Nina BurrowesMay 21Talking in circles 12: The unfoldingA toss of the coin sent us on the path to Scotland and here we talk about the unfolding we've seen and felt in this land. Our journey is...
Nina BurrowesMar 29Deepening roots with the tideMy body resonates at the deeply felt memory of the smell. The smell of dark mud mixed with seaweed and salt in the air...
Nina BurrowesMar 22A postcard from Brighton with Survivors' NetworkWe're on home ground. The land of familiar places and familiar faces. So it was such a pleasure to have a chance to catch up with...
Nina BurrowesMar 11Talking in circles 11: The sea was large today, just as any other dayWe've been unsettled. Off-balance. Struggling to find our feet. Our own unease has met global unease. Catching us already off-balance....
Cynthia EllisJan 27Talking in circles 10: Finding the stillnessThere’s a rhythm to what we’re doing. It’s still new to us in many ways, and probably it will always feel new. We’re continuously...
Nina BurrowesJan 23Having less, experiencing moreWe're heavily into the housesitting part of this adventure and I'm sitting here smiling back at myself, remembering my hesitation as it...
Nina BurrowesJan 12A postcard from Birmingham with the Rape and Sexual Violence ProjectOne of my favourite parts of this trip are those moments when we make the time to pop in to see friends, old and new, and find out how...
Cynthia EllisDec 31, 2021Talking in circles 9: Wrapping up 2021 one step at a timeAlthough it’s not possible to summarise 2021 in any great detail (there were simply too many moments to capture or even to remember), it...
Nina BurrowesNov 29, 2021Talking in circles 8: On fertile groundOn our second day staying in Ceres we met a local woman whilst we were walking in the hills and asked her about the name of the village....
Nina BurrowesOct 29, 2021Talking in circles 7: RageIn a journey full of the unexpected, nature gifts me a lesson on rage. As a theme it has been bubbling up for months. It has a sticky...
Cynthia EllisOct 25, 2021Talking in circles 6: The power of circleHow has the first month on the road been and how did it feel to hold our first in person circles? In this episode of Talking in Circles,...
Nina BurrowesOct 10, 2021Living in the flowWe are surrounded by the flow of water. It falls from the sky. It rises from the ground. It creates brooks, streams and rivers running to...
Cynthia EllisOct 1, 2021Talking in circles 5: London, Yoda and discoveryIt has been with kind familiarity that we spent this week in London, our first week away from what was home in Brighton only a short 6...
Cynthia EllisSep 24, 2021Empty house, full heartIt’s been weeks of getting ready for this trip. Packing boxes, sign writing a van, planning visits across the country, finding places to...
Nina BurrowesAug 30, 2021First day of filmingSo much of preparing for this journey has held the magic of happy coincidence. As if the universe is conspiring to ease the path and make...
Nina BurrowesAug 21, 2021Talking in circles 4: The shadowWhen you're doing something that hasn't been done before there's no road map, no one who can lead you along the way and warn you about...
Nina BurrowesAug 12, 2021Talking in circles 3: The vesselVessels have always been important in our work. We need the right containers for our passion, our pain, our hope. Containers keep us...
Cynthia EllisJul 17, 2021Every river tells a storyIn many ways, we’ve already started leaving our Brighton home and this week was a dip of the toes into the journey ahead. We spent the...
Nina BurrowesJun 21, 2021How do people heal from injustice?Heal v. from Proto-Germanic hailjan, literally 'to make whole' At The Consent Collective our ways of thinking and working are informed by...
Cynthia EllisJun 18, 2021Talking in circles 2: Picking up pebbles along the wayIn this spiralling conversation, we stop to admire the pebbles along the way. We pick up the ones that are catching our eyes in this...