The Sunshine Hunter's Field Guide

Mar 03 2025 45 ep. 30 mins 20

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voice memos from bed, the trail, and everywhere in between.

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Motivation is at an all time low (S2:E4)

Mar 03 2025 24 mins

I don’t want to be a mindful, thoughtful, sunshine hunter creative these days, I just want life to be quiet. In this episode, I’m chatting through how I’m holding those impulses, guided by the words of poets throughout history. Join book club!! Paid subscribers get access to live reading circles, exercise and discussion prompts, private pods, and more. Would love to have you!

I like winter now (S2E3)

Feb 14 2025 42 mins

Our Valentine’s Day episode is devoted to anyone feeling the desire to invite a little love into a place where there’s currently frustration…be that your relationship with the heat of summer, your 3pm energy lull, or the blue jay screaming outside your window every morning. I’m using myself and my new, adoring connection to winter as a case study in how to shift association

How to respond to a Hellscape (S2E2)

Jan 30 2025 17 mins

I had big plans for episode 2 of the pod, and then the first week of Trump’s 2nd term was worse than I even imagined. So I just wanted to tell you about the one thing I’m whispering to myself every day as I read the news, and also tell you that it might not help you at all, and that’s good.Gathering Moss book club starts the week of February 16th and runs until mid April! My

Notes from Therapy: Existential Crisis Edition (S2E1)

Jan 16 2025 60 mins

In the season 2 premiere of the pod we are covering-a story from my most recent therapy session that has me rethinking my whole sense of self-my retooled hopes and desires for 2025-introducing a brand new segment-announcing our spring book club pickThis episode is fully free, and dedicated to everyone working to keep their hearts open and soft in the midst of witnessing crisis afte

My updated plan for navigating climate dread

Oct 25 2024 23 mins

This week Alexandra asked me if I’ve had any new thoughts about climate anxiety and boy have I!! This episode contains a recap of my current mentality towards future planning, the adrienne maree brown quote that’s stuck in my head, and a story from this week in Master Naturalist training that helped me re-center. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with othe

Birds taught me how to see - a wonder fueled guide for beginning birdwatching

Sep 06 2024 90 mins

Today we are diving into my special interest - birds. For years now, people have been asking for advice on getting into birdwatching. I’ve hesitated to answer, simply because my own process of stumbling around slowly learning more about birds through open-ended exploration has been so gratifying and illuminating for me, and boiling that down into a checklist and a shopping list f

Confidence is overrated!!

Aug 14 2024 18 mins

To anyone who wants to create something or start a new journey but feels like they lack the confidence to do so, I’m here to question whether it really is confidence that you’re lacking. Can we invite in a more community minded and humanity friendly vision for what a positive mindset looks like?Book Referenced: Holding Change by adrienne maree brownIf you enjoyed this and would

How do we love people we can't be honest with?

Jul 17 2024 25 mins

Today I’m answering a listener-submitted question about handling resentment within relationships, especially relationships that don’t feel like they have space for our authenticity. Thank you to bell hooks and my therapist for their unknowing contributions to this episode. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epis

"being boring is a choice"

Jul 03 2024 24 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit frankiesimmons.substack.comFree Subscribers can listen to a 24-minute preview! Just click through to the post on Substack to access.I’m a big journaling girl, but it took me a long time to start reaping the full benefits of my journaling practice. In this episode, I share how leaving behind my Morning Pages loyalty (so

I want to feel alive this summer (+ Not Too Late book club week 1)

Jun 12 2024 14 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit frankiesimmons.substack.comRecorded a transmission of summer energy and vibrancy from my backyard for y’all, and talked about my dreams and intentions for letting this summer nourish me. In the second half (available to paid subscribers) we dive into Not Too Late book club, and dreamed about alternative visions for our