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Reclaim Your Voice with Lauren Arrow

Reclaim Your Voice

Singer/songwriter Lauren Arrow helps people who struggle with singing to “Reclaim Your Voice.” Lauren Arrow has devoted herself to assisting the shy singers among us in their personal, musical reclamations. In Season 2, episode 13, we’re celebrating the new moon with the release of Lauren’s interview for “The Positive Fantastic” podcast. This Northern California singer/songwriter…
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Bird Nest in the Outhouse

A Bird Nest in the Outhouse

Before I left for my recent trip to Hawaii, I found a bird nest in my outhouse. Because I believe on principle that it is a poor practice to poo in the water cycle, I make my daily constitutional into a hole. So, when I found the nest, empty, but built in a precarious area,…
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Jen Dalton Friendships

Trauma Informed Friendships

Jenny Dalton and I recently sat down for an author chat in her home in the hills of Ukiah to discuss trauma informed friendships for “The Positive Fantastic” podcast. Jenny (or Jen for short) Dalton, is the author “Of Butterflies and Bullies.” Driving up into the Ukiah hills to meet with Jen, I knew that…
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Food As Medicine with Mary Sheila

Food As Medicine

Mary Sheila, nutritionist consultant, met with me to discuss the real changes possible when we see “Food as Medicine.” She has spent a lifetime acquiring knowledge about how to nourish our bodies with healing foods, and I was happy to visit her at her home to learn firsthand about her expertise.  In addition to sharing…
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Molly Hildenbrand, creator of Be Rooted Botanicals

Be Rooted Botanicals

For this season two celebration of 4/20, I’m shining the spotlight on CBDs with my friend Molly Hildenbrand’s business “Be Rooted Botanicals.” Being the creatrix of my own podcast, I get to decide when I’m going to release episodes. This is the second year in a row that I’m excited to add an extra special…
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Julia Green Barnyard Midwife

Barnyard Midwife

I came to visit Julia, the “Barnyard Midwife,” at her home once many years ago, and I was astounded by what I saw there. She had turned a rental property into a fully fledged farmstead. Such is her devotion to the craft that she made a farm happen even without her roots firmly planted. Since…
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Tamara Wilder Paleotechnics

Paleotechnics

Tamara Wilder started “Paleotechnics” to help us all return to our roots. Tamara teaches people the paleotechnologies that help distinguish us as human beings. She joined me for a podcast episode to explore her own role in the ancestral skills movement, and the ways she sees the movement evolving. She has been an instructor and…
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Auntie Thyme Post Partum Doula

Auntie Thyme

I’ve been staying in Oakland, helping welcome a new baby into the world –taking on the role of Auntie Thyme, herbalist postpartum doula. Newborns are remarkable bodhisattvas & this babe had already won my heart in utero for his amazing choice of mother. Now it’s a full on love fest as I smell the oxytocin…
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Yeshe Matriarchal Priestess

Matriarchal Gift Economy of the Ancient Future

For the Spring Equinox, I’m offering a special edition episode “Matriarchal Gift Economy of the Ancient Future” for “The Positive Fantastic” with Priestess Yeshe Matthews. Yeshe Matthews is a modern day witch, drawing on countless traditional witchy practices to uplift and support us all living our lives with the strength and conviction we need to…
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Got Goats Family

Got Goats?

Got Goats?