
The Hagitude Sessions
Conversations with women in their mid and elder years, exploring how we might reimagine menopause as a liberating, alchemical moment from which to shift into an authentic and fulfilling future. Hosted by writer, psychologist and mythologist Dr Sharon Blackie.
Latest episodes

Aug 22, 2022 • 50min
The Hagitude Sessions: Alexandra Pope
In this episode, Dr Sharon Blackie is in conversation with Alexandra Pope, co-founder of The Red School, and co-author of the forthcoming book 'Wise Power'.

Aug 15, 2022 • 55min
The Hagitude Sessions: Tanya Shadrick
In this episode, Dr Sharon Blackie speaks to writer Tanya Shadrick about menopause, ageing and hagitude.

Dec 22, 2020 • 1h 12min
Tom Hirons
In this episode, Dr Sharon Blackie talks to storyteller and poet Tom Hirons.

Mar 22, 2020 • 1h
Michael Newton
Michael Newton was awarded a Ph.D. in Celtic Studies from the University of Edinburgh in 1998 for his dissertation The Tree in Scottish Gaelic Literature and Tradition. He has written several books and numerous articles on many aspects of Gaelic tradition and history, including Bho Chluaidh gu Calasraid (1999), We're Indians Sure Enough: The Legacy of the Scottish Highlanders in the United States (2001), and Warriors of the Word: The World of the Scottish Highlanders (2009). His research interests and areas of expertise include Scottish Highland immigrant literature and history; ethnicity and identity politics; human ecology; dance traditions.

Jan 6, 2020 • 59min
Gwilim Morus-Baird
Gwilim Morus-Baird by Dr Sharon Blackie

Dec 23, 2019 • 1h 2min
Ian MacKenzie
Ian MacKenzie by Dr Sharon Blackie

Dec 9, 2019 • 1h 4min
Mary McLaughlin
Mary McLaughlin by Dr Sharon Blackie

Oct 25, 2019 • 57min
Angharad Wynne
Angharad Wynne by Dr Sharon Blackie

Oct 4, 2019 • 1h 25min
David Abram
David Abram is a cultural ecologist and geophilosopher, author of "The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-than-Human World" and "Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology."

Jul 2, 2019 • 49min
Steven Martyn
Steven Martyn is an artist, farmer, wildcrafter, builder, teacher, writer, visionary. He has more than thirty years experience living co-creatively with the Earth, practicing traditional living skills of growing food, building and healing. Steven created Livingstone & Greenbloom in 1986, Toronto’s first green landscaping company. In 1996, he created the Algonquin Tea Company, North America’s premiere bioregional tea company. He has given talks and run workshops internationally for more than twenty years and taught plant identification and wilderness skills at Algonquin college for 11 years. In 2014 Megan and he started the Sacred Gardener Earth Wisdom School. Steven released his first book, “The Story of the Madawaska Forest Garden” in 2016, and his second “Sacred Gardening” was released in June 2017. Find him: https://thesacredgardener.ca/