EP 15: Connecting to Ancestral Wisdom & Seasonal Approaches to Living [PART 2] from Ritualizing Rest

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EP 15: Connecting to Ancestral Wisdom & Seasonal Approaches to Living [PART 2]

1 hour 21 minutes Posted Oct 4, 2023 at 1:36 pm.

craving snow capped mountains & autumn colors while growing up in Nor Cal; slow living "we’re not Amish!"

the wisdom our ancestors possessed re: being seasonal and sustainable; co-living and co-working with the land and with nature; teaching my children what I should have been taught.

born with migration grief; an internal aching for ancestral land; a love for books & stories, escaping to ancestral places through reading; connecting to and/or moving to a climate that is similar to your ancestral home

the mother I thought I was going to be VS the mother I became the moment my children showed up; fewer techniques in the recipes, consolidating work in the kitchen simplifying. Utilizing modern conveniences (like appliances!) to support us in a slower way of moving through our day.

the benefits of simplifying the way we approach food, eating, and nutrition; a history of childhood food scarcity; the unexplained struggle of showing up in the kitchen; “what am I expecting from myself, anyway?” deciding who and how we want to be in the kitchen and in the home; growing up with convenience foods and being a latch-key kid;

Kristina’s components to a delicious, healthy, easeful mealtime at home with the family

how does intentionally living slower affect the way that you show up in the world & in your community? Homeschooling in this modern society; remembering to slow down in our day, even when we are blessed with a wealth of opportunities in the homeschool community; incorporating rest into our daily routine; suddenly we’re decolonizing homeschool

entangled in patriarchal, Western ways; tuning-in to what we truly want & need; disconnecting from hyper-productivity; when capitalism wasn’t a dirty word; by educating our children in a seasonal way, we are being inherently anti-capitalist; learning to value rest

the stress of always being busy; eating in the car, catching up with the kids in the car, rushing to and from all of the things; where and how am I doing things differently? Am I being an example to my children of a different way of being, or am I just talking about it?

if we value rest, if we value slower, simpler living, we have to learn how to say NO to things we want to do, to gadgets we want

to do this work and to be relevant, I have to be authentic and realistic because this is the reality. We live in a shitty, chaotic world. How the fuck can I have a day where I feel like I had restorative rest, and good healthy meals, so that when the next few days are busy or stressful I can be grounded and intentional?

keeping it real, and kind, with the kids; teaching by example; pause, breath, move slower; we’re allowed to feel our feelings and we are still going to do the right thing for our family

connecting with ancestors even when disconnected from living family of origin;

generational healing & breaking generational curses; being the cycle-breaker; preventing the boulder from running over my daughter and all of the daughters after her

reclaiming Homekeeper; closing words from Kristina Franziska

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Meet Kristina Franziska Haas, @theAncestralHomekeeper, a mother, writer, and creator.

In addition to homeschooling her 2 children, Kristina writes a weekly Substack letter and has a relaxing YouTube channel dedicated to sharing glimpses inside of her home in Northern California where she practices slow living with her family & animals in this modern society.

Kristina is dedicated to blending the wisdom of our ancestors with modern understandings of self-nurturing & emotional health, in order to create an alternative to capitalistic patriarchy for her family.

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