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

The stories that call to us, the ancestors who live in us, the cultures that are lost to us, and so much more...

IN THE INTRO:

• Self care and energy hygiene for sensitive types
• Ancestral languages
• Elderberry magic

IN THE INTERVIEW:

• 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.

LINKS:

• Janelle's website
• My interview on the Personal Mythmakers Podcast
• My website MythicMedicine.love
• Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses)
• The Medicine Stories Facebook group
• Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy?
• Mythic Medicine on Instagram
• Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)
• The Memory Code by Lynne Kelly
• Ancient Spirit Rising by Pegi Eyers
• The Highly Sensitive Person by Dr. Elaine Aron
• Lyla June on the For The Wild Podcast, Part 1 and Part 2
• Sylvia Lindstead