The Living Project

In this episode we have an enlightening conversation with Jonathan Campbell (known to all as JC), a life-long believer in the importance of real human connection with each other and the wild, from his home in Bangkok, Thailand.

As with so many of our guests, our connection with JC stems from our time working together at World Challenge, an organisation dedicated to global human connection and exploration of people and place.

JC tells us about the lessons learned going up on a farm in the Western Australian bush, lessons of living simply and with natures cycles in order to thrive, and he shares a powerful experience attending a pioneer camp in the USA and the increased awareness of the simply moments that exist when in the wild.

After a life committed to learning, simplifying and setting his own success criteria in order to maintain a sense of gratitude, reality and connection JC finds himself working as Director of Experiential Education at an international school where he feels a great responsibility to practise what he preaches in life, and encourage young people to remember that which makes us human. Connection, and living with the wild, not using it.

This is a magical conversation with beautiful learnings for us all.

We hope you enjoy it x

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BE TRUE. LIVE WILD

In this episode we have an illuminating conversation with Chris Davies, an explorer of human limits through the mediums of bouldering and ultra running.

As with so many of our guests, our connection with Chris stems from our time working together at World Challenge, an organisation dedicated to global human connection and exploration of people and place.

Chris tells us a out his life in Wales, growing up wild, and making it his family home with his life partner Ellie and their three children.

When Chris was a teenager he left home and pursued his love of punk music. After realising he was yearning for a different kind of wild he immersed himself in bouldering, becoming one of the leading lights in the "welsh gold rush" of the late 90s and 2000s.

20 years later, after falling out of love with the politics and media expectations of modern bouldering Chris sought another passion that enabled him to commune with himself, alone in the wild. And so a relationship with ultra marathons, mountain ones was born.

In our conversation Chris tells us how his experience of pushing himself to explore his own limits both within himself and in relation to the wild, has built a profound respect for the wild, and for his own capacity to persist in the face of adversity. A valuable lesson for us all.

We hope you enjoy it x

Chris is on Insta @chrisdavies159

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and following the link. Thanks in advance for your support.

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BE TRUE. LIVE WILD

Thanks for joining us again

In this episode we have an inspirational and occasionally whimsically hilarious conversation with Meg Verbeek, a wild Canadian living in Melbourne, Australia

As with so many of our guests, our connection with Meg stems from our time working together at World Challenge, an organisation dedicated to global human connection and exploration of people and place.

Meg tells us about growing up in the mountains of Canada, living in the wild, before falling in love with the wild of Australia and setting about making it her home.

For the last ten years Meg has spent her life sharing her passion for exploration by planning and facilitating adventures for herself and others all over the world. Recently, due to Covid-19 that's had to stop and Meg shares her experience of acceptance and adaptation in this space.

Meg's passionate about working with the wild to connect people with important issues including environmentalism, animal welfare, racism and women's equality. She also shares her flip-flop swing between spirituality and scientific realism.

Join us for an honest, open, real, hoot of a conversation with magical Meg.

Meg's on Insta @wanderfulmegs

Enjoying The Living Project Podcast? We'd love some support and would be grateful for your patronage. We exist for social good and are committed to providing access to all The Living Project's resources to those currently without means of access. Your support helps us achieve this. Become a Patron by contributing £1 a month, or however much you feel to by visiting at https://www.thelivingproject.life/patron

and following the link. Thanks in advance for your support.

Want to do something powerful and Wild? Check out our WILD 24

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BE TRUE. LIVE WILD

Thanks for joining us again

In this episode we're privileged to be joined by the magical Gina Andriani from her home in Melbourne, Australia.

Gina speaks openly about her values in life, and shows courage to be vulnerable in discussing her recent mental health challenges, and her learnings from them during long periods of significant restriction in Australian lockdown.

This is a discussion that resonate's with a unique, yet universal experience of being human, and the impacts of international responses to the Covid-19 virus.

Gina shares with us the reality of joy and struggle existing in the same place and commitment to exploration and understanding, as well as her incredible capacity to love and support others on her journey.

Gina came to the wild in her 20s, and hearing her love of the connection she finds with others through the wild is inspiring, and a great reminder to us all to remember the value and importance of human connection.

Gina's on Insta @gindini212

Enjoying The Living Project Podcast? We'd love some support and would be grateful for your patronage. We exist for social good and are committed to providing access to all The Living Project's resources to those currently without means of access. Your support helps us achieve this. Become a Patron by contributing £1 a month, or however much you feel to by visiting at https://www.thelivingproject.life/patron

and following the link. Thanks in advance for your support.

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BE TRUE. LIVE WILD

Welcome back for Season 2!

Thanks for joining us again

In this episode we're privileged to have an inspiring conversation with lifelong adventurer Wade Campbell, from his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka . 

Wade shares stories of early inspiration from the wild and the mentors he met growing up in Canada, as well as how a serendipitous swapping of a flight ticket led to a successful career in the Japanese music industry!

Wade also speaks passionately about his love of the wild, and his families business Borderlands that has bases in Nepal and Sri Lanka. Named after their first location on the Tibetan Border Borderlands offers wild experiences with a commitment to personal growth and the environment. They've had their fair share of disaster - earthquakes, human interference with the wild, tsunamis, civil war and now Covid-19, and yet in this podcast Wade expresses his and his family's commitment to continuing to ride the waves of adventure, creating stories for others, and living their own.

You can find out more about Borderlands and their work, and visit them when you're in Nepal or Sri Lanka here: https://www.discoverborderlands.com/srilanka/

Enjoying The Living Project Podcast? We'd love some support and would be grateful for your patronage. We exist for social good and are committed to providing access to all The Living Project's resources to those currently without means of access. Your support helps us achieve this. Become a Patron by contributing £1 a month, or however much you feel to by visiting at https://www.thelivingproject.life/patron

and following the link. Thanks in advance for your support.

Want to do something powerful and Wild? Check out our WILD 24

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BE TRUE. LIVE WILD

In this episode, the final one of The Living Project's first season, we reflect on our journey so far. And, we've had it professionally edited by the talented Juliette @pineappleaudioproduction !!

We share learnings from our courageous guests, and our own learnings from the journey so far in our mission to create a community dedicated to sharing the universal human journey through connection with the wild.

There's some laughs at our self-professed technical ineptitude, and some celebration of achievements along the way.

We share our gratitude for the support we've received so far and also launch our exciting new developments!

The Living Project began as a project to create Wild Advances, and to take our approach to those currently without means of access. Due to Covid we, like everyone else had to change tack, and our Podcast was born. Whilst continuing with the Podcast (Season 2 launches on Friday 2nd October - not the 4th as we say in this episode!) we've also been working behind the scenes to launch our philosophy and approach as a whole.

You can find out more at our website: www.thelivingproject.life

Here you can access our podcast direct, check out our ever growing living library of life resources (readings, watchings, guiding), sign up to our Wild Advances (more details coming soon) and most importantly - become a Patron. By contributing whatever you can afford you are directly supporting our commitment for social good through personal exploration, so please check us out, ask us any questions you have and if you're able - support us directly so we can get stuck in to the work we're passionate about. Oh and if you've got any insight into how we can get our approach to those currently without means of access - we'd love to hear from you. This is our next big project.

Thank you everyone for your support so far. We look forward to podcasting with you again in season 2 - Friday 2nd October.

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Original Music by Nigel Lacey @delaceynigel

In this episode we're privileged to have a magical chat with the beautiful human, yogi and new Mum, Jodie. Chatting with us from her home by the sea in Torquay, Victoria, Australia, Jodie’s chat shares her life as an avid adventurer of people and place. Her journey as a magical yoga teacher, life with her partner Tom and baby daughter Mia, and finding the courage to launch her own project during the global pandemic - Kindred Journeys focused on Yoga and the Wild. While like all of us many of her plans have been changed by the Covid-19 situation at home and abroad, Jodie, as always, maintains a warmth, love and connection with others in a truly special way.

You can find her on Insta @travelyogadance_ and her new project Kindred Journeys @kindred.journeys

In this Episode we're joined by our ordinarily inspired friend Alice Longstaff. To quote the song… Who the F is Alice you might ask? Well, keep listening to find out.

Alice lives with a commitment to fun. She’s a life-long adventurer currently living van-life in the UK providing valuable care and support to vulnerable people while being locked-down somewhere for the first time in her life since she was a child! Her journey to where she is now is a fun one taking in volunteering overseas, finding a second family in the USA, leading expeditions in exciting environments and creating an adventure page called Fuck-up-of-the-day to illustrate the reality of an adventurous life. The values she lives by are all about connection. With others and with the wild. Listen to find out more...

Original Music by Nigel Lacey @delaceynigel

Alice Longstaff Insta @alices_world_adventures + @fuck_up_of_the_day 

In this episode we continue our series of discussions focused on using the wild to explore our truth and write our own story of life. 

We knuckle down and focus on the power of air. Specifically, we dig deep into breath and affirmations.

We explore how the element of Air is understood through different cultural lenses and how developing an understanding of and personal connection to this wild element can allow us to step out of our inner selves (me) and connect with others from a place of confidence, truth, love & compassion. 

We’ll consider what we can do to develop a wild connection with Air through place, and actions (breath work and affirmation) and how we can create change both within ourselves and as a part of a global community.

 

We believe there is a key for everyone to unlock their truth and live wild.  Our intention is to provide a number of keys along the journey. So join us in this episode to explore breath, affirmation, love and dancing in the rain in order to live a life that is both true to ourselves and kind to others.

Tools:

4-4 Energizing Breath

This is a powerful energy booster when you have only a few minutes. 

References:

Books:

Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga "The Courage to be Disliked"

Jay Griffiths "Wild: An elemental journey"

Nelson Mandela "A long walk to freedom"

Victor Frankl "Man's search for meaning"

Digital:

Mindtools: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/affirmations.htm

Original Music by Nigel Lacey @delaceynigel

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In this episode we continue our series of discussions focused on using the wild to explore our truth and write our own story of life. 

We knuckle down and focus on the power of Fire. Specifically, we link the power of fire to intention and its power in creating action.

Intention is feeling based. It’s a commitment to our heart, letting go of the noise around it and using it to guide our mind. Intention propels action one step at a time. One foot in front of the other.  

We believe there is a key for everyone to unlock their truth and live wild.  Our intention is to provide a number of keys along the journey. So join us in this episode to explore what we mean by intention, how we can form our intentions, and how we can use them to guide our actions both within ourselves and out in the world, to live a life that is true to ourselves.

As discussed in the Podcast, here are the 7 tips for writing an Intention Statement - these are presented in more detail in Katherine Hurst's book  "The secret law of attraction: Master the power of Intention"

References:

Books:

Coleman Barks "A Year with Rumi - Daily Readings"

Roger Housden "Ten Poems to Change Your Life"

Vadim Zeland "Transurfing in 78 Days. A Practical Course in Creating Your Own Reality"

Rutger Bregman "Utopia for Realists"

Josh Bulpin "SWIM"

Original Music by Nigel Lacey @delaceynigel

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