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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
58 episodes
Nurture Pod 58: Fire and light in the Australian outback
Hello from the upper left edge and down under! In this episode of the Nurture Pod Iris and Ginger dive into the colors, frequencies and patterns stretching from the yellow wildflowers on the Oregon coast to the sunrise over Ul...
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Nurture Pod 57: Silly rabbit, tricks aren't just for kids.
Hello and welcome to Nurture Pod #57. In this episode Iris and Ginger are talking across time- from the morning Aries New Moon on Friday in central Australia to the eve of Aries New Moon Thursday on the Oregon coast. What is coming ...
Nurture Pod 56: Spring resilience in wild times.
Hello and welcome to the Spring Equinox/Ostara edition of the podcast where Iris and Ginger exhaust so many planting and garden metaphors about life. For this episode they are in the same house in Oregon catching up and contemplating the cusp o...
Nurture Pod 55: New Moon in Pisces
Happy Spring! Or Fall! (Depending on which hemisphere you reside upon).It's a new moon in Pisces and Ginger is back in Oregon for a brief moment to record a podcast or two before she's off on her journey again.In this episode Iris...
Nurture Pod 54: Pele says Hilo- welcome to the year of the fire horse!
Welcome back to the Nurture Pod. In this episode there is a volcanic eruption, tai chi sweat and a magical tale of one Hawaiian woman's journey to build a temple of Gratitude.February has been a wild ride. The year of the fire horse begi...
Nurture Pod 53: Dream of the Blue Whale
Aloha from Maui! After a wild January and potentially even wilder February Iris and Ginger reconnect across the mighty Pacific ocean. The humpback whales have gathered around the island of Maui to give birth and mate in the warm tro...
Nurture Pod 52: 2026 fire arrives. But first, in praise of water.
The final day in the Gregorian calendar has arrived. 2025 was a wild ride indeed. On this episode, Iris and Ginger weave threads from from Astoria- Belize as they ponder the lessons of the year and the moment we find ourselves in here on Planet...
Nurture Pod 51: Winter Solstice Spelunking
Welcome to the New Moon in Sagittarius and Solstice tide. As the solar year wanes in the Northern Hemisphere the invitation is to dissolve. To unburden ourselves of the many weights modern culture has tied to us. In nor...
Nurture Pod 50: Full Moon in Gemini 50th Episode Celebration
We have made it all the way to episode 50! A huge thank you for listening and supporting the Nurture pod. This is a milestone moment of the podcast and marks one and a half years of production since we began recording on Spring Equi...
Nurture Pod 49: Wild Packs of Stray Thoughts
Welcome back to the Nurture Pod. In this Episode Iris and Ginger have a wild and rambling ride through gratitude, stray dogs, how we name things, plant medicines and so much more. Ginger via Guatemala and Iris via her bed in Oregon cuz she's ge...
Nurture Pod 48: New Moon in Scorpio, Standing on the Threshold
Welcome back to the Nurture Pod and to a powerful New Moon in Scorpio. In this episode Iris and Ginger talk about the various thresholds, portals, spirals, crossroads, labyrinths and other liminal spaces that we find ourselves in. &...
Nurture Pod 47: Time after Time after Time
Welcome back to another timely episode of the Nurture Pod!In wild times like the ones we are living through collectively, Iris and Ginger dive into the concept of time itself. Who decides how we count our hours, what they mean, wha...
Nurture Pod 46: Ancestral Frequencies
Welcome to the Hallomas/Dia Los Muertos edition of the Nurture Pod. The veil is thin this week as we reach what many consider the final harvest of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and the move from spring to summer in the Southern ...
Nurture Pod 45: Rumble in the Jungle
Welcome to the Nurture Pod #45! In this episode Ginger enters the remote jungles of Peru and with food poisoning no less. If you have ever wanted to take an adventurous journey this episode may cure you of that urge. Ha...
Episode 44: Nested and Winging it.
In this episode the Nurture Journey continues from Astoria, Oregon to the Sacred Valley of Peru. No matter where we find ourselves on Planet Earth- how do we find balance in the ever changing beauty and complexity that is life. Iris...
Episode 43: Eclipses, Equinox and Ancient Nurture Culture
Welcome back to the Nurture Pod. Ginger reporting in from Cusco, Peru and Iris from Astoria OR because Nurture Culture is intentionally international for this season. We just experienced a big ol' Eclipse season from a Full Lunar Ec...
Episode 42: Astoria to Arequipa- nurture goes international
In the first episode reporting from Peru, Ginger catches up with Iris on what has been a wild travel ride for the past 3 weeks. Selling home, leaving the US, and solo traveling on a spiritual pilgrimage meets deeply rooted Oregon coast creative...
Nurture Pod 41: We're back! New Moon in Leo
Happy New Moon in Leo nuture nation!The Nurture Pod returns after a summer break. Ginger and Iris catch up on all the new beginnings and twists and turns their lives are taking. Ginger has officially left home and is embarkin...
Episode 40: The Fool steps forward
When new chapters are unfolding very often the heart will go where the mind fears to tread. How do we know when to follow our heart/soul's urge to step into the unknown and when to stick to the path well trodden? In this episode Iri...
Episode 39: Mediating between the media and our sense of what's possible
In this episode Ginger and Iris dive into the "theory of change" a term coined by David Bornstein of the Solutions Journalism Network. Basically the idea that reporting on how bad everything it will lead to a better world. Now...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...