24 min
Intentionally Approaching an Unpredictable Year Through the Seasons with Megan Gilger
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- Society & Culture
We begin today's first podcast by asking you to breathe! Just to take a few breathes. The beginning of this year hasn't been easy. My gosh has it not. But did we really believe that when 2021 arrived at our door everything that hung within 2020 would simply disappear? No. We knew better.
That said, before we dive into the conversation about approaching intentions this year. I want to to identify where we are right now in our world. Not just in terms of the weather out the window, though if you need that you can have that with this conversation, but instead I want to discuss the cultural season we are in right now. We currently are enduring a hard winter in our culture and most likely you may be experiencing a hard winter of the soul as well.
We discuss together what it means to experience winter in a culture and how nature teaches us everything we must know about the hard times we may face right now. I discuss lessons I have learned from the years of living in the north and even what I learned about running from winters.
The importance of this is key when we dive into this podcast because we cannot set intentions without understanding where we are beginning.
And when I say intentions, I do not mean goals. Instead, I am talking about the undercurrent we place to our year that gives us permission to arrive at our deepest longing and desires.
Maybe you thought we would be discussing the garden in the episode and though we will next week, this week we must begin with setting these intentions and I explain why this contributes to how I personally plan and work in my garden.
So how do we set that intention particularly in a year when it feels there is nothing we can count on? How do we do this when we are weary?
Jump in today to learn just how I do this and the key question I ask, which seems simple but I promise the answer isn't that easy.
My goal is by the time we end these 25 minutes in today's podcast that you feel a sense of grounding, purpose, direction, and even realize space you didn't even know you had.
Books I suggest right now:
Wintering by Katherine May
Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown
Thank you for listening to Fresh Exchange's podcast where we talk about connecting and grounding ourselves to seasonal rhythms, simple gardening techniques, and curiosities on becoming more connected to ourselves through nature.
Follow Megan on the Fresh Exchange blog
Follow along on Instagram
See what Megan is loving right now on Pinterest
If you want to follow more of Fresh Exchange you can sign up for the FREE newsletter right here. You will receive a weekly, monthly, and seasonal email to meander your way through intentional living with the cyclical rhythms of nature.
You can find Fresh Exchange's Beginner Garden E-book and a plan for A Simple Raised Bed Garden right here in the online store.
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We begin today's first podcast by asking you to breathe! Just to take a few breathes. The beginning of this year hasn't been easy. My gosh has it not. But did we really believe that when 2021 arrived at our door everything that hung within 2020 would simply disappear? No. We knew better.
That said, before we dive into the conversation about approaching intentions this year. I want to to identify where we are right now in our world. Not just in terms of the weather out the window, though if you need that you can have that with this conversation, but instead I want to discuss the cultural season we are in right now. We currently are enduring a hard winter in our culture and most likely you may be experiencing a hard winter of the soul as well.
We discuss together what it means to experience winter in a culture and how nature teaches us everything we must know about the hard times we may face right now. I discuss lessons I have learned from the years of living in the north and even what I learned about running from winters.
The importance of this is key when we dive into this podcast because we cannot set intentions without understanding where we are beginning.
And when I say intentions, I do not mean goals. Instead, I am talking about the undercurrent we place to our year that gives us permission to arrive at our deepest longing and desires.
Maybe you thought we would be discussing the garden in the episode and though we will next week, this week we must begin with setting these intentions and I explain why this contributes to how I personally plan and work in my garden.
So how do we set that intention particularly in a year when it feels there is nothing we can count on? How do we do this when we are weary?
Jump in today to learn just how I do this and the key question I ask, which seems simple but I promise the answer isn't that easy.
My goal is by the time we end these 25 minutes in today's podcast that you feel a sense of grounding, purpose, direction, and even realize space you didn't even know you had.
Books I suggest right now:
Wintering by Katherine May
Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown
Thank you for listening to Fresh Exchange's podcast where we talk about connecting and grounding ourselves to seasonal rhythms, simple gardening techniques, and curiosities on becoming more connected to ourselves through nature.
Follow Megan on the Fresh Exchange blog
Follow along on Instagram
See what Megan is loving right now on Pinterest
If you want to follow more of Fresh Exchange you can sign up for the FREE newsletter right here. You will receive a weekly, monthly, and seasonal email to meander your way through intentional living with the cyclical rhythms of nature.
You can find Fresh Exchange's Beginner Garden E-book and a plan for A Simple Raised Bed Garden right here in the online store.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
24 min