The Makaranda Podcast
Welcome to The Makaranda Podcast with your host Eleanor Evans Medina. A space for meditations, teachings, and conversations that help you find your own rhythm and connect to the Earth beneath your feet.
The Makaranda Podcast
Latest Episodes
Conversation - From the Night Shift to Medicine Circles with E
I am honored to share this conversation with E. She is a labor and delivery nurse who spends her days at the threshold where life begins, holding families through one of the most raw and uncharted territories of human existence.She came ...
Meditation - For the Pregnant Mother - Dedicated to T
I made this meditation for one of my best friends, T, who is pregnant. May it find every mother moving through a moment of fear or contraction and help her open, call in light, and trust the profound mystery already unfolding within her....
Conversation - Psychedelics & Motherhood: Kate’s Story of Becoming
In this episode, I'm sitting down with my dear friend, client, and student Kate Pauley, a licensed marriage and family therapist and ceremonialist who has been part of my world since the very beginning of my practice in 2018. We're talking abou...
Meditation - 4-minute Reset
This short grounding practice helps you pause between moments and return to balance. Begin by finding a comfortable seat or standing tall, allowing your body to settle. With each breath, bring your awareness back to what you can fe...
Conversation - What Every Therapist Should Know about Psychedelics: Reflections from the Psychedelics Science Conference 2025
In this episode of The Makaranda Podcast, therapist Eleanor Evans Medina sits down with friend and apprentice Lindsay Lynch to reflect on their time at the 2025 Psychedelic Science Conference in Denver, hosted by MAPS, [the Multidisciplinary As...