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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
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 🌙
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