Episodes

  • Passing The talking Stick to Susanne Reisenbichler Mother of the Angulo Brothers From the 2015 Documentary "The Wolf Pack"
    Jan 18 2026

    "Join me as I sit down with Susanne Reseinbichler, mother of 7 and featured in the 2015 documentary The Wolfpack, to talk about her journey through domestic violence. We honor my late aunt, Tynese Sears Pratt, who lost her life escaping abuse, and explore stories of resilience, survival, and the importance of raising awareness."

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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • Passing the Talking Stick to Happness Kapinga: Discussing the African Housemaid Crisis
    Jan 4 2026

    Welcome to A Crown of Lavender, My name is Lark,
    Today’s episode centers on Happness Kapinga, an African housemaid working in Oman, and her story opens the door to a much larger and often ignored crisis facing African women in domestic labor across the Middle East. As we talk about exploitation, isolation, and survival, I’m also reintroducing A Crown of Lavender as a virtual women’s circle a space for truth telling, softness, and collective healing. In this conversation, I share parts of my own journey, including long-term singleness and my ongoing struggle with feminine identity.
    #ACrownOfLavender #WomensVoices #AfricanHousemaidCrisis #MigrantWomen #WomenSupportingWomen #FeminineIdentity #SinglenessJourney #GlobalWomensIssues #StorytellingForChange #PodcastCommunity #podcast #womenscircle #wildwoman #maidenmothercrone #devinefeminine

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    57 mins
  • Passing The Talking Stick to Herbalist Marqueta Graham
    Feb 24 2024
    Marqueta is a herbalist, Forager, homesteaders, Homebirther, and Mother of 7
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Passing The Talking Stick to Denise Martin: Homelessness in America
    Aug 2 2023
    This episode we discuss homelessness in America the author and activist Denise Martin.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Passing The Talking Stick to Christina Hildebrand
    May 14 2023
    In this episode, we talk to Christina Hildebrand founder of A Voice for choice advocacy.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Passing The Talking Stick to Natasha Maile
    Apr 18 2023
    Today on the podcast we have Natasha Maile, Mother to 3 sons and expecting her 4th baby, She's an advocate for Natural term breastfeeding, and she's a Freebirther and Vegetarian, we discuss homebirth, the Ringing Cedars/Anastasia books, and much more!
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Passing the Talking Stick to Laura Shanley
    Apr 6 2023
    Laura Kaplan Shanley is an author, freelance writer, speaker, and childbirth consultant widely recognized as one of the leading voices in the natural-birth and unassisted birth movement. We discuss Unassisted Birth, Grantly Dick-Read, and Patricia Cloyd Carter.
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Passing The Talking Stick to Victoria Foyt and Tanika Mckelvy
    Feb 20 2023
    We discuss Baby Fever and Infertility with Filmmaker Victoria Foyt and Tanika Mckelvy of Youtube channel Simply Tanika who is 51 and pregnant.
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    1 hr and 53 mins