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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
Where I Explain Our Worsening Mental Health to My Friends’ Dog
Today is a bit different. My original pod is delayed so I'm reading part of a resource I use in one of my classes, there's also an adapted version on my website.
Join me as, during a walk with Bella the dog, we look at:
- The profound links between our mental well-being our planetary well-being, and our economy
- How and why the implications of these connections are somewhat obscured
- What happens when our frenetic, consumer mindset infiltrates everything (and how it affects our dogs!)
- The "beast" (non-dog, non-human) that operates completely incompatibly with the needs of life itself.
- Why rest, balance, and care are actually a threat to the beast’s survival.
- Two crucial places to start when faced with the overwhelming reality of it all (one for humans, one for dogs!)
Mentioned or relevant:
- Get support or guidance from me here
- It's my half birthday, which is neither relevant or mentioned in the episode but I just remembered so ...yay!
- Finches, rabbits, poop, dandelions
- One swear word this time!
- The people I work with are using (and contributing to) this companion resource at the moment, you can join us: 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)
Gosh what a stupendous amount of links.
Thank you so much for being with me today. You are the astonishing twinkle of Venus.
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