Writer Becca Piastrelli on Reweaving Connection and Community in the Age of Loneliness [episode 63]

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Becca Piastrelli shares about the ups and downs of birthing a book and baby, during a global pandemic. You’ll also hear about:

Becca’s new book - Root and Ritual
How to create community and not a cult
Advice on supporting a new parent
The tension of not wanting to participate in the system but having to

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Becca Piastrelli writes about her life experiences, facilitates women’s gatherings both virtually and in person, and is the host of the Belonging podcast. She teaches and speaks on the nature of belonging and runs retreats to help women reconnect with their rooted sense of self. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, child, two cats, and five chickens, where she gardens, cooks, mothers, and gathers with the ebb and flow of the seasons. You can learn more about her at beccapiastrelli.com.

In this episode, we talk about:

Becca leads us in a gentle grounding meditation to reconnect with our bodies and the Earth
On being a new mother during a global pandemic
Humans as innately communal beings
On feeling setup to feel disconnected and lonely
Community and connection as the balm for this world
That on average, humans in the West spend 90% of their time indoors
On feeling discomfort with your child’s discomfort
On the deliberate separation of people from the land
The comfort crisis
Why we aren’t built for the ways things are today
On living in the age of loneliness
On imposter syndrome and fear of abandonment
Acknowledging yourself and your role in the system
Why we can’t all unsubscribe from this reality
How to create community and not a cult
The cult of consumerist capitalism
On being severed from a feeling of connection to each other and our spiritual purpose
How to safely navigate belonging and not get swept up in handing over your power
On being afraid to explore ancestral connection and healing
That we all have around 1 billion ancestors from within the last 750 years
The privilege of genealogy and ancestral research
Why you don’t need to know your ancestors to connect with them
On being descended from the more than human
On relationships and repair
That true community is diverse, can hold disagreement, and be with discomfort
Why Becca took a second maternity leave and felt like a failure
Advice on how to support a new parent
How to pre-order Becca’s new book, Roots and Ritual
And so much more!

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Links:

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Learn more about Becca’s offerings at beccapiastrelli.com
Connect with Becca on Instagram @beccapiastrelli // https://www.instagram.com/beccapiastrelli/
Connect with Becca on Facebook @beccapiastrellipage
Order Becca’s book Root and Ritual
Listen to Becca’s Podcast Belonging
Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret

References:

Root and Ritual || Beca’s new Book https://beccapiastrelli.com/book/
Belonging Podcast https://beccapiastrelli.com/belonging/
Village App https://www.earthspeak.love/village
Blendily https://www.blendily.com
Becca Piastrelli on Dream Freedom Beauty || Episode 144 https://apple.co/3F6w25n
Native Land https://native-land.ca
Agrarian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrarian_society
Land Enclosure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclosure_Acts
Hedgewitch https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hedgewitch
Eremocene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Wilson
Yosemite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park
Julia butterfly hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Butterfly_Hill
Sea shepherd || Show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_Wars
Polygamous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy
Cultish || Book https://amzn.to/3wHKvSj
Amanda Montell https://www.instagram.com/amanda_montell/
Sounds Like Cult || Podcast https://www.soundslikeacult.com/stream
SoulCycle https://www.soul-cycle.com/
CrossFit Ancestry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrossFit
QAnon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon
Genealogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy
Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/
Ancestral Math meme https://www.instagram.com/p/CEw9gINAtY5/
Cancel culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancel_culture
Colic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colic
Oxytocin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxytocin
Dreaming the Dream || Book https://amzn.to/31SgNyL

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