What of the Ground we are standing on?

Of Snakes and Dragons

What happens when we press play, in a week when Cara's house has 6 reptiles moving in. We discuss cultural attitudes towards snakes, what are the stereotypes and where do they come from. We have a look at dragon dreaming, the importance of shedding things that no longer serve us, and of celebrating achievements no matter how small. There is even a story, although we make you wait until the end. 
Thursday 23rd (not 24th as I said) of November 2023 we will be telling Wild Winter Tales. We would love if you could join us. Sign up here  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-winter-tales-tickets-760318782947?aff=oddtdtcreator
 
We would love you to subscribe to the podcast and please do share it with friends. If you are enjoying our discussions and would like to leave a review that would help to support our work. Much love Cara & Cat. 
You can find further information about Catriona and her work on fb https://www.facebook.com/Catrionablankestoryteller and here https://catrionablanke.de/ Her new German language Story medicine podcast is at https://storymedicine.buzzsprout.com
Cara's fb pages are https://www.facebook.com/carasilversmith and  https://www.facebook.com/onenaturestories her website is https://www.carasilversmith.com/ and her environmental education website https://www.onenatureeducation.com/
#storytelling #MythsandLegends #storiesofidentity #storiesfortheenvironment #whatoftheground #whatofthegroundwearestandingon #storiesofhope #folklore #snakes #snakesanddragons #prechristian 

Word Magic and the Power of Names

Words, and especially names, have power. In this episode we talk about word magic and Cat shares the story of Ra and Isis. Names give us power, how do we choose to use that? Being able to capture concepts in a few simple words is like casting a spell. We dive into our own names a little and consider how we resonate with them. 
We would love you to join us for our Free workshop exploring Thresholds on 2 Nov 2023. 6pm UK time 7pm CET, 1pm EST, please register via this link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqdeuvrz4tGtWfpr0Pj2OFxDYmtgZgQgHg
We would love you to subscribe to the podcast and please do share it with friends. If you are enjoying our discussions and would like to leave a review that would help to support our work. Much love Cara & Cat. 
Here is also the link to the interview in Emergence magazine that Cara mentioned https://emergencemagazine.org/interview/the-ecology-of-perception/
You can find further information about Catriona and her work on fb https://www.facebook.com/Catrionablankestoryteller and here https://catrionablanke.de/ Her new German language Story medicine podcast is at https://storymedicine.buzzsprout.com
Cara's fb pages are https://www.facebook.com/carasilversmith and  https://www.facebook.com/onenaturestories her website is https://www.carasilversmith.com/ and her environmental education website https://www.onenatureeducation.com/
#storytelling #MythsandLegends #storiesofidentity #storiesfortheenvironment #whatoftheground #whatofthegroundwearestandingon #storiesofhope #folklore #beyou #everydaymagic #ecologyofperception 
 

Good luck/Bad Luck? The power of perspective

Welcome to our latest podcast. In this episode Cara struggles with her energy levels and Cat shares a beautiful tale about Tyche, the goddess of fortune. We all experience good and bad fortune during our lives. Sometimes which we view it as is a matter of perspective. Whatever you are experiencing at the moment welcome. We hope you journey with us for a while. 
We would love you to subscribe to the podcast and please do share it with friends. If you are enjoying our discussions and would like to leave a review that would help to support our work. Much love Cara & Cat. 
We are appearing at the Scottish International Storytelling Festival - Online on Tuesday 17 Oct 2023 (2pm UK time) booking information can be found here https://sisf.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:5060/913:21614/
You can find further information about Catriona and her work on fb https://www.facebook.com/Catrionablankestoryteller and here https://catrionablanke.de/ Her new German language Story medicine podcast is at https://storymedicine.buzzsprout.com
Cara's fb pages are https://www.facebook.com/carasilversmith and  https://www.facebook.com/onenaturestories her website is https://www.carasilversmith.com/ and her environmental education website https://www.onenatureeducation.com/
#storytelling #MythsandLegends #storiesofidentity #storiesfortheenvironment #whatoftheground #whatofthegroundwearestandingon #storiesofhope #folklore #beyou #everydaymagic #goodluck #badluck #fate #fortune

Everyday Magic and the Power of What if!

In this episode we discuss everyday magic and the power of asking what if? 
Fairy tales and stories are full of magic and strange happenings. However, Magic is all around us, in the breath we take, in our day to day interactions, in the things that make us smile. Cara shares a tale of everyday joy and magic through the power of love. Sometimes all we need to do is open ourselves to the little synchronicities of the moment and allow ourselves to just be in this magical world of ours. 
We would love you to subscribe to the podcast and please do share it with friends. If you are enjoying our discussions and would like to leave a review that would help to support our work. Much love Cara & Cat. 
You can find further information about Catriona and her work on fb https://www.facebook.com/Catrionablankestoryteller and here https://catrionablanke.de/ Her new German language Story medicine podcast is at https://storymedicine.buzzsprout.com
Cara's fb pages are https://www.facebook.com/carasilversmith and  https://www.facebook.com/onenaturestories her website is https://www.carasilversmith.com/ and her environmental education website https://www.onenatureeducation.com/
#storytelling #MythsandLegends #storiesofidentity #storiesfortheenvironment #whatoftheground #whatofthegroundwearestandingon #storiesofhope #folklore #beyou #everydaymagic #whatif

The Skin we are in - layers of the Lindworm

Our beautiful tender skin protects us and regenerates itself. Just as the skin of the earth protects us all. Todays episode is all about being vulnerable. Catriona and Cara peel back the layers to explore how were guard ourselves, and react to trauma. Content wise we also discuss skin picking and biting (also known as Dermatillomania or Dermatophagia)
Cara has begun a writing project on Skin which inspired this episode. Here is a brief extract - Layer after layer peeling away. It hurts and I want to stop but I can’t. There is something so primal in this sensation. Perhaps I am a selkie, or a huldra, or any number of shapeshifting beings that hide who they truly are beneath a secret skin. I want to peel it all away. To slough myself clean and clear. Like the rhinoceros in the just so stories. Perhaps we are all hiding behind our skin?
We share the story of the Lindworm Prince which is an emotional rollercoaster through fertility issues, identity, and trauma. Through this we acknowledge that "Good ain't nice!" and neither is nature, but it is real. “Inside all of us there is a man who has shed his skins and become vulnerable and a woman who is brave and courageous and will do anything that she can.”
We would love you to subscribe to the podcast and please do share it with friends. If you are enjoying our discussions and would like to leave a review that would help to support our work. Much love Cara & Cat. 
You can find further information about Catriona and her work on fb https://www.facebook.com/Catrionablankestoryteller and here https://catrionablanke.de/
Cara's fb pages are https://www.facebook.com/carasilversmith and  https://www.facebook.com/onenaturestories her website is https://www.carasilversmith.com/ and her environmental education website https://www.onenatureeducation.com/
#storytelling #MythsandLegends #storiesofidentity #storiesfortheenvironment #whatoftheground #whatofthegroundwearestandingon #storiesofhope #folklore #beyou

Enough to save the World?

Are you trying to save the world? Or anyone else for that matter?
Do you feel like you have enough to give? 
In this episode Catriona Blanke shares a beautiful story of a little desert well that tries to save the waterhole and prevent the animals in the desert from going thirsty. Is she enough though? 
Cara and Cat discuss some of the themes and thoughts brought up by this story. Often we find that our own wells are depleted and still we try to give. Sharing until there is nothing left to share, and still our efforts fall on stoney ground. Is it really our job to save the whole world? 
We would love you to subscribe to the podcast and please do share it with friends. If you are enjoying our discussions and would like to leave a review that would help to support our work. Much love Cara & Cat. 
You can find further information about Catriona and her work on fb https://www.facebook.com/Catrionablankestoryteller and here https://catrionablanke.de/
Cara's fb pages are https://www.facebook.com/carasilversmith and  https://www.facebook.com/onenaturestories her website is https://www.carasilversmith.com/ and her environmental education website https://www.onenatureeducation.com/
#storytelling #storiesfortheenvironment #changetheworld #beyou #philosophyofstories 

Re-Becoming One, a storied journey with Martha Alter Hines

Re-Becoming the One. Our world is stories, our world is us, we are Earth.
This episode has so much in it.
We begin with some of our chat from before we started the episode, discussing fairies and the spirits in our world. Martha Alter Hines shares some of her experiences and inspirations which have led to the Re-Becoming the One Symposium which starts today (1 June 2023) focusing on healing our relationships to Gender and Sexuality.  Our discussion takes us on a wonder filled journey, including a detour with Cara to a seal hunter story. We touch on questions of what it is to fully inhabit this world and reconnect with aspects of the environment that have perhaps been missing from a western centric view of landscape.
Martha shares her motivations and hopes for the symposium and Cat talks about her input into the opening ceremony and storytelling as part of the first week on the divine feminine.
Full details of the symposium and sign up is here.
https://living-the-one-light.teachable.com/courses/2055345?affcode=412518
You can find further information about Catriona and her work here https://catrionablanke.de/
Cara's personal website is https://www.carasilversmith.com/ and her environmental education website https://www.onenatureeducation.com/
We would love to hear you comments. If you enjoy the show please leave a review or share with your friends. Thank you x

Commissioned Stories, honouring truth and telling stories with love

In this episode Cat and Cara discuss the process of developing, writing, and telling stories on commission. What is it like to tell a story for someone else?
Cara talks about her experience of writing a story for a Scottish Creative Commons community. She tells the story for the first time without a script. The original version is available here https://www.onenatureeducation.com/post/fittie-between-city-and-sea
We discuss the challenges, responsibilities and expectations around the process. Cat then shares some of her experience writing stories for people, the joy it can bring and the idea that it must be done with love. You can find out more about Catriona's work here https://catrionablanke.de/
Open Road is the company which has been helping to run the Safe Harbour: Open Sea project in Fittie https://www.openroadltd.com/
Leave us a comment, like, or review. We would really appreciate it. Much Love x

What of the Ground an Introduction

In this episode Cat and Cara introduce ourselves. We share a song of being in that liminal space in-between and a story about the threads that bind us. Welcome to our podcast we hope you enjoy joining us on the journey. 
You can find further information about Catriona and her work here https://catrionablanke.de/
Cara's website is https://www.carasilversmith.com/ and her environmental education website https://www.onenatureeducation.com/
 

What if a story is wrong?

Stories contribute to of our view of the world, and our assumptions. We discuss look at a story of bog bodies and what it teaches us. TW - brief reference to sexual assault and mild swearing.Hedge Sisters "Places of HER ~ SHORES":https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/places-of-her-shores-tickets-579127845977?aff=ebdsoporgprofileSymposium mentioned by Catriona "Re-Becoming the ONE"https://living-the-one-light.teachable.com/courses/2055345?affcode=412518