The Importance of Concentration

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I'm not the world's greatest mushroom hunter and I don't know what's being shot over there. Maybe that survival instinct will save me one day or maybe I'm just missing out on some really good things. There is something about that quality of attention that you sink into when you're hunting for food like this. The dog who sometimes finds the mushrooms on my behalf has refused to do so today we will be having words afterwards Don't you worry. thank you all for listening my patreon community who have jumped in to this space that I've made and just given me so much joy the last few weeks. yeah I'm optimistic about 2022 for all of us this good thing's coming see

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.

This week Katherine chats to Elissa Altman, author of ‘Motherland’ and more.

Katherine finds Elissa in that pre-Christmas zone, which serves as the perfect jumping-off point for a very upfront, candid and fascinating conversation on family. Specifically, Elissa's relationship with her mother. Like every family, it's a relationship which is unique and comes with its own inimitable history, and as such, informs where the two find themselves this present day, and it's a wonderful thing to hear Elissa talk openly about all that is contained within this box of memories and present moments. In addition, Elissa catches up with Katherine about the New England Winter, being a feeder, her relationship with her father, mental wellbeing, getting out of the 'swamp' via nature and its grounding properties, rediscovering and reprocessing her musical proclivities, and all with a real glint and sparkle.

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