The Nourish Collective (Jeanette Sealy and Kate Strakosch)

In this episode, Jeanette and Kate share a little about their journey on the path to awakening. Celebrating the soft launch of the Nourish Collective to bring together modern and ancient practices to transform communities and bring about the New Earth paradigm. One that is more loving, compassionate, and life-affirming.

Learn more about Kate and Jeanette

Meet Georgia Louise Fickes and discover how her beautiful relationship with plants and earth-based practices helps transform health and well-being. Connect with Georgia on her Instagram, her website or at Seed Apothecary in Avon, NJ.

Both Jeanette and Kate were led on a long healing journey that has enriched their lice and the lives of those they serve. Discover how they have led parallel paths that have brought them into this offering of the Nourish Collective where they will hold these seven pillars as the cornerstone of the content you will find here.1. 

1. Life as a ceremony - conversations and education around restoring ritual to everyday life
2. Hold sacred space and create inclusive containers for transformation
3. Nutrition, herbs, and holistic living as a means for radical well being
4. Explore the roots of Yoga, Tantra and Ayurveda 
5. Deepen our understanding of Trauma and Resilience
6. Cultivate conversations around birth, sex, and death
7. Explore the magnificence of human potential through story telling

In this episode, Kate and Jeanette discuss what it means to experience a sense of sacred sexuality. What is sacred and how do we create an integrative, holistic experience of our sexuality - one that is free from shame and societal expectations. Kate guides us into a sweet practice of getting in touch with ourselves and our bodies in a gentle loving way.

Dr. Stephanie Wigner talks about trusting the body's inherent wisdom, conscious conception, the key to feeling good, and how motherhood changed her. 

Dr. Steph is a multi-passionate entrepreneur who values holistic healing and enjoys teaching others about the innate abilities we have to heal ourselves. She believes that collectively it's our responsibility to raise healthier, more conscious, aligned children and she spends her time educating others on how to do this.

Connect with Dr. Steph on her Website, on Instagram, or in person at her Circle of Life Chiropractic Practice located at the Jersey Shore.

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Èstes recently asked the question, "Who is Mother Night and why do we need her now?" Kate and Jeanette explore this question as it relates to liminal spaces, shame, and the essence of sacred sexuality and connection.

Crystal, Kate and Jeanette have a beautiful conversation about what Yoga is, the journey of healing it offers, and a way to connect with the divine within through practice. Discover what Crystal is up to next and how to connect with her at Honey Bloom bakery and her local Yoga offerings at Runaway Farm.

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Jeanette and Kate talk about the work they're doing, season transitions, and soul medicine.

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Catherine, Jeanette and Kate dive deep into a conversation about sacred knowing and tuning in to inner wisdom. Catherine shares her journey and healing adventure with wisdom, insight and love.

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Kate and jeanette gather to wind down this transformational year, our first year of the Nourish Collective. And gathering to the space to share some of our own winter solstice rituals, our practices, and ways. Offer an acknowledgment of grace towards everything that came forward from this year.

The closing of the year and the winter cycle is such a beautiful time for reflection and turning inward, cultivating that deep integration of everything that's happened and the sacred pause that we can take before jumping into everything that is going to come to just honor that honor and practice awareness and deep self-compassion

When we apply it to seasonal living and cyclical living and the winter solstice is just that. It's honoring the time, the invitation for rest, for that pause before we return to the light and move towards spring, at least in the Northern Hemisphere. Join us as we explore one of our favorite times of the year.

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Jeanette and Kate talk with Jamie Coppa about listening to the wisdom of the heart when choosing a life path, how early loss leads to a deeper knowing of the sacredness of life and Jamie shares a beautiful song.

Meet Jamie

Jamie Coppa is an artist, educator, and creative entrepreneur. She is certified to work with infants, newborns, and dementia patients through the Association of Montessori International and currently serves as director for the nonprofit Lily Montessori Parent Child Center in Belmar, NJ. In addition to her work with families, she is a holographic sound healing practitioner, musician, children’s yoga teacher and recent graduate of a 200hr yoga teacher training. She is committed to a life of turning her passion for children, music, and wellness into a variety of offerings for the collective that uplift, support, and foster community and connection.

Stay Connected

Lily Montessori

Jamie Coppa on Instagram

Meet Mychal

Mychal Mills, MBA, is a transformational leader from New Jersey. Since childhood, Mychal found a passion to serve and uplift the community. In 2014, he co-founded Konscious Youth Development & Service (KYDS), a nonprofit transforming youth, schools and communities through holistic practices facilitating mindfulness, social-emotional learning, trauma-healing, restorative practices and resilience building. KYDS has partnered with over 120 schools throughout New Jersey impacting 15,000 youth, 7,000 educators, and thousands of community members. In 2022, Mychal joined the TEL (Transformative Educational Leadership) team as a lead facilitator where he supports the advancement of educational leaders across the country. As a leader, Mychal is skilled in community collaboration, aligning higher purpose within the heart to create ripples of change in the world. Mychal’s capabilities expand in mindfulness, heartfulness, public speaking, mentorship, fierce compassion, critical & creative thinking, and purpose-driven dialogue. He holds a Bachelor’s in Business Management and MBA from Monmouth University. Mychal has prior leadership experience working with Feeding America FoodBanks, Boys & Girls Club and other community initiatives. Mychal is a sound healing facilitator and poet/author. Mychal’s purpose is to awaken infinite love within self and humanity.

Resources and Links

Konscious Youth Development & Service

Pachamama Alliance

Rituals and practices for celebrating the summer solstice. Honoring the season transition and sacred pause.

Welcome back to the Nourish Collective. It's been a while since we've connected with our Sweet Community, and we're so grateful to be here today. It's been a full year since our Ripe with Nourishment event, and now we're stepping into the Lionsgate portal. Today, we'll reflect on our journeys, share insights, and guide you through a special meditation.

In this heartfelt and soul-stirring episode of the Nourish Collective Podcast, host Jeanette Sealy sits down with the inspiring Gabriela Gutiérrez, a healer, polyglot, and wisdom-keeper whose journey spans continents, traditions, and profound spiritual exploration. Together, they delve into the themes of ancient wisdom, the natural world, and the deep listening required to reconnect with both. Tune in for a deeply nourishing conversation filled with wisdom, connection, and the invitation to listen more deeply to yourself and the world around you.

Episode Highlights:

• Listening to the Natural World
  Gabriela explores the profound practice of listening deeply to the "more-than-human" world. From sitting with beehives to immersing in silence, she reveals how this practice nourishes the soul and helps us navigate a chaotic modern world.

• Ritual Practices for the Solstice
  Discover a transformative three-day solstice ritual that invites us to seed our intentions into the womb of the dark and dream a more nourishing life into being. Gabriela offers actionable steps to connect with the sacred rhythms of the earth during this potent time.

• On Bees and Ancient Wisdom
  Gabriela shares her research into the sacred symbolism of bees in ancient traditions and their connection to women's spiritual experiences. Learn how observing the natural world can unlock ancestral wisdom embedded in our bones and bloodlines.

• Reconnecting Through Poetry and Walks
  The conversation turns to the power of poetry and simple practices, like daily walks at dawn or dusk, to deepen our connection to ourselves and the world around us. Gabriela and Jeanette reflect on how these small yet profound actions can create space for transformation and renewal.

Through this episode, Gabriela and Jeanette weave a rich tapestry of wisdom, insight, and actionable practices for awakening and embodiment. Whether you’re curious about solstice rituals, mythopoetic traditions, or simply seeking ways to cultivate presence in your life, this episode will leave you inspired and grounded.

Takeaways:

• Practical steps for solstice rituals and seasonal renewal.
• Insights into the mythic and spiritual significance of bees and nature.
• Inspiration to embrace poetry, walks, and solitude as tools for reconnection.

Tune in for a deeply nourishing conversation filled with wisdom, connection, and the invitation to listen more deeply to yourself and the world around you.

Watch the full unedited video of our conversation here

Connect with Gabriela here and read her Substack here.