Writing as Pregnancy & Publishing as Postpartum with Asha Frost

Belonging: Conversations about rites of passage, meaningful community, and seasonal living

Asha Frost is an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) Medicine Woman (member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation), Healer, and Spiritual Mentor. Last time she was on the podcast we discussed her viral article “Dear White Woman who wants to be like me,” and today she returns to share her new book You Are the Medicine with us.

Together we explore the medicine of publishing a book. We discuss why we felt called to write, how books can be like babies, and the ways releasing our books made us more resilient. We also talk about how both our books are invitations to move at a slower, earth-pace.

Our conversation is a call to recognize the postpartum grief that comes when you release a creative work. And it’s an opportunity to embrace the end of the extended winter we’ve been undergoing and to craft rites of passage for ourselves that acknowledge a new season.
Resources:

• Episode #26: Ancestral Constellations & Conscious Dreaming with Grandmother Sarah
• “A Love Letter to COVID Authors” by Kaitlin Curtice

More from Asha Frost:

• Asha’s book You Are the Medicine
• Asha’s website
• Asha’s Instagram
• Belonging Episode #57: Web of Connection with Asha Frost