Beth Berry is an author, coach, teacher, adventurer, mother of four daughters, and hopelessly hopeful human. In this podcast we talk about: motherwhelm and why we things feel so hard reimagining our conceptualisation of motherhood starting a revolution from home re-valuing care and examining unmet needs new world thinking developing intimacy with nature and so much more.   To learn more about Beth - https://revolutionfromhome.com To see my upcoming journeys or pre-order your copy of...

I have a chinwag with Wellfolk Revival's Sarah Stutzman, chatting about: nature as teacher homesteading looking at income different ways building resilience and community the symbiosis between the way we look after land and bodies knowing our limitations  and so much more. For more info on Sarah's work - https://www.wellfolkrevival.com For all our upcoming offers - www.megberryman.com For our consulting work - www.regenerativeways.org  

We finally catch up for a chinwag and chat about: navigating financial stress in business neurodiversity building resilient communities homeschooling pivoting and adapting work and life And so many more things.   For more details on what's coming up - www.megberryman.com For more details on our consulting work - www.regenerativeways.org  

Briony Penn is a naturalist, writer, educator, and broadcaster well known for her indomitable spirit and tireless devotion to protecting endangered species and sensitive ecosystems in her native British Columbia, Canada.   In this episode, Dave chats with Briony about: acting in service to the earth decolonizing and acting counter-culturally the politicisation of nature education  barefoot mapping why we don't act  reconnecting to a past we can be proud of  fostering courage to stand by...

A senior yoga teacher, Mei Lai Swan is a certified Embodied Flow™ teacher, with years of study and practice in Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Anusara yoga. From Melbourne, Australia, but now based on the road, she teaches in-depth workshops, retreats and international teacher trainings around the world, with a special focus on nada (sound) yoga, somatic and trauma-informed practices. A trained Doula, she is the founder, previous CEO and ongoing Board Director of Birth for Humankind, a non-profit...

Artist as Family (Meg Ulman and Patrick Jones) live in Daylesford, Australia on Djaara Country on a quarter-acre permaculture plot, home to their  School of Applied Neopeasantry at Tree Elbow University. They practice a unique form of performance art, comprising how they live, get their food and medicine, and move around; performing modes of life making they call permacultural neopeasantry. Meg and Patrick are bloggers, fermentors, writers, public speakers, goatherders, gardeners and...

Dr Bayo Akomalafe is a philosopher, writer, activist, professor of psychology, and executive director of the Emergence Network. In this chat, Dave talks to Dr Bayo about: unschooling and non-schooling community as an organism  trauma as an invitation to reimagine  rupture and repair - individually and collectively surrendering to the non-human world localisation And so much more. To learn more about Bayo - https://www.bayoakomolafe.net To learn more about Regenerative Ways -...

I chat with Author of the Art of Frugal Hedonism Annie Raser-Rowland about: how to consume less and live more why frugality and hedonism aren't a contradiction why we're afraid of having and consuming less - and how to overcome it orienting communally and relationally finding sensory pleasure in our mammalian bodies what our bodies are saying about the systems we live in and how to find compassion for yourself and others wherever you are in your regenerative journey. To buy the book -...

Emily Sims and her partner Alex are first generation farmers in their fifth year of running a small-scale regenerative farm business in Victoria, Australia. They are passionate about ethical animal husbandry, understanding local ecology, enhancing soil and pasture health and building relationships along the way. They believe locally grown, wholesome food is at the heart of healthy communities.   In this chat we talk about: how Emily came to farming and what she learned through...

Ella Noah Bancroft is Bundjalung woman born in Australia. She is a descendant of the Bundjalung peoples of Northern NSW, and also has blood lines to Scotland and England. She is a Connection Therapist, Mentor, activist and creative, carbon neutral event co-ordinator. She is passionate about re-wilding the world and the feminine force. In this chat we talk about: choosing a technological or nature based future slowing the f*** down healing through connection and in...

Becca is the host of the Belonging podcast, the author of Root & Ritual and a facilitator of women’s gatherings both virtually and in person. She speaks on the nature of belonging and what it means to be alive in the Age of Loneliness and holds retreats to help women reconnect with their rooted sense of self. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her partner, child, two cats, and five chickens, where she gardens, cooks, mothers, and gathers with the ebb and flow...

Laura Storm is the Founder of Regenerators and has spent her entire career working in the intersection of sustainability, organizational development, climate change policy and the intelligence of nature.  In this conversation, Laura and I chat about: regenerative leadership and why it's time for a new conceptualisation of leadership working within systems to transform them honouring cycles and seasons in work and life Laura's journey of regeneration regenerative business why the way...

Arrowyn Ambrose is an Advanced Certified Facilitator of The Resilience Toolkit, Certified Teaching Artist, and Certified Race Equity and Healing Justice Facilitator. She has studied Viola Spolin’s long-form organic improvisation, creative writing, addiction, and group dynamics. With a background in the creative and performing arts, Arrowyn believes in the healing power of story and is passionate about ethical storytelling along with trauma-informed and resilience-oriented recovery, parenting,...

I interview New-Zealand based doula/daughter Chloe Holloway - @oh_mwanawanga about how our culture of birthing reflects the disconnections we see in our everyday - and how we can tend to this rite of passage with reverence, inclusion and radical support in order to step toward a more regenerative tomorrow.   We talk about: * birthing cultures globally and how they differ * what respectful care looks like and why we can extend this beyond the birthing room  * feeling safe to move in...

Jonathan Mooney is a dyslexic writer and activist who learned to read when he was 12-years-old. He since earned an honors degree in English Literature at Brown University and has written and published three books including Learning Outside the Lines and Normal Sucks. In this compelling and uplifting conversation, we chat about: the origin of normal and why it sucks disrupting normal and the link with cultural regeneration uncovering our gifts and being loved for who we are why folks...

I give listeners a little update about what's been going on here... strap in for a wild ride! To enrol in together - www.megberryman.com/journeys/together 

I give listeners a little update about what's been going on here... strap in for a wild ride! To enrol in together - www.megberryman.com/journeys/together 

In this chat I speak with death doula Zenith Virago about living and dying well, befriending grief and what it all has to do with creating a more regenerative tomorrow.  Zenith is a marriage celebrant, death walker, celebrant, educator and consultant - bringing contemporary, natural and holistic awareness to death, ceremony and loss.  You can learn more about Zenith - https://www.zenithvirago.com And about our courses and events - www.megberryman.com  

Ashia Ray is an Autistic, multiracial (Chinese/Irish) 2nd-generation settler raising two children alongside their partner on the homelands of the Wampanoag and Massachusett people. Their goal with Raising Luminaries is to collaborate with families and educators in raising the next generation of kind & courageous leaders, so we can all smash the kyriarchy together. In this episode we chat about the difference between kind and nice, how to have and encourage courageous conversation,...

Dave and I catch up over a cuppa (in lockdown #6) and share where we are now, three months on from the miscarriage. We chat about: * community and local living * homeschooling and wildschooling * our endless pursuit of working less and living more * our wild brumby   * regenerative relationships  * and why ultimately, small is beautiful. To enrol in Small is Beautiful - https://regenerativeways.thinkific.com/courses/small-is-beautiful

I chat with Futuresteading podcast hosts and all round stellar humans Catie Payne and Jade Miles from Black Barn Farm about all things futuresteading, regenerative living and the challenge of living within systems as we try and disrupt and rebuild them. For more info on the Futuresteading podcast - https://www.futuresteading.com.au To enrol in Small is Beautiful - www.megberryman.com/mini-courses/small-is-beautiful 

In this episode, Jen and I talk about the links between sobriety, recovery and regeneration - and how to step back into right relationship with alcohol - whatever that looks like for you.  Jen Clements empowers women to revamp their relationship with alcohol and up-level their lives through her work as a certified Grey-Area Drinking Coach and Thrivalist Co-Founder. www.megberryman.com    

Gill Howarth is a conscious educator, an educational changemaker, a mother, a storyteller and the Founder of Born Wise.  In this chat, Gill shares her own journey as a teacher, a homeschool mum and as a conscious educator, reminding us of the innate capacity of our children and providing ways to reframe learning for the whole family. For more information on Gill: https://bornwise.com.au For more information on the Regenerative Ways spring retreat: www.megberryman.com/events  

I chat with author, teacher and nature connection guide Claire Dunn about rewilding the urban soul. We talk about slowing down, reconnecting and building a regenerative culture from the inside out.    For more information on Claire including her latest book - https://www.naturesapprentice.com.au   For more information on the Regenerative Ways Spring retreat - www.megberryman.com/events