Belonging: Conversations about rites of passage, meaningful community, and seasonal living Expansion, Rest, and the Seed of New Life (surprise!)
Nov 6, 2025
27:05
In this solo episode, I reflect on this past year and look forward at what's ahead through the lens of the seasons. I muse on my experience of the second full year on our farm and how we have expanded, moved through challenges and triumphs throughout the growing season. I also talk about my upcoming winter plans and what I’m generally looking forward to during the darker months. Also…I’m pregnant! Surprise!
Tune in to hear more from me on:
- Hyperlocal and bioregional involvement with the farm stand
- How and why I’ve been refining friendships and connections this year
- Dialing down the people pleasing and rooting into my own values
- Houses as living entities and the sign about my pregnancy
- How winter is the season of gathering and how it impacts community building
- Picking up writing again and considering self publishing after multiple rejections of a book idea
- My passion for women’s circles and gearing up to share my Circle Craft training again this winter
Resources + Links
- Subscribe to my newsletter, How We Come Back on Substack
- My essay The Summer I Got Stung A Lot
- My essay about the loss of our pregnant cow The First Big Loss
- My book, Root and Ritual: Timeless Ways to Connect to Land, Lineage, Community, and the Self
- Connect with me on Instagram @beccapiastrelli
Timestamps
[03:19] How Farm Life is Going
[14:18] An Update on Community-Building
[24:25] What I’m Looking Forward to this Winter