The Kindred Life Podcast

Apr 22 2024 8
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Christine Marie Bailey, a regenerative farmer in Tennessee, author, wife, and mom, shares encouraging and faith-filled stories, prompts, challenges, and conversations to help you dig more deeply into a life of connection, right where you are. Explore the themes that unite us, like courage, adventure, change, growth, gathering, community, and so much more. Both beauty and grit exist together, and we can all learn to see the beauty in the messiest of moments. Listen in, and start living more bravely, more purposefully, and more connected to the people and tangible experiences that matter most.

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Earth Day Everyday (and a Spring Bucket List!)

Apr 22 2024 33 mins  
As people who have been created by God, we have a unique opportunity to have a hands-on, intimate role in cultivating sacred places on this earth. 🌍 We also have the choice and ability to contribute to desecration if we so wish. Which will it be? Let's explore HOW we can we take seriously the great privilege we’ve been given to tend and cultivate good things on this earth

Favorite North Carolina Mountain Towns ⛰️ with Steven Bailey

Apr 19 2024 37 mins  
Wanderlust, anyone? 🙋🏻‍♀️ Join me and Steven for another free-flowing chat from the barn studio here on Kindred Farm, and this time, we're sharing 4 of our favorite North Carolina mountain towns (that all happen to begin with the letter B!). In this casual, fun conversation, we also talk about the importance of leaving space for adventure, supporting local business

Nourishing Your Family & Community with Sophia Eng

Feb 29 2024 50 mins  
Join me as I chat with Sophia Eng, a first-generation Vietnamese American, sought-after speaker, podcast host, and author of the brand new, beautiful cookbook, The Nourishing Asian Kitchen. She’s also one of my fellow Tennessee farmers! Sophia recently left a successful Silicon Valley career to start a 5-acre permaculture mini farm with her family in east Tennessee in the foothil

The No-Edit Life with Steven Bailey (part 4)

Feb 17 2024 48 mins  
He’s back! Once again, there are NO EDITS and no plan for what to talk about! 🫢 Join me for another fun conversation with inspiring entrepreneur and incredible chef, my fellow farmer and adventurer, my husband, Steven Bailey. On the evening of a date night at home, Steven and I sit down to chat together again in the studio here on Kindred Farm about the joys and challenges of

Love Story

Feb 16 2024 9 mins  
Have you ever felt swept up in a love story? I'm not talking about one of human love, but a love story with your Creator who so intimately cares about your life that He sends you love letters every single day? Join me and listen to this short story about a day this happened to me - one that I’ll never forget. Today is the day to open your eyes and see. 🌄 ~ ~ ~ ~ SHOW NOTE

"Root To Rise"

Feb 08 2024 25 mins  
This episode is one of my favorites! “Root to rise” is a phrase that my yoga instructor always used to say, and I’ve never forgotten it. What’s beneath the surface - the roots - are just one part of the story. We root so we can rise strong above the surface. In this episode, I share inspiring and practical ideas from farming and gardening on why strong roots are so importan

Birth & (Re)birth: Celebrating the Strength of Women with Sarah Ford

Jan 17 2024 51 mins  
No matter what our story is, at some point we all must learn to choose our hard, hold things loosely, and surrender. Join me for a conversation with my wondrous friend Sarah Ford - birth doula and aspiring midwife, owner of (Re)birthing Wellness and Held Postpartum, and lover of all things health and wellness. This episode is packed with inspiration for every woman, whether you’

A Messy Beautiful Year

Jan 10 2024 29 mins  
Let’s kick “new year, new you” to the curb - instead of neat, tidy goal lists, let’s approach the new year another way. How about just be yourself this year, but healthier and more rooted in what matters most? How about instead of perfection, we embrace the messiness of life and find the beauty in that? In this episode, we talk about how to distinguish between the messes t

Kindling Fires

Dec 13 2023 26 mins  
In these shorter days that can be drab and dark, how can we “kindle fires” by the way we live our lives? Especially in times that seem cold and harsh, each of us can add warmth to the world in big and small ways. 🪵🔥 In this episode, we talk about everything from the magic of campfires, to radical hospitality, to some ideas for ways you can add warmth right now to your own

Lead In Your Own Way

Dec 02 2023 22 mins  
So this is fun…on my 46th birthday, I recorded the 46th episode! It’s also been ✨1 whole year✨ since I first launched this podcast. What a journey it’s been so far, and I’m filled to the brim with gratitude for the privilege of being a part of your lives in this way. To celebrate these milestones, on this reflective episode, I share 9 THINGS I KNOW - things that are ab