3 Crones Podcast

What we really know for sure is that women's circles are transformative, for the individuals linked in the ritual, for the total group and for the broader collective.  Virginia, Tamara and Susan have endeavored to show and tell about the profound power and enjoyment that their tiny, trio circle has to it.  Did you get the message?We hope you will gather and BE:  sharing, listening, accepting and shining love on one another.  It is the way we, as women in a culture gone mad, can create change.The real revolution will be love.  Join up!Support the showPlease rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

Listen as Virginia leads us through a discussion inspired by Mirabai Starr's new book, Ordinary Mysticism.  We cover familiar ground...how the elements inform us and shape our own holy ways and sacred days.Crones want everyone to lean into their magic!  Take some encouragement from us...you are beyond ready and equipped.Support the showPlease rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

We've brought an episode out of the vault this month...For the Love of Bees previously aired in May of 2022.  It's a keeper with lots to inspire and uplift you!  Do enjoy and let us know what you think!Support the showPlease rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

What a beautiful and expansive conversation.  Susan and Kathleen explore so much rich territory...humane and conscious work in the corporate realm, step-parenting and family dynamics, and a few unexpected ways into spirit and selfhood.  Kathleen shares how her childhood with an alcoholic mother still informs her identity and choices, creating a functional empathy, as she approaches her 50th birthday.Filled with tender moments of revelation and some laughter too.  I think you're really going to love this one!Support the Show.Please rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

What does one do with "overwhelming gratitude"?  This is a little mini-sode for you with an unexpected twist.Here are the word search books Susan is in love with!  I've completed Becoming, Presence and working on Rest.Support the Show.Please rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

Under the Flower Full Moon at the end of May, we discuss making innovative changes to ignite peace, kindness and togetherness in our personal lives and in the collective.We challenge each other and our listeners and at the same time murmer thank you thank you thank you thank you for the sacred spaces and communities we have already established.The devastation at Rafah hadn't happened yet when we recorded.  But we've been suffering these catastrophes long enough to know that each of us are needed to forge a new way to an enduring Peace.If you were Queen of the World...Repeat after me...Please listen and respond.Ongoing inspiration (whether you're into astrology or not) from Lorna Bevan of Hare in the Moon.The source invitation for creating a Womanifesto came from Danielle Dulsky.Your invitation to retreat with the 3 Crones with every luxurious detail can be found HERE at ocean earth wind fireSupport the Show.Please rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

Join Susan this month as she interviews a dear friend, Kristin Bispels, in an episode of Women the World Over.  There is a LOT of sweet, infectious laughter in this episode that is likely to inspire everyone to be grateful for their authentic relationships and joyful exchanges.Kristin Bispels is the founder and executive director of Inclusive Clay, an organization that provides access and art education to adults with intellectual differences in southeastern Pennsylvania. Inclusive Clay began as a response to a need that arose as her daughter exited the school system and became an adult with a disability in her community. There were few good opportunities for her to participate in her community in a meaningful way. So, they started inviting her friends to make pottery in her basement studio as a means to connect, but it grew into much more than that over time. Kristin's tag line for this amazing project is a keeper..."We are shaping communities, one pot at a time."And so we talk excitedly about that...how to shape reciprocal friendship, mother/daughter harmony, community engagement, inclusion, creative expression and delight in spirit in our daily lives.  To learn more about Inclusive Clay, go to inclusiveclay.org and follow on Facebook and Instagram @inclusiveclay . We are shaping communities, one pot at a time.Inclusive Clay...Enter Here!Kristin's Work at Deedledoo Studio!Support the Show.Please rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

At launch, we promised our podcast listeners that we'd "talk about it all" and then took 25 episodes to tiptoe into a conversation about SEX.  This month, Virginia and Tamara venture into this vast topic with their musings about sexuality and culture, womanhood and coming of age, the rites we are missing and  hopes for new generations.  We know this is only a drop in the ocean of intimacy, primal desire and sacred sexuality.  Let us know which waves you'd like to hear us ride next!Support the showPlease rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

Tamara invited us into a talk about NAVIGATION...and it feels just right for this time, sorting out a direction but also a state of being that allows for wild cards and rerouting.Where are we and where are we headed?  How can we tell if we are "on course"?  What tunes our listening to the "still, small voice" that assures our arrival in a reality that suits our soul?Join us three as we wend our way through the brambles around these questions and more.  Especially at a time when oppression, distortion and destruction fill the daily news...how do we make sense of our lives and go forth?  Or as Virginia emphasizes, "how the fuck do we live now?!"Kyla J Gent has this gorgeous reel posted December 11 on Instagram...check out the somatic movement and a stunning invitation:  "let life catch you by the heart"!She's a host for the Human Garage...a myofascial project that has Susan hooked!And, if you are looking for a daily (or weekly...whatever works for you!) devotional practice that plugs you back into trusting yourself and the "way"...check out these beautiful, spiritual WORDSEARCH books created by Margot & Co.  Susan has worked through Presence and Becoming so far...highly recommend.  You really wouldn't know how good it feels until you try it!Support the showPlease rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

We love retreats!  We lead them, we take them, we dream them up in our waking hours and in our sleep.  We've been hosting them together for a long time and we've learned so much over the years.How women NEED retreat.  How everyone is transformed, no matter what.  How traveling to touristy, "best" destinations with other yogis really isn't the ideal anymore, rather a beautiful spot to settle into and rest does the body and soul good.  How once per year is not enough.Susan will tell you that retreat is your birthright and also your responsibility.  It is a proven way to rebalance, restore, reclaim and remember the essence of who you really are.  And THAT woman...that who-you-really-are woman...is what the world needs now.We hope you will be intrigued and inspired to join us on retreat soon.  Our January retreat to Old Field Point on the Elk River in Maryland is full; but we are on the cusp of announcing the rest of the 2024 schedule!Support the showPlease rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

Tamara, Virginia and Susan are back together all three after a summer hiatus following the passing of Tamara's dear husband BJ.  True to form, the conversation weaves in and out of every avenue of approach towards life's ultimate questions.We don't have the answers, but benefit and grow through the asking.Tune in.  We think you'll be moved and awakened.Support the showPlease rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

"Maybe we can't change the world, but maybe we can nudge it."  So says Siobhan Bedford, professional artist and dear, dear friend.  This episode is a really wild ride with so many beautiful twists and turns...art as a devotional practice of light, dark and infinity, leaving the corporate world to create soul work, the tender loss of miscarriage, reimagining the legends of Eden and of Eve as the Grandmother of all creation and the play between generosity and reciprocity.Plus there's so much more!Siobhan blessed us with the use of her art to use as our cover art and has inspired 12 humans shy of 108 with her stunning heart project, The Mandala Mala Project.Her thoughtful and intuitive take on so many aspects of life and creativity shine through in this conversation where Susan dispenses with all professional interview parameters and flings herself into true enthusiasm with her guest! Visit Siobhan's Website here.Support the showPlease rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

Surf the waves of this beautiful and revealing discussion with Elizabeth Montalbano, a freelance writer, journalist and therapeutic writing mentor.  Liz is an American expat living in Portugal who has intentionally created a new kind of life for herself through healing, exploration and surfing!  You'll be inspired by her story and enamored by the way she shares a choice-full journey and her interpretation of how to live in awareness and kindness, while navigating the challenging passages of life and relationship.We discuss her work life as a journalist, her passion project Mermaid Mentoring* and the way she inhabits sacred space in the ocean by riding the early morning waves and precious, dawning light.Liz lives in Portugal, but visits the US often to be with family and care for her dad; so we get to enjoy her company at ocean earth wind fire on a regular basis and she always brings an authentic and globally aware perspective that refreshes the soul.*Mermaid Mentoring is a therapeutic writing program aimed at empowering women through self-reflection and authentic self-expression.   Liz says:  "I want to help them reclaim their stories and own truthful experience of life, both the mess and the miracle of it. I want to inspire women to create lives that reflect their true selves rather than let the circumstances of their lives shape who they become. I want them to know they don't need to live up to anyone's expectations for what their lives should be—not even their own. And finally, I want them to know it's never too late nor is it selfish to pursue a dream or a passion just for the sheer joy of it."Learn more and engage with Liz at https://www.mermaidmentoring.com/Find Liz on Instagram: @lizoleeta and @mermaid_mentoringEnjoy her writing on Medium HERE!Support the showPlease rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

This is our first episode of a new project we're calling Women the World Over!  The 3 Crones are opening up a new avenue of communication with women...when we say, "we want to hear from you", we mean it!  Tune in as we launch "mini-episode"* interviews with listeners, friends and mentors...women like you...maybe YOU.Please contact us if you would would like to join the conversation and be interviewed on 3 Crones Podcast!  (Yes, I know I'm using too may exclamation points...I'm excited

This episode is arriving somewhat behind schedule and on the date of July's Blessing Moon.  Only a matter of days after we recorded, Tamara's dear husband BJ passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones at home.  Tamara shared with us that during the week leading up to his death, he was referring to the transition as "when I go on ahead".  Deep breath.Not only have we taken a pause to honor this devastating loss and blessed life turning, Virginia and Susan "saved" this recording to play for our guests on retreat held on the Elk River June 22-25.  Normally, our third Crone, Tamara, nourishes us with her cooking and with her wisdom on retreat, so she was sorely missed.  Hearing her voice while resting in a deep psoas release was a way for the women to dive deeper into the Moon's mysterious realm of darkness and also death.  We know that you too will feel into Tamara's sharing of this ancient and feminine wisdom way that offers us all a path through movement, connection, challenge and moonbeams to heal our relationships, our tender hearts and our lives.Please contact us via instagram if you have any questions or request for links and information shared in this episode.All blessings.Support the showPlease rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

Virginia invites Susan and Tamara to explore role models, archetypes and the choice of looking to the world stage and our local communities to identify those shining ones who inspire and encourage us.How do you embody an archetypal example of arrival, growth and manifestation?  Who do you look to who helps you to create the life you want?We touch on many aspects of the feminine divine:  Midwife, seed saver, poet,  Mother, creatrix, Visionary, activist, Shamana and of course, Crone.Drawn to conversation by a new deck and course created by Anodea Judith, She Rises, we riff on who and what moves and guides us onward.Ina May Gaskin Spiritual MidwiferyGreta Thunberg Climate ChangeBrene Brown ResearcherThese are only a few of the names we drop as we seek and honor the elemental and eternal heroines of history and of our own time.Support the showPlease rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

Join Virginia and Susan in welcoming Sherry Sidoti back to the program!  Sherry's new book A Smoke and a Song, A Memoir is coming out August 1 and we dig into all the rich crevices of storytelling with Sherry, her process and path, through her journey of reflecting, remembering and sharing this most intimate tale.A Smoke and a Song is Sherry's story of her quest to make meaning from the memories homed in her body.  Told with tenacity, tenderness, and wry humor, Sherry stumbles towards self-actualization, spiritual awakening—and, despite it all, love. This is a story steeped in art and spirituality that explores the complexities of transgenerational maternal bonds, attachment, loss, and leaning into our wounds to find the wisdom.And in Susan's words:  “A Smoke and a Song makes me feel like I've stumbled upon a beautiful explorer's locked diary and picked the lock. The narrative is both delicious and filled with disaster, careening at breakneck pace through a life fully engaged in raw, sensual, and inspiringly elevated consciousness. You'll be completely riveted by Sidoti's story—this book will help you see and digest the deepest questions and twists of your own life and relationships. It's a book you will thrill to read and one you'll keep close for a long time to come.” You're going to love hearing Sherry talk about those twists and turns in her own voice, and come August 1, you're going to LOVE reading this memoir!Preorder your copy and find Sherry here: Author of A Smoke and a Song: A Memoir  (She Writes Press)August 1, 2023Please consider pre-ordering today on:AmazonBookshopBarnes & Noblewww.sherrysidoti.comIG: @sherrysidotiFB: Sherry SidotiSupport the showPlease rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

We three Crones embody and know all three aspects of the Goddess...as do ALL women!  This time around, we talk about mothering and the Great Mother.  What do mothers need, what do they offer and how does the sacred archetype of Mother apply in our mundane and difficult lives, whether we have borne human children or not?~If we are the mothers of our own precious and vital dreams, what comforting words would we whisper to the frightened one curled in our laps?  ~And also, how as Crones (or from our Crone wisdom) can we mother younger generations of women and the world at large?  ~Can we create legacy through the act of mothering whether or not we have children?  ~What would you say to your younger self from the wisdom you hold now?  ~What are the mechanics of tending, nourishing, nurturing and good care that you bring to your creative projects, your business, your family and your community?Questions and more questions, and no thought of actual answers...just another heartfelt conversation about living this life authentically and from the deepest knowing of our souls with LOVE.The First Forty Days:  The Essential Art of Nourishing the New MotherHeng Ou (Author)  Amely Greeven (Author).    PS. the congee recipe and Mother Bowls are delish!Support the showPlease rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

Imbolc is the cross-quarter point between Yule and Ostara which means we're headed ever closer to Spring which means we probably could use some consideration and reflection around what we truly want out of this next season/year/cycle/rebirth in our lives.Virginia, Tamara and Susan talk about healing, choices, growth and responsibility in the Chariot year...about how to pause and listen to our natural and organic instincts so we can facilitate meaningful changes, making room for joy.Between the Worlds Podcast, Amanda Yates GarciaEpisode 75, The Chariot YearEarly Spring Salad for Imbolc from Tamara2 to 3 Endives Handful of dandelion greens Savoy or Napa Cabbage Toasted pumpkin seeds 1 Large navel Orange or Grapefruit peeled and sliced in rounds ! Shave or finely slice all the veggies mix in with dressing ! Sprinkle seeds on top and enjoy the fresh bitter taste of new growth ! For the dressing 1/2 cup olive oil 1/2 a squeezed lemon Small handful of chopped fresh mint ( can sub with a tsp of dried mint ) 1 tsp honey Pinch salt and pepper Imbolc Poem, Gale Duff“to healyou have toget to the rootof the woundand kiss it all the way up”  ~Rupi KaurThe Goddess Path, Patricia MonaghanFind Your Goddess, Skye AlexanderSupport the showPlease rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

There's a meme out there that goes like this:me:  Hi sky daddyGod:  I really wish you would stop praying like thatHilarious.How do you pray?  Is there an overlap between prayer and spell-casting?  What are spells, anyway?The Crones chat about this and more in our first episode on 2023.  Spirit has a way with us, that can be confounding and mysterious...listen as Virginia, Susan and Tamara pick and poke at the edges of how and why to ask, thank and compliment the Great One...what/whoever they believe that is!The Winter of Listening, David WhyteThe Lost Spells, Robert MacFarlaneSupport the showPlease rate, review and share our podcast! We love our listeners so! For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford. We're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

Tamara, Virginia and Susan chat about retreat...what IS retreat and why is it essential for women?  Having led our first destination retreat since the before Covid days, we reflect on our own experiences and the bonding of the group (mostly "strangers" this time around) in sacred space and time.We wing it this go round...beginning our second season as podcasters the way we began the whole shebang...sitting around having a talk about things that matter to us.  We hope you enjoy listening and feel inspired to wing something new in your life...on purpose!Retreat with the 3 Crones!Stay Wild, The Great Rite in the Greening Time   May 4-7, 2023 on the ChesapeakeYou are welcome to join us for our next retreat in the Spring of 2023...Only 3 spaces remain...all details HERE.Susan swears that the very BEST ritual bath bombs are at Witch Baby Soap, and there's no sponsorship compelling her to say so!  Please rate, review and share our podcast!  We love our listeners so!For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford.Buy us a coffee!Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/3cronespodcast)Support the showWe're three Crones, sharing our real-life experiences and insights to encourage all women to step into their truth and agency...no easy feat in a chaotic world; but essential nonetheless. Join our virtual circle for inspiration, en-COURAGE-ment and some much needed laughter.

As promised from day one, we three end our first year of podcasting talking about DEATH.  And the bewitching and often difficult task of "living while we're alive", because holy hell, who knows what comes next?!The Crones share intimate tales about sitting vigil at the deathbeds, near-death experiences, living day-to-day with the knife-edge of death looming near, and the ways in which we can practice surrender to the unknown during this season of dark mystery and all things which go bump in the night.Susan warns at the opening, that this episode may be "triggering" for some, but honestly?...our frank and loving talk feels warm and natural and ended up being full of laughter.  After all, we're not dead yet, right?  Listen in.  I know you'll feel renewed by doing so.When Death Comes by Mary OliverSo Many Gifts by HafizPlease rate, review and share our podcast!  We love our listeners so!For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford.Buy us a coffee!Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/3cronespodcast)Support the showSupport the show

It was all Susan's idea, so you know where to place the blame...we veered away from any whiff of wisdom and avoided the quest for answers completely.  We've been away from our 3 Crones posts for a month now...because...LIFE!  It felt like time to truth-tell and let it all hang out...a "venting" episode you might call it.  Heartfelt, emotional, open, vulnerable.  True confessions that even I might field as "whining" if I were standing in a different more upbeat energy and taking into consideration the vast and painful catastrophic suffering humans endure everywhere.But humans need connection and to be able to spill it all out to someone who will simply be there and listen; and so we thought we'd spill and listen.  We hope it touches an authentic soft place in our listeners, and maybe we can collectively normalize spilling and listening.The Thing Is by Ellen BassHow Do We Write Now?  Patricia LockwoodPlease rate, review and share our podcast!  We love our listeners so!For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford.Buy us a coffee!Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/3cronespodcast)Support the show

Our first interview episode with soul-sister guest Sherry Sidoti-Rego, teacher, mentor & author who "happened" to rock Susan's world a decade ago.  You're going to love diving deep with this authenticity powerhouse as we talk about loss and brokenness and the ways in which healing and growth accumulate over time...how our transition to Crone offers ease and comfort and the capacity to bring beauty to life from the fragments of dark and dire moments.Sherry's moving essay Mosaic will be published this month in an anthology entitled Art in the Time of Unbearable Crisis, Women Writers Respond to the Call and her memoir is forthcoming in the fall of 2023.Learn more about Sherry at sherrysidoti.com and follow her on Insta HERE!Please rate, review and share our podcast!  We love our listeners so!For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford.Buy us a coffee!Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/3cronespodcast)Support the show

Do you know the word Sangha?  Are you a member of an uplifting community?  Who holds space for you?  Are you connected intentionally with others?Virginia, Tamara and Susan talk about community, circles, bees, fairies and re-member-ing to open to love and a little wild!  It's a good way for May...come play with us.Aware, Glimpses of Consciousness on Netflix & PrimeGoddesses in Older Women, Jean Shinoda BolenCamphill AssociationSanghaTeach me what I cannot learn alone. Let us share what we know, and what we cannot fathom. Speak to me of mysteries, and let us never lie to one another.May our fierce and tender longing fuel the fire in our souls. When we stand side by side, let us dare to focus our desire on the truth. May we be reminders, each for the other, that the path of transformation passes through the flames.To take one step is courageous; to stay on the path day after day, choosing the unknown, and facing yet another fear, that is nothing short of grace.  ~Danna FauldsRudolf Steiner, Biodynamic AgricultureThe Still, Peter Owen JonesPlease rate, review and share our podcast!  We love our listeners so!For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford.Buy us a coffee!Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/3cronespodcast)Support the showSupport the show

A listener asked us to keep delving deeper into our personal relationships with the Earth.  If we care for (or harm) ourselves in the same ways that we care for (or harm) our Great Mother...then where might the questions and discussion lead us in terms of reciprocity and reverence...our love of Gaia...HOW exactly do we love the planet?"What would happen if you brought that tiny cauldron outside, burned your list of all that doesn't serve you in broad Moonlight. What would happen if you nestled your intentions in the earth? Sprinkled rain, water prayed. What more have we to say about tending to the great mother and ourselves?"  1-855-POEMRX2Virginia, Tamara and Susan talk about mundane practices, archetypal inspirations & prayer..."load-bearing structures" of healing and growth...both personal and in terms of the environment and natural world.We bring you new authors, ancient stories, poetry and silliness.We bring you gratitude.The Ecosattva Vows, Joanna MacyJoanna MacyEarth Acupuncture, Gail Reichstein Rex Sacred Symbols Oracle Deck, Marcella KrollIGTV Prayer with Nadia Bolz-Weber & Jennifer GarnerWild Mercy, Mirabai StarrExcerpt from SometimesMary Oliver4.Instructions for living a life:Pay attention.Be astonished.Tell about it.Please rate, review and share our podcast!  We love our listeners so!For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford.Buy us a coffee!Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/3cronespodcast)Support the show

Virginia guides our trio through an exploration of Gaia theory, and of course we wander and stray "off" topic only to end up precisely where the essence and truth of our Great Mother would have us BE.We wend our way through the passages of personal struggles with death, war and physical and emotional pain to meet our unending capacities for healing, presence and compassion.  And if we can practice integration and balance for ourselves, we know that we can (and will) transform pain and suffering for the collective.  Is this so?  How does "as above, so below" hit home for you?Will join us in listening to the Earth herself, our Goddess Gaia,  to embody what is longed for and needed most?The Daughter of Gaia, Marko PogačnikWage Peace, Judyth HillThe Great Turning by Christine FryI Was Thinking of My Mother, Retrograde, by Natasha DahlbergClarissa Pinkola Estes ALL the good things and inspiration...I Want to Be Alive With You, Toko-pa TurnerFor the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford.Buy us a coffee!Support the show

This month you can play the "how many times does Susan say yeah, I love that" game!  Maybe she could diversify her praises, but they are heartfelt nonetheless!  February is the month of love, so our trio shares love poems while testing the foundation bricks of how they feel the podcast matches their mission at the half-year mark.Please do engage by sending us your questions, topic wish lists, mindfires and reviews!  We would so appreciate it if you would take a moment to rate our show on your listening platform!  Circles of women, small and large, are a source of power.  We endeavor to create an audio circle for all of you, that will spread the love and engender a new vibrational reality for generations to come.For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamara http:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford.Buy us a coffee!3 Crones Podcast is the endeavor of a magical trio of women dedicated to living essentially, aligned with guidance of their birthright bSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/3cronespodcast)Support the show

How else would we begin again in a new year, but with the essential Step ONE...self care.  This is a topic to return to over and over throughout a lifetime.  How can we hold ourselves AS WE ARE in devotion, acceptance, respect and loving kindness so that we can live fully and vitally into our relationships, days and experiences?  Because without prioritizing this question, we will likely be diminished and deflated with the demands of a misguided overculture and our own critical inner voices.So listen as Virginia, Tamara and Susan come at the possibility of prioritizing our self love and compassion from as many angles as we could cram into a short podcast format!  We promise to circle back around often.In addition, a listener, Siobhan Bedford (the stunning artist responsible for our cover art) requested that we read poetry to you every month and so we have come with Yeats and Oliver and cummings, but also 3 lesser-known Crone poets.  wink.  Let us know what reliable and effective actions and choices are at the top of your self-care list!  We want to hear from you!  Please download to listen and, if you would be so kind, review and rate us on your listening app of choice.  Nearly halfway through our first year...whew!An NPR interview with Andee Tagle:  Try strategic underachievement, or "choosing in advance what to fail at," says Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals.For My Body LentFor my body lent, one of a kind from the library of formsFor this one, withfailing eyes and graceful legsvulnerable vertebrae, deep hearing earsThis body, its age and streamingThe dreaming this body doesFor this bonesack of a billion dancingreactionsI bow in gratitude.For being fed this dayby the elements that make meFor being lifted by the windlike the white pine singingoutside my windowFor last light caressing the shoreFor five loons gliding by in a lineFor the heron's whoop to its lifemateFor the scent of the peach in a bowl onmy tableFor the material dearness of todaydeep, deep thanksFor my son's first wordFor the taste of my lover's tongueFor longing and rapture and lossFor finding my place in the familyI am fiercely grateful.            ~Sue Silvermarie 2001Four Sigmatic Mushroom Yumminess Tamara mentions.Wim Hof  Who wants to get in cold water with us?!For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamara  http:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comEditing by Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford.Buy us a coffee!3 Crones Podcast is the endeavor of a magical trio of women dedicated to living essentially, aligned with guidance of their birthright bone wisdom.  May our grown-ass-woman talk inspSupport the show

Tamara sings us awake into the essence of the season.  However you celebrate at this time, we have come together once again to ponder wonder and share our ponderings with you!As always, we want to hear from you!  Send us your traditions and fun, send us your worries and truth, send us questions and comments (if they're loving;)To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.       –Wendell BerryBe sure to download each episode for your listening pleasure and let us know what you want to talk about!  Please rate and review too!The Shortest Day, Susan CooperFor the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamara  Find Tamara's bone broth recipe here this month!http:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comProduction credits to Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford.3 Crones Podcast is the endeavor of a magical trio of women dedicated to living essentially, aligned with guidance of their birthright bone wisdom.  May our grown-ass-woman talk inspire women of all ages to be themselves...loudly.Support the show

Virginia guides our discovery of Hecate at the Crossroads...this quintessential Crone archetype offers a way to look more closely at the aspects of aging and maturing that increase power and authenticity rather than diminishing our light as a patriarchal society would have it. What is the value of a woman if she is past the age of child-bearing?  How does the over-culture disfigure feminine beauty, relevance and brilliance?What aspects of Hecate are alive in your life right now?Which ones are calling you?How does the perversion of snake energy and Crone energy play out in your life?Listen to these 3 unravel what's happening with them during the liminal, divide time of extended Samhain and  the dark of Autumn, this time of the witch.  A pot on the stove, a ceremonial circle, crossroads yoga, mini-burials and pomegranates.  What did you expect?Some journaling prompts:"I can see for miles and miles...""When I close my eyes, I see...""The dark moon shows me..."Be sure to download each episode for your listening pleasure and let us know what you want to talk about!  Please rate and review too!Divide Time @forest.whisperer...A way to celebrate the dark.The Power of the Crone, audio-book by Clarissa Pinkola EstesWild Comfort (the snakes reading!) & more about Kathleen Dean MooreFor the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamara  Find Tamara's bone broth recipe here this month!http:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comProduction credits to Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford.3 Crones Podcast is the endeavor of a magical trio of women dedicated to living essentially, aligned with guidance of their birthright bone wisdom.  May our grown-ass-woman talk inspire women of all ages to be themselves...loudly.Support the show

Susan, Tamara and Virginia talk about the two sides of being authentically true to Self.  Where ego and expectation trip us up and how we've let go of what really doesn't serve.  When we drop the facade, what actually matters becomes paramount.Salty language, truth-telling, full exposure...that's how we show up in episode 2!  Shaving, singing, triangulation and changing the fabric of the Universe...listen along as we tell our stories.We answer our first listener question, or try to.  After all, sometimes we lean into the questions whilst knowing the answer is beside the point.Be sure to download each episode for your listening pleasure and let us know what you want to talk about!For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comProduction credits to Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford.When Death Comes, Mary Oliver3 Crones Podcast is the endeavor of a magical trio of women dedicated to living essentially, aligned with guidance of their birthright bone wisdom.  May our grown-ass-woman talk inspire women of all ages to be themselves...loudly.Support the show

Virginia McKinnie, Tamara Sheen and Susan Madden-Cox welcome you to come hither, come close, to join in our virtual women's circle where we can connect and share authentically for a change!  We've gathered around the kitchen table, of course, to introduce ourselves and talk about what it means to be a Crone and how it feels to bring our voices into what we perceive as a void.  Let's fill up the space where wild abandon and right devotion might meet to discuss all of the pressing topics that matter most to women the world over.Be sure to download each episode for your listening pleasure and let us know what you want to talk about!For the podcast instagram page and to contact us:http:/instagram.com/3cronespodcastFor Virginia, Tamara & Susan on insta:http:/instagram.com/virginiamckinniehttp:/instagram.com/sheentamarahttp:/instagram.com/susanleemaddenFor Stefanie Smith of Double S Consulting:http:/instagram.com/doublesconsultingFor Susan's sanctuary in Chester County, PA:http:/oceanearthwindfire.comProduction credits to Stefanie Smith of Double S Consulting & Tessa Hall.Cover art by Siobhan Bedford.Find the We'Moon Calendar at http./wemoon.wsSome Big Loud Woman  is by George Ella Lyon http:/georgeellalyon.com3 Crones Podcast is the endeavor of a magical trio of womyn dedicated to living essentially, aligned with guidance of their birthright bone wisdom.  May our grown-ass-woman talk inspire women of all ages to be themselves...loudly.Support the show