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In Our Nature
Why do we feel so overwhelmed, anxious, disconnected and lost...and what does that have to do with what's happening on our planet?
This show explores the hidden connections and deeper patterns that are forming our inner struggles and the wider crises unfolding around us. From mental health to ecological collapse, productivity culture to planetary grief, from burnout to reconnection, join me to poke around in the stories, systems and patterns shaping this extraordinary time...
...and then let's riff on what becomes possible when we stop pretending it’s fine and feel the feels.
Your host is me: Siobhán Friel. I'm a mental health practitioner, a Work That Reconnects facilitator and I was probably a lavender plant in a past life.
This podcast offers a way to make sense of your inner and outer world, especially if you were shaped by capitalism (like me) and not by a lineage of ecological literacy, love and wisdom.
You haven't missed the boat. There are many boats and this is one. Get in.
In Our Nature
From the Archives: Your Brain Is (Still) Just Being a Brain
I'm plucking a popular early episode out of the vault, dusting it off and serving it like an aged cheese.
For those that haven't heard this one, join me-from-ages-ago to explore:
- The normal ways a brain behaves
- Why a brain being a brain is not a problem to be solved
- How understanding this can transform our relationship to anxiety, worrying and overthinking
- What does Anxious Alice think about a brain being a brain? Is she even listening?
- Also, we possibly set a record for the number of times the word 'dog' is said in one podcast episode
What's your relationship style with your brain? Take the quiz at siobhanfriel.com/quiz
If you experience a ton of negative thinking, catastrophising, ruminating and unwanted comparison and judgement, then congratulations! You have a healthy human brain. Yay
Back again soon with a new episode.
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