x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

Relatively Stable

Kimberly Carter

In Relatively Stable we delve into the journeys of those who have faced challenges, uncovered their passions, and discovered resilience along the way. Whether you"re here for the stories, seeking inspiration, or simply drawn to the wisdom we glean from horses—and life—you’re in the right place. Let’s dive into the narratives that remind us how to stay relatively stable, no matter what comes our way. stableroots.substack.com

society & culture relationships

All Episodes

20:59

Why Not Me?

Relatively Stable ·

2026/01/08

In this essay, I write from the days surrounding my father’s death and our first quiet Christmas at Lavender Hill Farm. What I expected to be rest turned into a confrontation with how my body and mind responded after months of caregiving, loss, and responsibility, and with an old folk practice that gave language to something I didn’t yet know how to name.Sin Eating weaves together farm work, folklore, and a Christmas Eve medical scare with one of our mares. I reflect on the impulse to take

en

20:45

Keeping Vigil

Relatively Stable ·

2026/01/01

Keeping VigilAt the threshold of the Fire HorseThis piece was written in the slowed time of dying and published at the turning of the year. It traces what happens when clocks stop mattering, when mirrors become witnesses, and when keeping vigil becomes the only meaningful work left. Moving between hospice rooms and hay fields, folklore and neuroscience, agitation and clarity, it asks what it means to stay with someone all the way to the edge—and how to know when staying gives way to letting

en

15:33

The Practice

Relatively Stable ·

2025/12/18

The Practice: How repetition, devotion, and the oldest meaning of the word keep us rooted in an unpredictable worldThis week’s essay is an exploration that began with the idea of creative routines and ended somewhere far more human. I'm reading the full piece to you here and bringing you into the fields at Lavender Hill: the old fencing we inherited, the hurricane debris still shaping the horizon, the unexpected gunfire along the geldings’ field, and the small acts that keep us tethered to ourselves

en

15:21

Cats in the Walls

Relatively Stable ·

2025/12/11

Cats in the WallsInherited ghosts, holiday garland, and being ambushed by forgivenessThis week’s essay didn’t go where I expected it to go. I sat down to talk about shadow work with horses, and instead found myself inside my lived story of hospice care, old family fractures, and forgiveness coming before I'm ready to let go.You’ll hear about the move to Lavender Hill, the grief that followed us there, the ghosts my father is wrestling with, and the ones I’ve carried far too long. You’ll also hear

en

19:59

A Beginner’s Guide to Shadow Work

Relatively Stable ·

2025/12/04

A Beginner's Guide to Shadow WorkThis week, I’m taking you into the barn aisle at Lavender Hill -- into the fog, the quiet, and the shifting inner landscape we all carry. We talk a lot about showing up for our lives, but we rarely talk about the selves that show up instead of us: the crisis-trained parts, the exhausted parts, the dreamers, the watchers, and the ones bracing for storms that never fully arrive.In this episode, I explore the “crowd inside us”—the sub-selves shaped in childhood, the

en

16:30

Flagged, Stolen, and Still Not Silenced

Relatively Stable ·

2025/11/20

Flagged, Stolen, and Still Not SilencedThis week’s essay weaves together two moments, years apart, when something I relied on to hold my words was taken from me: a stolen teenage journal and, more recently, an unexpected stint in Facebook jail after an algorithm misread a comment to my friend.These aren’t the deepest or most dangerous forms of silencing. Many people know far heavier versions. But they did press me back into a familiar question: Where does my voice actually live?I trace the thread

en

12:54

We're Still Standing

Relatively Stable ·

2025/11/13

In this week’s episode, Kim reads her newest Stable Roots essay, We’re Still Standing — a piece shaped by loss, loyalty, and the beauty of still being here. This is a story about this year where everything shifted: the exits that cracked the foundation, the people who stayed and held the beams in place, and the web of horses, history, and human hands that keeps rebuilding Bramblewood Stables, thread by thread.This essay is a meditation on hope (even for a self-professed catastrophizer), the

en

13:08

From Desperation to Thanksgiving

Relatively Stable ·

2025/11/06

From Desperation to Thanksgiving: All That Talk of Harvests Isn’t Just PoetryIn this week’s episode, Kim reflects on what it means to move from desperation into gratitude—through fence lines, fallen seasons, and the lessons of the herd. From the haunted stillness of a fallow field to the calm after a lost horse is found, this piece traces how forwardness doesn’t come from pushing harder, but from learning when to pause and listen.Recorded from Bramblewood Stables at Lavender Hill, From Desperation

en

13:49

Don't Look Too Far Into the Woods

Relatively Stable ·

2025/10/30

Stable Roots:Don’t Look Too Far Into the Woods: Notes from a haunted year at the edge of the treesThis week’s episode moves through fear and faith, fences and timing, and the lessons that live at the edge of the pasture.After a year marked by loss, transition, and rebuilding, Kim reflects on how the land at Lavender Hill continues to reveal its magic through the neighbor who calls at just the right time, the horses who show what it means to study fear instead of running from it, and the people who

en

8:19

The Cost of Moving On

Relatively Stable ·

2025/10/23

In this episode, Kim Carter reads her latest essay from Stable Roots—a meditation on land, belonging, and what it means to build something that lasts in a culture obsessed with moving on.As she reflects on the pressure to relocate her horse farm, the rise of rugged individualism, and the quiet wisdom of living beside a herd, Kim traces how our collective disconnection from land mirrors our growing isolation from one another. From Enlightenment philosophy to modern horsemanship, she explores how our

en

11:18

Even the Ordinary Days Are Holy

Relatively Stable ·

2025/10/16

Even the Ordinary Days are Holy: What the move, the herd, and the sink at Lavender Hill are teaching me about restIn this episode, I explore how the rhythms of work, loss, and renewal intertwine at the new farm — and how tending to the ordinary can become a kind of prayer. From Sheba’s legacy to the clatter of feed scoops and the quiet companionship of chickens, this story circles back to what it means to keep something — and yourself — alive.- Connect with me each week at Stable Roots- Support the

en

17:25

The Ghosts of This Farm Speak to Me

Relatively Stable ·

2025/10/09

In this episode, I read my latest Stable Roots piece, The Ghosts of This Farm Speak to Me — a story about loss, land, and what it means to finally arrive. It begins with Sheba, the brave black mare who didn’t survive the move to our new farm, and unfolds into what she left behind: a lesson in trust, belonging, and the ways the land holds us when we let it.This episode isn’t just about grief. It’s about listening—about what the body knows, what the land remembers, and how even in heartbreak, the

en

10:44

The Safe I Can't Unlock

Relatively Stable ·

2025/09/18

Every day the farmhouse is emptier as the storage containers are packed.What does it mean to move something that feels fixed?What does it mean to move a whole herd, to pack stories like boxes, and to listen for what the new land will say back?This piece traces the weeks leading into our first wedding anniversary, the closing on Lavender Hill, and the beginning of Bramblewood’s move. It holds anxiety, cats in boxes, and white oaks with roots turned skyward. It is about leaving and arriving, about the

en

9:22

Hands on the Rope

Relatively Stable ·

2025/09/11

If you’ve been following our journey, you know Bramblewood Stables is in the middle of a once-in-a-lifetime move to Lavender Hill farm after losing our lease of 20 years. Keeping this herd and this mission intact is not possible without collective effort. This week’s episode is a voiceover of my latest piece, moving through four sections: The Herd, The Land, The Work, and The Hope.It’s about what carries forward when everything else shifts—about belonging in relationship, in time, and in continuity

en

12:28

Hearing our Ghosts

Relatively Stable ·

2025/09/04

Hearing Our Ghosts: Walking the Threshold from Grief to HopeThis episode is a voiceover essay on living at the edge of loss and still choosing to move forward. From my mother’s kitchen therapy sessions, to memories of my grandfather, to the community angels helping Bramblewood find a forever home — it’s about how grief can open the way toward action, clarity, and hope.In the coming weeks, I’ll be opening a new coaching option, From Grief to Hope, for those ready to walk this passage together.To

en

14:26

4.3 Acres of Farmland Disappear Every Minute

Relatively Stable ·

2025/08/28

🎙️ Relatively Stable — Special Voiceover EpisodeThis episode is different. It’s not an interview or a roundtable conversation. It’s a voiceover—me, in the quiet of the barn, speaking from the middle of a transition that has turned my world upside down.Three weeks ago, I learned that Bramblewood, the farm we’ve called home for twenty years, would no longer be ours to lease. In that moment, it felt like the ground dropped out beneath me. But what followed was something I never expected: community

en

20:08

A Last Chance to Save Bramblewood Stables

Relatively Stable ·

2025/08/14

A Last Chance to Save Bramblewood StablesThe land we stand on is being sold to the highest bidder — and the highest bidder will almost certainly be a developer. For 20 years, Bramblewood Stables has been my home, my work, and my community. Before me, this place served the public as a riding stable for more than 50 years. Before that, it was farmland. Now, it’s at risk of disappearing forever.In this episode, I share the story of the past week: losing Lady, our little black pony; learning the ground

en

19:50

Caring in a Carefree World

Relatively Stable ·

2025/08/07

Caring in a Carefree World: A week of colic, caretaking, and unexpected graceThis week in Relatively Stable, I’m reading the latest installment from Stable Roots—a piece that started as a reflection on a colicking pony and turned into something much bigger.It’s about what happens when the boundaries between caregiving and daily life dissolve. When the barn becomes both a hospice and a sanctuary. When Coke becomes a medicine. When the work—the feeding, the cleaning, the showing up—becomes the thing

en

12:35

Instinct is a Language

Relatively Stable ·

2025/07/17

Instinct is a Language: Reading storms, following cats, and finding safety in our skinsThis week’s essay moves through thorny fields, shifting weather, and how we come back into contact with what our bodies already know. It’s about Gideon—my nine-month-old Siberian cat—and how his instinct kicked in before I even knew I needed help. It’s about late summer, the edge of camp, and Indigo, the new kitten who’s joining us right as everything starts to turn.We look at barometers—human, feline,

en

14:07

Making Friends With the Wasps

Relatively Stable ·

2025/07/10

Making Friends with the WaspsThe long, slow work of mending -- From the Stable Roots series | Read-aloud editionThis week’s episode walks gently into the tangled spaces of repair: of family, of land, of self. As my father’s health declines and life asks more questions than it answers, I return—again and again—to the daily work of mending. From the myths we build around our parents to the pencil I offered a wasp, this piece traces the quiet ways we negotiate vulnerability and create safety in places

en

54 results

Similar Podcasts

Voices of Life

APG Mannheim

Promo Estereo Podcast

Promo Estereo

Talking Timelines Podcast

Talkingtimelines

גיקונומי

ראם שרמן ודורון ניר

Drømmefanger

Drømmefanger