The Kinspirit Podcast

There is a reason why we need Spring and Sunrises, Births, and New Beginnings. We can’t swim in the depths and death of the underworld forever. Our bodies crave the cyclical way. Our bodies crave the knowing that there will always be a second chance waiting for us around the bend somewhere and at some point in the future. Otherwise, what would be the point of living? Spring offers us that chance to remember that grace, grace is woven into everything. There is no eternal damnation except for through our own choosing. And even if we did choose it — even if we did choose to fracture ourselves off into the darkness forever, there is always a hand that is reach in to pull us out. We only have to say that we want it. We only have to say that we want the resurrection. We want the shift. We want the turning. We want the warmth of the cool spring dawn. Seasonal Prompts through the Four Directions: North – Society – The Nurturing, Generative Adult – What about this season drew you into deeper harmony with yourself and clarity about your role in the world? What do you know now about who you are that you didn’t know at the beginning of Winter? What did the dark of the of mid-night season reveal? East – Spirit – The Innocent, The Sage – What revelations are now unfolding within you? What newness is taking root? What wants to be welcomed into your world? What is being born? South – Soil – The Wild Indigenous One, The Inner Child – Where do you feel these initiations taking place in your body? What is the Earth saying about your reformation? What progressions can you see? What desires do you have? Where do you feel the safest and most at home? Are you accessing your wonder? Your delight? Your sense of sensuality and play? Where are you finding the most liberation in your body, your community, your voice, and your home? West – Soul – The Muse, The Inner Beloved – What parts of this season have invited you witness your inner mysteries? What poems, songs, images are playing agains the screen of your imagination? What shadows have greeted you there? What are growing in courage to face? Can you access the beauty in these shadow-aspects? What parts of yourself are you learning to deeply love in this? Link to workbook will be uploaded by 3/19. Check back then!

In the circles that I weave in, there is a lot of talk about death. And not only the end-of-life kind of death, but the death of culture, ways of relating, identities, and ways of being, too. Ironically, I find this conversation to be so life-giving. As more and more people are shifting from the “concept” that something is wrong and into hands-in-the-soil style investigating, Death, Grief, Change begin to be more present topics in conversation. From the lens of my own lineage of learning, I see the work of restoring and re-storying our grief rites as intercession and prayer work. Grief is not just sadness. It is a complex abiding. It is prayer. It is acceptance. It is the work of holding change. I call on Adrienne Marie Brown’s framework in her book, Holding Change: a book about facilitation and mediation in the emergent strategy way. She says, “It is time to move towards ways of being that are focused on listening to each other deeply and accepting each other, whole. We need to learn ways of being in space together that help us see beyond false constructs of superiority and inferiority without asking us to sacrifice what has shaped us. We need to study being receptive and nonjudgmental with each other, letting the earth and community hold us until we remember we already belong. I believe holding change can be sacred work, and I’ll admit it is most satisfying to me when the sacred is palpable in the room.” I feel humbled and receptive to this way of being with our stories, our lives, and our bodies. There is so much to learn from grief. There is so much to learn from change. There is so much to learn about how to hold the realities that are unpeeling before us while also holding the futures and potentials that are ready to be brought forth. This work of re-storying our grief rites and the ways we hold death is our culture is slow work. It’s presence work. And I’m so thankful for this powerful conversation with Alexis Sabatino who has committed her life’s work to support the collective in recalibrating the ways we hold ourselves through change. About Alexis Sabatino She is the Founder of the global women’s movement, She Heals Collective. She is a Healer, Mystic Teacher, Storyteller, Intuitive Coach, Rebirth Midwife, and "Rites" Facilitator. She guides women through sacred rites of passage into wild soul embodiment. Her passion is in resurrecting the wild self within by returning women to their ancient roots, original language, womb wisdom, alchemical bodies, and authentic soul essence. The She Heals community is in devotion to the evolution and rewilding of Womankind. Relevant Links: Follow her on Instagram Visit Her Website Here

Initiation is a sacred part of being with the human experience and an art for our culture to reclaim in the emergence of our age. Through the medicine of initiation we get to witness our capacity, our gifts, and the potency of our potential in the world. It’s through initiation that we learn how to meet the edges of life and grow in flexibility, inner-resource, and discernment. Karla embodies medicine of sacred initiation and essence liberation: the power of being true and non-hierchical with ourselves. I appreciate her voice on being with subtle addictions, moving through and navigating romantic distortions and navigating the life / death / life cycles of change. You can learn more about Karla and follow her work at the following links: Instagram Website

In today's podcast episode, I sit down with Ari Felix, writer, astrologer, world-builder, and dreamtender to chat about traversing the taboo realms of money, power, communion, and presence.⁠ From Persephone's descent into the underworld to exploring the ways we tend to over-identify with our seasons of death, darkness, strain, and shadow, Ari and I spare no amount of depth in this powerful non-linear conversation about the necessity of soul descent in the building of the inner world.⁠ We recorded this episode directly after Taurus / Scorpio eclipse season in November 2022 and it was perfect time to affirm fresh new narratives about what is possible when we are present to ourselves, our desires, and our truths as we live, grow, and pursue our futures.⁠⁠ Listen to this episode wherever you get your podcasts. I can't wait to hear how this one lands for you.⁠⁠ About Ari:⁠ Ari Felix is a multidisciplinary philosopher and mystic dedicated to living in veneration of the Planetary Ancestors (including the Earth). Their work is about emotional transmutation, dreaming new worlds, and building those worlds through visionary power and spiritual freedom. They are an experimental guide interested in taking creative risks to provide experiences that support people to feel radiant. They want dreamers and worldbuilders to know that who they are is everything they need to create their dreamworld.⁠ Ari uses the pronouns they / them and you can find them on instagram at @saltwater.stars or book an astrology reading, tend a class, or learn more about what they're up to at saltwaterstars.com.

When I was actively deconstructing my Christian faith back in 2016, I wondered, "Is it possible to evolve my faith, beliefs, and values without dissolving into bitterness, hatred, or deep regret? Can I stay soft in this process? Can I remember goodness?" Now, six full years later, after having this conversation with Josh, I truly believe so.⁠= Growing up Christian, I was taught some really harsh truths about the world, heaven, hell, and God. I was taught that humans are no more than depraved animals doomed to separation from the divine unless we engaged in certain salvation protocols and rituals of faith.⁠ But with time, I learned that there was more to being human that the doctrines for life I was given. There's a deeper narrative available of grace and self-kindness that beckons us to recognize our radical and inherent belonging on Earth.⁠ In this conversation with Josh Perez, former Young Life director, Enneagram Expert, and multi-disciplinary storyteller, we traverse the territory of spiritual evolution and finding the courage to embrace new faith narratives that are expansive, nurturing, and edifying to hold.⁠ This podcast episode strikes a deep chord for me and I can't wait to hear how you're holding it, too.⁠ About Josh⁠ Josh is a creative with a multidisciplinary approach to storytelling — exploring the spaces where being human and artistry meet. California born, Albuquerque raised. He's been dwelling in the southwest desert for the past 17 years and recently relocated to Denver, Colorado. ⁠You can find him on the internet at www.justjoshperez.com and @justjoshperez on IG.⁠ Enjoy!⁠ ⁠

Today's podcast episode is an invitation to perceive a more honest Winter through the lens of the Four Directions. In one of my most recent personal Substack posts, I wrote about how the stories we're often given about Winter, don't seem to line up to what Winter actually ends up feeling like in our bodies. And instead of continuing on cycles of feeling guilty for not resting enough, being "jolly" enough, or hibernating enough, what if we could rewrite our relationship with Winter to be more aligned to what feels authentic in our forms? Energetically, Winter is the season of depth, imaginative rest, and sacred responsibility. In the wheel of the four directions, Winter stations North, holding the medicine of the Nurturing, Responsible, and Generative Adult. In the Northern Hemisphere, we transit through the zodiacal seasons of Capricorn (our work and place in the world), Aquarius (who we are in the context of ecosystems and community), and Pisces (the deep world and the futures we’re imagining). It’s so interesting how in Western culture, we almost only see Winter as a time for holidays, feasting, dormancy, and sleep, but there is so much more happening energetically and beneath the surface of the sleeping Earth body when her skin gets a little cold. Beneath the frozen surfaces, our individual and collective bodies are teeming with the spirit of potential. There is a lot to establish about ourselves in the Winter. What would it look like to lean into this? Relevant Links: Rewriting Winter: Prompts for Imagining a More Honest Winter through the Lens of the Four Directions Greeting the Polypoetic Self Workshop Replay Follow us on Instagram at @theregenerativemystic Follow us on Instagram at @kinspirit Substack: Kinspirit Substack: The Story Doula

What does it mean to become ecological? This is the burning question behind today's podcast episode with Kelly Moody. These days especially, the word "ecology" has been cycling around internet, sparking many, many conversations about what it means to establish new relationships with each other and the land. In this episode, Kelly and I discuss why becoming ecological is not so much about what we "know" about nature, but about recognizing our inherent relationship with the Earth, each other, and all things else. About Kelly Kelly Moody is the main curator behind the Ground Shots Project and Podcast as well as is one of the CO-collaborators of the Colorado Trail Plant-a-go project. She grew up in rural southern Virginia near the border of North Carolina in tobacco and muscadine country. Growing up here, she went to her grandma's house daily as a child, where fresh biscuits and iced tea were a regular necessity. Her other grandma was a determined plant lady who started a nursery business on the outskirts of their small rural town, which remained open for almost 50 years. Kelly grew up hiding with her sister in the tropical greenhouses, taking craft classes in the small nursery workshop, shelling green beans and canning tomatoes. These experiences of being on the family farm, working with plants and creating followed Kelly into her adulthood. The past decade she has spent living simply in different landscapes studying plants, ecology and craft, writing about the land, growing food and herbs, or honoring her wanderlust by living on the road. She received a B. A. in Philosophy and Religious Studies in 2009 from Christopher Newport University in Virginia. She has studied herbal medicine, land tending, ecology and botany with Rebecca Golden in southern Vermont, Paul Strauss and Chip Carrol at the Goldenseal Sanctuary in southeast Ohio, Luke Learningdeer and Marc Williams in western North Carolina. She apprenticed with Juliet Blankespoor and attended the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine in Asheville, NC in 2013. She helped manage the gardens at Dancing Springs Farm in Asheville, NC from 2014-2016. She studied book arts and paper-making at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. She taught hide tanning techniques for classes held by the medieval bookbinder Jim Croft at his rural Idaho homestead from 2017-2019. She has completed a handful of art + activism focused artist residencies and workshops including Signal Fire's month-long Wide Open Studios program during the summer of 2017 in the Pacific Northwest and in the fall of 2019 in the Southwest. These programs greatly influenced the trajectory of her work connecting creativity and human relationship with ecology. In Summer 2020, she hiked the Colorado Trail documenting plants on foot and made notes on wild food and medicine gardens found along the old Ute pathways. Her educational work over the years has included holding classes on hide tanning, plant ID, wild foods, medicine making, natural dyes, nutrition and gardening. Kelly’s interest in storytelling and cross-cultural dialogue comes from both an upbringing in the small-town rural south and the inspiration of meeting people while living on the road. Learn more about her work at the links below: Her Blog + Shop: Of Sedge and Salt Follow her on Instagram here and here Other links: Our new workshop, Greeting the Polypoetic Self Follow the Regenerative Mystic Podcast on Instagram Follow the Kinspirit on Instagram

What does it look like to be current and liberated in your storytelling work? Can you taste the potency, joy, life, and potential of your medicine? In this episode with Megan Febuary, we talk about the power of story as world-building work and how when we allow ourselves to honor our bodies in the creation process, we grant ourselves the opportunity to draft works that offer powerful medicine that is joyous to create and relevant to this time. In this episode we explore: Growing our capacity to create new stories. How a trauma-sensitive approach to storytelling opens us to up to flow and the power of our voices. Stepping into the true power of being a storyteller in this day. How the work of transforming ideas into digestible forms, especially through the lens of a trauma-informed approach, is the work of wonder, power, and magic. Human Design as a language for style, rhythm, voice, and the true expression Practical ways to use Human Design to support discipline and self-expression in the creative process. About Megan Megan Febuary is an author, trauma-informed writing coach, and founder of the storytelling platform For Women Who Roar featured women’s voices from around the world. She has published thousands of works of women and helped hundreds write their books and heal their story. She is currently working on her second book.  Links: Follow Megan on Instagram Follow For Women Who Roar on Instagram Your Book Year - Writing Coaching For Women Who Roar Podcast For Women Who Roar - Online Publication For Women Who Roar - Print Poetry Collection 

In this episode, Taria and I sit down to explore hunger, nourishment, sensitivity, and reciprocity with food. As a breast cancer and eating disorder survivor, a highly sensitive James Beard award-winning french-trained chef, nourishment guide, and gustatory synesthete, Taria moves through the world with a raw conviction and deep wisdom about how humanity's relationship with food is aching for a revolution. In this episode we explore... How food is the first place we learn to stop trusting our inner knowing. How eating disorders and body dysmorphia are deeply connected to the larger food systems at play and how we've been disconnected from our relationship with nature and intuitive nourishment. Her story of growing up impoverished, hungry, and sensitive to her environment and food. How she found a voice through food, flavor, and spice and her journey into new realms of communication through taste. Relevant Links: Follow Hunger as Lover on Instagram Follow Today We Eat Well on Instagram Bon Apetit: How CBD Chocolate Saved my Life by Taria Camerino Fearless Innovation by Taria Camerino

Marie Eve Laflamme is an Eco-Depth Art Therapist who is on a mission to provide beauty seekers with a safe and imaginative space to go deeper into their relationship with Self. In this episode, Marie Eve shares her own journey of making meaning through spiritual and psychological crises, using her experiences to artfully shape a life and path of radical belonging with the Earth. In this episode we explore: Deconstructing Evangelicalism and how this portal of spiritual disintegration opened Marie's heart to explore a more true-to-her relationship with Spirit. Spiritual and Cultural Loss and how her journey to Mexico supported her to appreciate the richness and truths of her own spiritual and cultural lineage. Making Meaning from Crisis and how Marie uses her art practice and her relationship with the seasons to weave a new story of who she is and why she's here. Anchoring into the Earth and the Seasons and how the Seasons provide us an accessible framework for reclaiming belonging and remembering who we are in essence. Relevant Links: Follow Marie Eve on Instagram Marie's Website