Soul Soil: Where Agriculture and Spirit Intersect with Brooke Kornegay
55 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThe Soul Soil Podcast is a place where ideas, experience, and resources come together around the topics of agriculture and spirituality with the goal of inspiring and empowering listeners to interact and cooperate with the land in a way that nourishes and sustains the human body, mind, and soul while regenerating and sustaining the land itself.
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Akiva Silver - 3223 12.11 PM
March 02, 2023 17:30 - 53 minutes - 73.6 MBAkiva Silver has been studying and working with nature for the past 20 years. His endeavors have ranged from primitive wilderness survival to planting and maintaining diverse fruit and nut orchards, and to running his nursery business at Twisted Tree Farm. Akiva raises tens of thousands of trees every year, propagating from seeds and cuttings. He is an avid forager and observer of wildlife. Akiva has written three books, Trees of Power, The Conversation, and The Ocean of Dreams. In this ep...
Akiva Silver - 3223 12.11 PM
March 02, 2023 17:29Akiva Silver has been studying and working with nature for the past 20 years. His endeavors have ranged from primitive wilderness survival to planting and maintaining diverse fruit and nut orchards, and to running his nursery business at Twisted Tree Farm. Akiva raises tens of thousands of trees every year, propagating from seeds and cuttings. He is an avid forager and observer of wildlife. Akiva has written three books, Trees of Power, The Conversation, and The Ocean of Dreams. In this ep...
Ep 049, Jared Sorensen: A Regenerative Approach to the Family Ranch
December 29, 2022 17:30 - 53 minutes - 74.6 MBSome people do things the way things have always been done. Others develop that curiosity muscle and are able to take in new information, weigh it against experience and, yes, intuition, and ultimately create new systems that work. The first thing Jared teaches a new farmer is “know thyself.” Jared and Selena have been married 26 years and are the parents of nine children and one grandchild. They are 3rd generation ranchers, managing the operation Jared’s grandfather and father built in Se...
048, Amy Dempster: The Nature Experience
November 29, 2022 13:39 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBAmy Dempster helps others understand the healing power of the earth. What began as openly sharing her spiritual journey on her popular blog Following Hawks, has become a resource for others wanting to learn how to communicate with nature and share their own unique healing gifts with the earth. Together with the Spirits of the Land in the mountains of northwest Montana, she tends seven portals on the land where she lives, along with any grid keeping work she is assigned. She also leads the Ea...
047, Asia Suler: Earth-Centered Personal Growth
November 23, 2022 13:34 - 52 minutes - 73.3 MBAsia Suler is a writer, teacher, earth intuitive and ecological philosopher who lives in the folds of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is the founder of One Willow Apothecaries, an Appalachian-grown company that offers handcrafted herbal medicines and educational experiences in herbalism, animism, ancestral healing and earth-centered personal growth. Asia has guided over 20,000 students in 70+ countries through her immersive online programs. With her writings and teachings, Asia helps people em...
046, Seán Pádraig O'Donoghue
July 28, 2021 23:56 - 1 hour - 50.1 MB“Our sense of ‘the individual’, which really began with the rise of capitalism and the forceful severing of people from land and community, led to the concept that there are categories of being that do and do not have consciousness, that are and are not alive, that do and do not have their own right to existence…and when we actually drop into our senses and allow ourselves to experience the living world, we discover that so many of the things that were not supposed to be intelligent, or sent...
045, Deatra Cohen and Adam Siegel: Ashkenazi Herbalism
May 05, 2021 00:34 - 48 minutes - 40.8 MB75% of the world’s human population relies on traditional healing practices, most of which is herbal medicine. Herbs and other plants have shaped human culture and traditions since the beginning of time. The Ashkenazim of Eastern Europe’s Pale of Settlement have a well documented history dating back to the Middle Ages, but until now, accounts of their herbal healing practices have been absent from public record. Deatra and Adam have put together a snapshot of not only the herbs used by this ...
044, Amy Dempster: Gridkeeping 101
March 05, 2021 02:42 - 47 minutes - 38.3 MBAmy Dempster helps others understand the healing power of the earth. What began as openly sharing her spiritual journey on her popular blog Following Hawks, has become a resource for others wanting to learn how to communicate with nature and share their own unique healing gifts with the earth. Together with the Spirits of the Land in the mountains of northwest Montana, she tends seven portals on the land where she lives, along with any grid keeping work she is assigned. She also leads the Ea...
043, David O’Carroll: Korean Natural Farming for the Ultimate Sustainable Solution (continued)
February 19, 2021 03:29 - 48 minutes - 39.3 MBDavid O’Carroll has been educating growers in the United Kingdom in Korean Natural Farming methods for the last 6 years at Ballagh Micro Farm, based in Devon, where beneficial microbes are being used to create healthy soil through powerful natural fertilizers. Having used Korean Natural Farming for a number of years on a smaller scale, such as establishing an agroforestry project and learning centre, he combined Korean Natural Farming and other methods of natural farming to accelerate the ch...
042, David O’Carroll: Korean Natural Farming for the Ultimate Sustainable Solution
February 19, 2021 01:29 - 48 minutes - 39.1 MBDavid O’Carroll has been educating growers in the United Kingdom in Korean Natural Farming methods for the last 6 years at Ballagh Micro Farm, based in Devon, where beneficial microbes are being used to create healthy soil through powerful natural fertilizers. Having used Korean Natural Farming for a number of years on a smaller scale, such as establishing an agroforestry project and learning centre, he combined Korean Natural Farming and other methods of natural farming to accelerate the ch...
041, Dr. Eben Alexander: Going Within--The Power and Promise of Unity Consciousness
January 25, 2021 22:17 - 1 hour - 49.8 MB“In order to rise to the challenge of addressing the global emergency known as climate change, we need to access and build a relationship with our higher soul. This connection fosters a life where we truly take stewardship of the planet and our relationship with other beings, and to the best of our ability, manifest love, kindness, and compassion for self, others, and the world. This leads us all to a better life.” Dr. Eben Alexander spent over 25 years as an academic neurosurgeon, includi...
040, Jennifer Maynard: Staying Healthier and Living Longer with Phytonutrient-Rich Foods
January 12, 2021 20:29 - 1 hour - 51.1 MB“Your food just feels good when I eat it”…this is the refrain Jennifer Maynard hears again and again from customers eating the meals she produces from her regenerative agriculture farm and assembles through her meal kit business—meals based on the Longevity Diet. Jennifer has done her homework when it comes to food that works with the human body. She has traveled to several of the blue zones—areas with a high concentration of people over 100 years old—and discovered not just what they eat, b...
039, Dr. Patricia Tavormina: Microbial Intelligence Supports the Gaia Theory
December 10, 2020 15:10Microbes make the world go ‘round. In regenerative agriculture, we rely on microbes to supply our crops to with the nutrients they need to flourish. On a larger scale, microbes play the role of the Earth’s immune system, springing into action when disasters such as petroleum spills assault her waters. Today we talk about the magic of microbes in the soil, oceans, and human body. Dr. Patricia Tavormina is a research scientist who's worked on the Human Genome Project at the University of Calif...
039, Dr. Patricia Tavormina: Microbial Intelligence Supports the Gaia Theory
December 10, 2020 15:10Microbes make the world go ‘round. In regenerative agriculture, we rely on microbes to supply our crops to with the nutrients they need to flourish. On a larger scale, microbes play the role of the Earth’s immune system, springing into action when disasters such as petroleum spills assault her waters. Today we talk about the magic of microbes in the soil, oceans, and human body. Dr. Patricia Tavormina is a research scientist who's worked on the Human Genome Project at the University of Calif...
038, Kami McBride: Communication with the Natural World
November 30, 2020 23:50 - 50 minutes - 40.6 MBWe are wired to perceive information from the natural world around us— it’s how we have survived as a species. The problem is we have shut it off, influenced at an early age by the adults in our lives. We all have the ability to tend our reciprocal relationship with the plants and the Earth. Kami McBride is the author of The Herbal Kitchen and has developed several online courses that facilitate the skills and confidence building to use herbs in day-to-day life for health and self-care. Kami...
037, Brigit Strawbridge Howard: Dancing with Bees—Reclaiming Awe and Wonder in the Presence of Nature
August 27, 2020 00:28 - 56 minutes - 45.6 MBHave you ever tried to experience your yard, a garden, a woodland…the way a child does? Have you ever had a simple experience of a tree or insect without naming it or judging it or creating a narrative around it? Brigit Strawbridge Howard has rediscovered the pure delight and joy of doing just that—tuning in to the frequency of the natural world and experiencing nature on nature’s terms. Brigit Strawbridge Howard is a wildlife gardener, naturalist, and bee advocate. She writes and campaign...
036: Shannon Brescher Shea: Sustainability on the Home Front
August 18, 2020 17:11 - 46 minutes - 38.1 MB“Parenthood is EASY!” said no one, ever. Raising children to be conscious, kind, sustainably-minded adults can be extra challenging in an age of global ecological collapse, and in a country characterized by immediate gratification, polarization, and single-use EVERYTHING. Today we talk with Shannon Brescher Shea about how to bridge our desire to be part of the solution, with being caretakers and models for the little people in our lives. Shannon Brescher Shea is devoted to telling authenti...
035, Lori Taylor: Fresh Food Activism with The Produce Moms
August 11, 2020 10:00 - 59 minutes - 48.2 MBIf you can commit to serving fresh fruits and vegetables every time you serve food— to yourself, to others, and especially to children, you will feel better, you will look better, and your community and loved ones will thrive. Food security is national security, and supporting the US farmers who grow our produce is a vote for healthy bodies and healthy economies. Today we talk with Lori Taylor of The Produce Moms, a community of passionate fresh produce advocates with a mission to inspire ev...
Episode 034, Lexie Gropper: Restoring Ecosystems, Health, and Community in the Amazon
August 04, 2020 13:34 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBToday we have the opportunity to glimpse what it means to stand for community and healing in the midst of the fallout of Western extractive corporate interests. Lexie Gropper is a biologist dedicated to deepening her understanding of the life cycles, with a passion for the processes of decomposition leading to fertile grounds and new opportunities. She dedicates her energy to the cultivation of plants, fungi, bacteria, relationships, community, and healing. Lexie has been living in the Ecu...
033, Heather Kelejian: Transformation Through Horticulture Therapy
July 28, 2020 16:11 - 43 minutes - 35.3 MBHow do you feel when you get out in nature? What happens to your mental state when you spend some time in your garden? Today we chat with Heather Kelejian about her role as Executive Director of the Ability Garden, a place where horticulture therapy is available to a number of populations for the purpose of supporting the healing of emotional wounds, motor skill development, sensory stimulation, improving social interactions, navigating life changes and trauma, and connection with nature. He...
032, Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust: Land Sovereignty for POC
July 09, 2020 02:31 - 59 minutes - 47.9 MBIn today’s episode, we talk to Coordinator Stephanie Morningstar and John Deloatch (JD) Giraldo of the Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust. Their vision is to advance land sovereignty in the northeast region through permanent and secure land tenure for Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Asian farmers and land stewards who will use the land in a sacred manner that honors our ancestors dreams - for sustainable farming, human habitat, ceremony, native ecosystem restoration, and cultural preservat...
031, Elizabeth West and Lisa Redman: Woodland Harvest Mountain Farm
June 30, 2020 10:00 - 47 minutes - 38.5 MBWoodland Harvest Mountain Farm is a woman-owned, 16-acre, off-grid educational regenerative agriculture farmstead nestled in the mountains of Appalachia. Since 2004, they have welcomed more than 2500 volunteers, held workshop gatherings, provided respite to activists, held healing space for their beloveds, and organized countless parties for work, teaching, learning and leisure. They have opened their land to hundreds of "strangers" (who they now know and love and honor as their community fa...
030, Katrina Blair: The Wild Wisdom of Weeds
May 26, 2020 10:00 - 40 minutes - 33.1 MBNature is inherently abundant. No one has to spray the forests or plant the wetlands in order for them to thrive in perfect balance. As such, food gathered from the wild has the highest potential to nourish us on a deep level. When we realize that we have access to this bounty without having to intervene and sweat and toil (the original definition of agriculture!)…when we truly know this, then we can begin to release our scarcity mentality, relax our grip, our need to control. This shift is ...
029, Heather Mizeur: Radical Love
May 19, 2020 19:01 - 57 minutes - 45.9 MBHow the world would be different if politics were rooted in radical love? This is the question being asked by Heather Mizeur, CEO + Founder of Soul Force Politics, a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the cultivation, empowerment, and alignment of inner wisdom and external engagement as a catalyst for individual and community transformation. Mizeur teaches heart-centered mindfulness and resilient leadership to strengthen democracy and soften political divides. After a succe...
028, Bryan O'Hara: Increase Life, Abundance, and Vitality with Intensive No-Till
May 05, 2020 10:00 - 54 minutes - 44.5 MBIf there were one enterprise that addresses environmental degradation, chronic illness, depression, and poverty, would you be willing to learn about it? Today, we speak to someone who seems to have hit the jackpot…he and his family have developed a highly productive, dense nutrient-producing farming style that feeds people like medicine. They have reached a point with their fields where weeds, pests, and disease issues are all but null, and the life and vitality that reaches well beyond thei...
027, M Mueller: Expressions of Eternal Nature
April 28, 2020 21:43 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBWhat motivates the biodynamic farmer? What perceptions do they hold that are a little bit different than those in the mainstream? So many of us yearn for connection—with Nature, with the Divine, with each other. When you can view each living thing as an expression of its Divine nature, our connections have a different meaning. M Mueller is the Biodynamic specialist on Against the Grain Farm in Zionville, NC. He has held positions most recently in Williamsburg, VA, as Gardener in Residence ...
026, Dr. Arden Andersen: Nutrient Balance for Vibrant Health
April 21, 2020 20:06 - 55 minutes - 44.5 MBJust as pests don’t attack healthy crops, disease doesn’t take hold in a human body that is nutritionally balanced. With one foot in the world of agriculture and the other in medicine, Dr. Arden Andersen is in a unique position to observe the connections between soil health, food nutrient density, and human health. Dr. Andersen is a holistic family and occupational medicine physician in Gladstone, MO. Dr. Andersen possesses a unique understanding of the link between soil/ crop health and h...
025, Juliana Birnbaum: Sustainable Community
April 14, 2020 18:08 - 1 hour - 54.4 MBWe are living through a time when the entire world is taking a good, hard look at itself. This has given humanity an incredible opportunity to shift focus and choose systems that feed life, that create biological resources, rather than only financial resources. We have a chance to turn away from systems that marginalize, extract, and degrade…and choose what we want to cultivate for ourselves and for future generations. Trained as a cultural anthropologist and skilled in four languages, Jul...
024, Sherri Mitchell: Adapt, Overcome, and Integrate Through Love
April 07, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBThe Coronavirus pandemic is catalyzing many things…and forcing us to take a good look at the systems we depend on. During this period of isolation, we have the opportunity to disconnect from large systems that do harm, and redesign our lives with the help of systems aligned with life and love. Do our communities have enough resources to support everyone to live their lives with dignity and allow for the spirit that lives within them to emerge and benefit the rest of the community? This situa...
023: A Quick Love Note to the Listeners
March 24, 2020 21:15 - 13 minutes - 10.7 MBToday Brooke speaks to the listeners directly about things that have helped ease her transition to the new circumstances in which the global population finds itself... Resources "Blessing for Earth-Healers" from The Earth Path: Grounding your Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature by Starhawk How to Grow Vibrant Food and Connect to your Land webinar series
022, Dr. Norman Wirzba: The Conscious Meal
March 10, 2020 17:45 - 42 minutes - 34.9 MB"Eating is not simply filling some gustatory hole, eating is knitting yourself into the fabric of life that's going on all the time, all around you...and how you knit yourself in can either make that fabric a beautiful thing, or it can make it tattered. Right now, I think a lot of our eating is creating tatters all across the world. What would be great is if the kinds of eating we do, beginning with the growing of food and the harvesting of food and the distribution and the cooking and shar...
021, John Kempf: The Regenerative Agriculture Revolution
March 03, 2020 11:00 - 38 minutes - 30.9 MB“Creation isn’t something that happened all at once, a long time ago…creation is something that happens every day, and humans are meant to be stewards of this creation instead of dominating it. We are co—creators of this reality every day, and as such, we need to learn to work with natural systems instead of fighting them. The degree of our success as a society is going to be in direct correlation with our ability to adopt this ‘heartset’.” John Kempf is the founder of Advancing Eco Agricu...
020, Stacia Nordin: Permaculture in the Developing World
February 25, 2020 17:21 - 53 minutes - 43 MBIn today's episode, Stacia Nordin shares her experiences assisting the Malawian government with food insecurity and nutrition through a permaculture lens. The open-door policy at her education center/homestead located in a village near the capital is real-world demonstration of the Garden of Eden Malawi can actually be. Stacia Nordin is a Registered Dietitian working on issues of environment, agriculture, food systems and healthy living for optimal nutrition. With a background in nutriti...
019, Vail Dixon: The Soil Healer, Part 2
February 18, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes - 35.1 MBIn part 2 of this series, Vail opens up about new ways to approach business, our relationship with ourselves, and seeing the world through a holistic lens and how that opens up possibilities unavailable to the linear cause-and-effect thinking of scientific logic. Vail Dixon is a regenerative farmer and holistic grazing mentor. Founder of Simple Soil Solutions, Grazing Power and ABC Beef, Vail grew up working on farms, climbing mountains and enjoying nature. While training to represent her ...
018, Vail Dixon: The Soil Healer, Part 1
February 12, 2020 11:00 - 47 minutes - 38.4 MBVail Dixon is a regenerative farmer and holistic grazing mentor. Founder of Simple Soil Solutions, Grazing Power and ABC Beef, Vail grew up working on farms, climbing mountains and enjoying nature. While training to represent her country in the Olympics, a life threatening accident gave Vail an opportunity to experience healing through healthy food and natural methods – even when doctors told her it was impossible. This deeper understanding of our food and farming systems instilled in Vail a...
017, Holly Whitesides: Feeding the Whole Human
January 29, 2020 23:44 - 49 minutes - 40.1 MBIt's a dream farm story...Holly and Andy met on a farm, were married on a farm, started a family on a farm and make their living on a farm. When Holly and Andy purchased land in 2013 to begin their dream farm, they realized that the initial focus was going to be rehabilitating the soil. They decided that biodynamic agriculture would be the way they would address their soil building needs, and went on to create a vibrant farm system that nourishes so many in the community. Holly Whitesides,...
016, Marc Williams: People, Plants, and Sustainability
January 14, 2020 11:00 - 42 minutes - 36.9 MBHumans are unique creatures for many reasons. One of those is our long list of disorders, specifically Nature Deficit Disorder. Most of us are so far removed from our original habitat that we are actually suffering from the absence of plant influences in our lives, and it affects our body, mind, and spirit. Today we discuss this and much more with Marc Williams, an ethnobiologist who studies the connections between people, plants, mushrooms, and microbes while learning to employ bot...
015, Renee Boughman: F.A.R.M. Cafe
January 07, 2020 11:00 - 42 minutes - 36.1 MBRenee Boughman is from Belmont, NC. She earned a Master's degree in history and another degree in Culinary Arts. While working in fine dining establishments in the North Carolina high country, Renee joined with other citizens in a grassroots effort to open a community cafe modeled after S.A.M.E. (So All May Eat) Cafe in Denver, Colorado. F.A.R.M. Cafe (Feed All Regardless of Means) opened in May 2012 and has been operating ever since. F.A.R.M. Cafe is a unique restaurant model that ...
014, Natalie Bogwalker: Wild Abundance
December 17, 2019 23:43 - 59 minutes - 47.8 MBImagine your daily grind--your house, your car, your commute, your job....Now imagine what it would be like to spend days camping in the woods, drinking spring water, breathing clean mountain air, eating freshly picked foods, and spending all day in Nature...learning about growing and gathering cultivated and wild food, making tools, tracking, tanning hides, natural building, and living in a community. What would happen to your energy? Your spirit? Natalie Bogwalker is a fan of watching the...
013, Patryk Battle: The Systems Approach-Life, Biodiversity, and Cooperation
December 11, 2019 14:45 - 39 minutes - 31.9 MB"It's not about what I do, but how I'm part of what WE do"... Patryk Battle has been farming since the mid 80’s; throughout that time, he has always been inspired to farm as an answer to the problem of human disconnection from Nature. Farming became an extension of his political activism as a way to create a better world. Farming was not only way to make a living but was also a way to seek environmental and social transformation. Pat’s not sure why, but somehow he found himself in the ro...
012, Sarah Ogiltree: Embodying Sacred Teachings for Justice, Compassion, and Sustainability
December 05, 2019 18:23 - 36 minutes - 29.9 MBMeet Sarah. Sarah works with faith-based communities to connect their most sacred teachings to ways to embody those values and incorporate lifestyle changes that promote justice, compassion, and sustainability. A graduate of the Sustainable Development department at Appalachian State University, Sarah recently earned her Master of Divinity, with a concentration in religious leadership and ecology, from Wake Forest University School of Divinity. She has worked at the intersection of ...
Episode 012, Sarah Ogiltree: Embodying Sacred Teachings for Justice, Compassion, and Sustainability
December 05, 2019 18:23 - 36 minutes - 29.9 MBMeet Sarah. Sarah works with faith-based communities to connect their most sacred teachings to ways to embody those values and incorporate lifestyle changes that promote justice, compassion, and sustainability. A graduate of the Sustainable Development department at Appalachian State University, Sarah recently earned her Master of Divinity, with a concentration in religious leadership and ecology, from Wake Forest University School of Divinity. She has worked at the intersection of faith a...
Episode 011, Jane Weaver: Microbes and the Life Forces in the Land
November 19, 2019 17:08 - 45 minutes - 36.5 MBCan we regard food production with a systematic, science-based approach and still believe in and support the invisible, life-giving forces that govern Nature? Today we speak with Jane Weaver, who has been an enthusiastic student of mathematics, music, and the connections between these two sciences for nearly all of her life. Following her college and graduate studies in the areas of music, mathematics and general systems theory, and several years of public sector teaching, she served as a fa...
011, Jane Weaver: Microbes and the Life Forces in the Land
November 19, 2019 17:08 - 45 minutes - 36.5 MBCan we regard food production with a systematic, science-based approach and still believe in and support the invisible, life-giving forces that govern Nature? Today we speak with Jane Weaver, who has been an enthusiastic student of mathematics, music, and the connections between these two sciences for nearly all of her life. Following her college and graduate studies in the areas of music, mathematics and general systems theory, and several years of public sector teaching, she served as a f...
010, Ayana Young: Unlearn and Rewild
November 12, 2019 11:00 - 49 minutes - 41.3 MBWe are in a unique time in human history. We can order an item from around the world and receive it at our doorstep in a few days. We can live our entire lives indoors. We can exist without interacting with other humans. Unfortunately, this separation from each other and from Nature makes it easier than ever to exploit and destroy nature for our own purposes. The good news is...we are actually in a position to salvage what few wild areas still exist on the planet. There is however, an expir...
009, Dr. Frederick Kirschenmann: Behaving As Though We Are Part of Nature
November 05, 2019 11:00 - 43 minutes - 35.2 MBWe are coming to the end of an era that uses fossil calories to power our food production. It's going to take more than technology, more than math and science, to see us out of this predicament; it's going to take collaboration, creativity, and imagination. Born on a North Dakota farm during the Great Depression and in the grips of the worst drought in U.S. history, Fred Kirschenmann has spent most of his life working to change how we farm, as well as our relationship to the land. For more ...
008, Starhawk: Permaculture is Earth-Based Spirituality in Action
October 29, 2019 10:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBIn today's episode, we dive into the philosophy of permaculture, activism, and earth-based spirituality with Starhawk, an author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher, and a prominent voice in modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism. She is the author or co-author of thirteen books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess, as well as the ecotopian novel The Fifth Sacred Thing, with its sequel City of Refuge. Her most recent non-ficti...
000, Brooke Kornegay: Meet the Host
October 28, 2019 17:22 - 23 minutes - 19.3 MBOne of my guests, Skye Taylor (episode 7), graciously offered to interview me for the show. This is a chance for you to get to know a little bit about me, what my goals are, and where I'm coming from. Hopefully it will put this whole project into context. If you'd like to pitch a guest for this show, email me at [email protected]. Thanks for listening! --Brooke
007, Skye Taylor: The Holy Honey Bee
October 23, 2019 15:43 - 56 minutes - 45.1 MBWhat happens when we design from observation of Nature and not for human convenience? What would change in our experience if we decided to simplify our outer lives, while cultivating our inner life? In today's episode, we discuss these and other insights from meditations on the Holy Honey Bee. Skye’s first career was in theatre, and in her mid thirties decided to enter the temple life and become a Buddhist monk. Skye began the work of caring for and creating gardens, as well as researching ...
006, Morgan Caraway: Ecological Awakening
October 15, 2019 10:00 - 57 minutes - 46.4 MBWhen we identify the things in life that we could not live without, the things that create true success, life becomes simple. Learning to deal with our own inner landscape and making our own healing a priority impacts how we treat others and view the world. Today we discuss trauma, sustainable living, and awakening with Morgan Caraway, a natural building instructor, multi-media artist, musician, author, and a co-founder of Bottom Leaf Intentional Community and Sustainable Life School. He an...