Kailea Frederick and Kate Weiner of Loam, on Navigating Crisis + Holding Space for Nuance with Beauty [episode 40]

Kate Weiner and Kailea Frederick share about creativity, art, and beauty as integral to activism work. You’ll also hear about: Co-creating a world that values and priorities the health and wellbeing of future generations Embodied, reciprocity and holding space for nuance  A reimagining of the matriarchy Kailea and Kate share a special announcement and new project by Loam   ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment   When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Kailea Frederick (Loam Editor) is a mother and First Nations woman dedicated to supporting individuals of all cultures in remembering their ties to the earth. A graduate of the International Youth Initiative Program, she has in-depth training in interpersonal communication, community building across cultural and linguistic boundaries and large group facilitation. She is a Spiritual Ecology Fellow, and has served as a youth delegate twice to the United Nations Climate Change conferences (COP). Currently, Kailea offers facilitation and project consultation through her project Earth Is `Ohana and is a Climate Commissioner for the city of Petaluma.  Kate Weiner (Loam Creative Director) is an environmental educator, writer, and gardener. Kate is a 2015 Brower Youth Award winner, a 2017 recipient of the John Goddard Prize for Environmental Conservancy, and a 2018 Spiritual Ecology Fellow. Kate was an Artist-in-Resident at Woodland Keep in the San Juan Islands as well as a beneficiary of the Boulder Arts Commission Professional Development Grant. She facilitates workshops across the country on low-waste living, permaculture in practice, and resilience, and has a Certificate in Permaculture Design from the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center.  In this episode, we talk about: Kailea shares a spell by Brontë Velez on repatriation How flowers, activism, and literature, weave within Kate and Kailea’s story Kate shares the co-creation story of Loam That beauty is perceived as supplementary and not integral Flowers as an entry point into compassion and activism On why it’s easy to become cynical and overwhelmed in the current climate How Loam holds space for the unraveling of the human experience We speak on how to navigating crisis with beauty and art Creating spaciousness for future visioning How beauty helps us evoke the world we want to live in Why imagination is necessary for moving forward with hope and compassion How honoring beauty is honoring the sovereignty of other beings How beauty invokes gratitude Tuning in to the sensual and spiritual nature of the matriarchy A reimagining of the matriarchy How does it feel to be embodied How embodiment work invites in greater empathy and spaciousness How our bodies are the Earth The matriarchy as power within, not power over Creating a path to healing with plants Kailea and Kate share stories of how the plants speak to them On how the plants feel like home Kailea and Kate share a special announcement about a new project with Loam On Compassion in Crisis How we are born of crisis, yet have the capacity and the resilience to make it through challenging times Kate and Kailea share about the Loam Listen podcast and on current Loam publications and projects Plus so much more!   Secret Episodes! 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Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Learn more about Kailea and Kate’s offerings at https://loamlove.com/ Connect with Loam on Instagram @loamlove / https://www.instagram.com/loamlove/ Connect with Kailea on Instagram @earthisohana / https://www.instagram.com/earthisohana/  Support Loam on Patreon @loamlove Explore the Loam Listen Podcast Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret    References: Embodied Plant Medicine workshop https://www.earthspeak.love/embodied-plant-medicine Alissa Maya https://akashaapothecary.com/ Cacao Ceremony workshop https://www.earthspeak.love/cacao-ceremony Naomi Love https://www.wisewombmedicinepath.com/ Episode 6 with Kailea Fredrick https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/spiritual-ecology-compassion-in-crisis-kailea-frederick Brontë Velez https://www.instagram.com/littlenows/ Monsanto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto Sweet Alyssum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobularia_maritima Borage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borage Calendula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendula How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong https://amz.run/4K6I California Poppy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschscholzia Lilacs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syringa_vulgaris Spiderwort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradescantia Nasturtium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropaeolum Dahlia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlia Compassion in Crisis https://loamlove.com/shop/compassionincrisis Compasión en tiempos de crisis https://loamlove.com/shop/compasion-en-tiempos-de-crisis  Milla Prince https://www.instagram.com/thewomanwhomarriedabe Nourishing the Nervous System by Tayla Shanaye https://loamlove.com/shop/nourishing-the-nervous-system   Living Through Liminality https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ_ysUmHeU9/ Black Histories / Black Futures Bookshelf https://bookshop.org/shop/loam  Loam listen https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/loam-listen/id1477513600 Amirio Freeman https://www.instagram.com/plantasia_barrino/     ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! 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