Sacred Rite Podcast

In this episode of Sacred Rite, Amber sits in conversation with sisters Rosie and Pearl to explore the timeless and essential practice of women gathering in circle — what it means, why it matters, and how it serves as a pathway back to belonging.For generations, women have gathered around fires and kitchen tables to share stories, witness each other’s lives, and tend the threads of community. Though much of that ancient way has been forgotten, the need for it has never been greater. Together, we remember what happens when women come together — when we slow down, listen deeply, and allow ourselves to be held in sisterhood.Amber, Rosie, and Pearl also share about the upcoming Snow Moon Women’s Retreat — a non-denominational, heart-centered gathering taking place on the shores of the Salish Sea. Rooted in the energy of the Snow Moon and Imbolc, this retreat is an invitation to rest, reconnect, and reclaim your inner rhythm through women’s circles, nourishing meals, movement, song, sound, and simple sacred space.Whether you’ve sat in countless circles or are simply feeling the first whisper of curiosity, this conversation is an invitation to remember: the circle has always been here — waiting for you to return.Show Notes:Resources:Snow Moon Retreat FlyerReady to save your spot at our Women's Retreat? Fill out this intake form.Interested in joining the retreat but have some questions? Fill out this form and someone will reach out.Snow Moon Women's Retreat Guide - Read complete retreat details hereConnect with us:Amber’s IG:@Sacred.riteRosie’s IG: @revitalizewithrosiePearl’s IG:@pearlangelesPodcast Music & Art:Satori Ki's IG: ⁠@satori_ki⁠Album: ⁠The Passage⁠Kate Graham's IG: ⁠@starkissedkate⁠⁠Star Kissed Studio⁠

As autumn deepens and the earth turns toward decay, we are reminded that death is not the end, but an essential movement in the great cycle of life. In this episode, death worker Madeline McCauley joins Amber to explore death as a continuation of connection — a return, a transformation, a sacred act of belonging.Together they speak to the beauty in degeneration, the paradox of wellness culture, and the necessity of grief as praise. Through reflections on miscarriage, ecological burial, fungi intelligence, and ancestral remembrance, Madeline invites us to move toward death with reverence rather than resistance.A tender conversation on how embracing death restores our relationship to life, nature, and the unseen threads that bind us all.Show Notes:Resources:Bailey-Boushay House | Seattle HIV/AIDS CareEnd of Life WashingtonDeath Doula Education - A Sacred PassingNo One Should Die AloneSun Goddess Matcha Green Tea | Organic Ceremonial Grade Matcha | PiqueThe Body Is a Doorway: A Memoir: A... book by Sophie StrandThe Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise by Martin Prechtel Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul by Stephen Jenkinson | GoodreadsRiver Crossing Burial GroundGoing With Grace Take the Spirit Oceano Pledge | Sea Burials & Green BurialsConnect with us:Amber’s IG:@Sacred.riteEarthwise MotheringMadeline’s IG: @nealbamjRiver Crossing Burial GroundPodcast Music & Art:Satori Ki's IG: ⁠@satori_ki⁠Album: ⁠The Passage⁠Kate Graham's IG: ⁠@starkissedkate⁠⁠Star Kissed Studio⁠

Episode 10 · Songs of the Mountains, Medicines of the EarthIn this episode of Sacred Rite, Amber sits down with herbalist and founder of Mountain Song, Mary McCallum. Together they explore what it means to walk the plant path with integrity, live in reciprocity with the land, and cycle our resources back into our communities.Mary shares her journey from personal healing to becoming a clinical herbalist rooted in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. She offers insights into small-batch, seasonal medicine-making, the importance of supporting local growers and artisans, and her vision for Mountain Song Gardens & Herb School.Listeners will also receive practical herbal wisdom for immunity, stress relief, and everyday care—along with inspiration for beginning a home apothecary or small herbal practice.This conversation is a reminder that healing is both personal and collective, and that when we align with the rhythms of the earth, we create medicine for ourselves and our communities.Show Notes:Resources:National University of Natural Medicine - NUNM - Portland, OregonThe School of Evolutionary HerbalismBuild Your Home Apothecary | Herbal Medicine Course - Mountain Song EducationMountain Song → Mary’s Website (use code SACREDRITE15)Connect with us:Amber’s IG:@Sacred.riteEarthwise MotheringMary’s IG: @mountainsongmedicineMountain Song → Mary’s WebsitePodcast Music & Art:Satori Ki's IG: ⁠@satori_ki⁠Album: ⁠The Passage⁠Kate Graham's IG: ⁠@starkissedkate⁠⁠Star Kissed Studio⁠

In this powerful episode, Amber sits down with birth doula, mama circle facilitator, and author Carson Meyer to explore what it truly means to grow together — in birth, in motherhood, and in community.Carson shares insights from her new book Growing Together and her virtual circle series that support women in preparing for birth from a deeply embodied, intuitive place. Together, they unravel the complexities of the birth industrial complex, challenge modern assumptions around medicalized birth, and explore what’s possible when women choose home birth, free birth, and wise woman ways.This conversation also opens the portal to early motherhood — including the often-silent truths of breastfeeding beyond infancy, toddler weaning, and how to stay grounded in your own rhythm amidst the noise of modern parenting culture.Topics we cover in this episode:Reclaiming birth as a sacred rite of passageThe ripple effects of the industrial birth complexHome birth and free birth as ancestral, sovereign choicesThe role of doulas in a shifting birth landscapeBreastfeeding, weaning, and mothering from intuitionThe power of ritual and community in postpartum careWhether you're pregnant, postpartum, or walking the path of reclamation, this episode offers a gentle but radical remembering.Resources:Carson’s WebsiteGrowing Together CircleGrowing Together Book - Carson’s AMAZING book!Mother Connection Circlehttps://www.nurture-neuroscience.com/ Gentle-Night Weaning with Carson MeyerConnect with us:Amber’s IG:@Sacred.riteEarthwise MotheringCarson’s IG: @ccmeyerCarson Meyer Birth DoulaPodcast Music & Art:Satori Ki's IG: ⁠@satori_ki⁠Album: ⁠The Passage⁠Kate Graham's IG: ⁠@starkissedkate⁠⁠Star Kissed Studio⁠

In this heart-opening episode, tea guide Mina Lee shares the sacred art of Tea Ceremony as a path of love, presence, and connection to the Dao. Rooted in ancient Chinese tradition, Mina’s practice reminds us that tea is more than a drink—it is a living wisdom, a spiritual teacher, and a ritual of remembrance.We explore the deeper meaning of working with tea ceremonially, the importance of how tea is grown and processed, and why drinking the bud and the mature leaves matters—for our bodies and the earth. Mina’s story is one of devotion, slowness, and listening—and she gently shows us how tea can become a daily act of reverence.This episode is an invitation to meet the sacred in the simple.Pour a cup, take a breath, and join us.Resources:Tea — Mina J. LeeAwaken the Heart's Wisdom | Living TeaGlobal Tea HutServing Is Different From Helping And Fixing, by Rachel Naomi RemenConnect with us:Amber’s IG:@Sacred.riteEarthwise MotheringMina’s IG: Mina Lee (@minajlee88) •Mina J. LeePodcast Music & Art:Satori Ki's IG: ⁠@satori_ki⁠Album: ⁠The Passage⁠Kate Graham's IG: ⁠@starkissedkate⁠⁠Star Kissed Studio⁠

In this episode of Sacred Rite, Amber Young welcomes Owen Lindsay — regenerative farmer, wild seed steward, and the gardener behind the herbal apothecary Mythic Medicine. Owen shares his journey into land-based living, the wisdom of hugelkultur, and the essential connection between soil minerals, plant vitality, and human health.We explore the power of wild seeds, the art of growing for medicine, and simple practices for tending the earth in reciprocal relationship. This is a nourishing conversation for anyone drawn to healing through land, lineage, and living soil.Topics include:• Hugelkultur and regenerative farming• Mineral wisdom from soil to self• Ethical wild seed collecting• Gardening for herbal medicine• Listening to the landShow Notes:Resources:Mythic MedicineAmber M Hill (@mythicmedicine) • Instagram photos and videosMedicine Stories | Podcast on SpotifyMedicine Stories - Podcast - Apple PodcastsConnect with us:Amber’s IG:@Sacred.riteEarthwise MotheringOwen’s IG: @strutsfreelyMythic MedicinePodcast Music & Art:Satori Ki's IG: ⁠@satori_ki⁠Album: ⁠The Passage⁠Kate Graham's IG: ⁠@starkissedkate⁠⁠Star Kissed Studio⁠

In this episode of the Sacred Rite Podcast, we sit down with Sparrow, the heart and hands behind Sparrow Clothing Company, a small-batch clothing brand rooted in ancestral wisdom, sustainability, and sacred slow fashion.Together, we explore what it means to make clothing with intention—from seed to stitch—and why the clothes we wear matter more than we think. We trace the journey of fast fashion and its global consequences, and we imagine what becomes possible when we return to slower, more soulful ways of dressing and creating.Sparrow shares her personal story, her connection to textiles, and how she sees clothing as medicine, ritual, and reclamation. This episode invites you to rethink your wardrobe not just as a style statement, but as a spiritual practice and an act of cultural remembering.Topics we explore include:The difference between fast and slow fashionHow the fashion industry affects the planet, labor, and our bodiesThe art of handmade, small-batch clothingNatural fibers, ancestral dyes, and creative intentionClothing as resistance, story, and stewardshipAccessible shifts toward a more conscious wardrobeListen in for a conversation that weaves together craft, care, and culture—and invites you to come back into right relationship with what you wear.Show Notes:Apps:Mercari: Your MarketplaceDepop - buy, sell, discover unique fashionPoshmark: Buy and sell fashion, home decor, beauty & moreOnline Consignment:ManymoonsMoon Child PNW (also a store front in Olympia, WA)PopUp Kids Consign + Shop – PopUp Kids ShopFavorite Brands:Sparrow Co.BabaàRudy Jude Clothing - Naturally Dyed and Happily Sewn :) – RUDY JUDEThe Simple Folk | Organic Womenswear, Children's & Baby ClothesUnaPlumaShop - EtsyBohemian Folk ClothingChristy Dawn - Regenerative, Ethical & Timeless Dresses & AccessoriesGaia Conceptions - Elevated sustainabilityBeachwood | High-Quality Linen ClothingIndigo Luna - Women's eco-conscious yoga & lifestyleDiscover the finest certified organic baby & kids brand in the US – Makemake OrganicsOrganic Baby & Toddler Clothes | Colored Organics ®Connect with us:Amber’s IG:@Sacred.riteEarthwise MotheringSparrow’s IG: @sparrow_coSparrow Co.Podcast Music & Art:Satori Ki's IG: ⁠@satori_ki⁠Album: ⁠The Passage⁠Kate Graham's IG: ⁠@starkissedkate⁠⁠Star Kissed Studio⁠

In this episode of Sacred Rite, I speak with Teresa Angeles, educator, mother of six, and author of The Montessori Home and Beyond. Together, we explore how parents can bring the wisdom of the Montessori method into their everyday lives—no classroom required.We dive into what makes Montessori different from traditional education models, why the first six years of life are so crucial, and how parents can nurture independence, curiosity, and emotional connection at home. Teresa shares from her personal journey raising six children with Montessori principles, and offers practical advice, templates, and encouragement for families at all stages.This episode also touches on the growing cultural shift away from standardized education and toward more holistic, child-centered approaches. If you're seeking a more conscious, connected path to parenting and education, this conversation is for you.Resources:Maria Montessori's WorkTeresa’s Book: The Montessori Home and BeyondTeresa’s Website: Montessorifamilies.com Connect with us:Amber’s IG:@Sacred.riteEarthwise MotheringTeresa’s IG: @nurturingyourchildsheart Montessorifamilies.comPodcast Music & Art:Satori Ki's IG: ⁠@satori_ki⁠Album: ⁠The Passage⁠Kate Graham's IG: ⁠@starkissedkate⁠⁠Star Kissed Studio⁠

Episode 4 – Sacred Rite Podcast🎙️ “Tending the Future: Food Forests, Perennial Gardening & Permaculture in Practice” with Brandon Dean of Healthy Homestead DesignHow do we design landscapes that feed not just our bodies, but our ecosystems, communities, and spirits?In this episode, I’m joined by Brandon Dean, founder of Healthy Homestead Design, a regenerative land design company rooted in permaculture, perennial gardening, and holistic home-scale abundance. Together, we explore the transformational power of growing with intention—from suburban backyards to full-scale food forests.We talk about:🌱 The story behind Healthy Homestead Designs🌿 What permaculture really means (in everyday language)🌾 Food forests, perennial gardening & how they work together🍓 Favorite perennial plants for home gardens and families🛠️ Practical ways to begin—even with a small space or shady yard🌀 How gardening can deepen our connection to land, self, and communityBrandon shares his insights on designing systems that are regenerative, low-maintenance, and deeply rooted in ecological reciprocity. Whether you’re planting your first herb spiral or dreaming of a homestead, this conversation offers grounded guidance and inspiration to grow with the rhythms of nature.Resources:Alderleaf Wilderness College | Nature & Survival SchoolHow Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? - Freakonomics - podcastFallingfruit.orgSharedearth.compfaf.org (Plants for a future)Picturethisai.com - Plant ID appBooks:Brain Maker - bookPractical permaculture - bookGaia's Garden - bookConnect with us:Amber’s IG:@Sacred.riteEarthwise MotheringBrandon’s IG: @storyofbrandonPermaculture | Healthy Homestead Design | United StatesIG: Healthy Homestead DesignPodcast Music & Art:Satori Ki's IG: ⁠@satori_ki⁠Album: ⁠The Passage⁠Kate Graham's IG: ⁠@starkissedkate⁠⁠Star Kissed Studio⁠

Episode 3 – Ayurvedic Spring Renewal: Detoxing Rituals for Balance & Rejuvenationwith Ayurvedic Doctor Sarah KruseAs the earth begins to awaken from winter’s slumber, spring invites us to lighten, cleanse, and renew. In this nourishing episode, Ayurvedic Doctor Sarah Kruse joins Amber to explore how the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda can guide us through this seasonal shift with intention and vitality.Sarah shares her personal journey into Ayurveda and breaks down its foundational principles—including the doshas (Vata, Pitta, Kapha)—in a way that’s both accessible and inspiring. Together, they dive into how spring’s Kapha energy can bring both growth and stagnation, and how we can support our bodies and minds through simple, at-home detoxing rituals.From foods and herbs that naturally clear heaviness to daily self-care practices, breathwork, and spiritual cleansing, this conversation offers gentle yet powerful tools to help you align with nature’s rhythms. Whether you're new to Ayurveda or deepening your seasonal practices, this episode is a beautiful guide for springtime renewal.✨ Topics Include:Understanding the doshas and spring’s Kapha energySigns of imbalance and how to restore harmonyGentle detox practices for home useStrengthening your digestive fire (Agni)Ayurvedic rituals for emotional and spiritual cleansingCreating sattvic spaces and setting spring intentionsResources & Links:Sarah’s Website: to set up an Ayurvedic Consultation or servicehttps://embrace-ayurveda.com/Spring Cleanse at the Dayaalu Center & Online: May 5-14, 2025https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=11167&stype=-101&sVT=107&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000252Ignite Your Life Reset Program: starts April 21, 2025https://love.embrace-ayurveda.com/igniteyourlifereset3 Month Ayurvedic Health Coaching: https://embrace-ayurveda.com/3-month-health-coaching/Banyan Botanicals: for high quality Ayurvedic oils, herbs, supplies and articlesThe Ayurvedic Institute: Dr. Vasant Lad's school, store and resourcesKerala Ayurveda: for high quality oils and herbsThe Kitchari Queen: delicious kitchari kits and teasBook suggestions:The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies - Vasant LadBalance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life - Claudia WelchThe Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook - Kate O'DonnellPodcast Music & Art:Satori Ki's IG: ⁠@satori_ki⁠Album: ⁠The Passage⁠Kate Graham's IG: ⁠@starkissedkate⁠⁠Star Kissed Studio