The Tortoise with Brooke McAlary

Part 2 of this year's Summer Series/Winter Warmies sees Ben and Brooke look way back into the archives with a 2017 banger on food waste reduction featuring over 50 ways you can seriously reduce your waste footprint.Join The Tortoise Community: https://brookemcalary.substack.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben and Brooke talk through the format for this year's Summer Series/Winter Warmies and bring you Part 1, featuring analogue creativity with Jess Davis. Join The Tortoise Community: https://brookemcalary.substack.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Well, it's that time of the year again. The final pod is here, and as is tradition, Brooke and Ben round out the year with their own Top 10 list.  First though, Ben decides to turn the tables on Brooke and interview her for once. He digs in to some of the recurring themes of Season 8 - sobriety, health and creativity - and it's as human and messy as you might expect.  They then get into their personal Top 10, listing their individual favourite:  TV show small detail movie new destination book discovery album new podcast meal experience In a year like no other, there are some unexpected answers to be found in this episode. Enjoy!  Links Head to slowyourhome.com/season8 for the complete show notes and links to everything mentioned in today's show  Love Slow? Support the show!  Become a patron Or buy us a coffee and share the love Looking for more? Follow us on Instagram @slowhomepod  Or leave a rating or review in iTunes Join The Tortoise Community: https://brookemcalary.substack.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Friend of the show, author, cook, founder of the Granny Skills movement and co-founder of native food company Warndu, Rebecca Sullivan, returns to the podcast for a wide-ranging, emotional, messy, human and very honest conversation (in other words - there's a content warning on this one!) Rebecca and Brooke talk birth stories, post-natal health, navigating trauma, alcohol-free holiday drinks and being an imperfect activist, all through the lens of the past two pandemic years and living with mental illness. It sounds like a drag, but it's an incredibly important, heartfelt, hard-won conversation with plenty of laughs (and only some of them inappropriate).  So settle in and be prepared to listen to some real talk about women's bodies, birth, transformation and healing. Enjoy! Links Head to slowyourhome.com/season8 for the complete show notes Check out warndu.com Love Slow? Support the show!  Become a patron Or buy us a coffee and share the love Looking for more? Follow us on Instagram @slowhomepod  Or leave a rating or review in iTunes  Join The Tortoise Community: https://brookemcalary.substack.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Brooke chats with Dr Clinton Schultz, a proud Gamilaroi man, psychologist, husband, dad and founder of Sobah - hands down the best non-alcoholic craft beer you will ever taste. (Seriously. It’s delicious.) They chat about the realities of giving up the booze in Australia and how our deeply ingrained drinking culture can make it difficult. They also dig into the thinking behind Sobah's recent (and very successful) round of equity crowd-funding and how it allows Clinton and his partner Lozen to build a business that is values-aligned rather than one that needs to be purely profit-driven.  The conversation ranges over family/work boundaries, the healing power of time on country, why Sobah uses native food ingredients in all their brews and collective vs individual thinking.  Enjoy!  Links Head to slowyourhome.com/season8 for the complete show notes Check out Sobah: sobah.com.au Love Slow? Support the show!  Become a patron Or buy us a coffee and share the love Looking for more? Follow us on Instagram @slowhomepod  Or leave a rating or review in iTunes Join The Tortoise Community: https://brookemcalary.substack.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Friend of the show, book inspiration-giver and all-round fabulous person, Meg Berryman, returns to the pod today, which means you're in for a treat.  Meg and Brooke dig deep into the topic of regenerative living (no, it's not just about agriculture!) and why regeneration of the self is vital if we want to help regenerate our families, communities and the planet we all share. They look at the relationship between micro and macro regeneration, how to find time for the important acts of care and what role, if any, guilt plays in all of this.  It is another uplifting, practical episode, and we hope you enjoy it! Links Head to slowyourhome.com/season8 for the complete show notes Check out Meg's website: megberryman.com Love Slow? Support the show!  Become a patron Or buy us a coffee and share the love Looking for more? Follow us on Instagram @slowhomepod  Or leave a rating or review in iTunes Join The Tortoise Community: https://brookemcalary.substack.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hannah Diviney is a leading disability rights advocate, writer, student and Young Australian of the Year nominee, who joins Brooke to dig into the question so many of us have faced this year: “How can I care sustainably?” This episode delves into the spaces between Big Care (activism and advocacy) and Small Care (connection, creativity and rest), and the inevitable tension faced when we feel drawn to both kinds of care. Hannah and Brooke chat about burnout, rest and self-care through the lens of disability, the toll that comparison takes, story-telling and why disability representation in pop culture matters so much. They also talk about why Hannah is taking on Disney, in the hopes of one day seeing a Disney princess with disabilities. Enjoy! Links Head to slowyourhome.com/season8 for the complete show notes Check out Hannah's website: hannahdiviney.com Love Slow? Support the show!  Become a patron Or buy us a coffee and share the love Looking for more? Follow us on Instagram @slowhomepod  Or leave a rating or review in iTunes Join The Tortoise Community: https://brookemcalary.substack.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sometimes, in our efforts to do better by the planet, our communities, our families and ourselves, we can get tangled in knots - especially when it comes to food. Today’s guest, Alexx Stuart, is (thankfully) here to talk us down from this way of thinking. She and Brooke look at food choices through the lens of finding common ground, avoiding absolutes and applying critical thought, and it’s a delightful breath of fresh air. We hope you enjoy it!  Links Head to slowyourhome.com for the complete show notes Check out Alexx's website: Low Tox Life Order your copy of Low Tox Life Food Love Slow? Support the show!  Become a patron Or buy us a coffee and share the love Looking for more? Follow us on Instagram @slowhomepod  Or leave a rating or review in iTunes  Join The Tortoise Community: https://brookemcalary.substack.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author, Gardening Australia Presenter and Activist Hannah Maloney joins the pogpast this week to talk about her values, privilege, reclaiming activism, health (including lifting weights!) and lessons learnt during the pandemic.  We hope you enjoy it!  Links Check out Hannah's YouTube Channel  Hannah's website  Gardening Australia is now in its 32nd season  Love Slow? Support the show!  Become a patron Or buy us a coffee and share the love Looking for more? Follow us on Instagram @slowhomepod  Sign up for the Slow Post, Brooke's weekly slow-living love letters  Or leave a rating or review in iTunes Join The Tortoise Community: https://brookemcalary.substack.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are back at it with another season of the Slow Home Podcast. Kicking-off this season is another frank and fearless conversation between Ben and Brooke. As the dust settles on Ben's 40th birthday celebrations. Brooke and Ben talk about updates in Ben's life since 2018, including career change, identity, and how he aligns these days to his life motto of Health, Happiness, and Heart.  It's a raw, sometimes uncomfortable, always entertaining episode to begin the new season. We hope you enjoy it.  Links Order signed copies of Brooke's books Shred Kelly: Website and Spotify   Check out a new podcast project Ben is working on with Cerebral Palsy Alliance Ben's past episodes Live Immediately with Mike Campbell (and the origin for Health, Happiness, and Heart)  Slow Your Home episode 242 An interview with Ben  Love Slow? Support the show!  Become a patron Or buy us a coffee and share the love Looking for more? Follow us on Instagram @slowhomepod  @ben_mcalary Sign up for the Slow Post, Brooke's weekly slow-living love letters  Or leave a rating or review in iTunes Join The Tortoise Community: https://brookemcalary.substack.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.