Little Gifts

Join us for a heartfelt conversation with Rebecca Bradshaw inspired by her recently published book Down to Earth Dharma: Insight Meditation to Awaken the Heart. We get into the juicy topics of cultivating trust, the heart expanding beauty of vulnerability and reframing the thinking minds need for “control” and how that allows us to soften into enchantment.  You can Find out more about rebecca and...

Feeling anxious? So are we! And according to Martha Beck PHD, everyone else is too. Our hope is that this episode is a balm to help ease the burn of anxiety that so many of us are feeling these days.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or find us on isntagram @littlegift...

Join us for a classic grandma story time. We’re recording on Sue Ellens brith anniversary (aka her daughter/Savannas mom’s birthday) so we thought it’d be fun to tell the story of her birth (and Savanna’s 20 years later). Every birth story is the story of a miracle, these ones just also happen to be a little out of the “usual.” Savanna also had a beloved friend pass away, if you feel moved to offe...

It’s scary times, take solace in your practices, in knowing that there’s love in the world and in the words of Frank Herbert “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will b...

To renew, to die and die and be reborn again and again, to reclaim, to be free and self reflect on all of it. What does it all mean… We share our thoughts on the matter and they may not matter but they also do. Listen in why don’t ya?  BBC article referenced was - The 8 Ways to Stay Happier This YEar, According to Science https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241231-eight-ways-to-stay-happier-this-...

In this week’s episode we’re talking about forgiveness. How much pressure we put on ourselves to be forgiving, when we can forgive generously, when it’s appropriate not to forgive and all the nuance in between.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or find us on isntagram...

It’s the “most wonderful time of the year” and people are stressed to the point that The Mayo Clinic’s putting out holiday survival guides! We don’t have a survival guide for you but we might have something that could make you feel a little less alone during the ups and downs of this joyous, triggering, sometimes heart wrenching time of year.  If you need a shoulder to lean on send us a note. We’l...

This week we’re joined by Elizabeth Heartstar who is a psychic, astrologer and sacred journey guide.. We dive into the last full moon of the 2024, the year to come and the planet and goddess Sedna and what shes here to teach us and help support us in. It’s a time of evolution and REVOLUTION! You can find out more about Elizabeth and her offerings at https://astro-oracle.com or https://www.sedonare...

We’re busy AHHH, so we’re rereleasing on of our favorite episodes :)  In this weeks introduction Savanna shares the poem On Goddess by Nora Logan who is an artist and poet and the host of the podcast So Life Wants You Dead. You can find her on instagram @noraelogan  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Episode 14 description:  This week we have Dr. Kayleen Asbo with us! Ka...

In this week’s episode Savanna and Sue Ellen discuss anger, how they have (and haven’t) allowed themselves to work with it, process it and learn from it.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.  Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.suee...

We’re talking to the flowers! Inspired by our conversation in our last episode with Mary Porter Kerns we went out and found flowers to talk to ourselves.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.  Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.suee...

This week we’re joined for a heart filled conversation with the delightful author, writer and naturalist Mary Porter Kerns. In Marys words, “We are who we are because the flowers fell in love with us eons ago. Sentient and full of ancient wisdom, the flowers long to reconnect with us and help guide us forward in our changing world.” And we couldn’t agree more! Find Mary on… Substack https://marypo...

Can you believe it, we’ve recorded a year’s worth of Little Gifts! In this weeks episode we share som reflections on the past year and share some of our personal coping mechanisms post election. You’re all in our hearts and if you need somewhere to share how you’re feeling our email is always open. In this episode we share readings from… The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller Waking Up To The D...

We’re joined by the extraordinary ordinary Lara Villarreal Hutner to hear the story of how St. Clare of Assisi and St. Francis came together and forged a path that had yet to be trodden. Lara is a civil rights attorney, women’s rights activist,  devotee to Spirit and one heck of a story teller. Also… Sue Ellens coming to Portland, yay! Sign up for her talk at the Ravens Wing on Saturday November 9...

Join Savanna and Sue Ellen for this giggle filled, Halloween, Day of the Dead inspired conversation! Sue Ellens coming to Portland, yay! Sign up for her talk at the Ravens Wing on Saturday November 9th at 6:30pm  https://theravenswing.com/events/2024/10/4/visio-divina-slideshow-and-meditation-with-artist-sue-ellen-parkinson Join us for an afternoon of Soul Collage and community on Sunday November...

This week we talk about Gramma Sue’s priestess ordainment by the Church of Isis and how powerful it is to honor the people around you. AND Sue Ellens coming to Portland! Sign up for her talk at the Ravens Wing on Saturday November 9th at 6:30pm  https://theravenswing.com/events/2024/10/4/visio-divina-slideshow-and-meditation-with-artist-sue-ellen-parkinson Join us for an afternoon of Soul Collage...

In this weeks conversation we’re reflecting on last weeks episode with Clark Strand. Grandma Sue tells the story of when she heard a voice herself and the intimate relationship she developed with an entity she met in her dreams. This weeks episode is deep and juicy and so much fun.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. Y...

This week we delight in a wonderfully mystical conversation with Clark Strand.  Clark Strand is an intrepid spiritual explorer, writer and poet. He is the author of many books such as Now is the Hour of her return, Waking the Buddha,  How to Believe in God: Whether You Believe in Religion or Not, Meditation Without Gurus, Seeds from a Birch tree, The Way of the Rose (which was coauthored by his wi...

In this weeks episode we’re inspired by one of our guests Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer’s poems “After All These Years” to talk about body image, and the pressure from society to be just right.  We also share Rosemerry’s poem temple.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or fi...

This week we’re reflecting on two very different experiences that gave us very similar take-aways. Sue Ellen hosted a workshop to remember the ancestors and Savanna attended a workshop on pelvic and womb care.. We both walked away with the lesson that it all comes back to again and again, remembering to love. If you can listen with love you’ll hear the yes when you need to and trust the no’s when...

We’ve got a grandma Sue story time today! She dives into one of her many lived lives of this lifetime. Buckle up because it’s a fun ride.  Poem shared by Sue Ellen is from the collection of poetry A Different Distance: A Renga, by Karthika Naïr and Marilyn Hacker  Poem shared by Savanna is The Roses Mary Oliver ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us...

This week we’re joined by Lama T Carlson. Lama T is one of few westerns ordained in the Tibetan Buddhism tradition. He went through his retreat in the late 90s and is here to share his story and some very sweet teachings with us.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or fi...

This week we’re joined by the brilliant Bella Castellino (a child and family therapist) to talk all about ADHD, what it’s like to be diagnosed as an adult and the myth of “typical.”  If you think you might have ADHD and want to speak to a specialist visit www.psychologytoday.com or www.additudemag.com to find a clinician.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts a...

This week we’re talking imagination and intuition, really we think they’re kind of one and the same, and how important it is that we use them! It’s not a “use it or loose it” situation, they’re never lost to us. Sometimes we just have to remember to tap back in.  Sue Ellen shares an old Inuit poem called Magic Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leav...

We have more to say about our conversations with Thea and Donna! Join us as we reflect on these two conversations with two amazing women who followed their guts and let it lead them into the expansive mystery of something bigger than themselves.  Poem read by Savanna is In Praise of My Bed by Meredith Holmes  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us so...