Soul Loveth w/ Shan

What Is Your Soft Hobby Preparing You For? Reflections from Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower"

Shan. Phillips

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Hey Lovelies,

Sometimes the quiet things we love are doing the deepest work in us. In this episode of Soul Loveth with Shan, I’m sharing how picking up reading again — and choosing Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower — has been stirring something powerful in me. Butler’s words about preparation, resilience, and self-sufficiency feel like a mirror for the times we’re living through.

This is a soft conversation about the small, sacred ways we get ready for what’s ahead — even when we don’t realize it.


As you listen, take a moment to ask yourself:
• What gifts are your quiet joys planting in you right now?
• How might your soft hobby be growing the strength you’ll one day need?

Let’s honor the slow becoming - nothing we do is without purpose.

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