Becca Piastrelli on Ancestral Pilgrimage & Cultivating True Belonging + A Conversation with Stinging Nettle [episode 144]

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Becca Piastrelli is a writer, podcaster, womxn's coach and ancestral folk medicine keeper. Her work centers around the invitation for womxn and female identified people of all backgrounds to come home to themselves. Becca’s podcast, Belonging, explores aspects of ancestral wisdom, cultivating meaningful sisterhood, and living with the seasons and cycles of the earth and your body. This is the second to last episode of Dream Freedom Beauty before we become something new!

In this episode, we talk about:

• How Becca dreamed and manifested a pilgrimage to Ireland
• Reweaving severed threads that stem from colonization and immigration
• Being in right relationship with the land
• The medicine of place
• How to reframe the conquering of pagan culture as an opportunity to seek deeper ancestry and heritage
• How history is passed down by the victor or through word of mouth
• Intention setting as an integral piece to connecting with ancestors
• The importance of asking clear questions
• Plantcestors that came to Becca in Ireland
• The spirit of stinging nettle shares it’s wisdom and invites us to come and play

Links:

• Get more information on the Dream Freedom Beauty Funeral here.
• Learn more about Becca’s offerings at www.beccapiastrelli.com
• Connect with Becca on Instagram @beccapiastrelli
• Connect with Becca on Facebook @beccapiastrellipage
• Tune in to Becca’s podcast, Belonging
• If Women Rose Rooted Sharon Blackie
• Sister Spinster's Folk Magic and Medicine of Old Europe