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Talking in circles 12: The unfolding
Nina Burrowes
  • May 21

Talking in circles 12: The unfolding

A 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...
Deepening roots with the tide
Nina Burrowes
  • Mar 29

Deepening roots with the tide

My body resonates at the deeply felt memory of the smell. The smell of dark mud mixed with seaweed and salt in the air...
A postcard from Brighton with Survivors' Network
Nina Burrowes
  • Mar 22

A postcard from Brighton with Survivors' Network

We'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...
Talking in circles 11: The sea was large today, just as any other day
Nina Burrowes
  • Mar 11

Talking in circles 11: The sea was large today, just as any other day

We've been unsettled. Off-balance. Struggling to find our feet. Our own unease has met global unease. Catching us already off-balance....
Talking in circles 10: Finding the stillness
Cynthia Ellis
  • Jan 27

Talking in circles 10: Finding the stillness

There’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...
Having less, experiencing more
Nina Burrowes
  • Jan 23

Having less, experiencing more

We're heavily into the housesitting part of this adventure and I'm sitting here smiling back at myself, remembering my hesitation as it...
A postcard from Birmingham with the Rape and Sexual Violence Project
Nina Burrowes
  • Jan 12

A postcard from Birmingham with the Rape and Sexual Violence Project

One 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...
Talking in circles 9: Wrapping up 2021 one step at a time
Cynthia Ellis
  • Dec 31, 2021

Talking in circles 9: Wrapping up 2021 one step at a time

Although it’s not possible to summarise 2021 in any great detail (there were simply too many moments to capture or even to remember), it...
Talking in circles 8: On fertile ground
Nina Burrowes
  • Nov 29, 2021

Talking in circles 8: On fertile ground

On 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....
Talking in circles 7: Rage
Nina Burrowes
  • Oct 29, 2021

Talking in circles 7: Rage

In 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...
Talking in circles 6: The power of circle
Cynthia Ellis
  • Oct 25, 2021

Talking in circles 6: The power of circle

How 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,...
Living in the flow
Nina Burrowes
  • Oct 10, 2021

Living in the flow

We 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...
Talking in circles 5: London, Yoda and discovery
Cynthia Ellis
  • Oct 1, 2021

Talking in circles 5: London, Yoda and discovery

It 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...
Empty house, full heart
Cynthia Ellis
  • Sep 24, 2021

Empty house, full heart

It’s been weeks of getting ready for this trip. Packing boxes, sign writing a van, planning visits across the country, finding places to...
First day of filming
Nina Burrowes
  • Aug 30, 2021

First day of filming

So 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...
Talking in circles 4: The shadow
Nina Burrowes
  • Aug 21, 2021

Talking in circles 4: The shadow

When 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...
Talking in circles 3: The vessel
Nina Burrowes
  • Aug 12, 2021

Talking in circles 3: The vessel

Vessels have always been important in our work. We need the right containers for our passion, our pain, our hope. Containers keep us...
Every river tells a story
Cynthia Ellis
  • Jul 17, 2021

Every river tells a story

In 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...
How do people heal from injustice?
Nina Burrowes
  • Jun 21, 2021

How 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...
Talking in circles 2: Picking up pebbles along the way
Cynthia Ellis
  • Jun 18, 2021

Talking in circles 2: Picking up pebbles along the way

In this spiralling conversation, we stop to admire the pebbles along the way. We pick up the ones that are catching our eyes in this...
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