This episode is an interview with Kate West, the co-founder of Nest & Bowl and Song Carriers ATX.

Kate is mama to four growing humans, a song carrier and weaver of words. She’s facilitated hundreds of women’s circles and knows the magic initiated when women gather with intention. She studied holistic health and nutrition at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2005 and has been supporting women and families to recover wellness and balance in their lives for the past 18 years. She’s a birth doula, minister, and ceremonialist, offering safe space for her community to remember wholeness through direct communion with the sacredness of life. Kate is an Ayurvedic postpartum caregiver and chef, a homegrown herbalist and regenerative gardener, finding herself most at home when immersed in the natural world with her family and community. She facilitates ceremonies and song circles in the Austin area.

In this episode we dive into the transformational transition from maiden to mother, how we can rewild ourselves and connect deeper with nature and the unseen world around us to help us live life in a more soulful way. We also talk about the power of story-telling and song as medicine, and we share our common dream of a world where we are re-villaging our lives and co-creating inclusive communities that support the health, vitality and growth of everyone.

Links

Kate's personal Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/innerhum

Kate's company Nest & Bowl on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nestandbowl

Nest & Bowl's website: www.nestandbowl.com

The Well of the Mother song circles: https://nestbowl.as.me/song-circles

Song Carriers ATX: https://mailchi.mp/045b5ed80f36/songcarriersatx

Praising Earth (Madi Sato’s work / Song Carriers): www.praisingearth.org

Noirin ni Riain (Irish grandmother song carrier): www.noirin.love

Wildfamily movie: https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/wild-family-a-film-about-parenting-2015

Voices of the Grandmothers film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdTvkrWX2Ig

Books: Sharon Blackie “If Women Rose Rooted” and Bill Plotkin “Soulcraft”