In Our Nature

Gone Bush is a legitimate phrase (and complete sentence) in Aotearoa New Zealand.  The In Our Nature podcast will be back for another season in 2026. If you want the usual extra, winding context about this choice and what it means for my personal development as a working person under the narratives of productivity so cherished by the dominant culture, the impact on my membership of the web of life...

Today I'm joined by the wise, generous, and captivating Molly Brown : author, facilitator, and long-time practioner of The Work That Reconnects (among many other roles and passions) This one is for those among us feeling the weight of these times . For those who may be tired ( so tired) but still yearning to serve this beautiful earth .  It’s for those who need a different way to think about...

This is the final part of our short interlude exploring the archetypical language of astrology in the context of our time of extraordinary planetary upheaval.  In part one, we explored astrology as a language of nature and why it's scorned and dismissed (giveway: because it would collapse the economy, no, really). That can be found here:  This Ancient Language of Nature Has Much to Say About...

This is part two of our short interlude exploring the archetypical language of astrology in the context of our time of extraordinary planetary upheaval.  In part one, we explored astrology as a language of nature and why it's scorned and dismissed (giveway: because it would collapse the economy, no, really). That can be found here:  This Ancient Language of Nature Has Much to Say About Our Ti...

Who fancies a short side-quest away from the connection between our mental health and planetary heath today?  Although we won’t be going far, because it’s all connected of course  To help answer a suprisingly amount of questions I’ve received following an astrologically-themed presentation for the Work That Reconnects Network earlier this year, today we’ll be talking about the connection between a...

The prevailing Western approach to mental health often treats anxiety, grief, sadness, despair and other challenges as individual problems to be fixed (by you!) and ignores the larger systems we exist within. But how's that going? Take a look around. What if our inner unravelling is a healthy, natural, appropriate response to a world that’s dangerously out of balance, and what does an animist...

In a horrifying-but-necessary act of intimacy, I am inviting you to join me on a journey of shedding in today’s episode Nature shows us that death is food. Decay is enrichment for what’s next.  What is dying in you? What needs to be shed, to make space for life? Join me for: An update on my own journey since the last major one 18 months ago, and how it helps people waking up to the entangled syste...

Offered as a companion episode to the just-released " Shedding the Stories That No Longer Make Sense (Even When It's Hard & Lonely) " for those who may be newer listeners to the show and wanted to hear an earlier part of my long journey well..."long" to our accelerated capitalist society that doesn't respect or care for depth, rooting, steeping or descending, obvs...

My normal pod workflow is still interrupted by the demands of …well…being an earthling in these times trying to serve people outside of the normative economic rules while also staying rested and fed?  As such, in today’s episode I’m drawing from one of the resources I use in my classes, and you can read a version on my website too This one is for the people waking up to the severity of our entangl...

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 ha...

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...

Today I'm joined by the  wise, kind and amazing Kathleen Rude — a long-time facilitator of The Work That Reconnects among many other roles and passions — to talk about the incredible alchemical magic of honouring our pain.  Yes: pain .  Feeling the painful feels. Beholding them.  Honouring them.  Come join us: Kathleen guides us through an exploration of what the Work That Reconnects actually...

Most of the people I work with think they know how to feel their feelings. They are feeling their feelings all the time, they tell me. But many of them are wrong. Are you wrong?  I was totally wrong.  Because many of us are not feeling our feelings. We are THINKING our feelings. And the distinction really, really matters, now more than ever, as our planet faces challenges of an unprecedented entan...

If you feel like you’re quietly losing your mind while the world carries on like everything’s normal, then I have good news: You are not only quite sane indeed but pretty amazing. Let’s be friends.  In this episode, I roll out the picnic blanket of shared madness and invite you to sit on it with me while we explore the paradoxes and absurdities that make the nice people feel like they’re the crazy...

You know that inner voice that tells you you’re lazy, unlovable, unproductive, failing in life, worthless and ugly?  Many of us listen to that inner voice, taking it very personally and thinking there's a lot of truth behind the yelling.  But this episode reveals that the voice is actually just a goblin..a particularly shouty little creature who thrives in individualist cultures obsessed with...

Nice to see you, but this is a non-episode so don’t get too comfy.  I'm calling on your input around a theme that’s come up in our recent episodes: what happens when your usual ways of grounding yourself, like your spiritual, philosophical, religious, or therapeutic frameworks and orientations, suddenly feel completely insufficient, particularly in the context of collapse, breakdown and unrav...

Join me for part two of our conversation on collapse, unravelling and breakdown. It’s way better than it sounds, promise. This one has gifts and treasures! But, it also has some hard stuff, so listen only if you feel up to it.   Included in the episode... A reminder that collapse and breakdown aren't failures, but actually a fundamental part of nature’s cycles — whether we’re talking about ec...

Today we’re talking about the most fundamental of cosmic laws. One that governs everything from stars, to soil, to the thoughts in your mind.  A cosmic law that we humans have spent centuries pretending doesn’t exist.  A cosmic law that, when honoured and accepted, can strengthen our mental wellbeing as well as the wellbeing of our planet, our communities, our democracies and our relationships.  I...

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 m...

Today we’re exploring the thought patterns that keep us stuck in cycles of overwhelm, guilt, and inaction, and that block change, prevent peace and clarity, and deny us the spaciousness we desperately need in our lives.  But these thoughts aren’t yours — they are influenced by broader societal stories and cultural conditioning and we’re going upstream to catch them in the act. So to speak.  This e...

This episode is a re-release from season one that traces a familiar experience: feeling anxious and restless even when there’s ‘nothing to worry about’. Like when one is hiking in the beautiful mountains with a month off work (me). Originally aired when the podcast was called Inner Peace and Other Cool Shit , this episode is an important reminder of the upstream influences on our feelings and expe...

We’re poking our sticky fingers into the feelings of worthlessness and inadequacy that so many of us carry. Why do we think we’re not enough? Where do these thoughts come from? Why are they so persistent and stick around, no matter how 'good' we get? And, why did I write I was a worthless piece of sh!t in my journal for many a year?! Join me as we examine the tangled web of personal thou...

If you feel like your mind, car, house, desk, local supermarket and —everywhere, actually, come to think of it— is chaotic, cluttered, full and busy…  …you aren’t imagining it.  This one’s for you.  Today we’re talking about the crucial need for space in our lives —both internally and externally — and how this is rapidly being sold off, occupied and taken over.  Join me as we explore: How the eras...

You know how we humans can fall apart or lose our sh*t when under too much pressure, stress, or neglect?  Ever noticed that that’s what’s happening to our planet, too?  The effects of biodiversity loss and climate breakdown are being felt in many places and we humans are breaking down, collapsing, and having meltdowns too. Coincidence? Of course not. Today we’re looking at the striking parallels b...

Ok, you want to know what your radically powerful (but highly misunderstood) gift that can transform your experience of a world in chaos is without listening to the whole epiosde? It's GRATITUDE.  ...And if that feels like a disappointing, damp, dribbly answer....then this episode is especially for you.  Today we’re revealing gratitude as the profound, fierce, and life-affirming force that co...