How to Live a Simple Life in Connection With the Land { With Cat Seixas }

Cat Seixas is a Land steward, mother, knitter, folk herbalist and writer, living in the hills of central Portugal, her native land, with her partner and daughter. Over the last 6 and a half years, she and her partner have built their own house by hand and grown a garden. They value what's local and in season and believe in the strength of community and trade. To her these represent acts of resistance and social empowerment - they may be small steps towards a better world, but make a difference at our local level. Cat has been a contributor to publications such as Flow, Pom Pom Mag, Making Stories, Ginza Mag, Plants are Magic, among others.

You can find her new book The Wild Remedy: Mindful, Nature-Inspired Projects for You and Your Home here: https://smarturl.it/thewildcraft

In this episode we’ll discuss:

  • the complexities of ancestry and family relationships

  • grandmother medicine

  • how to instill old traditions into modern life

  • fascinating medicinal plants and trees such as the olive tree and oak

  • community sufficiency vs self sufficiency

  • how Cat and her family built their own house and live off the land

  • the best skills to learn to live a more simple and sustainable life

Valerie Alcorn