Nurture

From wide-reaching floods and bushfires to heatwaves and power outages, Australians are living through more frequent and more intense climate emergencies. And while we can’t predict exactly when or where the next event will strike, we can take steps to be best prepared for when they do. Having a well-stocked, thoughtfully packed emergency kit can make all the difference — not just to your safety and wellbeing, but to your peace of mind when the unexpected hits.

By the time she reached her 50s, Wiradjuri woman Fiona Harrison had learned to turn setbacks into stepping stones. And it was through plants, and eventually chocolate, that she found a way to bring self-healing, Culture and advocacy together.

With mushrooms popping up beneath pine trees and across our newsfeeds, it’s a perfect time to educate ourselves on safe and respectful mushroom foraging in Australia.

Bright, floral and naturally effervescent, this wild-fermented soda blends the adaptogenic power of holy basil (Tulsi) with the tangy sweetness of passion fruit. It’s a probiotic-rich, non-alcoholic drink that supports digestion, immune function and nervous system balance.

Discover how to identify, harvest, and use rosehips — the vitamin C-rich fruit of the rose bush — to make teas, syrups and more. Learn the benefits and best varieties to forage in Australia this winter.

How to support winter egg laying without compromising your chickens’ health and wellbeing.

Exploring Psychedelics with Sarah Napthali: A Year of Insight, Integration and Inner Change. In this episode of the Pip Podcast, author Sarah Napthali joins Pip editor Robyn Rosenfeldt to talk about her latest book My Year of Psychedelics, and why a middle-aged Buddhist mother decided to spend a year experimenting with sacred plant medicines and other consciousness-expanding substances.