In this episode Sue Ellen shares her simple yet powerful community grief ritual process that she has been doing monthly in her home town so that you may be inspired to share it with your community! Cause let’s be real, we’re all grieving these days.

Sue Ellen read about the Fire Horse from a piece written by Mana Youngbear

Savanna read Autobiography in 5 Chapters by Portia Nelson

Our next monthly community care circle will be Sunday March 29th at 10am. This is a space to come together to be in community, get centered, prime the creative pumps and have some room to just be as you are. Mark your calendar!

The zoom link will be accessible through our substack https://littlegifts.substack.com

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

Join us for our February Community Care Circle 💕

These gatherings are an offering of space for folks to come together for community, for creative encouragement and for having sacred space to reconnect to self and other.

Today! Sunday February 22nd, 10:00-11:30am PST over Zoom, we can’t wait to gather with you!

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/4686864087?omn=87658819348

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

Make some soup! And so much more… This week we’re reflecting on our conversation with Shiloh Sophia, the fact that we really are all creative, Savanna’s recent trip to Mexico, Saint Abigails feast day, how powerful it is to see women being honored, and carrot ginger soup!

Grandma Sues Carrot Ginger Soup recipe:

1 pound chopped carrots

1 large chopped white potato

1 chopped red onion

3 chopped garlic cloves

2 tablespoons grated ginger

Small can of corn

1/2 cup orange juice

Cube vegetable bouillon

1/2 teaspoon toasted coriander seeds ground up

sprig of rosemerry needles chopped up fine

Cover all with water

Cook until tender and then blend with a submersible blender.

Add a little cream and stir

Salt and pepper to tastes

Oh and don’t forget a splash of Tamari 👍🩷

Our next monthly community care circle will be Sunday February 22nd at 10am. This is a space to come together to be in community, get centered, prime the creative pumps and have some room to just be as you are. Mark your calendar!

The zoom link will be accessible through our substack https://littlegifts.substack.com

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

What if art was an expression of your direct access to the divine? A way to channel your unique magic? For over 20 years Shilo Sophia has been teaching women how to allow their unique expression and their unique relationship to the divine to be channeled through their connection of the paintbrush to the canvas.

In Shilos words “painting is a devotional act, a spiritual practice, a prayer in paint strokes.” In this episode we get into this and so much more, we hope you enjoy listening in!

You can find out more about Shilo and her work at https://www.stardustlineage.com/ and https://musea.org/

Our next monthly community care circle will be Sunday February 22nd at 10am. This is a space to come together to be in community, get centered, prime the creative pumps and have some room to just be as you are. Mark your calendar!

The zoom link will be accessible through our substack https://littlegifts.substack.com

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

It’s Brigid story time with Grandma Sue <3

Brigid’s Day/Imbolc is celebrated on February 1st and 2nd and is the FIRST holiday observing a woman in western society.

Hang out your scarves for Brigid to bless, get cozy and listen in.

Sue Ellen shared the poem The flourishing to come on Imbolc 2026 by Rosemary Wahtola Trommer.

Savanna shared Imbolc by Sophie strand.

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

Rerelease of Episode 66. Cultivating Powerful Love and Loving Power (& other important reminders for living through the long dark), in conversation with Francis Weller

This episode was originally recorded in February of 2025.

Join us as we sit down once more with psychotherapist, writer and grief activist Francis Weller. In this episode we talk about accessible, actionable steps we can take to feel less powerless, the importance of learning the language of grief, slowing down to the speed of the soul and so much more. As always we delve into these seemingly heavier topics with nothing but love and little humor along the way. We’re here to embrace it all.

You can find out more about Francis and his work here https://www.francisweller.net/about.html

PLACES TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA:

https://www.standwithminnesota.com/

https://mnfreedomfund.org/

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

Join us for our January Community Care Circle 💕

These gatherings are an offering of space for folks to come together for community connection, for creative encouragement and for having sacred space to reconnect to self. (which I know I always need but especially need more during times like these)

Savanna will guide us in a short somatic centering session, and Sue Ellen aka the peoples grandma will guide an accessible to all creative practice to connect with Brigid and the approach of Imbolc.

Sunday January 25th, 10:00-11:00am(ish) PST over Zoom, we can’t wait to gather with you!

Join us on Zoom through this link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/4686864087?omn=87091839347

You can also find the link for this circle and all future monthly get togethers at our substack https://littlegifts.substack.com

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

Veronique Flayol’s story with Mary Magdalene began nearly 300 years ago… Raised in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume—where for generations her ancestors have watched over the precious relics of Mary Magdalene—Roni grew up steeped in Provençal traditions and in the shadow of the mountain where Magdalene is said to have spent her final years. We are so grateful to get to hear her story.

You can find out more about Veronique, her story and her retreats at https://www.magdalenesacredjourneys.com/

Our next monthly community care circle will be Sunday January 25th at 10am. This is a space to come together to be in community, get centered, prime the creative pumps and have some room to just be as you are. Mark your calendar!

The zoom link will be accessible through our substack https://littlegifts.substack.com

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.