Nonsense in the Chaos

#98 Pilgrimage for Armageddon; Week Four and the Half Way Hump

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0100

LWe're in the half-way hump of our pilgrimage, where bodies are aching, kit is falling apart, and the going is getting tough. But just as we're being pushed to our limits, the landscape is changing again, and rural France is opening its doors to us in unexpected ways.

From dystopian towns and boiling hot roads to fairyland encounters, generous strangers and moments of perfect Kairos timing, we're discovering that pilgrimage has a rhythm of its own. Sometimes the magic arrives when we least expect it, and sometimes the only way through is to keep putting one foot in front of the other.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

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#98 Pilgrimage for Armageddon; Week Three, In Relationship with Saint Michael

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0100

It’s the Week of Michaelmas, and the pilgrimage has taken a distinctly autumnal turn. Rain, mud, long roads and some properly rough days have tested us — but they’ve also given us plenty of time to consider what it actually means to walk in relationship with Saint Michael.

In this episode, we explore our own feelings about religion, the figure of Saint Michael, and the difference between following a religious tradition and forming a personal relationship with an archetype, a saint or a spiritual force.

Looking at Michael through a more esoteric lens, we ask what he might represent beyond the familiar imagery of sword, shield and battle — and what happens when we allow ourselves to meet these ancient figures through our own experience, imagination and inner world.

As the seasons turn, we continue walking towards the light, through the rain, and deeper into the pilgrimage.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#97 Pilgrimage for Armageddon; Week Two, An Equinox of Dolmens

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0100

A chance meeting with an English couple, Bob and Sue, led us to discover a whole host of ancient dolmens scattered along our route — some sitting directly on the Michael/Apollo energy line.

What followed was the most delightful Autumn Equinox, spent connecting with these extraordinary ancient places, the ancestors who built them, and our own ancestral lines. A week of walking, synchronicity, stones, stories and a growing sense that the landscape is guiding us along... As always.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#96 Pilgrimage for Armageddon; Week One, Meeting Athena.

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0100

Week One of the Pilgrimage for Armageddon is underway and it turns out the first lesson was about nearly losing one of the most important members of the expedition… My pilgrim staff, Polly.

After nearly falling from the ramparts at Mont-Saint-Michel, Polly was rescued, reborn and transformed into Athena, one of the energy lines we're setting off walking, and of course the goddess of wise decisions, wisdom, courage, strategy and righteous action.

Which got me thinking about what really matters. Perhaps the most precious things in the universe aren't gold, possessions or even the things we think we need to survive, but consciousness, imagination and love.

And, apparently, a rather magnificent piece of wood. And wood is the most precious material in the known universe.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#95 Nature Awakening; Cae Mabon and the Council of Free Women

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0100

This week, my pilgrimage preparations take me to the magical Cae Mabon in Wales, where I spend a week held in ceremony, surrounded by an extraordinary bunch of humans — and a veritable plethora of inspiring, powerful women.

Amongst the mountains, streams, stories, laughter and a fair bit of emotional alchemy, I discover there’s rather more to preparing for a pilgrimage than sorting out boots and backpacks. I learn about the empowerment that can come with menopause, the importance of standing up for my own needs, and the radical act of occasionally saying “No, actually, that doesn’t work for me” instead of desperately trying to keep everyone else happy.

All hail the Council of Free Women! 🔥🌙

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#94 Kentwell Hall; And the Great Cart Clamping Scandal of 1553

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0100

Step back through the mists of time and into the glorious, smoky, slightly unhinged world of Kentwell Hall Tudor Re-Creation…

This week, the podcast is less “peaceful historical immersion” and more woodsmoke, clucking chickens, creaking carts, peacocks screaming in the distance and the unmistakable sound of 1553’s most outrageous scandal…

THE GREAT CART CLAMPING SCANDAL OF 1553

Who clamped the cart?
Why was it clamped?
Who authorised the clamping?
And, most importantly… WHO IN GOD'S TEETH IS GOING TO PAY THE FINE?

Come and experience the sights, sounds and smells of Tudor Kentwell — where the past is very much alive, the peasants have opinions, the craftsmen know their arses from their elbows, and apparently even the carts aren’t safe.

A journey into history, heritage, chaos and the deeply questionable transport enforcement practices of the sixteenth century.

This week’s Nonsense in the Chaos is now in your ears. I'm sorry it's landed a little late.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#93 Radical Redesign; La Luna Coven returns to Boomtown 2026

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0100

Sorry for being radio silent for the last couple of weeks! 🙈 I was ridiculously busy, having far too much fun, and frankly needed a little break from the everyday.

And… apologies in advance that this week’s episode is a little sweary. 😂 But it’s bloody brilliant to be back!

This week I’m sharing some of the power and magic we wove at Boomtown this year — working with land magic, creativity and altered states of reality, and exploring how we can change young people’s relationship with the world, both inner and outer.

It was wild, beautiful, powerful and a little bit fucking magical.

Back in the Chaos we go… 🌀✨

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#92 Time to Topple the Toffs

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0100

TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️ 15min in talks about child abuse

This week, a surprise visit from an old friend left me asking a much bigger question.

What is it about people who think money, status and name-dropping make them more important than everyone else? Watching one person's behaviour manage to irritate not just me but seemingly half of Sark became the perfect reminder that it's time to stop bowing to wealth and privilege simply because society tells us we should.

This isn't about resentment. It's about self-respect.

In this episode, I explore why it's time to lovingly—but firmly—topple the toffs. To stop confusing riches with wisdom, status with character, and influence with integrity. Real power comes from kindness, authenticity and treating every human being as an equal.

If you've ever felt intimidated by someone who believed they were above everyone else, this conversation is your reminder: no one is.

It's time to stand tall, speak truth with love, and remember that genuine greatness never needs to announce itself.

Books mentioned;

Witch: Unleashed. Untamed. Unapologetic by Lisa Lister

Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner (Llewellyn's Practical Magick) by Scott Cuningham

Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive by Kristen J. Sollee

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#91 An Audience With the Valley

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0100

This week's podcast began in a hammock, in our garden overlooking Port du Moulin on Sark, as the sun dipped into golden hour.
Our garden sits on an energy line… a place that amplifies your connection with the Earth. So I decided to get quiet. To listen.
I pulled a few tarot cards and asked a simple question. ‘What do you want to say to me?’
The answer that came through wasn't what I expected.
In this week's episode, I'm sharing the message that unfolded, what the cards revealed, and why I believe the Earth is always speaking to us... if we're willing to be still enough to hear.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#90 The Stories That Shape the Future

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0100

The battle for the future won't just be fought through technology, politics or economics. It will be fought through story.

As artificial intelligence, data centres and digital infrastructure become the backbone of modern civilisation, new narratives are already emerging. Those who defend rivers, forests and the living Earth risk being recast as obstacles to progress... even as extremists. Recent political moves in the United States hint at how quickly environmental resistance could be reframed through the language of security and terrorism.

In this week's episode of Nonsense in the Chaos, I explore why storytelling has become one of the most powerful acts of our time. If old myths are being rewritten to justify extraction, surveillance and endless growth, then we need to become better storytellers ourselves... weaving narratives rooted in relationship, beauty, belonging and a living planet.

Because the stories we tell today will determine the world we inhabit tomorrow.

Books I mention in this episode;

Sand Talk; How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta

Active Hope; How to Face the Mess We're in with Unexpected Reslience & Creative Power by Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#89 The Power of Pilgrimage; Guy Hayward and the Magic of Walking with Intention

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0100

What happens when we choose to walk not simply to get somewhere, but to be changed by the journey itself?

This week I'm joined by Guy Hayward, co-founder and Director of the British Pilgrimage Trust and co-author of Britain's Pilgrim Places. Since 2014, Guy has been quietly helping revive pilgrimage across Britain through the simple but profound invitation to 'bring your own beliefs', reminding us that pilgrimage belongs to everyone, regardless of faith or philosophy.

Together we wander through the archetype of the pilgrim, exploring why walking with intention transforms not only the landscape around us, but our relationship with ourselves, with strangers, and with the more-than-human world. We talk about the curious openness that emerges on the road, the unexpected conversations that seem to find you, and why moving at walking pace allows the world to reveal itself in ways we'd otherwise miss.

Whether you've walked hundreds of miles or never considered yourself a pilgrim, this conversation is an invitation to slow down, pay attention, and rediscover the quiet magic that's been waiting beside the path all along.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#88 Being Part of the Collective; Individual Talents and the Narcissism of Stardom

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0100

In this week's episode of Nonsense in the Chaos, I explore the tension between celebrating our unique gifts and becoming consumed by the modern obsession with personal branding, fame and being seen. Drawing on indigenous culture, psychology and everyday life, I ask whether we've confused individuality with individualism... and what we've lost along the way.

From the rise of celebrity culture to the quiet satisfaction of contributing to something bigger than ourselves, this is a conversation about belonging, purpose and finding our rightful place within the collective. How do we honour our talents without making ourselves the centre of the story? And could the healthiest form of self-expression be one that ultimately serves the community?

If you've ever wrestled with the pull between standing out and fitting in, this episode offers a thoughtful reflection on the balance between the two.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#87 An Unassuming Action Hero; Edd Stone and All Things Adventurous

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0100

This week on Nonsense in the Chaos, I’m sitting down with my adventure buddy, Edd Stone. We spend a lot of our working lives together, whether that’s as Astro Guides at the Observatory peering out into the vastness of space, or with Adventure Sark, taking people scrambling over rocks, out onto the sea in kayaks, dangling off cliffs coasteering, or trying their hand at archery and shooting.

Edd is one of those people who somehow manages to be both completely unassuming and quietly extraordinary. A bit of an enigma, a man of few words at times, and yet someone who seems endlessly capable. The sort of person who’ll casually do something wildly impressive and then shrug as though it was nothing much at all.

I’m really glad to have him as a friend and partner in crime for all things adventurous on this little island of ours, so I thought it was about time I dragged him into the chaos for a proper chat. We talk adventure, life, stories from the island, and some of the things that make Edd, well… Edd.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#86 Apocalypse Now; Stewardship for the Future

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0100

This week on Nonsense in the Chaos, I recorded sat back up in my favourite tree, Satine... or what remains of her. She took the full force of this winter's storms and though she's still alive, just, she stands now in a different form.

Sitting beneath her in the heat, I found myself reflecting on the strange threshold we seem to be standing in as a species. The air feels different. The seasons feel different. The stories we tell ourselves about tomorrow feel different.

We often imagine the apocalypse as a sudden event: sirens, collapse, fire falling from the sky. But what if this is it? What if apocalypse, in its truest meaning, is not the end of the world but an unravelling? A revelation. The slow and undeniable uncovering of where we are and what we have forgotten.

In Apocalypse Now; Stewardship for the Future, I explore what might be asked of us now. If the world is changing around us, perhaps our task is not simply to survive it, but to remember how to belong again. To learn all we can. To preserve wisdom wherever we find it. To understand the old ways of being in relationship with land, story and season. To embody them. To become stewards rather than consumers.

Because if something is ending, something else is asking to begin.

Book recommendations;

Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta Menopausal Years; The Wise Woman's Way by Susun S Seed
Active Hope - Joanna Macy
Artist’s Way - Julia Cameron

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#85 Gathering of Roots; Witchfool Reflections

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0100

This week on Nonsense in the Chaos, I’m gathering the roots.

The Witchfool Are You? journey began on Monday and already something fascinating is unfolding. Sometimes we think we’re leading the ritual, holding the space or guiding the path, but then life quietly turns and reveals that something is leading us too.

In this episode I’m reflecting on the threads, synchronicities and whispers that are beginning to emerge through the course... the things the universe seems to be showing me through the people gathering around it, through the archetypes appearing, and through the deeper roots beneath the surface of what I thought this journey was about.

An episode about listening beneath the noise, trusting the universe and letting the flow carry you.

Tea in hand recommended.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#84 Cradled by Your Love; Running Away to Satine the Beacon Tree

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0100

This week on Nonsense in the Chaos, I climbed a tree.

After finding myself peopled out and carrying the lingering sadness that can follow when alcohol leaves our closest relationships feeling a little bruised and out of tune, I spent the day perched among the branches, seeking refuge in the way I always have.

From childhood memories of running away into nature and escaping the pressures of school, to reflections on the complicated dance of connection, solitude and belonging, this is an episode about finding your way back to yourself when life feels a little tangled.

High in the canopy, I interview the tree I call Satine. Through three tarot cards, Satine offers her wisdom, and what begins as a playful conversation slowly unfolds into exactly the advice I needed to hear.

An episode about trees, childhood, sadness, healing, and the quiet guidance that appears when we stop long enough to listen.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#83 Facing Your Demons of the Abyss

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0100

This week on Nonsense in the Chaos, we're venturing into the abyss.

Not the dramatic, mythic kind filled with monsters and ancient gods... but the very real places within ourselves we'd rather avoid.

For me, the demon waiting in the dark is money.

The stories I carry about worth, security, success and scarcity have a habit of resurfacing whenever I think I've finally made peace with them. Yet every descent into the underworld offers the same invitation: to stop running, turn around, and meet what is chasing us.

Together we'll explore what it means to face our personal demons, why the abyss so often appears before transformation, and how the things we fear most can become our greatest teachers.

So what waits for you in the dark?

Join me as we step into the depths and discover what treasures might be hidden there.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#82 Nurturing Curiosity; AJ and Exploring the Healing Power of Nature

Fri, 29 May 2026 06:00:00 +0100

This week on Nonsense in the Chaos, I’m joined by the wonderful AJ... a curious soul walking the delicate line between care, academia, activism and joy. Working within the NHS as a mental health nurse supporting families in a deeply pressured system, AJ brings both compassion and honesty to the conversation.

Currently completing the first two years of her doctorate, with her thesis beginning in September, AJ’s research explores how healthcare staff can help reconnect people with nature, and why that matters so profoundly in a time of climate crisis and collective burnout.

We talk about climate justice, the healing power of the natural world, dancing, festivals, learning, and what it means to celebrate the sheer privilege of being alive amidst the chaos of modern life.

A thoughtful, grounded and quietly inspiring conversation.

Chaos Crusade Links -

Guide on critiquing thoughts and ideas

https://theconversation.com/how-do-you-know-that-what-you-know-is-true-thats-epistemology-63884

Inspiring more exploration about ways of knowing:

An Ecology of mind - a daughters portrait of Gregory Bateson

https://youtu.be/PMUUdRmAAbM?si=E977NO0oG_z6ZXRE

Indigenous philosophy - the ethics of philosophy

https://youtu.be/mfkBmOQhBNM?si=cX_Jh7po-17tHKic

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#81 Gemini Season and the Wheels Coming off the Train!

Sat, 23 May 2026 15:00:00 +0100

Turns out the HRT was working… because when it ran out unexpectedly last Friday, the wheels fully came off the train. Add getting ill on top, and this week’s podcast has arrived slightly later than usual.

In the new episode of Nonsense in the Chaos I’m talking about grounding and recalibrating during the busy headiness of Gemini Season, tending the home fires, avoiding burnout, and how to begin again after finishing a big piece of work and entering a new cycle.

A slightly frazzled but heartfelt one this week.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#80 Meeting Pachamamma; Shaman Ben and Being a Guardian of the Land

Fri, 15 May 2026 11:00:00 +0100

This week on Nonsense in the Chaos, I’m joined by Ben the Shaman, who opened this year’s La Beltane Festival in the middle of a thunderstorm.

As torrential rain lashed the valley and festival-goers huddled beneath the gazebo, Ben stepped directly into the storm to bless the land, calling to Pachamama, spirit, the heavens and the directions. Slowly the rain softened, the skies cleared, and the festival unfolded in sunshine from that moment onward.

We talk about ritual, healing, community, land connection, and why gatherings like La Beltane — and a deeper relationship with the land itself — feel so deeply needed in the modern world.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#79 Beltane Blessings; Grounding and Landing Post Burning the Wickerman

Fri, 08 May 2026 06:00:00 +0100

This week on Nonsense in the Chaos, I’m talking about how strong, grounded, and genuinely supported I feel after this year’s La Beltane Festival here on Sark.

The day began with absolute chaos... an unexpected torrential downpour just as everything was starting. For a moment, it felt like the whole thing might unravel. But the crew held steady, everyone pulled together, and we somehow ran a very smooth ship.

Then, after an extra special blessing from Peruvian shaman Ben, the skies cleared and the sun came out for the rest of the day. It was truly magical.

Since then, the land itself has felt different somehow. Blessed, open, and welcoming. As though by honouring her properly, something shifted.

This episode is about community, ritual, resilience, and what happens when people gather with real intention.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#78 Love and Laughter; Saffron Issac and Thirty-Two Years of Friendship

Fri, 01 May 2026 06:00:00 +0100

This week on Nonsense in the Chaos, I’m joined by my best friend, Saffron Issac… a woman who has walked alongside me through more lifetimes than one.

We met as teenagers in a Tudor re-creation and have been in each other’s lives ever since, from free parties and muddy rave fields, to sharing a home at the turn of the millennium in Brighton, to slowly, fiercely carving out our own lives and callings. We’ve witnessed each other becoming, unravelling, rebuilding.

We even found ourselves side by side in the strange, tender world of IVF… her journey leading to motherhood and a now twelve-year-old, mine opening out into a different, child-free path. Two lives, equally full. Equally valid. Deeply intertwined.

These days, we keep our connection alive through podcast-length WhatsApp messages (you know the ones), and in many ways, this entire podcast has become an extension of our conversations… with Saffron very much at the heart of who I’m speaking to.

This episode is exactly what you’d expect… chaos, laughter, nostalgia, and a whole lot of love. A celebration of friendship that has stretched, shifted, and held strong through it all.

Come and sit with us and enjoy an hour of eavesdropping on two old friends who just can’t stop laughing.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#77 Creating a Home and Tending to the Ancestral Fires

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0100

This week I’m sitting in the strange and beautiful in-between of arrival. A new home, new rhythms, new ways of inhabiting both space and self. There’s something about learning how to live in a place that mirrors learning how to live in a new phase of life… and right now, both are shifting at once.

As I move deeper into the perimenopausal threshold, I can feel the stirrings of what I’m calling the ‘Baby Crone’… a soft but powerful reordering of priorities, energy, and truth.

And weaving through it all… La Beltane Festival is just on the horizon. I’m looking forward to immersing myself in the weekend, celebrating the season and this gorgeous land, AND then being able to relax and enjoy the house and our new lives together after it’s all come together. Can’t wait for that bit!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#76 A Spiritual Journey; Elaine Le Feuvre and Ways of Meeting the Menopause

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100

This week I take a deep dive into the wild adventure that is menopause with my guest Elaine Le Feuvre.

Elaine is a passionate advocate for the Red School, which teaches women to work with their menstrual cycles, and for the Wisewoman’s Journey through menopause, seeing it as a deeply spiritual rite of passage.

Known across the Channel Islands for her work as an aromatherapist, Elaine has led a rich and varied life. She has lived in South Africa and the UK, returning to Guernsey in her 30s where she worked in the prison service before coming back to her roots as a holistic therapist. Her practice now weaves together aromatherapy, reiki, and her work as a qualified cacao facilitator.

Her work is inseparable from her own healing journey. After experiencing severe menstrual symptoms since her teenage years, she had a defining moment when she discovered she was living with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), a cyclical, hormone-based mood disorder. From that point, she committed to understanding her body more deeply, exploring both holistic and hormonal approaches, and grounding herself in spiritual practice to navigate the physical and emotional intensity of PMDD.

Elaine is deeply committed to encouraging women to share their hormonal journeys and reclaim their stories.

In this episode, we also explore Wise Power: Discover the Liberating Power of Menopause to Awaken Authority, Purpose and Belonging by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer and Alexandra Pope.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#75 Answers from the Universe; Trusting the Process

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0100

This week’s episode arrives straight from the midst of chaos… boxes everywhere, life in flux, and La Beltane Festival fast approaching.

With capacity stretched and no guest in place, this becomes a raw solo transmission... an honest navigation of what it means to keep going when everything feels in motion. And, as ever, the universe answers. The rune that emerges lands with uncanny precision, offering guidance exactly where it’s needed.

This episode explores how to stay open, how to listen, and how to trust what’s unfolding—even when the path feels uncertain. Because sometimes the answers aren’t found by striving… but by allowing.

#NonsenseintheChaos #Podcast #NewEpisode

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#74 Adventures in Geomancy; The Universe Set Me A Quest-I-On

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100

There are moments when the path beneath your feet stops being metaphor and becomes instruction.
This week’s episode traces the unseen threads that have been quietly, persistently guiding me... from pilgrimage roads to the shores of Sark, and deeper still into the valley we now call home. What once felt like a series of choices is revealing itself as something far more intentional — a conversation with the land itself.
Geomancy, when lived rather than studied, asks something of you. It listens, it nudges, and sometimes... it sets a quest.
In this episode, I explore the strange and sacred pull into place, and the growing sense that I’m being asked to step into service — to listen more closely, to read the energy of the land, and to discover what work wants to be done here.
This is a story of arrival, alignment, and the first whisper of a question that might just change everything.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#73 Tell it to the Bees; Chris Parks and the Wonders of the World

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +0000

In this week’s episode I’m chatting with the incredible creatrix that is Chris Park.

Chris lives on an organic farm in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire. His work is wide and varied, from arts and craft, ancient technologies, experimental archaeology and educational projects, to eco-building, professional storytelling, folk music and raising the awareness of the heritage of beekeeping. He is a founder member of the Beekeeping History Trust, a skep beekeeper, skep-maker and a practicing Druid.

Often seen extolling the virtues of mead, metheglin and other traditional honey drinks, Chris tries to live an ecological lifestyle, growing some food, fetching wood and spring water, living close to the earth.

Around the fire, if the stars are aligned, he can be a purveyor of ageless words, a seeker of the world's most ancient truths, lies and everything in between. You might call him a mellifluous fabulist, an erudite druid or a cunning linguist… but put simply he's just a decent fella, and a good storyteller, with tales for young and old, the innocent and the experienced, garnished with delicious music and song.

You can find out more about what Chris gets up to at;

www.acorneducation.com

www.livingbeeing.com

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#72 The Spring Equinox; Bringing Forth New Beginnings

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +0000

It might seem counterintuitive, but this moment in time is such an incredible opportunity to be the best version of yourself and to do heroic things.

Be the person who hid the family in your attic. Be the person who smuggled people through the checkpoint in the car. Be the person who kept squirrelling food away and who shared your last bit of bread. Be that person.

Be the person that people are going to talk about in 50 years’ time... about what a courageous, awesome human you were because of all the bold and selfless things you did.

Don’t let them control the narrative. Don’t let them create your world for you. You create your own world, and you create them into living in a world where they are facing justice and getting their comeuppance. Know, with every fibre of your being, that this is going to happen.

This is a turning point in history. It will be remembered in 50 years’ time... in a hundred years’ time. We’ll be talking about this moment in time.

What were you doing? What was your contribution? What did you challenge? What did you stand up for? What did you help to create? What were you doing during this time?

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#71 Herd Time; Claire Cole and the Power of Horse

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +0000

This week I’m in conversation with Claire Cole, who runs The Centre in Guernsey, where she and her horses hold deeply intuitive shamanic healing sessions. In her work the horses are not simply present... they are active participants in the process, sensing energy, responding to what is unspoken, and helping guide people gently back towards themselves. There is something profoundly moving about watching these huge, sensitive creatures mirror what is happening inside us.

It feels like an apt way to open this new season... especially in the year of the fire horse. Claire herself carries that same quiet strength. She is a gentle, gorgeous soul with a real powerhouse energy behind her work, and our conversation wandered through the magic of horses, the nature of healing, and the unexpected ways transformation can appear when we slow down enough to listen. It was a joy to sit down with her, and a beautiful way to begin the next chapter of the podcast.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#70 Let the Sunshine in!

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Nonsense in the Chaos is back! It feels so good to be back behind the microphone. I’ve missed you all.

This week I discuss how I can feel the old stories cracking. Institutions are wobbling, certainty is dissolving, and the world feels increasingly unreal. The question becomes: how do we live truthfully inside the chaos?

I’ll explore power, myth, creativity, spirituality, and the courage to think differently. Time to move beyond outrage and into action. Not by fighting every battle, but by making your own pixel bright: choosing beauty, kindness, imagination, and integrity in a world that often rewards the opposite.

This is the hour to be bold, provocative, mythical, and journey into the stories of the land — dragon energy, ancient symbols, creative awakening, and the quiet revolution of reclaiming meaning for ourselves.

The systems may be shaking. Good. Something new is being written.

Tune in wherever you get your podcasts!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#69 Entering the Radiance of a Ten Year

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000

The final episode of Nonsense in the Chaos for Season Two is a pause at the threshold. As Yule tide gathers us inward, this week’s episode explores the numerology of the coming year: a universal ten, the number of the radiant body, the moment in the alchemical process when lead is turned into gold.

This is a conversation about community, about scale, and about agency. When the bigger picture feels overwhelming, there is still the work to do on our own pixel, making it as bright, clear and generous as it can be. That, in itself, is a powerful action.

I’ll be stepping away after this episode for a digital detox and some much-needed Creation Hibernation time, returning in March. Until then, this feels like a hand on the shoulder and a steadying breath. We’ve got this. And next year asks us to step up. Not alone, but together.

And can we just take a moment to enjoy the fact that I’m ending the season on the number 69.

No, I will not grow up.

See you back here in March 2026. Happy Yule Tide and New Year!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#68 Kairos Time; Terri Windling and Some Ways to Navigate the Inferno

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#67 It Really is a Wonderful Life

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000

This week’s podcast weaves together the quiet magic of legacy, continuity and the unseen threads that connect us. In It’s a Wonderful Life, George Bailey never becomes wealthy or achieves the grand future he imagined. Instead, he receives something far greater: perspective. He’s granted the rare gift of witnessing the impact of his existence—the threads tying him to every life he’s touched and the ripples he’s left behind.

This week’s episode turns that lens towards the real world as I say goodbye to a friend who has passed away and reflect on a life well lived. A lifetime is only one link in a long chain of past and future lives, an opportunity to shape the world with whatever gifts we carry before handing the baton over to the next one. We are each part of the great symphony of life, and every note—no matter how humble—is vital to its glorious crescendo.

CORRECTION: I talk about the Capricorn Dark Moon in this episode, but it was actually a Sagitarius Moon. It snuck in at the 28th degree. The Capricorn Dark Moon won't be until the 18th January. Join me then for the online ceremony to create our 2026 iconostasis.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#66 Church of Burn; Jonathan Harris and the Ritual of Burning Money

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000

#66 Church of Burn; Jonathan Harris and the Ritual of Burning Money

Episode #66 dives into the Church of Burn with Jonathan Harris, its Reverend and creator of a movement that treats money not as a master but as a material for ritual transformation. Is it art-magic, a cult, a new form of religion, or something stranger? The Church calls itself a gathering around a sacred act: the literal sacrifice of money to expose its power, its mythology, and its grip on our bodies and imaginations.

Jonathan speaks about the shock, fascination and moral challenge their rituals provoke, and why burning money offers a direct, visceral encounter with the Old God of capital. Through collective loss, the Church explores generosity, sovereignty, and the possibility of loosening money’s hold on our lives. This conversation unpacks the politics, philosophy and raw somatic experience at the heart of a practice that stands on the edge of art, spirituality and rebellion.

https://churchofburn.org

@churchofburn

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#65 ‘She Who Eats Filth’ and the Duality of Light and Dark

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000

What’s the treasure at the heart of your life right now, and what do you feel called to make in the coming year?

Three things steadied my nerves this week. First was The Emerald episode ‘Carry That Weight: On Mythic Burdens and Cosmic Supports’, where Joshua speaks of the old comfort in believing something larger could hold the weight of the world for you. It stirred a deep memory of how light life once felt when I carried that belief.

Then I drew an oracle card: Tlazolteotl, the eater of filth, the cleanser of what weighs us down. She appeared just as I was spiralling about my to-do list, and her presence cut through the self-punishment.

And finally, I stumbled upon the Church of Burn, with its wild promise to “guide you toward an experience of the ritual sacrifice of money.” Their approach flips my long-held patterns on their head, and something in me lit up at the possibility.

As we move towards 2026 — a ‘10’ year — the call is to step into our most expansive, radiant selves. This is the moment to alchemise the muck and mess into gold. With Sagittarius now in the skies, there’s a fire up our backsides, urging us to dream with real audacity as we cross the threshold into a new year.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#64 The House of Broken Bricks; Fiona Williams on honouring the Landscape and a Sense of Identity

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000

This week on Nonsense in the Chaos we follow the thread from Somerset to Exeter to meet Fiona Williams, author of House of Broken Bricks and partner of Joe, the builder from episode #58. Joe grew up in Burrowbridge with his twin brother Jason, and it was clear from meeting them how deeply the Levels run in their bones. Fiona carries that same connection, and channels it onto the page with remarkable clarity.

Her novel captures the Somerset Levels with a tenderness that feels tactile. Mud, reeds, light, memory… All held with the same depth of care found in Braiding Sweetgrass. Reading her book had me laughing at the scenes of lost hikers pacing back and forth looking for the footpath (a very familiar experience), and wiping away tears more than once. Her writing is extraordinary, easily some of the finest I’ve encountered. She also talked about her PHD and forthcoming work, in which she traces how folk tales act as living records, shaped by the people who work the land and the land that works on them

Mercury Retrograde played its usual games during recording. A first attempt disappeared into the ether, and the second—this episode—picked up the occasional echo on my voice. I’ve reduced it as much as possible. The conversation still shines, and meeting Fiona was a complete delight.

Settle in for an episode rich with story, landscape and the quiet power of a writer who listens closely to the land beneath her feet.

You can find out more about Fiona's work @fionawilliamswrites

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#63 Mercury Retrograde and Dealing With the World of Chronos

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000

I’ve been having an absolute technical meltdown recently... computers freezing, files disappearing, batteries dying mid-sentence — all the classic signatures of Mercury Retrograde. It’s that trickster energy again, reminding me that control is an illusion and timing isn’t always mine to command.

In this episode, I want to explore what happens when the universe presses pause — when the messages don’t send, the plans fall apart, and we’re forced to stop running by the clock of Chronos time. That rigid, linear, ever-ticking structure we try to live within — deadlines, meetings, calendars — can feel like a cage when Mercury decides to pull the rug out from under us.

But maybe, just maybe, that chaos is an invitation. A doorway into Kairos time — the sacred, intuitive rhythm of the soul. The time of right moments, not scheduled ones. The time that pilgrimage teaches us to trust. Because on pilgrimage, the body moves slowly, the world widens, and meaning arrives when it’s ready, not when you demand it.

We’ll wander through what it means to surrender to necessity — not what you want to do, but what life is asking you to do. We’ll look at the shadows that surface when everything stops working, the discomfort of not knowing, and how those breakdowns are sometimes the exact medicine the moment requires.

So if you’ve been feeling tangled in delay, disarray, or just plain stuck — join me. Let’s step together out of the anxious tick of Chronos, into the wild, luminous now of Kairos, and find what’s waiting for us in the stillness Mercury leaves behind.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#62 Homeward Bound; Graham Joyce and Pilgrimage Integration

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000

I’m back home — the pilgrimage dust barely settled on my boots — and already I find myself arms-deep in scrubbing the pub toilets, as reality swoops in to claim me once more. The rhythm of Chronos time, that steady, ticking, relentless measure of the everyday, has returned in full force. After weeks of sacred wandering and timeless flow, I’m suddenly back in the hum of normal life, where the clock rules and the mythic gives way to the mundane.

Before leaving the pilgrimage, though, I had the chance to sit down with someone who understands this transition all too well — Graham Joyce, a seasoned pilgrim who led a group of nine along the very same Michael Line we’ve just completed. Graham has spent years exploring these ancient energy paths — the Michael and Mary lines that weave through the landscape like luminous threads — and his insight brings a rich depth to everything we’ve experienced on our own journey.

In our conversation, we delve into the mysteries and meanings of these sacred lines, the subtle ways they seem to shape both the land and the human spirit. We talk about the transformative effects of walking with intention — what it stirs, what it heals, what it breaks open — and how to carry that transformation back into ordinary life without losing the magic.

This episode is a bridge between worlds: the mythic and the mundane, sacred time and clock time. It’s an invitation to remember that even as we return to our routines, the pilgrimage continues within us — in every act of devotion, every moment of awareness, even, perhaps, in the quiet ritual of scrubbing the pub toilets.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#61 Pilgrimage for Peace; Week Eight and What Have We Learnt?

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000

It’s the end of our eight-week Odyssey — a journey that has taken us across landscapes both outer and inner — and we are feeling all the feels. The road behind us is heavy with stories, laughter, tears, revelations, and quiet moments of grace. Now, as the dust settles beneath our boots, it’s time to pause, reflect, digest, and begin to integrate everything that has unfolded along the way.

In this closing episode, I sit down with each of the pilgrims who have shared this path, listening to how the experience has shaped and changed them — what they’re taking home, what they’re leaving behind, and how the journey continues to ripple through their daily lives. We also hear from friends and supporters who’ve been following from afar, offering their own perspectives on what it means to witness a pilgrimage in motion.

To round off this chapter, we’re joined by Graham Joyce, who back in 2008 walked the Michael and Mary lines — those ancient, serpentine energy paths that so many of us still feel pulsing beneath the land. His reflections bring a sense of continuity and deeper context to our own walk, linking past and present seekers along the same luminous threads.

The full conversation with Graham will be released in a later episode, but for now, join us in this tender closing circle — a space to breathe, remember, and honour the magic of what has been an unforgettable pilgrimage.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#60 Pilgrimage for Peace; Week Seven and What Gives You Hope?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0100

In this week’s episode of Nonsense in the Chaos, we’re walking with an open heart and a simple, shining question: What gives you hope?

As we travel together along winding paths and through shifting weather, I ask each person who joins me on the walk to share what helps them keep faith in the world — what lights the way when things feel uncertain or heavy. Their answers are beautiful, tender, and deeply human, revealing the many different ways hope takes root in our lives.

You’ll hear from Helen Melon, Gemma Rogers, @Francesca_way_lvx, @jenway33, @Dansumption, Dill Hill, and @fernwood_remedies — a chorus of voices offering wisdom, humour, and honesty from the road. And along the way, we stumble upon the wonderful Rob, landlord of the Orange Tree pub in Baldock, who reminds us that community and kindness are their own kind of hope.

It’s a gentle, grounding episode — a walk filled with stories, laughter, reflection, and the small yet powerful sparks of hope that connect us all, even in the midst of chaos.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#59 Pilgrimage for Peace, Week Six and What Would You Ask Peace?

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0100

This week’s episode turns inward, toward one of the deepest and most elusive companions on any journey — Peace. As we walk together through shifting weather and landscape, I pose a simple yet profound question to everyone who joins me on the path: If Peace were a living being, an entity you could meet face to face, what would you ask? What would you say?

The answers unfold like poetry — honest, surprising, and at times raw. Some imagine Peace as a quiet friend they long to embrace again, others as a distant figure they’re still learning to trust. Through laughter, reflection, and silence, we begin to sense how Peace reveals itself differently to each of us: in the rhythm of our footsteps, in the wind through the trees, in moments of surrender and stillness.

This episode is a weaving of voices, a collective meditation on what it means to seek Peace not as an abstract idea, but as a presence that walks beside us — sometimes hidden, sometimes radiant, always waiting to be recognised.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#58 Pilgrimage for Peace; Week Five and the Meeting of Land Magic and Sacred Stones

Sun, 05 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0100

This week we journey through sacred circles of land magic, ancient stones, and the guiding light of the moon. With the fiery Aries full moon rising on the horizon, I explore its energy and what it stirs within us — courage, initiation, and the call to act. I’m joined by my fellow pilgrim and creative soul, Francesca, as we reflect on how this potent lunar moment weaves with our ongoing paths of pilgrimage, creativity, and connection to the earth. Along the way, I walk and talk with friends who join us for a day’s wandering, sharing stories and insights as we unpick what the land, the stones, and the sacred sites mean to each of us — how they speak, heal, and hold memory. It’s an episode of conversation, contemplation, and communion with the living landscape.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#57 Pilgrimage for Peace; Week Four and its Tales from the Cookie Jar

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0100

This week on Nonsense in the Chaos we move through the gentler landscape of Somerset, where the walking feels easier and the encounters kinder. After some heavy days earlier in the journey, this stretch offers welcome moments of connection with people who feel instantly familiar.

Up until now a tough theme has kept re-surfacing: the unsettling rise of racism and fascism appearing in everyday conversations. One minute it’s small talk about the weather; the next, a dropped name reveals just who influences the person and how far the hatred has spread.

But Somerset also brings bright spots. We meet two sharp, thoughtful builders who speak openly about what they’re seeing in their own communities. One has even left his home town after his mixed-heritage son was attacked post-Brexit. He calls the growing hostility “Chavageddon”—a darkly comic phrase with real weight behind it.

Despite everything, hope holds steady. It shows up in the warmth of strangers, in honest conversations and in the simple relief of meeting people who refuse to be pulled into the tide.

Join us for a week shaped by humour, clarity and the connections that make the road feel a little lighter.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#56 Pilgrimage for Peace; Week Three and the Great Chagford 'Mum-Off'

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0100

History was made this week in the great Chagford Mum-Off! Our Strolling Mummers away team clashed with the Chagford Mummers on their home turf. They grabbed the win (a total fix – we were robbed blind, I tell thee!). Between bouts of theatrical skulduggery we stayed with Howard and his partner Terri – my soul sister – plus the ever-glorious Lottie the dog. Rainbows, laughter, and Devon’s red soil carried me back to the spirit of pilgrimage with my old companions from the long road to COP26 in 2021.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#55 Pilgrimage for Peace; Week Two and the Complexity of Humanity

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0100

In this week’s episode, the four of us walking the full route share what the pilgrimage means to us and what we’re learning along the way.

You’ll also meet two strikingly different characters – both pagans, yet seemingly from opposite ends of the spectrum. They cared for us, they’re our friends, and they’re kind and generous, yet I don’t agree with some of their views. You may even find parts of our conversations shocking.

These perspectives keep surfacing, though, and we have to ask: how do we navigate them? It can’t always be finger-pointing or cancelling. How do we move towards peace? As pilgrims, our role is to listen, not to preach.

What fascinates me most is how people can live in such vastly different realities

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#54 Pilgrimage for Peace, Week One; Thor, and a Tale of Wet Weather

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0100

I've had an absolute nightmare trying to pull this together whilst on the road. The phone software is temperamental, to put it mildly, so I've lost or corrupted several edits. Hence the late release date, but it's here now. And I've the hang of things now.

It has been an extremely soggy start to the pilgrimage, but we've also enjoyed days of sunshine and experienced incredible generosity from people who've put us up, fed us, washed our clothes and given us beds for the night.

This first week has mainly been focused on working out what we're doing, getting to know each other, learn the play, set our intentions and get into the flow of the pilgrimage. It's a lot harder than I remember.

But it's still the greatest privilege. To be on the road, with such wonderful company, walking in Kairos time. The rain has not dampened our spirits. Huzzah!

If you're able to support me on this Pilgrimage for Peace that would be amazing. I'm raising funds at https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/pilgrimage-for-peace

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#53 The Year Anne Boleyn Died; 1536 at Kentwell Hall

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0100

This week we slip through time to the year 1536, the fateful year Queen Anne Boleyn was executed, as Kentwell Hall once again bursts into life with its magnificent Tudor re-creation. For decades, this extraordinary gathering has welcomed hundreds of history buffs to step into the shoes of ordinary folk and high-born gentry alike, and this year’s happenings were as rich and wild as ever.

In this episode I capture the flavour of Kentwell: the dubious cures for syphilis being hawked by earnest ‘physicians’, the dangerous sparks of alchemists attempting to make gunpowder, and the rowdy activity of arse-wrestling, well oiled of course. But beyond the mischief and merriment, it’s also about the people. Catching up with cherished friends, fellow historians, and Kentwell enthusiasts who together weave this living tapestry of Tudor England.

Come walk with me through the stillrooms, the brewers, the bakers and the alchemists, where history is not simply remembered but lived, argued, sung, and wrestled with. Kentwell is never just re-enactment – it’s a world apart, and for a brief moment, the year 1536 is as real as our own.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#52 The Power of Now; La Luna Coven and our time at Boomtown

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0100

This episode is all about Boomtown 2025, and the story we wove there in the La Luna Coven. Boomtown’s theme for next year is Radical Redesign, but this year, we were already living it. We built a time machine, travelled with a crystal through past and future, and dreamt up a world where difference is celebrated, technology and nature work in harmony, and everyone thrives.

I’ll be sharing what happened inside our Coven at Old Town, the visions we imagined with the festival-goers, and what it felt like to open the Lion’s Gate stage before tens of thousands of people, calling in the Guardians of Earth, Air, Fire, Water, the Horned God and the Great Goddess.

This is a story about imagination, resistance, and hope. It’s about stepping away from fear and towards love, every step of the way.

So come with me, into the chaos of Boomtown, and discover what a Radical Redesign of the future might really look like.

I'm off on pilgrimage soon! Please help support me to make this happen by donating to my crowdfunder... https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/pilgrimage-for-peace

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#51 Rebellious Strength; Fighting for Fairness and Equality

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0100

In this episode, I’m speaking from the heart about my fight for fairness and equality—not just in politics or policy, but in everyday life. I talk about what it means to stand up when it’s uncomfortable, to challenge systems that are built to exclude, and to keep showing up even when the odds feel stacked.

I also explore how easy it is to be blind to our own privilege, and how real change starts when we’re willing to examine the power we hold. And yes, I even make a case for tax. I believe paying tax is a good thing, a sign that we care about each other, that we believe in services, support, and shared responsibility.

This episode is a rallying cry for those who still believe in building a fairer world, one small, stubborn act at a time.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#50 Making Friends with Plants; The Seed Sistas and the Healing Power of Herbalism

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0100

For this special 50th episode, I’m joined by the incredible Seed Sistas – two dear friends who have profoundly shaped my understanding of magic, health, vitality, and the deep, reciprocal relationship we can cultivate with the natural world.

Forming friendships with wild plants has been a cornerstone of my pilgrimages. As I’ve walked across the UK, these living beings have offered me company, wisdom, and wonder. With them by my side, I’ve never felt alone. This way of experiencing the world has become utterly precious to me – a source of joy and transformation that I couldn’t now imagine life without.

It has also taught me a profound empathy for indigenous peoples who witness the destruction of their more-than-human kin – trees, plants, animals – and feel that loss as we would a friend or family member. All life is sacred. All relationships matter.

I absolutely adore the way the Seed Sistas see the world, and it’s a true privilege to introduce them to you. These visionary, warrior women bring so much wisdom, humour and heart – and I can’t wait for you to meet them

seedsistas.co.uk

@seed_sistas

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#49 Letting the Universe Lead & Trusting the Unknown

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0100

During this week’s podcast, I reflect on the adventure that unfolds when I let the universe lead and trust the unknown. I explore the lessons of Mercury Retrograde, tune into Kairos time, and speak on the importance of keeping my nervous system regulated by trusting the process — especially as I head into a season where everything seems to be happening at once.

How do I disrupt the old narratives, stay organised, meet my responsibilities, earn money, and nurture my relationships — all at the same time?

It is possible, if I stay calm and trust that all will be well.
And all will be well, if I create it to be so.

So mote it be.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#48 Language is Power; Ray Howard and Revealing Reality Through Grammar

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0100

This week on Nonsense in the Chaos, I finally sat down with someone who's become a bit of a mystery and a marvel to me over the past few years: Ray Howard.

When I first heard of Ray, he was introduced with a wink and a grin as “the island’s hobo.” That label never sat quite right with me – and after our conversation, I know why. Behind the weather-beaten clothes and wandering spirit is a razor-sharp mind with a deep curiosity for the unseen structures that shape our world.

Ray is, in truth, a travelling intellectual. Though often spotted on Sark, he’s mainly based in Oslo and has an intense fascination with the mechanics of linguistics – not just how we speak, but what our words hide, what they reveal, and how meaning lives between the lines. Our chat spiralled into the philosophy of language, the layers beneath conversation, and the strange, shifting relationship between truth and perception.

It wasn’t just a talk – it was a peeling back of the layers of meaning. Ray’s mind dances between ideas like stepping stones, and I found myself running to keep up. In the best way.

If you’re into language, travel, or challenging assumptions, this episode is for you. And if you've ever passed someone off with a label – even playfully – this one might just make you look again.

#47 Let’s Kick this Reality to the Curb & Be the 51%

I’m feeling rebellious, disruptive, and fed up with the status quo. It’s time for a change—and it has to rise from the soil, the stories, and the people at the roots. No more waiting. No more hoping someone else has it handled. They don’t. We have to do this. It’s on us now.

In this week’s episode of Nonsense in the Chaos, I’m cracking open the real questions: What are we going to do about this mess we’re in? How do we turn the ship before it sinks? And what does it mean to choose the side of life when the world’s on fire?

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#47 Let’s Kick this Reality to the Curb & Be the 51%

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0100

I’m turning to what matters most—Love, community, Mumma Earth, land magik—and calling in the rebel priestess in all of us. It’s time to wake the witch, rally the dreamers, and start tipping that delicate balance.

We are the 51%. We are the turning. Let’s swing the pendulum into the light—together.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#46 Rolling with the Future; Roz Rolls and a Vision of Hope

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 05:00:00 +0100

I was absolutely thrilled to interview Roz Rolls this week, fresh off the boat from New Zealand and back on Sark for a visit. Roz is genuinely one of the coolest, most inspiring people I’ve ever met. We first connected around the fire at the Nook—our little sacred spot on the island where we gather under the stars and watch the sunset.

Meeting her felt like being welcomed into a circle of wise elders—something I’ve had the honour of experiencing a few times in my life—and I was instantly drawn to her. She carries this deep, grounded knowledge that spans the spiritual, political, and scientific realms, and speaking with her was both eye-opening and uplifting.

I didn’t know where the conversation would lead, but I knew it would be special—and Roz didn’t disappoint. I’m absolutely over the moon to be sharing this episode with you, and I really hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#45 Glastonbury Festival and the Miracle of Reality

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0100

It's been a year since the Nonsense in the Podcast began and it is a pleasure to be bringing you this week's episode from Glastonbury Festival 2025!

It was a bit of a tough one though, even amidst having an amazing time, surrounded by people I love and adore. Who never fail to make me laugh.

But there’s so much conflict and pressure in the world right now. We’re all tired and life's hard. We’re more than this. Life's more than this. It’s all bigger than this. And the game, the inner world, the Dreaming, our creativity… It’s all more than this. I don’t know how it’s all going to figure out, but having been at Glastonbury this year, and experiencing a vision there, I am reassured once more that all will be well.

AND things are not right. Corruption, neo-liberalism, propaganda, censorship, fascism, lies… These all are happening and the UK is shockingly volatile. Glastonbury Festival likewise feels shaky. Like it has lost its way and is in danger of collapsing. As does the UK. These are difficult times. We are witnessing genocide and are being censored from speaking out against it. Things are a mess.

But we will find a way through all this. We must keep going. We will find a miracle. Things will correct themselves. And love, as always, is the answer.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#44 Purification and Intoxication as Teachers

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0100

I said at the start of the year that I’d be doing a dry year and listener Gemma Rogers wrote in to ask me how that was going and if I could do a podcast about my experience of having a dry year. Spoiler alert… I didn’t manage it. Listen in as I share my journey with sobriety, and intoxication, working with all the elements of the ride as teachers.

I’m also aware of the irony that this episode is coming out during the week that I’m at Glastonbury Festival, where I’ll be making the most of the luxuries available to me by being on the Big Big Rock and partying like a mofu, as one can over there. But from July… I’m back on the little rock, and back on the wagon! Watch this space.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#43 Sark Life and the Legend that is Jimmy Martin

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0100

This is the first time I’ve interviewed someone who lives here on the Island of Sark. Jimmy Martin is an absolute star and it’s a delight to be able to share this beautiful soul with you. We talk about what life is like living here in a tiny community and all the different hats we have to wear. But we juggle all the things so that we can give something back to the island. We have each other’s backs.

People are lovely and it’s important that we remember this in a world where the narrative is forever trying to divide and conquer us. In a world that so often pushes division, it’s vital to remember just how lovely people can be. Community, collaboration, and looking out for one another—these are the keys to building a future where we can all grow and thrive.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#42 The Meaning of Life and A Deeply Profound Bun Dance

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0100

In the forty-second episode of Nonsense in the Chaos, we delve into the sacred significance of the number 42. As revealed in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42 — but the real puzzle lies in not knowing the question. This episode becomes a ‘Quest-I-On’ of its own, leading us to the word abundance.

Through this lens, we explore gratitude as a daily practice and learn how to trust the flow of the universe. I reflect on the many ways my life is filled with abundance — and how, if we look closely, so are all of ours. Join me for an intergalactic dance with meaning, mystery, and a healthy serving of bun-based philosophy.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#41 The Feminine Lineage; Naomi Smyth and an alternative route to Fooling

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0100

I first met Naomi through working at Glastonbury Festival putting together the performative elements and installations for Shangri-la, the late night part of the festival, or the naughty corner, as we like to call it. We had worked together for a couple of days before we clocked that we were both fools and it all suddenly made so much sense. I’ve been interested to learn more about Naomi’s story and arts practices for some time now, so interviewing her for the podcast was a great opportunity for finding out more about her world.

Naomi is a PhD researcher at Bath Spa University, focusing on the creative and technological responses of theatre artists to COVID restrictions. She’s an immersive theatre writer, director and performer with experience as an independent filmmaker and freelance videographer. Based in and around Bristol, she’s spent years working with Bristol born arts collectives like Shangri-la, Boomtown and the Invisible Circus.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#40 Gemini Season and Untwisting the Twisted Twin

Fri, 30 May 2025 06:00:00 +0100

Recorded on the Gemini Dark Moon, in the throes of Gemini Season, this is an investigation into the dynamics of the inner and outer versions of ourselves. Exploring the archetypal realm, in lieu of it being the ‘Witchfool Are You?’ Course. This is the time of year, when I support participants to explore which archetypes rule them. This episode untwists the sphincter that separates our juicy infinite inner world to unite it with the infinite chaos of the outer world.

Our outer world is desperate for some inner world magic. Too much Thin-King has made it brittle, ‘othering’ and weak. The rich juiciness of the inner world is the balm that will heal and unite this divide. Bringing balance and harmony to both the micro and the macro.

Listen now to hear more about how this all works…

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#39 Sisterhood the Play; A gentle but fearless adventure into the dark heart of patriarchal rule.

Fri, 23 May 2025 06:00:00 +0100

TRIGGER WARNINGS: This week's episode is a recording of Sisterhood the play, which deals with themes of sexual abuse, infertility, suicide, and menopause.

I'm sharing this in memory of Sophia, who created the live soundscape for this production and toured with me around East Anglia on a healing tour to all the places where Matthew Hopkins tortured and executed witches.

Like Handmaid's Tale, but with more hope and gallows humour, Sisterhood is a gentle but fearless adventure into the dark heart of patriarchal rule. Three women, aged 20, 40 and 60 (But not a virgin, mother or hag in sight) stand on a precipice, the patriarchy watching over them – flaming torches aloft – threatening to hang them all. Sisterhood is a devised multimedia tale introducing you to a sisterhood caught between two timelines: the witch trials of the 16thC and modern-day women facing a world in political and environmental upheaval. Sisterhood transports the audience, in this live performance, to a church cell in Wilmington, where three women await their trial in the morning. Soothing and passionate storytelling interweaves the stories of these three women with vestiges from the performer’s own lives, to reveal an immediate and clear association.

GROUNDBREAKING WORK “One of the best play scripts I’ve seen at the Fringe… At its core Sisterhood is a superbly written, intelligent, and essential play, masterfully portrayed by its three actresses, exploring the role of male domination, misinformation, sexual abuse, and age discrimination through the lens of the past but contrasted with moments drawn from the modern day.” - Fringe Review

Sisterhood the Novel by Jolie Booth is available on Amazon.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#38 A Meadow of Delight; Filling the Cup of Grief With Rainbows and Sparkles

Fri, 16 May 2025 06:00:00 +0100

In this deeply personal episode, recorded in the wake of the Beltane fire, I share reflections on the recent passing of one of my dearest friends - Sophia - a soul woven into the fabric of my life. A Meadow of Delight is a gentle wander through memory, magic, and mourning, honouring the ripples she leaves behind and the light she still casts in my world.

Grief is often feared, tucked away or silenced. But here, we cradle it with reverence. I explore how grief and love are two sides of the same coin. How to fill the cup of sorrow with rainbows, with sparkles, with tenderness. This episode is a ritual, a remembering, and a reminder that the ache of loss is sacred. Join me in celebrating a life lived brightly, and in finding beauty within the breaking.

Listen, pause, breathe—there’s treasure in the tears.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#37 Praying to Trickster; Howard Gayton and the power of Mask (Pt2)

Fri, 09 May 2025 06:00:00 +0100

This week’s episode of Nonsense in the Chaos is the follow-up episode in a two-part offering, born from a rich, two-hour conversation with my dear friend and fellow fool, Howard Gayton. In this half we pull the cards and discuss the topics that the universe leads us to.

Howard and I connected properly during a 500-mile pilgrimage from London (or, as Howard rightly points out, Henley) to COP26 in Glasgow—though in truth, we stopped walking in Edinburgh.

Howard Gayton has worked for over thirty years as a theatre director, performer, and teacher specialising in Commedia dell'Arte and other forms of mask theatre, as well as puppetry, foolery and folk drama. His work is inspired by all manner of mythic tricksters, zanni figures and sacred clowns, as well as by the use of masks in drama and sacred rituals the world over.

In this deliciously layered chat, we explore the Trickster archetype through the lens of fooling, drawing on the historical threads of Commedia dell’Arte and the slapstick world of Punch and Judy. I could have talked to Howard forever—and very nearly did. I hope you enjoy our creative musings.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#36 Necessity is the Mother of Invention

Thu, 01 May 2025 01:00:00 +0100

This week I'm exploring what’s going on with the planets, as we thankfully draw to a close the last huge unprecedented shift of ‘once in a lifetime’ planetary signatures. There will be more to follow, but April was probably the craziest astrological month we'll ever know. Well done for surviving it.

And I explore the power of necessity. A theme I've been mulling over a lot recently and keeps coming up against. What's necessary right now in your life and what's fluff? Where is best to place your energies? Your time is precious. Make sure its spent in ways that are necessary for your well being and happiness.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#35 Praying to Trickster; Howard Gayton and the power of Mask (Pt1)

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0100

This week’s episode of Nonsense in the Chaos is the first of a two-part offering, born from a rich, two-hour conversation with my dear friend and fellow fool, Howard Gayton. We properly connected during a 500-mile pilgrimage from London (or, as Howard rightly points out, Henley) to COP26 in Glasgow—though in truth, we stopped walking in Edinburgh.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#34 Schrodinger's Reality

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0100

In this week’s episode of Nonsense in the Chaos, I explore the idea that we each hold the power to shape our own reality. Using the metaphor of a single pixel in a vast image, I delve into how tending to your own light—your energy, your choices, your presence—can influence not only your personal world but the collective picture we’re all creating together. This episode invites you to reflect on how to make your pixel shine as brightly and vibrantly as possible, and how, in doing so, you open the door to manifesting any reality you can imagine.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#33 A Vocal Odyssey; Nessi Gomes and the Spirit of Your Voice

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0100

You’re in for a real treat this week with the utterly gorgeous Nessi Gomes. Born and bred in Guernsey, Nessi is of Portuguese descent and a stunning singer- songwriter. Channelling influences from both sides of her ethnicity, Nessi blends the essence of the traditional, emotional and 'larger than life' Fado folk music of Portugal with British contemporary inspiration. Nessi makes music from the heart and the guts. If you’ve never heard of her before then go have a listen to Nessi’s work before tuning in to today’s podcast. Then sit back and enjoy the wisdom and insights Nessi has to offer. Our chat was an absolute delight and I can’t wait to share this week’s Nonsense in the Chaos with you. Enjoy!

@nessigomesmusic

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#32 Claiming Your Sovereignty

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0100

As Neptune enters Aries for the first time in 165 years, the sooner we sit back comfortably in our thrones of power and calmly and collectively claim our sovereignty, the better off we are going to be. Not to take our place as violent tyrants, but as self assured, content, higher versions of ourselves. Our biggest, brightest, bravest versions. This is freely available at any given moment and opens up the possibility of re-pairing with our twisted twins.

But claiming your sovereignty isn’t always easy. It asks us to question, to challenge, and to risk stepping outside of the narratives we’ve been handed. It’s a pilgrimage in itself—one that requires courage, clarity, and a willingness to be seen as you truly are.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#31 RevoLOVEtion; Rebecca Kenny and Creating Spaces for Joy

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0000

I met Rebecca at the Academy of Creative Training in 2005 while studying acting. Drama school was a joy, and we shared a fantastic cohort. Since then, I’ve admired her fearless exploration of creativity as rebellion, pushing the boundaries of theatre, movement, and the body.

A multidisciplinary performance artist, music maker, and cabaret clown, Rebecca infuses her work with surrealism, playfulness, and connection. Her alter-ego, Frieda Love, launched a "revoLOVEtion" in 2017, using neo-burlesque, clowning, and physical storytelling to challenge perceptions of female bodies and movement. Lately, she’s been diving into Butoh and Gaga techniques, making dance inclusive for all body types.

Her work is also deeply tied to nature. In 2019, she lived in the Pyrenees on a dance residency, letting the land shape her movement. She sees theatre and dance as ways to rewild the body, stepping back into something instinctual and real. And she has just completed a residency in Colombia where she created the sharing ‘Listen, I love you, Joy is coming.’

A witch in training, herbalist wannabe, and best friend to the moon, Rebecca’s work is radical, playful, and unique.

Follow her @frieda_love_

I can’t wait to have her on Nonsense in the Chaos to talk about silliness as resistance and movement as magic!

🎧 Come and listen. Let’s get moving. Let’s get silly. Let’s rewild ourselves.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#NonsenseInTheChaos #Podcast #New Episode

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#30 Disrupting Complicity

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0000

This week, we’re diving into the quiet power of disruption. How do the smallest acts of resistance ripple out into wider change? How can challenging complicity in our everyday lives—our words, our choices, our silences—shift the larger systems we exist within? From the personal to the political, we explore how breaking patterns on the micro level can transform the macro.

Join me as we unravel the ways we’re conditioned to conform, and how we can reclaim agency, one small act of defiance at a time.

The ‘Witchfool are You? Course’ starts in May. Email nonsenseinthechaos@gmail.com for more information.

La Beltane Festival is Sat 3rd May - https://www.tickettailor.com/events/labeltane/

Kooky Club is Thu 27th - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kooky-tea-club-stories-of-other-worlds-tickets-1263068123759?aff=oddtdtcreator

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#29 Fool… FOOL! Dan Sumption and Playing with Possibility.

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Dan is a fascinating fellow, filled with curiosity and a love for mischief, who has lived a rich and varied life from “doing mad things when the universe tells him to”. By keeping an open mind Dan found himself on an adventure with Daisy Campbell and 69 Discordian pilgrims, travelling on a pilgrimage from The Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorchester to the CERN Large Hadron Collider as part of a mass magical act. He also had the honour of playing the ‘Fool’ for Festival 23, where he met Megan Clifton, who we were introduced to back at the start of the Nonsense in the Chaos.

These days Dan lives with his partner off grid up north in the borderlands between England and Scotland, where he spends his days writing and publishing books, walking his dog, and singing to the land. That’s when he’s not unearthing long forgotten springs with his recently bequeathed ‘healing stick’. I’m looking forward to walking on a pilgrimage with Dan later in the year, for a sing song to the Michael and Mary lines.

To follow Dan and find out more about his work go to @dansumption and @peakrillpress

Also mentioned on the podcast;

Witchfool are You? Course starts in May. Email nonsenseinthechaos@gmail.com for more information

La Beltane Festival Sat 3rd May - https://www.tickettailor.com/events/labeltane/

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#28 Volcanos in Your Blind Spot

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Jolie Rose welcomes you back to Season 2 of the Nonsense in the Chaos with this deep dive into the volcanoes that lurk in our blind spots thanks to the spell of privilege or social grooming. In this subtle year of 9 energy, it is a key time of purification and the perfect opportunity to clear up our shadow work, ready for turning our lead into gold next year in 2026.

In this episode Jolie mentions;

The Descent of Man by Grayson Perry (where he talks about the ‘Default Man’

RAP NEWS ¦ The New World Order by thejuicemedia on Youtube

Witchfool are You? Course starts in May. Email jolie@kriyaarts.co.uk for more information

La Beltane Festival Sat 3rd May - https://www.tickettailor.com/events/labeltane/

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

I make a mistake in the podcast when I say Venus goes into retrograde in Pisces on March 1st. She does go retrograde then and will be passing through Pisces, but she begins her descent into the underworld from Aries, then passes into Pisces during her 40 days and 40 nights of retrograding.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#27 Entering the Subtle Energy of a Nine Year

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000

This final podcast in the first series of Nonsense in the Chaos was recorded at the Capricorn Dark Moon, which also happens to be my birthday (on NYE), in the last days of December 2024, and in it I explore the power of the 9 energy that we’re now stepping into for 2025. It’s a subtle and slightly tricky energy to navigate, so this episode seeks to help support you set yourself up for greatness.

Nine is the number of limitlessness, but it’s also the dark night of the soul before the lead turns into gold. I recall how the last 9 year - which was back in 2016 - was the year my new career as an artist and performer took off and flourished. I’m therefore super excited to see how this coming year pans out.

To help you navigate your way through this beautiful, gentle, and subtle energy, listen on…

In this podcast I talk about my numerology teacher Remington Donovan, who you can follow @themysticalarts on Patreon and I recommend his book ‘Numerology: A Beginner's Guide to the Mystic Significance of Numbers’

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#26 Grass Roots Folk; Daisy Rickman and Singing with the Land

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Of all the crazy ways to know Daisy Rickman, she used to be my cleaner back in Brighton circa 2014. This ethereal being became this year’s folk sensation after Daisy was picked up and promoted by the Guardian newspaper at the start of the year, being tipped for the top. Since then she’s spent the year caught up in a whirlwind of success, learning to build her confidence in playing publicly, and developing tools for navigating her way through what really matters and what are the snares of outer world distractions.

From the devil on her shoulder to her sources of inspiration, Daisy shares with me her creative processes and the different ways in which she nurtures and takes care of her relationship to the inner world part of herself and her capacity to embrace the unknown . If you want to follow Daisy’s music then head over to www.daisyrickman.com where you can also see and purchase her gorgeous artwork.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#25 People Are the Problem... But is Community the Answer?

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Some miracles took place this week. In the podcast you hear me casting a spell to break my bonds with feelings of inadequacy, unappreciation and disconnection around my relationships having had a wake up call that had shown me that my perspective wasn't the only one in the mix.

Magically, having cast the spell and broke these bonds, the next day, as I was recording this podcast, I found myself chatting to three people over messenger who I don't normally connect with, and it made my heart sing. It absolutely felt like a little Christmas miracle and has given this festive season an extra bit of sparkle.

The Winter Solstice is all about community, and in this week's episode I talk about how I've come to realise the importance of community, how it's a vital investment for the future, and also - in the words of Heather Sanderson - community it’s an ongoing conversation around how we share space. Planet Earth is all our space, so how we negotiate living on her and sharing this space in the future, feels like it's the key to whether we thrive or have to fight to survive.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#24 Do Not be Hasty; Gordon Field in Conversation with Trees

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 06:00:00 +0000

When Spring unfolds the beechen leaf, and sap is in the bough; When light is on the wild-wood stream, and wind is on the brow; When stride is long, and breath is deep, and keen the mountain-air, Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is fair!

Ent’s Marching Song - Tolkien

This week I’m chatting to my dear friend Gordon Field, who talks to trees and travels through portals. His reality is quite different to mine, and yet there are similarities. I too am picking up on the sentient relationship that’s possible with Mumma Earth when you open yourself up to the plausibility of such things. And my take on it is that all of our inner worlds are different and unique, so each of us will therefore have a bespoke world experience of how we connect to and communicate with nature. What’s become simplified over the years, extracted down to those with ‘green fingers’ talking to their house plants, in indigenous cultures, is a fully fledged dynamic relationship with active two way dialogues and guidance being sought by humans from plants and the land. I miss that guidance personally and am very happy to be welcoming it back in.

In this podcast we reference;

The Sun and the Serpent by Paul Broadhurst & Hamish Miller

The Spine of Albion by Gary Biltcliffe, Caroline Hoare

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#23 The Power of Ceremony to Refill the Well

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0000

Whilst on my holibobs I used my portable equipment to create a podcast for you this week as I walk my way around Guernsey and muse on the year I’ve had, especially thinking about my health. It has been a big and busy year. It’s been an ‘8’ year in numerology, which is the number of ‘life-force energy’ and therefore burnout was a likely side-effect of living through such a powerful year. I tried hard to be a fit receptacle, by exercising, doing my morning practice and eating the right foods, but all in all I’ve been burnt out for most of the year. I don’t have all the answers for what the root cause of this might be, but explore some possible reasons whilst on my rambles, as I walk around the island and take in the views.

Ceremony is one of the things that helps me to refill the well. Even if it feels like a drag or I’m not in the mood, I never regret it once I’m there and leave every one of them feeling rejuvenated and healed. I share how, for me, ceremony acts like punctuation in what would otherwise be a never ending sentence of life. Ceremony allows me time to stop, breath, re-evaluate, check I’m still heading in the right direction and correct my course if I’ve gone astray.

As I made this recording on the road I’m afraid there isn’t an accompanying video for my Patreon supporters, and the sound quality isn’t studio level, but I think it has a different ‘in the field’ quality that I hope you’ll still enjoy.

Books I mention in this episode;

Venus by Lisa Lister

Wicca, A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cuningham

Mary Magdalene Revealed by Meggan Watterson

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#22 A Labour of Love; Molly O'Brien and the Power of Childbirth

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Molly O’Brien is an old friend of mine and an incredible and highly experienced midwife. Molly has more than 20 years of clinical practice experience and has attended over a thousand births. She’s also a hypnobirth and birth preparation teacher, an associate university lecturer, has created courses for midwives, campaigned for midwife led birth units and has been a passionate student and enabler of normal physiological birth.

Her favourite work was in the home environment and in a Midwife Led Birth Unit. It’s allowed her to attend hundreds of undisturbed physiological births and this has given her the opportunity to make a systematic exploration of midwifery skills and observations that can help resolve long difficult labours caused by a suboptimal position. The techniques and strategies that emerged from this time helped her revolutionise her own practice. She began to regularly witness dramatic progress as she put them to use in “difficult labours”. Now she teaches the course she developed for Birth Professionals, ‘Biomechanics for Birth’.

Molly taught me the importance and power of sisterhood, from meeting her when I was in my late twenties. I remember sitting with her around the kitchen table, sitting with a group of women, spanning four decades between us all, and us talking about women’s issues in a way I’d never experienced before. Molly brought wisdom and insight to that conversation that taught me, for the first time, how powerful age and experience is, and how we’d all been sold up the river by being tricked into fearing age and turning on our fellow sisters, rather than supporting and embracing each other in our journeys. It changed the way I treated other women after that.

If you’d like to find out more about Molly’s work go to https://www.optimalbirth.co.uk/

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#21 Venus and an introduction to the Archetypal Realm

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000

In this week’s episode I introduce you to the archetypal soup that is collective consciousness, or ‘The Dreaming’, within which we’re all infinite and connected to everyone and everything else. It is from this place that we’re all one. And in this place we can discover and own the atmosphere that we personally bring to the party, connecting into the archetype we’re here representing on earth.

We are all individuals, but are also facets of an inner-divine-jewel. A sparkling gemstone of divine beauty that’s made up of all the archetypal energies that together create both the outer and inner universes. This episode explores how to discover the foothills of this work and begin to awaken your relationship with your own archetypal power.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#20 Dreaming of a better future: Heather Sanderson and the power of cycles

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Heather describes the menstrual cycle as “Death to birth, dusk to dawn, waxing to waning. In every cycle there’s an opportunity to capture a gem, if you’re willing to pay attention and integrate. Every cycle is a trip – offering you a peek behind the veil. Your work is to integrate this into the everyday. Every menstrual cycle offers the same opportunity; it’s a trip around your psyche, a map for self enquiry, a microdose experience of a rite of passage. Learn how to cross these thresholds skillfully and consciously by harnessing the power of your cycle, preparing you for the bigger whoppers in life - whether you are consciously inviting them in, or they land in your lap in a seemingly unsolicited way.”

I strongly urge everyone to listen to this episode, whether you bleed yourself or not. Everyone in the world is living in houses, working with, or hanging out with people who are experiencing this cyclical part of nature, and by understanding it better, not only is it a window into someone else’s experience of life, which is always fascinating, but there’s so much we could be learning from living life in a cyclical, rather than linear, way. Many men are coming over to the cyclical side of the force and are reaping the benefits of a life that’s more integrated, bite sized, and in tune with their surroundings (the cosmos, the seasons, and the women in their lives). And if you’re someone who does bleed… Definitely listen to this!

Trigger warning: I talk about infertility

In this episode we mention:

Nine Passages of Women and Girls by Gail Burkett

Menstrual Mentor @kitty_maguire_menstruality

Michael Meade Storyteller

Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller

Venus, Venus, Venus by Lisa Lister

From What is to What If by Rob Hopkins

Money by David McWilliams

You can follow Heather’s work on Instagram @libby_cup and Facebook

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#19 As above, so below: Samhain and embracing the shadows

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Thick fog is creeping through the garden surrounding my little cottage on the tiny island of Sark, in the channel islands, and in the distance I can hear the haunting sound of the foghorn, warning sailors and fishermen, with its desolate song, to avoid the rocks that stick up in shards and crags around this dragon filled, cavernous, rock. The clocks have gone back and the darkness creeps in. The wind howls around the house and the veil… The veil feels so… Flimsy.

In this week’s podcast I’m exploring the Celtic celebration of Samhain, and how this time of year is an opportunity to honour our ancestors, tend to and connect with our grief, and welcome the intimacy this time of year fosters between our everyday outer world and the ‘other’ realms that surround us. Celebrating the potency of working with and deepening our understanding of cycles, so that we might incorporate moments of peace, reflection, and rest, into the otherwise never ending sentence of life.

Join me as I step into the darkness and embrace the shadows. Utilising this opportunity to pause and reflect, at a time of year when we’re invited to mulch, dream, and descend into the underworld, before returning renewed and reborn in the spring.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms or you can listen here… https://nonsenseinthechaos.buzzsprout.com You can get in touch with me on Instagram @kriyaarts or the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook

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Huge love to you all and I hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#18 Art is Alchemy: Rachael Taylor and alternative ways of living

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000

I met Rachael through us both creating work for Shangri-la at Glastonbury. I had the privilege of interviewing her on the Nomad Stage about her Wearable Waste installation. Rachael describes herself as an intervention artist, fashion educator and podcast host who focuses on sustainability, well being and finding alternatives to the status quo. She creates concepts and interventions that show sustainable alternatives in playful and subversive ways - that connect people to each other and their surroundings.

Rachael is another nature lover, who feels healed and revived from being in nature, and all her work spirals back to finding ways in which we can be guardians and protectors of the planet, rather than consumers and destroyers, looking for alternative ways to enjoy the lives we live, but not at a cost to the land or other people who aren’t immediately in front of us.

In the podcast we talk about;

Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

Adventure Revolution by Belinda Kirk

The Nature Principle by Richard Louv

You can follow and learn more about Rachael’s work at her website; shapers_of_society.org

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Huge love to you all and I hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#17 Rest is Revolutionary

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0100

Resting is a revolutionary act in a world where we’re expected to always keep busy and work our backsides off. This week’s podcast is a call to arms, or a call to nap, to reclaim the precious time that is our lives and take back our right to take leisure without guilt or restlessness. We need to retrain our muscles of boredom, idleness and ultimately, imagination. These are all being stolen from us by the great distrator. Free yourself from the shackles of keeping busy and instead embrace the chaise lounge.

In the words of David Hume,

“Reading and sauntering and lounging and dozing, which I call thinking, is my supreme happiness.”

Huzzah to that. Now I’m off for a little afternoon nap…

I mentioned in this episode that I’ll be interviewing a special secret guest at the Kooky Club on November 21st, which is being held in Candie Gardens, Guernsey. To find out more visit @kookyevents on Instagram. You can also get in touch with me on Instagram @kriyaarts or the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms or you can listen here… https://nonsenseinthechaos.buzzsprout.com

Huge love to you all and I hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#16 Snow shoes and road kill: Memma the Cavewoman and planting trees by moonlight

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0100

Memma aka Sarah Day is a Bushcraft instructor, experimental archaeologist and ancient technologist. I’ve known Sarah for nearly twenty years, having met at Kentwell Hall Tudor Re-creation, a few years before her younger sister Rachel joined, who went on to meet my younger brother Nathan, and through their subsequent marriage, united our two households.

Sarah now runs her own business, ‘Prehistoric Experiences’ which provides educational workshops in schools across the UK and for the public. Bringing the Stone Age to life in vivid detail, she travels from schools to history fairs and other public events, with an animal skin tent, within which you can join Sarah, or Memma, as she teaches you to knap flint tools or weapons, skin and tan an animal, or how to light a fire from sticks. She is a wealth of information and it was a joy to have this opportunity to pick and expansive brain.

You can follow Sarah’s adventures on Instagram and Facebook @memmathecavewoman

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Huge love to you all and I hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#15 An Introduction to Geomancy

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0100

#15 An Introduction to Geomancy

WARNING: THIS ONE IS QUITE SAUCY

The literal translation of Geomancy is, ‘Land Divination’, and the term covers an array of magickal practices that work with the land in a conscious and communicative way; Feng Shui, I Ching, and Dowsing to name but a few. In this rather manic and scattered podcast I try to share the story of how and why I became a ‘body dowser’ and ‘geomancer’, having learned that if I invite the land to play an active participatory role in the creative process, by getting out of the way and letting her through, then she’ll never fail to turn up to play her part, bringing awe and profound meaning to what would otherwise be a banal existence.

This episode is a little crazy. I didn’t realise until I started sharing my story, and I only just managed to scratch the surface with this sharing, what a wild and bizarre journey this has turned out to be. The story includes many more chapters and details than I’ve managed to share here in an hour, and I hadn’t realised how complex and lengthy the story had become! Gaia, Mumma Earth, keeps showing up and playing performative diva roles in my life and the work I’m creating. We’re collaborating together to make extraordinary things happen, and I adore her.

I mention in this episode that I’m running a residential immersion weekend in Sark for Samhain and you can find out more information about this through social media. You can get in touch with me on Instagram @kriyaarts or the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms or you can listen here… https://nonsenseinthechaos.buzzsprout.com

Huge love to you all and I hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#14 Getting deliciously meta: Anne Clarke’s daughter Niki & how we’ve changed each other’s lives

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0100

Trigger warning: This episode does discuss rape

In this episode I have the immense pleasure of talking to Niki, a kind and generous woman who I’ve only met three times, but has had such an impact on my life. I’ll be forever grateful to how open and trusting Niki has been, allowing me to delve into her innermost world and create art from the inspiration I gleaned there, celebrating the ripples that ordinary people leave behind and finding the magic in the mundane.

In the words of Kae Tempest, we are all ‘Modern Ancients’.

If you missed last week’s podcast then listen to that one first, or this one might not make much sense.

I mention I’m running a residential immersion weekend in Sark for Samhain and you can find out more information about this through social media. You can get in touch with me on Instagram @kriyaarts or the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms or you can listen here… https://nonsenseinthechaos.buzzsprout.com

Huge love to you all and I hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#13 A hip trip down memory lane: Introducing my guardian angel Anne Clarke

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 06:00:00 +0100

In this episode I break with form and introduce you to a very special person, my guardian angel, Anne Clarke. I met Anne through the ephemera she left behind in a house she lived and died in, which I then squatted some years later, discovering a time capsule to her existence, when I found all her belongings had been left behind in the space. Even the spices were still out in the kitchen from her last supper there.

In 2016 I created a play about Anne’s life, called HIP, which I took to the Edinburgh Fringe and toured all over the UK and Europe. This episode is a taster of the play and a homage to someone who’s played such a big role in my life, but who I’ve never actually met. If you’d like to watch a full performance of HIP you can see a recording of it at the fringe here: https://youtu.be/pqlEd1oW4Q4

I mention in the podcast that I’m running a residential immersion weekend in Sark for Samhain and you can find out more information about this through social media. You can get in touch with me on Instagram @kriyaarts or the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms or you can listen here… https://nonsenseinthechaos.buzzsprout.com

Huge love to you all and I hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#12 Birth, death & all that’s inbetween: Joanne Tremarco and the locations of portals

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 06:00:00 +0100

I’m chatting to one of my oldest friends this week, Joanne Tremarco, who’s a birth and death doula, a theatre maker and fellow fool. I met Joanne through fooling nearly twenty years ago. Our relationship was tempestuous to begin with, but we came out the other side with a sister-like friendship and deep understanding of one another.

Joanne is a sensitive soul who, like Denis, works a lot with energies and the unseen world. Heralding from Liverpool, she also talks about the many portals that can be found in that fabulous city and the different ways that she and other magical folks in the area work with the land around them.

You can follow Joanne’s work @foolsizetheatre

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

You can get in touch with me on Instagram @kriyaarts or the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

Hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#11 Raising the Frequency

Fri, 13 Sep 2024 06:00:00 +0100

This week I explore the turning of the season from summer into autumn, and how this is a time to mulch over what intentions you set for yourself this year, picking through what you’ve learnt and feeling gratitude for all that you’ve harvested from these experiences and insights.

I talk about how my intentions for this year were to explore the ‘Mythos of Love’ and where that adventure took me, along with tightening my professionalism and being a bit less of a ‘cowboy’.

The rune I pulled this week is extra special and reflected perfectly that this is the 11th episode and, in numerology, the highest frequency number there is.

I mention in the podcast that I’m running a residential immersion weekend in Sark for Samhain and that you can find out more information on this by following me on social media. You can get in touch with me on Instagram @kriyaarts or the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook. I also talk about a book called 'The Artist’s Way' by Julia Cameron.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#10 The Elephant in the Room: Denis Whyte and all the angels

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 06:00:00 +0100

In this week’s episode I get to chat with my dear friend Denis, as we discuss spirit, alternative dimensions, and rooms full of angels. Denis Whyte is a former award-winning documentary producer specialising in Hindu/Buddhist spiritual practices. He’s been an energy healer since 1980 and is involved in spiritually based community work in his neighbourhood in London.

I met Denis on the first pilgrimage I walked with Extinction Rebellion from Brighton to London, when we shut down the city. Since then he’s joined me on the last three pilgrimages that I’ve walked, travelling the length and breadth of England on foot.

Denis is such a sweet soul and I could chat with him forever.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

You can get in touch with me on Instagram @kriyaarts or the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

Hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#9 Embracing the Patriarchs (Before their time is up)

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 06:00:00 +0100

This week I'm back in the studio on my own, contemplating how come I've ended up with three older white men in the first ten episodes of the podcast, but how that this is a reflection of current astro-events, as we dip one final time back into the patriarchal world of Capricorn, through the lens of Pluto, before we fully enter into the Aquarius age. We have much to learn from our elders and to harvest from this era, before we head on into the craziness of Aquarius for the next two decades.

I then pull a rune that leads me to think about the journeys life has taken me on and how the old saying 'This too shall pass,' is a vital bit of wisdom to hold onto as we stumble our way through this thing we call life.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

You can get in touch with Jolie Rose on Instagram @kriyaarts or the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

Hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#8 “That sounds like Glastonbury thinking”: Mad Jack and his curious life

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 06:00:00 +0100

Peter Currell Brown AKA ‘Mad Jack’ has been in my life for 35 years and I'd always assumed he would have a cracking life story to share and in this week's episode he does not disappoint. He mentioned in our chat that he's on Wikipedia and I highly recommend having a look at his page because there's much on there he didn't get around to talking about on this podcast.

He does mention though that he's the author of the cult classic 1965 surrealist novel, Smallcreep's Day, which is next on my reading list and I can't wait to get stuck into.

Jack is a fascinating character and a lovely warm man. His voice is scrumptious to listen to and I'm over the moon I managed to interview him for you dear listeners to enjoy. Sit back and relax with this week's podcast.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

You can get in touch with Jolie Rose on Instagram @kriyaarts or the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

Hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#7 16th Century Kicks: Kentwell Hall Tudor Recreation

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 06:00:00 +0100

Having left behind the madness of Boomtown Festival, I spent this week decompressing in the 16th Century, at Kentwell Hall Tudor Re-Creation, nestled in amongst the idyllic village of Long Melford in Sudbury.
Populated by historians and talented experts, in this week's podcast I interview a myriad of fascinating friends; my oldest friend Samson, trumpet maker Lettys, glass blower Tom Shrubb, still room herbalist Mistress Martha, and Perry the Alchemist.
The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox
Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms. Please like, follow, and review. Also, please consider supporting the podcast by becoming a patron on my Patreon page... patreon.com/JolieRose.
You can get in touch with Jolie Rose on Instagram @kriyaarts or the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.
Hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#6 Bang Goes Normal: Pilgrimage to Boomtown

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 06:00:00 +0100

This week I chat to Declan Morgan, Sally Zaltash and Scarlett Lowin while we walk the Elen line from the Isle of Wight, up the Itchen River, to the sacred land temple of St Catherine's Hill and the bowl in which Boomtown is held.

I discuss druidry with Declan, Christianity with Sally, and reflect back over the festival with Scarlett.

Can't believe that all just happened. What a creative and inspiring festival Boomtown is. I'm so proud of all the hard work that goes into making it happen, holding the rave for the ravers and making it a transcendental experience for them. My heart is full and booming.

Apologies though for the sound quality in this podcast cast. It was recorded in the field, lol.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms. Please like, follow, and review. Also, please consider supporting the podcast by becoming a patron on my Patreon page... patreon.com/JolieRose.

You can get in touch with Jolie Rose on Instagram @kriyaarts or the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

Hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#5 Pilgrimage and listening to the land

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 06:00:00 +0100

Having walked the length and breadth of the UK, I share in this week’s episode the impact the experience of walking 2000 miles across the UK has had on my life and the plethora of things I’ve learnt from ever so slightly discovering how to ‘listen to the land’.

The books I mention in this week's podcast are;

‘The Sun and the Serpent’ by Paul Broadhurst & Hamish Miller

‘The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines that Divide Us’ by Nick Hayes

‘The Spine of Albion’ by Caroline Hoare and Gary Biltcliffe

And the website https://www.britishpilgrimage.org/

You can follow our pilgrimage to Boomtown this year @boomtownfairofficial

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#4 The Fool: Jonathan Kay and all you need is love

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 06:00:00 +0100

This week I’m over the moon to be welcoming the world famous @fooljonathankay to your airwaves. Jonathan is recognised as a leading performer in the ‘Theatre of Immediacy’ of Fooling, and is a highly respected practitioner and teacher of Fooling workshops. He is the founder of the largest street theatre festival in the UK, The Hat Fair, and is an Honorary Fellow of The University of Winchester. He primarily works as a performer and teacher, touring and teaching throughout the world as a Fool for the last 50 years.

Jonathan’s stomping ground is on the cliff between inertia and speed, encouraging participants to fly or to learn how to land, not only in their imagination but also in their purpose. He helps us to look at the hypothetical anchors that can tie people down for a lifetime, engaging them in a compassionate, humorous and sometimes challenging way so they can liberate themselves, turning what appears to be valueless into gold.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#3 Fooling & the inner and outer worlds

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 06:00:00 +0100

In this week's episode of the Nonsense in the Chaos, a weekly podcast where I let the universe lead and take a 'Fool's leap' plunge into the unknown, I share about my ever deepening love of nature and the land, a relationship that's especially grown since embarking on a series of pilgrimages. I then pull a rune that leads me to a 'Runemation' on the archetype of the fool and what it teaches us about the inner and outer worlds.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#2 Chaos Magic: Megan Clifton and creating the Boomtown narrative

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 06:00:00 +0100

This week's podcast is out and I'm super excited to be interviewing my darling friend @meganlouiseclifton who is Head of Narrative at Boomtown Fair, where she manages multiple theatre companies and other creative crews to deliver an interactive collaborative narrative to 55,000 people over 4 days.

Sitting between theatrical writer and game designer, Megan likes to create strange and beautiful interactive environments, treating the ridiculous with reverence to empower the audience to be, say and do things they could never do in 'normal' life.

I met Megan 8 years ago in Brighton, and she introduced me to the concept of Chaos Magik and Dischordianism, which I've been enjoying exploring ever since. It was such a joy to interview her, and I can't wait for you to hear this episode.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Hope you enjoy listening to this week's episode!

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

#1 Pilot and introduction to the NITC

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Welcome to the Nonsense in the Chaos, a weekly podcast where I let the universe lead and take a 'Fool's leap' plunge into the unknown. In this first episode I'll be introducing you to the concepts behind this new podcast and sharing a little a bit about what has led me to this place, where I'm able to relish in the nonsense and the chaos of the universe (from someone who was once a total control freak).

Trigger warnings: I do talk about depression, infertility and suicidal thoughts in this episode, but with a light touch and it leading to uplifting results.

The music is by Moxie.

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The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox