In this episode, we’re joined by Jade Miles: regenerative heritage fruit farmer, storyteller, local food advocate, “poly-jobist,” and the force behind Black Barn Farm on Victoria’s Stanley Plateau.

Jade is also the author of "Futuresteading: Living Like Tomorrow Matters" and her newest book "Huddle: Creating a Tomorrow of Togetherness".Together, we explore the idea of “remembering” - not as nostalgia, but as something ancient in the human body: our ecological purpose as a custodial species.

Jade speaks to the cost of modern industrial pace - the noise, the performance, the endless growth loop - and we also discuss the remedy: returning to place, ritual, seasons, and reciprocity.

We talk about what this looks like in the real world: how to reconnect even in urban life (through small, repeatable rituals), how to live by actual seasons rather than calendar seasons, and why regenerative life and business aren’t linear - they’re relational.

We also go deep into women’s circles, grief as a largely unnamed undercurrent in modern life, and the profound aliveness that can come when we stop stifling what we feel.Finally, Jade shares how these principles translate into leadership: bringing wholeness into workplace culture, honouring women’s rhythms, and still holding clear structure, accountability, and delivery. Because The Beauty Way isn’t escape. It’s integration - presence and practical action, in service of a more beautiful world.

Find Jade at Black Barn Farm on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Black.Barn.Farm.Australia

Or on Instagram:@black_barn_farm

Or tune in to her podcast, 'Futuresteading' on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/5OFbma9mUm5fuiNkfNTOjI?si=6ccb8cd6890547bb

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