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The Nurture Pod

Virginia Edwards

A podcast that questions our current culture"s consensus reality and opens a space to dream something new into being. Iris Sullivan Daire (artist, writer, teacher) and Ginger Edwards (mindset coach, owner of North Fork 53 retreat center) host from their small rural communities on the Oregon coast. They move from playful conversations to deep dives into how life could be on planet Earth if we allowed ourselves to dream into a new way of relating to ourselves and with each other rooted in the magic of

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Episode 42: Eclipses, Equinox and Ancient Nurture...

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2025/09/24

Welcome back to the Nurture Pod. Ginger reporting in from Cusco, Peru and Iris from Astoria OR because Nurture Culture is intentionally international for this season. We just experienced a big ol' Eclipse season from a Full Lunar Eclipse to a Partial Solar Eclipse and New Moon. It's a powerful time to be listening to the energy of the Earth, especially as world politics and climate become more volatile. Ginger spent the Lunar Eclipse floating on Lake Titicaca in Peru and reports i...

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Nurture Pod Episode 42: Astoria to Arequipa- nurture...

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2025/08/31

In the first episode reporting from Peru, Ginger catches up with Iris on what has been a wild travel ride for the past 3 weeks. Selling home, leaving the US, and solo traveling on a spiritual pilgrimage meets deeply rooted Oregon coast creative community, art and family energy. Nurture culture encompasses both and much more. If you are inspired by this conversation please leave us a "tip" in the form of your feedback! When you rate, review and share our podcast with friends we deeply ap...

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Nurture Pod 41: We're back! New Moon in Leo

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2025/07/24

Happy New Moon in Leo nuture nation! The Nurture Pod returns after a summer break. Ginger and Iris catch up on all the new beginnings and twists and turns their lives are taking. Ginger has officially left home and is embarking on her Fool Card journey to visit some of the Earth's powerful chakra centers. Iris is heading into the 6th Annual Indigo Fest which features a deep dive into the blue waters of nurture culture and creativity. This episode finds them both in Iris's ho...

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Episode 40: The Fool steps forward

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2025/06/09

When new chapters are unfolding very often the heart will go where the mind fears to tread. How do we know when to follow our heart/soul's urge to step into the unknown and when to stick to the path well trodden? In this episode Iris and Ginger break down 5 ways the heart is indicating she would like to take the wheel. To create a new nurture culture/future we must get familiar with trusting what feels like uncharted territory. When in doubt- use this check list as confirmation you're m...

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Episode 39: Mediating between the media and our sense...

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2025/05/25

In this episode Ginger and Iris dive into the "theory of change" a term coined by David Bornstein of the Solutions Journalism Network. Basically the idea that reporting on how bad everything it will lead to a better world. Now that the global news stream on our phones is being updated every 2 minutes how can our nervous systems handle to being inundated with everything that's going wrong while being offered few if any solutions? Can a better world emerge when so many avoid, ...

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Episode 38: We never left the garden- the Beltane Dew...

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2025/05/01

Happy Beltane (aka May Day) everyone. In this episode Iris and Ginger talk about the blossoming of life as spring tips towards summer, doing the dew magic, being ecstatic as our natural state and the power of imagination. Light a candle. Pick yourself a bouquet of flowers. Eat cake under the crescent moon tonight. Magic is the real deal. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Special shout out to: Adrienne Maree Brown whose work inspired this podcast. Find all her books and mo...

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Episode 37: Death Cults and Spring Renewal

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2025/04/21

Welcome to Nurture Pod Season Two- Episode 37. Recorded on a misty Oregon coast Easter (Ostara) Sunday, Iris and Ginger discuss spring renewal; in mythology, personal practice and as a necessary part of life. The beauty of spring in 2025 is juxtaposed against the unprecedented political rise of techno-fascist-deathcults that seek their own eternal life through AI and biotechnology while at the same time accelerate the destruction of natural life here on Earth. What can we l...

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Season Two Begins! Calling in the Elements of Nurture...

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2025/04/09

Welcome to Season Two of the Nurture Pod! Iris and Ginger begin each season by calling in the five elements that nurture all of life; air, fire, water, earth and spirit. We're living in wild and unprecedented times but the elements are ancient guides- showing us how to renew, transform and envision our way forward. 2025 will be a season of new adventures, new friends and many conversations about how we can nurture the "beautiful world our hearts know is possible" into being. Than...

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Episode 35: Spring Equinox- Celebrating 1 Year of...

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2025/03/20

Send us a text We've reached the finale of Season One of the Nurture Pod! Iris and Ginger started the Nurture Pod one year ago on Spring Equinox 2024. Somehow that time has turned into 35 podcasts and thousands of downloads! Thanks to you our listeners for making this podcast a success and for listening to us talk Nurture week after week. In this episode we are reflecting, recapping and honing in on what a year of conversations has turned into in terms of Nurture Culture. ...

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Episode 34: Lunar Eclipse in Virgo: Orphan crusher...

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2025/03/14

Send us a text In this episode Iris and Ginger delve into the wildness of the moment we are living in on Planet Earth. With the forces of oligarchy, climate change, social upheaval on all sides choosing a positive way forward becomes increasingly mired in confusion. The full moon in Virgo is a total lunar eclipse. The shadow world of what has been lying beneath so much of what America has been built upon is being exposed. Nurture culture asks us to reflect on how all this is pla...

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Episode 33: Survival of the Nurtured

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2025/02/22

Send us a text In this episode Iris and Ginger dig into how we survive in times when we are called into community action. How do we create community and connections in a culture that has emphasized individualism and competition. Netflix and chill is ending. We are in the era of potluck and organize- and with that comes it's own set of skills and challenges of how to get along with others. What models do we have to draw from? Earth is a place of survival of the nurtured. Let's ge...

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Episode 32: The People United. (may exist in a state...

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2025/02/14

Send us a text In this episode of the Nurture Pod Iris and Ginger discuss the state of these here United States from the perspective of the Unified State theory. In challenging times it's easy to be overwhelmed, afraid, checked out and just plain baffled that these are the circumstances we now find ourselves in. Many are feeling unsure of what to do. While this episode provides no easy answers, it will hopefully give you a perspective shift that feels empowering and creative. And we k...

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Episode 31: New Moon in Aquarius- Lunar Imbolc- Year...

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2025/01/29

Send us a textAn auspicious new moon in Aquarius ushers in the year of the Wood Snake. This new moon also marks lunar Imbolc- the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Change is in the air and deep in the soil as the Northern Hemisphere begins to awaken from it's winter slumber. Sap runs from root to branch and seeds in the earth begin to stir. As chaos bubbles in the cauldron of culture, the dance of the Sun, Earth and Moon move gracefully onward towards spring. In thi...

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Episode 30: The Time We Give Ourselves

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2025/01/17

Send us a textIn this episode Iris and Ginger chat about time. How it works us or how we work it. Life in the modern world can easily become chunks of time segmented into work lists and goals. Do we intentionally create times to escape that dynamic or does that become more of the same?When are we free from time? Why does every minute need to count? How much time do we spend worrying about how much time we have? This and more as we wander gently through this rain soaked January. ...

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Episode 29: New Year, New Adventures!

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2025/01/10

Send us a textIn this episode Iris and Ginger welcome in 2025 with a big announcement. If life is change then 2025 will be living with no holds barred. A shorter episode in recognition of one giant step at a time. The reminder to pace yourself when change is underway is the nurture lesson of the day. To find more about classes and courses Iris is offering visithttps://www.dreambirdstudio.com/To find Ginger's events, coaching and courses visit:https://www.northfork53.com/Many th...

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Episode 28: Winter Solstice

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2024/12/21

Send us a textWelcome to the longest night of the year. (in the Northern Hemisphere) The cold dark winter stretches out before us as the Earth tilts it's northern hemisphere to it furthest point away from the Sun. From this portal of solar alignment comes Solstice images, symbols and mythology that cultures across the planet celebrate. The world tree. The virgin birth. Light entering the darkness. Just to name a few.On this special Solstice episode, Iris and Ging...

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Episode 27: The Creativity Conundrum

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2024/12/12

Send us a textAs 2024 draws to a close Iris and Ginger spiral around creativity. What does it mean to live a creative year, month, day or even life? The struggle of being a working artist and knowing how to value your creative process and output. The culture of conformity and productivity and how that filters our creative vision. The big picture of life being the ultimate creative act on a wildly creative planet. There's no answers but lots of ideas in this one. A long an...

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Episode 26: Winter's Cailleach Call

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2024/12/06

Send us a textIn this episode Ginger celebrates her 51st birthday and dives into what it means to be a woman entering the time of the Cailleach, the Celtic Goddess of Winter andIris visualizes how we can graph our life movements to create a bigger picture. Both discuss the energy of the end of the year and ways to drop out of the cultural hustle and into the starry darkness of becoming. What are you nurturing as the year wanes towards the Winter Solstice? To find more about cla...

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Episode 25: Re-membering gratitude as an ancient...

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2024/11/27

Send us a textGratitude will get a whole lot of lip service this week in a culture that's rife with political and social divisions. Is it possible to still be grateful when you're feeling frustrated and resentful towards others or are in deep grief around the state of the world? Our ancestors may have the keys to unlock the power of this dark time of the year and how winter rituals were used for healing and renewal in community. In this episode Iris and Ginger dig into a feast...

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Episode 24: Wit, Knowing and Ken- 3 ways to unpack...

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2024/11/12

Send us a textIn this post election episode Iris and Ginger discuss the national election results in 3 different ways. In a culture dominated by the mind they include the heart and gut into the process to understand the place we have newly arrived at in America. Wit: the mental understanding of the results. Ideas, perceptions, thoughts and judgements. Knowing: the somatic experience of the heart and body. How our heart understands what is happening in the world and our e...

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