Welcome to The Art of Connection — a space created to explore true connection with the arts and conscious creators in our community.
Thank you for being here. I’m Yana — host, conscious creator, teacher, mother and founder of Oak & Haven ceramics. TAOC explores how art led connection guides us to satiating, soulful fulfilment, and welcomes us home to ourselves.
I can’t wait to unravel and discuss the vast tapestry of connections life brings us, alongside insightful guests who are recognising the same in their own lives. Thank you for being here — it’s a pleasure to have you.
With love, Yana x
In this episode, Yana explores the inherited scripts we follow, including the paths of career and home that many adopt before they are old enough to question them. She shares her personal journey of ticking every box only to find her life force energy leaking, and the unexpected liberation she discovered when her world cracked open and allowed her to begin again. It is a story of moving from doggy paddling through time to being truly submerged in the beauty of the present.
This episode is an invitation to redefine success by how it feels within your own body and nervous system rather than how it looks from the outside. Drawing on the parable of the fisherman, Yana explores how we often strive for a future freedom that is already within reach and discusses using envy as a compass to point toward our truest desires.
A tender reminder to trade what you want for what you truly need, prioritising time, presence, and the courage to design a life that feels nourishing to live inside.
19 Mar 2026
21. The Art of Becoming with Kim Cousins
In this special cross-podcast episode, Yana is joined by parenting mentor and registered nurse Kim Cousins, host of the Baby It’s You podcast. Together they explore Yana’s unfolding journey as a woman, mother, and creator — from the early shaping of her identity to building Oak and Haven, a much-loved community store in Melbourne’s east.
The conversation moves through creative expression as a pathway to self-discovery, the impact of diagnosis and self-acceptance, and the ways motherhood can both crack us open and invite us into deeper truth. Kim and Yana also speak candidly about mental health, pregnancy, self-care, relationships, and how our own upbringing inevitably shapes the way we mother.
At the heart of the conversation is Yana’s newest project, Blood to Bone magazine — a printed publication honouring women’s lived stories, creativity, and wisdom across the seasons of maidenhood, motherhood, and matriarchy.
This is an honest conversation about becoming, shedding old identities, telling the truth in partnership, and choosing empowerment even when it feels uncomfortable.
12 Mar 2026
20. Blood to Bone Introduction
In this episode, Yana returns to the microphone to introduce a project that has been over a year in the making: Blood to Bone magazine. After a brief hiatus from recording, she shares the vision behind this new print publication designed to hold women's stories with reverence, clarity, and without judgment.
Yana discusses the "drop-in" moment of inspiration that led to this venture and her commitment to creating a physical home for the raw, unfiltered voices of womanhood. From the metaphor of ceramics to the importance of preserving human expression, this episode is an invitation to join a growing community archive.
You do not need to be a professional writer or have a large platform to contribute. If you have a lived experience of womanhood, your voice is welcome here.
Submissions Close: March 23rd at 11:59 PM (or until the 100-page limit is reached).
Submit at: bloodtobonemagazine.com.au (https://bloodtobonemagazine.com.au).
Follow the Journey: @bloodtobonemagazine (https://www.instagram.com/bloodtobonemagazine) on Instagram.
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