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At this point, I rarely take cold pitches to be on the Belonging podcast. If you would like to submit yourself (or someone else) as a guest, please include a detailed overview of what you’d like to share and include links to your work and other interviews you’ve done. I am particularly interested in highlighting the work of BIPOC, LGBTQIA, and those in a position of eldership.

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This post brought to you by my epic garden failures this year - and we're only weeks into planting 🙈
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What happens when things start getting hard? Do we give up out of the shame and guilt that comes with things going sideways or being stumped by a process gone awry?
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I certainly don’t see as many social media posts about that part in the process.
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I’m calling myself out here as well because I’m actually not a very excellent gardener. And yet I get so many compliments on my beautiful garden that I share on social media. Guess what? I only share what’s looking good and what’s gone well.
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When new things (particularly ones that involve working with your hands) get hard, remind yourself that there is no urgency in remembering the old ways and that these things take time. And you’ve got the time — you really do. You can’t hack your way to master status of ancestral knowledge.
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It’s been so helpful to remember that I have grown up in a culture of urgency, competition, and isolation — but those are false narratives in the great spiral of time. They are destructive to my soul and I no longer prescribe to them. I am here to remember the old ways, to opt-out of urgency and the pressures of linear time, and to be gentle with myself as I learn and remember how to be connected to my hands, to the earth, and to my ancient self.
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I offer that to you, friend — whatever project or task you are taking on these days. May you find the gentleness and ease of spirit to keep going and find joy even in the mistakes and frustrations along the way.
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Are you enjoying these topics and want to take it deeper? I have a 28-day devotional home practice called Tending the Flame to orient you to a new (more meaningful, slower, and wilder) way of being. You can learn more at tendingtheflamepractice.com or click link in my bio 🌱

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New podcast episode alert!
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@asha.frost is an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) Medicine Woman (member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation), Healer, and Spiritual Mentor. Last time she was on the podcast we discussed her viral article “Dear White Woman who wants to be like me,” and today she returns to share her new book You Are the Medicine with us.
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Together we explore the medicine of publishing a book. We discuss why we felt called to write, how books can be like babies, and the ways releasing our books made us more resilient. We also talk about how both our books are invitations to move at a slower, earth-pace.
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Our conversation is a call to recognize the postpartum grief that comes when you release a creative work. And it’s an opportunity to embrace the end of the extended winter we’ve been undergoing and to craft rites of passage for ourselves that acknowledge a new season.
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Take a listen by clicking the link in my bio or searching "Belonging" wherever you listen to podcasts.

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I belong to myself.
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I belong to this body - this exquisite collection of bones and blood and skin and hair that make up all that I am and all that I come from. My DNA contains all the billions of ancestors that came before me, including the mycelium and stardust that came before them.
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I reclaim this vessel of magic. I reject the dominant culture's messages that I am not enough as I simply am. I will continue to work to heal the ways I project these societal self-image wounds onto others and repair any harm that has caused. I will take up space - with my body, with my words, and with my ideas.
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I am in devotion to holding your hand as you do the same.
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🛀 🌸 magical bloom bath from @bloomgeneration
📸 photo by @atinaka

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Weaving family with community. This is our greatest dream, and we’re getting closer everyday. 🕸

📸: @jedhubbard at our community Beltane celebration 🌸

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What I wished we’d had when we were in the early baby days 🍼

A few weeks ago @lianebourke and I were chatting on Marco Polo - her a birth and postpartum support professional and me - a new mama who wants to shout from the rooftops about how we need to support families better in the postpartum time.

We were talking about how partners can feel so helpless and lost in those early days while the mamas are totally consumed by birth recovery, bonding, and feeding. “What they need is a checklist!” I asserted into the computer phone camera in my hand. I’m thinking back to all those moments when I was very much in need, exhausted, and Tim was pacing the bedroom trying to figure out what he needed to do and exhausted at the idea of needing to figure it out.

So, for what it’s worth, here’s what we can share from our experiences. What would you add?

#postpartum #the4thtrimester #thefirst40days #postpartumsupport

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Let’s take a deep dive look into the SELF theme of the Tending the Flame Home Practice.

In this 28-day journey, I’ll guide you through rituals and practices to reclaim your rooted sense of self. We’ll move from releasing old stories to crafting a talisman to knowing how your body connects to the greater seasons and cycles of the wild. You’ll complete your practice with deep reflections, rituals and a toolkit of practices to incorporate into your daily life.

Feel called to dive in? Head to tendingtheflamepractice.com or click that link in my bio 🕯

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