If you’ve been trying to make changes in your life for a while but are feeling worn out or hopeless, this episode is for you. 

Disruption, shame, guilt, manipulation: most of us were taught that these are the best ways to get ourselves to change. But the rest of the natural world shows us a different way to get to where we want to go - a path that includes organic shifts over time, self-care, and connection to something larger.

To schedule a 25-minute podcast feedback call with me: https://awildnewwork.as.me/?appointmentType=32858080 

To learn more about Cedar Lodge, click here: https://awildnewwork.com/cedar-lodge 

About Megan:
Megan Leatherman, MS, is the founder and director of A Wild New Work, an ecological career and organizational development agency based in the Pacific Northwest. As a mentor, nature lover, writer and speaker, Megan has helped hundreds of professionals feel more aligned in their careers. She has a Master’s degree in conflict resolution, experience in Human Resources, and believes that our work can be a spiritual practice. You can learn more about her at http://awildnewwork.com/about.

67. How to Get to Where You Want to Go

Does the idea of marketing yourself or selling something make you queasy? Do you already work for yourself and hate that part of it? It doesn’t have to be that way. In today’s conversation with anti-capitalist business coach and social educator Bear Hebert, we break down the reasons why working for yourself can actually be regenerative, beautiful, and subversive.

About Bear Hebert:
Bear Hebert (they/them) is an anti-capitalist business coach and social justice educator. They've been self-employed since 2014, and now they help fellow small business people (and other beloved weirdos) figure out how to build the world-yet-to-come inside the world-that-currently-is. Bear believes that relational work is real work, and emotional work is movement work. They're trying to help us all get a little more free.

To connect with Bear: Follow on Instagram @bearhebert_
More at bearcoaches.com and undoingpatriarchy.com 			

To learn more about my Summer Solstice Retreat: https://awildnewwork.com/summer-retreat 

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90. How to Start Working for Yourself, with Bear Hebert

Change is one of life’s greatest challenges, and it can also be a primary source of isolation. While no one can walk our paths for us, we can most certainly be accompanied. In this conversation with Sasha Davies, we explore her varied professional journey, the ins and outs of her work as a writer, and what she’s learned about major life transitions such as menopause. Sasha is the author of The Menopause Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Owning Your Transition from Peri- to Post.

Ways to connect with Sasha:
subscribe to Substack I Text Myself 
follow on Instagram @imperfectguides
learn more at sashadavies.com

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95. On Your Own, But Not By Yourself, with Sasha Davies

There is a rhythmic cycle to your life, which mirrors the wheels of the seasons, the planets, and cosmic time. So often, the heat of our lives takes us out of that central rhythm, leaving us to make choices and take action at the edges of our lives rather than at their center. This episode is a call to step back into the animating image in your core and see what radiates forth when you do. 

To learn more about working with me one on one, visit: https://awildnewwork.com/one-on-one-coaching 

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96. The Image at the Center of Your Life

How did our pre-civilization ancestors "work"? What does it mean to be held captive to capitalism, and can we find ways to be more free? In this very rich conversation with anthropologist and rewilding catalyst Peter Michael Bauer, we address these questions and discuss:

*Where we are in the cycles of decline and the collapse of civilization (and why collapse can be a good thing)
*What “work” looked like for our hunter gatherer ancestors
*How we can bring our adaptive, wild nature into the contexts and communities we live in today

To connect with Peter, visit: www.rewildportland.com and www.patreon.com/petermichaelbauer 

To connect with Megan, visit: https://awildnewwork.com/  			

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97. Wildness, Work, and Pre-history, with Peter Michael Bauer

Being out in wild spaces, especially when we’re alone, can bring up so much fear. But just on the other side of that fear is a life that’s in touch with something much greater than our concrete culture. Norther Emily is a writer and wilderness guide, and in our conversation, we explore her own journey into this work, how to build your own competency, and how to renew your courage.

To connect with Norther, visit:
*Wildsolitudeguide.com
*@wildsolitudeguiding
*Churchovsolitude.com 	

Other resources mentioned:
Unlearning Capitalism: awildnewwork.com
To find out when the Tracking Spirit class is live for registration, sign up for my email newsletter, at this link: http://eepurl.com/iimupP 
To learn more about how I work with people one on one, visit: https://awildnewwork.com/one-on-one-coaching 		

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98. Renew Your Courage, with Norther Emily

What we’ve inherited from our ancestors is always alive within us, even when we feel disconnected from the wise ones who came before us and will come after us. In this episode with trauma therapists and deep thinkers Molly Klekamp and Magda Permut, we explore heritage, colonialism, somatics and more.

About Molly: Psychotherapist, advocate, and educator, Molly Klekamp helms a private practice in Boulder, CO where she specializes in trauma and attachment wounds.  Her teachings weave together story, somatic resourcing, mindfulness, and connection to land to awaken individuals to the sentience and connection of all living beings.  She is a wolf-dog mamma and currently lives in the mountains outside of Boulder, CO. Her website: https://www.innerwolfwisdom.com/ 

About Magda: Magda Permut is a clinical and community psychologist, writer, facilitator, and founder of Rainbow Heart Farm.  She spends her days nourishing relationships with human and more than human beings, land, and community.  She is based in Portland, Oregon, on the unceded territory of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, and Molalla, and other tribes who have stewarded the land along the Columbia and Willamette rivers. Her websites: www.rainbowheartfarm.com and www.magdapermutphd.com

Their shared website is: www.tendrilscommunity.com

Resources/Practitioners Mentioned:
*Resmaa Menakem
*Samuel Kimbles
*Bayo Akomolafe
*Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
*Hospicing Modernity by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira

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99. Living Ancestry, with Magda Permut and Molly Klekamp

What does a clothesline have to do with doing your good work? A lot, actually. In this 100th episode, I share an overview of the late Summer/Virgo season, how you can reconceptualize comfort and discomfort, and some new ways that you can stretch into a richer life right now. 

To learn more about my live class on September 6th called Tracking Spirit: Old Ways to Determine Your Next Right Step, visit: https://awildnewwork.com/events/2023/trackingspirit 

Resources Mentioned:
*Poetry by Antonio Machado
*A Branch from the Lightning Tree by Martin Shaw
*Making Home by Sharon Astyk

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100. The Lushness of Discomfort

Welcome to the first episode of the Autumn season! Learning how to navigate the darkness, literally and spiritually, is a skill that most of us would benefit from working on. Knowing how to be in the dark helps us to become people who are in touch with an older wisdom and can live out our deep service to the world. 

If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! You can now also support the show financially by chipping in once or monthly here:

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman 

For more information about Ancestor Speak, click here: https://awildnewwork.com/ancestor-speak 

To learn about working with me 1:1, click here: https://awildnewwork.com/one-on-one-coaching

103. How to Be in the Dark

Who are the dead, and what do they have to do with our vocation, the climate, or navigating our modern lives? It turns out that they have a lot to do with all of those things, and in this conversation with writer and educator Perdita Finn, we dive into how wonderful and natural it is to collaborate with those on the other side.

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To connect with Perdita, visit:
*takebackthemagic.com 
*wayoftherose.org 
*Follow Perdita Finn on Facebook and Instagram 
*Take Back the Magic on Substack for essays and gatherings on working with the dead

For more information about Ancestor Speak, click here: https://awildnewwork.com/ancestor-speak 

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104. Working With the Dead, with Perdita Finn

What does it mean to die while we live? How can attuning to our own inner cycles of life, death, and rebirth help us to access more joy, truer work, and a deeper trust in how things unfold? I talk about all of this with today’s guest, Lindsay Mack, founder of Tarot for the Wild Soul. 

To connect with Lindsay’s work, visit: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/
To learn more about Lindsay’s upcoming course, Intuition as a Spiral, visit: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/intuition-as-a-spiral Listeners can use the code DEATH at checkout to receive 5% off of enrollment!

For more information about Ancestor Speak, click here: https://awildnewwork.com/ancestor-speak 

To receive the Mid Autumn Seasonal Snapshot on October 25th (or to get future ones), click here: http://eepurl.com/hy8wbT

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Resources mentioned on the show:
Going with Grace, with Alua Arthur
Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price

105. Gently Letting Go, with Lindsay Mack

Orb weaver spiders create strong, spiral webs suspended in space and wait for what they need to come to them. What can we learn from them as we travel further into the darkest time of year, when we’re asked to let go of our pursuits, ambitions, linear thinking, and Summer ways of being in the world?

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Resources mentioned on the show:
The Intention Experiment by Lynne McTaggart

106. Spider Wisdom: Living the Spiral

How do we die well inside of a culture that rewards us for dissociating from what’s actually happening? Is it possible to witness and transform death phobia into something more true? In this conversation with visionary artist, writer, and end of life caregiver, Rachael Rice, we explore nondualism, death work, collapse, folk art and more.

To connect with Rachael, visit:
*Rachaelrice.com 
*Rachaelrice.work
*Instagram.com/rachaelrice 
*TikTok = @rachaelericksonrice

Resources mentioned:
Embracing the Unknown by Pema Chödrön
Neil Price, author of The Viking Way and Children of Ash and Elm
China Root by David Hinton
Dare Sohei: https://www.animistarts.art/who-we-are
Nordic Animism: https://nordicanimism.com/

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For more information about working with me 1:1 through a vocational transition, visit: https://awildnewwork.com/one-on-one-coaching 

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107. Death and Nondualism, with Rachael Rice

What could we gain by embracing and understanding our own cycles? We can access so much more in the larger cycles of life when we know the cycles of our bodies more intimately. In this conversation with menstrual circle facilitator Megan Hayne, we explore how the seasons manifest in our bodies, what’s possible when we allow our inner Autumn to unfold, and visions of the village.

To connect with Megan:
@mooncyclemegan on Instagram
moonschoolcircle.com 

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Other resources mentioned:
To support the show with a financial contribution, visit: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman 

Nourishing Night on Nov. 19th: https://awildnewwork.com/events/2023/nourishing-night 

Needing More, starting Nov. 26th: https://mailchi.mp/awildnewwork.com/needingmore

Jane Hardwicke Collings: https://janehardwickecollings.com/

108. Cyclic Power, with Megan Hayne

The Crow brings its liquid black color and mystical intelligence into our light-filled days and reminds us how to hold it all right now. In this episode, I share some facts and lore about this incredible creature as well as some ways I think Crow can educate us in this darkening season.

Thank you to those of you who have already supported the show financially! If you’d like to pitch in to make this work sustainable, you can do so at this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman 

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For more information about Needing More: a 4-week Pilgrimage into Darkness, click here: https://mailchi.mp/awildnewwork.com/needingmore 

To learn more about working with me 1:1, visit: https://awildnewwork.com/one-on-one-coaching

109. The Crow

Our addiction to light is emptying our lives of mystery and renewal, having a devastating impact on our health, and is a root cause of larger ecological collapse. In this interview with writer, poet, and co-founder of The Way of the Rose, Clark Strand, we discuss the impacts of an over-lit existence and how the darkness and the divine feminine can help us find our way in these chaotic times.
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To connect with Clark and his work, visit: https://wayoftherose.org/
To purchase Waking Up to the Dark: The Black Madonna’s Gospel in an Age of Extinction and Collapse, visit: https://indiepubs.com/products/waking-up-to-the-dark/ 
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To join us for the remaining two weeks of Needing More: a 4-week Pilgrimage into Darkness, visit: https://mailchi.mp/awildnewwork.com/needingmore

110. The Light Changed Everything, with Clark Strand

In this conversation with bard, somatic practitioner, coach, and student of myth Ben Murphy, we explore the mythic imagination, re-villaging, and what it might take to heal the broken kinship ties that so many of us feel in relation to ourselves, our human community, and the land.

To connect with Ben, visit https://www.bend-in-gratitude.com/ or @bend_in_gratitude on Instagram

The School of Mythopoetics: https://www.schoolofmythopoetics.com/

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Resources mentioned on the show:
The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté
Bill Plotkin
Alchemical Psychologies by James Hillman
The Revolution Will Not Be Psychologized, Part 2, on The Emerald Podcast
Nordic Animism by Rune Rasmussen
Sonnet to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke

111. Invoking Kinship, with Ben Murphy

Welcome to the first episode in our 2024 Winter Season, where we’re exploring our vast connections. What does it mean that your body is composed of over 50% water? What do you already know about what it means to be hydrated, fierce, fluid, and purifying? Why are things so arid in our culture? This is some of what we explore in today’s episode!

To learn more about the upcoming workshop series on Caliban and the Witch, my 1:1 program, or other offerings, visit https://awildnewwork.com/ 

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Resources:
About King Tides: https://www.oregonkingtides.net/
King Tides Fact Sheet: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-04/documents/king_tides_factsheet.pdf
Quote by Aurora Levins Morales, from her book “Silt: Prose Poems”: “This is the ceremony of our cells, each one a sip of water, a tiny ocean, a bubble on the bloodstream, inside our skins, beading up on our faces, trickling down our sweaty backs, dripping from our weeping eyes, offerings to the world. Then let the water in you call to the water in me. Let the water in our veins call to the water in the world, one river, one ocean, one rainstorm gathering over the dry places, ready to pour down quenching relief for the thirsty, and we are all of us thirsty.”

113. You Are the King Tides

Blood is the red thread that connects all of humanity through time, and there is an intelligence to our circulatory systems that we really need right now. In this episode, I share some surprising insights about blood, the cardiovascular system, and how it mirrors a greater wisdom flowing around us that we can tap into at any time.

To learn more about the upcoming workshop series, Eating Capitalism, visit: https://awildnewwork.com/eating-capitalism 

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Resources:
An overview of blood in humans: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279392/
Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood by Rose George: https://bookshop.org/p/books/nine-pints-a-journey-through-the-money-medicine-and-mysteries-of-blood-rose-george/230422?ean=9781250230683 
On coherence and the science of the heart: https://www.heartmath.org/heart-coherence/ 
On the heart’s electromagnetic field: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/building-the-habit-of-hero/202011/the-hearts-electromagnetic-field-is-your-superpower

114. Blood Flow

Trees hold a special and mythic place in the hearts of humans, and in this conversation with Heather Dorfman, the founder of Rose and Cedar Forest Therapy, we explore these amazing beings and how we can build relationships with them in a thoughtful way.

About Heather Dorfman:
Heather Dorfman, LMSW (she/her) is the founder of Rose and Cedar Forest Therapy. Heather guides groups and individuals in the practice of Forest Therapy; offers Grief Care; provides organizational consulting, training, and retreats; and is also an adjunct professor of social work. In all of these realms, Heather is co-creating a world of justice and liberation for all beings.

To connect with Heather:
-Website: https://www.rosecedarforesttherapy.com/ 
-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roseandcedarforest

To learn more about the upcoming workshop series called “Eating Capitalism,” visit https://awildnewwork.com/eating-capitalism  

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Resources Mentioned:
The work of Suzanne Simard: https://suzannesimard.com/

115. Remembering Our Love of Trees, with Heather Dorfman

Learning how to recognize new growth in your life and make the right type of room for it is an advanced practice. In this in-between time before the Spring Equinox, we explore how to notice and honor the seeds that are alive within us, how to create an environment in which they can grow, and why some of them may not activate in this growing cycle. 

To learn more about “Eating Capitalism,” my new workshop on the origins of capitalism that’s starting February 23rd, visit: https://awildnewwork.com/eating-capitalism 

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116. Seeding New Possibilities

We can sense how chaotic, disconnected, and troubled our world is, and many of us feel the need for sturdier skills to help us be with these times. In this conversation with trauma recovery practitioner, clinical hypnotherapist, and kitchen witch Carmen Spagnola, we explore the poignancy of being alive right now as well as the frameworks and practices that can help us metabolize what’s happening and find the deliciousness that’s available.

About Carmen:
Carmen Spagnola is a Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef turned trauma recovery practitioner, clinical hypnotherapist, and kitchen witch. She has hosted The Numinous Podcast since 2014. She's the author of The Spirited Kitchen: Recipes & Rituals for the Wheel of the Year, and founder of The Numinous Network, an online learning and support portal for people healing from trauma through a cross-pollination of somatics, attachment, and nature-based spirituality. 

Ways to connect with Carmen:
The Spirited Kitchen: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781682686676
www.carmenspagnola.com
www.numinouspodcast.com
Insta: @carmenspagnola
TikTok: @itscarmenspagnola

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You can learn more about Megan and her work at: https://awildnewwork.com/

117. Connection in Collapse, with Carmen Spagnola

Navigating this murky late Winter / pre-Spring period requires that we know how to make the best choices we can, given the constraints and circumstances we’re dealing with. Does a seed get stuck in analysis paralysis? Probably not. Does a nesting bird get frozen in indecision about when to lay her eggs? No. We can tap into this free flow of energy and choice that we see modeled around us and remember how to take one right step, then another, and then another.

If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! You can also pitch in to support the show once or monthly at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman 

Resources mentioned:
Becoming the Dawn: a 4-week Sunrise Series: https://mailchi.mp/awildnewwork/becoming-the-dawn 
Eating Capitalism: https://awildnewwork.com/eating-capitalism 
Pay What You Can Tarot Readings: https://awildnewwork.com/intuitive-career-readings 
Deeper 1:1 Work: https://awildnewwork.com/one-on-one-coaching

118. We Take the Next Right Step

Life happens in cycles, but we work as if we’re walking a straight line. In this encore episode, I’m sharing how you can move through four seasons on your vocational journey and why doing so can bring more ease, alignment, and wisdom to your professional life.

If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! You can also pitch in to support the show once or monthly at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman 

Resources mentioned:
Becoming the Dawn: A 4-week Sunrise Series: https://mailchi.mp/awildnewwork/becoming-the-dawn 
Rise Up Rooted: Rite of Passage Program for Adults: https://awildnewwork.com/rise-up-rooted 
Eating Capitalism: https://awildnewwork.com/eating-capitalism

119. Your Vocational Journey: Four Seasons (Encore)

How does a seed grow to become the fruit? It does so by meeting its needs. In this first episode of the Spring 2024 season, we’ll be discussing what our actual, original needs are, the extraneous needs put upon us by capitalism, why it’s so hard to meet our needs in this culture, and why we need fresh strategies for meeting the needs that will actually help us become who we deeply are.

If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! You can also pitch in to support the show once or monthly at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman 

Resources mentioned:
*Rise Up Rooted: Rite of Passage Program for Adults: https://awildnewwork.com/rise-up-rooted 
*Eating Capitalism: https://awildnewwork.com/eating-capitalism 
*One on One Work: https://awildnewwork.com/one-on-one-coaching

120. What Are Your True, Original Needs?

Many of us yearn for a way of living that is evoked by the term “village,” and it’s true that for millenia, humans met their needs inside of a communal setting such as this. In this episode with anticapitalist, nature-loving co-conspirators Heather Dorfman and Megan Hayne, we discuss what the term “village” means to us, what needs might be met in a village setting that aren’t met in our modern way of living, and accessible ways to re-village right where we are, with what we’ve got.

Resources Mentioned:
*Rise Up Rooted: https://awildnewwork.com/rise-up-rooted 

About Megan:
Megan Hayne (she/her), is a shepherd’s daughter, mother, body worker, and menstrual circle facilitator. She is also an authorized Kum Nye (Tibetan Yoga) instructor, Licensed Massage Therapist, and holds a Bachelor of Health Science Degree. Megan is presently studying ritual with Old School Nate. You can learn more about Megan’s work at moonschoolcircle.com or on Instagram @mooncyclemegan

About Heather:
Heather Dorfman, LMSW (she/her) is the founder of Rose and Cedar Forest Therapy. Heather guides groups and individuals in the practice of Forest Therapy; offers Grief Care; provides organizational consulting, training, and retreats; and is also an adjunct professor of social work. In all of these realms, Heather is co-creating a world of justice and liberation for all beings. You can learn more about Heather’s work at roseandcedarforesttherapy.com or on Instagram @roseandcedarforest 

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You can learn more about Megan and her work at: https://awildnewwork.com/

121. Re-villaging, with Megan Hayne and Heather Dorfman

How can we make the tiny area of life that we inhabit more caring, less transactional, and free from extraction? In this conversation with Toi Smith, we discuss strategies for embodying more beauty and less exploitation, whether it’s in our parenting, work, relationships to one another, or our relationships to the wider world. 

About Toi:
Toi Smith is a Growth + Impact Strategist and her work centers on doing life, business, and motherhood differently. Toi works with people whose work is countercultural, liberatory, and revolutionary in nature...or people who desire and are committed to moving their work or lives in that direction. 

To connect with Toi, visit:
www.toimarie.com
deepening.toimarie.com 
www.lovingblacksinglemothers.com
www.projectbloom.com 
Instagram @toimarie

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You can learn more about Megan and her work at: https://awildnewwork.com/

122. Creating Pockets of Care, with Toi Smith

In this episode, we’ll learn how fungi meet their needs and the unique teachings they offer us through their millenia of experience adapting to life on Earth. Fungi are masters of absorption, decomposition, and collaboration, and most of us could use a dose of their teachings.

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You can learn more about Megan and her work at: https://awildnewwork.com/


123. Endless Threads and Spores: How Fungi Meet Their Needs

In this episode, we’re learning how plants meet their needs and what it can show us about how to be here in a good way. Plants receive sunlight and carbon dioxide freely and then, in turn, offer us an abundance of oxygen, medicines, building materials, and nourishment. Their truest nature is collaborative and generous, and the same is true for us.

If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! You can also pitch in to support the show once or monthly at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman 

Rise Up Rooted: Rite of Passage Program for Adults: https://awildnewwork.com/rise-up-rooted

124. Our True Nature is Generosity: How Plants Meet Their Needs

Meeting our needs in today’s landscape requires that we remain flexible and shift how we relate to ourselves, our work, our income, and one another. Across the animal world, we find countless options for how to feed ourselves, and in this episode we explore some of the major strategies our animal friends employ and how we can adopt them in our own lives.

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June 17th: How to Expand Possibility and Choice Inside of Capitalism, a Summer Solstice class to help you reset for the rest of 2024: https://awildnewwork.com/events/2024/summer-solstice-workshop 

Rise Up Rooted: Rite of Passage Program for Adults: https://awildnewwork.com/rise-up-rooted 


125. You Can Shapeshift: How Animals Meet Their Needs

When an organism’s needs are met, growth naturally occurs and takes the form of some kind of flower, fruit, spore, or offspring. In the same way, when our needs are met, our blooming is inevitable. In this episode, we explore how that process occurs, how we know when something is blooming in our lives, and how to make more room for it as we head into the Summer season.

If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! You can also pitch in to support the show once or monthly at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman 

Rise Up Rooted: Rite of Passage Program for Adults: https://awildnewwork.com/rise-up-rooted 


126. Your Blooming is Inevitable

Welcome to A Wild New Work. You'll learn about the Seasons, how the natural world "works," capitalism, animism, and what it can all mean for you and your life. Hosted by Megan Leatherman, a writer, mother, and teacher in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more on Instagram @awildnewwork or at awildnewwork.com.

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