Navigating inner winter as mothers & carers

Welcome back to the Cyclical Motherhood podcast!This is the first of four episodes focusing on the inner and outer seasons. Understanding and embodying the seasons is one of the foundational pieces of our work with Cyclical Motherhood. In this episode we discuss: nature’s winter our inner winter or menstruation winter in our motherhood journey our understanding and experience of this season within our bodies and the resonances with this season in nature and in our lives as mothers the importance of the preparation for winter as crucial for a “good winter” and consequently crucial for a good overall cycle how our inner winters have changed since motherhood some monthly winter rituals that carry us through our motheringThis is a very rich and longer than usual conversation, as we both love winter so much and we couldn't stop talking!___References and resources:Hayley’s moon charts for cycle chartingRead more about Hayley's 'crone cloth' practice hereMidwife Robin Lim’s book on postpartum: “After the Baby’s Birth: A Woman’s Way to Wellness”___Thank you for being here ♥︎We hope you have enjoyed our conversation today. Please do share with any other mothers you think might receive something from our conversation.If you wish to connect to us, you can find us on Instagram @cyclicalmotherhoodTo connect directly with Hayley @_hayley_anderson_ and https://hayleyanderson.co.uk/To connect directly with Marinella @earthmoonmala and https://www.earthmoonmala.com/Music is Medicine Tune by Julie Abbé https://julieabbe.com/