Spencre McGowan @gingertoothandtwine on how a trip to her ancestral lands of Sweden awakened her true love for baking and incorporating flowers and herbs into her bakes. You’ll also hear about:  Deciphering intuition vs. anxious thoughts The surprising bright side of FOMO Getting to know houseplants as you would a friend or lover  ♥♥♥ 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 judgement  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 ***** We are stoked to welcome herbalist, cook, writer, and founder of Gingertooth & Twine, Spencre McGowan!  Spencre works closely with medicinal plants and food to create nourishing meals that bridge the gap between healing foods and traditional western herbalism. If you’re a kitchen witch or foodie, you’ll love her most recent book,  Blotto Botany: a Lesson in Healing Cordials and Plant Magic. In this episode Spencre shares about how to live with crippling anxiety and still be a boss babe. We’ll also discuss how plants can communicate with us as a form of support.  We also talk about:  How to hear your intuition speaking to you Learning how to say no! Picking up on energy in sacred spaces Listening to your body, knowing when to leave Running away from your fears and avoiding confrontation The age of learning how to trust yourself Spencre’s experience attending a Waldorf School as a child How to know when plants give you permission to harvest Noticing how plants communicate with you How herbal medicines react differently in every body  Spencre’s unexpected experience with Vitex for endometriosis How WWOOFing in Sweden brought Spencre to her passion for baking Naked spring water cleansing  A special ring rinsing ritual to unite two people and the land they tend  Bonus Secret Episode! Spencre speaks about converting her passions into a paycheck as a conscious entrepreneur in this week’s secret episode!  Links:  Learn more about Spencre’s offerings at www.gingertoothandtwine.com/  Connect with Spencre on Instagram  @gingertoothandtwine Connect with Spencre on Facebook  @gingertoothandtwine Follow Spencre on Youtube  @Spencre Linnea Explore Spencre’s book,  Blotto Botany   References:  California School of Herbal Studies WOOFING - Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms  Freeroam app to access free campsites Full Bushel Farm  Learn to trust your intuition and activate your Earth magic at https://www.earthspeak.love Follow Earth Speak on Instagram @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

Learning to Trust Yourself + Herbal Bakes with Spencre McGowan [episode 10]

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Poet, adventure guide and ecstatic earth worshiper Jacqueline Suskin shares about poetry and cultivating relationships with the earth and all its inhabitants. You’ll also hear about:   Using poetry as a channel for the earth   How connected we all are even though we feel alone   How the power of making things up is our strongest magic as humans   ***** Jacqueline Suskin is a self-proclaimed ecstatic earth worshiper, the author of eight published books, all of which center around the earth and its bounty. Currently, she’s focused on bringing her nature poetry curriculum into classrooms around the country and her new book “A Year in Practice – Seasonal Rituals and Prompts to Awaken Cycles of Creative Expression” is available at all major booksellers.  This episode was recorded in July 2021 during her time as artist in residence at Folklife farm in Bayside California.    In this episode, we talk about:   Jacqueline’s calling to make poetry more accessible and help people open the door to its transformative possibilities   How poetry’s ability to condense deep concepts and quickly take us to the heart of the matter is the perfect medium for our era’s shorter attention spans   Reminding people that we are part of the earth and that to forget this connection is to forget ourselves   The delight that is possible when we align with the senses   How deep relationship with anyone or anything involves connecting and communicating on a sensory level beyond language   The importance of releasing the pressure to have a certain outcome and just responding to whatever the moment requires   How agenda, outcome and productivity are overvalued by our society at the expense of witnessing and spaciousness   Magic not having to look a certain way    How establishing relationships with the natural elements can allow one to be more spontaneous and less prescribed with their rituals   Jacqueline’s experience running an artist residency    How things can change overnight when we keep showing up in openness and presence, but the amount of time, space, and attention it takes to keep at it can be hard   Stewarding a sense of self to become more connected with our stories, wounds and joy   How healing yourself heals everything else – it’s literally all you can do   Witnessing the shift as we return to more traditional ecological knowledge   The importance of lying down and letting the earth hold you   The power of vulnerability    Poetry as a mindset and not just written words on a page   The institution of poetry vs the spirit of poetry   The importance of continuing to be open and following the signs in your life   Earth Speak Links:   Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective   Become an Earth Speak Sponsor and reach more of the people you're meant to serve www.earthspeak.love/sponsor    Support the Earth Speak Podcast and  purchase our t-shirt    Support Earth Speak and  make a donation     Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret   Guest Links:   Learn more about Jacqueline’s offerings at www.jacquelinesuskin.com   Connect with Jacqueline on Instagram @jsuskin    Connect with Jacqueline on Substack https://substack.com/@jsuskin    Check out Jacqueline’s book A Year in Practice   References:    Episode 102 || Jacqueline Suskin   Native Land https://native-land.ca/     Folk Life Farm   Bill Thompson   Poem Store    Bruce Nauman    Journal of a Novel by John Steinbeck    The returning of Tuluwat Island   Land Back Movement   Shawna’s registry   Natalie’s website   Noticing with Natalie Podcast   The AuDHD Flourishing podcast   Enter The Portal podcast    Rooted Business podcast     ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It’s Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague  https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

Remembering Our Connection with Jacqueline Suskin [episode 104]

Soul tender and doula Trudy Titilayo shares about coming into relationship with her ancestors as they help her guide souls through the spiral of life and death.  You’ll also hear about:   Being called into relationship with the ancestors   Moving from being the Witness into being the Teacher   Doulaing as more than just supporting the birthing process   Teaching our daughters choice   ***** Trudy Titilayo is a witness to Life's longing for itself. A humble steward of this sacred journey through birth, breath, death and rebirth, in honor of our Ancestors and the next seven generations.    In this episode, we talk about:   Ancestral calls to the spiral road   Trudy’s relationship with her grandmother    Witnessing and connecting the dots of memory   The reciprocal gifts Trudy has both given and received within the Earth Speak Collective   Learning to show up for oneself and finding one’s voice   Going through the pandemic as a chrysalis moment   The power of sitting (and dancing) with the ancestors without expectation or knowing why   The journey of becoming a doula including Trudy’s own birth story   Birth and death as our most vulnerable moments   The damage that being separated from our ancestral land causes not only ourselves, but future generations   Trudy’s pilgrimage to her ancestral lands   Big news from Shawna   Trudy’s experiences recognising the death transition and holding her family through the portals of life   The subtlety of signs and learning to trust the call   How the work Trudy has done towards liberating herself has impacted her daughters   Giving yourself permission to claim all of yourself   Doulaing identity     Earth Speak Links:   Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective   Become an Earth Speak Sponsor and reach more of the people you're meant to serve www.earthspeak.love/sponsor    Support the Earth Speak Podcast and  purchase our t-shirt    Support Earth Speak and  make a donation    Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret   Guest Links:   Learn more about Trudy’s offerings at https://trulysacredcircles.com   Connect with Trudy on Instagram @trulysacredcircles   References:   Native Land https://native-land.ca/     Pharoah Ramses III     Kemetic Yoga   Natalie channels Daisy    Ifá   Revivalist Pentecostal church   Psilocybin mushrooms   Doula   Dr Daniel Foor   Kemet   Nile River Valley   Maroons    VBAC    LSD   Mother Teresa     ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It’s Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague  https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ► Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

The Call of the Ancestors with Grandmother Trudy Titilayo [episode 103]

Poet and educator Jacqueline Suskin shares about watching the ways humans choose to nurture their connection with the land and its cycles. You’ll also hear about:   How creative expression is the practice of life   Moving through the immensity of eco grief to use it as creative fuel   How loving the earth is loving ourselves   ***** Jacqueline Suskin is a self-proclaimed ecstatic earth worshiper, the author of eight published books, all of which center around the earth and its bounty. Currently, she’s focused on bringing her nature poetry curriculum into classrooms around the country and her next book “A Year in Practice – Seasonal Rituals and Prompts to Awaken Cycles of Creative Expression” is available at all major booksellers.     In this episode, we talk about:   Rewriting beliefs around urban spaces lacking connection with nature   Finding the right level of human connection to help uncared for land flourish   How the conversation around land stewardship is more complicated than just planting a bunch of trees   Honoring decay   How we don’t have to reinvent the wheel   The younger generation having so much to say (about the earth)   How allowing people the time and space to dream and explore will allow them to connect with the earth    Going beyond duality to allow both hope and hopelessness to exist simultaneously   How we can’t have awe without attunement to despair and grief   How we have the power to change everything in this moment   How cultivating trust in the now can help us soothe our despair and expand our trust in the future   Jacqueline’s new book A Year in Practice   Remembering the cycles that are already in us to align with the rhythms that exist in the world   The difficulty of transitions   The grief of loosing the familiarity of the way we know the seasons   The connection between imagination and intuition   How supporting the community is a pathway to combat our isolation   How practicing relationship involves showing up for it no matter who or what we are in relationship with     Earth Speak Links:   Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective   Become an Earth Speak Sponsor and reach more of the people you're meant to serve www.earthspeak.love/sponsor    Support the Earth Speak Podcast and  purchase our t-shirt    Support Earth Speak and  make a donation     Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret   Guest Links:   Learn more about Jacqueline’s offerings at www.jacquelinesuskin.com   Connect with Jacqueline on Instagram @jsuskin    Connect with Jacqueline on Substack https://substack.com/@jsuskin    Check out Jacqueline’s book A Year in Practice   References:   Native Land https://native-land.ca/      A brief history of Detroit   Poem Forest Australia   Folk Life Farm   Inside Out Literary Arts Detroit   Poem Store     ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It’s Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague  https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

You Are the Earth with Poet Jacqueline Suskin [episode 102]

In this conversation, Natalie & Shawna share what's on their hearts and minds, and explore the next phase of Earth Speak. You’ll also hear about:   How did we get here and how do we co-create more aliveness in the future     How to support different communities and move away from marginalization   Capacity, somatics, and co-creating community    ♥♥♥ 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 ***** Natalie Ross helps magical entrepreneurs tweak their marketing, so they can reach more of the people they're meant to serve. She helps them go from feeling overwhelmed and not knowing how to talk about what they do to creating content that's fun and brings in more sales. She also produces the Earth Speak podcast and runs a community about connecting more deeply with self, others, nature and spirit. Learn more at www.natalie.net.   Shawna finds inspiration from all aspects of life but most notably nature and human connection. She brings experience and awareness from being a white assuming mixed-race black woman living in America. As a student of Psychological Ethnic Anthropology, she enjoys liberating folks from aspects of what make them feel othered by society. Learn more at @shawna.cason and @folkflorist  In this episode, we talk about:   Natalie and Shawna discuss ideologies, constructs, and the early history of anthropology    Finding safety within oneself so we can find safety within community    How we both inherit and are influenced by ideologies    Deconstructing race and the myth of race    Shawna shares her experience of being mixed-race and multicultural    The concept of the melting pot, whiteness, and the erasure of cultures   How to support different communities but move away from marginalization   That we are all the same species, the same race    How did we get here and how do we co-create more aliveness in the future?     How power structures have separated and governed the relationship between humans and the Earth   Systems of othering   Co-existing and celebrating difference    We explore, how when one person is oppressed in the system we are all oppressed    The ways that power structures create and maintain oppression    Looking to nature for models of how to thrive together    Moving away from the myth of scarcity    Surviving, thriving, and embodying sustainablity within late capitalism   What is capacity?    What can we co-create in community, when we come from a place of safety?    Honoring and finding safety within ourselves so we can honor the need for safety in others   Moving forward through trauma healing, embodiment, and navigating the nervous system   Answering the call to create healing for ourselves and our community   And so much more!   Secret Episodes! Get access to past secret episodes at  https://www.earthspeak.love/secret. Earth Speak Links:   Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective   Become an Earth Speak Sponsor and reach more of the people you're meant to serve www.earthspeak.love/sponsor    Support the Earth Speak Podcast and  purchase our t-shirt    Support Earth Speak and  make a donation    Share your thoughts about this episode or anything else, at https://www.earthspeak.love/shareyourtruth    Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret   Guest Links:   Connect with Shawna on Instagram @shawna.cason and @folkflorist    Learn more about Natalie’s offerings at natalie.net   Connect with Natalie on Instagram @natalierossmedia, natalie.alexandra.ross and @totalhippies   Explore Natalie’s YouTube channel    References:   Native Land https://native-land.ca/     Ideology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology    Anthropology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology    Construct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism    Somatic experiencing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_experiencing    Jim Crow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws    Melting pot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting_pot    Book || Race in America https://amz.run/6dTZ    TED Skin Color is an Illusion || Nina Jablonski  https://www.ted.com/talks/nina_jablonski_skin_color_is_an_illusion    Book || Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color https://amz.run/6dNe    Homo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo    UVC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet#UVC    Vitamin D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D    Melanin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanin    Early human migration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_human_migrations    Swallowtail butterfly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallowtail_butterfly   Episode 99 || Natalie + Shawna https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/natalie-and-shawna-99    Critical race theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory    Plato https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato    Socrates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates    Late-stage capitalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_capitalism      ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! 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Founders Natalie & Shawna Explore Systems of Othering + Cultivating Safety & Connection in Community [episode 101]

Jenner Linden shares her breakthrough moment where she realized that everything was not what it seemed. You’ll also hear about:   What happened when Jenner listened to her intuition and created a heart-centered community   Connecting with other witchy folks in a safe supportive space    What it feels like to be seen as your true self   ♥♥♥ 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 ***** Jenner Linden founded The Wild Ones Community to **give voice** to heart-centered seekers and transformational leaders. As an intuitive coach, she has cultivated a healing space where folks are free to explore their wild side and path to personal fulfillment. Jennifer’s annual ReWilding Online Retreat has attracted over 18K people from around the world dedicated to shedding layers of conditioning and living out their truth. With the right tools, everyone has the power to fall wildly in love with the lives they are creating.   In this episode, we talk about:   Jenner shares her bathroom floor moment and the story of her breakthrough   What happened when Jenner stepped outside her programming    Taking off the layers that are hiding your magic    Shadow integration and walking side by side with the darkness   On taking healing to the next step and integrating the awareness moments    What happened when Jenner felt seen as her true self for the first time    Trusting in love and connection   Creating and navigating boundaries    How creating a devotional, daily practice can affect how you show up in the world    What are morning pages and why it works for Jenner and her business    How intuitive messages show up for Jenner    What Natalie and Jenner wish they had discovered sooner on their healing journey     What is the Wild Ones Community?   The ways that the Wild Ones Community is supporting folks in being seen as their true witchy, woo, and wild self    Connecting with other witchy folks in a space supportive and heart-centered space   Jenner shares about her upcoming free ReWilding Online Retreat     And so much more!    Secret Episodes! Get access to past secret episodes at  https://www.earthspeak.love/secret. Earth Speak Links:   Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective   Become an Earth Speak Sponsor and reach more of the people you're meant to serve www.earthspeak.love/sponsor    Support the Earth Speak Podcast and  purchase our t-shirt    Support Earth Speak and  make a donation    Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret   Guest Links:   Learn more about Jennifer’s offerings at www.thewildones.community    Learn more about the Free ReWilding Retreat   Explore the  ReWilding Activation Bundle   Join the  Wild Ones Community     Connect with Jennifer on Instagram @we.arewild // https://www.instagram.com/we.arewild   Explore Jennifer’s Pinterest    References:   Native Land https://native-land.ca/     Episode 63 || Becca Piastrelli https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/becca-piastrelli-63     Human Design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Design    NBC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC    Red Lake shootings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Lake_shootings    Columbine High School Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre    Book || The secret https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_(Byrne_book)    Shadow integration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology)    Kundalini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini    Vagus nerve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagus_nerve    Morning pages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist%27s_Way    Akashic Records https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records    NLP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming    Tapping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_Freedom_Techniques    Ayurveda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda    Higher Self https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_self      ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It’s Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague  https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

Learning to Trust Yourself + Herbal Bakes with Spencre McGowan [episode 10]

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