In this episode, my first back for this year, Ash and I dive further into the waters we began wading into in our previous episode. Exploring the intersection of queer ways of being, masculinity, and the mythopoetic orientation, we build on this

#34 | Psychedelic Integration and Bedding Down New Knowings — Sean O’Carroll (Wild Mind Institute)

Oct 12th, 2021 1h 31m

Sean is a man, a voice, and a guide I've been tracking for some time, for his work in the eco-psychotherapy and psychedelic-assisted therapy space. Within the frame of rewilding, or de-domesticating the mind, remembering and reclaiming what Mar

Essay | Eros, Evolution and Moving from Psychology Toward Soul-Making — Al Jeffery

Sep 27th, 2021 38m 56s

In this episode, I read my most recent essay on “Eros, the Evolution of Life and Mind, and Moving from Psychology Toward Soul-Making.” This paper explores Eros (in it’s mythological and evolutionary sense) as a guiding organisational principle

#33 | Queerness, Identity and Inhabiting Self and Soul — Eamon Armstrong (Life is a Festival)

Sep 12th, 2021 1h 26m

In today’s episode, I had the honour of connecting in with dear brother Eamon Armstrong, exploring ways of being that allow for greater degrees of integration, and soul to live through us. In a world that prizes some expressions, criticises and

#32 | Attuning to the Spirit of Place & the Ecomythic — Dr. Geoff Berry (Nature Calling)

Aug 30th, 2021 1h 13m

If we are to restore, or re-story, our world within larger narratives that acknowledge and honour the whole, how can we be with the natural world in a learning and listening capacity? Dr. Geoff Berry coined the term ‘ecomythic’ to speak directl

#31: Asher Packman — Story, Myth and Renewing a Mythopoetic Imagination

Aug 15th, 2021 1h 9m

In our world of bits and bobs, parts and objects, them and us, what is it that binds us, reminding us of our inter-weaving, and our nature as relational, systemic, and intertwined beings? How can we tell a different Story of Me, of Us and of No

#30: Mary Pender Greene — Reforming Racist and Oppressive Cultures from the Inside Out

Aug 4th, 2021 53m 52s

Building cultures and places that celebrate our uniqueness, and our potentials is the work of each of us, whether we regard ourselves as business leaders, proud parents, loving friends, or contributing citizens. We find ourselves within systems

#28: Jenny Andersson — Thinking as Living Systems: Epistemologies for Regeneration

Jun 29th, 2021 1h 25m

In today’s episode, I connect with, and we get to explore with, someone I’ve admired and learned much from in the past years. Jenny’s articulation of regenerative culture and leadership, bringing together the worlds of philosophy, ecology, myth

#27: Henry Fowkes — Validation, Co-Regulation and Midwifing the Magic in Groups

Jun 14th, 2021 1h 21m

Everyone is a facilitator, whether consciously or unconsciously. In our relationships at all levels - professionally and personally - we are woven into, affected by, and affecting a web of relations. In this episode, I sit down with my dear bro

#26: Heather Plett — From Hijacking to Liberating: The Art of Holding Space

May 31st, 2021 1h 12m

What does it really mean to ‘hold space?’ What is the opposite of ‘holding space?’ Is this something we can teach, and if so, how might we?Heather is a group facilitator, deep thinker-feeler, and space-holder I’ve admired for some time, and in

The Pause, Sensing the Invitation & 1:1 Depth-Work

May 18th, 2021 27m 7s

In today's episode, I dive a little into the process of taking pause and sensing invitations. More specifically, I share a little of my process in taking pause in the last 4 months, the invitation, and newfound commitment to the show that has a

#29: Brother Phap Hai — Engaged Buddhism and Living in Relationship with Immediacy

Dec 13th, 2020 1h

Contemplating system and cultural change, and our role within it can be daunting, and quite honestly, disempowering. Engaged Buddhism though, might have something to remind us. In today’s episode, we connect with Brother Phap Hai, a Senior Stud

#25: Paul Austin — Micro-dosing, Restoring Relationship and Living in Paradox.

Nov 23rd, 2020 1h 8m

In this episode, Paul Austin and I explore the Third Wave of psychedelic use and its role in evolving consciousness, restoring relationship, and living in paradox. Paul is the founder of The Third Wave, committed to re-normalising psychedelics

#24: Louka Parry — Unlearning, Relearning and Developing our Social, Emotional and Cognitive Capabilities

Nov 2nd, 2020 55m 29s

If we are to thrive - personally and collectively - in the 21st century, we are asked to unlearn and relearn ways of knowing and being that are more congruent with our ecologies and the natural systems we are a part of. We are also asked to re

#23: Satish Kumar — Tending to the Sacred in Soil, Soul and Society

Oct 26th, 2020 57m 40s

Satish Kumar is a former Jain monk, Indian British activist and speaker, as well as the Founder of Schumacher College in Devon. We met 6 years ago at a private retreat of teachers, guides and stewards committed to restoring a regenerative futur

#22: Nina Simons — Nature, Culture, the Sacred and Feminine-Inflected Leadership

Oct 19th, 2020 56m 36s

What a delight! In this conversation, I connect and dance with Nina Simons, Co-Founder and Relationship Strategist at Bioneers. A movement, community and media platform I’ve admired and relished over the past years, committed to healing relatio

#21: East Forest — Music and the Muse as Medicine for Our Becoming

Oct 12th, 2020 1h 5m

In today’s episode, we have the honour of connecting with East Forest, hearing some of his heartfelt stories and practices for listening to the muse, and partnering with sound as a healing agent on his own path home. As someone who I’ve admired

#20: Practice Episode — An Architecture of Mindfulness & The Punctuating Pause

Oct 5th, 2020 22m 34s

To ground some of our explorations in recent conversations, join me for a short and succinct look at how mindfulness practices help us contribute to not only our personal liberation but to broader social reform. I also share an “architecture of

#19: Melissa Michaels — Bodying More of Ourselves & Attuning Together

Sep 28th, 2020 1h 3m

Movement is a universal language that not only supports us in bodying ourselves, moving through trauma and cohering our body-minds, but also accessing ways to be in relationship with others and the more-than-human. Melissa has been a dear frien

#18: Dan Doty — Reclaiming Our Emotions and Congruency as Gift

Sep 22nd, 2020 56m 49s

What does it truly mean to reclaim our emotions, to live in integrity with our inner and outer lives in congruence? Not only supporting men in their path of healing and renewal, what does this look like as we as a culture come into community co

#17: Christine Owenell — Leader as Listener, Regeneration & Alchemising Chaos

Sep 14th, 2020 1h 8m

Whether you’re leading an organisation, team, or not, we’re all leading in many ways - in our lives, our loves and our work. Maybe, it’s the claiming of our role as stewards and leaders that is in many ways our step into being of service with i

#16: Joshua Ackman — Money, Meaning & Funding the Emerging Future

Sep 2nd, 2020 1h 30m

When money is remembered as energy, we begin to relate to it with reverence, with choice. Joshua Ackman is the former Head of Co-Investment at River Capital and is an “impact” investor I admire for his intentionality and somewhat Tantric relati

#15: Day Schildkret — Beauty, Impermanence & Queering Our Cultural Imagination

Aug 18th, 2020 1h 12m

Another queer brother from abroad, Day is internationally known for his work using Morning Altars to inspire thousands around the world to renew their relationship to nature, creativity and impermanence through ritual and the practice of Earth

#14: Rich Bartlett — Micro-solidarity, Growing Up and Reconditioning Our Relational Inheritance

Aug 12th, 2020 1h 14m

In a world where it can seem we have lost touch with what it means to be together, to live, work, and grow in community, practices to remember and recondition our relational patterns seem crucial. Rich is a Co-Founder of Enspiral, The Hum, and

#13: Spencer Honeyman — Rhythm, Music and Holding Space for the Invisible

Aug 4th, 2020 1h 2m

There is much that happens in teams, relationships, and our lives that words simply cannot touch. There is much that we experience in our lives that without alternative tools to touch, we remain distant to and fragmented by. Join me in this ric