Circle of Three
Are you longing to navigate change in ways that leave you invigorated and at peace? Are you looking for habits and rituals that keep you and yours living authentic lives? Welcome to Circle of Three, a conversation between two friends and colleagues with an invitation to you, the listener, to step into the circle. Through poetry, story and an offering of personal and collective practices, Bonnie Loewen and Katharine Cherewyk aim to spark your own reflection — on your voice, your wisdom, and your practices of self discovery. Bonnie Loewen is a spiritual guide who tends to different types of circles and retreats, all with the hopes of creating safe and healing ways to gather. Katharine Cherewyk is an executive coach who loves having conversations that keep her curious and have the potential for surprise. And for those who want to take an even deeper dive, head over to BeingBeloved.ca for resources referenced and reflective questions. Podcast Team: Recording and mixing by Madeleine Roger, theme music by Raine Hamilton and editing and production oversight by Cate Friesen, The Story Source.
Episodes
11 episodes
For Marj Reimer Heinrichs
Bonnie dedicates this final episode to Marj Heinrichs, a dear friend who died unexpectedly. Bonnie tells how Mary Oliver’s Wild Geese weaves through another deep river of sorrow that holds surprise, delight, and gratit...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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11:39
One of the Most Beautiful Blessings in the World
In episode 5, this blessing of Oliver’s completes their conversation: “Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination”. This blessing launches a celebration of Oliver’s body of work, and then invites...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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16:31
Wild, Clean and Home
Episode 4: Wild, Clean and Home, words used in Oliver’s poem Wild Geese, guide this conversation about belonging. It touches on Bonnie’s love for volleyball, her messy house, those places where we ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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19:11
Stepping into the River of Sorrow
In episode 3, Bonnie and Katharine step into the river of sorrow and open their arms wide to the surrender of grief. “Meanwhile”, and Oliver’s poignant use of that one word, holds the arc of Bonnie’s journey as she reflects on the unexpec...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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29:52
11 Words from Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese"
In episode 2, we lean into 11 words from Mary Oliver’s poem, Wild Geese: “Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine”. After Bonnie tells about a poignant moment in her 5 year journey...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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20:23
You Do Not Have To Be Good
Circle of Three, Season 2 invites you into a conversation between Katharine Cherewyk, Bonnie Loewen and Mary Oliver’s poem Wild Geese. One episode at a time, this iconic poem slowly unfurls while igniting reflect...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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26:45
Into The World
In Episode 5 we claim our ways of bringing our song into the world. As Martha Postlewaite writes in her poem “Clearing”, “only then (after you step into your forest, get completely lost, find the clearing, hear your song) will yo...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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30:14
Finding Your Song
This fourth episode looks at how we recognize the unique song that belongs us. As Martha Postlewaite writes, “Wait there patiently until the song that is your life falls into your own cupped hands and you recognize and greet it.” It’s not a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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28:48
The Practice of Stillness
In episode 3, we accept that it is a daily, ongoing discipline to experience a stillness that has us listen deeply. Martha Postlewaite writes, “create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there patiently.” We step...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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31:11
