Connection Matters Podcast

Things we talk about in this episode

• Sal's journey into working with the Lakota Sioux traditions.
• Gratitude to the ancestors including, Godfrey Chipps, the woptika lineage and all those who have held onto the traditional teachings.
• The decision of the native elders to pass their traditional teachings out to the world because the world needs it
• People are suffering because of the disconnection sickness of our times
• Disregard for all of life in the way that we live
• Black lives matter, protests and riots
• Humans have been holding a foot on the neck of all of creation for a long time in the way we live
• Racism and discrimination and all the violence exhibited on this planet are a symptom of the root cause that is disconnection
• Spiritual healing as a way to transcend
• Humans taking responsibility for their deep learning, ancestral healing and leading the way forwards

Links mentioned in this episode
https://www.helpersmentoringsociety.net/

https://www.facebook.com/helpersmentor

Our website is www.livewild.org.uk/connectionmatterspodcast

Connect with us on instagram https://www.instagram.com/livewilduk/

My personal instagram is https://www.instagram.com/leona.connection.matters/

The music for this podcast is -Hermosa Dia by Ray Johnson https://soundcloud.com/visionray

Support the podcast at; www.patreon.com/connectionmatterspodcast

Biography

Salvatore Gencarelle is the founder and director of the Helpers Mentoring Society, an organization dedicated to supporting the return to purpose and hope for humanity, so all life thrives. For three decades, Salvatore has been a bridge between traditional cultural practices and the modern world. His experience includes intense initiations and mentoring, requiring both dedication and sacrifice, under the direct supervision of a Native American healer. During this 17 years initiation he worked as a ceremonial guide, creator and singer. Salvatore has written a book about his learning journey - A Man Among the Helpers.

Salvatore Gencarelle is now a carrier of multiple indigenous lineages and wisdoms from around the world. His immersion into lineages of deep healing has also helped him to better understand the universal aspects of connection and healing that reach across cultures and time.
 

Salvatore is also an artist, photographer, freelance writer, a musician, and a former Paramedic of 17 years. He has worked as a healer in both the indigenous and the modern world. He currently offers online universal teachings and travels around the world teaching and helping others learn from his experience. Offerings include personal re-connection immersion journeys, yearlong connection facilitator training, quests, personal and organization consultation, and teaching on the tools of re-connection.

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Things we talk about in this episode

• Gratitude for natures power to restore
• Happiness and wellbeing
• Dan’s early experience of noticing nature
• Biophilia - we all have a natural love of life and the living world; the affinity of human beings for other life forms
• The importance of adults mentoring children in nature
• The importance for nature connection for mental health
• The beauty and miracle of nature
• Kamana naturalist training programThe benefits of nature connection, recreation and education.
• Connection first and then the knowledge and desire for the details come naturally
• The benefits of mentoring through working with passions and edges
• 'The art of mentoring' and the eight shields.
• The long term benefits of long term mentoring from childhood.
• Nature connection as a gateway to healing and belonging

Links mentioned in this episode

Dan's website including 1:1 mentoring with Dan

www.danpuplett.co.uk

Kamana Naturalist Training Programme

https://wildernessawareness.org/adult-programs/kamana

FSC Guide to British Bird Tracks and Signs by Dan Puplett

www.field-studies-council.org/shop/publications/bird-tracks-and-signs/

Facebook

www.facebook.com/danpuplettnature

Instagram

www.instagram.com/danpuplettnature/

Our website

 www.livewild.org.uk/connectionmatterspodcast

Connect with us on instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/livewilduk/

My personal instagram

https://www.instagram.com/leona.connection.matters/

The music for this podcast is -Hermosa Dia by Ray Johnson 

https://soundcloud.com/visionray

Support us on patreon

https://www.patreon.com/connectionmatterspodcast

Biography

Dan Puplett is a naturalist, conservationist and nature educator (and lifelong biophile). He is a certified tracker and teaches a range of naturalist skills including wildlife tracking, bird language, botany and nature connection. Dan mentors people of all ages, from Forest School kids to professional ecologists. He is also a Kamana Naturalist Training Programme instructor and an Associate Tutor for the Field Studies Council. He worked for rewilding charity Trees for Life for over a decade and continues his involvement with this project. Dan sometimes drools when he sees good tracks.

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Links mentioned in this episode

www.jewelswingfield.com


https://www.facebook.com/JewelsAtEarthHeart/


https://soundcloud.com/user-463286773 


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPjqoUgAMejgm9XQpSo7VRA

Our website is www.livewild.org.uk/connectionmatterspodcast

Connect with us on instagram https://www.instagram.com/livewilduk/

My personal instagram is https://www.instagram.com/leona.connection.matters/

The music for this podcast is -Hermosa Dia by Ray Johnson https://soundcloud.com/visionray

To support us please join us on patreon- https://www.patreon.com/connectionmatterspodcast

Biography

With over 25 years’ experience supporting thousands of people to make profound shifts in their lives, I bring a rare wealth of experience, wisdom and skills. Because of this, I am able to meet the wild edges of transformation both personally and collectively – I know the landscapes that lie on the other side of such a shift. 

I enjoy working with the edges of life and the aliveness of the places in us we fear to meet. I am devoted to bringing these places out of exile and back into the realm of love. I have been a spiritual seeker since childhood and asked those deep questions about life: why we are here. Since I was a small child I have been a seer and I have developed this ability over my life in supporting others to get to the heart of their blocks and move through them. I passionately believe that our own personal journey is the most powerful gift we can bring to others. This is the foundation from which I facilitate my work as it continues to grow.

I have been inspired and supported for over twenty years by many teachers, both human and non-human. From each of these I have received a piece of the tapestry to my evolution, and guidance on how to live more as a sacred and respectful being on earth.

This journey has taught me that our own personal journeys are the most useful gift that we can bring to each other, in alignment with the biggest clearest love, and this is the foundation from which I facilitate my work, and from which I continue to grow and learn.

As a result, my work is well known to be unique, and is widely recognised for its earthy approach to the evolution of humanity. It is inspired by the indigenous traditions and teachings of the land around me, embedded in an intuitive connection with its nature and our ancestral pathways. My work aims to bring sacredness to the ordinary.”

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Things we talk about in this episode

• Gratitude for purpose and meaning
• Mistakes as learning opportunities
• Personal fears, being made wrong, public speaking as an edge
• Public speaking leading to admiration OR blame and criticism neither of which are desirable
• How well do we know ourselves
• Bright Sky as a living organism
• -Bridging professional business skills with spiritual community
• -Bringing people together- nourishing ourselves and others who have visions that resonate
• -Meaningful connection through shared purpose
• The magic of numbers- energetically polishing spirit given instructions
• Collective prayers, global shifts and new realities
• Bright Sky not spending time in opposition to things but trying to move the energy forwards
• Original seeds of Bright Sky born from despair
• Covid -19 as a gateway for compassion
• Learning to be with what has the most energy and be curiou
• Learning to be with it and allow it to transform
• Learning to let go of fixed ideas and trust in the mystery
• The importance of sharing with our feelings and being authentic and open
• The importance of listening to each other and to spirit
• Not listening can be an act of violence
• Fear can force us into rushing to create solutions before we’ve actually really listened.
• Changing the focus of business from profit to benefiting all life
• Purpose of community which is supported by the business.

Links mentioned in this episode

https://brightsky.community/

https://www.facebook.com/brightskycommunity

Our website is www.livewild.org.uk/connectionmatterspodcast

Connect with us on instagram https://www.instagram.com/livewilduk/

My personal instagram is  https://www.instagram.com/leona.connection.matters/

The music for this podcast is -Hermosa Dia by Ray Johnson https://soundcloud.com/visionray

Support us at Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/connectionmatterspodcast

Biography

I was born in Holland and have been living in the UK since 2012. I am the proud father of Daniel, who is one of the BrightSky Partners as well!

I have a background in business as well as therapy, personal growth and community. BrightSky bridges both worlds, at a time when this is more needed than ever.

I feel so excited to be part of BrightSky and I feel so blessed with all that it is bringing into my life. The phrase “Meaningful Connection through Shared Purpose” resonates so much for me, and through that my work has become my medicine.

What excites me the most is the impact we can make when we come together and gather behind a collective purpose. Through building bridges and sharing resources we can manifest our individual and collective dreams!

With Love and Gratitude, Bart

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I am so grateful to you for tuning into this episode of Connection Matters Podcast. This is my passion and where I share my hope for a better world. If you enjoyed what you heard, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing the podcast on your preferred platform. Your support helps us reach more listeners and spread the message of connection, healing and growth!

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Things we talk about in this episode

• The nuance and subtlety of good quality Forest School Provision
• Growth in popularity of Forest SChool
• Modern nature starved lives and the ability to recalibrate in the outdoors
• The power of presence and time in nature
• Benefits of nature connection
• Being in nature is not 'normal' for everyone
• Humans are physiologically designed to feel good in nature
• Science reinforcing what we already know about the value of nature connection
• Forest School and nature connection as an antidote to a sterile disconnected way of life
• Community connection during lockdown
• We don't know what the future holds but nature connectors have been preparing for years to get back in touch with the earth
• Physician heal thyself- how we can resource ourselves during the pandemic
• Outdoor learning as a way forwards after this crisis.
• History shows there was a rise in outdoor schools after previous epidemics
• Hope for a more nature connected future

Links mentioned in this episode

www.stompingground.org.uk

www.forestschoolassociation.org

www.kindlingplayandtraining.co.uk

Find Kindling on facebook and  twitter or find ideas and inspiration on the blog

Our website is www.livewild.org.uk/connectionmatterspodcast

Connect with us on instagram https://www.instagram.com/livewilduk/

My personal instagram is https://www.instagram.com/leona.connection.matters/

The music for this podcast is -Hermosa Dia by Ray Johnson https://soundcloud.com/visionray

Support us at Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/connectionmatterspodcast

Biography

Lily is a Forest School trainer and practitioner through Kindling; kindlingplayandtraining.co.uk. She currently chairs the Forest School Association; www.forestschoolassociation.org and works with local communities through Stomping Ground; www.stompingground.org.uk

Lily's work centres around the creating communities for learning and connecting nature. Her background in playwork and designed crafts means she brings a playful and creative approach to all she does.

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I am so grateful to you for tuning into this episode of Connection Matters Podcast. This is my passion and where I share my hope for a better world. If you enjoyed what you heard, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing the podcast on your preferred platform. Your support helps us reach more listeners and spread the message of connection, healing and growth!

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• Connect with Me: Have thoughts or questions about the episode? I'd love to hear from you! Reach out at [email protected]. I always respond.
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Things we talk about in this episode

• Permaculture as having moral and ethical grounding as well as ecological
• Permaculture being rooted in appreciation of indigenous wisdom as well as in innovation of science and technology.
• Permaculture as a living evolving dynamic process of working with nature to find ways of meeting our many different needs practically and otherwise.
• Permaculture works at both an individual and personal level as well as at a societal level.
• Andy shares about the many applications of permaculture across the spectrum of society.
• Examples include food production and community agriculture, transition towns, reconomy, energy projects, and transport solutions with some specific examples.
• The know how is there to create the new systems that we need.
• The move from profit before planet to a people and planet before profit model.
• Now is the time to reinvent a new story. Now is the time to adapt and redesign.
• Covid 19 as another wake up call (on top of floods and drought last year)
• Covid 19 as exposing the structural and societal inequality across the board.
• We all have agency and personal sovereignty, acting from within first and having strong ethical foundations. Choosing our project area and acting on it as thinking about it.
• Support the change makers already out there. Who is already innovating, who is already creating alternatives. How can we make connections to build on what is there.

Links in this episode

Main UK Permaculture sites

https://www.permaculture.org.uk/

https://scotland.permaculture.org.uk/

https://wales.permaculture.org.uk/

http://childreninpermaculture.com/

Permanent-Culture innovation and alternatives

https://www.joannamacy.net/

https://www.solidarityeconomy.coop/

https://transitionnetwork.org/

https://www.reconomy.com/

https://www.solhaven.co.uk/

https://www.kateraworth.com/ - Donut Economics

Support us at Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/connectionmatterspodcast

Andy’s Biography

Andy Goldring is Chief Executive of the Permaculture Association, a post he has held since 1999. Significant achievements include the sustained development of the Permaculture Association and its capacity to deliver its aims, development of a national demonstration network with over 120 Centres across England and Scotland, a Diploma scheme supporting over 400 apprentices, an active and growing research programme, hosting of dialogue to take permaculture forwards internationally and a shift towards a more eco-entrepreneurial direction for the Association.

Andy lives in Leeds with his family and believes that doing is as important as thinking, so cycles to work, has an allotment, passes on his skills and knowledge through regular local permaculture courses, and is involved in a range of practical initiatives.

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• Gratitude as a supportive practice
• The gifts of lockdown
• How addiction masks the crisis of disconnection
• The healing magic of nature
• The freedom in embracing our creativity and courage to explore
• Embracing online community as a way of finding connection when our busy modern lives don’t support it in real time
• The danger of polarisation and the importance of stepping outside of our communities of interest to hear different views and perspectives
• Ways to give and receive difficult feedback
• The hope that lockdown will help us value and create a more connected, slower paced and present state of being in the world

Sara shares her adventures on her blog and Instagram under Me & Orla, and through her podcast Hashtag Authentic.

Sara's website is -  www.meandorla.co.uk

Sara and Jen Carrington's podcast - https://www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/

You can find her on instagram here -  Instagram.com/me_and_orla

And the podcast is here -https://meandorla.co.uk/category/podcast/

Sara and Jen Carrington's podcast - https://www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/

Our website is www.livewild.org.uk/connectionmatterspodcast

Connect with us on instagram https://www.instagram.com/livewilduk/

My personal instagram is  https://www.instagram.com/leona.connection.matters/ 

The music for this podcast is -Hermosa Dia by Ray Johnson https://soundcloud.com/visionray 

Support us at Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/connectionmatterspodcast

Sara Tasker is a writer, photographer and coach living in the Yorkshire hills.

A lifelong lover of photography, she switched to using her iPhone & Instagram to document her daily life whilst pregnant with her first child and stuck at home with a chronic health condition. Within six months, she’d attracted over 40k followers, and now runs a multi-six-figure business helping other creatives and small business owners use social media to build connection, confidence and community online.
She shares her adventures on her blog and Instagram under Me & Orla, and through her podcast Hashtag Authentic.

meandorla.co.uk
Instagram.com/me_and_orla
https://meandorla.co.uk/category/podcast/

Thank You for Listening!

I am so grateful to you for tuning into this episode of Connection Matters Podcast. This is my passion and where I share my hope for a better world. If you enjoyed what you heard, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing the podcast on your preferred platform. Your support helps us reach more listeners and spread the message of connection, healing and growth!

Stay Connected:

• Join the Community: Be part of our growing community by signing up for my newsletter here. You'll receive updates on new episodes, resources, and exclusive offers!
• Read the Blog for all the actionable tips, journal prompts and a deeper read of my thoughts and perspectives on connected self-leadership.
• Follow Me: Stay inspired and connected on social media:  Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn , Pintrest
• Connect with Me: Have thoughts or questions about the episode? I'd love to hear from you! Reach out at [email protected]. I always respond.
• Find out more about working with me here. 

Upcoming Events:

• Don't miss out on upcoming workshops, courses, or events! Stay informed by visiting the website here for more details for details.

Music by Ray Johnson https://soundcloud.com/visionray

Thank You for Listening!

I am so grateful to you for tuning into this episode of Connection Matters Podcast. This is my passion and where I share my hope for a better world. If you enjoyed what you heard, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing the podcast on your preferred platform. Your support helps us reach more listeners and spread the message of connection, healing and growth!

Stay Connected:

• Join the Community: Be part of our growing community by signing up for my newsletter here. You'll receive updates on new episodes, resources, and exclusive offers!
• Read the Blog for all the actionable tips, journal prompts and a deeper read of my thoughts and perspectives on connected self-leadership.
• Follow Me: Stay inspired and connected on social media:  Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn , Pintrest
• Connect with Me: Have thoughts or questions about the episode? I'd love to hear from you! Reach out at [email protected]. I always respond.
• Find out more about working with me here. 

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