Stories From The Hollow Tree

🌲 When No One Left A story for the ones who don’t need to go anywhere just yet 🕯️ Have you ever found a place… where nothing needed you to hurry? Where the ground felt soft enoughto hold you… and the air didn’t ask you to be anything differentthan what you already are? 🌿 Welcome to The Hollow Tree Where strange stories nest and grow… …and sometimes… where a story doesn’t need to go anywhere at a...

🌿 The Tree That Let Something Fall A Hollow Tree myth for the ones who notice when something changes… before anyone says it out loud. Have you ever noticed… how some things fall awaybefore anything new appears? Welcome to The Hollow Tree This is a story for the children who feel when something is shifting—even if no one else has named it yet. For the ones who notice when the air changes,when the...

🌲 The Button Tree A Hollow Tree myth for the ones who lose small things… and find something more. Welcome to The Hollow Tree This is a story for the children who notice when something small goes missing—and feel it more than anyone expects. For the ones who check their pockets twice,who remember what used to be there,and who wonder if small things matter more than they’re told. Let’s begin. 🍃 Fo...

Welcome to The Hollow Tree. This is a story for the children who sometimes feel a quiet tug inside that says, “Not yet.” Let’s begin. 🍃 Forest Friend Whisper [Chime] “In the meadow beyond the Hollow Tree grows a flower that no one has ever managed to open. Not by pulling. Not by asking loudly. Only by waiting.” [Chime] 🌙 The Flower That Opened When It Was Ready A Hollow Tree myth for the childre...

🧵 The Button That Came Back Warm A Hollow Tree myth for the ones who notice when small things move. Have you ever lost something small… and felt like it mattered more than it should? Welcome to The Hollow Tree Where strange stories nest and grow… …and sometimes, the smallest thingsshift just enough to be found again. Let’s begin. 🧵 The Button That Came Back Warm A Hollow Tree myth for the ones w...

🪨 The Stone That Knew Its Place A Myth for the Children Who Carry the Not-Knowing Sometimes the forest gets loud. Not scary loud. Just… life loud. And when that happens, the stories don’t disappear. They wait and arrive when things settle. Welcome to The Hollow Tree. This is a story for the children who carry something they cannot quite name. For the ones who feel a pull inside their chestand are...

🌀 The Child Who Borrowed a Different Ending A Hollow Tree myth for the ones who notice when things don’t quite land where they should. Have you ever noticed how sometimes a moment ends…and it doesn’t feel finished? Like a word was about to be said,or a feeling was about to land—and then it just… doesn’t? Welcome to The Hollow Tree Where strange stories nest and grow… …and sometimes wander a littl...

🌿 The Child Who Followed the Map Exactly A Hollow Tree myth for the ones who notice where the lines don’t quite meet. 🎙️ Welcome to The Hollow Tree. This is a story for the children who read the instructions twice. For the ones who notice when the picture on the box doesn’t match the pieces inside. For the quiet observers who understand patterns before anyone asks them to. Let’s begin. 🍃 Forest...

🌲 The Mossling’s Secret A Hollow Tree myth for the ones who need soft places. Welcome to The Hollow Tree This is a story for the ones who feel a little calmer with bare feet, …and today, something small is watching from beneath the soft green. Let’s begin… 🕯️Forest Friend : Have you ever noticed how moss always grows on the quiet side of things? The backs of trees…the shade of stones…the places w...

Welcome to The Hollow Tree This is a seasonal offering, shared at the turning of the seasons—the Spring Equinox. A time when day and night rest in the same sky,neither one reaching further than the other. For just a little while,the world remembers how to hold two things at once. Light and shadow. Beginning and ending. The quiet and the becoming. Some people mark this day with calendars. Some with...

🍀 Seasonal Special Episode — St. Patrick’s Day The Clover That Made a Door A Hollow Tree myth for the lucky noticers. Welcome to The Hollow Tree This is a special seasonal episode shared in honor of St. Patrick’s Day . A holiday deeply rooted in Irish culture and carried across oceans by families who brought their songs, stories, and traditions with them. Over time the celebration has grown and c...

🕯️ Whisper: Some pacts are signed in ink. Some are sealed with pinky fingers. And some… are made under mushroom caps,after a storm,when the world is very, very quiet. Welcome to The Hollow Tree. This is a story for the children who feel a little different. For the ones who notice too much. For the ones who are told they are “too sensitive,”and secretly hope they never stop being that way. Let’s be...

🕯️ The Lantern That Waited A Myth for the Ones Who Needed a Little Longer to Arrive 🕯️ Whisper: Not all light arrives at the same hour. Some dawns are pink. Some are gold. Some take their time stretching into the sky. Welcome to The Hollow Tree. This is a story for the children who bloom in their own season. For the ones who are told to hurrywhen their roots are still gathering strength. Let’s beg...

🌈 The Child Who Spoke in Color A Myth for the Ones Who Feel the World in Ways It Hasn’t Learned to Listen To Yet 🕯️ Whispered, gentle and certain: Not all language is made of words. Some of it is made of light. Welcome to The Hollow Tree. This is a story for the children whose senses are wide. For the ones who feel the world not just around them—but inside them. Let’s begin. 🍃 Forest Friend Whis...

🪲 The Lantern Beetle’s Wish A Myth for the Ones Who Long to Be Seen 🕯️ Whispered: There are lights that shout. And there are lights that wait. Some lights blaze across the sky. And some glow small and steadywhere only careful eyes can find them. Welcome to The Hollow Tree. This is a story for the quiet lights. For the children who glow softly. For the ones who wish — just once —to be truly seen....

🌿 The Hollow Tree — A Grown-Ups Episode On Holding the Children Who Feel the World Sideways Welcome to a special Grown-Ups episode of The Hollow Tree. If you are listening with little ones nearby, this episode is safe for their ears. But today, we are speaking directly to you. To the ones entrusted with the care of children who feel the world a bit slanted. To the ones who are learning, alongside...

Welcome to The Hollow Tree. This is a story for the children who carry too much noise. For the ones who don’t always cry out loud. For the ones who feel the world before they understand it. Let’s begin. 🍃 Forest Friend Whisper [Chime] “There are small keepers under the roots of the world. They collect the things that slip from pockets and hearts. Buttons. Wishes. Quiet. I have seen one. It was no...

Welcome to The Hollow Tree . This is a story for those who know that the smallest water is often the deepest. It is for the children who are tempted to lean just a little too far, and for the grown-ups who teach them how to keep their balance. Let’s begin. 🍃 Forest Friend Whisper [Chime] [Whisper] “People think the danger is in the ocean. They think it’s the waves that pull you under. But I’ve se...

This is a podcast for children (and grown-ups) who see the world a little slanted— who feel things deeply, ask big questions, and crave stories with truth stitched into the seams. Each episode is a gentle offering: whispered parables, healing folklore, and sometimes a quiet lesson tucked between the leaves. Come sit by the roots. The stories are waiting. Welcome to The Hollow Tree . This story is...

Welcome to The Hollow Tree . This is a story for those who listen for the answer in the wind. For the children who know that words have weight, and the grown-ups who remind them to speak gently. Let’s begin. 🍃 Forest Friend Whisper [Chime] “There is a place where the rocks have long ears and the wind has a long memory. People go there to shout their names, but they forget that a shout is a thing...

This is a podcast for children (and grown-ups)who see the world a little slanted—who feel things deeply, ask big questions,and crave stories with truth stitched into the seams. Each episode is a gentle offering: whispered parables,healing folklore,and sometimes a quiet lesson tucked between the leaves. Come sit by the roots. The stories are waiting. Welcome to The Hollow Tree .Today’s story is a q...

Episode 5: Finna and the First Spark A story for the season of hush and hearth, where even spilled light becomes sacred. [Intro music — soft wind, tonal bell, or forest hush] This is a podcast for children (and grown-ups)who see the world a little slanted—who feel things deeply, ask big questions,and crave stories with truth stitched into the seams. Each episode is a gentle offering: whispered par...

The Weaver Who Forgot For the children who hold everyone else’s concern before their own. And the ones who are learning they don’t have to. And now, the tale. Once, in a quiet cottage where the mist touched every window and the wind always knew your name, there lived a girl who could weave stories into anything. She wove them into blankets for her baby sister, who dreamed of forests that hummed lu...

Welcome to the Hollow Tree. This story is both a cautionary tale and a peak inside the hidden ways of the unseen that so many have forgotten. For children who are curious, for the grownups who guide them and the small folks who tolerate and sometimes delight in them. View the story in the story block of the podcast page on substack. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...

The House Brownie and the Rules of Salt For children who leave out crumbs and know better than to ask for thanks. And now, the tale. Everyone thinks the house stays together because of nails and paint and plumbing. It doesn’t. It stays together because of the brownie in the walls. Not the chocolate kind—the old kind. The kind with dust on his coat and spiderwebs in his ears,who grumbles at sunbeam...