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Happy Samhuinn! The Cailleach is now moving through the Northern Hemisphere and winter is on it's way. There are so many traditions, stories, ancestral roots tied to this point of the seasonal wheel. Most tell of the veil being thin and the spirit world mingling with the living.  One of the spirits that emerges around this time in the British Isles is the Puca (or Pucai- plural). These tricksters appear as shapeshifting animals and are notorious for taking unsuspecting humans on puca rides into the unknown. Some come back and some are never seen again.  So listen in to our Samhuinn episode as we take this Pucai ride in all directions, Where you will end up by the end, no one knows! 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 classes and courses Iris Sullivan Daire is offering visit https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/ To find Ginger Edwards coaching and follow her on her Earth Chakra journey visit: https://nurturenation.org Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music! Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

Welcome back to another lunar new moon and episode of the Nurture Pod. As we enter the Samhain portal- the planet Venus does her disappearing act in the night sky and we symbolically enter the underworld with her.  This overseas conversation spirals around the idea of being "satisfiable". Or as the Rolling Stone's put it- I can't get no satisfaction, and I try and I try. This idea of being satisfiable was Inspired by the author, podcaster and visionary thinker Adrienne Maree Brown (author of Emergent Strategy, Pleasure Activism, The Grievers Trilogy, Holding Change, We Will Not Cancel Us and more).  Is satisfaction a deeply held state of being or a fleeting response to the ever changing world and/or a learned discipline like meditation? Or all of the above?  How would the culture around us shift if we were walking around feeling deeply satisfied? Is is even possible? Listen in as Iris and Ginger unpack the layers to find out.  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 classes and courses Iris Sullivan Daire is offering visit https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/ To find Ginger Edwards coaching and follow her on her Earth Chakra journey visit: https://nurturenation.org Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music! Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

Hello and welcome back to the Nurture Pod. In this episode we invite a new voice into the Nurture Culture conversation. Ellee Best is the Texas based visionary behind the new Earth Doula network. (find out more at  https://www.patreon.com/cw/RitualAlchemist)  Ginger and Ellee met under the Iceland Eclipse portal and could feel that their visions about a beautiful future were aligned. Listen in as Iris, Ginger and Ellee unpack what it could mean to be an Earth (birth and death) Doula in these tumultuous times. 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 classes and courses Iris Sullivan Daire is offering visit https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/ To find Ginger Edwards coaching and follow her on her Earth Chakra journey visit: https://nurturenation.org Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music! Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

In this episode Iris and Ginger are between oceans discussing how to weave back together the disconnection and destruction that western industrial culture is hell bent on.  For the vast part of humanity's time on planet Earth art, music, dance, storytelling, ritual, work, community, birth and death all used to live in our bodies and minds as a village- the fundamental interwoven parts of what it meant to be human. Now in late stage capitalism these are divided, profit driven commodities that we mainly either perform or consume for money.  Can we reclaim our creative energies to heal the divide? What if western psychology is part of the problem?  Trigger warning- there is a brief discussion of sexual abuse and trauma included in this episode.  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 classes and courses Iris Sullivan Daire is offering visit https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/ To find Ginger Edwards coaching and follow her on her Earth Chakra journey visit: https://nurturenation.org Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music! Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

The Nurture Pod returns after a long glacial break in Iceland. Ginger was driving around fjords and dancing under sheets of ice and not anywhere near reliable wifi or a microphone.  Now Ginger is based in Scotland for the fall and the Nurture Pod resumes with a check in on the past eclipse season, the passing of many great souls, and Iris's upcoming collective art installation show the Adoration of Light opening on September 12th at the Astoria Visual Arts Center.  Go check it out Adoration of Light you are near Astoria, Oregon! It is a celebration of the color yellow in all its many plant extract and mushroom dyed art forms.  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 classes and courses Iris Sullivan Daire is offering visit https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/ To find Ginger Edwards coaching and follow her on her Earth Chakra journey visit: https://nurturenation.org Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music! Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

Welcome back to the Nurture Pod. In this episode Iris and Ginger weave threads between the old towns of Edinburgh and Astoria. Iris tending to her indigo cauldron and Ginger bumping over cobblestones on her ebike.  The late July full moon in Aquarius illuminated many things-some of them will be up for deeper scrutiny in the solar eclipse coming in August. In this podcast you can hear the moon, Jupiter, sun and Pluto all having their say in the warp and weft of words about life and the future.  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 classes and courses Iris Sullivan Daire is offering visit https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/ To find Ginger Edwards coaching and follow her on her Earth Chakra journey visit: https://nurturenation.org Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music! Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

Happy late summer dear Nurture Pod! Iris and Ginger are seed saving/swapping tales across the pond again in this episode #61.  In the Northern Hemisphere first harvest festivals begin and (as county fairs and fetes) and with them come all the sweat, swims and blissful blowouts of summer's peak. 2026 seeds are beginning to set for the next years cycle and the harvest of 2025 seeds are coming to fruition. Time to rest a bit now, take stock and expand into the glorious Jupiter in Leo energy.  Ginger checks in from the south of England and Iris from the north coast of Oregon.  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 classes and courses Iris Sullivan Daire is offering visit https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/ To find Ginger Edwards coaching and follow her on her Earth Chakra journey visit: https://nurturenation.org Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music! Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

Welcome back to the Nurture Pod. After a brief hiatus Iris and Ginger are talking Solstice vibes- post Solstice. Yes that's how it's rolling. Ginger reports from heart chakra of Glastonbury, Stonehenge and Avebury. It's crop circles, henges, barrows and sacred springs. Iris is calling in from the upper left edge where she is creating, weaving, growing natural dyes and teaching book binding spells. This is happy summer magic! 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 classes and courses Iris Sullivan Daire is offering visit https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/ To find Ginger Edwards coaching and follow her on her Earth Chakra journey visit: https://nurturenation.org Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music! Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

Welcome back to the Nurture Pod. This episode beams to you from the beautiful island of Bali where the wisdom of purification and water blessings has been a living practice for thousands of years and from the Pacific Northwest forests dripping in the warm rains of late spring as summer begins to take hold.  We in the west have forgotten the rites of pausing to purify intentions, receive blessings and ask for permission to enter the waters that make life possible. In some places though, this is woven deeply into the fabric of everyday life. Bali, even under the weight of tourism, holds thousands of active water temples for this purpose. Cleansing the dragon ley lines as they cross here and circulate around the planet.  A note for this episode- Ginger mentions receiving an incredible numerology reading that helps purify her vision for moving forward on her journey. If you are interested in learning more please check out Veronica at her website  https://www.her-realm.com/work-with-me 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 classes and courses Iris Sullivan Daire is offering visit https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/ To find Ginger Edwards coaching and follow her on her Earth Chakra journey visit: https://nurturenation.org Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music! Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

Hello from the upper left edge and down under!  In this episode of the Nurture Pod Iris and Ginger dive into the colors, frequencies and patterns stretching from the yellow wildflowers on the Oregon coast to the  sunrise over Uluru in the desert of Australia.  Beltane arrives this week with the blossom full moon on May 1st in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere fall arrives with cooler winds and rain along the eastern coast of New South Wales in Australia.  Uranus enters Gemini- adding more wind to the sails of change. It is a strange and beautiful time to be alive on planet Earth. Let's nurture the future we want to live in.  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 classes and courses Iris Sullivan Daire is offering visit https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/ To find Ginger Edwards coaching and follow her on her Earth Chakra journey visit: https://nurturenation.org Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music! Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

Hello and welcome to Nurture Pod #57. In this episode Iris and Ginger are talking across time- from the morning Aries New Moon on Friday in central Australia to the eve of Aries New Moon Thursday on the Oregon coast.  What is coming up for you in this incredible fire line up of astrology in the night skies?  Ginger reports from her fall road trip across New Zealand (cue Lord of the Rings references) as well as messages from glaciers and how the universe speaks through tourists on their phones colliding with each other in nature.  Iris is in spring time art bliss with children, cameras, and random acts of hail.  Aries fire is the great stripping away of all pretense, posturing and cultural fitting in. What it comes down to may just be silly rabbits.  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 classes and courses Iris Sullivan Daire is offering visit https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/ To find Ginger Edwards coaching and follow her on her Earth Chakra journey visit: https://nurturenation.org Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music! Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

Hello and welcome to the Spring Equinox/Ostara edition of the podcast where Iris and Ginger exhaust so many planting and garden metaphors about life. For this episode they are in the same house in Oregon catching up and contemplating the cusp of the growing season coming on strong.  We live in wild weather and wild times. What can nature teach us about how to be resilient, strong and grow into our authenticity in spite of what the culture is throwing at us daily.  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 classes and courses Iris Sullivan Daire is offering visit https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/ To find Ginger Edwards coaching and follow her on her Earth Chakra journey visit: https://nurturenation.org Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music! Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

Happy Spring! Or Fall! (Depending on which hemisphere you reside upon). It's a new moon in Pisces and Ginger is back in Oregon for a brief moment to record a podcast or two before she's off on her journey again. In this episode Iris and Ginger catch up about rainbow crankies, dragon time, chickens coming home to roost and the spirals of visionary thinkers that appear and reappear over the centuries past.  If you're feeling overwhelmed then you're right in time.  Let's help each other through it.  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 classes and courses Iris Sullivan Daire is offering visit https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/ To find Ginger Edwards coaching and follow her on her Earth Chakra journey visit: https://nurturenation.org Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music! Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

Welcome back to the Nurture Pod. In this episode there is a volcanic eruption, tai chi sweat and a magical tale of one Hawaiian woman's journey to build a temple of Gratitude. February has been a wild ride. The year of the fire horse begins in a full gallop. Neptune and Saturn conjunct at 0 degree of Aries pushes the cosmic reset button on 6,000 years of human development and more Aries fire is coming in March and April.  Iris reporting from the mighty confluence of Columbia river and the Pacific ocean and Ginger checking in from the lava encrusted coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.  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 classes and courses Iris Sullivan Daire is offering visit https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/ To find Ginger Edwards coaching and follow her on her Earth Chakra journey visit: https://nurturenation.org Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music! Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home

Aloha from Maui! After a wild January and potentially even wilder February Iris and Ginger reconnect across the mighty Pacific ocean.  The humpback whales have gathered around the island of Maui to give birth and mate in the warm tropical waters. They also spend many hours hanging suspended in the ocean sending frequencies to the depths of the ocean, filling the water with their songs.  In this final shed of the wood snake year and on the threshold of the year of the fire horse new moon, a solar eclipse and historic Neptune and Saturn conjunction at 0 degrees of Aries all in one week! Hold onto your hats. Big transformations are underway.  What can whale magic teach us for these times? Listen as we dive in.  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 classes and courses Iris Sullivan Daire is offering visit https://www.dreambirdstudio.com/ To find Ginger Edwards coaching and follow her on her Earth Chakra journey visit: https://nurturenation.org Many thanks to the talented Kathryn Claire for the use of her "Bakers Song" as our intro and exit music! Find all of her songs at her https://kathrynclairemusic.com/home