Wild+Free Life | Entrepreneurship, Real Motherhood, and Living Life Intentionally

This is the best definition of witch I've ever come across and I wanted to share it with you. Long live the adventure.

In this episode, I read to you an excerpt from the book, Lois Hole Speaks. Lois Hole was a master gardener, best selling author, entrepreneur and politician who lived in Edmonton, Alberta. This book is a compilation of her speeches put together by Mark Lisac. In the excerpt, Lois speaks about what being a writer is really all about. I love this speech because of it's real tips, and what feels like an encouraging coffee talk from this best selling author.

In this episode, I talk with my dear friend, Kate Mosher. Kate Mosher is an entrepreneur, mama, yoga teacher and body liberation activist. She lives in the Mountains of North Carolina. Kate shares her story about why she came to yoga, her experiences practicing yoga in a fat body, and how yoga training challenged and refined her viewpoints. She takes us on a deeper exploration with Niyamas and Yamas with a body liberation lens. Together, we talk about inner Rebels, entrepreneurship as a way to own our own knowing, and why listening and mirror is the greatest gift we can give. Kate's work and her journey to wild freedom is one I follow with interest, and I'm always learning from her. I highly recommend trying out a yoga class with her, or starting your own Undoing journey alongside her community.

In this episode, I talk with Rebecca M Farrar. Rebecca is an archetypal astrologer living in the San Francisco, Bay Area. She offers down to earth readings, focused on self care and soul care. Rebecca shares her thoughts on self care, soul care, community care and her own healing story alongside exploring each of those. Together, we talk in depth about self care in detail beyond the white wellness movement, Instagrammable moments, and our mutual love of the wilderness, morning pages, and getting lost in the forest. Rebecca's work resonated with me because of her witchyness, and our mutual love of many authors. Her archetypal work offers us an intriguing way to explore and discover self care and soul care through planetary alignment.

In this episode, I talk with Kim Hamill. She is a weaver and weaving teacher from northern New Mexico. 

She has been on a mission to bring the ancient technology of the backstrap loom into the mainstream craft arena. Kim shares with us her story about how she got into weaving, the pieces she's created that really speak to her heart, and the incredible ancient history surrounding weaving. We taught in depth about how creativity can be an act of rebellion, the flow of creative projects and how that can really challenge and change us, and the resurgence we both see in art, craft and making right now. Kim's work really spoke to me through her sharing the images of her projects in progress. Her intention and dedication to her craft, the focus, and meditation it takes is a practice that is inspiring and beautiful to watch.

What are women holding space in right now? I think we're each holding a lot of space, as things change in the world. I discuss the values we're upholding, how each of us are contributing and pull a Tarot card for the collective. Carry on, sister, you're doing really well xoxo

The world has changed, there's no denying it. How we do business is changing too. This week, I dove into the meaning and purpose around business and entrepreneurship, and I wound up somewhere totally different. 

I hung up my gear bag for over a year and didn't pursue any adventures at all. My girlfriend called me up a few months ago and called me out. I got to wondering - what causes us to go on adventure? What do we find on adventures?

Our minds are so noisy! When we are trying new things they can come up with so many different reasons why we shouldn’t do the things we are doing. Here’s how to get beyond the mental chatter and into deep knowing.

The absolute greatest gift we can each other is holding sacred space for each other. We need to change the way we have conversations. We need to listen, truly listen, deeply without judgments, and without waiting to reply, without waiting to add our experience or expertise. This is a practice to hold space for other people in the conversation. It's powerful. It's beautiful, and it gives the person you're holding space to be vulnerable, be real and feel truly heard. In short, a gift.

What if you hit the easy button and it was already easy! Would that change your whole mindset of the goal you're trying to toil and achieve? It sure changed mine. Here's what happens when you embrace easy and move towards the proof it already IS easy and let go of how you think it "should" be.

When things don't go easily - let's stop trying to force them! This week, I sit in uncomfortable frustration as I try to create something new. This is the story of what I did. Let's put more pots on the back burner and let them develop into what they need to be.

I've been totally inspired by the book, Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. This should be the go-to manual for creative people. She talks about creativity + fear, and the duality of journey between the two of them. In this episode, we talk about the leading edge of creativity and talk about how that feels right before you take the leap into a new venture, how to get through the fear.

I might be a little biased but I believe adventure gives us the tools to wipe the taste of life + caregiving off us, emotionally, spiritually and physically. In this episode, I talk to you about my #1 self care practice - taking adventures - big and small for my wellbeing. I reflect back on my epic 4 week adventure and all the personal development and reflection that happened along the way. As caregivers, the finder of all the things, moms carry an immense load. Under all that load, we have to keep finding ways to come back to the core of who we are, a way to process our emotions, and give ourselves the space we need to be free. Adventure is up for this job. Take to the trail with me - and see how it can impact your mental, physical and spiritual personal development through sharing my stories.

We're feeling all the feels with kids going back to school today. A day of big emotions, let's talk about managing the transition back to school, getting back to that structure and how to not lose your mind :)

It's that exciting time before you have a baby, which is super exciting but also a little terrifying. You're standing on the brink of this big life adventure - growing into a new baby's parent and you're not quite sure to expect. You've read all the baby books but they don't talk much about the emotions or what you really need to survive. Let's talk about your baby's best teacher and how you're already equipped for this job. Let's talk about your inner knowing and intuition that will lead you right. Let's talk about finding your community and how love + resilient kids will win out every time. Come go wild with me.

Nourishing ourselves so that we can nourish others. When was the last time you took time out to do that?

Team work makes the dream work in my world. I have learned that I need daycare + household help to give myself periods of focus time. These periods of focus time are where I am the most productive. I talk through all the ages + stages (babies, toddlers, preschoolers and school age kids) and how to irk out the focus time for you to grow your business or nourish yourself. I spill all the secrets on my creative childcare solutions!

Intentional Choices - from coping + survival back into co-creating the life that you really want to live. If you have a big vision for your life, this is essential. Pick up your journal and make these lists on how you're going to spend your precious energy.

Can working mothers have it all? Can mothers have it all? Can mothers do it all? I think absolutely, and there's a bigger question here. What all do you want?