After a little hiatus, the Soft Focus is back. And today’s episode is a deep dive into the world of ghee— an ancestral superfood of clarified butter.

Sheerlie Ringler, the woman behind cult ghee brand Belly of the Sun, is on the podcast today sharing the magic of healthy fat. At Belly of the Sun, she clarifies grass-fed butter and blends it with powerful herbs to make amazing treats that nourish body and spirit. Not only is her ghee sumptuous and full of nutrition, it is also crafted to support mood, immunity, fertility and more.

Corinne and Sheerlie discuss—

• Why Ghee?
• Herbal ghee as a way to stack functions
• Sacred traditions around the world celebrating ghee, milk, etc
• Fat fueling abundance and safety
• Chronic misunderstanding of fat in the diet
• The interplay of fat, safety, fertility, and resilience
• The various body systems that rely on fat
• The essence of being and feeling nourished
• How Sheerlie makes her blends
• The power of direct-experience with herbs
• How Sheerlie sources her products
• Sierra Nevada cheese company
• Why grass-fed, pasture-raised butter is different
• The key detail about getting enough vitamin D
• The power of ancestral practices
• The nutritional profile of ghee, and why it might be better for people sensitive to dairy
• How food sensitivities are mostly reversible
• Corinne’s personal experience getting over her food sensitivities
• The radical power of simplicity
• Sheerlie’s experience moving to a rural area from an urban upbringing
• How coming home to ourselves can be a challenging process
• Sheerlie’s new direction with Belly of the Sun
• Our societal misconceptions about premium food products
• Why some food on grocery stores shelves is so cheap
• The importance of raising prices and valuing ourselves in our businesses
• Sheerlie’s view on living with deeper intention and clarity
• Connecting the dots between our choices and what we wish to create in the world
• Digging deep to find strength when it feels like everything is stacked against you

Interested in connecting with Sheerlie? Find her online www.bellyofthesun.com and on instagram bellyofthesun.
Check out the amazing sampler box of ghee and get hooked for yourself.

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“Is your baby sleeping okay?” is probably the #1 question new parents get when they bring a new child into the world. And of course it is! Sleep is essential. But it is also a hot topic, and there are many opinions about how to do it “right”.

Today’s guest is Brittany Chambers, and she has a lot to say about the natural, biological rhythms of infant sleep. Brittany is an Infant and Family Sleep Specialist, on a mission to help parents return to their intuition and connect more with their babies. She shares some keen insights about why you can stop trying to manipulate baby sleep (at all), how she embodies a family-centered way of living, and the joys of raising babies from a “foundation of safety”.

If you’re a new parent, looking to become a parent, or know someone who is, be sure to check out Brittany’s wisdom. And of course, share it with someone who you know would enjoy it.

Corinne and Britt discuss:

• How Britt’s experience being sleep trained herself translated into a passion for sleep education decades later
• The perils of late-night Google searching in the throes of parenting strife
• Reconnecting with intuition around sleep and parenting in general
• The history of “sleep training”— why is it mainstream
• Why some believe cosleeping is not only suboptimal, but even harmful
• The science behind bed-sharing in infants and resilience
• The Nurture Revolution
• Responsiveness day and night as supportive for brain development
• What Britt refers to as a “foundation of safety”
• Discernible differences Britt’s clients are seeing with children being raised with and without sleep training
• Getting trapped in parenting as a “labor of love”
• Why you don’t need to manipulate your baby’s sleep
• Helping our children learn to trust their bodies
• Britt’s emphasis on normalizing contact sleeping, and stop pathologizing infant sleep
• Why women are so scared of advocating for ourselves and our babies
• Counteracting the tendency towards the martyr complex
• Dr Sophie Brock and the Perfect Mother Myth
• The way women’s brains are wired to caretake infants in groups
• How living in a “village-less” culture contributes to the prevalence of sleep training
• Britt’s personal rhythms of living and working with her small children
• How Britt supports women returning to work and wanting to integrate children into their careers
• Embodying a family-centered way of living, and why that paradigm shift matters
• Integrating children into our daily lives
• Hunt, Gather, Parent
• When couples need to come together and get on the same page about sleep
• The importance of learning your baby’s cues
• Serve and Return
• Britt’s work with parents 1 on 1, and her group Cuddle Crew
• The critical importance of nervous system work for mothers
• Connect with Britt at goodnightmoonchild.com and on IG @goodnightmoonchild

This episode was brought to you by Late Bloomer Ranch. Be sure to check our farm-raised yarn, flower essences, and BloomBoxes available to ship in the continental USA.

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We are back with another solo episode on the podcast. Today, Corinne is diving into the (sometimes thorny) topic of motherhood. This time, the context is in agriculture.

This isn’t about advice, and it’s not a how-to. This is simply a personal reflection on how Corinne wound up raising babies at Late Bloomer Ranch, and her general philosophy around parenting.

In this episode, Corinne dives into:

• A holistic approach to parenting, and life
• The interconnectedness of ranching and motherhood
• Her personal resistance to getting married, and having children
• Her background and early preference for urban life
• How farming came into her life by accident
• The Late Bloomer Ranch Story with Corinne and Elliana
• The ways that farming healed her, and her life in recovery
• When things started to shift, and how she knew she actually did want to have children
• The similarities of motherhood and farming
• How Corinne thinks about the core principles of holism in parenting
• Accepting all feelings with boundaries and limits
• Dealing with overwhelm
• Asking for help
• Joys of children connecting with the more-than-human world
• Bringing children into all aspects of the birth-death cycle
• Lastly, tips for selecting livestock for your own small acreage and homestead endeavors.

This episode was brought to you by Late Bloomer Ranch. Be sure to check our farm-raised yarn, flower essences, and BloomBoxes available to ship in the continental USA.

And as always, we’d love to hear from you. Did you love this episode? Did it make you think? Let us know. Reach out via email hello@latebloomerranch.com or on Instagram @latebloomerranch

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See you next time.