Intimate conversations exploring all aspects of conscious eldering

The Elder Well Podcast

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A place to gather and explore what it means to be an Elder in these challenging and untethered times. theelderwell.substack.com

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Intimate conversations exploring all aspects of conscious eldering

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What’s mine to do in the second half of life, with Anne and Terry Symens-Bucher 02.07.2026 1:39:36

Welcome dear listener, Our guests this time on The Elder Well are Anne and Terry Symens-Bucher. Anne and Terry are founders of Canticle Farm, an intentional community in Oakland, California, experimenting at the intersection of faith, social justice, and Earth-based nonviolent activism. Canticle Farm is rooted in Franciscan spirituality and the Work That Reconnects, a body of teachings best known...

#3 | Have We Reached Peak Trauma? with Manda Scott 06.06.2026 1:06:01

Our guest this time on The Elder Well is Manda Scott. Based in the UK, Manda has been, variously, a veterinary surgeon, columnist, acupuncturist, regenerative smallholder, homoeopath, coach, renegade economist - and author of 16 novels, several screenplays and one non-fiction book. She holds a Master’s degree in Regenerative Economics from Schumacher College, is a contemporary shamanic teacher, an...

Live with The Elder Well 05.06.2026 55:27

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#2 | A Call to the Brave, with Mac Macartney 05.06.2026 1:18:52

Welcome dear listener. Our guest this time on The Elder Well is Mac Macartney. Mac is a visionary, international speaker, author, and change-maker. He is the founder of Embercombe, a social enterprise and 50-acre rewilding estate on Dartmoor (UK) dedicated to the profound regeneration of land and society. He bridges ancient indigenous wisdom with 21st-century leadership. Over a 20-year period, Mac...

#1 | In the Presence of the Shortness of Days, with Ned Abenroth 05.06.2026 1:32:18

We are pleased to introduce our first guest on The Elder Well — Ned Abenroth. Ned has spent his adult life tending to transformational spaces. He was ordained in his early 20’s in a Christian community of artists, theologians, poets, musicians, and other glorious misfits, and served as a pastor in unorthodox settings ever since. In this episode, Ned takes us on a journey of heart and soul, explori...

The Story Behind The Elder Well... and more 03.06.2026 37:10

Why The Elder Well? Why us? And why now? These are some of the questions that came up in this pre-launch chat with Ian MacKenzie of the Mythic Masculine podcast. We are big fans of Ian and the Mythic Masculine so it was a huge honour to have him support us in this way. We chat about the origins of The Elder Well, including how the name itself arrived with Sarah on a hillside at dawn in Devon, duri...

Welcome, dear listener... 22.05.2026 4:29

We hope you enjoy this trailer of The Elder Well. It’s a short overview of what you can expect from our episodes and some of the questions that are guiding our enquiry. Feel free to listen on the Substack platform or wherever you normally listen to your podcasts. The Elder Well podcast is a gathering place for those seeking inspiration, ideas, and encouragement as we discover what it means to move...