Ancestral Legacies, Lost Cultures, & Personal Mythmaking

Making peace with our names, the legacy of patriarchal naming, changing names, prehistoric kinship ties, and pondering how our most ancient ancestors chose names

Spectral visitations from the grandfather who died before Janelle was born

Rootlessness, and what is lost when people set out on their own and leave their land and people behind

How our ancestors live in us, even when we can't claim their culture as our own

Language as a gateway to the ancestors

Megalithic monuments and the transition from hunting and gathering to farming in Europe

Starting a podcast

Knowing whose land you're living on

The ancient tales we're drawn to

Diving deep into embodiment and creativity

The profound inner and outer journey of Personal Mythmaking

Navigating the world as a Highly Sensitive Person and empath- "I need a lot of self care to be connected to my deep self"

Biodynamic craniosacral therapy, somatic experiencing, and other coping mechanisms/self care

Chronic trauma responses and nervous system stuckness

The more ephemeral cultural transmissions: textiles, fiber arts, music, dance, cooking, etc.

Ancestral Legacies, Lost Cultures, & Personal Mythmaking - Janelle Hardy