The Elder Well Podcast
A place to gather and explore what it means to be an Elder in these challenging and untethered times. theelderwell.substack.com
Episodes
Welcome Dear Listener.
Our guest this time on The Elder Well is John James Howell, also known as JJ Middleway, most often simply JJ. JJ is a celebrant, ritualist & poet based in Stroud in the west country of England. He is father of four children and seven grandchildren in partnership with a woman, Polly , who he calls his greatest teacher during the 53 years since they first met.
For much of his life, JJ has been significantly ...
Welcome Dear Listener.
Our guest this time on The Elder Well is Randy Morris, Ph.D.
Randy is Professor Emeritus at Antioch University Seattle where he taught in the BA Liberal Studies Program for 30 years and was the coordinator of the Psychology and Spiritual Studies concentrations. Prior to his career at Antioch University, Randy taught K-12 students for 10 years, including 3 years at the Hiroshima International School in Hiroshima...
Welcome dear listener,
Our guests this time on The Elder Well are Anne and Terry Symens-Bucher.
Anne and Terry are founders of Canticle Farm, an intentional community in Oakland, California, experimenting at the intersection of faith, social justice, and Earth-based nonviolent activism. Canticle Farm is rooted in Franciscan spirituality and the Work That Reconnects, a body of teachings best known through living systems and Buddhist ...
Our guest this time on The Elder Well is Manda Scott. Based in the UK, Manda has been, variously, a veterinary surgeon, columnist, acupuncturist, regenerative smallholder, homoeopath, coach, renegade economist - and author of 16 novels, several screenplays and one non-fiction book. She holds a Master’s degree in Regenerative Economics from Schumacher College, is a contemporary shamanic teacher, and co-hosts the Accidental God...
Welcome dear listener.
Our guest this time on The Elder Well is Mac Macartney. Mac is a visionary, international speaker, author, and change-maker. He is the founder of Embercombe, a social enterprise and 50-acre rewilding estate on Dartmoor (UK) dedicated to the profound regeneration of land and society. He bridges ancient indigenous wisdom with 21st-century leadership. Over a 20-year period, Mac was mentored by indigenous elders, ...
We are pleased to introduce our first guest on The Elder Well — Ned Abenroth.
Ned has spent his adult life tending to transformational spaces. He was ordained in his early 20’s in a Christian community of artists, theologians, poets, musicians, and other glorious misfits, and served as a pastor in unorthodox settings ever since.
In this episode, Ned takes us on a journey of heart and soul, exploring how eldering is a p...
Why The Elder Well? Why us? And why now?
These are some of the questions that came up in this pre-launch chat with Ian MacKenzie of the Mythic Masculine podcast. We are big fans of Ian and the Mythic Masculine so it was a huge honour to have him support us in this way.
We chat about the origins of The Elder Well, including how the name itself arrived with Sarah on a hillside at dawn in Devon, during a ceremony at Embercombe. We also...
We hope you enjoy this trailer of The Elder Well. It’s a short overview of what you can expect from our episodes and some of the questions that are guiding our enquiry.
Feel free to listen on the Substack platform or wherever you normally listen to your podcasts.
The Elder Well podcast is a gathering place for those seeking inspiration, ideas, and encouragement as we discover what it means to move into conscious, engaged and ge...
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