What if art was an expression of your direct access to the divine? A way to channel your unique magic? For over 20 years Shilo Sophia has been teaching women how to allow their unique expression and their unique relationship to the divine to be channeled through their connection of the paintbrush to the canvas. 

In Shilos words “painting is a devotional act, a spiritual practice, a prayer in paint strokes.” In this episode we get into this and so much more, we hope you enjoy listening in! 

You can find out more about Shilo and her work at https://www.stardustlineage.com/  and https://musea.org/

Our next monthly community care circle will be Sunday February 22nd at 10am. This is a space to come together to be in community, get centered, prime the creative pumps and have some room to just be as you are. Mark your calendar! 

The zoom link will be accessible through our substack  https://littlegifts.substack.com 

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at [email protected] or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

It’s Brigid story time with Grandma Sue <3 

Brigid’s Day/Imbolc is celebrated on February 1st and 2nd and is the FIRST holiday observing a woman in western society.

Hang out your scarves for Brigid to bless, get cozy and listen in.

Sue Ellen shared the poem The flourishing to come on Imbolc 2026 by Rosemary Wahtola Trommer.  

Savanna shared Imbolc by Sophie strand. 

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at [email protected] or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

Rerelease of Episode 66. Cultivating Powerful Love and Loving Power (& other important reminders for living through the long dark), in conversation with Francis Weller 

This episode was originally recorded in February of 2025. 

Join us as we sit down once more with psychotherapist, writer and grief activist Francis Weller. In this episode we talk about accessible, actionable steps we can take to feel less powerless, the importance of learning the language of grief, slowing down to the speed of the soul and so much more. As always we delve into these seemingly heavier topics with nothing but love and little humor along the way. We’re here to embrace it all. 

You can find out more about Francis and his work here https://www.francisweller.net/about.html

PLACES TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA: 

https://www.standwithminnesota.com/

https://mnfreedomfund.org/

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at [email protected] or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

Join us for our January Community Care Circle 💕

These gatherings are an offering of space for folks to come together for community connection, for creative encouragement and for having sacred space to reconnect to self. (which I know I always need but especially need more during times like these) 

Savanna will guide us in a short somatic centering session, and Sue Ellen aka the peoples grandma will guide an accessible to all creative practice to connect with Brigid and the approach of Imbolc.

Sunday January 25th, 10:00-11:00am(ish) PST over Zoom, we can’t wait to gather with you!

Join us on Zoom through this link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/4686864087?omn=87091839347

You can also find the link for this circle and all future monthly get togethers at our substack  https://littlegifts.substack.com 

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at [email protected] or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

Veronique Flayol’s story with Mary Magdalene began nearly 300 years ago… Raised in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume—where for generations her ancestors have watched over the precious relics of Mary Magdalene—Roni grew up steeped in Provençal traditions and in the shadow of the mountain where Magdalene is said to have spent her final years. We are so grateful to get to hear her story. 

You can find out more about Veronique, her story and her retreats at https://www.magdalenesacredjourneys.com/

Our next monthly community care circle will be Sunday January 25th at 10am. This is a space to come together to be in community, get centered, prime the creative pumps and have some room to just be as you are. Mark your calendar! 

The zoom link will be accessible through our substack  https://littlegifts.substack.com 

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at [email protected] or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

We’re serving up some medicines for the heart and soul this week. In honor of Renee Good and all the other lives that have come to an end too soon. We love you and we hope you’re taking good care. 

Poems shared in order of how they were read: 

Great Ass by Sue Ellen Parkinson 

The Hopeful One by Savanna Wonderwheel 

After I Fell In The Canyon If Grief by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer 

Holding Space by Ríonach Aiken 

What If We All Met On That Bridge by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer 

What The Living Do by Marie Howe 

My Dead Friends by Marie Howe 

Love After Love by Derek Walcott 

Our next monthly community care circle will be Sunday January 25th at 10am. This is a space to come together to be in community, get centered, prime the creative pumps and have some room to just be as you are. Mark your calendar! 

The zoom link will be accessible through our substack  https://littlegifts.substack.com 

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at [email protected] or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

You don’t want to miss this one! We are joined by the renowned author and theologian Meggan Watterson for a soulful conversation circling around the women who were written out of one of the most influential texts in the world, the truth that we can all trust our innate knowing and what it means to be a human awake to love within you. 

You can find more about Meggan, her books Magdalene Revealed and The Girl Who Baptized Herself as well as her online community on her website https://www.megganwatterson.com/

Our next monthly community care circle will be Sunday January 25th at 10am. This is a space to come together to be in community, get centered, prime the creative pumps and have some room to just be as you are. Mark your calendar! 

The zoom link will be accessible through our substack  https://littlegifts.substack.com 

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at [email protected] or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

It’s the end of the year and we’re so happy to be here. 

Join us as we reflect on all of the amazing interviews we were lucky to do this year, our last community care circle and we shared some poetry and appreciation for all that is Little Gifts. 

Sue Ellen read On Listening by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and Savanna read an excerpt of Poetry Is Not a Luxury by Audre Lorde

Our next monthly community care circle will be Sunday January 25th at 10am. This is a space to come together to be in community, get centered, prime the creative pumps and have some room to just be as you are. Mark your calendar! 

The zoom link will be accessible through our substack  https://littlegifts.substack.com 

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at [email protected] or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

We’re resting over here and we hope you are too, we’ll be back next week <3

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at [email protected] or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

Winter Solstice is fast approaching and we’re trying our best to slow our pace to match the season. Please enjoy this re-release of our 6th episode where we get into all things winter solstice and the magic of the mundane…. 

Episode 6. In honor of the upcoming winter solstice (our favorite holiday over here!) we’re talking rituals. Small day to day rituals and big over the top once a year rituals, along with finding the magic in both the mundane and the magnificent. 

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at [email protected] or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.