Wild Beings Podcast

Monica Wilde, formally known as Mo is an ethnobotanist and research herbalist. She is based in Scotland in a self-built wooden house where she has created a wild, teaching garden on 4 organic acres. Mo holds a Masters degree in Herbal Medicine, is a Member of the British Mycological Society and a founding Member of the Association of Foragers. Mo has been teaching foraging and herbal medicine for...

Mark Mathieson is a psychologist with over 25 years of experience. Specialising in performance psychology and nature-based mental health, offering highly innovative solutions for individuals, teams and organisations that reconnect humans with the outdoors and natural principles of ecologically derived performance. Mark's lead effort is to address complex human systems by integrating cutting-ed...

Arthur Haines is a Maine hunting, fishing, and recreation guide, forager, ancestral skills mentor, author, public speaker, and botanical researcher.  He grew up in the western mountains of Maine, a rural area that was home to swift streams known for their trout fishing. He spent most of his childhood in the Sandy River Valley hiking, tracking, and foraging.  Arthur now runs the Delta Institute of...

Miles Holmes is an anthropologist & director of NatureFix, an organisation aimed towards wellness through nature. The common thread of his professional work is facilitating engagement between people and land. He works all across Australia with Aboriginal communities specialising in human, country & cultural interactions. Often this takes the form of ecological research & cultural herit...

Humans have come a long way sincethe beginning of our evolutionary journey. We have adapted through manydifferent landscapes which all play a part in how our body/mind/brains functiontoday. Simon Thakur has dedicated his life to understanding this ancestraljourney on a very deep level. Creator of Ancestral Movement, a framework & philosophy influenced by various Traditional movement practises,...

Rewilding is a philosophy & set of values which enable us to live like humans once again. In a world that is rife with disconnection & deterioration of human societies & landscapes, rewilding gives us a framework to guide us back into a connected way of living. It is about bridging the concepts & land-based lifestyles of hunter gatherers & using those beliefs & practises to...

Dr Theresa Emmerich Kamper is a renowned teacher of ancestral skills specialising in traditional leather making. With a PHD in Prehistoric Leather analysis & 30 years of hands on experience with traditional tanning, Theresa is a wealth of knowledge in this field and has a lot of fascinating survival experiences to share. Theresa was on season 8 of the TV series Alone in the US where she spent...

Miriam Lancewood lived in the NZ wilderness with her partner for 7 years surviving off rations and meat that Miriam hunted with her bow & arrow. In this conversation we speak of the liberation of a simple natural existence. How her mind and body changed from a modern pace to a much slower more in tune way of being. The illusion of time & security, how none of it matters when you are living...

A very real & raw conversation from an Indigenous perspective about the current state of society & how we can integrate a more connected way of being into it. We speak of the struggles of being a modern human that is not connected to a tribal way of living, how do we navigate social constructs of the modern world in a way that isn't destructive? Some of the topics we chat about:- Navigatin...

Andrew Turbill is a highly experienced nature connection practitioner, wildlife naturalist, avian ecologist, environmental science educator and published writer who lives with his family amongst the ancient Gondwanan rainforests of the upper Bellinger Valley where he receives precious few visitors. During this conversation we discuss a wide amount of topics: - nature connection & bird language...

This is a thoroughly insightful conversation with Holistic Health Coach Asher Cloran about his journey from veganism to ancestral nutrition. We cover a lot of topics including: - the holistic approach to health, movement, life style, sleeping, breathing & connection to nature - eating an Ancestral diet in a modern world - relationship to food - conscious eating - the spectrum of healthy living...

This is a brief introduction on Wild Beings, what we stand for and what to expect on this podcast series.