In this episode of the A Wild New Work podcast, I’m sharing a bit about something my family has gone through in the last few weeks as well as what it’s shown me about the enormous wisdom and joy that this season brings us. Aligning with the Spring often requires that we expand our capacity for vitality and color, which inevitably impacts the work that we do and the culture(s) we’re a part of.
Read MoreI’m excited to share a conversation I had with Dr. Carolyn Kurle, a tenured Biology professor at University of California, San Diego. She’s written a book called The Guidance Groove: Escape Unproductive Habits, Trust Your Intuition, and Be True, and in this episode, we talk about:
*What our animal instincts are, and what they aren’t
*How we can retrain or heal instincts if we’ve lost touch with them
*How our logical, scientific selves can actually serve our intuitive wisdom and help us live with more flow
Read MoreWhat you’ll need in your working life right now depends on where you are in your own vocational Wheel of the Year.
Here you’ll find a brief overview of the four major seasons I work with so that you can see how the tenor of your worklife is resonating today, and then you can venture down to see exactly how the Late Autumn period can support you in finding greater congruence and ease.
Read MoreI parked my car on a side street a few blocks from my house. I had a call with my therapist and didn’t want our nanny to overhear my vulnerable disclosures from the next room. I could tell that it was going to be a tearful session.
A light rain pittered and pattered on my windshield as I tried to describe to Rachel, my longtime therapist and mentor, the deep, bone-marrow sorrow I was feeling that day. I told her how far from the ground I felt, how I was at once floating above life but also subsumed by its demands. After I spoke for a while, Rachel asked if, in my heart, I felt as if I was living the wrong life.
After the 18 hours that it took to make the necessary sacrifices upon the altar of motherhood, her body and mine were able to come into sync and make a birth happen. We spent a couple of days in the hospital before returning home, where I’d originally intended to give birth to her. Because we had to rush to the hospital unexpectedly, one of our midwives cleaned up after we left and was supposed to lock up on her way out.
Read MoreAt an animal tracking workshop I took a few years ago, the guide was preparing us for our walk through the woods and told us that one of the foundational skills of tracking is to widen one’s perspective. He went on to say that most modern humans go on a hike and are very focused, walking with our heads down or directly in front of us, primarily tapped into our sense of sight and not much else. This way of moving through a wild area makes it very hard to notice animal signs and contextual clues that can help us track the creature(s) we’re looking for.
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