The Nurture Pod

In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss the ways that we come back to ground.  The different ways of understanding how the body restores and draws power from our connection to nature.  What we perceive as real/important in the dominant culture is designed to make us feel overwhelmed and pulled in many directions at once.  Nurture Culture is rooted in the Earth and our ability to connect to what is...

In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss how nature uses the heat of mid July to sort out what seeds will ripen for the fall harvest. This is often a moment when we realize that not all our spring plans are going to make it this year.  Call it a sense of overwhelm or despair or maybe even relief... but some apples must drop in order for the tree to be healthy. Some plants won't survive a summe...

In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss The Fifth Sacred Thing - a novel by Starhawk of two potential futures that play out in California.   The book gives a glimpse into the power of writing a future that inspires rather than the apocalyptic wasteland that's shown so often in the media. A key part of nuture culture is the ability to understand what seeds we are planting for future generation...

In this episode of the Nurture Pod, Iris and Ginger discuss this Summer Solstice /Full Moon in Capricorn moment and what it is revealing to us about how and where we place our energy.  This is the halfway point of the year. From this point on we are working with waning solar energy leading towards the Winter Solstice in December.  Nature is at it's peak bloom and yet not everything will make...

Social media is always changing, evolving and learning from us just as we laugh, numb out and learn from it. It wasn't always this hard or easy to connect back before the turn of the century.  Nature teaches us about what vast interconnected networking is for but are our monkey brains able to go there?  Maybe AI will sort it out for us. Send more cat memes! If you are inspired by this convers...

In this episode Iris and Ginger talk about community. What is it? Who gets to create it? Why do some groups feel like community and others don't? Can we have a Nurture Culture without a community? What are the wounds we try to heal with Community and what wounds does it create?  So many interesting questions to discuss and spoiler alert- there's not really any clear answers. Listen in an...

In this episode Iris and Ginger talk about cleaning up their lives (and art studio and barn) and the relationship we have to stuff. Do our things nurture us or drag us down?  When is the right time to let it all go and start over?  Materialism vs. Consumerism and what that means for us as a culture and in community.  If you are inspired by this conversation please leave us a "tip" in the...

In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss the cultural trope of "figuring it out" while also sleeping through the northern lights.  If you are inspired by this conversation please leave us a "tip" in the form of your feedback!  When you rate, review and share our podcast with friends we deeply appreciate it because it makes it more visible for others to find.  To find more about...

In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss the idea of value. Who creates it, how do we recognize it and why is it important to understand how it operates in the culture.  How do we create value for ourselves and others that supports our ability to pay the bills and also builds nurture culture?  If you are a creative/entrepreneur this one is for you! If you are inspired by this conversation please le...

Happy Beltane 2024! The gate to summer is open and the Earth is in full bloom.  In this episode Iris and Ginger dig into the master emotion of shame. If we want to create a culture of nurturing we need to understand how this emotion works in the body and how it's been misunderstood and manipulated for centuries by culture, religion, families and capitalism.  To understand shame is to understa...

In this edition Iris and Ginger unpack the Solar Eclipse and the need to recover from big life events. Also- has Gen Z discovered the ancient bonfire of the pagans in EDM festivals? Why we need spaces to escape from the dominant culture in order to dream a new one into being.  If you are inspired by this conversation please leave us a "tip" in the form of your feedback!  When you rate, r...

In this episode of the Nurture Pod, Iris and Ginger discuss what happens when reality shifts. Just like a total solar eclipse turns day into night - so can events in our lives leave us questioning what's really going on here in this culture we accept as normal. What if the ancient tantra practitioners of India were right? What if there is no such thing as polarity- but only the paradox that t...

Iris and Ginger discuss why using self discipline is such a tricky line to walk- especially when it comes loaded with cultural messages. How do we deepen a devotion to our future selves rather than trying to "fix" the present self from a place of shame. Music by Kathryn Claire If you are inspired by this conversation please leave us a "tip" in the form of your feedback!  When y...

In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss how to nurture a sense of self that is connected to but not a reflection of others around us.  Who are we when we are not performing for others and their anticipated response to us?  How do we pause and reclaim our power in the moments when we lose ourselves to the thoughts of what we "should be"? Music by Kathryn Claire- "The Baker's Son...

Welcome to the first recording of the Nurture Pod. Recorded on the Spring Equinox of 2024 on the Oregon Coast. Ginger and Iris call in the 4 elements of the Nurture Pod and set a seed of intention for it's growth.  If you are inspired by this conversation please leave us a "tip" in the form of your feedback!  When you rate, review and share our podcast with friends we deeply appreci...