Looby Macnamara is the creator of the Design Web, which is used into our new Mothers as Natural Leaders book to weave the threads of the book togther into a useful design for your own leadership path. Looby shares about some of her own designs and how you can build your familiarity with the Design Web, so that it becomes a useful resource in your life. Sign up to the Mother Nature newsletter to get a FREE download of the book https://mothernatureproject.org/home To find out more about the...

Looby Macnamara shares about her journey of weaving her personal culture during menopause. She reads extracts from the book as well as sharing her stories about honouring her menopause journey and how you might do that yourself. Sign up to our Mother Nature newsletter for the free PDF download of our new book Mothers as Natural Leaders. www.mothernatureproject.org Looby Macnamara is a permaculture teacher and author. She lives and runs courses at Applewood Permaculture Centre,...

Managing time for our own self care as mothers is an ongoing challenge. Here Looby shares some ideas about how we can do that more easily in our everyday lives. She also shares a song related to this, and an activity using the Design Web from the process of creating our own leadership design which features in our forthcoming book - Mothers as Natural Leaders. For a free PDF download of our book sign up to our newsletter at www.mothernatureproject.org You can find out more about the Design...

Nature connection specialist Jon Young joins Looby Macnamara, to talk about how we can encourage nature connection with our children. Looby reads an extract from the forthcoming 'Mothers as Natural Leaders' book. And then Jon and Looby share some wisdom and experience about finding 'motivating' species, the value of aunties and uncles, and how to motivate ourselves and the big question about how to motivate our teenagers with nature connection. Sign up to our Mother Nature newsletter...

The concept of circles of concern and influence was introduced by Steven Covey in his book 7 habits of highly effective people. It feels highly relevant and useful in these times of global turmoil. Looby shares some more extracts from the forthcoming book "Mothers as Natural Leaders". Looby first wrote about this in her book People & Permaculture. Please sign up for our newsletter to be the first to get our free book. www.mothernatureproject.org To buy the Mother Nature guidebook and...

Looby reads some extracts from the forthcoming Mothers as Natural Leaders book. Looby shares about the power of stories, the belief cycle, owning our leadership stories and family stories. There is also an activity that is part of the design for our leadership paths using the Design Web which was created by Looby. Join our newsletter for the free PDF download of the book. www.mothernatureproject.org For Looby's books People and Permaculture and Cultural Emergence which explore more about...

Take some time out to relax and enjoy Looby's poetry from her book Strands of Infinity. Looby guides us through a deep relaxation and into some poetry to empower us and restore our spirits. Looby Macnamara is a permaculture and Cultural Emergence teacher and author, as well as mother and poet. Her books, including her poetry book Strands of Infinity are available direct from her at https://cultural-emergence.com/shop/⁠ Sign up to the Mother Nature newsletter for latest podcast episodes...

Napping comes naturally to me, but to many it doesn't at all. After many friends said to me - 'it's a skill I wish I had', I have thought more about how to nap well and in this episode share some tips for doing that. The Mother Nature principle -'it's good to do nothing' is our main guidance for this episode. We are hosting 2 free Mother Nature workshops in October - one in person in Hereford, UK on 24th Oct, and one online 26th Oct. To find out more and register see...

In this episode I share an activity from our forthcoming book "Mothers as Natural Leaders". This activity supports us to have quick routes to bring us back into a place of personal peace using the elements. Enjoy this bite size episode. The poem at the end is called Molecules and is from my book Strands of Infinity available direct from me here https://cultural-emergence.com/shop/ Join our Mother Nature mailing list for latest podcasts and to be notified when we release our new book....

Welcome to Season 3 of the Mother Nature podcast with a new style of pocket podcasts - easy to find the time to listen, bite size inspirations for us all. In this episode Looby Macnamara (your host for the season) shares some of the thinking in our forthcoming book - Mothers as Natural Leaders. Why do we shy away from the term leadership, and how we can turn that around and embrace ourselves as regenerative feminine leadership. To sign up to our newsletter for the latest episodes and to be...

Emma Gorbutt from the Mother Nature Team turns the tables and interviews Looby Macnamara our regular podcast host. They have been friends and co-workers for nearly 20 years and in this interesting and thought provoking conversation they explore our cultures of leadership and mothering. How recognising as mothers, we are already 'Natural Leaders' who bring a different style, which can support Humanity to grow up! Their conversations also touch on how we support the next generation to surface...

You are in for a treat with songs and conversation from Heather Houston in California. I did a 6 month song leader training with Heather  online  and it was  such a wonderful experience that I wanted to share some of her magic with the Mother Nature community. Today we have 6 songs that Heather shared - 5 of them are her original songs. Amongst the singing we talk about the sacred process of catching, crafting and sharing songs. the joys of circles, shadows that can come up when we step into...

We continue our conversation with Shore Charnoe, and move into the topics of menopause, ceremonies and cultural appropriation. To end Shore sings us a beautiful Ojibway lullaby.  Do sign up to our newsletter to be notified of all the latest episodes. https://mothernatureproject.org/ About Shore Charnoe Shore Charnoe has had a private counseling  practice since 1994.  As a traditional counselor, helper, and social  worker, she has directed several community clinics and many...

In this episode Looby talks to Shore Charnoe an indigenous mother and grandmother. We know each other though our mutual friend Jon Young  and it was a delight to bask in her wisdom in this podcast.  We dive deep into gratitude, ceremonies and how to change perspectives and so much more. In fact this conversation with Shore was so rich it will be shared in 2 parts.  Do sign up to our newsletter to be notified of all the latest episodes. https://mothernatureproject.org/ About Shore...

This first episode of season 2 is a wonderful conversation with Lily Sequoia and me, Looby Macnamara one of the Mother Nature Podcast Hosts. We talk about the power of circle and how she finds time for her creativity. Lily shares some of her deep poetry reflecting on motherhood and we cover many wide ranging topics such as leadership, eco-anxiety, balancing the needs of our family and how we connect to people through our creativity. Lily and I have been friends for years and she was part of...

We are at the end of our first season of the Mother Nature podcast. Here the team celebrate and share news about season two. We also share one of our favourite songs - Bella Mama.

In this episode Looby is joined by Ruth Cato, who shares her understanding of shadow work and how being in a circle with other women can support us to grow and heal. She shares her ongoing journey from finding her feet with facilitation to being rooted in her leadership and how nature connection supports her mothering and leadership. YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: Breaking intergenerational patterns positive responses to being triggered by others connecting with nature’s grief ABOUT RUTH...

In this episode Jana meets Franka Kohler, a start-up consultant with special focus on female empowerment and supporting mothers in re-orienting professionally. They talk about why it is especially important as a mother to have a meaningful job and the challenges and opportunities that re-entering professional work after having become a mother brings about. In their conversation Jana and Franka explore why it is often harder for women to "go for it" and how to find clarity and a new...

In this episode Cecilia holds a profound conversation with Amy Taylor Kabbaz. YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: What is matrescence and how it encompasses all of your being Matrescence: the word that describes a world Postnatal depletion and the connection to matrescence Sacred activism: the bear has been woken Rethinking the system: work as if you are not a mother and mother as if you don’t work Love, light and compassion to our ongoing identity shift as a mother RESOURCES Amy Taylor-Kabbaz...

In this episode Looby and Valentina, both members of the Mother Nature team, talk about discovering and using your own voice to truly enjoy singing alone, with your children and with others. Join the singing. Discover a quick and easy song to learn that we recorded together in April 2022 surrounded by a forest in Hungary. YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: Discover and train your voice The power of singing in group Overcoming limiting beliefs on singing Finding our literal voice, and finding our...

In this conversation Looby talks to Morag Gamble about how her leadership and mothering roles have grown alongside each other. YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: How our leadership grows and evolves in response to our children grow and their needs Giving ourselves permission to claim our leadership role Our mothering gives us transferable skills for leadership How nature connection supports our leadership, and connecting to the greater power Using natural metaphors to give a different perspective...

In this episode Jana talks with Margaret Kerr about her personal and professional research on place memory. Margaret shares some of her experiences of connecting deeply with the history of places and they explore how this may enable us to heal our own as well as collective wounds. YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: the practice and gifts of tapping into place memory using your body as an instrument to connect and heal intuitive ways of knowing ABOUT MARGARET KERR Margaret Kerr lives and works in...

In this episode Cecilia talks with Agi Berecz, one of the main creators and founders of the Mother Nature project about the different products which were born from the rich international cooperation since 2017 and their different uses. YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: the vision and creation of the Mother Nature project he power and wisdom of the 42 cards the Mother Nature  journey methodology the struggle and strength of being a single mother ABOUT AGI BERECZ She lives with her two girls of  7...

Lara is speaking with Tina Trojar about her passion for women circles. Tina shares how the circles came into her life and what she learned from leading the circles. Tina really took time to prepare and her answers are very clear, insightful and inspiring. YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: the magic of women circles challenges of leading the circles good practices in holding space why some women are hesitant to join women circles ABOUT TINA TROJAR Tina Trojar lives surrounded by hills close to...