A podcast for cultural worker bees. We pollinate ideas about self, society, & holistic health and alchemize them into collective service. We know that, like the worker bee, when we honor our work as sacred, we can produce natural wealth by and for the collective, at the intersections of food, place, and wellbeing. So join us here, where we are exploring cultures of cooperation & sustenance every two weeks. New episodes come out every other Friday.
Ep. #12: Meeting Yourself at Your Edge on the Appalachian Trail with Andrea Russell
For this magnetic, insightful conversation, I am joined by Andrea Russel, your local artisan baker and somatic arts practitioner, who came on the show one moon ago to speak about exploring grace, place, and facing oneself through the lens of her thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. She curates the platform somahikes, where she has shared on instagram the living and evolving story of her hike that keeps growing into new seasons of life.
Conversation outline:
Why she hiked the Appalachian trail 5:54
How to hold yourself up when the major structures of your life literally disintegrate 7:12
Somatic therapy: (and pleasure activism) body-based approach of change and transformation on individual and collective levels through the realm of the experience 9:22
What is “wild”? What is “nature”? 13:35
Biggest surprises and lessons the trail served up 19:42
Who gets to belong in outdoor adventure spaces 26:28
Practical reflections on different parts of the trail (and which ones hurt the most) and how to get through them 30:45
Unlearning definitions of success and failure (38:09)
the necessity of periodic retreat from our edge, and why we have a winter. 48:30
Check out the article by Vanessa Chavarriaga mentioned at 28:00 https://www.melaninbasecamp.com/trip-reports/2021/7/30/the-case-for-not-reaching-the-summit
Other books: Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown Underland by Robert Macfarlane
22 Nov 2022
Self Compassion is the Secret Sauce: Designing for Whole Self Nourishment with Amanda Presgraves
Recipes are great, but one recipe can’t work for everyone, and that applies to the kitchen and to life. In Amanda Presgraves new book, The Nonrecipe Book: Designing for Whole Self Nourishment, she guides you through a thought process for following your senses and your imagination, to help you get confident feeding your belly and your self belief: of course, with the help of a little secret sauce. GET THE BOOK: http://www.amandapresgraves.com/thenonrecipebook
12 Nov 2022
Breaking the Silence and Smashing the Patriarchy: Reproductive Justice Superstars with Steph Nash of Blue Ridge Abortion Fund
Let's talk REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE 5 months after Roe v. Wade was overturned with Steph Nash, Co-Executive Director of Movement Building and Engagement at Blue Ridge Abortion Fund. We'll talk about the personal and the political realities and histories surrounding access to reproductive healthcare, and how race, class, and religion play a role.
LEARN: Blue Ridge Abortion Fund
GET INVOLVED: Volunteer to provide Transportation to and from clinics)
READ: Mothers of Gynecology monument in Montgomery, Alabama
Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood, by Michele Goodwin
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