Nurture Pod 35: Spring Equinox Season One Finale

We've reached the finale of Season One of the Nurture Pod!

Iris and Ginger started the Nurture Pod one year ago on Spring Equinox 2024. Somehow that time has turned into 35 podcasts and thousands of downloads! 

Thanks to you our listeners for making this podcast a success and for listening to us talk Nurture week after week. 

In this episode we are reflecting, recapping and honing in on what a year of conversations has turned into in terms of Nurture Culture. 

In essence- we think it's needed more now than ever. 

What do you think? Are we onto something? Let us know in the comments.

It helps other people find the podcast if you rate and review us on Apple or Spotify too. We are building a nurture culture revolution one listener at a time!

Happy Spring Equinox! Onward to Season 2!

To find more about classes and courses Iris is offering visit
https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/

To find Ginger's events, coaching and courses visit:
https://www.northfork53.com/

Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music!

Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

Nurture Pod 34: Orphan Crusher vs.Slime Mold

In this episode Iris and Ginger delve into the wildness of the moment we are living in on Planet Earth. With the forces of oligarchy, climate change, social upheaval on all sides choosing a positive way forward becomes increasingly mired in confusion. 

The full moon in Virgo is a total lunar eclipse. The shadow world of what has been lying beneath so much of what America has been built upon is being exposed. 

Nurture culture asks us to reflect on how all this is playing out in the day to day world, and how can we work within the shadows of our own small slices of reality to understand and transform what has been unconscious towards the healing and transformation of our planet. 

To find more about classes and courses Iris is offering visit
https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/

To find Ginger's events, coaching and courses visit:
https://www.northfork53.com/

Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music!

Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

Nurture Pod 33: Survival of the Nurtured

In this episode Iris and Ginger dig into how we survive in times when we are called into community action.

How do we create community and connections in a culture that has emphasized individualism and competition. 

Netflix and chill is ending. We are in the era of potluck and organize- and with that comes it's own set of skills and challenges of how to get along with others. What models do we have to draw from? 

Earth is a place of survival of the nurtured. Let's get into it. 

To find more about classes and courses Iris is offering visit
https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/

To find Ginger's events, coaching and courses visit:
https://www.northfork53.com/

Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music!

Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

Nurture Pod 32: The People United…

In this episode of the Nurture Pod Iris and Ginger discuss the state of these here United States from the perspective of the Unified State theory.

In challenging times it's easy to be overwhelmed, afraid, checked out and just plain baffled that these are the circumstances we now find ourselves in. Many are feeling unsure of what to do. 

While this episode provides no easy answers, it will hopefully give you a perspective shift that feels empowering and creative. And we know that curiosity and creativity is where our genius likes to hang out. 

Enjoy and please comment and star us if you find this conversation helpful!

To find more about classes and courses Iris is offering visit
https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/

To find Ginger's events, coaching and courses visit:
https://www.northfork53.com/

Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music!

Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

Nurture Pod 31: Lunar Imbolc-Year of the Woodsnake

An auspicious new moon in Aquarius ushers in the year of the Wood Snake. This new moon also marks lunar Imbolc- the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox.

Change is in the air and deep in the soil as the Northern Hemisphere begins to awaken from it's winter slumber. Sap runs from root to branch and seeds in the earth begin to stir.

As chaos bubbles in the cauldron of culture, the dance of the Sun, Earth and Moon move gracefully onward towards spring.

In this episode Iris and Ginger talk about the links between our left and right sides of our brain and how they relate to creativity and anxiety- inspired by the new book, Beyond Anxiety. Curiosity, Creativity and Finding Your Life's Purpose by Dr. Martha Beck.

The seeds of nurture culture may be waiting to sprout in the underused right side of our brains. In a culture so heavily dominated by left hemisphere functioning, anxiety disorders have become the most prevalent form of mental illness. 

Dr. Beck's book shows clear relationships between anxiety loops and how the left side of the brain interprets and responds to events in the world. 

What is less understood is how the other side of our brain responds to the same events in an entirely different way- leading to more creativity and connection instead of control and isolation. 

This is where the magic lies and has the potential to not only help us respond to the stressful world we live in but to become agents of powerful cultural change from the roots up! 

To find more about classes and courses Iris is offering visit
https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/

To find Ginger's events, coaching and courses visit:
https://www.northfork53.com/

Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music!

Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home