The Nurture Pod
A podcast that questions our current culture's consensus reality and opens a space to dream something new into being. Iris Sullivan Daire (artist, writer, teacher) and Ginger Edwards (mindset coach, owner of North Fork 53 retreat center) host from their small rural communities on the Oregon coast. They move from playful conversations to deep dives into how life could be on planet Earth if we allowed ourselves to dream into a new way of relating to ourselves and with each other rooted in the magic of nature.
Episodes
22 episodes
Episode 22: Full Moon in Aries. How fast are you driving?
On this episode of the Nurture Pod Iris and Ginger dive into the owners manual for the body- ody-ody. Just because the culture has a speedometer that goes up to 180mph doesn't mean our bodies can or should try to go that fast. ...
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Episode 22
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Episode 21: Becoming Ancestors
In this third and final episode of grief conversations with therapist and retreat leader Joshua Lowe, we talk about what it means to live in a culture without connection to ancestors. Ancestral grief is the 5th gate in Fra...
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Episode 21
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1:00:03
Episode 20: Mapping the Personal and Collective Gateways of Grief
In this episode Iris and Ginger talk once again with therapist and grief ritual leader Joshua Lowe about the different ways that grief shows up personally and collectively in the culture. How can we create lasting change if we aren't willing to...
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Episode 20
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1:07:08
Episode 19: The wild edges of grief and community
In this episode Iris and Ginger welcome their very first Nurture Pod Guest! Therapist, grief tender, community ritual leader (and Ginger's cousin) Joshua Lowe joins the pod to talk about this misunderstood emotion and the role it p...
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Episode 19
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57:31
Episode 18: Relax, it's just a dream.
In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss the nature of reality and the concept of dream time. One hemisphere of our brain is tuned into the mystical, non linear world of connection and creativity with the ability to see reality in a...
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Episode 18
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52:12
Episode 17: Full Moon in Aquarius. Ball Jars of Potential
Recorded the eve of the full blue moon in Aquarius! The astrology of this moment can't be put in a jar and saved for later. It's happening right now. In this episode Iris and Ginger check in on the vibes as we are bath...
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Episode 17
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38:35
Episode 16: Trash and Talismans
In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss the idea and practice of working with the material realm.How and why we imbue the objects around us with meaning. Is there such a thing as sacred outside of our own minds and beliefs?...
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Episode 16
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58:16
Episode 15: Finding Sacred Ground.
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 ...
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Episode 15
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Episode 14: Drop it like it's hot
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. <...
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Episode 14
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46:01
Episode 13: The Fifth Sacred Thing and the Power of Positive Futurism
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 a...
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Episode 13
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1:04:37
Episode 12: Summer Solstice Full Moon. Illuminating energy and how we use it.
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 thi...
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Episode 12
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57:47
Episode 11: Cat memes, Opium and Mycelium- social media in our hands.
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 inter...
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Episode 11
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1:02:35
Episode 10. Community of ONE or ONE Community?
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 Communi...
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Episode 10
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56:51
Episode 9. Cleaning up and Letting Go
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? ...
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Episode 9
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54:15
Episode 8: Figuring it out
In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss the cultural trope of "figuring it out" while also sleeping through the northern lights.
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Episode 8
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41:14
Episode 7: New Moon In Taurus- What we value and how we value it.
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 o...
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Episode 7
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1:07:19
Episode 6: Beltane Shame Shifters
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 wor...
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Episode 6
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1:04:06
Episode 5. Rest, Recovery and the Rise of Festival Culture
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 orde...
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Episode 5
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52:58
Episode 4. The Solar Eclipse Episode
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 ...
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Episode 4
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57:05
Episode 3. Discipline vs. Devotion- How to create boundaries that nurture
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 ...
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Episode 3
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45:34
Episode 2. Vulnerability Hangovers and the Waterfall.
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 p...
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Episode 2
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44:52
Episode 1. Spring Equinox 2024: Setting intentions with the 4 elements. Seed of Nurture.
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.
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Episode 1
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