The Ground Shots Podcast is releasing today a conversation with Sarah Galvin who lives in a cabin in southeast Alaska.
Literally right after I post this here in Hiveland, I'm going to make it live on my website and iTunes, Spotify, etc. It's been a month since I've released a new episode so I'm excited to get it out there!
We connected online a few years ago, and have been in communication since. I've always been fascinated by her story, and what she is doing, and wanted to learn more. Often with the podcast, I work off of hunches, and people I feel genuinely interested in, not necessarily interviewing people who are going to bring me 'tons of followers.' I've had those people approach me, and if i don't resonate, I don't feature them!
I'm glad I acted on this hunch with Sarah. She is such an amazing storyteller. I could listen to her all day. Her stories about traveling I can totally resonate with, being a nomad for many years now, sticking mainly to Turtle Island (she lived in Europe too). Her story about living on a remote island in Alaska alone though got me. It's something I fantasize about, only have plant kin as friends, but she reminds me that it was her 'dark night of the soul' experience and that it wasn't easy.
Episode #54 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Sarah Galvin, who hosts and creates with House of Yore, formerly Forest and Fjord. Sarah hosts exploratory ancestral workshops through House of Yore, as well as sells small batch bioregional herbal medicine.
In this conversation with Sarah, we talk about:
Sarah’s traveling years starting with leaving home as a teenager to live in Europe
Sarah’s experience working on various farms across the country and some pros and cons of WWOOFing (Worldwide Working on Organic Farms)
How she ended up in Alaska and some of her ‘dark nights of the soul’ experiences there living alone on a remote island in an off grid cabin, and what she learned about facing demons and her greatest fears
The need for chaos medicine in our culture, and how making space for that instead of pushing it away is needed
Sarah’s experience growing up with Ayurveda and her training in it, as well as how this framework helps her see the world, especially in regards to honing in on what our individual roles are on earth
How Sarah’s Irish ancestry helps her connect to so-called Alaska and pastoralism
Some history talk of colonialism in Alaska, and how rapid climate change is occurring there
Listen over at the Of Sedge and Salt blog and podcast homepage:
www.ofsedgeandsalt.com/podcastblog/sarahgalvin
Or listen directly from where I host the podcast, here:
https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=17998451
Such a fan of your podcasts! Will share this where I can.
thanks a lot for putting this on my radar xx
glad you like the podcast! I think Sarah has some great stories and wisdom to share, and listening to this myself, its like the balm I also need.
Will surely give this a listen. Love the story and pictures. Inspiring stuff.
A hug from Portugal
aw thanks! Hope you enjoy it!
Just gave it a listen and I enjoyed it a lot, in many ways. Very personal, highly interesting and enjoyable on many levels, even the music. Overall good vibes.
Thank you! :<)
P.S. I hardly every listen to 1h40 minute podcasts but I listened to this in its entirety, more or less non stop.