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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
Feeling Stuck? It’s Because One of Your Most Crucial Human Skills Is Going Extinct
Another title for this pod could be: "My clients are complaining that I don't fix them fast enough"
Today we're poking around how our click-and-collect, same day delivery, frenetic consumer mindset has infiltrated everything, including how we do therapy, coaching, rest, and healing....and how this is all causing the the quiet but catastrophic extinction of one of our key human capacities....patience.
Join me to explore:
- Why your impatience is getting worse (me too)
- How colonial-capitalist systems rewired us to hate slowness, uncertainty, and process
- What we lose when we lose patience (hint: a lot, and it's important )
- The myth of instant transformation... and what change actually asks of us
- How living systems (like you and me) actually metabolise change, and why it can’t be rushed
- What Nature says about all this (begrudgingly, of course...she's grumpy with me today)
Mentioned or relevant:
- Get support or guidance from me here
- Hazelnuts!
- Nature likes The Rolling Stones ...of course.
- One swear word this time.
- The golden carpet of possibility which is a lawn covered in gingko leaves
- The people I work with are using (and contributing to) this companion resource at the moment: An Earnestly Incomplete Non-Guide for the Disillusioned, the Lost and the Totally Bewildered
- I have workshops in Aotearoa or online coming up in the next few months: if you’d like updates and invitations, pop yourself on to my Friends List
- I write on Substack too—come hang out there if you wanna.
- Everything I do is by donation or gift. You can donate to support my work here if you want (thank you, amazing person)
- I'm presenting at the Work That Reconnects Network 10 year anniversary celebrations very shortly. Details and registration here.
Gosh what a stupendous amount of links.
Thank you so much for being with me today. You are a long drink of gurgling spring water 💧
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