry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For more about CJ Berry https://linktr.ee/cjberry.edensgoddesses Published Book In Dreams the SOUL CRIES: A River of TEARS Substack Book In Dreams my SOUL CRIES: Seeds of TEARS Upcoming Book Berry Jean and HoneyBee - Children’s Books |
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IN DREAMS THE SOUL CRIES: A RIVER OF TEARS
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In Dreams the Soul Cries: A River of Tears is my personal journey through darkness. As you read this book, you will find that as my nightmares mixed with my dreams and my reality, I took the steps to learn valuable tools in therapy and mediation, and I began my healing process through these experiences of my soul and with others. May you find not only courage and strength along your journey for each and every needed step, but may you also find the compassion and love for yourself that you give so freely to others. You are worth it all.
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