More Info & writing elsewhere

Here are a few places around the old internet where you can get to know me better.

WAITING GAINS US NOTHING

We have the power to create change, even when the great planets of opportunities don’t align -- too often we forget that. In this era of giant cultural tension, of go big or go home, of Million Woman Marches and government shutdowns… there is still the every day

PRACTICING AMONGST STEAL AND STONE: A CITY WITCH FINDS HER HOME

It might seem counterintuitive to practice a religious order that is so closely tied to nature when I choose to live in one of the largest cities in the world—and not just on the outskirts, where small private patches of land exist, but right smack in the center. Here's how I explain my practice,  how a witch can thrive in a place with little to no great expanse of nature... it's an excerpt from my book, Witch, Please.

LITerally Ep. 24 - Misty Bell Stiers

Misty Bell Stiers, debut author, enlightened us on so many things Wicca and life and love and family when she joined us to talk about her new memoir, ‘Witch Please’. I smile the whole podcast!

WITCHY WOMAN: A CREATIVE DIRECTOR REVEALS HER WICCA WAYS

Double, double, toil and trouble. When most people think about witches, black cats, pointy hats and broomsticks spring to mind. But Isobar Creative Director Misty Bell Stiers would like to, uh, dispell the myths. 

MAYBE WE COULD ALL DO WITH A FEW MORE EXCLAMATION POINTS

“Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome the Daughters of the Evolution.” As the applause rang out, my eyes overflowed with tears before the panel even begun.

PEOPLE PLACE & PRACTICE

Deborah Castellano discusses the ways in which this very urban witchy mama finds to make family magic. Whole magazine download here.

WITCHES IN AMERICA

What we believe spiritually is often what we were born to believe. Our faith is as rich and defining a cultural inheritance as our language or our food or our skin tone. But according to a new Pew study, for an increasing number of Mash-Ups, faith isn’t something we inherit: it is something we choose. 

TO BE A BETTER BOSS, ACT LIKE A WITCH

Misty Bell Stiers is a witch. But for her, practicing Wicca isn’t just about being at one with a universal, divine energy—it’s about becoming a better manager.