Frogs have long been a symbol of renewal and spring for me. This year they seem to have come a bit early, but they're always welcome. I love to relax and listen to them singing their love songs to one another, and am blessed to have a good sized wetland on the farm where they're happy. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tessa-tingles/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tessa-tingles/support ..read more

This is the second episode where I use various techniques to reduce your anxiety with special emphasis on panic attacks. The holiday season (not to mention this crazy pandemic) can really increase our stress load, so I hope that this episode will help you if you're feeling like it's all just too much at the moment. The first episode was more of a role-play with personal attention, while this one is more typical of what you might experience with a therapist, and is more technique based than care-based.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tessa-tingles/mes ..read more

As I'm finishing up a large order of smudge sticks from my Etsy shop, I walk you slowly through the process that I use to make them. I talk about how to select materials, make the finished product attractive and functional. Photos of the finished product are on my Instagram (@tessa_tingles_ASMR), and if you'd like to see what's currently in the Etsy shop, it's called HeartLightandWild.  Thanks for listening, and as always feel free to send me a message with any questions or comments! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tessa-tingles/message Support this p ..read more

For the first ten or so minutes I slowly roll and tip the rain stick from side to side and back and forth, occasionally tapping the wood. Next up is a variety of crystal and stone beads, as well as some strung pearls, that I move, slide, and twist, making gentle crackling, popping, clicking sounds. I use some rose quartz, malachite, lapis, mookaite, and a lovely sea green stone that I don't recall the name of. The different sizes make a variety of sounds, and some are combined together. As always, thank you for listening!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t ..read more

*Volume should be pretty low for this one* Working my way through rainy season projects, I start processing my dried mullein leaves. They're very crunchy and make a crackling sound, and I do some whispering rambles where I talk about mullein and what I'm using it for. The volume should really be low enough that the whispering is unintelligible. I hope you enjoy, thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tessa-tingles/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tessa-tingles/support ..read more

I thought I'd try doing a bit of sketching this time and focus on those scratching sounds of the pencil on paper. I drew a Weeping Willow tree, so most of the lines are fairly long, rather than a shorter more staccato cadence from smaller strokes. There's some sounds of paper moving as well, but it's largely just the sounds of pencil on paper.  Thanks so much for listening!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tessa-tingles/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tessa-tingles/support ..read more

This year I grew quite a few peppers, hoping to have enough to fill my freezer this winter, and while I didn't get as many as I would have liked, I did get a pretty solid wheelbarrow full of them. In this episode, I'm slicing, dicing and bagging some of my poblanos for the freezer. Thanks so much for listening, I hope you enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tessa-tingles/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tessa-tingles/support ..read more

Loving and compassionate ASMR whispered care during your panic attack or intense anxiety. We'll sit by the fire, I'll do a little bit of pampering, and walk you through some simple breathing exercises that will help you progressively relax. No pressure, no judgement, and trauma informed. You're in a safe space to process your feelings as they come up and breathe them out and let them go. We all get anxiety and go through rough patches, get overwhelmed and need a soft place to land when it becomes too much.  There is some physical touch involved in this episode, but I will be doing one in ..read more

It's the perfect time to use up some of the apples from my trees and make them into something delicious but on the healthy side as desserts go. As an alternative to traditional apple pie, I'm making a crumble topping with almond flour, butter and date sugar for sweetener, plus a few extras from the spice cabinet.  Whispering to describe what I'm doing throughout but intermittently. First I get to skinning and slicing up the apples, slow to moderate pace, then transfer to a mixing bowl where they get date sugar and spices mixed in. After transferring back to the pie pan, I stir together th ..read more

Starting where we left off last week, I'll be reading through to chapter 15.  All whispers, no other sounds, other than maybe the very occasional soft squeak of my chair etc.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tessa-tingles/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tessa-tingles/support ..read more