wild soul collective

Happy Hallowtide . The magic of Samhain, Halloween, and All Saint’s Day is finally here. And it just so happens that, this year, the three days of Hallowtide fall on a weekend, giving deep portal vibes. We enter the weekend on All Hallow’s Eve with mischief and magic, move through celebration of the ending of the harvest with Samhain, and close the weekend with a remembrance of our beloved dead. A...

Hello you, Happy May! Join me in this month's podcast as I reflect on April's gifts, celebrate the turning of the wheel of the year with the ancient festival of Beltane, tap into the free-spirited, earthy energy of May, and share a few thoughts on finding joy as we move into the summer half of the year. What a great time to discover and channel our inner, wild, earth godess! xoxo. liz. ___________...

Hello, friend. How do we live slowly while also letting each day be fully lived? The age old battle of an autumn girl in the middle of spring - even when she’s loving and living spring much more deeply for a change. And, I think that this is exactly what I need to tend to as April slowly begins to wind down. Figuring out how to live in the energy of the season, while still being true to my moody,...

Hello, you. This spring feels different. Its as if the energy of spring had taken over my body and I have just surrendered to it all, letting it all just rise up from within me and bubble over into my life. Surrendering to the dark comes easy to me. It feels like coming home, settling down, and anchoring myself deep into my soul, my ancestors, and the earth. So, the darker half of the year suits m...

Hello, you. It’s Monday evening. And I am speaking to you during the last few hours of March. This week, I encourage us all to welcome the soft, gentle, rising energy of April by getting busy. Let’s rise up from our dreams. And start to make plans of how we can achieve them. It’s time to take all of our ideas of how we wish our life to be and put them into action. It’s time to trust in the wisdom...

Hello you. And Happy Spring (or Autumn)! I see the emergence of spring as a baptism of sorts into a new way of living. In the life-death-rebirth cycle of nature, spring is the season when everything begins again. It is the point on the wheel of the year in which the earth is brought back to life and made new. And, I believe that this an invitation for us to also experience a rebirth and a calling...

Hello, you. We’re on the other side of mid-March now. Moving ever so steadily towards April and ready to cross over the threshold into the light half of the year in just a few days. On Thursday, as the earth balances on its axis and experiences equal parts day and night, we shift into six months of longer days than nights in the northern hemisphere. And I so need this shift. As the spring equinox...

Hello, you. Today I want to do things a little bit differently. Ok? I want to jump right into the card of the week, the TEND card, And, then, after we have pondered that, I have recorded a reading of my piece from International Women's Day - Renewing my call to women's leadership. I think that leadership is the perfect thing to ponder as we ground and anchor ourselves this week. So, here is my mes...

Happy March! Spring is almost here. And this week I am sharing with you all about how I am figuring out how to survive the winter-spring war, what lent means to me, and revealing the spiritual practice that I am committing to for the whole month. Hope you enjoy the episode! “Our life is March weather, savage and serene in one hour.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson Savage and Serene March is both. It is winte...

Hello you. Let’s just jump right in, ok? This week we are saying farewell to February. So, what am I feeling as February winds down? What are you feeling? In February, perhaps we’re meant to feel all the feels. Like the delicate snowdrops budding and blooming surrounded by ice and snow, perhaps February really is everything all at once, as we move through the messiness of the transition of the sea...

Hello you. It’s Sunday evening at 5pm. The sun has just set. And we are just past the midpoint of this mysterious, liminal, otherworldly February. I am writing to you a bit late today, as the weekend winds down, because my wife and I have had a visitor staying with us. A very special woman, let’s call her Mary, who was once one of the youth that I worked with in a Methodist church back in a North...

This week I want to talk with you about soft, luminous, mysterious fog. And how I am imagining February as the soft, liminal, otherworldly pause between winter and spring. Fog conceals and softens. It rolls in, sometimes thick and heavy. Sometimes, light and misty. But it always brings a sense of mysticism and otherworldliness. It changes what we see and how we perceive things. It creates an air o...

I'm calling in a dreamy state of being this February and setting an intention to notice the shifts and stirrings that are giving me hope for what's to come. 🌱 The earth is awakening from winter’s deep sleep, but it is not yet spring. Still, underground, there are stirrings. And light is slowly returning. Feel the gentle, sleepy predawn energy and the very first soft hint of the hope of spring. Th...

I can feel January coming to a close. And I think I am almost ready to fully leave behind the cocoon that is this month. I am ready to begin to finally put away the last of the holiday moments and prepare myself to bravely commit to the unfolding of this year. I am still deeply rooted in my winter’s nest for now, but I know that soon, very soon, I will be ready to begin to stir, and awaken, and fu...

Hello, you. Welcome to the Wild Soul Collective! This week's message is all about finding inspiration in the magic of everyday life in the middle of winter. Even though it may not feel like it, spring is just around the corner. The seasons are, even now, slowly giving way and making space for one another. And what that teaches me, right now, is to double down on what is happening right here, right...

Hello, you. It’s practically mid-January already. How is that even possible? Do you also feel like time is moving quickly? And are you secretly, like me, just fine with that right now? Or are you in a space where you feel warm and snuggly, quietly hibernating and patiently waiting as you soak in each day? This past week felt like going from zero to one hundred overnight and it felt like I fell our...

Welcome to Season 2 of the wild soul collective podcast! I am so excited to move through twenty twenty-five with you, week by week, as the rhythms of life guide and inspire us. January serves as the passageway, the portal, and the transition from one year to the next. And, that lines up perfectly with the rhythms of this season. Because winter should be able to be winter. There is no rush to be, c...

I love the song Auld Lang Syne . It captures the mood that I always feel during those days that stretch from Christmas into the beginning of the new year. Nostalgic. Romantic. Reflective. Grateful. And, if there is ever a week to feel all of those things, then it is this week. So, here we are. At the end of 2024. Another year has gone and we begin to turn our thoughts and attention to the new year...

Hello, you. How are you doing, my friend? What are you feeling and experiencing as we enter the often busiest time of the holiday festivities? For me, the most important part of living in rhythm with the seasons, is to actually live in rhythm with the seasons. To remember that change is constant. To not hold on too tight, but to also not give into despair. Amazingly, right in the nick of time befo...

I’m feeling quite nostalgic as we move into the third week of December. Perhaps it’s the full moon overhead that is heightening my emotions and thoughts of Christmases past. Perhaps it’s the continually deepening and darkening days up here in Northern Europe that create an atmosphere for quiet moments of remembering. Perhaps it’s the coming celebration of the Winter Solstice that inspires me to re...

Here we are, about to begin the second week of December, moving ever so slowly deeper into the month and deeper into the darkness. The week ahead calls us to acknowledge the darkness, to recognize both the beauty and the hopelessness of the darkness, but to not be afraid of it – whether it be the dark cold of winter or the dark pain of the world. December is a portal through the darkest days of th...

As we enter December, the earth reminds us to take it slow. To follow her wise ways, to enter this month quietly, softly, and with a hushed voice. December is a month that is filled with rest, silence, wisdom, power, love, and hope. If we are too busy, if we do not soak it in, if we do not stay present, then we will miss the deepest meanings and the most twinkly moments found in these darkest, mos...

Gather round. The table is ready. There is a place set for you. It’s time to align with the deep rhythms of this season and for the coziest ritual of the year. It is a ritual, an annual tradition, that I have created on my own, that helps me to celebrate and honor the memories and blessings of this time of the year. This ritual of looking back over the past year is my way of slowing down and focus...

Gather round. The dark has come. The energy has just shifted again. All of the energy is now gathered way down in the earth. This is the time for deep, inner, hidden work. And, for me, that signals the season of home and hearth. Hopefully all is now safely gathered in. That I am prepared for winter, for the darkness, and for the deep inner work of rest, magic, and ritual. So, come in from the cold...

It's been a week, friends. I decided last week that I would be sharing a podcast every week throughout November. As a way for us to gather together during these darkest days of the year. And, I am so glad I made that decision. In this week's podcast, all about the hauntings of November, I spend a little bit of time processing the week that has been and inviting the ghosts of hallowtide to hang aro...