Elementals Special; ep 5 An Elemental Life

This episode is the fifth and last of our podcast special, in a collaboration special with the Center for Humans and Nature. It is series that celebrates the Center’s series ‘Elementals’ as well as a celebration of the many voices that contributed to the series. It is a great honor to finally shares these episodes with you.

In this episode of the Becoming Nature podcast, we sit down to talk about the fifth and final volume of the Elementals series with editors Gavin Van Horn and Nickole Brown. We explore the themes of kinship, belonging, and the urgent need for awareness of the elemental forces that shape our lives.

The conversation delves into the indifference of the elements, the cultural shifts needed to respect them, and the importance of community and gratitude in our relationship with nature. The episode concludes with reflections on the power of light and an invitation to engage more deeply with the natural world.

Takeaways

• The Elementals series emphasizes the interconnectedness of all life.

• Community plays a crucial role in navigating environmental challenges.

• Gratitude is essential in our relationship with nature.

• The elements can be both life-giving and destructive.

• Cultural shifts are necessary to foster a deeper connection with the elements.

• Poetry serves as a powerful medium to express elemental experiences.

• The urgency of climate change calls for immediate action and awareness.

• We must learn to love and respect the elements as vital forces of life.

• Engagement with nature can lead to a sense of purpose and belonging.

It has been a great privilege to record these episodes.

Thank you for listening.

“We have a job to love the earth.
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— Nickole Brown

Nickole Brown (she/her) is the author of Sister and Fanny Says. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina, where she volunteers at several animal sanctuaries. To Those Who Were Our First Gods, a chapbook of poems about these animals, won the 2018 Rattle Prize, and her essay-in-poems, The Donkey Elegies, was published by Sibling Rivalry Press in 2020. In 2021, Spruce Books of Penguin Random House published Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, a book she co-authored with Jessica Jacobs, and they teach generative writing sessions together as part of their SunJune Literary Collaborative.

Find her here

Gavin Van Horn (he/him) is Executive Editor of Humans and Nature Press, the author of The Way of Coyote, and the coeditor of City Creatures, Wildness, and the award-winning five-volume series Kinship. He currently resides in the ancestral lands of the Northern Chumash people in San Luis Obispo, California, where you can find him wandering the nearby hills and shores, learning the flowers, trying to go light.

About the series

From the Center for Humans & Nature, Elementals is a new five-volume collection of essays, poetry, and stories that asks: What can the vital forces of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire teach us about being human in a more-than-human world?

Learn more about Elementals at www.humansandnature.org/elementals

Find out where to buy the books here

Elementals Special; ep 4 Earth

This episode is the fourth of our podcast special, in a collaboration special with the Center for Humans and Nature. It is series that celebrates the Center’s series ‘Elementals’ as well as a celebration of the many voices that contributed to the series. It is a great honor to finally shares these episodes with you.

In this conversation, Leora and I discuss the Earth Elementals volume, exploring themes of inheritance, responsibility, and the interconnectedness of life. Leora shares her journey as a geographer and poet, emphasizing the importance of understanding our relationship with the earth and its elements. The discussion highlights the diverse contributions of various authors, the intimacy of storytelling, and the significance of memory and history in shaping our future. They reflect on the power of poetry and the need for cooperation in addressing environmental challenges.We speak to the profound perspectives that emerge from the contributions to the Elementals volume.

NOTE: THE SOUND IS AT TIMES A BIT ‘CLICKY’ DUE TO A FAULTY MICROFON. THIS COULD NOT BE FIXED DURING EDITING. WE DECIDED TO KEEP IT, AS LEORA HAS SO MANY VALID INSIGHT AND THOUGHT.

Thank you for listening.

Takeaways

• Inheritance is complex, involving responsibility and creativity.

• Research should focus on recovering relationships with nature.

• The earth is a living entity that teaches us about life.

• Storytelling creates intimacy and connection with the earth.

• Each author's voice in the volume offers unique perspectives.

• Understanding history is crucial for survival and thriving together.

• Indigenous knowledge holds valuable lessons for contemporary issues.

• Poetry can change consciousness and perspective.

• Cooperation is essential for learning from the earth.

“What earth have you inherited?”

— Kristi Leora Gansworth

Kristi Leora Gansworth (she/her) is Anishinabe-kwe, a community-engaged scholar and Anishinabe geographer. Her professional work draws from Anishinabe legal traditions including relationships and responsibilities to water. She has been involved in collaborations with First Nations in Canada and Tribal Nations in the United States for a number of years, dedicated to supporting the priorities of Peoples and Nations. Her primary collaborative work involves research, writing, and planning for restorative futures. The personal work of Dr. Gansworth as a writer and artist grows from being Anishinabe, involving the practices of cultural knowledge & language learning. Dr. Gansworth also has training and background in certain fine arts including poetry. She maintains ancestral practices which include working with healing medicines, needlework, dance, and sacred regalia design.

Find her here

About the series

From the Center for Humans & Nature, Elementals is a new five-volume collection of essays, poetry, and stories that asks: What can the vital forces of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire teach us about being human in a more-than-human world?

Learn more about Elementals at www.humansandnature.org/elementals

Find out where to buy the books here

Elementals Special; ep 3 Air

This episode is the second of our podcast special, in a collaboration special with the Center for Humans and Nature. It is series that celebrates the Center’s series ‘Elementals’ as well as a celebration of the many voices that contributed to the series. It is a great honor to finally shares these episodes with you.

In this episode I’m joined by writer and friend Nicholas Triolo. We explore the multifaceted nature of air represented in the volume. We discuss its significance in both personal and societal contexts. We delve into the concept of air bars and the economic implications of commodifying air. The role of air in communication and connection. The discussion also touches on environmental justice, the importance of breath in existence, and the power of language and poetry to convey the essence of air. We speak to the profound perspectives that emerge from the contributions to the Elementals volume.

He reads from his essay as well as Ross Gay’s poem ‘A small needless fact’.

This was a rich conversation.

“Air isn’t just empty space; it is filled with life and communication”

— Nick Triolo

Nicholas Triolo (he/him) is a writer and long-distance mountain runner from Missoula, Montana. With an MS in environment writing from the University of Montana (2016), Triolo was formerly Digital Strategist for Orion and is currently Senior Editor for Outside Run and Trail Runner. His writing, films, and photography have been featured in Orion, Dark Mountain Project, Outside Online, Best American Poetry Blog, Terrain.org, Patagonia’s Dirtbag Diaries, Juxtaprose, the Wild and Scenic Film Festival, and others. He’s currently working on a book, The Way Around, about walking in circles, due fall 2025 from Milkweed Editions. 

Find him here

About the series

From the Center for Humans & Nature, Elementals is a new five-volume collection of essays, poetry, and stories that asks: What can the vital forces of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire teach us about being human in a more-than-human world?

Learn more about Elementals at www.humansandnature.org/elementals

Find out where to buy the books here

Elementals Special; ep 2 Water

This episode is the second of our podcast special, in a collaboration special with the Center for Humans and Nature. It is series that celebrates the Center’s series ‘Elemental’ as well as a celebration of the many voices that contributed to the series. It is a great honor to finally shares these episodes with you.

Writers Lyanda Haupt and Hannah Close join me in a conversation about water. We go with the flow of it all, moving through thoughts on how water is essential for various life forms, emphasizing its role in sustaining ecosystems. Lyanda shares her story of the American dipper, a bird that thrives in aquatic environments. The dipper's health is directly linked to the quality of the water and the presence of salmon, which provide nourishment.

Hannah expands on this idea by discussing the concept of Eros, describing how water is a unifying force that connects all life. She states, "Without the ocean and without the unifying integrative force of Eros, there would be no life."

They both share insights into their work, which blends, poetry, creative non-fiction with scientific perspectives, emphasizing the importance of honor and wonder in connecting with the more-than-human world.

Tune in to discover the profound perspectives that emerge from their contributions to the Elementals volume and to hear how water shapes our understanding of nature and ourselves.

They both read from their work as well as share their perspectives on the importance of looking at the world through the lens of the elements.

“I love the ocean because it feels like the last uncolonized place on earth.”

— Hannah Close

Hannah Close is a writer, photographer, curator, and researcher. She is currently making a documentary called Islandness in the Anthropocene and completing an MA in Engaged Ecology at Schumacher College with a dissertation project exploring archipelagic poetics and relational metaphors.

Find her here

Lyanda Fern Lynn Haupt is a writer and naturalist based in the Pacific Northwest. Her work explores the beautiful, complicated connections between humans and the wild, natural world. Lyanda is the award-winning author of several books, including Crow Planet, Mozart’s Starling, and Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit.

Follow her here

“Only a bird will wonder, all these birdly voices came to me from Emily’s poems.”

— Lyanda Fern Lynn Haupt

About the series

From the Center for Humans & Nature, Elementals is a new five-volume collection of essays, poetry, and stories that asks: What can the vital forces of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire teach us about being human in a more-than-human world?

Learn more about Elementals at www.humansandnature.org/elementals

Find out where to buy the books here

Elemental Special; ep 1 FIRE

This episode is the first of 5, in a collaboration special with the Center for Humans and Nature. It is a series to celebrate the Center’s series ‘Elemental’ as well as a celebration of the many voices that contributed to the series. It is a great honor to finally shares these episodes with you.

In this episode of our special, I sit down with nature writer Isaac Yuen and contributor Rina Garcia Cua. We delve into the theme of fire, exploring its multifaceted significance and the personal and collective narratives surrounding this elemental force.

They both share insights into their work, which blends, poetry, creative non-fiction with scientific perspectives, emphasizing the importance of honor and wonder in connecting with the more-than-human world.

Tune in to discover the profound perspectives that emerge from their contributions to the Elementals volume and to hear how fire shapes our understanding of nature and ourselves.

They both read from their work as well as share their perspectives on the importance of looking at the world through the lens of the elements.

““Perhaps the last sunset that truly matters will simply be one seen by those still capable of becoming spellbound at the sight of a fiery disk slipping beneath the horizon.””

— Isaac Yeun

Rina Garcia Chua (she/her/siya) is a creative and critical scholar from the Philippines who is currently based in British Columbia, Canada. Her poems have been previously published in numerous journals, some of which are World Literature Today, Asteri(x), g u e s t, and The Goose: Journal of Arts, Culture, and Environment in Canada, of which she is currently coeditor. Rina is completing her poetry chapbook, A Geography of (Un)Natural Hazards, which is a visual and poetic response to migrant and arriving cultures, liminal environments, and violences of form and language. She can be reached at her website: http://rinagarciachua.com 

Photo by Maude Roxby

Isaac Yuen’s (he/him) creative work has been published in AGNI, Gulf Coast, Orion, Pleiades, Shenandoah, Tin House, and other literary publications. Winner of a Pushcart Prize, his debut nature essay collection titled Utter, Earth from West Virginia University Press weaves together the human and more-than-human world with wordplay and earthplay. A first-generation Hong Kong–Canadian, Isaac is currently a writer-in-residence at the HWK Institute of Advanced Studies in Delmenhorst, Germany.

Follow him here

““After fire there’s fertility and there is life.””

— Rina Garcia Chua

About the series

From the Center for Humans & Nature, Elementals is a new five-volume collection of essays, poetry, and stories that asks: What can the vital forces of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire teach us about being human in a more-than-human world?

Learn more about Elementals at www.humansandnature.org/elementals

Find out where to buy the books here

From Concrete to Wilderness with Jon Conradi. Ep 32

Land remembers. This is the heart of many rewilding activities happening across the globe, as people work to restore depleted ecosystems.

My guest today, Jon Conradi, founder of Wild Mosaic, is one of those people, working to rewild parts of the UK.

One of the important learnings from my conversation with Jon was that while human intervention in nature restoration is needed, we aren’t nature’s sole saviours. We also need to find ways of stepping back so that ecosystems can recover through their own ‘remembering’ of their natural state. 

What’s more, Jon spoke about how we are a part of this remembering; we are part of these ecosystems, not separate from them! Rewilding nature is also about rewilding ourselves, as of nature. Through storytelling and reconnecting with wildness, we can remember alongside and with the land.

And so, join us for this week’s episode, and become a part of nature’s ‘remembering’. 

In this episode, we talk about:

• Reconnecting humans to ‘wildness’

• Wildlife and humans co-existing

• What it takes to rewild and restore land 

• The impacts of humans separating ourselves from nature

• Some of the legal constraints of land use

• Pigs! 

“It’s almost like a desire to be small again, to be just awestruck and to feel part of something that’s bigger than us”

— Jon Conradi

About Jon Conradi

Jon founded his start-up – Wild Mosaic – in 2023 to catalyse restoration of land and reconnection to wildness. 

He has an MSc in Sustainability and Adaptation from the Centre of Alternative Technology, and a postgraduate certificate in Biodiversity Conservation and Management. He is a 2021 Fellow of the Social Innovation programme 'Year Here' and has just started a fellowship with the Bio-Leadership programme.

He spent fifteen years in business education specialising in supporting student-led learning and sustainability. He still supports sustainability leadership courses for London Business School.

Connect with Jon: 

• Website: www.wildmosaic.eco

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wild_mosaic/ 

• Video on the role pigs play in accelerating rewilding: Pigs rewilding!  

• Article: How can we create a wilder future for the UK?

Erica Berry - Wovles and the stories we tell about fear. Episode 24

Art by Cille Vengberg <3 - Check her work out here

In this episode I have been so blessed to have a conversation with Erica Berry, author of the book ‘Wolfish- Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear’.

This is a brilliant book that I highly recommend. Ever since putting it down, I knew I had to talk with her some how. And here we are.

We dive into the impact of consuming a constant stream of fear-based stories. From the overwhelming amount of news and information focused on fear and trauma that bombards us in today's world. But also the stories that are ancient. The ancient fear stories that we told, and heard, for many reasons.

We talk about wolves and the history of out of proportion fear that has existed around this beautiful animal.

All of this conversation centered around Erica’s study with wolves, collective and personal fear and what emerges with that - love.

“I think there’s something beautiful in actually thinking about the idea of a lone wolf as someone looking still for connection and actually being vulnerable.”

— Erica Berry

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About Erica Berry

Erica  is a writer and teacher based in her hometown of Portland, Oregon. Her essays appear in publications such as the Guardian, The New York Times, Yale Review, The Atlantic, and Orion, and her first book, Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell about Fear, was published by Flatiron/Macmillan in 2023.  She is currently an Associate Fellow at the Attic Institute for Arts and Letters and a writing instructor with Literary Arts in Portland.

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Find her online

Instagram @ericajberry  

www.ericaberry.com.

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Other Episodes you may enjoy

THE ROOTS AND STITCHING OURSELVES BACK TOGETHER STORIES WITH JAN BLAKE

KINSHIP AND FORAGING STORIES WITH GAVIN VAN HORN

MELTING THE ICE IN THE HEART OF MAN WITH ANGAANGAQ

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Woniya Thibeault - Never alone. Episode 23

Artist: Cille Vengberg - find her here

In this episode, I speak with Woniya Thibeault who appeared on the show "Alone" and was the first woman to win a season.

Woniya joined two seasons of the show. First lasting 73 days alone in the wild on the brink of starvation. And won the second season ‘Frozen’, as the first woman in ‘Alone’ show history. It felt even more special to speak to her, as she won the show on my birth land of Labrador.

We talk about shares her experience in Labrador and the similarities and differences between that location and the Northwest Territories. Woniya reflects on the importance of self-care and the societal pressures around winning and money.

She has such a special way of speaking about the land and how it held her through her time there.

I hope you enjoy what she has to offer as much as I did.

““Usually big, tough men with bulging muscles with a bunch of military training. I was that small woman coming at it with a really, really different perspective””

— Woniya Thibeault episode 23

Woniya Thibeault is a naturalist, craftsperson, and ancestral skills instructor, whose passion is inspiring and empowering people to live their wildest, freest, most abundant lives. She accomplished this through teaching land-based living skills such as those our ancestors used, and nature connection practices. While never describing herself as a survivalist, she is best known for being the first woman to win a solo survival wilderness challenge on the History Channel’s Alone.

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Find out more about Woniya

Her book ‘Never Alone’

Buckskin revolution

Patreon

Instagram

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Other Episodes you might enjoy

HOLISTIC SURVIVAL WITH LUKE MCLAUGHLIN ☾ 9

WILD AND ALONE WITH CALLIE NORTH ☾ 8

PLANT WHISPERING WITH RACHEL CORBY ☾ 13

{CONVERSATIONS WITH THE EARTH} RIVER SPIRIT

THE SERIES 'CONVERSATIONS WITH THE EARTH' IS A COLLECTION OF ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN HUMANS AND THE WILD. THEY EMERGE FROM THE MINI COURSE 'HOW TO BECOME INVISIBLE IN A WORLD THAT DEMANDS TO SEE EVERYTHING' IN THE COURSE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SPECIAL NATURE ENCOUNTERS THROUGH ESSAY, PICTURES, POETRY OR OTHER EXPRESSIONS. THEY ARE CONTINUOUSLY PUBLISHED HERE ON THE WEBSITE.

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River spirit

Spirit of the river, clear and pure, flows with ease and beauty. No obstacles too difficult for her to overcome and she does so firmly but tender. Her gentle sounds are soft and soothing, whispering “let go”.

She welcomes me with joy and laughter, playfully caressing my naked body as I step into her cleansing, fresh waters.

Here I fell at home, a daughter of the river.

by Sigrid Fay

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Kinship and Foraging Stories with Gavin Van Horn

Last year I bought the book series ‘Kinship, Beloning in a World of Relations’. Weaving words, poems, wisdom from some of my favorite artists and authors. Gavin’s introduction resonated deeply. Our longing for nature experience to be sensational. I believe that too. We may pass so much by due to this.

I was so excited that he agreed to speak with me, about his work, kinship and belonging. As I listened back, there was so much more I wanted to ask and uncover. It’s always that way it seems.

Gavin’s way of speaking about nature and his experience has a special tone and felt sense. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

About Gavin

Dr. Gavin Van Horn is Executive Editor at the Center for Humans and Nature and leads the Book Series for the Center for Humans and Nature Press. His writing is an entangled, ongoing conversation between humans, our nonhuman kin, and the animate landscape. He is the co-editor, with Robin Wall Kimmerer and John Hausdoerffer, of the five-volume series, Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations; and the author of The Way of Coyote: Shared Journeys in the Urban Wilds.

He currently resides in the ancestral lands of the Northern Chumash people in San Luis Obispo, California. You might find him gazing out at ocean waves hoping to spot sea otters, digging his toes deep into beach sand, staring up through flickering manzanita or live oak leaves, inhaling bay laurel, or turning feathers, stones, or clam shells between his fingers.

Find Gavn Van Horn and the kinship series here:

www.storyforager.com.

https://www.humansandnature.org/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/humansandnature/

https://www.instagram.com/storyforager/

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Discovering the cracks in the mirror with Bayo Akomolafe

Most often we talk about the cracks being where the light comes in. In this conversation with Bayo Akomolafe, he says “Sometimes mirrors rupture and cracks start to emerge. And then our images start to get distorted. And in those would could despair and seek to polish the mirror back to it’s shininess again. Or we could use in a different ethical move, use the cracks to seek out the darknesses, the shadows the cracks occlude”

This conversation has invited me to look at those in my mirror. Where I try to polish and where I accept the invitation. In the broader scale where we in West are so busy polishing that our arms are falling off. It takes some breathing deeply and a commitment to not turn away.

I had so much emotion running through my veins as he spoke, words fell short and felt that as well. He is an important voice of our day. In his words, poetry and in the way those ask me as the receiver to reflect!

Please let us know what you take away from this conversation.

Listen here:

About Bayo:

Bayo Akomolafe (Ph.D.), rooted with the Yoruba people in a more-than-human world, is the father to Alethea and Kyah, the grateful life-partner to Ije, son and brother. A widely celebrated international speaker, posthumanist thinker, poet, teacher, public intellectual, essayist, and author of two books,

These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home (North Atlantic Books) and We Will Tell our Own Story: The Lions of Africa Speak, Bayo Akomolafe is the Chief Curator of The Emergence Network and host of the online postactivist course, ‘We Will dance with Mountains’.

Where to find him:

www.bayoakomolafe.net

www.emergencenetwork.org

Resources mentioned:

Feminist Scholar Karen Barad

Bayo on Facebook

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Melting the ice in the heart of man with Angaangaq

This interview is special to me. I got to sit with elder and storyteller Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq from Icewisdom.com.

He is a shaman, traditional healer, storyteller and carrier of the Qilaut (winddrum), whose family belongs to the traditional healers of the Far North from Kalaallit Nunaat, Greenland. His name means ‘The Man Who Looks Like His Uncle’. Since he was a child he was trained by his family- especially by his Grandmother Aanakasaa – for becoming a shaman. The spiritual task given by his mother is: “Melting the Ice in the Heart of Man”.

The conversation started very personal, about his visit to the tiny town where I was born, North West River - Labrador. I haven’t met many who have been there. The conversation took off from there, with the question of ‘What is the spiritual significance of climate change’.

He is warm, full of heart and wisdom. I hope you enjoy his words. He closed our talk with a song. It still sits in my body.

LISTEN HERE:

Find his work here:

https://icewisdom.com/

Donate to the Healing Center - Healing Center - Aanakasaap Illua - Icewisdom - EN - Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq

The Body and Envisioning a New World with Stefana Serafina ☾ 14

Oh my has this episode been a long time coming. But it is landing here at just the right time.

My dear friend and mentor Stefana Serafina is our guest today. Her work has transformed my life. The way I live in my body and what I experience because of the intimate relationship with its language.

It became a very rich conversation about body, my body, your body, the body as the extension of Earth. .

A conversation and reflection about the risk of not including our bodies (again!) in the visioning for the new world that might be shaping with this crisis. 

About the body having to be the guide and the way in this hopeful emergence of a renewed human race. 

I’m so excited to share her work with you! We would love to hear what you take away from this episode.

ABOUT STEFANA:

Stefana Serafina, M.A., is an embodiment educator, writer, and embodied empowerment facilitator based in the San Francisco Bay. She is recognized for her unique and multi-faceted approach to body–based self–discovery and transformation.

She is the founder of Intuitive Body and Dance ©, which has grown into an international platform providing resources, experiences, and education for returning to our bodies’ inherent intelligence

For over a decade, Stefana has been teaching and facilitating transformative, movement-based embodiment in California, Europe, Central America, and online, and developing the Deep–Body model that is at the foundation of the work.

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

My Grandmother's Hands : Racialized Trauma and the Pathways to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies - Resmaa Menakem

The Body Keeps the Score : Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma - Bessel van der Kolk

My bodies, My earth - Ruby Gibson

Waking the Tiger - Peter Levine

FIND STEFANAS WORK HERE:
https://www.intuitivedance.org

Plant Whispering with Rachel Corby ☾ 13

Well well well, back again with a new episode for you. This time with a woman I love dearly. Rachel Corby is a very special teacher, and I’ve had the privilege to have her teach courses 2 years in a row.

In this episode we will be talking about working with plants. About what plant whispering means and how this work is more important today than ever. She is a very experienced and respectful teacher - to the plants and students and her wisdom runs deep.

ABOUT RACHEL CORBY
Rachel Corby is a plant whisperer, medicine woman and organic permaculture gardener. Rachel has been working with plants and their healing properties since having her eyes opened to the incredible healing world of plants whilst working on a volunteer project in Guatemala back in 1998.

Rachel has been teaching remedy making and how to make more spiritual connections with plants since 2006. She runs workshops, online courses and retreats teaching these skills and encouraging the rewilding process. She is the author of the book, Rewilding Yourself; Becoming Nature. 

GO FOLLOW RACHEL HERE:

FACEBOOK

INSTAGRAM

WEBSITE

Sacred Storytelling with Leah Lamb ☾ 12

Welcome, welcome, welcome. If you are returning you know that this episode has been a long time coming. If you are here for the first time, thank you for being here. But to all welcome to the new home of ‘The Becoming Nature Podcast Show’. 

I can’t wait to bring you new interviews and converstations. I can’t wait to continue connecting with you all. I can’t wait to see what this new Podcast home can bring. ENJOY TODAY’S episode. <3

I’m excited about bringing a new episode to you and this interview was fun to do. This conversation is with Leah Lamb. She is a storyteller, a writer and thinker. An activist. Last year I joined her course and dived in to the world of storytelling and storytellers from around the world. This art is revolutionary and we are all storytellers. So what stories are we telling? Listening to? And trusting?

In this episode talk about: 

☾What a storyteller is today

☾What a storyteller’s role was years ago

☾What a scared story and a zombie story are

☾We talk about how story can change our  ways

☾We talk about how the current story about climate isn’t helpful

And so much more… 

Please enjoy her words of wisdom. 

About Leah

Leah Lamb is a writer and producer. She is the creator of Soul Stories and the Speak the Spark, storytelling for a new paradigm, program. 

Her work plays with a lexicon that weaves myths, archetypes, and the hero’s journey into our modern world. She’s been a voice for the environment as a producer and host of the green channel at Current TV, and have written for Fast Company, Vice, Spirituality & Health Magazine, National Geographic News Watch, GOOD, The Huffington Post, and the Discovery Channel’s Planet Green. 

Also Leah’s first novel, The Whale Dreamer, is almost ready for you to read. 

Where to find more about her work: 

www.leahlamb.com

www.speakthespark.com

ALSO MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE:

Stephen Jenkinson - listen to my interview with Stephen here…

Find his work here - Orphan Wisdom

Holistic Survival with Luke McLaughlin ☾ 9

I was so excited to interview Luke, and now get to share it with you. The way he shares his knowledge and skills is super inspiring. His love for this Earth poors through the screen.

His mission is close to mine and I feel honored to ham him on the show. The work speaks to our cells and hands more than the modern ways of comfort. But it is a language more and more are beginning to speak and learn.

Listen in on our down to Earth talk about earth based skills, survival in a modern World and what it means to live close to the nature of being human.

Also get is fire starting record… you may want to take the challenge. ;)

About Luke:

Luke McLaughln is a naturalist, teacher, rewilder, mentor, survivalist, and founder of Holistic Survival School. Luke has committed his life to mastering and teaching ancestral and indigenous living skills in order to help people find their balance and connection to the Natural World.  Luke learned his skills working at a primitive wilderness therapy program in the West Desert of Utah.  With over 500 days on the trail, Luke has mentored hundreds of people in the wilderness and learned how Earth skills teach us vital life lessons. Furthermore, Luke has witnessed first hand how nature connection helps bring about growth, health, and vitality to everyone’s life.

Luke combines humor, knowledge, and patience to create an easy-going, yet informative experience. He is dedicated to meeting people where they are at, with love and compassion in order to help foster a new (actually old) way of being human. 

Go follow Luke and his work here:

Instagram - it is a treat

His site <3

And youtube channel

Wild Power - exploring your cycle with Alexandra Pope ☾ 7

Today’s guest is Alexandra Pope.

Alexandra is the co founder of redschool.net along side Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer. She is also the author of several books including 'The Wild Genie: The Healing Power of Menstruation', 'The Women’s Quest Workbook' and co author of 'The Pill: are you sure it’s for you' and their book Wild Power 

Alexandra is a women’s leadership coach and educator at the forefront of the emerging new field of menstruality, exploring woman’s psycho-spiritual journey from menarche to menopause and beyond.

5 years ago I followed a calling and did a menstrual, women’s body training with a beautiful teacher Laila Torsheim here in Denmark. It became confirmation of so many truths in my body, that I simply did not have a fully developed language for. She introduced us to our lovely guest today. A woman and a mission worth knowing. 

I had the privilege of working a little closer with them during the launch of their book ‘Wild Power’ and it is a must read for women wanting to get intimate with their cycle. I will leave a link in the show notes. 

To learn more about their amazing work go here: www.redschool.net