Lisa Farmer: Mega Mother / Doula / Unconditional Friend / Community Organizer

We are visited by 6 of Lisa’s 12 children and 2 of her almost 6 grandchildren.  Her creative contribution to the world is raising amazing future humans by teaching them self-expression and capability.  This was not her original intent.  She might have been an attorney.  Join us for her extremely thoughtful and elegant description of what intentional mothering looks like.Interview highlights:+ raising children to think for themselves+ personal development through 12 teachers+ 28 years of mothering+ kids need to play in the dirt+ sorting potatoes at 11 yrs old+ celebrating diversity and tolerance+ sustainability prevents vulnerability+ a seed must break to grow+ teaching by example+ fathers who honor mothers+ we want messy, lovely people+ curating familyA taste:“If the potato farmers did well, the whole community did well.  Because they were the ones…if they were doing well then they spent within the community, which put money into everyone else’s pockets.  […]  If the farmers were doing well then they were employing people and all those people were spending money at the local stores and the grocery store.”“Sometimes people get swallowed up in larger areas so it’s nice to be in a place where you can still feel a sense that individuals are valuable and everybody contributes and has something to offer…and you appreciate their different opinions.”Favorite quotes:“When the student is ready, the teacher arrives.”Support the showThank you for listening!  Please subscribe to support this project.Love, Sagewolf xoxo