The Unravelling Podcast is a sacred space for you to come to when you feel the need to be nurtured, inspired and witnessed in all the beautiful messiness of life. You can expect an eclectic mix of topics that include Motherhood, Womanhood, Soulful Business & all that is Sacred. The episodes are intended to be soothing and gentle, yet powerful and impactful, weaving the beautiful art of storytelling together with life lessons, practical tools and a little bit of magic too. The journey of unravelling has many, many layers, and each of us are on our own unique path. My hope is that the words shared in each episode will offer a spark of curiosity and a moment of resonance, and help support you in your own beautiful explorations.
Hello lovely ones,
How are you feeling today? How is your heart?
I am so excited to share with you this latest podcast episode. It is just over a year since I was held with pure love by today’s guest in my own Closing Ceremony so to be able to sit and engage in this conversation as deeply rich and nourishing for me.
If you wish to read a little more about that you can do so here.
Laura Hart Swann has such a grounding earthy presence, and yet is so undoubtedly otherworldly in the way that she communes with spirit and soul. I could have gone down so many paths in this conversation, but what strikes me the most through every thread is the beautiful way that Laura talks about, and embodies, a real merging of the inner realms and the outer environment and does so with such reverance.
I truly hope you receive the same medicine that I did when you listen to us unravel many, many different pieces of womanhood, motherhood, sacred business and more…
“It's just so beautiful to have women tying each other up in cloths, calling back the energy, drumming and singing and witnessing and saying, we see you.
We see you've been cracked wide open, but now we're all here to weave you back together again.”
—Laura Hart Swann
In this episode we discuss…
The season of life Laura is in — both practically as a 41 year old woman who is the Mother of a 6 year old son — and also from an environmental point of view as we approach Beltane and the emerging energy of Spring.
What an intentionally deep rest over the winter months really looks like when running a business and being a Mother, and how she is tending to herself as the energy rises now.
Merging our whole selves in Mothering, Business and Partnerships to encourage a letting-go of separation, and the richness that comes when we allow all pieces to be present in our work and our family life.
Laura’s journey to the soul work she does now as a Priestess, Birthkeeper and Womb and Wild Medicine Woman, and as a Mother who has grown up without a template for Motherhood.
What claiming the name Priestess means to Laura and how important shadow work has been in that journey.
Her calling to revolutionise birth and how we can honour the magic and mystery that comes through in the birth portal - even after birth.
The power of Closing Ceremonies to honour rites of passage, in particular the wrapping and holding process - and how we can reclaim our own lineage through this.
You can also listen to the episode on Apple here and Spotify here.
“If you're doing this work as your absolute soul work, then you know there is no separation at all. It will be mirrored in your life, whatever is coming up, whoever's coming to see you, there will be magic and medicine for you interrelationally in everything you're doing.
So to have this strange idea that the work and life are separate actually keeps people quite trapped.”
—Laura Hart Swann
Laura is a priestess, birthkeeper and womb & wild medicine woman. She facilitates an online thirteen moons mystery school memberspace which is open to join through the year to support a deeper understanding of the celestial tides that move us. Laura supports others to reclaim their medicine. She works with plant alchemy to facilitate healing in self and nature.
Connect with Laura here on her website and here on Instagram.
Thank you so much for being here to listen to this conversation of Unravelling, I would love to hear in the comments if you enjoy this episode and if there is anything that surfaces for you when you listen.
Until next time…
With so much love,
Lauren
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Hello to anyone who is new here… I am Lauren. Mother of two daughters, a Writer, Soulful Business Mentor, Website & Branding Creator, Human Design Guide, Sacred Space Holder and multi dimensional human being. You can find out more about my work here. Please do subscribe to join the journey, and if you enjoy this, and you do have the means, I would be so grateful if you chose to support my creations for £5 a month…
Merging the inner and outer worlds... with Laura Hart Swann