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The Nurture Pod
A podcast that questions our current culture's consensus reality and opens a space to dream something new into being. Iris Sullivan Daire (artist, writer, teacher) and Ginger Edwards (mindset coach, owner of North Fork 53 retreat center) host from their small rural communities on the Oregon coast. They move from playful conversations to deep dives into how life could be on planet Earth if we allowed ourselves to dream into a new way of relating to ourselves and with each other rooted in the magic of nature.
Episodes
38 episodes
Episode 38: We never left the garden- the Beltane Dew Drop.
Happy Beltane (aka May Day) everyone. In this episode Iris and Ginger talk about the blossoming of life as spring tips towards summer, doing the dew magic, being ecstatic as our natural state and the power of imagination. Ligh...
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Episode 37: Death Cults and Spring Renewal
Welcome to Nurture Pod Season Two- Episode 37. Recorded on a misty Oregon coast Easter (Ostara) Sunday, Iris and Ginger discuss spring renewal; in mythology, personal practice and as a necessary part of life. The beauty...
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Episode 37
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Season Two Begins! Calling in the Elements of Nurture 2025
Welcome to Season Two of the Nurture Pod!Iris and Ginger begin each season by calling in the five elements that nurture all of life; air, fire, water, earth and spirit.We're living in wild and unprecedented times but the elements ...
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Episode 36
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Episode 35: Spring Equinox- Celebrating 1 Year of Nurture
We've reached the finale of Season One of the Nurture Pod!Iris and Ginger started the Nurture Pod one year ago on Spring Equinox 2024. Somehow that time has turned into 35 podcasts and thousands of downloads! Thank...
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Episode 35
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Episode 34: Lunar Eclipse in Virgo: Orphan crusher vs. Slime Mold
In this episode Iris and Ginger delve into the wildness of the moment we are living in on Planet Earth. With the forces of oligarchy, climate change, social upheaval on all sides choosing a positive way forward becomes increasingly m...
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Episode 34
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Episode 33: Survival of the Nurtured
In this episode Iris and Ginger dig into how we survive in times when we are called into community action.How do we create community and connections in a culture that has emphasized individualism and competition. N...
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Episode 33
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Episode 32: The People United. (may exist in a state of unfolding universal consciousness)
In this episode of the Nurture Pod Iris and Ginger discuss the state of these here United States from the perspective of the Unified State theory.In challenging times it's easy to be overwhelmed, afraid, checked out and just p...
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Episode 32
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Episode 31: New Moon in Aquarius- Lunar Imbolc- Year of the Wood Snake
An auspicious new moon in Aquarius ushers in the year of the Wood Snake. This new moon also marks lunar Imbolc- the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Change is in the air and deep in the soil as the No...
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Episode 31
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Episode 30: The Time We Give Ourselves
In this episode Iris and Ginger chat about time. How it works us or how we work it. Life in the modern world can easily become chunks of time segmented into work lists and goals. Do we intentionally create times to escape t...
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Episode 30
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Episode 29: New Year, New Adventures!
In this episode Iris and Ginger welcome in 2025 with a big announcement. If life is change then 2025 will be living with no holds barred. A shorter episode in recognition of one giant step at a time. The...
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Episode 28: Winter Solstice
Welcome to the longest night of the year. (in the Northern Hemisphere) The cold dark winter stretches out before us as the Earth tilts it's northern hemisphere to it furthest point away from the Sun. From this port...
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Episode 28
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Episode 27: The Creativity Conundrum
As 2024 draws to a close Iris and Ginger spiral around creativity. What does it mean to live a creative year, month, day or even life? The struggle of being a working artist and knowing how to value your crea...
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Episode 27
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Episode 26: Winter's Cailleach Call
In this episode Ginger celebrates her 51st birthday and dives into what it means to be a woman entering the time of the Cailleach, the Celtic Goddess of Winter andIris visualizes how we can graph our life movements to create a bigger pi...
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Episode 26
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Episode 25: Re-membering gratitude as an ancient state of being.
Gratitude will get a whole lot of lip service this week in a culture that's rife with political and social divisions. Is it possible to still be grateful when you're feeling frustrated and resentful towards others or are in deep g...
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Episode 25
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Episode 24: Wit, Knowing and Ken- 3 ways to unpack what the hell just happened.
In this post election episode Iris and Ginger discuss the national election results in 3 different ways. In a culture dominated by the mind they include the heart and gut into the process to understand the place we have newly arrived at in Amer...
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Episode 24
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Episode 23: The Red Roots of Samhain
In this episode Iris and Ginger talk red roots, the color of blood, power, sexuality, Queen Madder root and the portal between this world and the next. In the Celtic lands this time of year was known as Samhain (aka Halloween) when ...
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Episode 23
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Episode 22: Full Moon in Aries. How fast are you driving?
On this episode of the Nurture Pod Iris and Ginger dive into the owners manual for the body- ody-ody. Just because the culture has a speedometer that goes up to 180mph doesn't mean our bodies can or should try to go that fast. ...
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Episode 22
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Episode 21: Becoming Ancestors
In this third and final episode of grief conversations with therapist and retreat leader Joshua Lowe, we talk about what it means to live in a culture without connection to ancestors. Ancestral grief is the 5th gate in Fra...
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Episode 21
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Episode 20: Mapping the Personal and Collective Gateways of Grief
In this episode Iris and Ginger talk once again with therapist and grief ritual leader Joshua Lowe about the different ways that grief shows up personally and collectively in the culture. How can we create lasting change if we aren't willing to...
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Episode 20
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Episode 19: The wild edges of grief and community
In this episode Iris and Ginger welcome their very first Nurture Pod Guest! Therapist, grief tender, community ritual leader (and Ginger's cousin) Joshua Lowe joins the pod to talk about this misunderstood emotion and the role it p...
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Episode 19
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Episode 18: Relax, it's just a dream.
In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss the nature of reality and the concept of dream time. One hemisphere of our brain is tuned into the mystical, non linear world of connection and creativity with the ability to see reality in a...
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Episode 18
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Episode 17: Full Moon in Aquarius. Ball Jars of Potential
Recorded the eve of the full blue moon in Aquarius! The astrology of this moment can't be put in a jar and saved for later. It's happening right now. In this episode Iris and Ginger check in on the vibes as we are bath...
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Episode 17
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Episode 16: Trash and Talismans
In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss the idea and practice of working with the material realm.How and why we imbue the objects around us with meaning. Is there such a thing as sacred outside of our own minds and beliefs?...
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Episode 16
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Episode 15: Finding Sacred Ground.
In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss the ways that we come back to ground. The different ways of understanding how the body restores and draws power from our connection to nature. What we perceive as real/important ...
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Episode 15
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Episode 14: Drop it like it's hot
In this episode Iris and Ginger discuss how nature uses the heat of mid July to sort out what seeds will ripen for the fall harvest. This is often a moment when we realize that not all our spring plans are going to make it this year. <...
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Episode 14
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