3 Crones Podcast
26 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsWelcome to the 3 Crones Podcast, a concoction stirred up by three wise women to encourage us all to step into power & create legacy. 3 Crones Podcast is envisioned as a audio women's circle, a sacred space to get to know and the get comfortable with our truest selves. We'll talk about it all...spirituality, movement, yoga, mythology, herbalism, nourishment, Goddess archetypes, the moon and stars, healing, gardening, relationships, sex and death...and anything else that women the world over feel an urgency to uncover and share.Come closer...Virginia, Tamara and Susan want to talk with you.We're 3 Crones in the woods...what could go wrong?
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Episodes
Episode 26: Sex
February 27, 2024 10:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBAt launch, we promised our podcast listeners that we'd "talk about it all" and then took 25 episodes to tiptoe into a conversation about SEX. This month, Virginia and Tamara venture into this vast topic with their musings about sexuality and culture, womanhood and coming of age, the rites we are missing and hopes for new generations. We know this is only a drop in the ocean of intimacy, primal desire and sacred sexuality. Let us know which waves you'd like to hear us ride next! Suppo...
Episode 25, Navigation & Echo-Location...Where Am I?
January 16, 2024 10:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBTamara invited us into a talk about NAVIGATION...and it feels just right for this time, sorting out a direction but also a state of being that allows for wild cards and rerouting. Where are we and where are we headed? How can we tell if we are "on course"? What tunes our listening to the "still, small voice" that assures our arrival in a reality that suits our soul? Join us three as we wend our way through the brambles around these questions and more. Especially at a time when oppress...
Episode 24: Come Away
November 21, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBWe love retreats! We lead them, we take them, we dream them up in our waking hours and in our sleep. We've been hosting them together for a long time and we've learned so much over the years. How women NEED retreat. How everyone is transformed, no matter what. How traveling to touristy, "best" destinations with other yogis really isn't the ideal anymore, rather a beautiful spot to settle into and rest does the body and soul good. How once per year is not enough. Susan will tell you th...
Episode 23, A Nebulous Topic: Life
October 17, 2023 09:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBTamara, Virginia and Susan are back together all three after a summer hiatus following the passing of Tamara's dear husband BJ. True to form, the conversation weaves in and out of every avenue of approach towards life's ultimate questions. We don't have the answers, but benefit and grow through the asking. Tune in. We think you'll be moved and awakened. Support the show Please rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact ...
Women the World Over, An Interview with Siobhan Bedford
September 05, 2023 09:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MB"Maybe we can't change the world, but maybe we can nudge it." So says Siobhan Bedford, professional artist and dear, dear friend. This episode is a really wild ride with so many beautiful twists and turns...art as a devotional practice of light, dark and infinity, leaving the corporate world to create soul work, the tender loss of miscarriage, reimagining the legends of Eden and of Eve as the Grandmother of all creation and the play between generosity and reciprocity. Plus there's so mu...
Women the World Over, An Interview with Liz Montalbano
August 15, 2023 09:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBSurf the waves of this beautiful and revealing discussion with Elizabeth Montalbano, a freelance writer, journalist and therapeutic writing mentor. Liz is an American expat living in Portugal who has intentionally created a new kind of life for herself through healing, exploration and surfing! You'll be inspired by her story and enamored by the way she shares a choice-full journey and her interpretation of how to live in awareness and kindness, while navigating the challenging passages o...
Women the World Over, An Interview with Holly Cusumano
July 18, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBThis is our first episode of a new project we're calling Women the World Over! The 3 Crones are opening up a new avenue of communication with women...when we say, "we want to hear from you", we mean it! Tune in as we launch "mini-episode"* interviews with listeners, friends and mentors...women like you...maybe YOU. Please contact us if you would would like to join the conversation and be interviewed on 3 Crones Podcast! (Yes, I know I'm using too may exclamation points...I'm excited😂)...
Episode 19: Moon Dance, A Way Into Opening the Heart
July 03, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBThis episode is arriving somewhat behind schedule and on the date of July's Blessing Moon. Only a matter of days after we recorded, Tamara's dear husband BJ passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones at home. Tamara shared with us that during the week leading up to his death, he was referring to the transition as "when I go on ahead". Deep breath. Not only have we taken a pause to honor this devastating loss and blessed life turning, Virginia and Susan "saved" this recording to play...
Episode 18: Who Is Your Heroine? Anchoring Archetypes in the Modern World
May 16, 2023 09:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBVirginia invites Susan and Tamara to explore role models, archetypes and the choice of looking to the world stage and our local communities to identify those shining ones who inspire and encourage us. How do you embody an archetypal example of arrival, growth and manifestation? Who do you look to who helps you to create the life you want? We touch on many aspects of the feminine divine: Midwife, seed saver, poet, Mother, creatrix, Visionary, activist, Shamana and of course, Crone. Draw...
Episode 17: A Smoke and a Song, with Sherry Sidoti
April 19, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBJoin Virginia and Susan in welcoming Sherry Sidoti back to the program! Sherry's new book A Smoke and a Song, A Memoir is coming out August 1 and we dig into all the rich crevices of storytelling with Sherry, her process and path, through her journey of reflecting, remembering and sharing this most intimate tale. A Smoke and a Song is Sherry’s story of her quest to make meaning from the memories homed in her body. Told with tenacity, tenderness, and wry humor, Sherry stumbles towards self...
Episode 16: Oh Mama, From One Mother to Another
March 14, 2023 09:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBWe three Crones embody and know all three aspects of the Goddess...as do ALL women! This time around, we talk about mothering and the Great Mother. What do mothers need, what do they offer and how does the sacred archetype of Mother apply in our mundane and difficult lives, whether we have borne human children or not? ~If we are the mothers of our own precious and vital dreams, what comforting words would we whisper to the frightened one curled in our laps? ~And also, how as Crones (or...
Episode 15: Celebrating Brigid, It's a Season for the Triple Goddess
February 14, 2023 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBImbolc is the cross-quarter point between Yule and Ostara which means we're headed ever closer to Spring which means we probably could use some consideration and reflection around what we truly want out of this next season/year/cycle/rebirth in our lives. Virginia, Tamara and Susan talk about healing, choices, growth and responsibility in the Chariot year...about how to pause and listen to our natural and organic instincts so we can facilitate meaningful changes, making room for joy. Betwee...
"Hi Sky Daddy", Season 2, Episode 2 About Prayer & Spells
January 17, 2023 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBThere's a meme out there that goes like this: me: Hi sky daddy God: I really wish you would stop praying like that Hilarious. How do you pray? Is there an overlap between prayer and spell-casting? What are spells, anyway? The Crones chat about this and more in our first episode on 2023. Spirit has a way with us, that can be confounding and mysterious...listen as Virginia, Susan and Tamara pick and poke at the edges of how and why to ask, thank and compliment the Great One...what/w...
Season Two, Episode 1: Wing It (Mindfully)
November 23, 2022 10:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBTamara, Virginia and Susan chat about retreat...what IS retreat and why is it essential for women? Having led our first destination retreat since the before Covid days, we reflect on our own experiences and the bonding of the group (mostly "strangers" this time around) in sacred space and time. We wing it this go round...beginning our second season as podcasters the way we began the whole shebang...sitting around having a talk about things that matter to us. We hope you enjoy listening an...
Episode 12, Not Dead Yet
October 11, 2022 09:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBAs promised from day one, we three end our first year of podcasting talking about DEATH. And the bewitching and often difficult task of "living while we're alive", because holy hell, who knows what comes next?! The Crones share intimate tales about sitting vigil at the deathbeds, near-death experiences, living day-to-day with the knife-edge of death looming near, and the ways in which we can practice surrender to the unknown during this season of dark mystery and all things which go bump i...
Episode 11: A woman makes a plan, Goddess laughs
August 16, 2022 09:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBIt was all Susan's idea, so you know where to place the blame...we veered away from any whiff of wisdom and avoided the quest for answers completely. We've been away from our 3 Crones posts for a month now...because...LIFE! It felt like time to truth-tell and let it all hang out...a "venting" episode you might call it. Heartfelt, emotional, open, vulnerable. True confessions that even I might field as "whining" if I were standing in a different more upbeat energy and taking into consid...
Episode 10: Connection & Healing, The Crone Way of Chaos & Creativity
June 21, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBOur first interview episode with soul-sister guest Sherry Sidoti-Rego, teacher, mentor & author who "happened" to rock Susan's world a decade ago. You're going to love diving deep with this authenticity powerhouse as we talk about loss and brokenness and the ways in which healing and growth accumulate over time...how our transition to Crone offers ease and comfort and the capacity to bring beauty to life from the fragments of dark and dire moments. Sherry's moving essay Mosaic will be pu...
Episode 9: For the Love of Bees
May 17, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBDo you know the word Sangha? Are you a member of an uplifting community? Who holds space for you? Are you connected intentionally with others? Virginia, Tamara and Susan talk about community, circles, bees, fairies and re-member-ing to open to love and a little wild! It's a good way for May...come play with us. Aware, Glimpses of Consciousness on Netflix & Prime Goddesses in Older Women, Jean Shinoda Bolen Camphill Association Sangha Teach me what I cannot learn alone. Let us s...
Episode 8: Double Deep Dive
April 19, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBA listener asked us to keep delving deeper into our personal relationships with the Earth. If we care for (or harm) ourselves in the same ways that we care for (or harm) our Great Mother...then where might the questions and discussion lead us in terms of reciprocity and reverence...our love of Gaia...HOW exactly do we love the planet? "What would happen if you brought that tiny cauldron outside, burned your list of all that doesn't serve you in broad Moonlight. What would happen if you nes...
Episode 7: Waging Peace, Women Transforming the Whole World
March 22, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBVirginia guides our trio through an exploration of Gaia theory, and of course we wander and stray "off" topic only to end up precisely where the essence and truth of our Great Mother would have us BE. We wend our way through the passages of personal struggles with death, war and physical and emotional pain to meet our unending capacities for healing, presence and compassion. And if we can practice integration and balance for ourselves, we know that we can (and will) transform pain and suff...
Episode 6: Yeah, I Love That
February 15, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBThis month you can play the "how many times does Susan say yeah, I love that" game! Maybe she could diversify her praises, but they are heartfelt nonetheless! February is the month of love, so our trio shares love poems while testing the foundation bricks of how they feel the podcast matches their mission at the half-year mark. Please do engage by sending us your questions, topic wish lists, mindfires and reviews! We would so appreciate it if you would take a moment to rate our show on y...
Episode 5: Self Care, You Do Not Have To Be Good
January 18, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBHow else would we begin again in a new year, but with the essential Step ONE...self care. This is a topic to return to over and over throughout a lifetime. How can we hold ourselves AS WE ARE in devotion, acceptance, respect and loving kindness so that we can live fully and vitally into our relationships, days and experiences? Because without prioritizing this question, we will likely be diminished and deflated with the demands of a misguided overculture and our own critical inner voi...
Episode 4: As We Welcome the Light
December 21, 2021 11:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBTamara sings us awake into the essence of the season. However you celebrate at this time, we have come together once again to ponder wonder and share our ponderings with you! As always, we want to hear from you! Send us your traditions and fun, send us your worries and truth, send us questions and comments (if they're loving;) To go in the dark with a light is to know the light. To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight, and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings, and is traveled...
Episode 3, Hecate at the Crossroads
November 16, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBVirginia guides our discovery of Hecate at the Crossroads...this quintessential Crone archetype offers a way to look more closely at the aspects of aging and maturing that increase power and authenticity rather than diminishing our light as a patriarchal society would have it. What is the value of a woman if she is past the age of child-bearing? How does the over-culture disfigure feminine beauty, relevance and brilliance? What aspects of Hecate are alive in your life right now? Which on...
Back to Authenticity
October 12, 2021 09:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBSusan, Tamara and Virginia talk about the two sides of being authentically true to Self. Where ego and expectation trip us up and how we've let go of what really doesn't serve. When we drop the facade, what actually matters becomes paramount. Salty language, truth-telling, full exposure...that's how we show up in episode 2! Shaving, singing, triangulation and changing the fabric of the Universe...listen along as we tell our stories. We answer our first listener question, or try to. Aft...
Episode 1: Don't Worry, We Will Have Topics
September 06, 2021 15:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBVirginia McKinnie, Tamara Sheen and Susan Madden-Cox welcome you to come hither, come close, to join in our virtual women's circle where we can connect and share authentically for a change! We've gathered around the kitchen table, of course, to introduce ourselves and talk about what it means to be a Crone and how it feels to bring our voices into what we perceive as a void. Let's fill up the space where wild abandon and right devotion might meet to discuss all of the pressing topics tha...