Becoming Nature Podcast
29 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis podcast is here to inspire you to come closer to nature; practically, spiritually and bodily. Guests on this show share their wisdom and ways and inspire you on ways to live more sustainably, connected to the Earth beneath your feet and to each other. The conversations will spark new choices you can make your own life to leave a gentle footprint on the planet.
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Conversation with Tom Hirons: Exploring Poetry, Love and Hope
March 26, 2024 13:20 - 54 minutes - 82.9 MBIn this episode we explore the power of poetry and the thing about hope. This episode is a conversation with poet Tom Hirons. I first discovered Tom's poetry on Instagram and it has a certain way of grabbing me. We discuss hope, Whiskey, fires, love and activism. Tune in to the beauty of Tom Hirons' inspiring words and ways in a World, with hope not fueled by optimism but love. Known for ‘In the Meantime’ and ‘Once a wild God’ Tom writes in ways that brings you to far a way land and the ...
Donuts, Nettles and Culinary Herbalism with Tara Lanich-LaBrie
March 14, 2024 10:25 - 59 minutes - 113 MBFrom nettle donuts to rose syrup, Tara's cookbook is a colorful journey into the world of plant-based cuisine. We talk about the magic of connecting with nature through food. Tara as she shares her insights on the ancient wisdom of plants. In this Episode we talk about: Connecting with nature through art. Plants as elders and allies. Connecting with Elderberries. Deep connection to plants. Chamomile tea's lasting power. The power of plants. Building connections through humi...
Singing in Dark Times and Places with Sam Lee
February 28, 2024 09:19 - 47 minutes - 90.6 MBWe explore his work of collecting songs and time with traveller communities, and the honoring of elders. It became a deep look at bridging what was known once into the current. I had to go for a long walk after this conversation to just be in some of the magic of his words… and humor. He is an artist that can’t help but pull you in, to listen, learn and be. About singing in the dark times and places. IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT Singing with Nightingales. The importance of old tra...
Through the foundation of reciprocity, play and thank you
February 14, 2024 13:30 - 51 minutes - 97.7 MBIn this episode, the I speak to Richard Skrein. He shares about his work with a charity called The Garden Classroom, which brings nature experiences to inner city communities. We also discuss storytelling, being a facilitator and parent. Rich's work focusses on training adults to use the outdoors as a space for growth, learning, and healing. Tune in to learn more about their work and the transformative experiences they aim to create.
Erica Berry - Wovles and the stories we tell about fear
February 01, 2024 08:11 - 50 minutes - 96.1 MBWe 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. 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, an...
Woniya Thibeault - Never alone
January 19, 2024 09:51 - 47 minutes - 74.9 MBIn 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 betwee...
To Mentor with the Wild; with Sophie Strand
November 17, 2022 12:17 - 40 minutes - 67.2 MBSophie Strand is a writer based in the Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. But it would probably be more authentic to call her a neo-troubadour animist with a propensity to spin yarns that inevitably turn into love stories. Her first book of essays The Flowering Wand: Lunar Kings, Lichenized Lovers, Transpecies Magicians, and Rhizomatic Harpists Heal the Masculine is forthcoming in 2022 from Inner Traditions. Her eco-feminist historical...
Meeting Mortality with Sarah Kerr
May 04, 2022 09:28 - 53 minutes - 101 MBSarah has been a death doula and ritual healing practitioner since 2012. Her work helps dying people and their families connect with each other, and with the innate wisdom of the dying process. Sarah’s approach draws on nature-based spirituality, sacred sciences, and the richness of the human soul. She designs and facilitates ceremonies that help her clients to integrate experiences of death, loss, and transformation. These rituals honour the spiritual significance of what’s happening, ...
Roots and Stitching ourselves back together with Jan Blake
April 19, 2022 08:07 - 50 minutes - 83.1 MBAs one of the leading storytellers, Jan Blake has been performing worldwide for over twenty-five years. Specialising in stories from Africa, the Caribbean, and Arabia, she has a well-earned reputation for dynamic and generous storytelling. Recent highlights include Hay Festival, where she was storyteller in-residence, the Viljandi Harvest Festival in Estonia and TEDx Warsaw. As well as performing at all the major storytelling festivals both nationally and internationally, she works regular...
Kinship and Foraging Stories with Gavin Van Horn
April 01, 2022 07:48 - 50 minutes - 96.2 MBExecutive Editor at the Center for Humans and Nature Gavin Van Horn, joins on for a conversation about kinship. How it is beyond genetics and more about the relational.
Discovering the cracks in the mirror, with Bayo Akomolafe
May 29, 2021 09:02 - 47 minutes - 77.9 MBThis 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. 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 s...
Rewilding Farmland with David Katznelson
April 06, 2021 08:10 - 43 minutes - 65.6 MBHow easy is it to buy farmland and give it back to nature. This is what we are talking about today. David Katznelson was born and brought up in Denmark, David specialised in Cinematography at the National Film & Television School in the UK. Since graduating in 2000, he has lived in London, and shot a number of feature films, TV pilots, TV series and won several awards including an EMMY, a BAFTA and an RTS He has now bought a huge piece of land in Denmark and wants to create a national p...
Will of the Wild with Jay Griffiths
March 12, 2021 07:47 - 46 minutes - 68.6 MBShe spent 7 years writing the book, about her journey around the World, meeting indigenous people and seeking the will of wild. This is where this conversation begins. what is wild, wilderness what is it to be an apprentice to something what does it mean to give time a note on activism and climate despair and fatigue It was just as rich speaking with her, as it is reading her book. Jay Griffiths has written on the politics of time, and the importance of wildness in the human spirit ...
Angaangaq - melting the ice in the heart of man
January 29, 2021 11:56 - 50 minutes - 83.4 MBAngaangaq Angakkorsuaq 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”. www.icewisdom.com
The Body and Envisioning a New World with Stefana Serafina
June 29, 2020 14:42 - 1 hour - 93.1 MBMy 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 b...
Plant Whispering with Rachel Corby
April 05, 2020 13:55 - 55 minutes - 85.1 MBRachel 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.
Sacred Storytelling with Leah Lamb
November 14, 2019 12:58 - 54 minutes - 85.9 MBThis 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? 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 th...
Becoming Nature with Laura Storm
April 15, 2019 16:58 - 54 minutes - 88.6 MBWe are back and we kick off season two with a talk about sustainability, leadership. We take journey back to where we began moving away from nature and it’s intelligence and more importantly ´, where we stopped seeing ourselves as nature, a part of this eco-system. The guest is Laura Storm, my friend, inspiration and, in May, my partner holding a retreat we’ve called ‘Rewilding yourself in the Workplace’. Laura Storm has spent her entire career working in the intersection between busines...
Sacred Ceremony with Sandra Ingerman
February 08, 2019 10:43 - 49 minutes - 94.2 MBSandra Ingerman is a world renowned teacher of shamanism and has been teaching for more than 30 years. She has taught workshops internationally on shamanic journeying, healing, and reversing environmental pollution using spiritual methods. Sandra is recognized for bridging ancient cross-cultural healing methods into our modern culture addressing the needs of our times. Sandra is known for gathering the global spiritual community together to perform powerful transformative ceremonies a...
Holistic Survival with Luke McLaughlin
January 22, 2019 14:34 - 41 minutes - 63.3 MBI was so excited to interview Luke. The way he shares his knowledge and skills inspiring. His love for this Earth poors through the screen. His mission is close to mine and I feel honored to share this with you listening. 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 con...
Being Will and Alone with Callie North
December 04, 2018 11:24 - 51 minutes - 97.8 MBI can’t begin to tell you how much I looked forward to interviewing this woman. I watched her on the Alone Show and was blown away by how she approached going out into the wild Alone. She is a true inspiration. Her love or the planet can only rub off on you. It became talk about the practical and down to earth ways of connecting - and why it is important. About Callie: Folk Herbalist. Songstress. Gardener. Witch. Magic Maker. Seeker. Life Enthusiast. Born and raised on Lopez Isla...
Wild Power, with Alexandra Pope, Episode #7
November 12, 2018 11:15 - 55 minutes - 105 MBToday’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 menar...
Going Zero Waste, with Bea Johnsin
October 25, 2018 12:17 - 45 minutes - 86.9 MBI interviewed Bea Johnson for the first time four years ago. At that time zero waste was beginning to grow. Today it is not only for the *fanatics* who like? to chill, it is becoming a well known and even more importantly - integratable life style. In our family we are still not close to zero Waste. But we have made many changes and are working our way there slowly. As you will hear Bea talk about the 5 R's, I know where I still feel challenged - the refuse one. We don't buy a lot. But we ...
Move Like Water with Easkey Britton
October 09, 2018 09:43 - 46 minutes - 86.7 MBToday’s guest is Easkey Britton. A scientist, academic and social activist, with a PhD in Environment and Society, Easkey is always one to look in places others aren’t for the answers to difficult questions. Her curiosity and passion for fairness and gender equality are the qualities that others to her. She is co-founder of the non-profit Waves of Freedom which uses the power of surfing as a creative medium for social change and spear-headed the world’s first global Surf for Social Good Su...
Come of Age with Stephen Jenkinson
September 20, 2018 10:01 - 55 minutes - 99.2 MBYou know those times you listen to a voice, a talk, a something that when it’s over you feel changed? That’s how I felt the first time I listened to Stephen Jenkinson talk. Even more so after interviewing him. In this episode we talk about *elderhood and the disappearance of elders in our society *wisdom and what it is to be wise *his new book ‘Come of Age’. *his work with people facing death His way of presenting these important themes is not full of fear, it is full of life...
Becoming Nature, Episode 3
September 13, 2018 11:28 - 55 minutes - 85.1 MBIn this Episode 3 I interview Clare Dubois. You will hear why trees and reforestation is important. Clare share the amazing and wild story of how it all began. Why the focus is on the tropical rainforest. What and where can we go if we want to make change locally More importantly why Sisterhood and what is the potential if we reconnect to our inner nature and come together as a tribe. Links mentioned in the Podcast: www.treesisters.org https://billiontre...
Radical Sisterhood and Rebirthing Sanity with Clare Dubois, TreeSisters
September 13, 2018 11:28 - 55 minutes - 85.1 MBIn this Episode 3 I interview Clare Dubois. You will hear why trees and reforestation is important. Clare share the amazing and wild story of how it all began. Why the focus is on the tropical rainforest. What and where can we go if we want to make change locally More importantly why Sisterhood and what is the potential if we reconnect to our inner nature and come together as a tribe. Links mentioned in the Podcast: www.treesisters.org https://billiontre...
Becoming Nature; Mini Episode #1
September 04, 2018 12:53 - 22 minutes - 42.2 MB6 Plastic Free Solutions for Your Everyday Life In this mini episode I present6 easy swaps from plastic to plastic freeyou can make in your home. These won't cost you much, some will even save you money. Comfort wise you should still be covered as well... ;) Is it full on Zero waste with little selection, no. Is it a good start, YES. This may tickle your curiosity to more changes, more ways to limit your waste. We all start with what and where we can. Some of them you probably know, ...
A Plastic Planet - Episode 1
August 17, 2018 18:26 - 47 minutes - 90.3 MBWith us today on the Episode 1 and 1st Season of the Becoming Nature Podcast Show is Frederikke Magnussen. Co Founder of A Plastic Planet. We talk about the facts about single use plastic, how we can turn off the tap and where we can put pressure to help turn the climate ship around. A Plastic Planet (APP) is a grassroots movement launched in January 2017 with a single goal – to turn off the plastic tap. They want to dramatically reduce the use of conventional plastic; especially that ...