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The Wild Goddess
There is a gap in the hawthorn hedge, just wide enough for someone who knows how to look properly!
On the other side is Mossvale, an enchanted world where fairy folk move through ancient woodland at dusk and the wheel of the year is marked with fire, blossom and long tables pulled into the square.
The Wild Goddess Podcast is a folklore and re-enchantment podcast, part storytelling, part wisdom teachings, part quiet ritual. Each episode brings you original fairylore, seasonal folklore, my own written stories, nature poetry, guided meditations, and honest teachings on what it actually means to re-enchant your life in the modern world.
This is a podcast for anyone who has ever felt the pull of an old forest. Who leaves offerings for things they can't see. Who marks the turning of the year. Who has always suspected the world is far more enchanted than it lets on.
Come find the gap in the hedge.
Welcome to Mossvale.
The Wild Goddess
Ep 70 - Self-Development vs Self-Nurturing: A Mythic Path Back to Ourselves
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In a world that constantly encourages us to improve, optimise, and become “better,” I’ve found myself asking a quieter question lately…
What if the real path isn’t self-development, but self-nurturing?
In this episode, I’m exploring the gentle but powerful difference between self-development and self-nurturing through the lens of myth, folklore, seasonal living, earth-based rituals, and goddess connection.
I share my own journey, from consuming traditional self-growth content to finding a deeper sense of understanding through story, land, and ancient wisdom. Because somewhere along the way, I stopped asking “how do I fix myself?” and started asking “how do I tend to myself?”
We also talk about nuance, something I feel is deeply missing in modern conversations about growth.
The truth is, we are complex beings.
We can want to be kind and still make mistakes.
We can grow without demanding perfection from ourselves or others.
Through myth and folklore, I’ve come to see that even the gods were layered and flawed!
Story reminds us that contradiction is human, and that growth is rarely simple or linear.
This episode is a soft, reflective exploration of:
self-nurturing vs self-development, human nuance, mythology as a mirror, seasonal living, and learning to see ourselves with more compassion.
Not as problems to be fixed.
But as stories still unfolding.
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