In this episode recorded from my office/studio I share thoughts on:
How our child-like sense of joy, wonder and enchantment never leaves us
Why seeking out joy, wonder and enchantment in times of transition brings us closer to our true, wild selves
The science of what happens to your body when you experience wild awe
How many of Society’s ‘solutions’ to difficult times is numbing and how that can stop us from feeling alive and stepping into our true, wild selves
PLUS - join The Wild Enchantment Club, my paid subscription on Substack, for £7.50/month and get access to the LIVE online Summer Solstice Gathering where we’ll be exploring the joy, wonder and enchantment of wildflowers as an act of resistance.
The gathering on 20 June, 1-2pm BST, is a moment of creative, devotional wild enchantment for fellow tender-hearted wonder-seekers. During the gathering you will:
Get to know a local wildflower through wild journalling techniques (think painting with the flowers themselves!)
Learn enchanting science and folklore stories about Britain's wildflowers
Consider the imperfect beauty of wildflowers and our own imperfect beauty
Create a wildflower crown for the Summer Solstice.
Mentioned in the podcast
Poem: Lied Vob Kinsein (Song of Childhood) by Peter Handke
Book: Women Who Work Too Much: Break free from Toxic Productivity and Find Your Joy by Tamu Thomas
Book: Hagitude: Reimagining the second half of life by Dr Sharon Blackie
Book: Awe: The Transformative Power of Everyday Wonder by Dacher Keltner
🌲⭐ Join The Wild Enchantment Club
The Wild Enchantment Club is for fiercely tender-hearted wonder-seekers ready to step outside and nurture a devotional practice of seasonal wild enchantment.
Rooted in beauty, science, art, magic and awe, this is a space where love for our messy, beautiful universe is seen as an act of gentle resistance.
Upgrade to a paid subscription for £7.50 a month (or £75 for the year) and join the club and get a:
🌟 Monthly wonder quest - exploratory topic and quest to get you outside and noticing your local web of life with child-like curiosity and playful creativity as a regular practice. Quests are simple and achievable evidence-based nature connection exercises. One month you may track the opening of a blossom, the next you'll get to know the song of a local bird.
🎙️ Monthly Your Wildly Enchanted Life private podcast episode - a deep dive into the monthly exploratory topic and quest that weaves together science, art, folklore and rewilding the soul so you see the most ordinary moments in nature as magically extraordinary.
Private member-only chat space with prompts to remind you of the wonder quest and a community of nature-lovers to support and encourage you.
Image: Photo by Amir Moharrami on Unsplash
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Birdsong: Song Thrush, Turdus philomelos recorded at Cushendall, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland Azens, XC905249. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/905249.
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