Slide your mind between sheets of secular and sacred, story and idea,

sacrament and profanity, and wait, for grace. 

Tide to the Moon is a story-filled dose of what it means to be human.

Join Kate Lawrence, a practicing storyteller, meditator, nature lover and audio producer, as she shares her musings on what it means to live this ‘one wild and precious life’.

Be reminded, inspired and stirred to examine your own life for deeper meaning, joy and reverence.

Episodes out on the new moon and the full moon.

Tide to the Moon is a podcast about yearning, and learning, to dance with the rhythms of nature.

It chronicles my explorations and experiments to bring more rhythm, ritual and rest into my life.

Each short episode weaves any combination of memoir, essay, poetry and music to offer a slice of life from the little piece of consciousness that resides in this body - me - in this place, the Macedon Ranges, 65 kilometres north west of Melbourne, Australia. Episodes come out on the new moon and the full moon.

I share stories and reflections about my struggles and successes, in living with a rhythm that is life-serving and connected to nature, rather than the breakneck pace of modernity. 

This podcast began with, is tied to and fed by, my attempts to set aside one day a week as a secular day of rest and renewal. 

I want to infuse the hurly burly of my everyday life with a sense of sacred, a touch of magic and mystery; to drink from the wellspring of liminal time and space, and carry this through the rest of my week, and month.

And so I share, in audio form, to keep me honest, to laugh at myself and tell stories about my awkward and imperfect attempts to close the gap between what I believe is good for me and  what I truly want for my life, and the actions I actually take. 

And I hope to make connections with others, listen and share, learn and grow so together we might nurture these seemingly deep and ancient yearnings.

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Featured
Final Tide to the Moon
Final Tide to the Moon

The final episode of Tide to the Moon, for this the first new moon after the spring equinox.

Dark Moon
Dark Moon

In the dark days before the first sliver of new moon appears, I contemplate anniversaries, dominating mind habits, heart tenderness and how to remember.

Giving Thanks
Giving Thanks

Inspired by the book 'Braiding Sweetgrass’ by Robin Wall Kimmerer and the Haudenosaunee practice of the Thanksgiving Address shared in the book, Kate explores words as ceremonies and her crack at practising giving thanks.

Joan of Arc Pt 3: Secular Faith
Joan of Arc Pt 3: Secular Faith

In this third and final episode in the Winter Solstice trilogy of episodes centred on the story of Joan of Arc, Kate explores the steps she took to craft the story for oral telling, and the meaning making that continues to come from this story. Kate also explores her understanding of faith and how is shows up in her life.

Winter Solstice Bonus Ep: Joan of Arc in full
Winter Solstice Bonus Ep: Joan of Arc in full

Winter Solstice 2022 Bonus Episode

The Story of Joan of Arc in its entirety, in one place.

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Joan of Arc Pt 2: Reims and Rouen

Part two of three episodes in honour of the Winter Solstice, exploring faith and the story of Joan of Arc. In this episode we pick up the story part two of the story of Joan of Arc, as written and told by Kate Lawrence as part of her oral storytelling show ‘Fantastic Feminist Folktales’.

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Joan of Arc Pt 1: Orleans

The first in a trinity of three episodes in honour of the Winter Solstice, exploring faith and the story of Joan of Arc.

F-Moon
F-Moon

After roaming the ever changing moors of her mind, Kate finally settles on the topic for the episode: moon naming practices and what to call this moon in her part of the world. But as she shares a story about one name, she uncovers another, probably even better candidate for a lunar name, and then another….

Samhain
Samhain

Coinciding with the new moon, May 1st offers much inspiration for wandering old ground, exploring ancient festivities and pondering how me might draw incentive from the Earth’s turning and each other.

Apropos of Not Much
Apropos of Not Much

In desperation, creative licence and ‘its my podcast, I’ll do what I want to’, Kate turns to sponsored content and scripted fiction to fill the void in her mind and therefore her podcast feed.

Join the Club
Join the Club

One full cycle of the moon since the podcast began and Kate succumbs to the dreaded rona. Sunday blurs into the days around it, as the illness colours everything.

A Stake in the Ground
A Stake in the Ground

A Stake in the Ground


As the moon waxes to its fullness, Kate explores the unforeseen consequences of this decision, to set aside one day of the week for rest and renewal.


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Restless Resting

In this first episode of Tide to the Moon, host Kate Lawrence shares her yearning to honour a secular sabbath day of rest, and how her first attempt unfolded, not quite as she imagined.