Forest Alchemy w/ Mike & Ally
Forest Alchemy w/ Mike & Ally
Podcast Description
Forest Alchemy is a gathering space for the soulful and the soil-bound, where love lives in the rhythm of the wild. Hosted by Mike and Ally of Soul Fire Forest (intentional co-parenting community)—partners in life, love, and land—this podcast explores the alchemy of community, parenting, permaculture, and creative living on their community forest homestead. From fire-lit workshops and regenerative projects to tender conversations about connection and transformation, Forest Alchemy is a story-rich space rooted in reciprocity and wonder. Come sit by the hearth, walk the wooded path, and join a growing network of wild-hearted listeners weaving a more connected world.
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The podcast focuses on community building, intentional parenting, permaculture practices, and creative living, with episodes like Quacks, Compost, and Community exploring themes of springtime homestead life, land stewardship, and the joy of collective resourcefulness.
Forest Alchemy is a gathering space for the soulful and the soil-bound, where love lives in the rhythm of the wild. Hosted by Mike and Ally of Soul Fire Forest (intentional co-parenting community)—partners in life, love, and land—this podcast explores the alchemy of community, parenting, permaculture, and creative living on their community forest homestead. From fire-lit workshops and regenerative projects to tender conversations about connection and transformation, Forest Alchemy is a story-rich space rooted in reciprocity and wonder. Come sit by the hearth, walk the wooded path, and join a growing network of wild-hearted listeners weaving a more connected world.
Sometimes life falls apart. Sometimes it unfolds.
In this episode of Forest Alchemy, we sit down with author Kristy Halvorsen, whose book Perfect Unfolding explores what happens when you stop trying to control every outcome and start listening for what life is actually asking of you.
Kristy didn’t always live this way. She began her career as a mechanical engineer, later spent fourteen years as a firefighter and paramedic, and eventually felt the pull toward something deeper. In 2017 she sold most of what she owned and set out on a modern-day walkabout, living off-grid in an Airstream and migrating with the seasons.
Since then she’s been writing, traveling, and helping people rediscover who they truly are — not by pushing harder, but by trusting the unfolding.
In this conversation we explore:
• What it really means to follow the call of your life
• Letting go of the idea of “normal”
• The tension between planning and surrender
• Nature as teacher and guide
• Freedom, independence, and interdependence
And yes… we also spend a surprising amount of time talking about composting toilets.
Because sometimes the path to spiritual insight runs straight through a conversation about poop.
Welcome to Forest Alchemy.
Learn more at https://soulfireforest.podbean.com
Explore Soul Fire Forest events, workshops, and community offerings at http://www.soulfireforest.com
Learn more about Kristy Halvorsen and Perfect Unfolding at https://perfectunfolding.com
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