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In Our Nature
Why do we feel so overwhelmed, anxious, disconnected and lost...and what does that have to do with what's happening on our planet?
This show explores the hidden connections and deeper patterns that are forming our inner struggles and the wider crises unfolding around us. From mental health to ecological collapse, productivity culture to planetary grief, from burnout to reconnection, join me to poke around in the stories, systems and patterns shaping this extraordinary time...
...and then let's riff on what becomes possible when we stop pretending it’s fine and feel the feels.
Your host is me: Siobhán Friel. I'm a mental health practitioner, a Work That Reconnects facilitator and I was probably a lavender plant in a past life.
This podcast offers a way to make sense of your inner and outer world, especially if you were shaped by capitalism (like me) and not by a lineage of ecological literacy, love and wisdom.
You haven't missed the boat. There are many boats and this is one. Get in.
In Our Nature
🏕️ Back in 2026: Gone Bush 🏞️
Gone Bush is a legitimate phrase (and complete sentence) in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The In Our Nature podcast will be back for another season in 2026. If you want the usual extra, winding context about this choice and what it means for my personal development as a working person under the narratives of productivity so cherished by the dominant culture, the impact on my membership of the web of life, and how this affects my philosophical understanding of the times of unravelling we live amongst.....then please do tune in.
But "Gone Bush" mostly covers it.
Me and my collaborators are still doing some bits and bobs through summer online and in Aotearoa NZ, but website resources, the podcast and newsletter are sleeping 🥱💤
Feel free to contact as normal, but response times are reduced during certain periods. Events are here and we’ll continue to update them.
To my fellow fuzzy creatures: take good care of yourself, each other and our astonishing Earth.
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