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• Remembering Our Connection with Jacqueline Suskin [episode 104]

  Poet, adventure guide and ecstatic earth worshiper Jacqueline Suskin shares about poetry and cultivating relationships with the earth and all its inhabitants. You’ll also hear about: Using poetry as a channel for the earth How connected we all are even though we feel alone How the power of making things up is our strongest magic as humans ***** Jacqueline Suskin is a self-proclaimed ecstatic earth worshiper, the author of eight published books, all of which center around the earth and its bounty. Currently, she’s focused on bringing her nature poetry curriculum into classrooms around the country and her new book “A Year in Practice – Seasonal Rituals and Prompts to Awaken Cycles of Creative Expression” is available at all major booksellers.  This episode was recorded in July 2021 during her time as artist in residence at Folklife farm in Bayside California.    In this episode, we talk about: Jacqueline’s calling to make poetry more accessible and help people open the door to its transformative possibilities How poetry’s ability to condense deep concepts and quickly take us to the heart of the matter is the perfect medium for our era’s shorter attention spans Reminding people that we are part of the earth and that to forget this connection is to forget ourselves The delight that is possible when we align with the senses How deep relationship with anyone or anything involves connecting and communicating on a sensory level beyond language The importance of releasing the pressure to have a certain outcome and just responding to whatever the moment requires How agenda, outcome and productivity are overvalued by our society at the expense of witnessing and spaciousness Magic not having to look a certain way  How establishing relationships with the natural elements can allow one to be more spontaneous and less prescribed with their rituals Jacqueline’s experience running an artist residency  How things can change overnight when we keep showing up in openness and presence, but the amount of time, space, and attention it takes to keep at it can be hard Stewarding a sense of self to become more connected with our stories, wounds and joy How healing yourself heals everything else – it’s literally all you can do Witnessing the shift as we return to more traditional ecological knowledge The importance of lying down and letting the earth hold you The power of vulnerability  Poetry as a mindset and not just written words on a page The institution of poetry vs the spirit of poetry The importance of continuing to be open and following the signs in your life Earth Speak Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Become an Earth Speak Sponsor and reach more of the people you're meant to serve www.earthspeak.love/sponsor  Support the Earth Speak Podcast and purchase our t-shirt  Support Earth Speak and make a donation   Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret Guest Links: Learn more about Jacqueline’s offerings at www.jacquelinesuskin.com Connect with Jacqueline on Instagram @jsuskin  Connect with Jacqueline on Substack https://substack.com/@jsuskin  Check out Jacqueline’s book A Year in Practice References: Episode 102 || Jacqueline Suskin Native Land https://native-land.ca/   Folk Life Farm Bill Thompson Poem Store Bruce Nauman Journal of a Novel by John Steinbeck The returning of Tuluwat Island Land Back Movement Shawna’s registry Natalie’s website Noticing with Natalie Podcast The AuDHD Flourishing podcast Enter The Portal podcast Rooted Business podcast   ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It’s Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague  https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

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• The Call of the Ancestors with Grandmother Trudy Titilayo [episode 103]

  Soul tender and doula Trudy Titilayo shares about coming into relationship with her ancestors as they help her guide souls through the spiral of life and death.  You’ll also hear about: Being called into relationship with the ancestors Moving from being the Witness into being the Teacher Doulaing as more than just supporting the birthing process Teaching our daughters choice ***** Trudy Titilayo is a witness to Life's longing for itself. A humble steward of this sacred journey through birth, breath, death and rebirth, in honor of our Ancestors and the next seven generations.    In this episode, we talk about: Ancestral calls to the spiral road Trudy’s relationship with her grandmother  Witnessing and connecting the dots of memory The reciprocal gifts Trudy has both given and received within the Earth Speak Collective Learning to show up for oneself and finding one’s voice Going through the pandemic as a chrysalis moment The power of sitting (and dancing) with the ancestors without expectation or knowing why The journey of becoming a doula including Trudy’s own birth story Birth and death as our most vulnerable moments The damage that being separated from our ancestral land causes not only ourselves, but future generations Trudy’s pilgrimage to her ancestral lands Big news from Shawna Trudy’s experiences recognising the death transition and holding her family through the portals of life The subtlety of signs and learning to trust the call How the work Trudy has done towards liberating herself has impacted her daughters Giving yourself permission to claim all of yourself Doulaing identity   Earth Speak Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Become an Earth Speak Sponsor and reach more of the people you're meant to serve www.earthspeak.love/sponsor  Support the Earth Speak Podcast and purchase our t-shirt  Support Earth Speak and make a donation  Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret Guest Links: Learn more about Trudy’s offerings at https://trulysacredcircles.com Connect with Trudy on Instagram @trulysacredcircles References: Native Land https://native-land.ca/   Pharoah Ramses III  Kemetic Yoga Natalie channels Daisy Ifá Revivalist Pentecostal church Psilocybin mushrooms Doula Dr Daniel Foor Kemet Nile River Valley Maroons VBAC LSD Mother Teresa   ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It’s Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague  https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ► Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

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• You Are the Earth with Poet Jacqueline Suskin [episode 102]

  Poet and educator Jacqueline Suskin shares about watching the ways humans choose to nurture their connection with the land and its cycles. You’ll also hear about: How creative expression is the practice of life Moving through the immensity of eco grief to use it as creative fuel How loving the earth is loving ourselves ***** Jacqueline Suskin is a self-proclaimed ecstatic earth worshiper, the author of eight published books, all of which center around the earth and its bounty. Currently, she’s focused on bringing her nature poetry curriculum into classrooms around the country and her next book “A Year in Practice – Seasonal Rituals and Prompts to Awaken Cycles of Creative Expression” is available at all major booksellers.     In this episode, we talk about: Rewriting beliefs around urban spaces lacking connection with nature Finding the right level of human connection to help uncared for land flourish How the conversation around land stewardship is more complicated than just planting a bunch of trees Honoring decay How we don’t have to reinvent the wheel The younger generation having so much to say (about the earth) How allowing people the time and space to dream and explore will allow them to connect with the earth  Going beyond duality to allow both hope and hopelessness to exist simultaneously How we can’t have awe without attunement to despair and grief How we have the power to change everything in this moment How cultivating trust in the now can help us soothe our despair and expand our trust in the future Jacqueline’s new book A Year in Practice Remembering the cycles that are already in us to align with the rhythms that exist in the world The difficulty of transitions The grief of loosing the familiarity of the way we know the seasons The connection between imagination and intuition How supporting the community is a pathway to combat our isolation How practicing relationship involves showing up for it no matter who or what we are in relationship with   Earth Speak Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Become an Earth Speak Sponsor and reach more of the people you're meant to serve www.earthspeak.love/sponsor  Support the Earth Speak Podcast and purchase our t-shirt  Support Earth Speak and make a donation   Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret Guest Links: Learn more about Jacqueline’s offerings at www.jacquelinesuskin.com Connect with Jacqueline on Instagram @jsuskin  Connect with Jacqueline on Substack https://substack.com/@jsuskin  Check out Jacqueline’s book A Year in Practice References: Native Land https://native-land.ca/   A brief history of Detroit Poem Forest Australia Folk Life Farm Inside Out Literary Arts Detroit Poem Store   ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It’s Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague  https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

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• Founders Natalie & Shawna Explore Systems of Othering + Cultivating Safety & Connection in Community [episode 101]

  In this conversation, Natalie & Shawna share what's on their hearts and minds, and explore the next phase of Earth Speak. You’ll also hear about: How did we get here and how do we co-create more aliveness in the future   How to support different communities and move away from marginalization Capacity, somatics, and co-creating community  ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Natalie Ross helps magical entrepreneurs tweak their marketing, so they can reach more of the people they're meant to serve. She helps them go from feeling overwhelmed and not knowing how to talk about what they do to creating content that's fun and brings in more sales. She also produces the Earth Speak podcast and runs a community about connecting more deeply with self, others, nature and spirit. Learn more at www.natalie.net.   Shawna finds inspiration from all aspects of life but most notably nature and human connection. She brings experience and awareness from being a white assuming mixed-race black woman living in America. As a student of Psychological Ethnic Anthropology, she enjoys liberating folks from aspects of what make them feel othered by society. Learn more at @shawna.cason and @folkflorist  In this episode, we talk about: Natalie and Shawna discuss ideologies, constructs, and the early history of anthropology  Finding safety within oneself so we can find safety within community  How we both inherit and are influenced by ideologies  Deconstructing race and the myth of race  Shawna shares her experience of being mixed-race and multicultural  The concept of the melting pot, whiteness, and the erasure of cultures How to support different communities but move away from marginalization That we are all the same species, the same race  How did we get here and how do we co-create more aliveness in the future?   How power structures have separated and governed the relationship between humans and the Earth Systems of othering Co-existing and celebrating difference  We explore, how when one person is oppressed in the system we are all oppressed  The ways that power structures create and maintain oppression  Looking to nature for models of how to thrive together  Moving away from the myth of scarcity  Surviving, thriving, and embodying sustainablity within late capitalism What is capacity?  What can we co-create in community, when we come from a place of safety?  Honoring and finding safety within ourselves so we can honor the need for safety in others Moving forward through trauma healing, embodiment, and navigating the nervous system  Answering the call to create healing for ourselves and our community  And so much more! Secret Episodes! Get access to past secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret. Earth Speak Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Become an Earth Speak Sponsor and reach more of the people you're meant to serve www.earthspeak.love/sponsor  Support the Earth Speak Podcast and purchase our t-shirt  Support Earth Speak and make a donation  Share your thoughts about this episode or anything else, at https://www.earthspeak.love/shareyourtruth  Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret Guest Links: Connect with Shawna on Instagram @shawna.cason and @folkflorist  Learn more about Natalie’s offerings at natalie.net Connect with Natalie on Instagram @natalierossmedia, natalie.alexandra.ross and @totalhippies Explore Natalie’s YouTube channel  References: Native Land https://native-land.ca/   Ideology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology  Anthropology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology  Construct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism  Somatic experiencing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_experiencing  Jim Crow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws  Melting pot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting_pot  Book || Race in America https://amz.run/6dTZ  TED Skin Color is an Illusion || Nina Jablonski https://www.ted.com/talks/nina_jablonski_skin_color_is_an_illusion  Book || Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color https://amz.run/6dNe  Homo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo  UVC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet#UVC  Vitamin D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D  Melanin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanin  Early human migration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_human_migrations  Swallowtail butterfly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallowtail_butterfly Episode 99 || Natalie + Shawna https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/natalie-and-shawna-99  Critical race theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory  Plato https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato  Socrates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates  Late-stage capitalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_capitalism    ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It’s Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague  https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

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• Creatrix of The Wild Ones Jennifer Linden on her Bathroom Floor Moment [episode 100]

  Jenner Linden shares her breakthrough moment where she realized that everything was not what it seemed. You’ll also hear about: What happened when Jenner listened to her intuition and created a heart-centered community Connecting with other witchy folks in a safe supportive space  What it feels like to be seen as your true self ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Jenner Linden founded The Wild Ones Community to **give voice** to heart-centered seekers and transformational leaders. As an intuitive coach, she has cultivated a healing space where folks are free to explore their wild side and path to personal fulfillment. Jennifer’s annual ReWilding Online Retreat has attracted over 18K people from around the world dedicated to shedding layers of conditioning and living out their truth. With the right tools, everyone has the power to fall wildly in love with the lives they are creating.   In this episode, we talk about: Jenner shares her bathroom floor moment and the story of her breakthrough What happened when Jenner stepped outside her programming  Taking off the layers that are hiding your magic  Shadow integration and walking side by side with the darkness On taking healing to the next step and integrating the awareness moments  What happened when Jenner felt seen as her true self for the first time  Trusting in love and connection Creating and navigating boundaries  How creating a devotional, daily practice can affect how you show up in the world  What are morning pages and why it works for Jenner and her business  How intuitive messages show up for Jenner  What Natalie and Jenner wish they had discovered sooner on their healing journey   What is the Wild Ones Community? The ways that the Wild Ones Community is supporting folks in being seen as their true witchy, woo, and wild self  Connecting with other witchy folks in a space supportive and heart-centered space Jenner shares about her upcoming free ReWilding Online Retreat   And so much more!  Secret Episodes! Get access to past secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret. Earth Speak Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Become an Earth Speak Sponsor and reach more of the people you're meant to serve www.earthspeak.love/sponsor  Support the Earth Speak Podcast and purchase our t-shirt  Support Earth Speak and make a donation  Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret Guest Links: Learn more about Jennifer’s offerings at www.thewildones.community  Learn more about the Free ReWilding Retreat Explore the ReWilding Activation Bundle Join the Wild Ones Community   Connect with Jennifer on Instagram @we.arewild // https://www.instagram.com/we.arewild Explore Jennifer’s Pinterest  References: Native Land https://native-land.ca/   Episode 63 || Becca Piastrelli https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/becca-piastrelli-63   Human Design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Design  NBC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC  Red Lake shootings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Lake_shootings  Columbine High School Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre  Book || The secret https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_(Byrne_book)  Shadow integration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology)  Kundalini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini  Vagus nerve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagus_nerve  Morning pages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist%27s_Way  Akashic Records https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records  NLP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming  Tapping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_Freedom_Techniques  Ayurveda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda  Higher Self https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_self    ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It’s Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague  https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

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