#111 Health, sexual assault, and bravery with Alison Joyal

We meet our next guest, Alison Joyal, a nurse, a homeless coordinator and meals on wheels coordinator there in the state of Vermont. We arrived at Alison‘s place where she lives off the grid with her husband, and when we say off the grid, we mean fire outside of Burlington outside another town down some small roads down a gravel road and really at the end of the road there’s no electric service there no plumbing service truly off grid. I have a beautiful camper at home that they propped as they brought in as well as a super cool 1984 Toyota camper that serves as the dream car ready and waiting for that bucket list trip around the country. Allison such an interesting person she practices shamanism. She’s a reluctant empath practice is Reiki. She’s an herbalist, and for quite some time they had a micro farm, and she studied animal husbandry. She’s a mom she has a daughter and a son, and we talk a bit about them, and her approach to being a mom and the interesting spiritual journey that not only her but but through being a parent, kind of led her down. We learn a bit about forming a community that lives off grid, and everybody has some thing to contribute to the small community and periodically you have things you need, and everybody at that end of the road is there for each other. It’s a beautiful reflection of what and how people can really live at peace and harmony when they’re bound together by the struggle of survival.<br /> For behind the scenes content of the making of The Jar, meet the guests, see some footage of unreleased podcast episodes and more visit : https://www.youtube.com/channe....l/UCaTqB1dhDvl0Oh505 be a guest on the show email us at thejarguest@gmail.com or visit our webpage : https://www.thejar.live/Follow The Jar on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thejar_podcast/Follow The Jar on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcast.thejarDisclaimer: The views stated in this episode are our guest's opinions and do not represent the views, beliefs or opinions of The Jar Podcast. Our goal is to provide a platform for everyone no matter what they believe, and we would like to continue to do that while making it clear our guests are not a representation of The Jar Podcast.