TLDR
- Changing your mind when you have new information is not failing. It is one of the most grounded, powerful things you can do.
- Change feels scary because it disrupts your nervous system, not because something is wrong with you.
- The Sisters Enchanted has reinvented itself over and over across 10 years (new names, new programs, new direction), and every single change started with one question: how do I want to feel?
- You do not have to burn your life down to change it. You can meet the moment, set a new boundary, and let your present self stop carrying the past.
- Change is the only thing that is actually promised. Learning to ride it instead of fear it is the whole practice.
Hi, I’m Sara Walka, and I have been running The Sisters Enchanted for 10 years now. Ten years. When I say it out loud it sounds like a long time, and in some ways it flew by, and in some ways it has been the wildest ride of my life. And here’s the thing I have learned across all of it, the thing I actually want to talk about today: change is not the enemy. Changing your mind is not a failure. It might be the most magical skill you ever build.
This started as an episode about the history of Sisters Enchanted, because we are opening the doors again to a fresh cohort of our Holistic Witchery program and I wanted to take you on a little walk down memory lane. But the more I told the story, the more I realized the real story was never the programs or the names or the dates. It was the changing. We have changed almost everything, more than once. And spoiler: that is exactly why we are still here.
What does “meeting the moment” mean?
Meeting the moment is the practice of responding to your life as it actually is right now, instead of staying loyal to an old plan, an old identity, or the person you used to be. At The Sisters Enchanted, it starts with one question: how do I want to feel? Then: what am I going to do to feel that way? When you lead with the feeling, change stops being something that happens to you and becomes something you get to direct.
Why does change feel so scary, even when it is good?
Change feels scary because it disrupts your nervous system, not because you are doing something wrong. Your body is wired to read “different” as “dangerous,” so even a change you chose, even a change you wanted badly, can set off that low hum of fear. That is not a character flaw. That is biology.
I think a lot of people are afraid of change and do not like to change things, or they think changing something means something about them, like they were wrong to begin with. I want to gently take that off the table for you. Feeling scared is not evidence that you are on the wrong path. It is just the cost of doing something new. So ride the wave. Breathe. Let your body catch up to the decision the rest of you already made.
“It’s scary and it’s nervous system disrupting and we fear change, but change is so wonderful.”
— Sara Walka
Is it a weakness to change your mind?
No. Changing your mind when you have new information is a strength, not a weakness. It is a beautiful thing to change your mind, to change your trajectory, to set a new boundary, to change the way you dress or the way you eat or the content you consume. None of that means you were wrong before. It means you are paying attention.
Let me show you what I mean, because we have done this more times than I can count. Our podcast has had three names. It started as Magic on the Inside, because you are magic on the inside (you are also magic on the outside, for the record). Then it became Expedition to Soul, after a free program we host that I love. And then it became Stay Magic, which is what it is now, and I have no plans to change it.
The programs did the same thing. I started with a class called Mindset Magic under my own name, and it had almost no success. But I kept the material. It rolled into Divination 101, then a tarot class, then Everyday Magic, then Moon Magic, then Chakra Magic. Folks kept taking them one after another, and eventually the question became: how do we bring all of this together instead of keeping it separate? That question is how Holistic Witchery was born in April 2019.
Here is the part I really want you to hear. None of those changes were failures. Every single one was information. The Mindset Magic class that flopped handed me the raw material for everything that came after. If I had decided that changing course meant I had been wrong, I would have quit at the first flop. Instead I changed my mind, and I kept the good parts.
“It is a beautiful thing to change your mind when you have new information.”
— Sara Walka
How do you get through big change without falling apart?
You get through big change by starting with how you want to feel, and then taking one action toward that feeling, without waiting to feel confident first. That is the whole secret. People ask me all the time how I built this business with babies at home, no childcare for years, and did not give up. They assume I had some bottomless well of confidence. I did not.
Here is the honest version. Back in 2014 I was about seven months pregnant and suddenly self-employed, because the choice in front of me was to try to get hired at seven months pregnant or go it on my own. So I went it on my own. For a few years my husband would come home from work and then I would leave to go do mine, and my baby just came along to whatever I had going. It worked, mostly. And also I was overwhelmed. I was frustrated. I did not always have the confidence. Sometimes I was crying on the kitchen floor.
“Sometimes I was crying on the kitchen floor. And then looking at the tears on the floor and thinking, who’s going to clean this floor?”
— Sara Walka
What was different for me was not that I skipped the hard parts. It is that I did not get stuck in them. I would let myself have the moment, and then I would ask: okay, this is where I am right now, so what am I going to do next? What action can I take to feel the way I want to feel? That question is the thing. It is the secret sauce I still lean on today while I homeschool my two kids and juggle more than I ever have, including four years as the point person for my grandparents, and the loss of my grandfather at the end of last year.
The two questions Sara starts with
Before deciding what to do, I start with two questions, in this order. First: how do I want to feel? Second: what am I going to do to feel that way? The order matters. Most of us jump straight to the action (“what should I do?”) and skip the feeling entirely. Starting with the feeling gives every action a direction, so you are not just doing things, you are doing the things that actually move you toward how you want to feel.
How do you know when it is time to change direction?
You know it is time to change direction when the old way no longer matches how you want to feel, or how the people you serve need to feel. I do not change things for the sake of change. I change when the moment has changed, and for me that has always meant paying attention to the collective.
That is why Holistic Witchery has kept evolving. We folded in an astrology program because I could not imagine teaching this work without helping people know themselves that deeply. Knowing myself astrologically, and being able to look at my husband’s chart or a coworker’s or the chart for the business itself, has given me insights I would honestly call priceless. We added work on your strengths too, a set of archetypes that helps you find the strength hiding inside the very things you call your weaknesses, because women are trained to fixate on our weak spots and miss our power entirely.
In 2025 we did the biggest curriculum upgrade we have ever done. And for the cohort I am kicking off this October, we are changing it again, making it more experiential than it has ever been. Less “consume more information,” more “actually do the work together, in real time.” Because here is what I know for sure: we are drowning in information. It is everywhere, and most of it is not helping. What we actually need is to do the work of being magic. To do the work of staying magic. To remember we were born magic, and then to go live like it.
“Meet the moment. Rise to: how do I want to feel?”
— Sara Walka
So what if the changing is the whole point?
That is 10 years, more or less. New names, new programs, new direction, over and over, every turn of it steered by one question. One thing we are not afraid of around here is change, and I think that is the real reason we are still standing. Change is not a sign you were wrong. It is how your present self stops being stuck on all that past stuff and starts creating space for what wants to emerge next.
If any of this landed for you, if you feel that little pull toward doing the work instead of just reading about it, that is exactly what Holistic Witchery is for. You can find your way in, plus everything else we make, right here: thesistersenchanted.com/links/. No pressure at all. The door is open whenever you are ready.
And whatever you are in the middle of changing right now, I hope you will be a little gentler with yourself about it. Change is scary and it is nervous system disrupting, and it is also the only thing that is actually promised. So we might as well learn to ride the waves together.
Don’t settle for ordinary. Stay Magic, Enchanted Sister.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it a sign of weakness to change your mind?
No. According to Sara Walka of The Sisters Enchanted, changing your mind when you have new information is a strength, not a weakness. Many people avoid changing course because they believe it means they were wrong to begin with, or that it says something bad about them. Sara reframes this directly: changing your trajectory, setting a new boundary, or shifting how you live is a sign that you are paying attention, not that you failed. She points to her own decade of running The Sisters Enchanted as evidence. The podcast changed names three times and the programs were rebuilt repeatedly, and none of those pivots were failures. Each one was simply new information acted on. Her first program, Mindset Magic, had almost no success, but she kept the material and it became the foundation for everything that followed. The takeaway for readers is that a willingness to change your mind is what lets you keep the good parts and grow, rather than quitting the first time something does not work.
Why does change feel so uncomfortable even when I chose it?
Change feels uncomfortable because it disrupts your nervous system, not because you made the wrong decision. Sara Walka of The Sisters Enchanted explains that our bodies are wired to register anything unfamiliar as potentially unsafe, so even a change you wanted and chose on purpose can trigger a wave of fear or resistance. This is biology, not a character flaw, and it is not a signal that you should turn back. Sara’s guidance is to expect the discomfort and treat it as the normal cost of doing something new, rather than as proof you are off track. She describes change as scary and nervous-system disrupting and, in the same breath, genuinely wonderful. The practice is to ride the wave, breathe, and let your body catch up to the decision your mind and heart already made. For readers navigating a hard transition, this is meant to be permission: feeling shaky during change does not mean you failed, it means you are human and you are growing.
How do I make a big life change when I am scared?
Start with how you want to feel, then take one small action toward that feeling, without waiting to feel confident first. This is the core practice Sara Walka of The Sisters Enchanted returns to again and again. She is candid that she built her business through years of overwhelm, no childcare, and moments of crying on the kitchen floor, and that she did not have bottomless confidence. What made the difference was not avoiding the hard moments but refusing to get stuck in them. She would let herself feel it, then ask a practical question: this is where I am right now, so what am I going to do next to feel the way I want to feel? Confidence, in her framing, is not a prerequisite for action, it is a result of action. For readers facing a frightening change, the invitation is to stop waiting until the fear disappears and instead let a clear picture of your desired feeling pull you into the very next step.
What does “how do I want to feel” mean as a practice?
“How do I want to feel” is the first of two questions Sara Walka of The Sisters Enchanted uses to make decisions and move through change. The practice is simple in structure and hard in execution: before you decide what to do, you first get clear on the feeling you are after, and only then ask what action will move you toward it. Sara emphasizes the order. Most people jump straight to “what should I do?” and skip the feeling entirely, which leaves them busy but not necessarily aligned. Leading with the feeling gives every action a direction and a filter, so you can tell whether a given choice actually serves you. She describes it as the secret sauce she still uses today while homeschooling her children and managing a full life. For readers, it works as a portable tool: get clear on the feeling first, then choose the action, and let that pairing guide you through everything from small daily choices to major crossroads.
Do I have to completely start over to change my life?
No. You do not have to burn your life down or start from scratch to make a meaningful change. Sara Walka of The Sisters Enchanted is clear that change can be incremental and additive. You can change your mind, set a new boundary, change how you eat or dress or what content you consume, and let your present self stop carrying so much of the past. In her own business, nothing was ever fully thrown away. A class that did not sell became the raw material for the next offering, and each program folded into the next rather than replacing it wholesale. The same is true in a life. Meeting the moment is not about dramatic demolition, it is about responding honestly to where you are now and adjusting from there. For readers who feel that change has to be all-or-nothing, this is a relief: you are allowed to keep the good parts, evolve the rest, and create space for what wants to emerge next.
How has The Sisters Enchanted changed over 10 years?
The Sisters Enchanted, founded in 2016 by Sara Walka, has reinvented itself many times over its first decade. The podcast alone has carried three names: it began as Magic on the Inside, became Expedition to Soul, and is now the Stay Magic Podcast. The programs evolved just as much. Early standalone classes like Mindset Magic, Divination 101, a tarot course, Everyday Magic, Moon Magic, and Chakra Magic were eventually woven together into the signature Holistic Witchery program, first released in April 2019. Over the years the curriculum grew to fold in astrology and strengths-based archetype work, and in 2025 it received its largest upgrade yet. The newest cohort runs in a more experiential, hands-on format focused on doing the practice together in real time rather than simply consuming information. According to Sara, this constant evolution is intentional and is always a response to what the community actually needs, guided by the same question that started it all: how do I want to feel?