nomestia

About nomestia

nomestia is a heart-led rebellion: it's proof that alternative living doesn't mean dropping everything, it means choosing something truer to who you are at the heart of it all. We're Naomi and Alistair Gale and we are home educating, tending our nervous systems and just generally building a family life while dancing in and around the system. This is not about how we escaped the system but it's focussed on our return to breath, to slowness, to presence. If you're someone who wants to be acknowledged in your intentions, desires and dreams of a different way of living then we are looking for people who get it. Who get us. Who need to be part of the conversations that aren't being had generally. This is your alternative living community. Think long-format, unpolished conversations on slow living, embodied parenting, and what it actually takes to live differently, not just admire it from a distance. You are welcome here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Naomi Gale

Category

kids & family · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

9 Feb 2026

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   Alternative Living Through Holistic Pelvic care: How Naomi Found Her Work

   “So, what do you do?” Is the dinner-party question Naomi dreads, so this week Ali asks it properly and lets her give the long answer. Naomi works with the fascia, the web of connective tissue that holds the body’s shape and much of its memory. She explains why tending to it can feel like counselling through the body. She also traces how she came to this work: their own fertility journey, which was shared online in real time; her first training in fertility awareness cycle tracking; and the questions from women she couldn’t yet answer. From there it’s a breathwork training in Costa Rica she walked away from, mentoring that led to TikTok, a video that took her from zero to 50,000 followers in a week, and a self-published book that reached Amazon’s top 10 before being banned and shadow banned. That book has now been reborn as Ground Floor. We also get into what it’s like to stand in the grey area between holistic and medical care, being dismissed in hospital births as a doula, spiritual bypassing, and how you can work with Naomi now, including some free and low-cost options. Content note: brief mention of suicidal ideation (around 17:45). If this resonated, you're part of our alternative living community: hit follow so you don't miss what's next. Join the Field: https://naomigale.myflodesk.com/thefield More from us: https://nomestia.substack.com/ Explore alternative family living: www.nomestia.co Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Why Naomi Quit her Master’s: Academia, Home Education and the Future of Learning?!

   This week we’re at a Haven holiday park in Prestatyn, North Wales, after eight weeks of vanlife in the UK, the MOT drama and too many lay-bys. Then we get into the big one: Naomi has withdrawn from her online MA in Irish folklore and mythology. She chose it as a way of healing a difficult first experience of academia. Instead she found an enrolment process that left her two weeks behind, scanned PDFs she couldn’t highlight, a course with no real community, and a male-dominated field still sidelining women’s stories. She talks honestly about the elitism of academic language and the toll it took on her mental health. Then we zoom out. One in three pupils leave school without a grade 4 in English and maths. 39% of job skills are set to change by 2030. Graduate jobs have nearly halved in a year. Universities are cutting thousands of humanities jobs. So what does that mean for our children, for home education, and for learning that doesn’t fit inside an institution? An honest alternative living conversation about university, home education and choosing your own path. Leave us a review, send us your questions, or continue the conversation with us. We’d love to hear from you. If this resonated, you're part of our alternative living community: hit follow so you don't miss what's next. Join the Field: https://naomigale.myflodesk.com/thefield More from us: https://nomestia.substack.com/ Explore alternative family living: www.nomestia.co Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Called Irresponsible Parents in an Art Gallery and Stranded Without an MOT | Alternative Living Diaries

   This week we’re doing an Alternative Living Diaries. It’s been a while. We’ve had a bit of a hiatus from the podcast. Cards on the table, we’ve been struggling in our relationship. We’re not going to go into that now, but we’re here. We’re all right. We’re doing okay. So where are we? A gorgeous view of a car park in Kendal, next to a police station. On the way down from Scotland we stopped off at Gretna Green, which was full of tourists, and the blacksmith was on his computer. Then a woman dragged us into the middle of nowhere to see her two litters of dachshund puppies and offered us her field for £45. Not even a toilet. We talk about the cost of parking up your van in the UK, which is just literally ridiculous. If you’ve got a bit of land, open up your fields and charge everybody 10 to 20 pounds. Then you won’t have this issue. Skye: we’d highly recommend it, but don’t go in high season. Found a community toilet, shower and laundry just off the bridge in Kyle of Lochalsh, run by the community and funded by the community. That should happen more often. Edinburgh has slammed its way into our top five. Stockbridge, a £13 family bus ticket, and a museum that was very good price to get in. Free. Plus Naomi climbing Ben Nevis with Arlo, and hips don’t lie. Then the Fruitmarket gallery, where we were called irresponsible parents. “I’m going to talk to you about art gallery etiquette.” And the MOT. We based a whole trip around getting it done in Stranraer, booked it months in advance, made it very, very clear what the van was, got the children up at 5am, and the guy said, “I’m not sure I’m going to be able to lift that.” Second year in a row. The universe looked after us in the end and she passed with flying colours. Not a single advisory. Now we’re off to a Haven for £23 a night, because when you’re in a van the decision fatigue is too much. The autumn winter drop is still live, but we’ll be closing it the first week of November because we’re leaving the UK. The lovely hat, a really cute box, from us to you. Buy it for yourself or for somebody else for Christmas. We’ve merged Naomi and Nomestia’s Instagram, still at thisisnaomigale. If you’re not on Instagram, come along to YouTube. And if you don’t want to miss an episode, all you have to do is subscribe. Please leave a review. It helps more people to find us. If this resonated, you're part of our alternative living community: hit follow so you don't miss what's next. Join the Field: https://naomigale.myflodesk.com/thefield More from us: https://nomestia.substack.com/ Explore alternative family living: www.nomestia.co Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

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