Embracing Summer: Farm Life, Midsommar, and Finding Joy

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Things have finally relaxed for Rachel after launching her family’s farm store and cafe. In today’s episode, she steps into summer and shares her life over the past week, from work she’s done, to celebrating her son’s second birthday, and now preparing for a beautiful midsommar celebration. But with the balance of happiness there is also some sadness to be found. Rachel opens up about recent heartbreaks she has experienced on the farm and everything that comes along with having a homestead. As usual, this episode is a balance of joy and sadness, life and death, and where to find yourself in the middle of it all. At the end of the episode, Rachel shares her favorite elder flower dessert recipe - it’s a must try! Happy Midsommar and don’t forget to put joy at the top of your to-do list - don’t leave it for if there is time to spare. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's episode of the podcast, I talk about having finally relaxed after launching our
0:07.3	family farm store and cafe here on the land. I get into the beauty of summer and how we all
0:14.4	need to take the thing that brings us most joy every day and put it right at the very top of
0:20.2	our to-do list instead of on the bottom.
0:22.8	And then I talk about some recent heartbreaks we've had here on the farm, balancing the
0:28.3	circle of life, life and death and everything that comes along with having a homestead.
0:32.7	And at the very end of the podcast, I share my favorite elder flower dessert recipe. It's a really good one.
0:42.4	Exclusively on Disney Plus. It's hard and it's brutal and that's what makes it special.
0:48.2	The multi-award winning series FX's The Bear is back for a brand new season.
0:53.5	Upon my signal, unleash hell.
0:57.4	And every second counts.
0:59.8	When that shows zero, this restaurant ceases operations.
1:03.8	FX's the Bear.
1:04.7	New season streaming June 26th exclusively on Disney Plus.
1:09.4	18 plus subscription required, Tas and Cs apply.
1:12.6	Happy Midsummer, everyone.
1:14.6	Let's dive in.
1:18.2	Hi friends.
1:19.9	Welcome back to the show.
1:21.7	I am so happy that you're here.
1:24.4	This show is actually released on Midsummer's Eve, which is, of course,
1:30.3	the summer solstice. And I don't know if the rest of the world doesn't celebrate Midsummer the
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