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.

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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.

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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/

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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.

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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.

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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

Most of us are feeling ready for a deeper wisdom–one that truly comes from the Earth and from our wise ancestors–and Old School 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.***

(Update, December 2024: Unfortunately, Old School Nate and I (Megan) have parted ways and are no longer in touch. I can't wholeheartedly recommend his work at this time, but if you'd like to reach out to him about a divination, you can still do so at the contact information below):

Instagram: old.school.nate

Email: [email protected]***

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***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/

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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

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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

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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

*Save Our Soil: www.saveoursoilwv.com

*Church of the Wild Two Rivers: www.churchofthewild2rivers.com

*The Center for Spirituality in Nature: www.centerforspiritualityinnature.org