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A Life In Season
Dec 17, 2025 36 min

A Life In Season

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast. Today's episode is a tender one. It's about fully living in the season you're in even when that season is uncomfortable, uncertain, or deepl...

Wielding my Humanity
Aug 20, 2025 48 min

Wielding my Humanity

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast! Today I'm sharing the deep heart-work I've been sitting with this summer—how to truly be human in a world that often demands otherwise. This...

The Stories of My Homestead
Jun 18, 2025 38 min

The Stories of My Homestead

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast! In this week's episode, I'm sharing some stories from the early days of our homestead, the hard lessons, the high hopes, and the deep love t...

How the Garden Taught Me to Stay
Jun 11, 2025 44 min

How the Garden Taught Me to Stay

Hey there, darlings welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast. In this episode, How the Garden Taught Me to Stay, I'm sharing some tender thoughts on restlessness. You know that feeling tha...

Growing a Culture
Jun 03, 2025 1h 4m

Growing a Culture

Hey there, darlings welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast. Today we're digging into how to grow a life-giving family culture on purpose. From learning to be fully present at the dinner table...

To Enjoy The Food You Grow
May 28, 2025 45 min

To Enjoy The Food You Grow

Hey there, darlings welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast. Today I'm sharing a slower, sweeter reflection on something that's been on my heart lately, the joy of growing your own food. With ...

Tending Whats In Your Reach
May 14, 2025 47 min

Tending Whats In Your Reach

Hey there darlings, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast. Today's episode is one I recorded as much for myself as for you. It's a message I wish 22-year-old me could have heard—back when my...

Motherhood: A Conversation with Regan
May 07, 2025 50 min

Motherhood: A Conversation with Regan

Hey there darlings, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast. In honor of Mother's Day, I invited my sweet friend Regan on for a deeply personal and honest conversation about motherho...

Rooted and Ready (Lets Talk Preparedness)
May 01, 2025 41 min

Rooted and Ready (Lets Talk Preparedness)

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast! Let's talk about preparedness, not the kind you see on sensational TV shows or fear-driven social media, but the kind that grows from peace,...

Some Fool Without a Phone (The Balance of Homesteading)
Apr 23, 2025 49 min

Some Fool Without a Phone (The Balance of Homesteading)

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast! This week, I'm sharing some thoughts from a damp, full spring garden and continuing a theme we've been sitting with these last few weeks—liv...

The Kind of Person Who Bakes Bread
Apr 16, 2025 36 min

The Kind of Person Who Bakes Bread

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast! This week, I'm sharing some thoughts from the middle of a very full season—spring is here in South Carolina, and the weeds are wild, th...

A Simple Life - The Richness of Presence
Apr 09, 2025 40 min

A Simple Life - The Richness of Presence

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast! This week we're continuing the conversation we started last time—shifting from understanding the nervous system to really choosing to slow d...

A Sound Mind (Fight or Flight in a Scary World)
Apr 02, 2025 40 min

A Sound Mind (Fight or Flight in a Scary World)

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast! I'm your host, Jessica Sowards—my friends call me Jess—and around here, we talk about all things homesteading: growing food, raising animals...

How to be Human
Mar 26, 2025 41 min

How to be Human

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast! I don't have a neatly written description for this podcast because things are hectic here on the homestead and I'd rather just get you this ...

Youve Gotta Eat The Hobby of Food
Mar 19, 2025 54 min

Youve Gotta Eat The Hobby of Food

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast! Food isn't just something we need—it's something we get to enjoy. In this episode, I'm diving into the idea of food as both a necessity and ...

Homesteading Chat with Jesse Bickley
Mar 12, 2025 52 min

Homesteading Chat with Jesse Bickley

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast! Today, I'm joined by my good friend Jesse Bickley for a conversation about homesteading, raising animals, and the realities of growing your ...

Homestead Chatting with Morgan Gold
Mar 05, 2025 55 min

Homestead Chatting with Morgan Gold

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast! Today, I'm joined by my dear friend Morgan Gold of Gold Shaw Farm for an honest and fun conversation about homesteading—the dream, the reali...

After the Pivot
Feb 26, 2025 38 min

After the Pivot

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast! After a season of big shifts and deep reflection, we're talking about the art of the pivot—when and how to reassess, downsize, and realign w...

Welcome Back to Roots and Refuge Farm
Feb 19, 2025 34 min

Welcome Back to Roots and Refuge Farm

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge Podcast—Season 2! After a long break, I'm back, and this time, it feels different. This episode marks the start of a new season—not just for the pod...

Homestead Realities (With Morgan Gold of Gold Shaw Farm)
Sep 25, 2024 1h 1m

Homestead Realities (With Morgan Gold of Gold Shaw Farm)

Hey y'all, welcome back to episode 73 of the Roots and Refuge Podcast. In today's episode, I'm joined by my friend Morgan Gold from Gold Shaw Farm in Vermont. Morgan's YouTube channel captures the ...