A Wild New Work: Ecological guidance for your work life

In this conversation with writer and reparationist Hilary Giovale, we discuss the beautiful journey she went on to write her latest book, "Becoming a Good Relative: Calling White Settlers Toward Truth, Healing, and Repair." We talk about what it means to be a good relative in these times and the repair that's possible when we face the truth about our collective histories. To connect with Hilary, visit: https://www.goodrelative.com/ or https://www.instagram.com/hilarygiovaleauthor/ To access her Guide to Making a Personal Reparations Plan, visit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G-ufl_8ixdquMGrDziiBUBAANYKXrN7eHtjiE5aKTfw/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.1kvofvfw6wns 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

How can we stay true to who we are and what we're meant to do while also allowing others to do the same? It's not always easy, but it's essential for growing into Village. In this conversation with spiritual mentor, Human Design guide, and writer Uma Girish, we explore how our soul paths can converge, separate, and weave something important together. 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 To connect with Uma, visit: https://umagirish.com/ Her latest book, Sacred Fire: Memoir of A Marriage will be available from May 19, 2025 everywhere books are sold. You can find it at books.by, on Amazon, or at https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sacred-fire-13?sId=7829bebb-922c-402f-8298-a8ce73401d59

Rites of passage are essential functions of healthy human communities, but what are they, really? And how do they work? In this conversation with one of my own rite of passage guides, Tina Burchill, we discuss rites of passage and their role in village life, the specific kind of rite of passage that Tina guides people through, and the power of "the well sealed vessel." 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 About Tina: Tina Burchill trained as a wilderness vigil guide with leading mythologist Dr Martin Shaw, graduating in 2018, the same year she gained an MA in Myth and Ecology. She has continued to work under the umbrella of the School of Myth in Devon, where she is also a member of the core faculty team. She also has a small homeopathic practice (she qualified in 2005) alongside working as a consultant in event management, and writing work. Her previous career in journalism included working as a freelancer in the UK for national magazines and newspapers. Read Tina's article, "Seeking defeat and growth through wilderness vigils" here: https://adventureuncovered.com/stories/seeking-defeat-and-growth-through-wilderness-vigils/ Learn more about Dr. Martin Shaw and the School of Myth here: https://drmartinshaw.com/

In this conversation with renowned midwife and pre- and perinatal somatic psychology guide, Mary Jackson, we explore our earliest imprints and the impact they have on us as we grow. 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: *A Wild New Work events: https://awildnewwork.com/events *Meghan Schoneberger's energy healing work: https://www.cosmicharmonyhealing.com/ *The Ray Castellino Foundation training: https://castellinotraining.com/ *Mary Jackson's website: https://birthinconnection.com/ About Mary Jackson: Mary Jackson has been married since 1987, is the mother of 2 children who were born at home, and has been featured in 11 books and 5 movies. Mary has been a home birth Midwife since 1975. She has attended over 2,500 births in the Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Ojai, California areas and is now attending the home births of her second generation of babies. She is a certified Castellino Process Workshop Leader and co-teaches the Castellino Pre and Perinatal Training. In the first year after incorporating these pre and perinatal approaches in her midwifery practice her home to hospital transfer rate went from 20% to 6%. Mary is participating in cutting edge research about imprints that occur around the time of conception, pregnancy and birth and how they affect us throughout the rest of our lives and what it takes to heal from challenges in these experiences. She is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences and leads trainings throughout the world.

The Spring season is a masterclass in how to grow, and on the podcast, we'll be exploring the theme of "Growing into Village." In this first episode of the Spring 2025 season, I'm exploring what Village is, where it went, and what The Fool can show us about how to step toward a new way of living in a good way. 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

In this final episode of the Winter 2025 season of A Wild New Work, I'm offering a vision of how things could be. May this vision be a seed that nestles inside us this Spring and may it grow to give us the heart and courage to live in a good way. Enjoy! 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 Other resources mentioned: The "Living the Seasons" Spring Journal can be found at awildnewwork.com/shop

A seed holds everything it needs to know within its tiny being. They are a symbol of Life's potential, and we need to sit and learn from them right now. In this lively and eye-opening conversation with regenerative farmer Elizabeth Buckingham, we learn about seed keeping traditions, what seeds want, and how we can align with their interests. 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 About Elizabeth: Elizabeth Buckingham is a small-scale regenerative farmer in the high-plains desert of western Colorado. She focuses on seed saving and heirloom dry beans. She's very conscious of capitalism and its effects on agriculture and is also very thoughtful in how she connects with the land, particularly as someone who is not Indigenous to the place she farms. You can learn more about her and her work at https://findingquietfarm.com/. Other resources mentioned: -Living the Seasons: A Journal for Surviving Capitalism and Bringing the Medicine of Spring into Your Life: https://awildnewwork.com/shop -https://sierraseeds.org/ -https://www.nativeseeds.org/ -https://www.safeseedpledge.org/ -https://osseeds.org/ -https://seedsavers.org/ -https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/propagation/seeds/seed-bank-information.htm -https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2015/01/simple-steps-to-starting-a-seed-library/

Edgewalking is a gift desperately needed in these monochromatic times. If you're here, you're probably an edgewalker. In this deep-Winter episode I'm talking about the necessity of edgewalkers, Deer as edgewalking mentors, and what it might mean to move between worlds and make medicine from our journeys. 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 Other resources mentioned: *One on one and small group guidance: https://awildnewwork.com/guidance

In these troubling times, how can we offer ourselves in service to Life? In this sparkling and vast conversation with Manda Scott, we discuss what it means to do what needs doing and let go of the outcome, where we are in the human story, and the more-than-human support available to us in this important juncture. Manda Scott is an award-winning novelist and host of the acclaimed Accidental Gods podcast. Her latest novel Any Human Power is a Mytho-Political thriller which lays out a Thrutopian roadmap to a flourishing future we'd be proud to leave to the generations that come after us. With degrees in veterinary medicine and a Masters in Regenerative Economics, Manda's life is oriented towards creating radical new narratives that will pave the way to the total systemic change our culture–and our world–needs. You can connect with Manda at: www.accidentalgods.life www.mandascott.co.uk www.thrutopia.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

Fear isn't bad or useless, but when it grips us regularly, it can be helpful to learn how to thaw. In this first episode of the Winter 2025 season of the show, I share an overview of how we can relate to the sensation of feeling frozen and find natural, generative ways to move through it. 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 Other resources mentioned: *One on one and small group guidance: https://awildnewwork.com/guidance *Winter Visioning class on January 30th: https://awildnewwork.com/events/2025/wintervisioning

The Winter Solstice takes us into the wild hinterlands of a new season. In this episode, I'm exploring how letting go of what we know and embracing mystery is essential to living lives that are deep and interesting to 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 To purchase a “Living the Seasons” Winter journal or my book, Winter at Work, click here: https://awildnewwork.com/shop

As we approach the season's end, Autumn's theme of decline is getting more potent. We all know that we should be doing less during this time, but we also don't hibernate, so how can we keep living life, but in alignment with this point in the cycle of the year? In this episode, I'm sharing three ways we can surrender to this time and actually find a nobility of purpose in the midst of so many endings. 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 To purchase a “Living the Seasons” Winter journal, click here: https://awildnewwork.com/shop

As we continue to explore decline this Autumn, we bring our curiosity and openness to the concept of Time. This conversation with Ixchel Lunar is layered, rooted, and full of insights about how to redefine Time, our connection to it, and how to flow through our days with greater ease and meaning, even as capitalism surrounds us. About Ixchel: Ixchel Lunar is a multifaceted writer, publisher, and High-Flow coach with over two decades of experience supporting revolutionary leaders, writers, and creatives in realizing their visions. Drawing from their queer, mixed-Indigenous heritage and experiences as a disabled, nonbinary, vision-impaired, neuro-emergent medicine carrier, they blend ancestral wisdom with modern neuroscience to help creators redefine their relationships with time, creativity, and their connection to the Earth. As a former vice-mayor and seasoned activist, Ixchel champions decolonial practices in leadership and advocates for Indigenous land stewardship. You can connect with Ixchel in the following ways: Web: https://decolonizingtime.com/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@decolonizing_time Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/decolonizing_time/ 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

In this episode, I'm sharing some of what I've learned about how we can aspire to have roots as deep, large, and well-connected as the wise women of our lineages. I explore how our lives might change if we knew how to fully inhabit where we are, remembered how sleep helps us grow roots, and could be more stable in the face of these wild times. 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: Needing More: A 4-week pilgrimage into darkness: https://mailchi.mp/awildnewwork/l9o6i3uzyo

I've been in love with whales since my childhood, and in this episode I get to share some of their magic–particularly as it relates to our cultural myth of progress. In this episode, I talk about my definition of what progress really is, whales' surprising evolutionary history, and why progress so often requires the letting go of adaptations that are no longer helpful. 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 For more about upcoming events and offerings, visit: awildnewwork.com Resources mentioned: *When Whales Walked on Four Legs: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/when-whales-walked-on-four-legs.html *The Evolution of Whales from Land to Sea: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2022/evolution-whales-lanFrom Land to Water: the Origin of Whales, Dolphins, and *Porpoises: https://evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/s12052-009-0135-2

Today I'm honored to share a conversation with one of my beloved teachers and mentors, Old School Nate. Most of us are feeling ready for a deeper wisdom–one that truly comes from the Earth and from our wise ancestors–and Nate's work takes us there. We talk about how to see one another's gifts, the value systems of capitalism v. the natural world, why the Autumn is a potent time to change our belief systems, and more. ***About Old School Nate: Old School Nate is a wizard following the ways of his Wise and Well Ancestors. He has been on the path of learning how to make Village in modernity, welcoming others through their inborn Gifts, and tending to the Land since finding out he was born just fine the first time.*** To connect with Nate, visit: Instagram: old.school.nate Email: oldschoolnate108@gmail.com*** 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 ***Other resources mentioned: Episode 111 with Rainer Baumorr (fka Ben Murphy): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/111-invoking-kinship-with-ben-murphy/id1437555777?i=1000638304510

Welcome to the first episode of the Autumn 2024 season of the show! In this episode, I introduce our topic for this season, which is decline, and discuss what decline really is, how we know it's a natural part of every cycle, and how our lives could look if we embraced decline rather than resisted it. 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 Other resources mentioned: Composting Capitalism: https://awildnewwork.com/composting-capitalism Living the Seasons Journal: https://awildnewwork.com/shop/living-the-seasons-a-journal-for-surviving-capitalism-and-bringing-the-medicine-of-autumn-into-your-life

My guest today, Osprey Orielle Lake, speaks clearly about the limits and possibilities of this moment on our planet. In this conversation, we talk about how dominant culture needs to shift in order for us to respond more intelligently to what the Earth is communicating to us. We also discuss women's role in this work, Indigenous leadership, and exciting possibilities happening in the climate justice movement. About Osprey: Osprey Orielle Lake is the founder of Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), an organization whose mission is to protect and defend the planet, particularly through the work of women who have typically been unheard and undervalued by policymakers. Her book, The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis, casts a wide net that embraces global Indigenous perspectives and modern science to discuss topics such as humanity's origin, society's relationship to nature, and the imperative need to halt and reverse climate change. To connect with Osprey, visit: https://ospreyoriellelake.earth/ https://www.wecaninternational.org/ 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 Other resources mentioned: Composting Capitalism: https://awildnewwork.com/composting-capitalism Living the Seasons Journal: https://awildnewwork.com/shop/living-the-seasons-a-journal-for-surviving-capitalism-and-bringing-the-medicine-of-autumn-into-your-life

We can make so much meaning in our lives by telling the stories that live within our bodies and within the land that we inhabit. In this conversation with author Jane Clark, we explore what it means to be what she calls a “story carrier,” and how telling our stories is a way to root ourselves firmly in the midst of collective change and capitalist pressures. About Jane: Jane Clark is an author, retired writing professor and former journalist who lives close to the land near the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania. She leads writing workshops focused on giving life to our stories as a form of currency in a capitalistic system that defines us as workers/producers and separates us from ourselves. She loves to help writers bring their stories to life as a way to reclaim identity and agency as story carriers. Much of her work is an attempt to ground writers in the land, in nature, to help them see the stories that surround all of us, including those stories held in the land and beyond those told by this system. To connect with Jane, visit: Web: https://www.storycarriers.com/ Amazon: https://a.co/d/bgp0w4f Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janeclarkauthor/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552393023737 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 Other resources mentioned: Composting Capitalism, starting October 2nd: https://awildnewwork.com/composting-capitalism Rise Up Rooted Retreat on August 17th-18th: https://awildnewwork.com/rise-up-rooted

Why should we listen to the land, and how do we even do so? In this gently flowing conversation with Leah Rampy, we discuss the benefits of communing with the Earth and ways to deepen the relationship that we already have with the land and that can never be severed. About Leah: Leah Rampy, Ph.D. is a writer, speaker, retreat leader, and educator who weaves ecology, spirituality, personal stories, and practices to help others deepen their relationship to the natural world. She is the author of Earth & Soul: Reconnecting amid Climate Chaos and a frequent speaker on spiritual ecology and leadership in these uncertain times. To connect with Leah, visit: Web: www.leahrampy.com Instagram: @leahrampy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553196486975 If you enjoyed this episode, please help it get 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: *To learn more about Old School Nate and the divinations he offers, visit him on Instagram @old.school.nate *Fruition: Expand Your Options and Make Fruitful Choices: https://awildnewwork.com/shop/fruition-expand-your-options-and-make-fruitful-choices *Rise Up Rooted Gathering August 17-18: https://awildnewwork.com/events/2024/we-are-the-sturdy-ones *Summer Tarot Readings: https://awildnewwork.as.me/3-card-reading

Welcome to the first episode of the Summer 2024 season of A Wild New Work! In this season, we'll be exploring how to communicate with the Earth. In today's episode, we're looking at a pre-Christian Celtic ritual in which the land and the people were brought into intimate partnership. We'll explore how our own modern lives could change if we were sovereign and in committed relationships with the enspirited lands we inhabit. 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 *Fruition Class: https://awildnewwork.com/shop/fruition-expand-your-options-and-make-fruitful-choices *Rise Up Rooted: Rite of Passage Program for Adults: https://awildnewwork.com/rise-up-rooted Celtic Ceremonial Marriage Resources: https://sharonblackie.substack.com/p/marrying-the-land-how-we-broke-the-ancient-bargain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWyHPRFOJr4&t=299s

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

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. 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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 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: 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

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/ 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: 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.”

If the Autumn is the great dying, and Spring is the great rebirth, what is the Winter? It is the time in-between, after death and before something is born again. In this episode, we explore why this period between the Winter Solstice and the first stirrings of Spring invites us into a great dreaming, where we tend to our inner soil, our deep visions, and trust that new life will come when it's time. 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 To learn more about my book, Winter at Work, visit: https://awildnewwork.com/winteratwork

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/ 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 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

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. ************* 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/ ************** 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 ************** To join us for the remaining two weeks of Needing More: a 4-week Pilgrimage into Darkness, visit: https://mailchi.mp/awildnewwork.com/needingmore

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 If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! 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

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 If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! 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/

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/ If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! For more information about working with me 1:1 through a vocational transition, visit: https://awildnewwork.com/one-on-one-coaching To support the show financially, visit: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman

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? 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 on the show: The Intention Experiment by Lynne McTaggart

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

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. If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! 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 To chip in financially and support the show, visit: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman

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

As we approach the Autumn period, we approach the heart of nature's death cycle. If we're willing to be wise, we can use this time to look at and tend to what has died or is ready to die: lifeless jobs, projects, ways of relating, or beliefs about what's possible for us. And what about when we're on the other side of a death, what then? In this episode, I share what the vulture can show us about how to metabolize the little deaths we experience so that we can find liberation and soar with grace. To learn more about my Autumn workshop, Ancestor Speak, visit: https://awildnewwork.com/ancestor-speak To learn more about my 1:1 guidance work, visit: https://awildnewwork.com/one-on-one-coaching Resource mentioned: The Animal Spirit deck by Kim Krans of The Wild Unknown: https://www.thewildunknown.com/purchase If you enjoy this show, please take a moment to share it with a friend, subscribe, or rate the show on Apple Podcasts. Thank you!

Being in relationship, mentorship, and collaboration with others is essential to living a full and bright life, but there are times when we need to reconnect with the inner wisdom that flows through us first, letting go of the inputs from other people. In the late Summer and early Fall, we can work with the seasonal shift by listening to the calls we hear to separate from daily life and attune to the transformation that is taking place. If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! For more information about Ancestor Speak, click here: https://awildnewwork.com/ancestor-speak To receive my weekly emails, click here: http://eepurl.com/hy8wbT

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 If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend!

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 To sign up for Unlearning Capitalism, visit: https://mailchi.mp/9a38972ba76a/unlearning-capitalism or awildnewwork.com If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend!

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 If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend!

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/ If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend!