A Wild New Work

Have you ever done work that’s in conflict with your values? Most of us have, and it can cause a lot of angst, shame, and overwhelm. In this episode, I’m taking a more nuanced view of the conflict between work and our values, and providing you with some new ways to think about it.

In this episode, I cover:

* Why we need to get beyond the good / bad, this / that dichotomy of thinking

* Why it’s so important to take personal responsibility while acknowledging that you’re one small player in the world’s economy

* How you can start taking steps to transform this conflict between work and values

May this episode be a source of encouragement and reinvigoration for you! If it resonates for you, please consider subscribing to, rating, and sharing this podcast.

About Megan:

Megan Leatherman, MS, is the founder and director of A Wild New Work, an ecological career and organizational development agency based in the Pacific Northwest. As a mentor, nature lover, writer and speaker, Megan has helped hundreds of professionals feel more aligned in their careers. She has a Master’s degree in conflict resolution, experience in Human Resources, and believes that our work can be a spiritual practice. You can learn more about her at http://awildnewwork.com/about.

What’s it like for you to receive? Whether it’s receiving appreciation, money, recognition, or support, most of us are uncomfortable filling our cups in this way. It’s much more comfortable for most of us to be the one giving, the one being needed, but that’s not always sustainable.

Tapping into the watery magic of Winter and seed germination, this episode covers:

* Why it’s hard for many of us to receive, especially in our professional lives

* How we can be filled with vitality in sustainable ways

* An embodiment exercise to help you connect to the sensation of rehydration

May this episode be a source of encouragement and reinvigoration for you! If it resonates for you, please consider subscribing to, rating, and sharing this podcast.

* For the PDF handout that accompanies this recording, click the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1krcYkpbX9ep7coAk9ctl3YClcYeX-y9N/view?usp=sharing

* To read Danez Smith’s poem, i’m going back to Minnesota where sadness makes sense, click this link: https://onbeing.org/poetry/im-going-back-to-minnesota-where-sadness-makes-sense/?utm_source=pocket_mylist

About Megan:

Megan Leatherman, MS, is the founder and director of A Wild New Work, an ecological career and organizational development agency based in the Pacific Northwest. As a mentor, nature lover, writer and speaker, Megan has helped hundreds of professionals feel more aligned in their careers. She has a Master’s degree in conflict resolution, experience in Human Resources, and believes that our work can be a spiritual practice. You can learn more about her at http://awildnewwork.com/about.

Is your working life stable in the ways that you deeply need it to be? We’re told that professional stability is just collecting a steady paycheck and having a resume that makes sense, but those concepts aren’t proving to be what we need in these chaotic times.

In this episode, I share:

* Why our old notions of stability need an upgrade

* 3 sources of stability that have stood the test of time and evolution

* How to bring these 3 sources into your daily work and life

May this episode be a source of encouragement and reinvigoration for you! If it resonates for you, please consider subscribing to, rating, and sharing this podcast.

Link to sign up for my weekly missive on bringing natural wisdom into your working life: http://eepurl.com/hy8wbT

About Megan:

Megan Leatherman, MS, is the founder and director of A Wild New Work, an ecological career and organizational development agency based in the Pacific Northwest. As a mentor, nature lover, writer and speaker, Megan has helped hundreds of professionals feel more aligned in their careers. She has a Master’s degree in conflict resolution, experience in Human Resources, and believes that our work can be a spiritual practice. You can learn more about her at http://awildnewwork.com/about.

Have you ever set an intention or resolved to make a change only to be met with even more tempting distractions and opportunities to regress? In the Winter season, we’re invited to recommit to the visions we cast in the Fall and show ourselves that we are ready and open to a meaningful shift this coming Spring. In this meditative episode, I share:

* What makes the Winter season so powerful and unique

* How to use this season to integrate and become wise

* Creative ways to move through imposter syndrome

May this episode be a source of encouragement and reinvigoration for you! If it resonates for you, please consider subscribing to, rating, and sharing this podcast.

* Link to free class, Meant for More: Renew Your Energy and Reclaim Your Calling: https://awildnewwork.com/

* Death and Rebirth playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6bR3Ldibn4PsgKc7x2EeRq?si=51925ed5dad5476d

* Information about my 6-month coaching program: https://awildnewwork.com/coaching

About Megan:

Megan Leatherman, MS, PHR, is the founder and director of A Wild New Work, an ecological career and organizational development agency based in the Pacific Northwest. As a mentor, nature lover, writer and speaker, Megan has helped hundreds of professionals feel more aligned in their careers. She has a Master’s degree in conflict resolution, experience in Human Resources, and believes that our work can be a spiritual practice. You can learn more about her at http://awildnewwork.com/about.

Without a strong container for our introspection and connection, we live at the mercy of whatever’s going on around us. We take work that’s not a fit but that’s been offered to us, we get farther and farther away from our own instincts, and we can forget who we really are. In this practical and aspirational episode, I share:

* The 3 components that make up a strong container

* Why you need one if you want to be doing good work in the world

* How to create or recommit to a container

May this episode be a source of encouragement and reinvigoration for you! If it resonates for you, please consider subscribing to, rating, and sharing this podcast.

* Link to free class, Meant for More: Reclaim Your Energy and Your Calling: https://awildnewwork.com/

* The Winter Solstice as a Gateway to Deeper Service (newsletter): https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=18d7c429e40852ccec908bfdb&id=8d5469d225

* Link to sign up for Megan’s weekly newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hy8wbT

About Megan:

Megan Leatherman, MS, PHR, is the founder and director of A Wild New Work, an ecological career and organizational development agency based in the Pacific Northwest. As a mentor, nature lover, writer and speaker, Megan has helped hundreds of professionals feel more aligned in their careers. She has a Master’s degree in conflict resolution, experience in Human Resources, and believes that our work can be a spiritual practice. You can learn more about her at http://awildnewwork.com/about.

If we’ll breathe and give it life, there is tremendous freedom available in this final stage of the Autumn season. As we do the work of letting go of our outer layers in working life and beyond, we cultivate a deep inner flame that abides even in the face of Winter’s storms. In this episode, which is a recording of our monthly “Rooting In” call in Cedar Lodge, you’ll receive:

* An overview of the invitations and challenges of this final Autumn period

* Questions to guide you into the heart of this season’s wisdom

* An embodiment exercise to cultivate within you a greater sense of courage and accomplishment

May this episode be a source of encouragement and reinvigoration for you! If it resonates for you, please consider subscribing to, rating, and sharing this podcast.

Link to learn more about Cedar Lodge: https://awildnewwork.mn.co

About Megan:

Megan Leatherman, MS, PHR, is the founder and director of A Wild New Work, an ecological career and organizational development agency based in the Pacific Northwest. As a mentor, nature lover, writer and speaker, Megan has helped hundreds of professionals feel more aligned in their careers. She has a Master’s degree in conflict resolution, experience in Human Resources, and believes that our work can be a spiritual practice. You can learn more about her at http://awildnewwork.com/about.

As we transition into the final phase of Autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere, we’re being invited to get honest about what we can actually carry with us into the Winter. We’re socialized to believe that we should be able to do more than may truly be good for us, and it’s unsustainable. To support you in centering your own true wellness, in this episode I share:

* Why things may be feeling so heavy and strained right now

* How to honestly assess your capacity this late Fall and early Winter

* New perspectives on what you “should” be able to carry at this unique time in your life

May this episode be a source of encouragement and reinvigoration for you! If it resonates for you, please consider subscribing to, rating, and sharing this podcast.

Link to learn more about Higher Calling Tarot Readings: https://awildnewwork.com/intuitive-career-readings

About Megan:

Megan Leatherman, MS, PHR, is the founder and director of A Wild New Work, an ecological career and organizational development agency based in the Pacific Northwest. As a mentor, nature lover, writer and speaker, Megan has helped hundreds of professionals feel more aligned in their careers. She has a Master’s degree in conflict resolution, experience in Human Resources, and believes that our work can be a spiritual practice. You can learn more about her at http://awildnewwork.com/about.

In this dark, wet mid-Autumn period, we are invited to get close to death and the many lessons it has for our professional lives. Our job titles, degrees, accolades - all of them can be beautiful representations of our gifts, but we also need to touch into who we are beyond them.

Who are you without work?

Who are you without your resume?

Who are you without your salary range?

These questions and more are guiding lights for us in this mysterious, life-affirming time. This episode is the recording of my latest meditative talk, “Rooting In: Get Grounded and Resourced in Your Career.” These short, nutritive calls are hosted monthly in Cedar Lodge, and in today’s episode, you’ll receive:

* A guided meditation to help you get grounded and release energy

* My teachings about how to work with this mid-Autumn period

* Ways that you can release your grasp on your professional identities and invite in your own rebirth.

May this episode be a source of encouragement and reinvigoration for you! If it resonates for you, please consider subscribing to, rating, and sharing this podcast.

Link to learn more about Cedar Lodge: https://awildnewwork.mn.co

About Megan:

Megan Leatherman, MS, PHR, is the founder and director of A Wild New Work, an ecological career and organizational development agency based in the Pacific Northwest. As a mentor, nature lover, writer and speaker, Megan has helped hundreds of professionals feel more aligned in their careers. She has a Master’s degree in conflict resolution, experience in Human Resources, and believes that our work can be a spiritual practice. You can learn more about her at http://awildnewwork.com/about.

We need so much more than what our jobs, workplaces, and dominant culture can offer us. We need to descend into the mystery of our own souls and struggle with deeper, more interesting questions. We are tired, and we need a rejuvenation far beyond what most of us have access to in our day to day lives.

In this episode, I share:

* Why so many of us are feeling disenchanted by the ordinary world

* How the Autumn season is inviting us into a dark and special world

* A dream I had about the mythic shifts underway in each of us

* How to work with and embrace our own underworld journeys

May this episode be a source of encouragement and reinvigoration for you! If it resonates for you, please consider subscribing to, rating, and sharing this podcast.

Link to learn more about "Needing More: a 4-week Pilgrimage into Darkness": https://mailchi.mp/awildnewwork/needing-more-a-4-week-pilgrimage-into-darkness.

About Megan:

Megan Leatherman, MS, PHR, is the founder and director of A Wild New Work, an ecological career and organizational development agency based in the Pacific Northwest. As a mentor, nature lover, writer and speaker, Megan has helped hundreds of professionals feel more aligned in their careers. She has a Master’s degree in conflict resolution, experience in Human Resources, and believes that our work can be a spiritual practice. You can learn more about her at http://awildnewwork.com/about.

So much of how we live today is reactive: a response to the chaotic world around us. But seasonal transitions like the Autumn Equinox remind us that we have a choice - we can choose to relate to our world with clarity and intention.

In this special episode, I’m sharing the recording of my latest meditative talk, “Rooting In: Get Grounded and Resourced in Your Career.” These short, nutritive calls are hosted monthly in Cedar Lodge, and in today’s episode, you’ll receive:

* A guided meditation to support you in clearing stagnant energy

* My teachings about what this dark time of year can hold for us

* New perspectives on how to relate to this wild world and to our work with intentionality, not unmitigated urgency

May this episode be a source of encouragement and reinvigoration for you! If it resonates for you, please consider subscribing to, rating, and sharing this podcast.

Link to learn more about Cedar Lodge: https://awildnewwork.com/cedar-lodge

About Megan:

Megan Leatherman, MS, PHR, is the founder and director of A Wild New Work, an ecological career and organizational development agency based in the Pacific Northwest. As a mentor, nature lover, writer and speaker, Megan has helped hundreds of professionals feel more aligned in their careers. She has a Master’s degree in conflict resolution, experience in Human Resources, and believes that our work can be a spiritual practice. You can learn more about her at http://awildnewwork.com/about.