Nurture Pod 16: Trash and Talismans

In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss the idea and practice of working with the material realm.

How and why we imbue the objects around us with meaning. 

Is there such a thing as sacred outside of our own minds and beliefs? 

Do things mass produced in China become talismans if we fill them with intention or is the magic in the handcraft and time we put into it. 

What matters when it comes to matter - and why does it matter to us?

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 15: Sacred Ground

In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss the ways that we come back to ground. 

The different ways of understanding how the body restores and draws power from our connection to nature. 

What we perceive as real/important in the dominant culture is designed to make us feel overwhelmed and pulled in many directions at once. 

Nurture Culture is rooted in the Earth and our ability to connect to what is alive and present in the moment. 

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 14: Drop it like it’s hot

In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss how nature uses the heat of mid July to sort out what seeds will ripen for the fall harvest. This is often a moment when we realize that not all our spring plans are going to make it this year. 

Call it a sense of overwhelm or despair or maybe even relief... but some apples must drop in order for the tree to be healthy. Some plants won't survive a summer heat wave and others will. Not because they are "better" but maybe they just had the luck of growing in a spot with some afternoon shade. 

Summer calls for us to let go of what's not working and our attachments to what we thought was going to happen. Let go of the illusion of control and the fallacy of sunk costs. The apples that drop are not failures- they are part of the process of ripening. 

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 13: The Fifth Sacred Thing

In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss The Fifth Sacred Thing - a novel by Starhawk of two potential futures that play out in California.  

The book gives a glimpse into the power of writing a future that inspires rather than the apocalyptic wasteland that's shown so often in the media.

A key part of nuture culture is the ability to understand what seeds we are planting for future generations and how we want that future to look. 

Calling all positive futurists! Give us a comment if you have a resource, book, podcast, movie that you love showing a healthy thriving future on planet Earth. 

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 12: Summer Solstice

In this episode of the Nurture Pod, Iris and Ginger discuss this Summer Solstice /Full Moon in Capricorn moment and what it is revealing to us about how and where we place our energy. 

This is the halfway point of the year. From this point on we are working with waning solar energy leading towards the Winter Solstice in December. 

Nature is at it's peak bloom and yet not everything will make it to set seed in the fall. 
There is a natural weeding and wilting of things over the months to come to make room for what is going to be harvested. 

Capricorn asks us to get clear on what we do and do not want to spend our energy on. 
Cancer asks us to nurture and nourish what is closest to our hearts and fills our cup with overflowing abundance. 

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