3 Crones Podcast

What we really know for sure is that women's circles are transformative, for the individuals linked in the ritual, for the total group and for the broader collective.   Virginia, Tamara and Susan have endeavored to show and tell about the profound power and enjoyment that their tiny, trio circle has to it.   Did you get the message? We hope you will gather and BE:  sharing, listening, accepti...

Listen as Virginia leads us through a discussion inspired by Mirabai Starr's new book, Ordinary Mysticism.  We cover familiar ground...how the elements inform us and shape our own holy ways and sacred days. Crones want everyone to lean into their magic!  Take some encouragement from us...you are beyond ready and equipped. Support the show Please rate, review and share our podcast!  We love ou...

We've brought an episode out of the vault this month...For the Love of Bees previously aired in May of 2022.  It's a keeper with lots to inspire and uplift you!  Do enjoy and let us know what you think! Support the show Please rate, review and share our podcast!  We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us: http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcast For Virginia, T...

What a beautiful and expansive conversation.  Susan and Kathleen explore so much rich territory...humane and conscious work in the corporate realm, step-parenting and family dynamics, and a few unexpected ways into spirit and selfhood.   Kathleen shares how her childhood with an alcoholic mother still informs her identity and choices, creating a functional empathy, as she approaches her 50th birth...

What does one do with "overwhelming gratitude"?  This is a little mini-sode for you with an unexpected twist. Here are the word search books Susan is in love with!   I've completed Becoming, Presence and working on Rest. Support the show Please rate, review and share our podcast!  We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us: http:/instagram.com/3crones...

Under the Flower Full Moon at the end of May, we discuss making innovative changes to ignite peace, kindness and togetherness in our personal lives and in the collective. We challenge each other and our listeners and at the same time murmer thank you thank you thank you thank you for the sacred spaces and communities we have already established. The devastation at Rafah hadn't happened yet wh...

Join Susan this month as she interviews a dear friend, Kristin Bispels, in an episode of Women the World Over.  There is a LOT of sweet, infectious laughter in this episode that is likely to inspire everyone to be grateful for their authentic relationships and joyful exchanges. Kristin Bispels is the founder and executive director of Inclusive Clay, an organization that provides access and art edu...

At launch, we promised our podcast listeners that we'd "talk about it all" and then took 25 episodes to tiptoe into a conversation about SEX.   This month, Virginia and Tamara venture into this vast topic with their musings about sexuality and culture, womanhood and coming of age, the rites we are missing and  hopes for new generations.   We know this is only a drop in the ocean of...

Tamara invited us into a talk about NAVIGATION...and it feels just right for this time, sorting out a direction but also a state of being that allows for wild cards and rerouting. Where are we and where are we headed?  How can we tell if we are "on course"?  What tunes our listening to the "still, small voice" that assures our arrival in a reality that suits our soul? Join us t...

We love retreats!  We lead them, we take them, we dream them up in our waking hours and in our sleep.  We've been hosting them together for a long time and we've learned so much over the years. How women NEED retreat.  How everyone is transformed, no matter what.  How traveling to touristy, "best" destinations with other yogis really isn't the ideal anymore, rather a beaut...

Tamara, Virginia and Susan are back together all three after a summer hiatus following the passing of Tamara's dear husband BJ.   True to form, the conversation weaves in and out of every avenue of approach towards life's ultimate questions. We don't have the answers, but benefit and grow through the asking. Tune in.  We think you'll be moved and awakened. Support the show Plea...

"Maybe we can't change the world, but maybe we can nudge it."  So says Siobhan Bedford, professional artist and dear, dear friend.  This episode is a really wild ride with so many beautiful twists and turns...art as a devotional practice of light, dark and infinity, leaving the corporate world to create soul work, the tender loss of miscarriage, reimagining the legends of Eden and o...

Surf the waves of this beautiful and revealing discussion with Elizabeth Montalbano, a freelance writer, journalist and therapeutic writing mentor.  Liz is an American expat living in Portugal who has intentionally created a new kind of life for herself through healing, exploration and surfing!  You'll be inspired by her story and enamored by the way she shares a choice-full journey and her i...

This is our first episode of a new project we're calling Women the World Over!  The 3 Crones are opening up a new avenue of communication with women...when we say, "we want to hear from you", we mean it!  Tune in as we launch "mini-episode"* interviews with listeners, friends and mentors...women like you...maybe YOU. Please contact us if you would would like to join the co...

This episode is arriving somewhat behind schedule and on the date of July's Blessing Moon.  Only a matter of days after we recorded, Tamara's dear husband BJ passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones at home.  Tamara shared with us that during the week leading up to his death, he was referring to the transition as "when I go on ahead".  Deep breath. Not only have we taken...

Virginia invites Susan and Tamara to explore role models, archetypes and the choice of looking to the world stage and our local communities to identify those shining ones who inspire and encourage us. How do you embody an archetypal example of arrival, growth and manifestation?  Who do you look to who helps you to create the life you want? We touch on many aspects of the feminine divine:  Midwife,...

Join Virginia and Susan in welcoming Sherry Sidoti back to the program!  Sherry's new book A Smoke and a Song, A Memoir is coming out August 1 and we dig into all the rich crevices of storytelling with Sherry, her process and path, through her journey of reflecting, remembering and sharing this most intimate tale. A Smoke and a Song is Sherry’s story of her quest to make meaning from the memo...

We three Crones embody and know all three aspects of the Goddess...as do ALL women!  This time around, we talk about mothering and the Great Mother.  What do mothers need, what do they offer and how does the sacred archetype of Mother apply in our mundane and difficult lives, whether we have borne human children or not? ~If we are the mothers of our own precious and vital dreams, what comforting w...

Imbolc is the cross-quarter point between Yule and Ostara which means we're headed ever closer to Spring which means we probably could use some consideration and reflection around what we truly want out of this next season/year/cycle/rebirth in our lives. Virginia, Tamara and Susan talk about healing, choices, growth and responsibility in the Chariot year...about how to pause and listen to ou...

There's a meme out there that goes like this: me:  Hi sky daddy God:  I really wish you would stop praying like that Hilarious. How do you pray?  Is there an overlap between prayer and spell-casting?  What are spells, anyway? The Crones chat about this and more in our first episode on 2023.  Spirit has a way with us, that can be confounding and mysterious...listen as Virginia, Susan and Tamar...

Tamara, Virginia and Susan chat about retreat...what IS retreat and why is it essential for women?  Having led our first destination retreat since the before Covid days, we reflect on our own experiences and the bonding of the group (mostly "strangers" this time around) in sacred space and time. We wing it this go round...beginning our second season as podcasters the way we began the who...

As promised from day one, we three end our first year of podcasting talking about DEATH.  And the bewitching and often difficult task of "living while we're alive", because holy hell, who knows what comes next?! The Crones share intimate tales about sitting vigil at the deathbeds, near-death experiences, living day-to-day with the knife-edge of death looming near, and the ways in wh...

It was all Susan's idea, so you know where to place the blame...we veered away from any whiff of wisdom and avoided the quest for answers completely.  We've been away from our 3 Crones posts for a month now...because...LIFE!  It felt like time to truth-tell and let it all hang out...a "venting" episode you might call it.  Heartfelt, emotional, open, vulnerable.  True confession...

Our first interview episode with soul-sister guest Sherry Sidoti-Rego, teacher, mentor & author who "happened" to rock Susan's world a decade ago.  You're going to love diving deep with this authenticity powerhouse as we talk about loss and brokenness and the ways in which healing and growth accumulate over time...how our transition to Crone offers ease and comfort and the...

Do you know the word Sangha?  Are you a member of an uplifting community?  Who holds space for you?  Are you connected intentionally with others? Virginia, Tamara and Susan talk about community, circles, bees, fairies and re-member-ing to open to love and a little wild!  It's a good way for May...come play with us. Aware, Glimpses of Consciousness on Netflix & Prime Goddesses in Older Wom...