Belonging: Conversations about rites of passage, meaningful community, and seasonal living Becca Piastrelli

If you’re curious about what village life is like beyond the picture-perfect cottage-core images on Instagram, today’s conversation is for you.
In this episode, Sarah Wildeman and I delve into a topic near and dear to my heart — revillaging and community-centered living.
Sarah is a leadership & relationship dynamics coach, community-builder, and founder of Our Common — a coaching and consulting practice serving community seekers, community builders, and existing communities.
Together, we discuss her experiences with intentional communal living and the many forms in which community can take shape. She also shares her whole-systems approach to relationships—in her family, communities, and workplace— and we have a vulnerable conversation about how to address conflict.

More from Sarah
Follow Sarah on InstagramFollow Our Common on InstagramLearn More + Explore Coaching with Our Common🍄 Thank you for listening to the Belonging podcast! If the show has supported you in some way, I invite you to contribute to the tip jar. Your contribution helps me keep it going. Love, Becca.

Living in capitalism while not being consumed by it can feel overwhelming and confusing.
Today, I’m joined by Bear Hebert (they/them), a feminist and anti-capitalist business coach who helps small business people (and other beloved weirdos) figure out how to build the world-yet-to-come inside the world-that-currently-is.
Together, we discuss making space for grieving our own and others’ participation in capitalism, the ways we internalize capitalism and exploit ourselves in our own businesses, and how white supremacy’s penchant for perfectionism plays a big role in it all.

More from Bear Hebert
Visit Bear’s WebsiteFollow Bear on InstagramPurchase Bear’s class FREELY: An Anti-Capitalist Guide To Pricing Your Work
Resources
Tema Okun’s White Supremacy CultureDr. Susan Woodhouse’s Secure Base Provision StudySilvia Federici’s Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women🍄 Thank you for listening to the Belonging podcast! If the show has supported you in some way, I invite you to contribute to the tip jar. Your contribution helps me keep it going. Love, Becca.

If you want more powerful, matriarchal-inspired, healing community in your life, this episode is for you.
I’ve been circling for over a decade, but it’s been a while since I’ve talked about the practice of Circle on the podcast. So in this episode, I share what it means to practice Circle — including what it is, how it works, some challenging but important historical context, and how it has shaped my own life.

I truly believe that Circling has the power to connect us to each other, heal centuries-old wounds, help us restructure our hierarchical thinking, and affect long-term sustainable change in the world. Join me to circle up and go deeper.

Resources
Join my free workshop on Weds, April 12th — The Art of Circle Invitation: How to find your people and call them inCultish by Amanda MontellDevoted Way with Sora SchillingCaliban and the Witch by Sylvia FedericiThe Spiral Dance by StarhawkLiz Migliorelli of sister spinsterThe Millionth Circle by Jean Shinoda BolenThe Hundredth Monkey story🍄 Thank you for listening to the Belonging podcast! If the show has supported you in some way, I invite you to contribute to the tip jar. Your contribution helps me keep it going. Love, Becca.

If you daydream about purchasing land and relocating to a tiny town far from city life, this episode is the gentle invitation and reality-check you need before taking the leap.

Today I’m joined by Alissa Hessler, an author, podcast host, and former corporate tech employee who left the big city to move to a rural community for love.

In this episode, we discuss common reasons people choose to leave cities, the importance of being as prepared as possible before moving, and some things to expect if you’re thinking of relocating.

We also unpack how the idealized country life we see on Instagram is actually damaging rural communities. And we emphasize the importance of seeking out the communities we enter (even when it feels uncomfortable) and honoring the histories of the lands we inhabit.


More from Alissa Hessler
Listen to the Urban Exodus PodcastRead Ditch the City, Go CountryVisit the Urban Exodus WebsiteFollow Urban Exodus on Instagram
Resources
Episode #110: Slow Homesteading & Land Stewardship with Hillarie Maddox🍄 Thank you for listening to the Belonging podcast! If the show has supported you in some way, I invite you to contribute to the tip jar. Your contribution helps me keep it going. Love, Becca.

If you’ve ever felt disconnected from or unworthy in your body, this episode is for you.
Today, I’m joined by Hannah Husband for a discussion on our relationships to our bodies and movement. Together we channel childlike curiosity about the ways we like to move. And we unpack how diet culture and the wellness industry disguise anti-fat bias as concern for “health,” as well as how we often outsource our connection with our bodies.
Hannah is a body liberation coach committed to supporting folks who feel left out of, or harmed by, mainstream fitness offerings. She is deeply passionate about re-claiming movement as a way to help regulate our nervous systems, put self-love into practice, and cultivate an internal feeling of power & strength.
Join us to learn how to tend to the ecosystem of your body.

Links:
Visit Hannah’s Website
Follow Hannah on Instagram
Subscribe to Hannah’s Body Liberation Love Notes & Newsletter
Hannah’s Newest Offering Seedling Strength
🍄 Thank you for listening to the Belonging podcast! If the show has supported you in some way, I invite you to contribute to the tip jar. Your contribution helps me keep it going. Love, Becca.

We’ve all inherited beliefs — those sayings, lessons, and ways of being passed down through the generations and permeate the culture we live in. Often they’re so deeply rooted that we don’t even realize how much they’re affecting us and our ability to weave in with the natural world.
In this episode, I delve into some of my own inherited beliefs. And I share my most cherished tools for releasing the ones that don’t serve me. I also explore how the simplest practices like going outside, moving our bodies, cooking our foods, and talking to beloveds can help us heal our nervous systems and reconnect to the earth.
I also discuss my upcoming virtual retreat Rewilding the Self happening on March 12th. Join me for ritual, conversation, connection and celebration to reclaim your rooted sense of self. I hope to see you there.

Resources: 
Join the Rewilding the Self RetreatLearn More About Gene KeysCycle tracking calendars:The Original Cycles JournalThe Seasons Within YouDo Less Planner🍄 Thank you for listening to the Belonging podcast! If the show has supported you in some way, I invite you to contribute to the tip jar. Your contribution helps me keep it going. Love, Becca.