This week’s episode is all about our relationship with the more-than-human world, and the importance of not just taking from it, but also giving back. Today’s modern industrialized society encourages us to take and extract, but in doing so, we are left empty and disconnected, and the more-than-human world suffers as well. We can find a way to heal ourselves, and help restore balance, love, and respect to the world we all hold a unique and important place in. This plays out in our relationships with other people, too! 

You will learn:

// How reciprocal relationship matters not just in our human relationships, but also with the more-than-human world

// How modern industrialized society encourages humans to take and dominate… and how that’s starving the world and our spirits

// Practices that help us give back

// What it means when we are not experiencing reciprocity in our human relationships (hint: potentially toxic!)

Resources:

// Episode 139: Nature and Reconnecting

// Episode 188: Connected in Our Grief and Wonder

// Episode 193: Lessons in Trust and Interdependence – Crossing the Street in Hanoi

// Check out Freedom School – the community for ALL things related to freedom, inside and out. Plus, we have entire months devoted to wisdom and compassion. Learn more at JoinFreedomSchool.com. I can’t wait to see you there!

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