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Homesteading with a focus on urban and suburban sustainable living with a pagan and spiritual twist.

  1. 2D AGO

    Free Bonus! Blooper episode and Contest Winner announcement

    In this FREE bonus episode we announce our winner and get to speak with them on the phone; followed by a compilation of bloopers that were edited out from our December episodes. Enjoy!! Send us a text Support the show Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581390940178 Send us an email at oldwaysnewdayspodcast@gmail.com

    8 min
  2. Midwinter Homesteading Upkeep: Thriving Through the Cold Months

    4D AGO

    Midwinter Homesteading Upkeep: Thriving Through the Cold Months

    Winter may slow the world outside, but a homestead never truly sleeps. In this week’s episode, we’re diving into midwinter maintenance—the quiet, essential work that keeps the hearth warm, the tools ready, and the home resilient. From practical tips to old seasonal traditions, join us as we tend the heart of the homestead during the coldest days of the year.  Send us a text Support the show Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581390940178 Send us an email at oldwaysnewdayspodcast@gmail.com

    46 min
  3. Midwinter's Magic: Celebrating Pagan December Traditions

    DEC 18

    Midwinter's Magic: Celebrating Pagan December Traditions

    When December's darkness falls and the year breathes its last cold breath, ancient fires are kindled. Long before modern winter holidays, our ancestors gathered to celebrate the returning light, honor the gods of winter, and feast in defiance of the dark. In this episode, we journey through the sacred December traditions of our pagan past — from Yule fires and Saturnalia feasts to the Wild Hunt and the rebirth of the sun. Discover the rituals, the deities, the foods, and the magic that made midwinter a time of both reverence and revelry.  Send us a text Support the show Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581390940178 Send us an email at oldwaysnewdayspodcast@gmail.com

    34 min
  4. When and How to Start Seeds for a Bountiful Harvest

    DEC 11

    When and How to Start Seeds for a Bountiful Harvest

    Before the first shoot breaks the soil, before the garden hums with bees and sun-warm leaves, there is a quieter kind of magic—the moment we place a tiny seed into waiting earth and trust it to become more. In this episode, we step into that early, hopeful space and explore the rituals, techniques, and old traditions of seed starting. If you’re ready to coax life from the stillness of winter and awaken the first green sparks of spring, this one’s for you. Send us a text Support the show Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581390940178 Send us an email at oldwaysnewdayspodcast@gmail.com

    42 min
  5. Cottagecore or Cultcore? The Real Work of Pagan Homesteading

    DEC 4

    Cottagecore or Cultcore? The Real Work of Pagan Homesteading

    This week we’re pulling back the curtain on the cottagecore fantasy and diving into the raw, sacred, often messy reality of land-based pagan living. From ancient multipurpose homes to modern anti-consumer magic, we explore what it truly means to live with the Earth—not just pose beside it.   Authentic. Grounded. Magical.  Listen now on your favorite platform.  Send us a text Support the show Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581390940178 Send us an email at oldwaysnewdayspodcast@gmail.com

    22 min
  6. When Winter Weighs Heavy: Understanding and Healing Seasonal Affective Disorder

    NOV 27

    When Winter Weighs Heavy: Understanding and Healing Seasonal Affective Disorder

    As the days grow shorter and the nights stretch longer, many of us feel the weight of winter settling into our bones. It's more than just the cold — it's a heaviness in the heart, a fog in the mind, a longing for light. In this episode, we're talking about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) — what it is, why it happens, and how to find your way back to balance when the darkness feels overwhelming. Whether through light therapy, herbal allies, or simple daily rituals, there are ways to honor this season without letting it consume you.  Listener Resources  Crisis Support: - National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: **988** (call or text) - Crisis Text Line: Text **HOME** to **741741** - International Association for Suicide Prevention: [www.iasp.info](https://www.iasp.info)  **** SAD & Mental Health Information: - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): [www.nimh.nih.gov](https://www.nimh.nih.gov) - Seasonal Affective Disorder Association: [www.sada.org.uk](https://www.sada.org.uk)  Send us a text Support the show Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581390940178 Send us an email at oldwaysnewdayspodcast@gmail.com

    30 min
  7. Honoring the Original Keepers: Indigenous Peoples Day and Reciprocal Homesteading

    NOV 27

    Honoring the Original Keepers: Indigenous Peoples Day and Reciprocal Homesteading

    Before we tend our first garden bed or harvest our first herbs, we must ask: whose land are we standing on? This Indigenous Peoples Day, we explore how pagan homesteaders can honor the original caretakers of these lands — not through appropriation, but through reciprocity, respect, and action. Discover how to homestead with awareness, give back to indigenous communities, and walk humbly on land that has been tended for tens of thousands of years. Resources for Listeners  **** Books: - *Braiding Sweetgrass* by Robin Wall Kimmerer - *An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States* by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz - *Red Nation Rising* by Nick Estes - *The Seed Keeper* by Diane Wilson  **** Organizations to Support: - NDN Collective - Indigenous Environmental Network - Native American Rights Fund - Seeding Sovereignty - Honor the Earth  **** Tools: - Native-Land.ca (find out whose land you're on) - Indigenous-led seed companies and farms in your region **** This episode is offered with humility and the understanding that the work of decolonization is ongoing. We encourage all listeners to continue learning from indigenous voices and to take meaningful action in support of indigenous sovereignty and justice. Send us a text Support the show Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581390940178 Send us an email at oldwaysnewdayspodcast@gmail.com

    32 min
  8. Herbalism on the Homestead: Growing and Using Herbs for Medicine, Magic, and Self-Reliance

    NOV 13

    Herbalism on the Homestead: Growing and Using Herbs for Medicine, Magic, and Self-Reliance

    When frost settles on the windows and the land lies dreaming, the heart of the homestead still beats—softly, greenly—beneath the glow of indoor light. In this episode, we gather around the hearth of herbal wisdom, tracing the roots of medicine and magic through time. From Hippocrates’ humours to the alchemy of Chinese Qi and the balance of Ayurvedic doshas, we rediscover the language of the living Earth spoken through rosemary sprigs and chamomile blooms. Here, every leaf is a teacher, every seed a spell. Together we’ll explore how to grow and use herbs indoors—keeping the flame of self-reliance alive through winter’s stillness. Guided by Scott Cunningham’s correspondences and the dance of planets above, we’ll blend history, healing, and enchantment into a living practice that nourishes body and soul. When you brew your next cup of tea, may it be a ritual of remembrance—that even in the dark, life continues to bloom. Show links: Humour | Humorism, Hippocrates, Galen | Britannica Humoral medicine: A constitutional approach in Western herbalism | History | Herbal Reality Greek Medicine: GREEK MEDICINE AND CHINESE MEDICINE Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs - Scott Cunningham - Google Books A Delicate Balance: Understanding the Four Humors. - The Devil's Tale The Four Humours of Ancient Greek Medicine | Herbal Academy Send us a text Support the show Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581390940178 Send us an email at oldwaysnewdayspodcast@gmail.com

    43 min
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Homesteading with a focus on urban and suburban sustainable living with a pagan and spiritual twist.

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