“Sometimes you hit the bramble patches of life and, if you’re listening for where your drum beat is -your North Star- you can just keep moving towards it one little step at a time.”

This week, Jon and Sarah are joined by mentor and author Victoria Mew, the founder of Red Squirrel Resources, and a longtime student and mentor in nature connection. Victoria shares about her nature connection journey as a student, how that evolved into becoming an instructor, and later led to writing books and founding organizations to expand access to nature in the UK. She shares about her inspiration for Red Squirrel Resources where she has created over 200 video resources for parents and teachers that are teaching nature connection. She also shares about the positive impact the Art of Mentoring and the Nature Culture Network has had on her over the years and her excitement for the reimagined Nature Culture Connection Camp coming up in August in the UK. We hope you enjoy this inspiring conversation!

About Victoria

Founder of Red Squirrel Resources, Victoria Mew found her passion for nature connection and earth living skills at 12 years old and deepened this journey throughout her teens thanks to organizations including Trackways, Coyote Tracks and the Wilderness Awareness School. After extensive vocational training, she founded Cultivating Curiosity which has been running regular groups in Sussex both weekly and monthly since 2012, the year she also completed her Forest School L3. She co-authored Learning With Nature in 2015. Victoria is passionate about helping spread the breadth and depth of nature connection for our health and happiness as individuals, communities and as a whole.

https://redsquirrelresources.co.uk/

http://www.cultivating-curiosity.co.uk/

Learning with Nature book

Connection Camp - August 4th, 2024

There are still a few spots left in Connection Camp if you're interested in experiencing the incredible program that Victoria describes in the podcast.

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“How am I connecting? And not just about projects but really about how is my connection journey with nature, with other people, with myself?”

Julia Talk is a pioneer, facilitator and mentor for a life and business in harmony with our inner nature, oriented towards love, vitality and joy. In this episode, Julia joins us to discuss how 8 Shields principles can be impactful in the world of business by helping to improve the culture and connection of an organization. We also discuss the elements of the Profile Journey, a way of looking at how individuals grow and evolve through different archetypes of the natural cycles over time. We also get into Julia's personal Profile Journey with her podcast, and how she has used her understanding of the journey to work effectively. Enjoy!

“I didn’t even realize that it was happening to me until I looked back and then I realized it had naturally unfolded.”

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~Learn more about the Profile Journey in Coyote's Guide

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About Julia

Julia Talk is a pioneer, facilitator and mentor for a life and business in harmony with our inner nature, oriented towards love, vitality and joy. A deep longing for healthy and vibrant ecosystems and a healthy and fulfilled human existence, has shaped her life path. Being mentored in deep nature connection, nature-based ritual work and connective leadership, Julia started to connect fields that are usually not in harmony: life and business. As a mentor, she brings together nature connection and nature-connected ritual work with appreciative business and creates spaces for connection. With her Sacred Business she provides inspiration, direction and opportunities for creating projects and new ventures with natural patterns and principles that build living systems and healthy relationships among people and with the natural world.

Podcast fürs Leben (engl. Podcast for Life)

Website

Master thesis translating the 8-Shields Model in the field of economy and business:

“Analyzing the potentials of an Appreciative Economy for creating regenerative socio-economic systems exemplified by the companies Circlewise and Sonett“

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"Gravity is not just a force of physics. It is a living force, a force in the world that shapes us. And in that way, we can think of it as an old god, or a fierce god, or a wild god. It’s something very deep that literally shapes the alignment of everything in the universe. That’s a powerful thing. And yet is an everyday and mundane thing."

In this episode, Jon is joined by Dr. Bill Sutherland as they explore the effects of gravity on motion. Together they reflect on the subtle and not-so-subtle forces that act on our movements everyday, what happens when we shift our relationship to gravity, and how our movements can effect our awareness of the world around us. This conversation is sure to effect the way you think about your own movement and relationship to gravity. Enjoy!

You can check out Bill's website here https://www.complexitymedicine.org/ or you can reach out to us directly if you're interested in connecting with Bill.

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