Black Girl Country Living – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Aligning with the cycles of the seasons means allowing the full winter to unpack and process before stepping into the new year. This episode, I am reflecting on a major transition over the past year in my professional life and the lessons that I gathered.

I share lessons in rewilding as a way to learn out loud for personal and collective growth, and as a reminder that rewilding is a nonlinear journey. It requires ongoing reflection, challenging common narratives, and matching values with sustainable practices.

Rewilding Reflections from the Episode:

“All the healing work I had done to tame my ego, hold complexity and paradox, and find peace in my body seemed to evaporate. I knew that growth was uncomfortable, but learning in such a visible way stretched me beyond what I had imagined.”

“In the midst of a big life lesson, it is hard to appreciate the wisdom and learning that is being woven into our being. The stretching creates new openings that rewrite our understanding of ourselves and the world, allowing for new connections and emergent possibilities.”

“Each point of conflict created an opportunity to reflect on parts of myself that were hurt or broken. As I learned to be curious about the pain and the instinct to resist, I softened just a bit more. I saw something different in myself and the stories I told myself about this pain.”

Links:

Subscribe to the Substack: BGCL Newsletter

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Learn more on the website: Black Girl Country Living

In this episode, I reflect on my journey in community building, rewilding my approach to education, and starting a nature-based learning community, Rewild Learning Co-op.

In This Episode:

* A grounding breathwork exercise to settle into the present moment.

* Reflections on the importance of intentional community building and what it requires.

* Insights from my personal annual review and the themes that emerged from the past year.

* The evolution of the Rewild Learning Co-op and why we are building slow.

Rewilding Reflections from the Episode:

* “We need community right now, but not a whole lot of conversation about what that actually looks like in the day-to-day and what that requires.”

* “Taking your time and building slowly is the surest way to make sure that you are building a solid foundation.”

* “I want our older children to be given the opportunity to be leaders, guides, and mentors—and younger children offer a perspective of possibility and creativity.”

Links:

* Read the original post on Substack: Rewild Learning Co-op

* Subscribe to the Substack: BGCL Newsletter

* Follow on Instagram: @blackgirl.countryliving

* Learn more on the website: Black Girl Country Living

* Year Compass Tool: YearCompass

Spring is upon us and this month we are celebrating LIGHT.

Light draws us out of darkness, expands our awareness, and guides us into new edges of ourselves. This month, light brings us lessons on vulnerability, spiritual callings, love, and more.

On the episode today, you will hear:

* A note from the editor on light inspiring a step into the unknown

* A Kith Card from a nature photographer who found his calling in light

* A chat with a friend about love as a form of light and where we find it in nature

* Rewilding Experiences: Rewilding Circle waitlist is now open to BIPOC women who want to learn to return home to themselves with nature.

Guests today:

* Javaris Johnson on Instagram

* Amina Laela on Instagram and Muvaland Beach

ABOUT BGCL Podcast:

Black Girl Country Living Podcast explores nature as a way to connect to ourselves, community, and the living world. Each month we dive into a new theme with stories and interviews that center the perspectives and experiences of people of color.

We are a collective on a journey to find healing in nature and discover how the outside can guide us inward. Join us each moth for thoughtful conversations, new perspectives, and fresh insights on how to rewild.

* Follow on IG: https://www.instagram.com/blackgirl.countryliving/

* Subscribe to the magazine: bgcl.substack.com

* Inquiries and more about BGCL: https://www.blackgirlcountryliving.com/

Let's step out into nature and see what wisdom she can share about FREEDOM.

Freedom is something that most of us take for granted, but we rarely stop to think about what it really means. Where it comes from and the many forms that it can take. This month we are taking in lessons that nature has to teach us about freedom.

On the episode today, you will hear:

* My note to you about trees, loss, and freedom

* A Kith Card from multi-generational farmer and freedom on the land

* A chat with a friend about Harriet Tubman and her brilliance

* An update on our first Rewilding Experience and what’s coming next

Be sure to get the BGCL VIBES playlist this month and go deeper into the theme of freedom.

Guests today:

* Bethaney Wilkinson of A More Beautiful Way

* Jocelyn Rice of Black Earth United

ABOUT BGCL:

Black Girl Country Living Podcast explores nature as a way to connect to ourselves, community, and the living world. Each month we dive into a new theme with stories and interviews that center the perspectives and experiences of people of color. 

We are a collective on a journey to find healing in nature and discover how the outside can guide us inward. If you already grab a cup of tea. Take a deep breath to ground yourself in this moment and let's rewild.

Follow on IG: https://www.instagram.com/blackgirl.countryliving/

Subscribe to the magazine: bgcl.substack.com

Learn more about BGCL: https://www.blackgirlcountryliving.com/

It’s official: 2023 is the year of slowness and moving with intention. This month, I explore how these ideas shows up in the ways we care for ourselves, each other, and our environment. I welcome friends and family to discuss music, slow activism, and more.

* BGCL Vibes Playlist

* Follow on IG

BGCL Magazine is officially out in the world and is marking some changes for the podcast. The podcast will provide an audio experience to bring the stories and ideas in the magazine to life.  

This week, you are getting a preview of the podcast with the Letter from the Editor section. Check back next week for the full audio experience.

• Subscribe to the magazine: https://bgcl.substack.com/
• Follow on IG: https://www.instagram.com/blackgirl.countryliving/

Anyone else feel lost when it comes to self care? It's not just you.

Many of us are having to relearn what it means to care for ourselves.

It is not something that we have to earn and it does not have to cost money.

However, It is something we must learn to prioritize in order to provide love and support to others around us.

Listen and subscribe for the full story.

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Welcome Wild Ones

In this episode, I share a little new and a little old. I read my latest BGCL Substack post: Rest as a Lifelong Practice to explore my evolving relationship with rest and share a past post about why rest is essential in a world that values productivity over presence. I reflect on how rest has been a sacred part of my journey, reconnecting me to a deeper sense of self and teaching me that rest is a radical act of self-love and resistance.

In This Episode:

- A collective breath to ground ourselves during uncertain times

- Personal insights on rest as an evolving practice that invites us to reconnect with what truly matters.

- Reflections on how our culture’s obsession with productivity distances us from our right to rest.

- Questions for reflection on how we can honor rest in our daily lives.

Rewilding Reflections from the Episode:

“Rest also taught me that I have value beyond my labor. That being present with myself is an incredible gift.”

“Rest is the freedom from the things in our physical world that demand our time and attention. It is the disciplined pursuit of nothingness in order to connect to what is eternal.”

“We forget that being is not achieved through a collection of space, but through a connection between all living things, past, present, and future.”

Links:

Read the original post on Substack: Rest as a Lifelong Practice

Subscribe to the Substack: BGCL Newsletter

Follow on Instagram: @blackgirl.countryliving

Learn more on the website: Black Girl Country Living

Welcome Wild Ones

In this episode, I read my latest BGCL Substack post: Feeling the Earth in Our Bodies. I reflect on the earth’s grief and the ways it mirrors our own. As the planet responds to extraction and disconnection, we are invited to remember that we, too, are nature. We feel this grief deeply in our bodies, carrying generations of longing for connection and balance.

In This Episode:

• A grounding breathwork exercise to connect with our bodies and the present moment.

• Reflections on grief as a response to the detachment from our natural selves and the world both individually and collectively.

• A journey into rewilding and reclaiming our bodies as sacred vessels of wisdom and truth.

• Affirmations and questions for reflection on how to reconnect with our bodies and each other.

Rewilding Reflections from the Episode:

“The earth is grieving. Beyond the sadness of this autumn season—she is hurting from the extraction, conflict, and suffering that is rampant across this world.”

“I have come to refer to my body as my little slice of earth. It is my place for tending and nurturing. A place where I can create safety and seek out wisdom.”

“We are collectively feeling a sense that we need each other. That what we have been doing is no longer working. Our bodies are telling us it is time to shift and come home.”

Links:

Read the original post on Substack: The Earth in Our Bodies

Subscribe to the Substack: BGCL Newsletter

Follow on Instagram: @blackgirl.countryliving

Learn more on the website: Black Girl Country Living

Welcome Wild Ones

In today’s episode, I read to you my latest substack post: "Endings Are Beginnings." This explores the cyclical nature of life, how seasons, systems, and organizations experience growth, decline, and renewal. Together, we reflect on how we can hold space for the messy, sacred transitions that pave the way for new life.

In This Episode:

- A collective breathwork exercise to center our attention and drop into the present moment.

- Reflections on the autumn season and the beauty in embracing cycles of decay and renewal.

- Insights from personal, community, and systemic perspectives on how endings make way for beginnings.

- An invitation to reflect on how we move through our own transitions, honoring the natural cycles of life.

Rewilding Reflections from the Episode:

“Just like autumn, the releasing of the old is an invitation to reset. It is a beautiful, messy, raw, and sacred deconstruction of the past and an initiation of a new cycle of great potential.”

“Nature never panics when autumn rolls around each year; it simply trusts that death will be followed by birth. I am learning to trust this process, to trust that every ending is simply part of the symphony of new beginnings.”

“We are deep in our autumn season, releasing what no longer serves us. We are setting down ideas of separateness, dominance, and rigid hierarchy in favor of possibilities that honor our responsibilities to ourselves, each other, and the living world.”

Links:

Read the original post on Substack: Endings Are Beginnings

Explore more about Just Transition: Just Transition

Learn more about The Great Turning: The Great Turning

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Subscribe to the Substack: BGCL Newsletter + Podcast

Check out the website: Black Girl Country Living