The Making & Mending Podcast

Yarrow Magdelena
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The Making & Mending Podcast

A podcast about creative recovery, slow seasons and gentle rituals.

  1. OCT 24

    Grief journal #2 - Building your life around your nervous system

    Hello my fellow grievers and soft folks, here is another chapter for you - this one is about building your whole life around your nervous system and what that looks like for me at the moment.  Also, feel free to send me a little voice note if you want to say hi and/or wish to request a topic for the podcast: https://www.speakpipe.com/YarrowM Love, Yarrow

    22 min

  2. OCT 18

    Grief journal #1

    Welcome to a new format on here - little weekly check ins about grief, process and slow seasons. I promise it wont all be sad, it will also be weird, expansive and sometimes wonderful.  I know a lot of people who lost really significant loved ones this year and I know that we all need to feel less alone in that strange adventure. I hope these episodes can be with you and your sadness.  I will still record about all kinds of other creative things too and if you like you can request me covering a specific topic by sending me a speakpipe note: https://www.speakpipe.com/YarrowM Its free, it can be anonymous and I would really love to hear from you!  I would also like to invite you to Gentle Hands, a four week group program starting November 6th: https://www.yarrowmagdalena.com/gentle-hands/ Thank you for listening, Yarrow

    22 min

  3. SEP 5

    #186 Staying creative with a messy brain

    In this episode I am chatting about a few simple ways in which I am staying connected with creativity while my brain is adjusting to the loss of my mum. In short, it's about lowering the bar, being realistic and appreciating a wider net of expression. I hope it feels helpful! Love, Yarrow

    20 min

  4. AUG 20

    #185 The wild edge of sorrow // grief after sudden death

    This episode is dedicated to my mum Marina, who passed away suddenly at the end of July. She was incredible - resilient, creative, full of life and hands down the most loving person I know. She taught me how to live a good life full of pleasure and connection even in late stage capitalism. I had 38 years with her and am so proud to call her my mum.  The wonderful Narinder Bazen joined me for this conversation to talk about grief after sudden death, saying goodbye in the best way we can and staying connected to the present moment in a mammal body while we have one foot on the other side.  The title of this episode is a nod to one of my favorite books - The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Frances Weller.  Thank you for listening and sending some love to my mum, Yarrow

    51 min

  5. JUL 23

    #184 What I am reading & how I am staying grounded this summer

    The world is a lot, but then what's new? In this episode I wanted to share a few ways in which I am staying grounded this summer, including excellent book selection, gentle rituals and activism that is doable and kind on my nervous system. I hope it's a helpful space for you to think about your own summer and orient towards the pleasure & joy that is available to you. Here is info about the tech day I mentioned: https://pinkwellstudio.com/magic/ Thank you so much for listening! Love, Yarrow

    26 min

  6. JUL 3

    #183 Sacred stories with Lara Irene Vesta

    Patient and appreciated listeners, I am bring you another wonderful conversation with Lara Irene Vesta. I hope this find you well, with a bit of sunshine on your face and a quiet moment to dive in. Here is some of what we talked about: Writing beautiful books from bed Growing wild gardens that tend to themselves  Rites of passage and spiritual sinkholes  Finding ways to stay connected to enchantment when things are hard  Lara Irene Vesta is a writer, artist and educator exploring sacred stories and lineage traditions. She is the author of the Moon Divas Guidebook, Wild Soul Runes and Year of the Dark Goddess: A Journey of Ritual, Renewal and Rebirth. Her current creative practice is reclaiming offline life, renewing faith and remembering ancestral crafts and skills. She shares this journey in the Olden Practice newsletter and through by-donation classes at the Wild Soul School. https://www.laravesta.cohttps://www.oldenpractice.com Olden Practice Substack Newsletter:https://laravesta.substack.com  Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/larairene  Year of the Dark Goddess Book Links:Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Year-Dark-Goddess-Journey-Renewal/dp/1578638275Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/year-of-the-dark-goddess-lara-vesta/1144014419  Thank you for listening,Yarrow

    36 min

  7. JUN 5

    #182 Death awareness and creative enchantment with Narinder Bazen

    This episode is such a heartfelt deep dive into grief, creativity & enchantment with the wonderful Narinder Bazen. Here is some of what we talked about:  The space that death awareness inhabits in our lives Making simplicity & minimalism our own Thresholds & finding a place in the world  Meaning making and ritual through hard times Narinder Bazen is an artist, death midwife, enchanted life guide and death midwifery trainer, living on unceded Penobscot land. (Maine, USA) Her greatest passions include helping to midwife new paradigm death care and grief care and living as a minimalist full of enchantment because of all of the bounty found in nature. When she's not guiding new death midwives, she's spending time painting with watercolors, writing, and playing with her dog Oak. https://www.narinderbazen.com/ You can sign up for the next Spark session over here: https://yarrow.substack.com/ Thanks for listening! Love, Yarrow

    43 min

  8. MAY 19

    #181 Mystical Stitches with Christi Johnson

    I've been such a fan of Christi's work and especially her book Mystical Stitches for ages and so it's a real joy to bring this beautiful interview to you! Here is what we talked about:  Finding one's own voice with shapes, colours and composition  Rituals and creative process Writing books and sharing skills The beauty, magic and resilience of textiles Christi Johnson's personal work combines cosmic visions and botanical beauties, a hypnotic dance of symbols stitched slowly and methodically into fabric. She is the artist behind Mixed Color, a textile studio based in the foothills of the Catskills, NY which provides functional pieces that are thoughtfully made, as well as educating others in creativity and textile arts. Through books, kits, and online courses on embroidery and garment making, Christi guides her students through the skills they need to embrace self expression through handcrafts. She is the author of, Mystical Stitches (Storey Press, 2021), which explores embroidery as a tool for personal empowerment and magical embellishment to bring more meaning into stitches. www.mixedcolor.net Here is the ethical marketing workshop I mentioned: https://pinkwellstudio.com/ethical-marketing-workshop/ Thank you so much for listening!  Love, Yarrow

    38 min
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