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Tend HER Wild Podcast155. Lyndsey Scott: Effervescent Song CatcherIn today’s episode we speak with Lyndsey Scott, a multimedia artist, song leader, song writer, and ritualist committed to exploring community singing as a technology of belonging and a strategy for mutual liberation. The pace of this episode is beautiful – slow and mindful as we tapped into the grounding energy of Lyndsey. She also got us to sing…twice!
Today we discuss:
Lyndsey’s early upbringing in a creative, musical home as well as a patriarchal, religious, conservative one. She described herself as the “good girl” who wanted to please.
Lyndsey went through wh...2025-04-1454 min
Relationships Let's Talk About It!233. Radical Unification: Healing the DivideMana Vermeulen-McLeod has been an Earthaven Ecovillage (Black Mountain, NC) resident and member since 2007. She believes in the potential of transformation in each present moment. She is a Tantric life coach, mother, natural builder, hairdresser, and conflict mediator in her village. A social activist committed to anti-oppression work in areas of race, gender, and class differences. She enjoys supporting herself and others in embodied resilience and everyday courage. In this episode, Mana and I have a conversation about radical unification as a way to heal the political divide in the country and the world. How do...2025-04-011h 20
#12minconvosJohn Stollmeyer: The Power of Permaculture: Restoring Biodiversity and Creating Abundant Landscapes /Ep 3189I was born in 1952 in the St. Ann’s watershed. I am a multi media conceptual artist/maker, permaculture designer, deep ecologist and bioregional animist with a focus on promoting an ecological awareness for evolving regenerative human cultures appropriate to place. Motivated by my experience, while living in Ontario, Canada in the 80s, of connecting with the Bioregional Movement, which grew out of the “back to the land,” intentional communities, cultural experiments of the sixties, I returned to Trinidad in 1994 to share this vision. I am a founding member, research officer and technical advisor to the awa...2025-01-2814 minRelationships Let's Talk About It!224. Trusting Yourself to Make the Right ChoicesMana Vermeulen-McLeod has been an Earthaven Ecovillage (Black Mountain, NC) resident and member since 2007. She believes in the potential of transformation in each present moment. She is a Tantric Life Coach, mother, natural builder, hair-dresser and conflict mediator at her village. A social activist committed to anti-oppression work in areas of race, gender and class differences. She enjoys supporting herself and others in embodied resilience and everyday courage. In this episode, Mana and I have a conversation about the challenge to follow through on our internal truth and intuition to make the choices and decisions t...2024-11-1955 minRelationships Let's Talk About It!218. Managing Expectations in RelationshipsBrandon Greenstein is a partner and father and long-time member and resident of Earthaven Ecovillage (Black Mountain, NC). He is currently practicing Somatic Experiencing therapy and will be entering the final year of the SE professional training program. Brandon is also the owner of Integrated Ecological Solutions; consulting and coaching on sustainable land use and development and all aspects of building, growing and personal efficiency. In this conversation Brandon and I talk about expectations in relationships and how we manage them. Effective relationships are built on realistic and communicated expectations. Unrealistic expectations can lead to disappointment, frustration...2024-08-271h 00Relationships Let's Talk About It!217. Healthy BoundariesMana Vermeulen-McLeod has been an Earthaven Ecovillage (Black Mountain, NC) resident and member since 2007. She believes in the potential of transformation in each present moment. She is a Tantric Life Coach, mother, natural builder, hair-dresser and conflict mediator at her village. A social activist committed to anti-oppression work in areas of race, gender and class differences. She enjoys supporting herself and others in embodied resilience and everyday courage. In this episode, Mana and I have a conversation about healthy boundaries. The importance to know our selves in order to understand our boundaries and these boundaries change as w...2024-08-131h 02
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Today's guest for this episode is Michael Judd, a permaculture teacher, designer, and author from Frederick, Maryland. He and I sat down at his home to talk about his background and work, including his recently released book Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist. In addition to his book and design company, we talked about his introduction to permaculture that began at Earthaven Ecovillage with Chuck Marsh, Peter Bane, and many others. We...2024-01-0848 min
How to Trust Your INtuition with Betsy LeFaeE53: The One Contains The Whole with Kaitlin Ilya Wolf, Priestess of CyclesKaitlin Ilya Wolf is an ordained Priestess, ritualist, communitarian, spiritual counselor, and teacher. Kaitlin has been studying the ritual arts for over 25 years and has facilitated rituals, ceremonies, rites of passage, and women’s circles for over 15 years. She is an ordained Priestess with the Temple of Diana, a women's earth-based tradition. Kaitlin is also a leader in her community, Earthaven Ecovillage in North Carolina, an intentional community living close with the Earth. Her passion is supporting people through personal rituals, rites of passage, the cycles of community ceremonies, and women’s circles.Kaitlin Ilya Wolf’s websit...2023-06-1942 minRelationships Let's Talk About It!187. The Householder’s Path: Sacred Practice for Everyday LifeIn this episode I have a conversation with Mana Vermeulen-McLeod . Mana has been an Earthaven Ecovillage (in Black Mountain, NC) resident and member since 2007. She believes in the potential of transformation in each present moment. She is a mother, natural builder, hair-dresser and conflict mediator at her village. A social activist committed to anti-oppression work in areas of race, gender and class differences. Always a student of life, she has worked as a student advisor for Gaia University, where she also received her Associate Degree in Integrated Eco-social Design. She is now a Life Coach based in authenticity and Ta...2023-06-061h 02
Regenerative Revolution PodcastCollective Power & Cultural Healing with Zev Friedman of Cooperate WNCWe explore the concepts of collective power, mutual aid, and cultural healing for personal and planetary wellness in this video podcast episode with my original teacher and mentor, Zev Friedman! Zev was a permaculture educator & consultant for 12 years before stepping into his current role of running Cooperate WNC, a mutual aid network & cooperative economics community in Western North Carolina. We unpack why a lot of permaculture and ecovillage undertakings fail, and how collective power helps navigate through that. Patterns of mutual aid and cooperativism, historical and cultural examples of people working together in this way, and where to start i...2023-02-081h 03Relationships Let's Talk About It!176. Why MarryMarriage is usually the union of two people in love, and it is a legal commitment that has familial, social, and economic implications. People marry for so many reasons. Some marry to raise a family together, to commit to their relationship on a deeper level, cultural or religious reasons or the desire to experience varies legal advantages. People also marry for unhealthy reasons like to escape a dysfunctional home, because your friends are getting married, because a baby is on the way, or your partner pressures you, etc, etc. Marriage is another way couples commit to each other in...2023-01-031h 01Relationships Let's Talk About It!173. Polyamory and Ethical Non-MonogamyPolyamory specifically refers to people who have multiple romantic relationships at the same time. It does not mean any type of open relationship that may include more casual sexual partners. In many polyamorous relationships, each partner is aware of the other ones and transparency and honest communication is a vital part of healthy polyamorous relationships. In this podcast we discuss how polyamory works in relationships and discuss such questions as... What are the benefits and struggles of polyamory? How do partners decide to become non-monogamous? What are some of the effects of polyamorous families on children? What is compersion? A...2022-11-1556 min
Preparing For Pregnancy After LossEp 43: Healing Relationships with Compassionate CommunicationI consider myself a life-long learner, so it means a lot when I say that Compassionate Communication or Nonviolent Communication (NVC) has been one of the single most important practices I’ve learned. As my teacher, Steve Torma, puts it, Compassionate Communication isn’t just a tool for communication but a shift in consciousness. I’ve referred Compassionate Communication to clients of mine because it becomes a game-changer for ANY conversation or relationship. And today, we have the pleasure of hearing Steve Torma share more about Compassionate Communication and how it can benefit you and your rel...2022-08-141h 33
Earthaven Ecovillage PodcastMy Journey with Natural Building with Mollie CurryMollie Curry moved to Earthaven in 1996, becoming one of the first village residents and getting involved in natural building. She’s taught natural building workshops since 1998, covering cob, plastering, straw bale, straw-clay, earthen paint, earthbag, and carpentry, as well as permaculture. Mollie has been involved in many of the natural building projects at Earthaven, as well as teaching and doing projects in other locations, which has informed her building experience. Mollie Curry shares what she learned in her nearly three decades of experience designing and building natural buildings at Earthaven and around the country.2022-08-1233 min
Earthaven Ecovillage PodcastCreating Culture and Community Through Ritual with Kaitlin Ilya WolfIn this podcast, Kaitlin Ilya Wolf discusses how creating a cycle of annual seasonal rituals helps Earthaven ecovillagers sink into the cycles around us and within us to become a part of this land. She then shares the parts of a ritual, challenges of facilitating ritual at Earthaven, and offers tips for rituals for people who don’t have a community or piece of land to connect with.2022-07-0329 min
Earthaven Ecovillage PodcastMentors, Elders, and Groundhogs with Doug ElliottDoug Elliott is a naturalist, herbalist, storyteller, basket maker, back-country guide, philosopher, and harmonica wizard. For many years made his living as a traveling herbalist, gathering and selling herbs, teas, and remedies. Doug currently lives in Rutherford County, near Earthaven Ecovillage. Doug shares his early mentor experience while growing up in an estuary of the Chesapeake Bay. Later he moved to North Carolina as part of the back-to-the-land movement, learning from old timers. Along the way, he shares how shoestrings made from groundhog led to him meeting his wife and how important it is to help older...2022-05-1221 min
Earthaven Ecovillage PodcastHealing People and the Planet with Swami Ravi Rudra BharatiSwami Ravi Rudra Bharati, formerly known as Dr. Rudolph Valentine, has been very committed to the integration of Eastern thought, particularly yoga and tantra, and permaculture, and all that implies, as well as it relates to healing. Swami Ravi shares his background as a physician and holistic healer of Ayurvedic medicine in clinics in India and the US. During his medical career, he studied tantra, which he began teaching after retiring from medicine. In 2004, he moved to Earthaven, continued teaching, and developed the Dancing Shiva retreat center. Most of the conversation explores a holistic view o...2021-10-3135 minPreparing For Pregnancy After LossEp 32: What Might Be Missing in Your Fertility CareI share a lot about the limitations of our conventional healthcare model. And so, what an absolute pleasure it was to sit and chat with Naturopathic Physician, Dr. Monique Mazza, and learn more about what our care should actually entail. In this episode, we discuss: What Naturopathic Medicine is and how it’s different from Allopathic Medicine (or what I refer to as the “conventional medicine” in the episode) What might be happening in the body that could lead to infertility or loss What testing you should ensure you’re having done to get to the root cause of those...2021-10-161h 29
The Fertile Womb: Natural Fertility Optimization & Conscious Conception18. Ashley of Rose Hips & Ritual: Hospital to Home, Pregnancy Release& Breaking Ancestral PatternsIn this episode, I interviewed a friend and colleague, Ashley Sullivan.
From her website:
Ashley Sullivan is a Women’s Wellness Coach & Therapist, devoted mother, folk herbalist and founder of Rosehips & Ritual, a women-centered resource that weaves ritual and ceremony into womb healing, transformation, and empowerment. Her work brings the magic and reverence back to the many rites-of-passage that we undergo as women throughout our fertile years.
After her first pregnancy in 2006, she began serving women in their journeys home to themselves through the sacred understanding of birth, fertility, and the cycles and rhythms of womanhood. She has studied at The...2021-09-221h 20
Awakening Consciousness With Asher Cowan And Jesse BayerAwakening Consciousness with Asher and Jesse | EP38: The Push to Demonize the "Vaccine Hesitant" IntensifiesIn this episode of Awakening Consciousness, Asher and Jesse discuss an article that talks about how the push to demonize the “vaccine-hesitant” are intensifying. The guys recap the interviews they had on the show this week- with Lee Warren from Earthaven Ecovillage and Dr. Josh McLaughlin. Jesse also discusses the latest going on in Ecuador. Follow Us:Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AwakeningConsciousnessAJInstagram https://www.instagram.com/awakeningconsciousnessaj/YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCljw7ae6Nrwfi8oJ30r14YwBitchute https://www.bitchute.com/channel/zdtnY6dXNSJr/Brand New Tube http...2021-07-1651 minAwakening Consciousness With Asher Cowan And Jesse BayerAwakening Consciousness with Asher and Jesse | EP35: Interview with Lee Warren- Earthaven EcovillageToday we have a special guest on our show! Asher and Jesse interview Lee Warren from Earthaven Ecovillage. On Awakening Consciousness, we talk a lot about community building and the importance of building community especially in times like these. What better way to explore this topic more than to chat with someone who is doing it! We hope you enjoy this special interview!A little bit about Lee:Lee Warren is reclaiming wisdom through conscious relating with self, land, and others. She has 25 years of experience envisioning, designing, and living innovative solutions to mutually empowered...2021-07-1349 min
Earthaven Ecovillage PodcastWhat Earthaven Ecovillage is All About... For Me with Paul CaronEarthaven Ecovillage co-founder and village philosopher Paul Caron shares how he got involved with the other Earthaven founders, innovations in round-pole timber framing that enabled building Earthaven's iconic Council Hall, and what the Earthaven Ecovillage project is all about... for him.2021-06-2829 min
Earthaven Ecovillage PodcastNature connection with Lia Grippo, Kelly Virrarruel, and Erin BoehmeAcademy of Forest Kindergarten directors Erin Boehme, Kelly Villarruel, and Lia Grippo discuss nature connection and young child development. They also talk about the annual Reaching Nature Connection weekend conference at Earthaven Ecovillage.2021-05-1135 min
Earthaven Ecovillage PodcastFrom Permaculture to Regional Mutual Aid with Zev Friedman, Season 1, Episode 5In this podcast, Zev Friedman shares how he started living and teaching permaculture at Earthaven Ecovillage, and then how that led to forming Co-operate Western North Carolina (Co-operate WNC). Along the way, Zev shares examples of different types of permaculture and the work that Co-operate WNC is doing. Diana Leafe Christian is host.2021-03-2932 min
Earthaven Ecovillage PodcastCompassionate Communication in Community Settings with Steve TormaEarthaven member and SOIL Faculty member Steve Torma discusses how nonviolent or compassionate communication (NVC) has been helpful in his life, neighborhood, and at Earthaven, along with how he discovered and started teaching NVC. Steve has been an Earthaven member since 1994, helped build the village and was a co-founder of two neighborhoods. 2021-02-0724 min
Earthaven Ecovillage PodcastFinding Community with Diana Leafe ChristianInternational communities expert Diana Leafe Christian shares what she learned from interviewing people from successful and failed communities, and the questions people who are looking for a community should ask. She tells about how she ended up living at Earthaven and why it’s her forever home. She also tells the story of a woman and her snarling German Shepherd who drove into Earthaven without calling ahead – displaying all of the things not to do when seeking a community. Diana shares what she plans to cover in her Finding Your Community Home workshop and how it will bene...2021-01-1329 min
Earthaven Ecovillage PodcastLee Warren's Lessons from a Life in Community, Season 1, Episode 2Lee Warren shares what she has learned living in community for 27 years. She has lived at Earthaven for over 20 years, co-founded the Village Terraces neighborhood and also the School of Integrated Living. She has many years of experience with farming, both with Imani farm at Earthaven and as Executive Director at a sustainable agriculture non-profit in Asheville. 2020-12-2632 min
Earthaven Ecovillage PodcastSteve Torma's Life in CommunityHost Eric Wolf interviews Steve Torma about his life in community, starting from growing up in a large family to his current life at Earthaven Ecovillage in Western North Carolina. He shares what he wished he had known before co-developing a neighborhood at Earthaven.2020-12-0524 minRelationships Let's Talk About It!95. Exploring Our Racial BiasesIt is a heavy time in America. Viruses are taking the nation by storm - and not just the ones that cause disease. I was young when the Detroit riots in 1967 broke out. Some 50 years later, we still have the same issues: African-Americans are still being oppressed and assaulted by police. Racism is a prevalent issue that all of us need to discuss and resolve. We need to step up our game in addressing the racial prejudice deeply ingrained and institutionalized in our society. For white people, a part of that means confronting what it m...2020-06-0948 min
The Brian Piergrossi Podcast#197 NonViolent Communication During These Times with Guest Steve TormaSteve Torma has been a teacher of NonViolent Communication, or NVC. for over 10 years. He's lives part time in Earthaven Ecovillage and part time in Asheville NC
In this conversation Brian Piergrossi and Steve discuss what is the power of NVC and how to utilize it as emotions run high during a pandemic.
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More on Steve's work at: http://therealcenter.org2020-05-311h 23
Mica Sun ReflectionsBONUS STORYTELLING EPISODE: The Floating Kingdom: A Fabulous Story for Our Times.This episode of Mica Sun Reflections features an Imbolc 2019 live telling of the original fable "The Floating Kingdom", which I'm in third-draft phase of editing as of this (Sept. 2019) moment.
It features an aging King, a Mouse, and the Firebird-Phoenix, and is set in a period of forgetfulness, empire, and ecological and social ills much like our own. (~and yet different.~)
The germ of "The Floating Kingdom" was birthed during a 2-part, all-day storytelling workshop facilitated by Eric Wolf, aka Brother Wolf, at Earthaven Ecovillage in Black Mountain, NC. (Brother Wolf himself produced a phenomenal p...2019-09-1825 min
Relationships Let's Talk About It!48. Non-Violent Communication: Relationship RepairSteve Torma is the former President of Earthaven Ecovillage, a former core faculty member of the Asheville Tantra School, and the co-founder of The REAL Center. The REAL Center is an organization based in Asheville, NC that is dedicated to inspiring communication, compassion, and intimacy to help others lead satisfied and more meaningful lives. Steve is trained in a variety of fields including Radical Honesty, Permaculture, Non-Violent Communication (NVC), and Restorative Circling. For over 30 years, he has helped others find direction, meaning, and healing in their lives and relationships by mastering the art of communication and compassion. 2019-07-1649 min
The Urban Farm Podcast with Greg PetersonPeter Bane on PermacultureHelping others understand how to plan their environments to work with nature. In This Podcast: Peter Bane is a long time Permaculture advocate. He has served on the board of the Permaculture Institute of North America, ran the Permaculture Activist magazine, and taught permaculture design courses around the world. Today, Peter shares some of the basic principles, how anyone can enter the world of permaculture, and how permaculture is the answer to many social and environmental issues. Listen in for details on his new book and how 3 lucky listeners can win a free copy!Peter ha...2019-04-0651 min
The Urban Farm Podcast Private feed for MembersPeter Bane on PermacultureHelping others understand how to plan their environments to work with nature. In This Podcast: Peter Bane is a long time Permaculture advocate. He has served on the board of the Permaculture Institute of North America, ran the Permaculture Activist magazine, and taught permaculture design courses around the world. Today, Peter shares some of the basic principles, how anyone can enter the world of permaculture, and how permaculture is the answer to many social and environmental issues. Listen in for details on his new book and how 3 lucky listeners can win a free copy!Peter ha...2019-04-0653 min
Relationships Let's Talk About It!25. Women Working in Male Dominated WorkplacesMana Vermeulen-McLeod is a fascinating woman who can talk about everything from hairstyles to the different types of chainsaws. She is a tree worker, carpenter, and conflict mediator at Earthaven Ecovillagewhere she has resided since 2007. Originally from Holland, Mana is an advocate for The Work that Reconnects, a staff member at the Southeast Wise Women’s Herbal Conference, and a student adviser for Gaia University. After a decade of being part of her community and facilitating conflict resolution, Mana currently focuses on supporting and helping others create the life they want, grounded in authenticity, through her life coaching practice....2019-02-0542 min
Relationships Let's Talk About It!20. Non-Violent Communication II: And How to Overcome Negativity BiasSteve Torma is the co-founder of The REAL Center, an organization based in Asheville, North Carolina that is committed to encouraging compassion, communication, and intimacy. He is also the former president of Earthaven Ecovillage in Black Mountain, North Carolina as well as a former core faculty member of The Asheville Tantra School. For over 30 years, he has been passionate about helping others master the art of communication and compassion. His deep desire to help others seek healing and find direction in their lives led him to pursue training in several fields such as Non-Violent Communication, Radical Honesty, Restorative Circles...2019-01-0140 min
Relationships Let's Talk About It!14. Why Communicating Consent Matters in Healthy RelationshipsLee Warren is the co-founder, designer, and builder of a sustainability co-housing community at Earthaven Ecovillage in Black Mountain, North Carolina as well as the co-founder of the 5-acre cooperative farm, Imani Farm. She is an herbalist, writer, teacher, and food activist with an avid interest in rural wisdom, alternative relationships, sustainable economics, and women’s issues. She is the Managing Partner of the organic food production learning institute, School of Integrated Living(SOIL). Additionally, she is the Executive Director of the Organic Growers Schoolin Asheville, NC. Lee joins me today to discuss the multi-faceted con...2018-11-2043 min
Relationships Let's Talk About It!10. Non-Violent CommunicationR010 Non-Violent Communication Steve Torma is the co-founder of The REAL Center, an organization that has been committed to encouraging compassionate relationships since 2007. He is the former President of Earthaven Ecovillage in Black Mountain, NC, and was a core faculty member for The Asheville Tantra School. He has established a thirty-year career of helping countless people find healing, direction, and meaning in their lives through his mastery of Non-Violent Communication (NVC), Radical Honesty, Body Electric, Cuddle Party, Restorative Circles, Permaculture, and Creation Spirituality. Steve joins me today to discuss non-violent communications and h...2018-10-2347 minRelationships Let's Talk About It!02. Alternative RelationshipsLee Warren is an herbalist, writer, teacher, and food activist with an avid interest in rural wisdom, alternative relationships, sustainable economics, and women’s issues. She is the co-founder, designer, and builder of Earthaven Ecovillage, an off-grid, sustainable-built, co-housing neighborhood in Black Mountain, North Carolina. She is the founder and Manager of Imani Farm, a 5-acre pasture-based co-op farm as well as the Managing Partner of S.O.I.L. - the School of Integrated Living - which teaches organic food production, regenerated systems, and community living. Lee joins me today to discuss the dynamics of...2018-09-2548 min
The Ground Shots PodcastEpisode 4: Turtle T. Turtlington on the TransCalifornia Trail & the importance of pilgrimageEpisode four of the Ground Shots Podcast. Interview with Sky Turtle, gardener and artist currently based in Nevada City, California. Bio from the Plants and Healers International website, an organization that Turtle co-leads trips with, and serves as a board member: “T.T. Turtlington is a gardener, artist and teacher. He lived for seven years at Earthaven EcoVillage in Black Mountain, North Carolina studying permaculture, community design and sustainable technologies. In 2003 he graduated from the Goethean Studies program at the Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, California. Following that he lived...2018-09-141h 38
The Permaculture HandbookPermaculture is a practical way to apply ecological design principles to food, housing, and energy systems, making growing fruits, vegetables and livestock easier, more productive and more sustainable. The Permaculture Handbook is a step-by-step, beautifully illustrated guide to practical, small-scale permaculture rounded out by extensive case studies of three successful farmsteads and market gardens. Peter Bane is a permaculture teacher and site designer who has published and edited Permaculture Activist magazine for over 20 years. He helped create Earthaven Ecovillage in North Carolina, and is now pioneering suburban farming in Bloomington, Indiana. Tune in to this segment of The Organic View...2016-04-1500 min
Awakening the Big Glow Within with Brian PiergrossiWhen Brian Piergrossi was struck by chronic fatigue syndrome at age 20, he made it his life commitment to inquire into human suffering and studied many different fields, including enlightenment and self-realization teachings.
After leading a quiet, simple life for over a decade, he felt a passionate calling to share his straightforward, timeless, spiritual truths for the 21st Century in a modern context. Since that time, Brian has dedicated himself to supporting the path of transformation, spiritual liberation and Self-Realization in individuals, families and communities around the world as a Life Coach and Spiritual Teacher.
He is the author of The B...2014-08-041h 03