Today we're chatting about upcoming Litha - the Summer Solstice, which falls on Tuesday 21st June. Everything in this season is in full bloom, and we talk how we celebrate the Solstice with our families and dance in all the juicy that is abundant at this time of year. Grab a cuppa and come join in the chat. We'd love to hear how you'll be celebrating this year too xx

Time is flying by and life keeps on moving and there never seems enough hours in the day! So we thought we'd just bleeding grab eachother and say a hello rather than waiting for the perfect podcast time - we miss you, we miss eachother, and remembering that we don't have to wait for the perfect times, sometimes the margins and the short stories create the best type of magic. These short series sessions will be 5-30 minute quick catchups, hot spot topics, q&as, done now, as life is really happening. As really life always is! It's good to say hello again x

This episode we are talking Wintering. A beautiful term that makes up the whole of the book on the subject, by Katherine May. We discuss her definition of Wintering, and share our own stories of these descents into sometimes brutal layers. How the season itself has much to teach us, but how our internal Winters give us so much growth, show us our power and resilience, and really if we allow them to, show us more of who we really are. 

Katherine May describes in Wintering, the power of rest and retreat. She is so eloquent and articulate and poetic and truly this book has been one of those that makes you feel so much less alone. A must must read.

Come on in and share the story xx

It's so good to be back after our Summer and Autumn break to write the book! We've missed being here, being with you and sharing stories. This episode is a slow intro back into the season, a Hello and How are you. We also review all the books that kept us floating and inspired and supported during the crazy of 2021. We hope you love it xx

Show Notes:

https://lisa-harmer.com

Coach and Inspiring thought leader for women in our current world

This is our final episode of season One and it's been amazing speaking to you all and sharing our journeys. This one is a good 'un, speaking of our rediscovery of self through cycles in our daily lives. Nature, Hormonal, Lunar and Soul. Life is full of new wisdom if we stay curious enough with hearts wide open.

App:

Stardust Period Tracker

Book:

Soul Modes by Carlie Maree

Period Power by Maisie Hill

As always, we literally touch the tip of the iceberg of this wonderful conversation, and so much more deep diving to come. Today, discussing the notion of "Childism" and how this also links in to Respectful Parenting and treating our children like whole beings.

Carl Frisell from Toca Boca describes Childism as:

"the radical notion that kids need to be respected as human beings. It states that despite differences in size, experience and power, adults and children are inherently of equal worth, and that kids’ perspectives and experiences should thus be considered on the same merits as those of adults. Childism could also be defined as the advocacy of the rights of children."

Shownotes (I remembered woohoo!):

Sara.Happiness.Is.Here

https://www.instagram.com/sara_happiness.is.here/

Janet Lansbury

https://www.janetlansbury.com

Amethyst Joy

https://www.instagram.com/thehealedmother/

Terminology:

Childism

Attachment Parenting

Gentle Parenting

Responsive Parenting

Ooooh this one is a big topic, but we have a fascinating chat about some of the terminology we are learning and unlearning about personality, sensitivities, and ourselves as whole women and humans. We cover personality tests, astrology, neurodiversity and much more x

There's also a motherhood blip in the middle where I have to run for a plaster catastrophe and leave Gemma hanging!Ooops!x

We are only in the beginning of this exciting life-long exploration into real wellness. Many things holistic have been, and still are, classed as 'alternative'. In this weeks episode we explore what we currently know about a number of these therapies and how we've been integrating them into modern life as we gain more knowledge and love for them x

Do you have big dreams? Do tell anyone about them? Has getting older pushed those dreams aside? Have they changed? Does Dreaming Big mean that we miss the journey along the way, and is there room for Big Dreams in these troubled times? Hop on in and join the conversation with us today xx

Shownotes:

The amazing Leonie Dawson...

https://leoniedawson.com

Burnout. Phew. It’s hard and it breaks you down and breaks you open. Talking today about periods of burnout in our own lives, and a few ideas that we now incorporate in to our daily lives to keep burnout at bay. Grab a cuppa, come on over, and we'd love to hear from you too xx