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The Numinous PodcastAuthor: Carmen Spagnola
The Numinous Podcast is a show about intuition, spirituality and the mystery of life. The host, Carmen Spagnola, is an intersectional witch and clinical hypnotherapist who has smart, soulful conversations with interesting people. The lineup is diverse, the topics are eclectic, and the people are down-to-earth (mostly). Language: en Genres: Personal Journals, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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TNP271 Parenting, Planning, Collaboration and Community-Building in Collapse Times with Kirsten Hunter
Episode 274
Monday, 16 June, 2025
In this episode, after a personal update, we get to have a delightful, informative, hopeful conversation with someone I consider a possibility model in collapse times, my friend, Kirsten Hunter. We're talking about parenting, trying to plan ahead, and how we go about trying to build community, trust, and collaborative decision-making during times of tumult, precarity, and turmoil. We get into managing the particular challenges of being a renter who is also gardener and a small scale farmer with a desire to live more communally. Kirsten advocates for a return to earth-oriented living in response to the polycrisis of unravelling ecological, social, political, and spiritual systems under late-stage colonial capitalism. She is a mom, a civil servant, a volunteer counsellor at a local mental health non-profit, and a facilitator of the Work that Reconnects, an experiential framework for navigating collective despair, hope and love for the world. Kirsten lives as a 3rd generation euro-settler transplant in WSANEC territory, colonially known as Saanich, BC, where her family rents a small rundown acreage. Kirsten and family specialize in rebel-gardening on rental properties, with a focus on regenerative ecosystem restoration. They are also passionate about braiding together cross-cultural rituals and practices that reflect their mixed Coast Salish, Metis, and Euro-Pagan ancestral family lineages. Referenced in this episode: The Work that Reconnects from Joanna Macy HelpX (WorkAway and WWOOF are other options) Follow Kirsten on Instagram @tendingnettles Visit their family's website at www.goodseedland.com for seeds and more farm-based goodies Join us in The Numinous Network! Other episodes referenced: TNP226: Wild Horses of the Chilcotin with Wayne McCrory Selected collapse-themed episodes of The Numinous Podcast: 114, 161, 193, 207, 268
