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Little Gifts

Savanna Wonderwheel & Sue Ellen Parkinson

Listen in as a millennial granddaughter in search of “more” picks her grandmothers brain about everything under the sun (and moon) like dealing with internalized patriarchy, how to work with dreams, finding your creative spark and so so much more. Sue Ellen Parkinson offers Savanna Wonderwheel (and everyone listening) wisdom and guidance through the gift of chat. Every conversation is a little gift and we believe a lot of little things add up. This podcast will give you a weekly dose of love and

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44:43

Go Ahead and Tell Your Story, in conversation with...

Little Gifts ·

2025/06/30

What stories do you have to tell and what keeps you from telling them? Join us for a heartfelt conversation with Ellen Weed all about vulnerability and story telling from the heart. Ellen is an acting and story telling teacher, she taught her 1st storytelling class in 1982 and is a true wisdom keeper for the art of storytelling. Encouraging everyone to express their stories through whatever avenue of creativity that moves them. Ellen is a true gem and if you’d like to learn from her you can r...

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37:24

Staying Sane While Staying Informed

Little Gifts ·

2025/06/23

We are so crushed by the recent actions of president Trump and the bombing of Iran.. Join us as we try to figure out how to stay informed but not get sucked into the news/social media doom scroll. We try to offer some inspiration for how to stay hopeful and some things you can try if you too are feeling torn by the desire to stay informed or bury your head in the sand. Resources/references: Heather Cox Richardson, journalist and author of the news substack Letters From an American...

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23:27

There’s More Than One Way To Be An Activist

Little Gifts ·

2025/06/16

Things are really hard, and there’s still hope! We still have the ability to fight back! There’s so many ways to be an activist. Join us as we discuss what it means to “be an an activist” and give some little nuggets of hope and good news. Articles, videos mentioned in episode Satya Doyle Byocks substack piece - Archetypes of Resistance https://satyadoylebyock.substack.com/p/archetypes-of-resistance The Guardian article - Systems Are Crumbling… https://www.theguardian.com/wel...

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36:13

Is the work working?

Little Gifts ·

2025/06/09

How do you know when something’s finally clicked? When a practice isn’t so much of a practice any more but an integrated part of your life? What about when it’s stopped working? Are you a 15 minutes early is on time kind of person or show up on the minute or a few after? We’ve got the questions and some answers (but definitely not all of them 😉) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to help support us and this show? Subscribe to our Substack! https://littlegifts.substack.com/https://substa...

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28:11

Where Do You Find Your Hope?

Little Gifts ·

2025/06/03

Do you see hope in the blooms of the peace lily? What about the flower growing out of the sidewalk or the tree that finds a way to reach for the sky against all odds? This week we’re talking about where you feel hope, how it moves in your body, how it shapes the way you walk through your day. Steven Weinberg was the Nobel Laureate of physics with the Multiverse theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Weinberg Ellen Weed-Warner is a northern CA based acting coach https://ww...

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44:25

The Black Madonna of Montserrat

Little Gifts ·

2025/05/28

What if all the things people were saying behind your back were blessings? Join Savanna and Sue Ellen as they reflect on their recent pilgrimage to the Black Madonna of Montserrat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to help support us and this show? Subscribe to our Substack! https://littlegifts.substack.com/https://substack.com/@littlegiftspodcast Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or fi...

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54:03

Who is Sheela Na Gig? In conversation with Dee Mulrooney

Little Gifts ·

2025/05/20

Dee’s back!! Dee Mulrooney is an artist, activist, teacher and the oracle for Growler, the 82 year old drum banging shamanic vulva. Dee joins us to tell the story of her and Growler’s recent pilgrimage to visit the apotropaic icon that is Sheela Na Gig. We talk about why Sheela is coming into the collective consciousness now, what we think she has to say and how powerful her message is. Listen in for all of that and so much more! If you haven’t seen any images of Sheela Na Gig, here she...

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45:31

The Powers Out and We’re in a Cave!

Little Gifts ·

2025/05/13

Join us as Sue Ellen tells the story of being in the historical country wide Portuguese and Spanish power outage and Savanna reflects on her visit to Mary Magdalenes cave in the south of France… Once again this episode does not have the best audio quality but we hope you stick around for it and we’ll be back to our better audio quality next time. Thanks for being here! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to help support us and this show? Subscribe to our Substack! https://littlegifts.sub...

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33:04

We’ve Gotta Keep Booty Bumpin’

Little Gifts ·

2025/05/05

It’s a special gramma Sue birthday by the sea episode!! Send Sue Ellen some birthday love at sueellenparkinson@gmail.com (or send some moola! you can find her on paypal)… Join us as we get into some birthday reflections, receive some sage advice, poetry, what it feels like to be 73, and how dreams can shape a life. Thank you for being here and for your patience with this seaside recording, we love you! Sue Ellen shared the poem The Wandering Aengus by William Yates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...

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26:00

Care is Your Birthright

Little Gifts ·

2025/04/28

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to help support us and this show? Subscribe to our Substack! https://littlegifts.substack.com/https://substack.com/@littlegiftspodcast Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast. Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.suellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find mo...

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27:50

Disruptions

Little Gifts ·

2025/04/21

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to help support us and this show? Subscribe to our Substack! https://littlegifts.substack.com/https://substack.com/@littlegiftspodcast Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast. Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.suellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find mo...

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50:07

Spring Break ReRelease! Episode 29: For the Love of...

Little Gifts ·

2025/04/14

Savanna and SueEllen have the spring time sniffles and weren’t able to record for this week so we’re giving you an oldie but a goodie! Over the last couple months we’ve had multiple people reach out to say how this episode has been a balm for them and that it feels auspiciously of the times we’re currently in. So we’re rereleasing it in the hopes it helps you as well. Thanks for being here <3 Join us in conversation with the incredible artist and mask maker Lauren Raine. We get...

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25:49

Small Subversive Love

Little Gifts ·

2025/04/07

In this week’s episode we’re talking about small subversive love vs big love and what it means to try. Nonprofit mentioned by Sue Ellen: http://www.beyondbaroque.org Tara Brach podcast episode mentioned by Savanna: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4JYnnGeFyEJ9BHuz6IYS3o?si=XL1TcWmLTfybdiCuFyo4GA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to help support us and this show? Subscribe to our Substack! https://littlegifts.substack.com/https://substack.com/@littlegiftspodcast Please rate...

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31:44

How To Say Goodbye?

Little Gifts ·

2025/03/31

In this weeks episode Sue Ellen and Savanna talk about what it means to say goodbye to the people we love (and those who have hurt us). Goodbyes are hard, but do they always need to be? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to help support us and this show? Subscribe to our Substack! https://littlegifts.substack.com/https://substack.com/@littlegiftspodcast Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com ...

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43:54

Herbs Excel at Keeping Us Well, in conversation with...

Little Gifts ·

2025/03/25

Join us for a rich conversation with Donna d’Terra, a lifelong student of the plants and a master herbalist. Donna gives us some suggestions herbs we can all be taking to help give us some much needed support and tells her story of the power of following “your sign posts.” Simple and safe herbs for support: Roasted dandelion root - for liver Nettle - for digestion Flower Essences - for emotional support Milky Oat - for nervous system Skull cap - for nervous...

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26:14

There’s still hope!

Little Gifts ·

2025/03/18

Join us as we reflect on last weeks episode with Riane Eisler. Talk about what makes us hopeful and share a little teaser about Sue Ellens upcoming workshop! https://www.sueellenparkinson.com/workshops/p/gold-package-sgs79 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to help support us and this show? Subscribe to our Substack! https://littlegifts.substack.com/https://substack.com/@littlegiftspodcast Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email...

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51:16

Creating a Culture of Partnership, in Conversation...

Little Gifts ·

2025/03/11

“Why, when we humans have such a great capacity for caring, consciousness, and creativity, has there been so much cruelty, insensitivity, and destructiveness? Has it ever been different, and can it be different again?” These are the questions that fueled Riane Eisler passion for her work and for her vision of a world where we could return to a more equitable partnership society. Riane is one of the mothers of feminism and she has a life time’s worth of incredible work behind her. We are...

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26:49

Perfectly Imperfect

Little Gifts ·

2025/03/03

What does it mean to be perfect? We have no idea! And maybe that’s for the best. In this weeks episode we explore perfectionism and what it feels like to try and loosen the grip we have on the idea that anything we do will ever be “perfect.” Poem shared: Monet refuses the operation by Lisel Mueller Artists referenced: Larry Fuente and Hand Bruhner ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to help support us and this show? Subscribe to our Substack! https://littlegifts.substack.com/...

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48:17

All About Lilith, in conversation with Yoreshet...

Little Gifts ·

2025/02/25

Join us for a conversation all about Lilith and the reclamation of the stories of women who have been condemned (or forgotten) throughout history. Yoreshet D'vorah Grenn, Ph.D is a lineage-holder of a female Kabbalist tradition, an En Kohenet/Hebrew priestess, and ordained Mashpi’ah/spiritual life coach and guide. The Lilith Institute (founded by D’Vorah) and Yerusha are co-producing an online Symposium April 28 & 29: Wisdom of the Mothers: Celebrating Matriarchal and Matrilineal Sp...

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29:12

What Feeds the Need Underneath the Impulse...?

Little Gifts ·

2025/02/17

Join us as we sit down to reflect on the last two conversations we had with Rebecca Bradshaw and Francis Weller, we got so much out of those talks we had to circle back around to dive in a little deeper. We also talk about the ways we can reclaim ur power through what we buy, who we call and the little steps we all can take day to day. We can not recommend the 5 Calls App strongly enough!! Use your voice, call your reps, take your power back!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W...

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