S7 E7 Kate Ulman - Fox's Lane Encourager of Creativity. Summer days throwback 2023

This heart led Mumma of three has been luring us with images of a dreamy, bloom filled life on her Daylesford apple orchard & words of equal romance via her craft blog for over a decade. She laughs easily, has found balance in being real & makes the simplest of thoughts feel like genuine aha moments.  Kate Ulman is wrenchingly honest about the reality of farm life with young children, turning inwards when self care is needed & whether her babies will return to life on the land. Although not at her kitchen table, the intimacy of this conversation feels very personal & will leave your cup full & your heart nourished.

Episode notes

Seeing your home the way others doRealising she is driven by making, creating & beautyTaking an ugly foundation & making it ‘beautiful’ slowly & sureThe essence of a creative soul raising more creative beingsEvolving with our children who are becoming the people they are going to beCreating a ‘place’ for our childrenThe impact of an early childhood experience on a kibbutzLearning to farm at 30 & retrospectively being amazed they could do itGrowing things organically was our religion but we actually didn’t know howLife before social media - 10 years of ‘ugliness’ because we could afford the beautiful Sharing the raw truth of life on the land with a small familyExpectation vs realitySeasonal appreciation“Every season is another chance to get last years mistakes better”The annual pre Winter crises & assessment of realityPre farming life as a crafter & bloggerAcknowledging there's a time & place for everythingFiling your soul with the small &simple things but being realistic about doing whats possibleBeing kind about expectations“Being a martyr & running yourself ragged is NOT the solution but being aware & keeping it joyful means you can do it forever”Saying “I don't know” comfortablyWhen we take our actions so seriously that it puts other people including  the next generation off ever wanting to participate in something worth doing Letting go of the little things like baking bread for the sake of the bigger pictureActively engaging with community wherever a snippet can be garneredPutting her energies into writing a bookTaking back her families story so it wasn’t available to the world onlineRediscovering herself post early childhood mother-domBeing the complete opposite of organisedCreating a plan for ‘older life’ so the love of the farming life continuesWhy bigger is not better. The active vision to make things simplerWhy her mum is her greatest inspiration for her approach to motherhoodHow she became the encourager of creativityDaily exclamation marks of ritual elude her because she follows inspiration insteadWhy her good intentions for ritual get forgottenWhy deep diving quickly into real conversations is important to herHer definition of success as living her truth & being filled with honesty, creativity, availability to the things she cares about Having the confidence to live from your heartGifting your future self by thinking ahead

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