Plant Witch

Being in relationship with other humans, especially when we have had difficult encounters and traumas in our past, can be a really challenging endeavor.  In this week's episode, I share some red flags I have encountered in relationships, and ways to open the door to deeper intimacy with people who are safe.  If you are deeply compassionate, empathetic, and have a history of trauma, this episo...

What do we do when we discover dividing lines within us? Places where outdated beliefs limit our growth and prevent the deepening of our wholeness? In this week's episode we take another look at the way othering, divisiveness, exile, rigidity, dogma, undermines our relationships within ourselves and in the larger world.  Reach out to Eryn! Support the show

If we want something in our lives to change, we have to be willing to change. If we want to see clearly, we have to be willing to see what is uncomfortable. If we want to impact the world around us, we must be willing to change the world within us.  We can't keep doing what we've always done. It's time to change the game.  Reach out to Eryn! Support the show

This episode is not flowery, it is not full of information, or education, or mythology. This episode is from the dying embers of the battlefield, the realm of the Phantom Queen, the place where there are no winners and losers, only lost souls that find themselves in the arms of a guiding power.  From the arms of the Mother, Eryn Reach out to Eryn! Support the show

Please help me support Beck Lawrence , owner of The Serpent's Key , as she courageously endures discrimination from local law enforcement based on outdated Pennsylvania laws.  We may never change the perception of the powerful, those who make and enforce the laws, but we can continue to stand on our virtue because of who we are, together.  Reach out to Eryn! Support the show

My relationship with the wild continues to teach me about being a mother, a partner, a friend. I am learning how to be clear and direct. How to prioritize my own instincts and needs, and how to trust them.  May we find our way back to our wild selves.  Reach out to Eryn! Support the show

What is a life? What are we here to experience? How can we find our way to the "More Than" that we are promised? Reach out to Eryn! Support the show

Vultures, goldenrod, dark goddesses, transformation, empowerment and more.  Thank you for listening, as always. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show

Do not wait any longer. Do not empower any human to place their hands upon you and claim your worthiness. Receive your ordination now, and become a priest, a priestess, a hedgerider. Make yourself a bridge on this good Earth.  Bring your healing fire, through your own hands, to this family of kin.  Receive your ordination.  Reach out to Eryn! Support the show

You have heard of the law of attraction, the system of belief that ensures us we can use our thoughts to quickly manifest the life of our dreams. I look back over my own life and can see the truth of how I have manifested the life we have today, and to me, this has been through the Law of Increments.  Little changes, diligently made and prioritized, over long periods of time, have led our family t...

This week I am back to monologuing as I share about changes evolving in my business and personal life.  This episode is heavy, a reflection of the heaviness that is all around us, but there is also a sense of purpose and meaning interwoven throughout.  I hope you'll join me to hear more of my personal story, and my evolving vision in response to these times.  Reach out to Eryn! Support the sh...

We continue our conversation about trauma healing and community with Dr. Elizabeth Guthrie, author of The Trauma Informed Herbalist . Dr. Guthrie shares her experiences healing the nervous system with the help of herbs.  Some resources from the episode: Shift Network Event David Winston's book on Adaptogens Larken Bunce's class on Somatic Practices Reach out to Eryn! Support the show

The practice of tending our relationship with the Earth, and the Earth itself, is an act of devotion. This week on the podcast, we talk to Kendra Hoffman of Ladybug Earthcare about the many ways we can devote ourselves to this work.  Some links to resources we mention: Victoria Loorz and Church of the Wild The Horn Farm Center Cues To Care Guide by Ladybug EarthCare Reach out to Eryn! Support the...

Our conversation this week goes deeper into the realm of healing trauma, and how we can engage modalities like psychodrama and family constellations to embody this work into a deeper knowing and way of being in the world. Our guest this week is Karen Carnabucci, LCSW, TEP, founder of the Lancaster School of Psychodrama & Experiential Therapies. Some links that Karen mentions in the podcast epi...

In this week's episode, we invite author, teacher, village witch, gardener and circle-tender Byron Ballard to join us in a conversation about how we endure during times of great change. Byron has been calling these "Tower Times" and encourages us to tend circles on the ground as we weather the storms of change, together. You can find Byron at myvillagewitch.com , or listen to her po...

"Suck me dry you uptight fakers...." I look around at people who seem like husks, sucked dry, exhausted from following the rules created by power-hungry automatons. People who have lost their wildness, and are withering away. These lyrics from the song Better in the Morning by Birdtalker have perfectly captured that feeling of being sucked dry by people who are rigid, uptight, feigning p...

What is liberation? What does it mean to be free? What sustains the soul while we walk this Earth-life? This week's podcast episode is my musings on these topics and more, and as always, enjoy the ambient birdsong as my feathered neighbors contribute to the conversation.  From my heart, Eryn Reach out to Eryn! Support the show

This week's podcast episode is a reflection on an encounter I recently had with Norway Spruce at the beautiful Rhoneymeade Arboretum in Centre Hall, PA.  This is another powerful teaching from the trees on how to walk the old roads of wisdom that still lie under our feet, wherever we are.  Reach out to Eryn! Support the show

Our current evolution of consciousness is asking us to examine and re-evaluate the importance we have given to the construct of currency. Does money really reflect what we collectively value? Or has this human construct sort of run away with us? What is the true nature of currency, and how has it become misconstrued through our current trajectory of centralizing power? Some more resources that I r...

In this week's podcast episode, I offer you a challenge. Can you begin to shift into a shamanic worldview? Can you begin to live into the experience of entering the Otherworld, even as you walk through this one? Can you awaken to the reality that you are surrounded by sentient beings who see you, know you, and interact with you in ways that we have forgotten how to participate with? I hope yo...

As humans we have many ways of knowing, some more celebrated than others. In this week's podcast episode, we explore what has been called "shamanic consciousness" which is a way of knowing that is universal to all people, ancient, essential to life, and rarely esteemed or celebrated in modern culture.  The plants exist in this type of consciousness, and emit this field of consciousn...

The culture we have developed in has shaped our resilience, our piorities, and our methods for coping.  Has your culture promoted a life-giving resilience, or an insular, paranoid shelter against looming evil forces?  In this episode I offer a reflection on my own culture, and the kind of culture I want to help birth with the help of the plants.  Reach out to Eryn! Support the show

In this week's podcast episode, we explore the particular energetic and vibrational signature that is your "medicine" to carry into the world. Some medicine is bitter, and some is sweet, and both have their challenges and gifts.  Whatever medicine you carry, may you embody it fully in service to the healing of the world.  Reach out to Eryn! Support the show

I open this week's episode with a poem from Chelan Harkin . I also mention the books Dispelling Wetiko by Paul Levy, and Shakti Woman by Vicki Noble.  I can see and feel that so many of us are doing this work of disarming the empire within and building resilience so that we can stay open, connected and generous. As we change our inner landscapes, the world outside of us changes too.  Thank yo...

In this week's episode, we explore the core of our identity as humans. Who are you? What will you take with you when this life is over? What world are you creating with the power you have?  Reach out to Eryn! Support the show