Your Gut Mirrors the Soil: Kelsey Crane on Fertility, Permaculture, and Climate Grief

Kelsey Crane found her way from unexplained infertility to the healing intimacy of soil — and from there, to writing climate fiction that refuses to look away from collapse or give up on hope. In this conversation, Vanessa and Kelsey trace the thread between fertility and land, motherhood and creative risk, and what it actually means to become an apprentice of regenerative living. They talk about self-publishing a debut novel in the stolen pockets of a busy life, the difference between despair and grief, and why permaculture's first rule — observe before you act — might be the most important thing any of us can learn about healing the earth and ourselves. This is depth work: about soil, story, and the courage to plant something you may never see fully grown.For educational purposes only. This isn’t therapy.If you want to go deeper, check out the written companion on Substack and explore community + training at https://www.vanessaBennett.com.GUEST LINKSKelsey Crane / The Exiles Serieshttps://www.theexilesseries.com/The Vanishing — Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/Vanishing-Book-One-Exiles/dp/B0HFCB846KThe Vanishing — Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253169082-the-vanishingShop The Exiles Serieshttps://the-exiles-series.myshopify.com/collections/productsInstagram — @artforartssakehttps://www.instagram.com/artforartssake/TikTok — @thewildwriterhttps://www.tiktok.com/@thewildwriterPlant A Revolution — Substackhttps://substack.com/@plantarevolutionAdditional ResourcesExplore: VanessaBennett.comBook: The Motherhood MythCommunity: Inner Compass CollectiveTraining: Inner Compass AcademyConnect with Inner CompassFollow on InstagramConnect with Vanessa Bennett:Follow on InstagramFollow on TikTokLearn more on SubstackConnect with Vanessa Bennett on LinkedIn

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