Wild Sacred Journey Podcast

Mar 02 2025 66 ep. 52 mins 4
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In a world where humans who feel vibrant, whole, and fully alive are increasingly rare; where burnout and brokenness is increasingly the norm; how did we get here? And- what cultural practices and wisdom might help us stay true to the rhythm of our aliveness through this wild, heart-breaking, rare and precious life? Your host: Kate Powell -an old soul who tried 'normal' but found being a semi-feral mystic at the wild edges was a better fit. Now supports other humans who’ve lost their spark and want it back. Episodes drop on full and new moons. Intro music by: Oleksii Kaplunskyi

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Ep 59. Birthdays, Selfhood, Community, Rites of passage, and Tending the Consequences of Being Ourselves

Mar 02 2025 25 mins  
I’m always quite reflective around my birthday and this episode was recorded only a few days after my 40th. So you’ll hear musings on: rites of passage; why I suspect the point of being human may actually be relationship; how posturing and collapse both lead to burnout; the possible connection between being risk averse and not experiencing unconditional belonging; why a linear

Ep 58. De-mystifying Integration: digesting your spiritual journey for more potent, sustainable transformation (w/ Anne Ruel)

Feb 11 2025 109 mins  
Back in mid-October I received an email from long-time listener and spiritual development devotee Anne Ruel, sharing some thoughts and questionsep 49 had sparked for her as she considered questions of burnout, purpose anxiety, and integration in her own life and journey.I thought about responding in a solo episode but had a suspicion a real-time conversation between the two of us w

Ep 57. Burnout and Ancestral and Animist Belonging - an OracleFest and WSJ Podcast cross-over

Jan 29 2025 39 mins  
Back in November, Kate Graham (who you may remember from episode 40) interviewed me as part of her Oracle Mountain Chats - a series of conversations with the speakers and visionaries of the first ever OracleFest. I really enjoyed our conversation and thought I’d share it with you all here. You’ll hear us chat about: titles and roles like “oracle” or “shaman” in mode

Ep 56. An Invitation to Rest (no, really. set a time and rest with me)

Jan 13 2025 8 mins  
I had plans for a different podcast episode today. But I need more rest and spaciousness in my day. Perhaps you do, too. In fact, I’m quite confident you do. So this episode is not just about rest and why it’s probably so key at this moment in the year… but also an actual invitation to rest. Set a timer. I’ll get you started. Let’s rest more. With love, Kate P.S. If y

Ep 55. New Year, New Moon: on bringing animism and Mystery back into manifestation and intention-setting

Dec 30 2024 22 mins  
Are we manifesting? Are we practicing unattachment to results? Are we trying to create a new us, a better us? How do we even know what a better us might be or look like? Are we good enough as we are? If so, what’s the point, what drives us into any kind of action? There’s a lot that feels confusing and overwhelming at this time of year. So here, on a new moon at the beginning o

*BONUS* burnout, the holiday season, and a more ancestral approach to Midwinter

Dec 19 2024 10 mins  
A quick bonus episode with some thoughts around burnout and the holiday season and what we might consider in order to honor a more ancestral rhythm. First conceived in late November, then recorded a week or so ago, the rhythm of bringing this episode to you demonstrates my own honoring of this rhythm. No rush. Everything in its time. If you do want to join us in the virtual roundho

Ep 54. Approaching with Protocol: re-storying good relationship with place, culture, ancestors, story, and our own humanity (w/ Tad Hargrave and Kâkîsimow Iskwêw)

Dec 15 2024 107 mins  
“It is easy for me to imagine that the next great division of the world will be between people who wish to live as creatures and people who wish to live as machines.” - Wendell Berry Tad Hargrave, one of our guests in today’s episode, likes to reference this quote. And seeing a need to call people back into their humanity, finding ways to help them go about their days with mo

Ep 53. Trusting Aliveness: birth, perimenopause, plant wisdom, community and loneliness w/ Tamy Roloff

Dec 01 2024 70 mins  
Back in late August, I sat down to have a flowing, juicy conversation with the wise, down-to-Earth Tamy Roloff (herbal tea seller, coach, midwife, mother and grandmother) around aliveness and aging; and more specifically the question: is it inevitable that we settle in to die with little excitement or joy for the future beyond retirement prospects? Along the way, we also explore:

Ep 52. Laziness, climbing a mountain, and tending to your energy reserves

Nov 15 2024 23 mins  
What if your fear of being seen as lazy is wasting your fire and contributing to your burnout? And what if what we’ve been taught to consider as laziness is our body and brain trying to recalibrate back to more sustainable cycles of efforting and rest? __________ Your desire to contribute and make a difference is a genuine and beautiful thing… and when it gets entangled with (o

*BONUS* Lessons from woolcraft in the aftermath of the US elections

Nov 07 2024 15 mins  
Last weekend I made a hat. I took a pile of wool fibers and turned them into something functional and beautiful for my head. And since then, how wool fulls and felts has been popping to mind as a metaphor for relationship and community building. In the wake of the US elections, I felt drawn to share some of these musings with you and go a little deeper into why I believe these ance