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In Our Nature
Absolutely everything is interconnected in astonishing dynamic ways that we are only beginning to understand, including our mental and planetary wellbeing.
The In Our Nature explores these connections, along with the unseen but profoundly influential currents, systems, cycles, patterns, stories, and constructs that shape both our inner lives and the world around us.
Why are we the way we are? Why are we treating the world and each other in the ways we do? Why do we feel so rubbish? Is this in our nature? What's going on?
Join me, Siobhán Friel, your host and fellow wanderer, as we curiously fondle the places where environmental, societal, historical, ecological and mythological contexts meet and mingle.
The In Our Nature pod wants to shed light on the hidden connections and deeper patterns that are shaping this extraordinary time we are in, helping us see more clearly as we make our way forth. Come and join me.
In Our Nature
Why We Need The Anxious, Overwhelmed, Sensitive Overthinkers. Right Now. Exactly As You Are. Please Come
If you relate to being anxious, sensitive, easily overwhelmed or always overthinking every darn thing....this is my call to you.
Today we're exploring how these profoundly pathologised traits are, actually, exactly what the world needs right now.
Join me as we tinker with:
- How overthinking and anxiety are misunderstood, undervalued, and categorised as “problems” to be fixed (including by me in past times, which is totally cringe)
- The connection between anxiety, sensitivity, overwhelm and overthinking with being caring, thoughtful, kind and not an asshOle (and why this is relevant)
- Why and how society dismisses different ways of being and thinking—and how this ties into systems built on speed, extraction, and dominance.
- A total overhaul of what "overthinking" means —and why it's exactly what the world needs right now.
- The connection between our mental health and the world around us (er, mentioned every episode)
Mentioned in this episode:
- The open letter from Nature to overthinkers, the anxious, the sensitive, and the overwhelmed is here
- The systemic commentary centred around CAKE is here
- Nature’s a fan of Radiohead. Thought so
- If you want updates on today's topic and are interested in an upcoming playshop which will revolutionise** how you view these parts of yourself, pop your name and email down here.
- **Revolutionise might sound a bit much... but I mean it
If you’d like updates and invitations, hop on to my Friends List. I write on Substack too—come hang out there if you wanna.
Gosh what a lot of links
Thank you for listening. You are the moonlight peeking over a ridgeline 🌙
