A Wild New Work

Divination is a very old folk magic practice that helps us to receive useful information from the unseen, whether it's the divine, our wise and well ancestors, or our own intuition. Autumn is a natural time to use divination, and in today's episode I'm covering more about what it is and isn't, best practices, and how it can change your life.

Resources mentioned:

*Needing More: a 4-week Pilgrimage into Darkness: https://mailchi.mp/awildnewwork/gd63pkceqy

*All my classes, events, and writing can be found at: awildnewwork.com

*Become a monthly supporter in Eagle Creek to access tarot readings, Needing More extras, and more: awildnewwork.com/eagle-creek

*Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100, by Max Dashu

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In this conversation with Elspeth Hay, we discuss some of the richest threads found in her book, "Feed Us With Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food." We explore how humans fed themselves before industrial agriculture, why humans are "the Fire animal," and some ways that you can reconnect to the woodland harvest this Fall.

About Elspeth:

Elspeth Hay is the creator and host of the Local Food Report, a weekly feature that has aired on the Cape and Islands NPR station since 2008, and the author of Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food. Deeply immersed in her own local-food system, she writes and reports for print, radio, and online media with a focus on food, the environment, and the people, places, and ideas that feed us. You can learn more about her work at elspethhay.com and on Instagram @elspethhay.

Resources mentioned:

-Class on November 11th: Discerning What Needs to Die: https://awildnewwork.com/events/2025/autumn-discernment

-Needing More: a 4-week Pilgrimage into Darkness: https://mailchi.mp/awildnewwork/gd63pkceqy

-To learn more about Eagle Creek: https://awildnewwork.com/eagle-creek

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Capitalism can feel so big and powerful at times, but what if it was actually inherently unstable, rotten to its core? What if the Earth could just eat it up, and what if our own bodies know how to compost its harms? In this episode, we explore what capitalism really is and the exciting idea that it can be composted.

Resources mentioned:

*Composting Capitalism (the class): https://awildnewwork.com/composting-capitalism

*One on one vocational guidance: https://awildnewwork.com/guidance

*Order a "Living the Seasons" Autumn journal: https://books.by/megan-leatherman

*All my classes, events, and writing can be found at: awildnewwork.com

*Become a monthly supporter in Eagle Creek: awildnewwork.com/eagle-creek

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In this episode, we're updating the definition of what the seasons are so that we can live into their full, bright magic. I share some new (to me) ideas about the Earth's relationship to Fire, the seasons as a response, and the lyrical beauty of living seasonally.

Resources mentioned:

*One on one vocational guidance: https://awildnewwork.com/guidance

*Order a "Living the Seasons" Autumn journal: https://books.by/megan-leatherman

*All my classes, events, and writing can be found at: awildnewwork.com

*Become a monthly supporter in Eagle Creek: awildnewwork.com/eagle-creek

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Welcome to the Autumn 2025 season of the show! This season's theme is "Living the Autumn," and in today's episode I'm sharing some thoughts about what it could look like to allow the Autumn to live through us, how that work begins now, and why this late Summer period is an excellent time to start over in an area of our daily life.

Resources mentioned:

*Order a "Living the Seasons" Autumn journal: https://books.by/megan-leatherman

*All my classes, events, and writing can be found at: awildnewwork.com

*Become a monthly supporter in Eagle Creek: awildnewwork.com/eagle-creek

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In this final episode in the Summer of Support series, I'm sharing ways to reconnect and communicate with the land you're living on. Even in the midst of harm and legacies of colonization, the land seeks to know and be known by you. There are simple, easy ways to heal the severing of our relationship to the land that was brought about by civilization and capitalism, and I'm sharing many of them in this episode.

Resources mentioned:

*All my classes, events, and writing can be found at: awildnewwork.com

*Become a monthly supporter in Eagle Creek: awildnewwork.com/eagle-creek

*Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman

Further reading:

*A Country Called Childhood by Jay Griffiths

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In this fourth episode in the Summer of Support series, I'm sharing what I've learned about the five elements: Earth, Fire, Water, Nature, and Mineral. Working with these five elements and the one each of us carries as our primary element can show us more creative ways to move and grow in our lives.

Resources mentioned:

*All my classes, events, and writing can be found at: awildnewwork.com

*Become a monthly supporter in Eagle Creek: awildnewwork.com/eagle-creek

*Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman

Further reading:

*The Healing Wisdom of Africa by Malidoma Patrice Some

*Power of the Five Elements by Charles A. Moss

*The Way of the Five Seasons by John Kirkwood

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In this third episode in the Summer of Support series, I'm sharing what I've been taught and have experienced with regard to working with our ancestors. We cover who our wise and well ancestors are, how they can help us, and ways to work with them.

New in 2026: Weaving With the Ancestors. Learn how to re-establish connection to your wise and well ancestors and bring their power forward into your life. https://awildnewwork.com/ancestors

Resources mentioned:

*All my classes, events, and writing can be found at: awildnewwork.com

*Become a monthly supporter in Eagle Creek: awildnewwork.com/eagle-creek

*Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman

*Malidoma Patrice Some's books, Of Water and Spirit and The Healing Wisdom of Africa

*Daniel Foor's book, Ancestral Medicine

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In this second episode in the Summer of Support series, I'm sharing what I know about tracking: understanding where you are in your life's journey and navigating according to the signs and instincts that feel most meaningful to you.

Resources mentioned:

*All my classes, events, and writing can be found at: awildnewwork.com

*Become a monthly supporter in Eagle Creek: awildnewwork.com/eagle-creek

*Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman

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Welcome to the first episode of the Summer of Support! In this episode, I'm talking about why I think we need more-than-human sources of support right now, a new channel through which I'm calling in support, and ways to honor the Solstice on June 20th.

Practitioners and resources mentioned:

*All my classes, events, and writing can be found at: awildnewwork.com

*Eagle Creek: awildnewwork.com/eagle-creek

*Sasha Davies (sashadavies.com)

*Natalia Kay-O'Brien (affinityprojects.net)

*Rebecca Heisterhoff (die-lichtung.art/home-english-version/)

*Craig Mod (craigmod.com)

*Tim Carmody (www.niemanlab.org/2019/01/unlocking-the-commons/)