The Earth Sea Love Podcast

056 - Creative Alchemy with Anatalia Vallez

Welcome back to The Earth Sea Love Podcast. We're very happy to share with you our first conversation episode of 2023.
Your host, Dr. Sheree Mack is talking to Anatalia Vallez. Anatalia is  a writer, actor, and creative alchemist from California, United States with roots in Guerrero, Mexico. Addressing everything from migration, machismo and our relationship to nature, she seeks to find intimate truths and plant seeds through art.  
In this episode they talk about:
* Gratitude
* When Sheree and Anatalia first met
* Where Anatalia is calling in from
* What is Anatalia's relationship with nature
* What does Anatalia do? Who do she be?
* The art making process
* The Most Spectacular Mistake, Anatalia's writing
* What it was like to release a collection of poetry during a pandemic
*The benefits of listening
* Remembering our ancestors
* Belonging to nature
* Homies who submit - writing and publishing
 
Bio: Anatalia Vallez is a writer, actor, and creative alchemist from California, United States with roots in Guerrero, Mexico. Addressing everything from migration, machismo and our relationship to nature, she seeks to find intimate truths and plant seeds through art.  She is the author of the poetry collection: The Most Spectacular Mistake (FlowerSong Press, 2020) which has been featured in the LA Times, LibroMobile and KPFK Radio’s Nuestra Voz. Currently completing her MFA in Television, Film and Theatre at Cal State Los Angeles this Spring, she's also working on a second collection of poetry and curating a virtual BIPOC-centered community called Homies Who Submit.Subscribe to Anatalia's newsletter:  Substack newsletterPurchase a signed copy of The Most Spectacular Mistake Follow Homies Who Submit on Instagram and Twitter Support Anatalia on Patreon or Ko-Fi 

055 - Divided Energies/ Going Canny

March and another solo episode from your host of The Earth Sea Love Podcast, Dr. Sheree Mack.
Sheree continues to share her healing journey with you as she reflects on the time past already in 2023, and what to expect in the coming months with guest conversations on the podcast.
In this solo episode, Sheree talks about:
* Holding herself accountable and showing up
* One foot in Winter/ one foot in Spring
* Procrastination - and healing or not!
* Taking the time for consolidation of new learning
* Listening
* Recent outside gigs and commitments
* Unburying the MIxmoir
* Accepting was is her task and what is not her task
* The episodes to come for Spring
 
 

054 - Why We Heal after Alex Elle

You have just joined another solo episode with the host of The Earth Sea Love Podcast, Dr. Sheree Mack as she takes the time and energy to share with you her healing journey of 2023, so far!
 
This episode starts with another quote from Alex Elle, which states,  
"We heal to make space, to redefine ourselves and our narratives. To expand and become better. To forgive, create new possibilities, and move forward. To build community and create bonds. We heal to release shame, manifest self-love, create autonomy, and begin again. We heal to redefine ourselves, face our fears, and develop self-trust. We heal to mend relationships and deepen connections with those around is. We heal to get free. "
Alex Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free ( 2022, p.12)
 
Following this quote, Sheree shares about her issue around considering herself 'enough' and then continues to share her 10 reasons for wanting to heal, taken from Elle's book.
Here are the sentence starters as mentioned in this episode which also appear in Alex Elle's book and can be used by you to think about what you need to heal also.
Ten Reasons Why I Heal ( p.18 of How We Heal)
 
I am healing because I want ...
I am healing because I need ...
I am healing because I deserve ...
I am healing because I feel ...
I am healing because I see ...
I am healing because I love ...
I am healing because I my ...
I am healing because I am ...
I am healing because I can ...
I am healing because I choose ...

Being An Inner Healer

You have just joined another solo episode with the host of The Earth Sea Love Podcast, Dr. Sheree Mack as she takes the time and energy to share with you her healing journey of 2023, so far!
 
This episode starts with a quote from Alex Elle, which states,    
" give yourself permission to mend slowly, and sweetly, and in due time. there's no need to rush your healing, there's no need to "get over it" today - or even tomorrow. let your process lead you. make space for your grief to teach you something."
 
Sheree follows up this quote from Alex Ella with a discussion around:
* We all need to heal
* Getting her fur fix on through dog sitting
* Sharing another practice of her healing process - oracle cards
* The Earthcraft Oracle by Juliet Diaz and Lorriane Anderson and illustrated by Danielle Boodoo-Fortune
* Pulling number 13 - Inner Healer card
* Choosing to take trauma and transforming it into medicine
* Shining light and confronting pain

We Are All Worthy of Love

Welcome back to another episode from your host Dr. Sheree Mack, where she is sharing her healing journey for 2023.
In this episode, Sheree starts with a poem. 'When George Met Anita, Bradford 1968.' Taken from Sheree's first full collection of poetry titled, Family Album, 2011, Flambard Press, Sheree shares this poem to shed light on the love she witnessed between her mum and dad while growing up.
Also in this episode, Sheree talks about:
* The love between soulmates
* The love of a good woman can save a life
* The story of her marriage breakdown
* The grieving to healing journey
* The expectations of marriage
* Committing to spending time alone to heal
* The power of love as a healing resource
* As a Blackwoman in white supremacy culture
* Listening to the podcast,  Soft Where? by Ayana Zaire Cotton
* To be in relationship with love and care
* Testing the healing process.
 
" We are all worthy go love, we are all worthy of care, we are all worthy of possibilities." Ayana Zaire Cotton

051 - It’s all about the healing

It’s all about healing
Welcome back to another episode from the mini series with your host of The Earth Sea Love Podcast, Dr. Sheree Mack. In this episode she explores the practice of healing and how difficult it can be.  
Talking about:
* We are all connected so our healing is connected.* To heal, where do you start?* Paralysed with fear therefore doing nothing* Healing isn’t linear, it’s a life-long practice* Centring joy in the healing journey* Retraumatising self on this healing journey* More supportive practices for the healing journey.* What happens in times of uncertainty?* Anchors used through these times of uncertainty* Leaning into my breath in the moments of rest* Insight Timer - Building Healthy Habits Challenge 2023

The Earth Sea Love Podcast is back - 2023

Season 5 - Episode 050 - Welcome to The Earth Sea Love Podcast of 2023.
Thank you for being here. Thank you for sticking with us. 
In this solo episode, part of a mini series around healing, your host, Dr. Sheree Mack talks openly and honestly about:
* The projections for 2023 for the podcast after a moment of hiatus* Our perceptions of time* Energy cycles that ebb and flow* A commitment to release an episode for the the podcast each month* Marking my healing journey of 2023 and what looks like* The Matriarch of Healing in my Lineage, taken from Alex Elle* Ancestral healing backwards and forwards* Practices that are supporting this healing journey* The Earth Sea Love Zine on Substack. 

049 - Letting Go to Root into Place with Jackee Holder

Welcome back to The Earth Sea Love Podcast.
It brings us great joy to share with you our next episode with the wise and wonderful Jackee Holder. Jackee was a guest on the podcast back in Season 2, with a two parts series of conversations with her around trees, journaling and claiming space outside. 
We had to ask her back this year because there has been so many changes in her life since.
In this episode with your host Dr. Sheree Mack, Jackee talks about:
* Moving to a new home
* Rooting into place
* Having to let go
* Going through changes like nature
* Learning to land where you land
* The Willow Tree
* Co-writing spaces
* The power of women creating together in community
* Rewinding with trees, writing maps
* A reciprocal relationship with nature 
 
Bio from website:
Jackee is an executive leadership coach and coach trainer working across a range of sectors (further education, NHS, higher education, media, public sectors and cultural and creative industries). Her creative and intuitive approach brings learning and training alive whilst offering skilful facilitation and embodiment of coaching and personal development in real and practical ways.
Jackee loves writing and is the author of ‘Soul Purpose’, ‘Be Your Best Life Coach’ and ‘49 Ways To Write Yourself Well’ (2013) and has been a contributing writer to several books and articles. Her work has been featured in Psychologies and Red Magazines and she was part of the successful Twinings Tea Take Ten campaign (2011) in partnership with Red and Psychologies magazines.
Jackee writes almost everyday and is a prolific journal writer. When Jackee is not delivering coaching in businesses or organisations she’s busy running courses and retreats and writing e-books for writers and creative entrepreneurs. She supports writers of all levels in one to one coaching and mentoring.
Jackee’s skill as a conference host and workshop facilitator has taken her across the globe. She’s delivered workshops and retreats in several US locations and the Caribbean. She recently co-chaired the Spirit Of Coaching conference featuring Sir John Whitmore at the Brahma Kumaris in London and can be booked as a facilitative host or keynote speaker for your events, conferences and seminars.
On Jackee's website you'll be able to find a lot of free resources to support your journaling practice. 
Jackee can also be found on Instagram, where you'll able to get in touch with her to find out more about her new deck of Inner and Outer Self-discovery cards.
 

048: The PrivilegeTo Be of Community Serve with Dr. Geeta Ludhra

To mark the 2nd anniversary of The Earth Sea Love Podcast, we are bringing you two special episodes. 
 
The second episode is with the lovely and wise, Dr. Geeta Ludhra. Geeta, a  Lecturer in Education at Brunel University, talks about the walking group she set up after recently moving to The Chilterns, Dadima.
In this episode we also talk about:
*  the privilege of living in a certain place
* the meaning of the name 'Dadima'
* the grandmother figure and wisdom within diverse cultures
* an embodied connection with nature
* being a seeker of knowledge, culture and connection
* the diversity of nature connections and amplifying these stories
* walking, self-care and nature
* nature and creativity
* the trauma baton and choosing joy
* the privilege of serving community
* future plans and dreams.
 
Bio:
DR GEETA LUDHRA(A British-born South Asian woman, of Hindu religious background. She/her)
Dr Geeta Ludhra lives in the Chilterns, after living in Slough, Hounslow and Nottinghamshire. She was raised within humble circumstances, as the daughter of first-generation South Asian parents who settled from India in the early 60s. Geeta’s heritage, education journey and research interests bring a unique lens as a Board Member of the Chilterns Area of Natural Beauty. Geeta is passionately committed to diversity and representation in relation to natural landscapes as inclusive green spaces for all.
Geeta works as a Lecturer in Education at Brunel University, where she teaches across Postgraduate programmes and engages in academic research. She is currently researching her book on ‘successful’ South Asian women. Her background is rooted in primary school teaching and leadership, where she has worked across diverse London schools, specialising in English. Her working interests touch on women’s studies, social inclusion in education, anti-racism, and respectful ways of working with more ‘hard-to-reach’ communities.
As part of her community interests, Geeta runs a registered community enterprise, where she promotes intergenerational heritage cooking and storytelling, monthly nature walks and leads a women’s writing group.
 
Instagram: @_dadimas Twitter: @educatinggeeta
 

047 - ’Nothing On Your Back’: Freedom, Spirituality and Creativity with Marcia Ley

To mark the 2nd anniversary of The Earth Sea Love Podcast, we are bringing you two special episodes. 
 
The first episode, 047: 'Nothing On Your Back': Freedom, Spirituality and Creativity with Marcia Ley, is such a juicy, fulfilling listen.
Marcia Ley, an Artist, Cyclist, lover of nature, based in the North-East of England, shares how she is inspired by nature in her attempt to bring this awesomeness into her practice. A painter and printmaker, and a sticker, Marcia uses her artwork to say thank you to Mother Nature.
In this episode, we talk about her practice, her Christianity, a Christian green movement, getting outdoors alone as well as with a group of women cycling.
Outdoors can be Marcia's sanctuary, inspiration, wonder and joy.
Take a listen to this episode and be inspired yourself as nature get's her own back in so many wonderful and awesome ways.
Thanks for listening and enjoy. 
 
Bio:
Marcia Ley is an Artist , Cyclist , lover of nature , van lady, person of faith , collector  and walker. My work responds to all of these elements. I feel deeply connected to the natural world and I’m passionate about improving our care for it. I work in the medium of printmaking, painting and collage. My  home workshop Garden Press is a space for my personal practice ,small group and one to one tuition .
Website: Marcia Ley  
Instagram: @marcia.ley and @garden_press