Welcome to Belonging, a podcast that explores how to come home to yourself in the age of loneliness. Hosted and guided by Becca Piastrelli on a journey of courageous reconnection as we explore topics like ancestral wisdom, cultivating meaningful sisterhood, living with the seasons and cycles of the earth and your body, and what it means to be a good ancestor.
Episode #63: Feeling Seen in the Wild with Asia Suler
Asia Suler joins me in this episode of the Belonging Podcast. Asia is a writer, teacher, mystic, and herbalist who lives in the folds of the Blue ridge mountains. She is the creator and concoctress of One Willow Apothecaries, an Appalachian-grown company that offers...
Past Episodes:
Episode #62: Normalizing Death and Interrogating our Unquestioned Beliefs with Rachael Rice
Rachael Rice is someone who I have held in high esteem for some time. She is first and foremost, an artist — creating magical radical art for living and dying on a ravaged planet. She's also a prolific writer, educator, and death doula. Her work lies at the crossroads...
Episode #61: Rituals for our Grief with Shauna Janz
Shauna Janz joins me in this episode of Belonging. Shauna is a sacred grief counselor who holds space for all the areas and intersections of grief — embodiment, rituals, ancestral connection, and the individual and group process. She is dedicated to tending belonging...
Episode #60: Embodying the Priestess with Julie Parker
Julie Parker, Founder of The Beautiful You Coaching Academy, Co-Founder of Priestess Temple School, host of the Priestess Podcast, published author (her book Priestess is available for pre-order as of TODAY!), and speaker joins me in this episode of the Belonging...
Episode #59: Creation as Self-Regulation & Dreaming of a Better World with Jumakae
June Marisa Kaewsith, also known as "Jumakae," joins me on the Belonging Podcast today. Jumakae is a professional artist, wellness consultant, and storytelling coach who first roped me in with her TEDx talk and her powerful storytelling voice. I knew I wanted to talk...
Episode #58: Tending to the Ancestors with Gogo Thule Ngane
Much of the curiosity around my work has to do with ancestral connection and ancestral practices, which is why I am so excited to share my conversation with Gogo Thule Ngane on this episode of Belonging. Gogo is a Sangoma priestess and healer guided by the elevated...
Episode #57: Web of Connection with Asha Frost
In this episode of the Belonging podcast, I am joined by Asha Frost, an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) Medicine Woman (member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation), Healer, and Spiritual Mentor. Asha wrote an article titled "Dear White Woman who wants to be like me," which...
Episode #56: Hope in the Age of the Anthropocene with Ayana Young
I'm thrilled to bring you a conversation with Ayana Young, a fierce warrior for the earth and fellow podcaster. I have learned so much from Ayana over the years about what it means to be alive in the Anthropocene (the Age of Man) and how to find hope in action. Ayana...
Episode #55: Self initiation in the time of social distancing with Mimi Young
Mimi Young is a shamanic practitioner and founder of Ceremonie, a shamanic and ritual-based brand, and although we scheduled this conversation before any of us knew the extent of where we would be during this COVID 19 outbreak, what we had planned to talk about is...
Episode #54: Finding Connection in Isolation with Lisa Olivera
Lisa Olivera, a writer and therapist, joins me in this episode of Belonging to talk about showing up as yourself to make meaningful connection. This conversation weaves together what it really means to be human in these times and why it's so important to vulnerably...
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